Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1938 — Page 3

ark^H’ s pICNIC class of Iho Baptist :»turJkA srln>“l met at the parson•a ,-V. o'clock l ° On '^B 1 ..- '" "m ~. n .trili Decatur wnere 0 ry^^^^Kßl y.[ivc members attended, was in charge of Miss ami Mis. Vaughn Hi! ■■ , .-h.c• business session was plan- discussed for the KfBE BIBLE CLASS " Ks SOCIAL MEETING Harry Knapp. Er ®M(p;<hici. Walter .1 Bookman, 9H?WP ami H B. Macy were ■<> the members of tin Bibb' class ot the Zi in R.--S.nulay school in the social . SI >CkB. Otto Kirsch conducted the and Mrs. Jack Little, ‘ president, presided over a |K n.-s- cession. Twenty five w resiHimled to roll call. " enjoyed and prizes ls during the social hour. |^Kza-i-’h>-n arranged tnd con bowls of summer flow■M i / luneeon was nerved IS. hostesses. announced ■ ment has been made of iu of Miss Metha Bieberof Mr. and Mrs. Ott > of route 2. and Thomas of Decatur. - wedding occurred March in the St. James Evangelical church at Reynolds. IndM: r d Mrs. Herbert Betsicb- . attendants. was formerly en pl.iy.-I (icm-ral Electric in Deen'ttr couple will reside here. ). ready class WEBSTER members of the Ever Ready ft of the M. E. Sunday school Forest on Lake JVebster. | spent the entire week while ( motored there for a day or following persons to d< ad-

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By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright, 1938 King Feature** Syndicate, luc. ■ HOLLYWOOD — Taking you nine years and to the RCA

CLUU LM LllC P hotophone studio in New York, a young director of short subjects is trying to encourage a carrot-topped girl from vaudeville who is scared to death about making a two-reeler with Rudy Vallee. “Stop your worrying," h e said, “some day, you and I will

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out in Hollywood making a big At the time, I expect, both would sold their chances for a sum. But there were no and the other day, on the set, the director, Mark ■fcndnch. and the girl, Ginger ■“"gers, celebrated the ninth anni■tersary of their meeting and of the ■prophecy that came true. ■ Can you imagine yourself turn- ■ J1 g down SBO,OOO rather than give ■»P a vacation? ■ didn’t take Sonja Henie 30 '■*conds to make the decision on ■we set of 'My Lucky Star”. ■ European promoters wanted to the ice queen this sum, plus ■ ‘xpenses, for making personal ap■Pearances while she is abroad. ■ "No," said Sonja, “I’m going to ■[»y lodge outside of Oslo and enjoy ■"'u months of complete rest.” ■ By rest, Sonja means fishing, ■“‘king and hunting, for she is an ■ «Pert at all of these in addition ■ 0 her more exploited acconiplish- ■ Wents. ■ Jimmie Durante is the easiest S -Uch m Hollywood and would be ■ rich if he had all the money he has ■ B‘ven away. ■ Recently, he has been showing ■J e town to some men who said ■ “'ey knew his brot her, Alfred, a I • ew York cop. I Not in a suspicious way but just I 0 let the brother know that the ■ Pals were having a good time, the ■ 'Oh'edian mentioned them in a I r ' Back came a wire saying I "®y were phoneys. “ut there is a strange payoff **hile entertaining his guests, “'mmie admired a ring one of them “M on. “Wear it,” said the man. Now the visitors have disappeared and Jimmie has the ring. On what was once a golf course, ;*®ntieth Century-Fox has dumped “.000 truck loads of sand, creating a 20-acre desert to order. Spread

CLUB CALENDAR™ Society Deadline, 11 A. M. . Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Tuesday 1 Mother's Jewels Mite Box () pen . 1 ing. M. E. Churcn, 3:30 p. ni. Zion Junior Walther League, ■ Zion Lutheran Church. 7 p. in. i Rebekah, Lodge, I. O. 0. F. Hall, ■ 7:30 p. m. i Pinochle Club, Mrs. Clarence Wes her, 7:30 p. m. Church Mothers’ Study Club, M. E. Church, 2 p. m. Root Township Home Economics Club, Mrs. Ida Houk, 1:30 p. m. Wednesday . Union Township Woman’s Club i Mrs. Floyd Arnold. 1:30 p. tn. Thursday St. Mary’s Township Home EcoI nomice Club, Bobo School, 1:30 ■ p. m. , vantage of the vacation: Mesdames , Charles Fletcher. Floyd Acker, P. G. i Riker. Sam Butler R. A. Stvckey, . Virgil Krick. W. P. Robinson. Curtis Miller, Fred Werst, J. B. Anderson, i Ed Ahr, Frank Carroll, Jesse Nib- , lick. John Nelson, Giles Porter, W. F. Beery, Judson Passwater, Delton . Passwater, M. E. Hower, Earl Colter, Paul Edwards. Dan Tyndall. C. A. Krogh R. A. Adams, Forest Elzey, Jack Freidt, Sol Sheets, Leigh Bowen, Margaret I Elzey. C. L. Walters and the Misses ’ | Effie Patton. Marilyn Carroll. WilI ma Bell. Lucile Bell, Kathryn Amm | Edwards. Anola Friedt. Miss Gilpin. I Victor Porter and Leigh Edward Nelson. The St. Mary's township home economics club will meet at the Bobo school house Thursday afterj noon at one-thirty o'clock with Mrs. Ben Colter. Mrs. S. Koos, Mrs. Mary Koos and Mrs. Clara Miller as hos- ' tesses. Each member is to bring an I apron for display. This will also .'be guest day and members are urgI ed to bring a guest. Anyone in the county interested is welcome to attend. I The Mothers’ Jewels of the M. E. church will enjoy a party at the 1 church Tuesday afternoon at three- | thirty o’clock. This will be the mite box opening and all members

I out, tne sand runs from four to 12 inches deep and supplies a handylocation for the picture, "Suez”. There is only one trouble. It s been so foggy the company hasn t ’ been able to shoot and now weeds ' are sprouting up all over the 20 1 acres. A crew of men have been - assigned to cut them down and ■ keep the desert looking like a ‘ desert. 1 The ribbers caught up with i Gable at last. In a scene for “Toe i Hot to Handle”, Leo Carrillo is i- supposed to puli down a mass or i debris that literally buries Gable. They' shot the scene twice and Di- ’ rector Jack Conway i right, let’s do one more take." , °Down came the debris. Gable 1 waited for the men to uncover him. No dice. He yelled, but no one answered. Digging his way out of the mess, the star prepared to bawl somebody out. > There was no one in sight. Jno company had all walked away. On doctor’s orders, Lucille Ball is off on a two weeks’ auto trip ■ through northern California. She 11 make it solo, but with two police dogs along for protection. > Mickey Rooney’s dusky valet, Sylvester, is going to quit. Worki ing for Mickey is all right, he i says, but he refuses to be loaned out to all the star's friends. . . . If the Katherine

De Mi He-An-thony Quinn baby is a girl it will be named April. If a boy, Christo pher. Quinn was telling the news at the Seven Seas. . . . Fay Holden, who plays Cecilia Parker's mother in the “Judge Hardy" series, not only stood up with

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her at her wedding but has been house nursing tl- actress through an illness. . ■ ■ me party 1? Stan Laurel's house was a combined birthday celebratron for Stan, Milton Bren Harr * don and Hal Roach, J’ • d ps came inside a week. • • • to new Twosomes: June Gale and Curly Harris at the Tropic. He, Pat Wilder's ex. . . . Ro ?. ert who gets raves from M. G. M.crs for his Louis XV! AntoL nptte" has to rush to Englana ! without seeing the picture. Hm I father is critically ill. • • • Anu Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.’s, Fat^ a Day present to his dad was a book of stills covering all of D° u g Senio r’s pictures-going clear back to “The Lamb ”, * -

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Pleads Innocent to Spy Charge u T ~" ■ I _ - - _ 1 I * -I If'' s ii a I fe Ii ’ lifew SBf ! Vfk? -■ H Johanna Hofmann leaving marshal’s van Here is Johanna Hofmann, 26, hairdresser on the German liner Europa, as she stepped from the U. S. marshal's van to appear in New York court and plead not guilty to espionage charges Miss Hofmann and 17 others, only three of whom are in custody in United States, the others having fled the country, were indicted in connection with the alleged spy ring discovered by G-men. All four pleaded Innocent and were held on bail of $25,000 each pending trial, Aug. 1.

are reminded to bring their mite! Boxes. The Zion Junior Walther league ! will enjoy a weiner roast Tuesday, i All thouse planning to attend are I requested to lie at the Lutheran I church at seven o’clock. BLOSSOM TEA WELL ATTENDED Almost one hundred guests attended the annual blossom tea held in the entertaining rooms of the M. E. church Friday afternoon. The church was beautifully decorated with baskets and hampers of flowers. A splendid program of music and readings was given by Mrs. Maidie Ruth Norman, a professor of dramatics in the Bennett college for negroes. Miss Helen Haubold accompanied Mrs. Norman at the piano. After the program the guests| were seated at small tables where [ light refreshments were served. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Smith returned Friday evening from French Lick Springs where they attended the state convention of druggists,' held there last week. They also vis-. ited many places of beauty and interest in Southern Indiana, including West Baden Springs.. Shoals, Brown County and Greensburg. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Duke left this morning for a short fishing trip in. Michigan. I Mr. and Mrs. Gerhart Schultz and daughter Jeannine, and Mrs. B. Schultz arrived home today after a week's vacation with relatives in

Actress Linked to Opera Star jgn|, 1 % -sr cl i Pi V dSf / Ku ■ LI /j. aV..4 X- ' Elissa Land! and Nino Martini If the numerous fa T ell k r X n Nino star, by Elissa rumors linking the two are not far 11 al 3 TheyVeXd U affirm or deny reports of their engagement.

; Canada. ! Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Holthouse and daughter Ruth and Miss Nancy Bell I | are visiting in South Whitley L feJfe_: J Adams County Memorial Hospital !♦ * i Admitted Friday: Dave Summers, route 3; Otie Enyder, transient; Thomas Titus, R. R. Decatur. Admitted Saturday: Leonard Egley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al”in Egley of 115 Scheiman st., Mrs. Rural Rose, Homestead 40. — __o ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. York of route 3, Decatur, are the parents of a baby girl born at the Adams , county memorial hospital Friday. evening at 11:25 o'clock. The baby weighed seven pounds, nine ' and one-quarter ounces and has not been named. Rains Welcome But Little Heat Relief Rains late Friday and today did Lut little in the way of bringing relief from the heat wave, which visited the city and community this weelk. Failure of the humidity to [ drop with the temperatur? was : greatly responsible for continued ' suffering from the heat. Despite the precipitation overi night, the temperature recording on the Democrat thermometer at 8 o’clock this morning wae 72 de- ! grees. Only five days of the season have topped the mark at that hour. ' However, the weatherman promises “cooler weather Sunday,” fo’lowiug continued showers today.

MINTON QUIET | (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I I recognized that I have a Oemocru- j lie record of 35 years and. Because of this, It would be inconsistent for tor the Republican convention to' ( nominate me or for me to accept the Republican nomination tor Senator." | i I The senior senator opened stale , headquarters tn Indianapolis today for his independent campaign. Mine Wilma Aber, a member of hi.’ Washington staff will he in charge. 'll have made all my plan# to run !as an Independent and I have not I spent one minute of time to make I any effort to control the Democra'lie convention," Van Nuys said. "L do not want anyone to vote for me under misapprehension. I am | running on my record —the record of oppoeing any assault on the supreme court and opposition to the i government reorganization hill. My position in the future will be exactly as it has been in the past whenever constitutional government is attacked. I hope every voter in Indiana knows where I stand on that subject." Van Nuys was to leave later today for a three weeks vacation at Wallon Ixike. Mich., a trip that will take him out of the state during i both conventions. He plans to rejiurn the middle of July and launch

HERE IT IS! The GREAT MYSTERY = BUZZARDS’ WOODS C* Ow ’'' miss fhis hil ° r ’ 000 i Olls new episode with Barney Google, J? Snuffy, Lowizie and the Hillbillies as the chief actors. 9 ria , —that bewitching new song —you II soon ■! be singing it-it will haunt you-it will make you forget your troubles. 1 * SNUFFY AND HIS SNORING JUG -it’s creating a new craze - you II soon be juggin' itFollow it every day in Barney Google V y *•■ w ■ A K | NO FEAIUZfS COMIC J . by BILLY DE BECK -CT’.— -T X \A<\s LAUGHS \ V- gags CTJ • \ . X mystery \ k Y SUSPENSE I CT>\ ’oh H$ fefe /\ \ MONDAY (_< J/l ( \ \ JUNE 27 ."5< // I ° in Decatur Daily Democrat

a vigorous independent campaign. Minton visited briefly with Dick| Holler, the governor’s exectitive secretary, and other statehouse friends, the governor’s executive secretary, and the statehouse friends. He will leave later today for his home in New Albany, planning to return next weftk for a conferece witli Townsend and other Itaders. He will serve as permanent chairman of the Democratic convention. o WRECK OF TWO fCONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) why he passed the station. Apparently he overlooked Ills orders." According to advices the railroad received from the scene of the crash, only one car of the passenger train was derailed. It did not overturn. o FEAR WEALTHY (CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE) dent at Princeton University. The cliff is part of the west front of North Sandia mountain which is 9,000 feet high. McCormick was the heir of his late father's huge publishing fori tune. Mrs. Simms married McCormick June 10. 1903. He died Feb. 25. 1925. while a member of the Unit-

| I'd States senate from Illinois. InI herltlng muny of the qualities of her late father, Ma.rk Hanna, she Ims long been prominent in politics mid social and civil work. She was a member <>t the house from 1929 to 1931 and in 1932 won Ute Republican senatorial nomination, only to be defeated by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis in the election. She married Simms March 9, 1932. and since then has concentrated much of he renergy on the Sandia school for girls which she established in the beautiful Sandia mountains. o WILL DESCRIBE (CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE) in protecting tile outlets and filling deep gullies is also illustrated on this field. Variety tests of wheat, oats and soybeans are other features that will be of interest to farmers. A trip to this field will be well worth the half day it takes to any- ■ one handling this kind of black and cluy land. Adams county farmers are invited to get up a carload of neighbors for an interesting visit to this branch of Pur1 due university where practical information on sils and crops problems in this section is being worked out. ■ o Tmd* In A <«on4 Tnwn — Demtur

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Stock Market Again •On Upward tirade New York. June 25 (U.K) Slocks wavered for a short lime today and then resumed their advance with such vigor that tickers | fell several minutes behind. Il was the seventh successive rise Transactions were heaviest since April 1C Each irregularity was featured by a decline in steel shares whic h were sold when traders got the impression from President Roosei velt last night that the U. S. Steel I Corporation had given assurance that no wage changes would )m> made in effecting a price cut. Today the corporation flatly denied any such assurance, the market turned about and advanced swiftly tinder lead of steel shares which substituted gains for early losses. O Hovel Becomes Haven ‘ Byers, Pa. —(UP) —“The Little ’ Old Tin Can," a cabin nestled 1 against a wooded knoll, built of odds and ends of old automobile r.nd its roof weighed l:y stones, has been the home of Elmer Sackett here for the past five years. Living now on a pension, Sackett has found peace and satisfaction after r years of beig tossed about.