Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1938 — Page 2

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Weather A Week Ahead

A* Forec«»t By PROF. SELBY MAXWELL. Noted Meteorologl*t

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TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL FOR INDIANA May 30 to June 5. The N. portion of Ind. will he moderately cool. Moderately warm over the W portion. Warm weather will prevail over the E. portion. The N and cen. portions will be wet. with moderately wet weather over the S. cen. portions. The S. £. portions will be moderately dry. Copyright 1938, John F. Dills Company.

SECRETS OF FALLING RAIN DROPS The average rain drop falls at the rate of 18 miles per hour and is about as large as a pellet of shot. Air resistance prevents rain drops from falling faster than 18 miles per hour. When the wind blows 5 miles per hour rain tails ..at a slant of approximately 15 deJ’grees. When the wind is 10 miles per hour the slant is about 29 degrees. At 15 miles per hour the slant is about 40 degrees, at 20 miles per hour. 48 degrees, and at 30 miles per hour, 66 degrees, and at 60 miles per hour, 74 degrees. - It will be seen from this that the strength of a storm is clearly in-, „ dicated by the slant of the falling * rain. Cloudbursts When there is a wind with an upward motion of more than 18 miles per hour the drops will be blown back upward as fast as they fall. When this condition occurs „ considerable pools of water collect ‘ in the state of heavy rain clouds ’ aloft, and the moment the rising wind stops blowing all this water ■ falls down, making a "cloud burst. ’ Streamlines Falling rain drops are round -.when they are in the air, but the ~ moment they strike they are dashed to pieces by the force of the impact. The imprint of a falling rain drop is torpedo shaped. This torpedo shape is always perfectly streamlined and gives us a strong him as to the shape automobiles should be to go through the air with the least air friction. It is interesting to note that the water line section of a racing yacht fol- . lows closely the lines of a striking fain drop. If we move forward while the * rain is falling the effect is the j same as though we were standing i still with a wind blowing in our | faces. The angle which the rain > drops take as they meet is the forward motion of the train or auto- * mobile which we are riding in, plus ' whatever wind velocity there may "’ be at the time. WEATHER QUESTIONS Q: Have birds, cats, horses and ■other animals a sense of weather and direction that people do not have? V.E.W. A. Cats and homing pigeons have performed truly remarkable feats of finding their way back home over long distances. Other

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I [MAY JUNE @" 50 31 1 X 5 4 5 6 I*-I*l » I • I JqiQj INDIANA ' > W'• " W The maps show total effect of Hot, Cold, Wet, and Dry Air to be expected next week. DAILY FORECAST recorded instances of dogs and horses are hardly less remarkable. Most birds seem to know whether there is clear weather or storms ahead as they fly. Human beings probably have some of this power, too, but it is relatively undeveloped. Q. You stated recently that coal was made from vegetation which blew down in storms. 1 always thought that coal trees rotted and turned into coal. Which view is correct? S.C.L. A. A great many impressions of leaves, bark, tree roots and branches have been found in coal, and in some cases impressions are as sharp and clear as though made yesterday. These impressions do not resemble decayed fibres of vegetation, but indicate clearly that the vegetation was in first class condition when it was turned into coal. Q. it is believed by the older men of this town that the first day of a new quarter of the moon is representative of the weather for that .entire quarter. Is this true? S. W. A. No. This is a superstition, but rain cycles are on the average 3.3 days- long, and a quarter of the moon is 7 days long. If it rains on the day the quarter begins it will j rain on the average once more bei fore the quarter ends, and it may rain twice. YOUR VACATION WEATHER If you plan to spend your vacation at Atlantic City or along the sea shore of New Jersey or Deltnarva you will want one of the Special Vacation Maps of that region which Prof. Selby Maxwell has prepared, showing rain and sunshine dates, warm and cool days. He also offers a special Vai cation Weather Map for those planning to visit Estes Park and the other wonderful scenery and vacaJtion spots in the Colorado area.

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CHAPTER XXII Inspector Gerry Wells was the lucky one this time. He very definitely had the soft side of the deal and, while the wretched Gregory was still hurtling through the air in fear of an imminent and horrible death, the Inspector turned hi* plane northwestward, heading back towards Thanet He was not risking any more night landings in the fields outside Quex Park without adequate reason, so came down on the well-lit landing ground of the Royal Air Force Depot at Mansion, about midway between Quex Park, Margate and Ramsgate. Having presented Ms official card to the officer on duty, the courtesy of accommodation for his plane was extended to him and he managed to get a lift in a car to Margate where, feeling that he had earned a comfortable night’s rest, he went straight to the Queen'a Highcliffe Hotel. Early rising was a habit with Gerry Wells. Splashing in his bath at half past six he only controlled the impulse to burst into song at the thought of the other guests who were still sleeping. He was not unduly worried about Gregory, because he knew the care with which service parachutes are packed and inspected. It never even occurred to him that the great silk balloon might fail to open. While the Inspector dressed he reviewed the situation and found it good. His investigation had progressed by leaps and bounds in the last forty-eight hours, thanks of course largely to that lean, queer, cynical devil, Gregory Sallust. He assumed, quite reasonably, not knowing what a tiger Gregory could be when he had got his teeth into a thing, that his ally, stranded in Romney Marshes, would spend the night at some local inn, whether he had secured any information or not and, therefore, it was most unlikely that he would put in an appearance again much before noon. There was nothing Wells could do to fuither his inquiry until Gregory turned up and the golden August morniiy lay before him. His thoughts gravitated again towards Hilly and Quex Park. Had Sabine spent the night there or gone off again after all? In any case it obviously seemed his business to go over and find out After an early breakfast he paid his bill and left the hotel. Crowds of holiday makers had risen early too. Gerry Wells watched them with a smile. He liked to see people happy but he wondered what they would think if they knew of his last night’s adventure. On the corner he managed to get a place in a Canterbury bus, already crowded with happy trippers off to see the old cathedral town and the blood-stained stone where Thomas h Beckett had been foully done to death by the three knights so many hundreds of years ago. He dropped off at Birchington i ehurchyaid in which Dante Gabriel l Rosctti lies buried but he did not < pause to visit the poet’s grave. Instead he turned up Park Lane; his < thoughts very much with the living. Outside the west gate of Quex Park he met his man who was keeping in touch with Mrs. Bird. I “Anything fresh, Thompson?” he i asked. "No, sir, nothing. There’ve been no more visitors since you left last night and Mrs. Bird tells me the i lady who came down by car slept in I the place. She's still there as far as I know.” i Wells nodded and walked on up

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the wooded driveway then, skirting ■ the back of the museum he reached ■ the side entrance to the house. I Mrs. Bird appeared from the > kitchen garden with a basket full i of runner beans just as he reached i the door, and she confirmed Thompi son’s report “When the foreign lady turned ■ up she had her bit of supper,” she i said, “and told me she meant to stay i the night I always keep a couple of bedrooms ready because that’s his lordship’s orders. After her meal she went straight up without a word except that I wasn't to call her until she rang for breakfast” Milly came out at that moment and smiled shyly at the Inspector. He nodded to her cheerfully. “We’re on the right track now, but it’s a matter of waiting until noon, or rather until Mr. Sallust turns up again and I doubt if he'll be here much before then. I've got to kick my heels around for the next few hours and so I was wondering . . “Wondering what?’* Milly asked him. “Well, my plane’s at Msnston aerodrome, only a couple of miles away and I was wondering if you would like to come up for a flight” Milly paled a little under her creamy skin. “I—l think it would be rather fun—with you.” “You don’t mi.id, Mrs. Bird?” he asked the older woman. “As long as you bring her back safe I don’t, but airplanes are tricky things, aren't they?” “Not if they’re looked after properly." Milly looked at Mrs. Bird. “You’re sure you don’t mind, Aunty?” “Os course I don’t, my pet, as long as you take care. Run along now and enjoy yourself.” Gerry and the girl left the back of the house and made their way by the side path through the shrubbery out onto the east drive. Both were silent for a few minutes, racking their brains for a subject of conversation. Then Gerry glanced towards the old tower which rose out of a coppice some hundred yards away to their right with the steel structure on its top which looked like a miniature Eiffel Tower, and could be seen above the treetops of the park for many miles in all directions. “What’s that place?” he asked. “Apart, I mean, from the fact that they may use it now as a signa! station to guide their planes in.” “It’s called the Waterloo tower, I think," ehe said, “built in the year of the battle, you know, and it has a peal of bells, twelve of them, the finest in Kent up to a few years ago. Canterbury Cathedral had only ten, until they added another couple and came equal with this lot here. There's another tower over there too,” she glanced towards their left where a tall brick building crowned a low fenced-in mound that rose from the gjass land. “The old gardener told me that Major PowelL Cotton’s father was awfully keen on ships and things; so he used to signal from it to his friends in the navy when they sailed across the bay. The sea is hidden from us here by the trees but it’s only a mile away.” A few moments later they reached the park gates and took the side road through the open cornfields towards Mansion. They were silent for a good portion of their two mile! walk but strangely happy in each ’ other’s company. At the flying field a friendly me-1

la tho city of Cleveland, Ohio? 4. in what year did the Boei ( War end? 5. What is genealogy? «. What part of a French franc id a centime? 7. in which state are the Everglades? 8. What was the name of the famous mystic sword of King Arthur? 9. Who discovered the Pacific ( Ocean? 10. Does any state of the I nion , permit the practice of medicine without a license?

chanic lent Milly a leather coat anc she was soon installed in the observ er’s seat of Wells’ Tiger Moth, t little scared, but even more excited at starting on her first flightFor nearly an hour they cruised over eastern Kent, first along the northern shore over Birchington Herne Bay and Whitstable, then southeast to Canterbury, where the towers of the ancient cathedral, lifting high above the twisting street* of the town, were thrown up by the strong sunlight which patterned the stonework like delicate lace against the black shadow* made by ita embrasures. "Well, how did you like it?” Gerry Wells turned to glance over his shoulder* as h* brought the plane to a halt once more on the Manston landing ground. “It—it was fine,” Millie said a little breathlcsly. Her cheek* were glowing with a gentle flush from the swift wind of their flight and her blue eyes were sparkling in her delicate little face with happy exhilaration. As Wells helped her out of the plane he had not the least twinge of conscience at having neglected his duties for an hour or so to give her the experience. When they reached the house they went into Mrs. Bird's sittingroom and found a lanky, unshaven, bedraggled figure lounging in one of the worn armchairs. It was Gregory and he was in none too good a humour. He smiled at them with a cynical twist of his thin lips. “Well, you had a good time I hope? Thinking of settling down in’ Thanet for a holiday?” Gerry Wells raised his eyebrows. “So you’re back already? I hardly thought you’d be likely to get here before noon.” “It’s lucky I’m here at all,” snapped Gregory. “Having risked my neck with that blasted parachute of yours. Still, I’ve been kicking my heels here about two hours, while you’ve been disporting yourself, I gather, with the intention of showing Miss Chalfont what a mighty fine pilot you are.” Milly went crimson. Wells drew his shoulders back a little as the girl fled from the room. “I don’t like your tone, Mr. Sallust, but don't let’s quarrel over that. Did you have any luck when you landed?” Gregory shrugged. “As I survived the ordeal it is almost inevitable that I should. Their headquarters down there is a little place called the Brown Owl Inn. It's miles from anywhere—in the middle of the marshes—but near the railway line running from Dungeness to Ashford. I had to stagger a mile through every sort of muck before I got near enough to see what was going on and by that time most of the planes had dumped their stuff and got off again. The interesting thing is, though, that while I was there a freight train came in from Dungeness and unloaded several hundred wooden cases, then the cases the planes had brought were loaded on to it instead, and it puffed out, presumably to London. Afterwards the stuff from the train was loaded on to a fleet of truck* which duly trundled away inland; ail the gang who had handled both sets of goods going with them. The two different lots of cases, which were swapped over, had exactly the same appearance, by the way.” (To Be Continued) CopKiffei UM. ay King Fmiuhm Syndicate. Ine.

4, • • RATEB One Time—Minimum charge of 25c for 20 worda or le»». Over 20 word*, l/qO p*r word > Two Timet—Minimum charge of 40c for 20 word* or let*. Over 20 word* 2c per word for the two time*. Three Time*—Minimum charge of 500 for 20 worde or late. Over 20 word* S</ t c per word for the three tlmee. I Cerde of Thanke —35 c | Obituaries and ver*e*._ — 11.00 Open rate-dieplay advertising 35c per column Inch. a 4 FOR SALE FOR SALE — Farm lease blanks, three for sc. Decatur Daily Democrat, 106 No. Second St. 276tf FOR SALE Seven-ft. trailer. New i power lawn mower. Also grind! power and hand lawn mowers. P. Kirsch, North 3rd St. 122-ts FOR SALE—Beautyrest mattresses —the world's beet mattress. Liberal trade in allowance for your old mattress. Sprague Furniture Store. 152 S. 2nd St. Phone 199. FOR SALE - Ranges, kitchen cabinets: large number of enamel ranges. $48.50 and your old stove. ; Come in and see these ranges B-4-U buy. Kitchen cabinets, $18.50 up. Sprague Furniture Co., 152 So. Second St. Phone 199. 122-4 t FOR SALE — Purebred black or spotted Poland China male hogs. ' Roe and Meyers, mile west, mile ‘ • south of Monroe. 123-3tx , FOR SALE—I 929 Chevy ton! . truck. Huckster body; priced' i reasonable. Harry Bauer, Preble. I 1”.: FOR SALE or trade for Decatur I property or farm — One six-room modern and one 7-room modern house, located one square west of ' Broadway near G. E. In Fort | Wayne. Herman Haugk. phone 1 805, 124-3tx I FOR SALE OR RENT — 6 room, ' modern house, in A-l condition; i double garage with two lots. Can , give possession at once. See G. H. Sprague at Sprague Furniture Store. 152 So. Second St. Phone 199. Residence Phone 535. 124-4 t

FOR SALE — 2 Fordson tractors. | One 30 Farmall, 3 tractor plows, i 1 John Deere power lift, 6 cultipackers and hoes. See the new Oliver tractor combine and threshing machines. Complete line of farm implements on display. Craigville Garage. 125-5 t FOR SALE — Garden plants U mile south of hospital. Ou Mud 1 Pike. Victor Amacher. Phone I 502. Itx IX)R SALE—Cabbage, tomato, mango, cauliflower and celery plants. Henry Haugk, 204 S. 10th. Phone I «77. 125-3tx o Budget Department Is Opened Here — A new budget department has j been opened at the L. J. Fogle service station, dealer for Eastern In- . diana Oil O Supply company, corn- ! er of Marshall and Second streets. The department will handle Goodrich tires, batteries, auto and home radios for sale on terms. Joe Lennon, of Chicago, is in charge ' i of the new department. -■■■■■•- —o— — ———

Appointment of Executor Ao. 2USK Notice is heresy ffiven. That the undersigned has been appointed Ex-1 ecutor of the Estate of Peter D. Steiner, late of Adams County, deceased. The Estate is probably sol- . ven t. John S. Steiner, Executor Ed. A. B«mu»c, Atty. May 2'\ 1938 May 26 June 2-9 0 NOTICE OF SALE OF ASSETS in the AdnntM Circuit Court April Term. 103-s No. 131 MS STATE OF INDIANA, ADAMS COUNTY, SS: State of Indiana ex rel Luther F. Symons, Bank Commissioner vs. Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Geneva, Indiana. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, receiver for the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Geneva, Indiana, will pursuant to an order of the Ada ma Circuit Court offer at public auction at his residence to the town of Geneva, Adams County, Indana, on June 4 1938, at the hour of 10 A. M., all of the notes and ob- • ligations still in his hands as such receiver and not heretofore collected ito the highest and best bidder, for i < ash. That a complete list of said obligations are now In the hands of I said receiver and anyone desiring to I bid for, the same will have free ax - : cess for the purpose of examining | the same at any time up until the ’ hour of sale. JAMES W. BARH i Receiver of Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Geneva, Indiana. ] .lames .1. Nlor«n Attorney for Receiver May 12-19-26 N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted HOURS 8:30 to 11-30 12:30 to 8:00 Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135.

MISCELLANEOUS J j CALL FRANK BURGER to move) dead stock. Will pay for live I horse*. Day or night service. Phone collect. Harley Roop 870 A. 111-ts NOTICE Patlor Sulls recovered. We recover and repnir anything.! We buy and sell furniture. Also good used ice boxes. Doi atur Vpholsters, Phone 420. 145 South Second St. 125-30 t THE PARTY that picked up thel . purse in front of the residence on Mercer Ave., was seen placing in car on First street by neigh-: bora. If money is not returned prosecution will follow. 125-3 t * O FOR RENT I FOR RENT-Two light housekeep. iug rooms. Furnished. Private I entrance. First floor. Garage. 310 N. Third. Phone 511. 124-3 t FOR RENT —7 room modern du plex; motor plumbing; hard wood floors; 3 bedrooms; newly decorated; dose in; large lot Phone 585. H6-tf j FOR RENT — Sleeping room or board and room in modern home. Phone 1149. 503 North 7th St. 125-3 t FOR RENT —Brand new 3-room 1 modern apartment. Kitchen furnished. Private entrance*. Shower bath. Down stairs porch. Phone 585. 116-ts o WANTED jMHX WANTED sxr> month paid many men at first—more later i Local manager nationally known cofnpany wants several men for I .vork this locality. Especially want i men living on farms and in small towns. Opening for one or two . living in Decatur. Delivery orders j to farmers, render service, do oth!er work. Farm experience desirI able. Car necessary. Permanent. M. M. care Democrat. itx o LOST AND FOUND LOST — Black billfold containing chauffeur’s and hunting and fishing license. Reward. Phone 5464. JIM -2tx o —

I NOTICE — Will give free lessons for use of piano for music class; 1 close up town. Special rates for . summer term. Certified teacher. Sue Zimmerman-Waggoner, care Democrat. 123-3tx . o INTENSE EFFORT made to suppress “The Truth About Weekly Insurance." Nationally known peoI pie speak of huge "racket.” ”C Marsh Crane. 124-3tx o— Excitement! Fun! Thrills! Enjoyment for old and young. Admission only 25c. Ladies and children free. Shade, good drinking water, shelter, rest rooms, at Beautiful Sunset Park. Coon Dog field

trials all day Monday. May 30. First race at 10 a.m. Races all day. Dogs from all over the country. Lunch stand on ground. Support your local conservation club which is endeavoring to and has made outdoor life better for youi boy and girl. Attend this wonderful event. to. —o a Town —

Went Berserk ** Ofc U | -■ <■.' z ..LU. - ■< ; X Albert Schwarzenbach c : A recent brain operation for which | his head is still in bandages was believed to have caused a maa | outbreak on the part of Albert : Schwarzenbach of Paterson, N. ■• I who allegedly slew his two children with a hammer.

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