Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1938 — Page 3

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S s lKJk'''' " ,,rlng , '",■ '■ HSLr of EvaOM'OII II . H.. 11 . B 1 ".-W..i.„.t, 8.-nafor Mrs. «.la<ly® an.l MISS Mary •>•• a " ,,f Fn l Wl,y t n h p <; I «ho has been the |P" t M,s 11’11 foi Past seVBSK,, will ’•••turn to her I’ 1 "”" on tod’?I to L’ bo' Bihl- -'ass of the .. school . du-1’ 11111 '' ,)f "'*■ '■' iißul iX'Xorthwos- of th- eit. Thltrs--1 ®* r "LL n .. ,• s.'V.'O 'hirty o clock, havine no method of ■oKatim asked ‘ a Little. ■ g LO CAL CLUB WOMEN Ito atT endCLUB dav I .»l>, A.-:;. -) ar- i-nit-d to atf, ,i.-.ition of women* ’. • . h-ld at Winona !uk«n-o. J'.ly -< Mrs Henry 8.-lnli w "f " lls city . n,attend th- meeting * program I civ's activities: 1.,., - lire to b- announced ruMK n - E-il-ration Bound Table ’*• Westminster Hotel ’’ l tt .X -n Westminister -m <' |,!l,,r ' I’etries Nation“itlU'i School Tabernacle rH iWfT III Kae Tay!or ' Im ’ Tabernacle VOoQ 1 -ntion on the Lawn t orch mot I- ■ -'uh t in the church parlors afternoon at two thirty Jrs. Gertrude Meyers will i, “The eating habits of ’ Hosteses for thh meeting rs. Floyd Grandstaff, Mrs. ixrick and Mrs. Ray StingeJ MEETING . OF CLU IS HELD ThirtJs.x members, ten 4 H club girls A a large number of guests the splendid meeting of . - eCI1 ’ ,J ttOSlS&i'ih. held Thursday at the hotaiMh’> L'iand Ray. Assisting .. were Mesdames - I>aeii‘‘, O. Stiinan, Llttfe wsler and Harry Martz. Durfef the routine opening, roll call iManswered with "Why Boys and gE* ■i’ould belong to the 4 H <lubs.“ During the short business

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raramount ever made the mistake. The star is never for a minute believable as the Texas heroine who runs guns through a block ade and helps drive a herd of 10,000 cattle through blizzards, Indian attacks and prairie fires to Abilene, Kas. Through the ar-

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• iiiiuugn usie tuMiss Bennett is never a fresh costume and her always perfect. the thrilling shots of drive, it's a shame, too. y ir fll 'St two pictures, the appeared only briefly ° n screen, but the Dionne yj|jßgers will get real footage in a Kind”- about 2,500 feet A™ By-ey are now old enough to Twentieth Centuryfor their song to be a s ive you an idea, the fiad 800 feet in "Country tWCtor” and 600 feet in "Reunion”. - 1 ''kJu a fortunate day for the " a San Fernando valley when Jack Haley took his wing. They not '■lß* t e: weekly swims in the , Century-Fox star's pool Warner has invited Mrs. K fi rln g them down to his S**JMhome for an afternoon. have several hours on tha to* 11 ’ antl lhcn see a P’Cture in JBH||’** ner Projection room. Very funny about the feud Sam ffISSP S stirr,n K up between g”?*? Rooney and the "Dead Wood offered to bet that the smallest one of 18 **p ern boyg would mow him

CLUB CALENDAR < Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 c Tuesday s Rebekah lodge, I. O. O. F. hall, 7:30 p. m. 1 Root Township Home Economics . Club, Mrs. R. W. Rice, 1:30 p. m. r Dutiful Daughters Class Picnic, Memorial Park. 5:30 p. m. j Kirkland Home Economics Club, • Kirkland High School. Zion Junior Walther League Social Meeting. Lutheran Church, 7 | P- »!• » Wednesday 1 Tnlon Township Woman’s Club, r Mrs. Walter Whittenbarger, I:3ft p. • m. x Thursday f Phoebe Bible Class, Mrs. Edgar{ 1 j Gerber. 7:30 p. m. M. E. church mothers' study club, church parlors, 2:30 p. m. meeting, the club decided tc hold the annual picnic at Hanna-Nutt- ■ man park the last Thursday in Au1i gust. i The meeting was then turned. - over to the 4-H club leaders Miss 1 t Mary Koos and Miss Geraldine Ray. j • who were in charge of a line pro-. : gram of songs, readings and demon-! • strations. An exhibition of the work done by the girls the past year wae i held at the close of the prog-tarn. The hostesses then served deliI' cious refreshments. FEENEY WINNER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) 'Feeney. 21,967 votes, and Lutz. . 21.695. The second “perfect' precinct of the recount was discovered yesterday. Also remaining to be ruled on ( I by the special judge is the disappearance of 137 voted ballots in the sixth precinct of the 10th ward. ' The ballots had completely disap- . peared and were never recovered f ' by the recount board. : o FINISH COURSE ' (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) noon from 4:30 to 6:30 p. m. Only those who have completed ths stan- > dard course will be eligible. s Indiyituate and groups are invitI ed to attend the classes and to con- - tact Mr. Stalter if interested in s taking the course. All classes will 1 be suspended street fair week. o Jockeys Must Go To School 1 Redwood City, Cal. (U.R) — Calii fornia jockeys are to have a higher i cultural status hereafter than is i usually found in the profession.

down In a fight. Mickey was so insulted that he offered to take on the biggest one and to ‘‘slap his puss and send him home crying". Kitty Kelly has news of another actress using the same name and is consulting her attorney to see what can be done about it. The Paramount star has had several similar experiences. In 1926, First National decided that Molly O'Day would be called Kitty Kelly on the screen. They gave up the idea after Kitty protested. The oil well brought in by Irene Dunne's husband, Dr. Francis Griffen, promises to bring him in $175 a day. More exciting to these ears is the news that the old couple who have been living on the land for 29 years, get a like amount. And this is only from the first well. There are 30 acres in the property. Watch the rush back to slapstick now that Lloyd’s "Professor Beware" is such a hit. I know of one singing star whose next picture definitely will be in this vein, . . .

Reginald Owen, the character actor, has had a play accepted for Broadway production. Title is "PotLuck". . . . The Rosemary LaneBo b Thatcher friendship will bear watching. He's from the New York stage. ... A 16millimeter pic-

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ture taken at I the "Marie Antoinette” premiere will be sent to Robert Morley in i England. His Louis XVI was one . of the exciting features of the pici ture. . . . The Edgar Kennedys i brought two huge plum puddings back from London. . . . Twosomes; about the town: Nan Grey with. i Charles Martin, the Universal pro-’ i ducer, at the Bublichki. . . • June. 1 Travis with Owen Davis, Jr., at the ; Troc. ... A poem written by Zoe : Akins 15 years ago will be used as i the lyrics in a song for "Zaza",

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1938,

| Many Reunions Scheduled For Summer Months Sunday, July 24 Parent reunion. Sun Set park. Sunday July 31 Haggard Reunion, Lehman park, Berne, Borne annual reunion, Sun Set park. Myers family reunion, Sun Set park. Cowan reunion, Sun Set park. Hoffman reunion, rain or shine, , Sun Set park. Sunday, August 7 Brandybeiry Reunion, Lehman Park, Berne. Bedford Reunion, Hanna-Nuttman Park. Ninth Brandeberry Reunion. Lehman Park, Berne. Weldler Reunion, Hanna-Nuttman Park. Fuhrman reunion. Hunna-Nutt-inan park. Dettinger annual reunion Sun Set park. Johnson reunion, Sun Set park. Brunner annual reunion, rain or shine, Sun Set park. Sunday. August 21 Smith Reunion, Sun Set Park, all day. Martz Reunion, Lehman Park Berne, 9 a. m. Hawkins Family Reunion, Hanna ' Nuttman Park, Basket Dinner. Durbin Annual Reunion, Legion Memorial Park. Hitchcock reunion, Hanna-Nutt- ’ man park. Rellig and Roehm reunion. Sun Set park. Dellinger annual reunion, Sun Set park. Miller and Snyder annual re- j union, Sun Set park. Sunday, August 21 Brentlinger Reunion, Welker’e' Grove. Steele Reunion, Franke Park,' Fort Wayne. Eighth Annual Weldy Reunion,' Hanna-Nuttman Park. Roebuck reunion. Memorial pork, i Davis family reunion, Sun Set park. Annual Kuntz reunion, rain or, shine. Sun Eet park. Chattanooga Zion Lutheran pic- ■ nic, Sun Set park. Sunday. Aug. 28 Hakes Reunion, Legion Memorial Park. Parker reunion, Sun Set park. Davie annual reunion, Sun Set park. Sunday. Sept. 4 Roop annual reunion, Sun Set park. Schnepp and Manley reunion, Sun Set park. Annual Urick reunion, Sun Set park. L. E. Marr reunion, Sun Set park. Sunday, Sept. 11 Wesley reunion. Sun Set park. Barker annual reunion, rain or ■ shine. Sun Set park. ' Pansy Abbott, superintendent of schools, has issued an order that they must attend school the same as others under 18. The order affects 40 jockeys at the Bay Meadow- i tracts alone. Special classes will be held at the race course.

Careers of Radio Stars Are Often Short-Lived * '’k ® x. | Amos *n‘ Andy I HXV wV~ / w bßb > IS* J - Rudy Valiee J ** ~ 'XlLlf BBSf [~Burns and Atlen~j r A > M «B< \z * i I Mgjjjlllf Gertrude Xiesen I SMS

Few branches of show business have a greater mortality rate than radio. With the exception of 1 a handful of veterans, such as Amos ’n’ Andy, Burns and Allen, Rudy Vallee and Jack Benny, i the majority survive a much shorter time than do the headliners of stage, screen, vaudeville or night club. Gertrude Niesen, Ruth Etting, Irene

Claims Strike Censor Invoked . *ll® ’ A. < ’ 1 i ' - y r < l\ . / ' ■\ j ; I z■/ •' 'x ■’ /' I♦; ■ x t-J ,<- ■ / .. A * i ; \ 7 r-w ? \ 4 \ Roy D. Moore and Charles M. White , Republic Steel corporation officials sought to "Christianize newspapers” and create a favorable public opinion following critical newspaper accounts of the 1935 strike at the Republic subsidiary plant in Canton, O. Such was the statement made by Roy D. Moore, left, general manager of the Brush-Moore newspapers In Ohio, when he testified before the senate civil liberties committee hearing in Washington as to whether workers had been deprived of their rights in the "little steel" strike. Moore stated that Charles 1.1 White, right, , vice president of Republic, sought to uphold publication in the Canton Repository, a Brush-Moore paper, of a story describing violence which took place during- the strike.

— DEATH CLAIMS ' (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) i and Burley Drew of Decatur. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the | Geneva United Brethren church i with burial in the Geneva cemetery. o Lad Fatally Injured When Struck By Train Indianapolis, Ind., July 2,3 — ! (UP) — Edteon Hunt, 19, died in { city hospital last night after being! I struck by a Monon passenger train as he crossed a trestle over Fall! Creek. Edison was walking on the trestle I . returning from an outing with three companions James, Robert and Herl bert Hunt, brothers, when the train i came to the bridge. Engineer John Olsen, 67, Irdiana1 polis, said: ! “Two boys ran off the pier and two others ran to the cen’er. One . { of these got to the side of a steel I ’■ support but the train "hit the other i and knocked him clear off the tres- { tie.” o Postmaster for 50 Years Crystal River, Fla. —(UP) —Charles A. Miller. Crystal River’s post-

Bordoni, Bemice Claire, Helen Kane, Jack Pearl and Joe Cook are among those who are less prominent today than a short time ago. The terrific pressure on radio entertainers to keep their programs fresh and novel is thought by many to be the explanation of their fast fading and their high turnover

master, has completed his 50th year as a postmaster in Citrus county. His length of service as postmaster of a third class office is believed unequaled. o British Babies Join Clubs London. — (U.R) — The club baby may soon becomes a feature of British family life. There are already five baby clubs in the country and others are soon to be started as part of the “fitness campaign.” o Brides Avoid Old Church Northwood. N. H. — <U.RI — The j wedding of Ruth Mary Doe and ! William George Stergios was the I second solemnized at the First Baptist church here since 1772. so I far as can be learned from town records. o Indian Mound Uncovered Phoenix. Ariz. (U.R) — An ancient Salt river valley Indian burial ground haa been discovered by Lee 1 Gamble, power shovel operator on a state highway construction jab on the Salt river near Mesa, Ariz. Gamble said he uncovered pottery, corn grinders, and crumbling bones about two feet under the surface. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

EPERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Leon Freßng and son of Chicago have returned home after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. William Freitag of Preble, Miss Dolores Klepper o’ New York City will arrive In Docatur today for a three week's visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper and family. Mrs. Fred Patterson returned Friday evening from Terre Haute, where she was called by the sudden .death Os her brother-in-law. John Dunn, who has been a guest 'at the J. Ward Callruid residence, returned to his home in Madison, Wis„ today. H. P. Schmitt, who with a party of Decatur friends is enjoying a j fishing trip near Georgian Bay. Ontario, Canada, writes that they ; caught 27 bass, four pike and a ' number of pan fish In one day. They ! are thrilled with the country up i there. Father Joseph Seimetz, pestor of St. Mary’s church, has turned the copy for the illustrative and hlstorleal booklet to be issued for the j Centennial celebration, August 21, i over to the printer. It will contain a number of interesting pictures. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Duke and daugh- | ter Barbara will leave Wednesday for a several weeks’ vacation visit | in the eastern states and Canada. They will visit Quezec, Montreal, i New York. Washington. D. C. and many other places of interest. o — Unlucky Horseshoe Strikes Worchester, Maes —(UP) —Pro-

Morgan Charges “Intrigue” - _ 1 ®l WE: ;; 7,- • , t ;, S 1 ■® ' ■ 1 w ■ ■' j z \ ■ I I : \ I k J v / i / fl ■W 1 v i Dr. Arthur E. Morgan Testifying before a joint congressional committee at Knoxville, Tenn., Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, deposed chairman of the three-man board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, charged that the two other directors, Harcourt A. Morgan and David E. Lilienthal, ignored his suggestions and adopted administrative policies in “secret meetings". Dr. Morgan testified that his former associates determined the authority’s famed “yardstick” power program without his consent or knowledge.

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ctor R. Currier Is convinced that horseshoes don's bring him hick.. While walking past a horseshoe’ pitching court, Currier was hit on the head by a wildly-tossed shoe. O — RUSSIA PROTESTS (CONTINUED Frtot! PAOR ONE) , |to a treaty of 1869 in support of ilts claim to the disputed hill, j Now .It was said, a copy had been I found of an 1860 map which Japan I herself cited. This map, it was i asserted, showed the hill to be even farther Inside Siberia than did the 1X69 map. Hence It was! argued. Russia made some conces- : sions In the 1869 treaty, but the ! hill still was plainly Russian. , The government still awaited word of the next Japanese move .' In the frontier dispute. Russia had rejected the demand for withdraw [ al of troops. Japanese Ambassador ’ Shlgemltsu. after reporting to the government at Tokyo, awaited in- ' structlons. o — I SPECIAL MEET — | (CONTINUED FROST ?AGH ONE) .{will specify that the certificates must be carried In the com1 partment in a container of his own choice. It was not considered likely that • the building appropriation bill I would be altered much by the Sen- .! ate. Only one change was made in the house an additional allocation of ! 1 $251,000 for construction of the IndI Sana University extension building I in Lake county. All other efforts to I intend the measure were throttled. ■! The senate was believed ready to —

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approve the welfare hill without seri ions amendment. The admlnlstra'lion has approved Nie method of allocating the funds ndoptFil by the house and was expected to bring pressure to halt any threatening revolt. Work on the "gadget" and hospl- . i »1 bills watt expected to be completed In the Senate Monday. This would clear the way for consideration Tuesday and Wednesday of the appropriations and welfare hills. The house, meanwhile, would be tree to pass on senate amendments to the “gadget" and hospital meaI sures. During the first foilr days of the special session, which open«d Tuesday with an address by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, Ihe legislature has enacted only one measure. That appropriated $20,000 for expenses of the session, including salaries of the . members. vecreadywnt o Gov. LaFollette To Speak At South Bend South Bond, Ind., July 23 - (U.R) — Approximately 25.000 peraonn representing labor groups throughout the midwest assembled here , today expecting to hear Gov. Phillip 1 LaFollette of Wisconsin reveal the labor policies of his new national Progressive party. LaFollette will address a picnic of the Mishawaka Rubber Workers union. On the same platform will be Sherman H. Dalrymple, Akron, 0.. international president of the rubber workers and an outspoken opponent of the Wisconsin governor. Statement nf Condition of the AHI RICAV HK-INSI i< K N’pw York, New York 99 John St. [On the .31st Day of December, 1937 I ROBERT C. REAM. President ALFRED E. IVES, Secrtary Amount of Capital paid up •> 2,000,0V0.U0 GROSS ASSETS OF COMPANY Real Estate unincumbered S 39,221.92 Mortgage Ix>ans on real I estate (Free from any prior incumbrance) 202,638.34 Bonds and Stocks owned (Book Value) ... 11,054,157.73 Cash in banks (on interest and not on interest) 1,290,643.98 Accrued Securities (Interest & Rents, etc.) . 54,529.47 Other Securities None Premiums and Accounts due and in process of collection 307,476.90 Accounts otherwise secured 23,125.03 Total Gross Assets 112,971,793.37 I Deduct Assets Not Admitted . ? 1.002,01 ..31 Net Assets . 111,879,775.86 LIABILITIES Reserve or amount neI cessary to reinsure outstanding risks $ 1,185,623.73 Losses due and unpaid . 521,259.45 I Losses adjusted and not due None i Losses unadjusted and in suspense 3,837,290.00 Bills and Accounts uni paid 88,137.96 Amount due and not , due Banks or other Creditors None Other Liabilities of the I Company . 1,218,701.91 — Total Liabilities I 6,851,012.05 Capital S 2,000,000.90 Surplus | 3,028,762.81 Total 111,879,775.86 • STATE OF INDIANA, ! Office of Insurance Commissioner. I. the undersigned, Insurance Comi missloner of Indiana, hereby certify ! that the above is a correct copy ot I the Statement of the Condition ot { the above mentioned Company on the 31st day of December, 1937, as shown by the original statement and ' that the said original statement is now on file in this office. In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto { subscribe my name and affix my ottiI clal seal, this 21st dav of June, 1938. (Seal) GEO. H. NEW BAUER, Insurance Commissioner. 1 *lf Mutual Company so state. JULY 23-: 1•)