Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1938 — Page 2

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t Test Your Knowledge I nan you answer seven of these ten questions T Turn to page Four for tbe answers. » < 1. Name the capital of Vermont. ‘ 2. Who recently won the world’s j welterweight boxing championship?! 3. How Is Hawaii pronounced? 4. Name the several parts of a flower. 5. Can honey in the comb be manufactured? 6. To what species of animals do

PUBLIC SALE 7 room HOME —7 As we are moving to Michigan we will sell at public auction without reserve, the following described real estate, on FRIDAY, June 24,1938 6:00 P. M. — On the Premises — 6:00 P. M. Location: 103 North 9th St., Decatur. Ind. Lot No. 208 in Joseph Crabbs western addition. Full size lot. 66x132, corner 9th & Madison streets. Good 2 story house, 7 rooms and bath. Garage. Good cistern. Beautiful lot with plenty of maple shade trees. Brick street, side walks. Ornamental street lights. One of the nicest locations in town. Property is in good repair. TERMS—I-2 cash, balance in 1 year. Immediate possession. Come and inspect the house any time. Wm. and Clarice Yake, owners Roy S. Johnson, auct. ■•..—IMM H® Mw. P.A. Kuhn I ; Says - - ’ W JR j “Ms prices are the Wb , lowest offered W on MF k o. K. se^ars * 1936 FORD TOURING Tudor 1 935 CHEVROLET 4 DOOR with built-on trunk. Motor Sedan. Beautiful black finish. A-1. Low mileage. Original Tires show little wear. Motor Firestone tires. Paint like A*l. • You will have to shop a new. A Bargain at lang time to find a Chevrolet in A aa. this Skiefient condition. Priced $300.00 •■!>- $3 5 5.00 ■ — 1 " 1937—Chevrolet Town Sedan-Trunk 1936—Chevrolet Town Sedan-Trunk 1936— -Dodge Town Sedan-Trunk 1935— CHEVROLET COACH 1934— CHEVROLET COACH - 1934—WILLYS SEDAN 1933— PLYMOUTH SEDAN 1932— PLYMOUTH SEDAN 1931— CHEVROLET COACH 1931—FORD V COACH 1937— Chevrolet Truck-Long W. B. s Chassis. Dual Rears. New tires all around. — SPECIALS — - 1930 CHEVROLET COACHSS9.OO ” 1929 CHEVROLET COACHS49.OO ‘ 1929 CHEVROLET SEDANS39.OO LIBERAL TRADES and EASY TERMS • save at i P. A. Kuhn Chevrolet Co Used Car Lot Monroe St.—Just West of Niblick Store ■KB®®®®®aa®®®KiMEl6HnH®«HnH

BARNEY GOOGLE GIPSY CHARM By Billy Deßeck ~7 7 COOKGVPsres w. \ 7 I|i \ ( ‘’iEiV'j 0 , / THENT'S TW MRRtAKNTS \ k 3s£ Z <vjan\P Raßßirc. \ \ J '/ \ WHO HEM BEEN SWtPtttf | pESS ffil BWHORH HROoro- j e vorfly *IOOOS - S x-®. * ( OUR- POUVXRy— SWI OHOH- / / X ■—,— lE=Ay J \GO ON BACK HON\E.,\NON\BN” 1 k THAR'S ONE O’TH" / ( UH) X, - U v ~—\. VNI GONTER CABSSBGREE. / gSS \ ORvryeßS oown ew J \7/ ) Y J '\ SINGLE-HRNDED —s' ' pSSifc. X th CREEK- J ' \ |V '♦"> --O WT* odw • SFtfWL |c«- I»3T, K W. >Yn -ifr- ~~ y W ■ * z ‘~ kr~T al Tj I-? 7 <&<-,. THIMBLE THEATER SHOWING—‘A SPLINTER OI F THE FAMILY TREE’ By SEGAR - I WOW’S THAT? VSVMELL’.'N /f-AY GORSHI \ OLIVE, SVJEE PEA'S OUS' UKE• ?7\ a new crown Ales put x-x (\SWEE'PEA talked Uhe SEZ Blow ‘ 9°^'' . THAT WILL FIT7 IT ON /X /7\ 7V\ V-T7Murni /* ME DOWN’-’ I DIDN'T , '> \ “•■• swee'pea X A H ' M j ' (!) CJ /well\ \JAtKED!/< know he was f I . ^ c SS t 0 . ■’Aik ‘ V DOWNy : Xife. - « a AW- ® H XTjaSi hfiSwteii i 3b I *w<i, A? y £jh> ■jßEy FI f r < ■"■ (••,•■>,; s ffli i JBl.au i

I cata belong? 7. In which time zone is Swltseri land? 8. Os what country U Helsingfors the capital? 9. Name the winner of ths Epsom I Derby, recently run in England. | 10. What is a monoplane? o MILK MONOPOLY (CONTINUED FROJC PAGE ONE) wide milk interests have combined to monopolize the dairy Industry in violation of federal anti trust laws.

1 Five Policemen Graduate From University . I — I — I I I ■' ■■■ I. —l^——lll ■ . jpj, JhkJw' ■ Cops in caps and gowns

Among graduates at University of Wichita in Kansas this year were five members of the Wichita police department, left to right. J. B. Cook, member of the department since 1929: Cleve Smyser.

The investigation is said to have been broadened to include all phases of the milk situation from ! farm to consumer and including ' the manufacture of by-products of I milk. | Chief point of the inquiry, it was I said, has been the wide difference i between the price received by the ! farmr for his milk and that paid j by the housewife -for doc-rstap de ! | livery. The base price paid to

- -■ . ——— ' ' " — — ■ I New Depository to House 70,000 Tons of Silver -'MI-' |General view | |‘l ■ Q Driil-proof steel door | 10 *4 5 Sil ii '■L &1 fc i J Hi' : ” « tfll ! I Mm - Mi. — HHHe gT-waar Interior of vault ||rofe. || - Vlrs - Nellie Ross, mint direilcr. makes inspectionjij

An official inspection by Mrs. Nellie Ross, director of the mint, of the new federal depository for silver at West Point, N. Y-, signals completion of the third storehouse for surplus bullion. Two other strongboxes are now in use at Fort Knox, Ky., and

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farmers for milk delivered to receiving stations, loading platforms or country plants was listed as 12 cents per quart. Tierney, it was said, will summon several hundred witnesses to testify before the grand jury and it was expected that presentation ofj the case would require most of the summer. The railk I?? Furtigation. is thp third recent anti-trust inquiry con- <

who joined as a cadet officer in 1936: Robley West, officer for two years; Frank Foree, 1935; Capt. Harry McCormick, of crime prevention bureau and department officer since 1935.

ducted in the middle west. At Madison, Wis., recently, 13 oil companies inroughout the nation and 11 of their executives were fined an aggregate of $360,000 < on charges of price-fixing of gaso-I line. i At South Bend. Ind., a federal j grand jury recently returned indictments against three major automobile firms and their finance company affiliates in connection : .. . ■■■■■ ——

Denver, Colo. The West Point silver storehouse will house 70,000 tons of the precious metal and was erected at a cost of nearly $600,000. Like the two other new depositories, it is located well inland as added protection against air raids.

♦ ♦ • RATEB One Time—Minimum charge of 25c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words, IJ4c per word Two Times—Minimum charge of 40c for 20 worda or leea. Over 20 worda 2c per word for the tw' times. Three J Imeo— Minimum charge of 50c for 20 worda or lesa. Over 20 worda 2'/ac per word for the three timea. Cards of Thanks 35c Obituaries and verses FI.OO Open rate-display advertialng 35c per column Inch. FOR SALE FOR SALE — 3 good milk cows. Dierkes Auto Parts, Nuttman Ave. Phone 322. 147-StX FOR SALE—Special baby chicks. 500 Barred Rocks: 200 Wyati dottes. Hatching Mondays and Thursdays all summer. Book order now. Decatur Hatchery, Phone 497. 147-3 t FOR SALE — Used furniture, stoves, pianos: A basement full of used furniture of every description. Make us an offer. We need the money. Sprague, 152 So. Second St. Phone 199. 148-3 t ; FOR SALE—Used tires and tubes. All sizes, cheap. Fogle Service ' Station. 334 North 2nd St. Phone 1897. 148-3 t FOR SALE — Second hand store truck. A good business for a man able to work. Frank Young, 110 Jetterson st. lix 1T ■ I j FOR SALE—Used pipe—all sizes. Five cents foot up. Several used I ’ motors, half horse up. See Dick ! ■ Burdge on Saturdays or Mondays I only. 148-3tx WANTED WANTED — 2 or 3 light housekeeping rooms on first floor. Box 509, care Democrat. 146-3tx WANTED —1 have some cash buyers wanting good Adams county farms. What have you to sell? C. D. Lewton. 148-3tx o Huge 'Hoppers Found State College, Pa. —(U.Pj—Grasshoppers five inches long and having a wing spread of nine inches are to be found in South America, according to S. W. Frost, Pennsyl- | vania State College entomology : professor. o Oriental Confidence Exhibited Pittsfield, Mass. — (U.K) — James Ping, Pontoosuc Lake chef, is the first Chinese to register a car here and obtain a driving license. Confident that he would pass the test, ! he purchased the car before trying j to drive. with an alleged monopoly on financing of automobile sales. The case is pending. G-men, it was said, have been investigating the milk case for more than a year. - —"*

JR. C. V. CONNELL Veterinarian Office & Residence 430 No. Fifth st. Phone 102. N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted HOURS 8:30 to 11:30 12:30 to 5:00 Saturdays, 8:00 p. rn. Telephone 135. !— ! ■ H SPRAGUE OFFERS ODD AND ENDS 12 Cedar Chests. _slo.oo up 1 Studio Couchslß.so 2 Porch Gliders, $18.50 ea. 1- 2 piece Living Room Suites29.so Liberal trade-in allowance for your old furniture. We sell for less. SPRAGUE FURNITURE CO. > 152 South Second St. ( Decatur, Ind. Phone 199 III——. 11 —l» — 1 -- CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are requested to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur 11. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2, instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two.

FOR KENT FOR RENT — 5 room all modern house. Furnace and hardwood floors. Dyonis Schmitt. Phone 49. 147-3 t FOR RENT — Nicely furnished room, continuous hot water shower. Phone 2x2. 148-3tx FOR RENT—Eight room all modern house, motor plumbing, recently redecorated inside and out. Phone 937. 148-3 t o , MISCELLANEOUS NOTICE — Parlor Suits recovered. We recover and repaid anything. We buy and sell furniture. Also good used ice boxes. Decatur Upholsters, Phone 420. 145 South Second St. 125-30 t NEON SIGNS—New or used. Priced to sell. We buy old signs. P. O. Box 421. Fort Wayne. 148-3tx PAY BALANCE due on this large family size electric refrigerator. Will be sold to responsible party who can continue payments of $6 per month. Box 510, care Democrat. 148-3 t Board and Room i Board and room at 315 N. First St. 146t3x o NOTICE — Bargain Chick Sale. Closing out for the season. Friday and Saturday the remainder of our chicks must be sold. Pine- " dale Hatchery. Phone 432. 147-2 t o Civic Beauty Butt of Joke Drumright, Okla.—(U.R) Miscreants took the long way around to play a joke on advocates of civic beauty here. The jokers filled a new lily pond in city park with a load of rock left near the project. Veterans Form “Amps” Club Vancouver. —<U.R> To have lost one or more limbs in war is the qualification for membership in the “Amps” Table Tennis Club here. The club has 16 members and was organized four years ago. One of the speediest players is Comrade Oscar Erickson, who is minus both legs.

In Spy Probe . :5: w® ; B-W -J ; - Sylvia Bradshaw Sylvia Bradshaw, 22-year-old ■ English beauty, was placed under protection in New York until sailing for home because of fear that she might be attacked by members of the spy ring against whom she is expected to testify before i embarking. A federal grand jury is now completing its investigation of espionage activities.

ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT to buy one of our remaining Cedar Chests “‘ xo% discount. i Ten are Walnut. One Maple. These Caswell - Runyan chests with Yale locks, copper plated metal, dust strips and , guarantee against ’ i moth damage are well worth the regular rei tail price. i, ’ KZEoI OS JWkS '|. Phone 61

MARKET REPS daily report of I AND FOREIGN I Brady', Market for D . Cr.lgvllle, Hoa a t and ind Closed 12 June No commission and no Veals 100 to 120 lbs 120 to 150 lbs |MH 150 to 225 ibs MHI 225 Io 250 ||, s . fIHR 250 to 275 Ibs. wragra! 275 to 300 lbs. |M 300 to 350 |bs. mMbS 3uo ||>s . ami np Roughs Stags fltH Veab-rs Spring iambs ■■ Yearlings . IMM INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis, Ind., June —Livestock: BBS Hog receipts, 6,000; hej doveraj 102; market In tn 250 lbs.. |8.965!>.-:u. $8.7549; 300-ino .. 100-160 Ibs.. $8$! ( ; sows. er. bulk $7 35-$x 15. |H| Cattle. 700; calves, strong: other classes fully *39 most steers. 25 S' ers. $9 and down. $6.50 down; vealers ,u I£■ $8.50. n| Sheep, 600; string $1 lower; bulk good and ewe and wether lambs, slaughter ewes steady at FORT WAYNE Fort Wayne. Ind.. June —Livestock: Hogs. 15 to 20c higher; Ibs.. $9.20; 220-240 Ibs . $9. 200 lbs.. $9.10; 160-180 240-260 lbs., $8.90; ssso: 280-300 lbs.. $8.70; lbs.. $8.60; 325-35" lbs. 160 Ibs.. $8.75; 1204 40 100-120 lbs.. $8.25. 9| Roughs. $7.25; stags. SG. H 9 Calves. $8.50; lambs. ped lambs. $6. CLEVELAND Cleveland, 0., June 23.--i Produce: Butter, unsettled; extras, standards, 29' 2 c. Eggs, unsettled: extra clean. 21c; extra firsts. lli’ 2 rent receipts. IS’g-l'Ji. Live poultry weak; hens. 20c; ducks, fancy. 6 lbs.. 15c; average run, 13c; and small, 12c. ■ Potatoes. Maine, $1 bama washed reds. $2. bag of 100 lbs.; Virginia and M Carolina whites. $1.75 $1.90; ■ fornia whites. $2.25-$2.40 !>:<■ 100 lbs.; Virginia whites. $:>M bbl.; North Carolina, $2.75® bbl. ■ EAST BUFFALO LIVESTOO Hogs: 200; 10c to 15c hiM good to choice mixed we j| $9.65; uniform 20" Ibs. quoted $9.75; few but® $9.10. . ■ Cattle: 200; steady; strati) ■ to choice mixed yearlings $■ moderately covered to thick-ffi® grass steers $8.25-8.75; plains® and heifers. $7.40 down, ■ weight bulls $5.25-5.55: I"*’ ‘'9 and cutter cows $4.00-5.00. ■ Calves: 100; vealers unchan® $9.00 down. 9 Sheep: 100; not enough on hand to test market; under® lower. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSEB July Sept- I Wheat 75% • 1 Corn ] Oats 267/8 ■“ t>M g LOCAL GRAIN MARKET! BURK ELEVATOR CO. ■ Corrected June 23 I Prices to bo paid tomorrow.! No. 1 Wheat, '6O lbs. or better $1 ? No. 2 Wheat, etc I New No. 2 Oats •■""' I Yellow Corn I New No. 2 Soy Beans Rye CENTRAL SOYA CO. New No. 2 Soy Beans MARKETS AT A GLANCE Stocks: strong in active tiada Bonds: higher and active, u. government issues easy. Curb stocks: strong. Chicago stocks: strong. Call money: one percent. Foreign exchange: fnm • tian to the dollar. •Cotton: up more than 50c [jf Grains; wheat stead)■ < Chicago stocks: hogs st ' tie strong, sheep weak. I Rubber: up around 1- ■ Silver bar in New Yoibed at 42scents a fine onnu- ° of 7th Seventh Son of 7th• ( Worcester. Mass.-W.W w| I City hospital, Herm 011 of Boucher is the seven h H ' seventh sou of a se ' “ paul 1 parents are Mr. and Boucher. 1