Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1938 — Page 2

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Young Vanderbilt on Honeymoon ' n " j M 1 r if JQMjrai ' - *i f a > - JBaP' Bb'/' * j ’’•• "Mk * " ■■' < -v j ?d®S ' ■"":'"■-’• '■ .." ♦ /s I « •$ Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt Boarding a plane in New York, above, Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, 25, socialite-sportsman and heir to a $20,000,000 fortune, and his bride, . the former Manuela Hudson of Monterey, Ca!., took off for Bermuda •vhere they are honeymooning. Their marriage came as a surprise to friends although rumors of their romance had been numerous.

| Test Your Knowledge [ Can you answer seven of these | ten questions? Turn to page Four for the answers. »— * 1. Where is the island of Lozon?. . What is the political status of' Alaska? X .Name the manager of the Bos- i ton Red Sox baseball team. 4. What proportion of an iceberg : is above the water? 5. Does the U. S. government own the Panama Canal Zone? 6. What is the name of the instrument used to measure humidity? 7. What is the state bird of Tennessee? 8. What large university is located at Ithaca, N. Y.? 9. Can the President pardon a person convicted under a state law? 10. In what year was the first World’s Fair in Chicago? 1. What is the name of the Japanese art of self-defense? * Name the member of the President's cabinet recently married in Dublin, Ireland. 3. What is a pyrheliometer? 4. In which mountain range are , the Green Mountains? 5. Are sweepstakes winnings subject to income tax? 6. Can Mexicans be naturalized in the United States? 7. What is a chiromantist? 8. How many quarts are in 1 peck (dry measure)? 9. Which is the longest state in • * TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Enunciate may be pronounced j e-nun'-see-ate or e-nun’-she-ate. '

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the Union? 10. Is the Canadian gallon different front the U. S. gallon? o EXCISE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED Adams County Receives Total Os $2,861.23 In Distribution Indianapolis, June 13 — Excise funds totalling $409,697.52 were sent to 320 Indiana cities and towns in the semi-annual distribution June 1, laurence F. Sullivan, state auditor, announced today. In addition, township, city and I town schools were sent checks totalling $204,459.73. Mr. Sullivan ' said. Each local governmental unit receives two-thirds of the total col- ' lected in that town for liquor, beer and wine retailer permits. Towns having no permittees who bought licenses during the previous six i months receive none of that allotment. Distribution to school I . treasuries, however, is made on 1 the basis of average daily attendance, and is sent into every towti- , ship in the state. Adams county received a total iof $2,861.23. This was divided as , follows: 1 Adams county schools—(township, city and town) —$1,427.90. Town or city governments: Decatur—s9so.oo. Geneva—s4B3.33. I o Trade In A Good Town — Decatur

! POLICE SCHOOL OPENS JUNE 15 Indiana State Police Training School To Open Wednesday Indianapolis, June 13 — Ninety young men. selected in a rigorous series of physical and mental tests from more than 1200 applicants, will report Wednesday, June 15, at Indiana University at Bloomington for the five and one-half weeks’ training school . of the Indiana state police, Don F. Stiver, superintendent of state police, said today. Forty of the highest ranking men in the recruit school will be assigned to duty with the police department. Mr. Stiver said. Nearly 3000 men requested applications in the sixty day period preceding May 1, but less than halt met the initial qualifications of height, weight, age and education. About 250 were called to Indiana

Romance - Mystery - Adventure When East meets West... in THE STOLEN QOD The Great New Serial by I Edison Marshall \VV A V MI MB I $ 3M" mF • Far into the sinister lands of Laos goes Ned Holden, son of an American missionary, yet a man "reared in the arms of Asia.” He is searching for the emerald Buddha which must be returned to Siam by festival time or revolution will ensue • Ned meets Virginia Griffin and her father, a St. Louis art collector. With their party is the strange Frenchman, Chambon, Virginia’s fiance • Together they set out for Laos ... and unpredictable adventure! BEGINS TUESDAY, JUNE 14 IN THE Decatur Daily Democrat I # _ I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JUNE 13. 1938.

University for mental examination in a three-hour army alpha test anil the O'Rourke police aptitude test. Os thia number, 160 passed with grades better than 80 per cent, and about 80 passed with grades over 90 per cent. One man passed both tests with a perfect score, while a number received 99 per cent on both. All men with 80 per cent grades were again called in for an exhaustive physical examination, including the Wasserman test and fingerprinting. and for an interview with the state police board. The 90 survivors numbered among them Don Lash, famous I. U. track and distance runner. Among those accepted for the, school, 45 per cent have had college work in 24 different universities, including West Point. Notre Daine, Purdue, Indiana University. South Dakota State, Washington State, Butler. Central Normal, Indiana State Teachers’ College, Ball State Teachers’ College, DePauw. Washington and Jefferson, and many others. Average age of the men was 24 years and 4 months, average height was five feet eleven and

SEEK UNIFORM ROAD NUMBER —- Uniform Number Sought For Benjamin Franklin Highway Findlay, 0., June 13.—(Special) —A movement looking to a uniform numbering throughout the length of the Benjamin Franklin highway was launched at the annual meeting of the association i held in Butler. Pa., last week- At I the same time, a merger was ap- ' proved that will extend the Benjamin Franklin route from Omaha west to Salt Lake City, Utah, and joining there with Route 40 west to San Francisco. U. S. Route 32 was the number adopted to be requested when the American Association of Highway one-halt Inches, average weight was 175 pounds and the average ! grade in the mental tests was 90.3 per cent, Mr. Stiver said.

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: — -♦ RATES One Time—Minimum charge of 25c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words, 1!4o per word Two Tlmee—Minimum charge of 40c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words 2c per word for the two tlmee. Three Tlmee—Minimum charge of 50c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words 2'/aC per word for the three times. Cards of Thanks 35c Obituaries and verses SI.OO Open rate-display advertising 35c per column Inch. + ■— ' — ♦ FOR SALE FOR SALE — Farm lease blanks, three for sc. Decatur Daily Democrat, 106 No. Second St. 276-ts FOR SALE—Corn cultivator. Rolland Grote, Phoue 697-A, Decatur R. R. 5. 139-3tx FOR SALE—Garden Plants; also yams. mile south of Hospital on Mud Pike. Victor Atnacher, phone 502. 139-3tx FOR SALE — Registered Holstein cow with calf by side. Also oth;er stock. Robert Nyffeler, Route 16. phone 861-T. 139-3tx ' FOR SALE — McCray grocery re- | frigerator, seven-foot front, two ; feet, four inches deep, six feet, two , inches high. One-third horsepow--1 er Frigidaire unit. All in A-l condition. Gerber Meat Market. 137-3 t FOR SALE—Semi-modern 7-room home near North Ward school; [ price S2O0 —cash and balance like ' : rent. 77 acre farm, near Decatur; j brick house with slate roof; cash | price, $3,500. Modern 7-room house with motor plumbing, in good 1 neighborhood; price SI,OOO cash, | balance mtg. at 6% Interest. Fine building lot on North Third street, ■ priced right. Suttles-Edwards Co. 137-3 t FOR SALE -3 doors, 2 34-inxS2-in„ one 24x82-in.; 1 rocker! 1 5burner coal oil range; 1 1929 Essex. Phone 973. H. G. Schulte, 617 Winchester St. 137-3tx FOR SALE —l9 used washers, 7 makes; gas and electric. GasoI line stoves, easy payments. Guernsey cow, calf by side. Decatur : Hatchery. 138-ts | ; FOR SALE—Westinghouse electric ■ range. A-l condition. Phone I 1361. 138-3tx I FOR SALE — Good seed potatoes. Willard Steele, Phone 5424. 138-3tx LOST AN'dFOUNP LOST— Folder containing drivers license and small picture. Finder please phone 546. Reward. Mrs. George Foos. 137-3 t Appointment of Adm taint rater \o. 3492 Notice is hereby given That the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the estate of Mary i Mae Manley, late of Adams County, I deceased. The estate is probably ! solvent. j Chauncey O. Manley, Administrator C. I« Uniterm Attorney 1 June 11, 1938 June 13-20-27 Appointment of Executrix No. 34*4 Notice is hereby given, That the undersigned has been appointed Ex- | euutor of the Estate of Charles MilI Irr. late of Adams County, deceased, i The Estate is probably solvent. Maggie Miller, Executrix Heller A Nchurger, Attys. June 11, 1938. June 13-20-27 ' Officials meets in Chicago this month. If the number is recommended by this association it will I then remain to be adopted by the } highway departments of the varI ious states through which it passes in some of which the number will double with existing well-establish-i ed number. In Ohio the number U. S. 32 would replace U. S. 224 from New I Castle, Pa., to Huntintgon, Ind. The route west from Omaha, the ■ former western terminus of the Ben Franklin, is the route adopted by the Transcontinental Airway I highway association, which was I merged with the Benjamin Franklin association at the Butler meet- ■ ing, the name Benjamin Franklin I highway now to apply over the whole distance. LOCAL MAN WANTED Manufacturer, Well Rated, Wants RELIABLE MAN In Decatur To Engage in BUSINESS PROVEN PROFITABLE NATIONALLY. No selling or canvassing. Good for $25.00 a week to right man with opportunity for increase. Cash investment of $875.00 required which is protected under agreement furnished. References given and demanded. Address X. Box 480, care of Decatur Daily Democrat, giving address. ——— WHY SUFFER Rheumatism, Neuritis, Arthritis, Periodic Pains, Lumbago and all ! other aches and pains are quickly relieved with Alt's Compound Wintergreen Tablets. Positively guaranteed. At all drug stores or send SI.OO to Union Pharmacal I Co Bluffton. Ind. i — j

FOR SALE Oliver 10-ft. combine, ] motor mounted and pickup attachments. Oil pull 20-40 tractor. McCormick 7-ft. binder. E. J. R. Implement Co., Willshire, Ohio. 139-3tx o FOR RENT FOR RENT—Six room house, four blocks from town. Hardwood, motor plumbing, garage, garden. Newly decorated. Telephone 585, FOR RENT —Modern home near business section; shower bath, herd, wood floors, two-car garage, nice yard, in good neighborhood. A. D. Suttles, Agt. 137-3 t FOR RENT — Sleeping room In modern home. 315 N. 4th St. Phone 783. 137-3 t FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnished 3-room apartment. All modern, hardwood floors. Private entrance. Rent reasonable. Inquire 227 N. Fourth. 138-3tx o MISCELLANEOUS CALL FRANK BURGER to move dead stock. Will pay for live horses. Day or night service. Phone collect. Harley Roop 870-A. lU-tf NOTICE— Parlor Suits recovered. We recover and repair anything. We buy and sell furniture. Also good used Ice boxes. Decatur Upholsters, Phone 420. 145 South Second St. 125-30 t o WANTED WANTED — To buy from owner: farm, within 5 miles of Decatur. Preferably north, 5 to 80 acres. Give description and terms. Box 505, care Democrat. 137-3tx WANTED — Call Erwin Roe fol» floor sanding and finishing, also remove wall paper with steamer. Call evenings at 5651. 139-6 t WANTED—Loans on farms. Eastern money. Low rates. Very liberal terms. See me for abstracts ot title. French Quinn. 152-mwt WANTED--Carpenter, repair work, roofing, Biding, cement work. Painting. Any kind of work. Ed Repperi, 216 S. Bth. J LOST AND FOUND LOST—S2O in bills, uptown, Sunday. Reward. Return to this office. Itx LOST —Traveling bag, ladies, boys clothing and keepsakes, between Ben Colter farm and Fort Wayne. Reward. Leave at this office. It 0 MASONIC The regular stated meeting of the Masonic, Decatur lodge No. 571 will be held Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 o’clock P. M. at the lodge room. Be present. H. D. Lower W. M. Jun 3 13-14 o Decatur Students Given Scholarships Bloomington, Ind.. June 13. —Two Adams county students today were named winners of county scholarships to Indiana University for . next year. The students selected to receive the scholarships, which are equivalent to contingent fees for one year, are Thomas A. Andrews. R. R. 4. Decatur, and Dwight M. Kimble, 504 North Fifth street, Decatur. Both Adams county students will be entering I. U. next September for the first time. The alternate name tor Adams county is Mary Jeanette Liechty, R. R. 1, Berne, graduate of Monroe high school. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur Appointment of Executor %o. 34110 Notice is hereby given That the undersigned has been appointed Executor of the Estate of Hattie Studa baker Obenaucr, late of Adatna County, deceased. The Estate is probably solvent. Arthur D. Suttles, Executor Jnnien T. Merryman, Attorney. J-ure 6th. 1938 June 6-13-20 JR. C. V. CONNELL Veterinarian Office & Residence 430 No. Fifth st. Phone 102. * ====7— Summer Prices On Coal Haugk’s Coal Yard Phone 660 » ♦ N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted HOURS ; 8:30 to 11:30 12:30 to 5;00 Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. i j Telephone 135.

MARKET UEMg Daily report niAna, fa' 1 *NO foreign for Closed st 12 No c llH | Veals received .■yJaEM — to tn a t" 1 K to io ti>. io -mi to u.u ‘ S,ags I FORT WAYNE LlV|sJOcOl»i Fort Wayne, hal , )| - Uvestoi k UffiP Hogs. 10e lows t to lbs.. ; . I'lo lbs.. $S 1> iin JI Roughs. $7 .->•>: s:ags. -tg.j| Calves. $9; lambs, lambs. $7. ■ CHICAGO GRAIN CLiJSEg — 1 INDIANAPOLIS $1.90-$2.10. Indianapolis. |;.d , ,i ;:. 13,-lU Hog receipts. 7.no>>; Ils; mark, t hi-L Kill Ills.. ss-U'. >ow> >-...|]-SH $7.75 $8.50. < -. grain - in steady; nothing Imio cows weak to boor. good s!i $ •?.■,. balk - - * ' " T9.r,n; EAST BLFFALO (U.Rz Livestock: MB Hogs. and choir, li'i.'Jb 1 180-215 lbs. s■l.2il'l-2mi lb- . bii-clu L $■ $'.i.35: $9.25-$9.10. Cattle. offerings. $lo$l".5" rough l.bb" >■■ .’.i yearling heif' I 1 " ers, $7.50 down $6.50-17; light In if J meaty grass cow-. Calves. v.-ab is good ami <'h<m i medium. s6.7s’s'.'. UH Shep. 400; to $10.50; mid I'bs obi ' ''"I 1 Bal $7.25; yearlings. ewes. $3.50-$4. CLEVELAND PROD Cleveland, lime 13Produce: Butter, sternly: ' xlia ' " dards, 29c. Eggs, steady. ' Xti.i b>'i' 21c; extra firsts. 11" j«•: ceipts, 18%-19c. Live poultry, w.ak: 21e: dues, young. « his.. 15c; heavy, 14c; inusco small, 12c. . Potatoes. Mam ho $2.40-$2.65; Whites. -UabauiaM ed reds, $2.25-$2.5u a bag M 11)S . ; Virginia wht:.'■ California whit- “ lbs.; North Carolina and M LOCAL GRAIN MARKE® BURK ELEVATOR C '■ Corrected June 1"- ■ Prices to be paid tomorrow No. 1 Wheat. 60 lbs. or be,,er ß No. 2 Wheat, etc M New No. 2 Oats Yellow Corn 9 New No. 2 Soy Beans 9 Rye ■" H CENTRAL SOYA 00- H New No. 2 Soy Bea" s H MARKETS at a GLANCI Stocks lower in 9U i( * ■ Bonds irreg U lariy >2 a ;()W Curb stocks irregularly Chicago stocks lower. Cal money 1 Per ce "‘; er ltl Foreign exchange tion to the dollar c Cotton futures off ai» a bale. wheat Grains in Chicago " ° much as 2 cents a bushel. about 1% cents. str( Chicago Livestock: HogCattle steady, sheep