Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1938 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by 'HI DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. lacorpora<etf ■Btered at the Decatur, Ind. Poet Office as Second Claes Matter J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Pick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies —1 .03 Use week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier — 5-00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mall —— 1.75 One year, by mail _____—— 3.00 One year, at office— 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates mads known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER Sc CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Through newspaper advertising you can reach everyone, everywhere, at any and all times. It won’t be long until you can forget all your worries, if you have any, while listening to the world series. That’s always a thrill. Grub out the weeds in town and country. It helps in many ways, not the least of which is providing ' healthier conditions. Drive carefully all the time but particularly so when in the neighborhood of a school. It’s not only the law but it’s the act of a good neighbor. The seeds and hopes planted in Millionaire Capehart s fields do not seem to be sprouting. Sometimes it takes a lot of fertilizer to get crops started properly. The state fair doses another big year with more boosters for next and a program of continued building for the good of every one who enjoys such events. You will find none better in the country. Marion county tax payers threaten a strike, which would have been wiser if they had timed it when the improvements were being made. Once debts are contracted, they should not be repudi- ; ated. Let’s plan to get a new industry i or two for next year. That will solve about all our troubles for if work is provided for every one, we save in taxes, cut down relief, improve business conditions and every one will be happier. Os course the leaves will have! to be raked the next several weeks and you are requested to use good judgment in disposing of them so the streets will not be damaged and the sewers stopped up. it’s to your own greater convenience. It’s popular now for the GOP orators tp poke fun at the WPA but it is well to remember that if; the . three million men thus employed in this country were tossed overboard, general conditions would be much worse than they are. The merchant who is not adver-1 tising his wares now is losing a grand opportunity The people are looking for their fall and winter apparel and for other things needed. Invite them to your store through these columns. It’s the best advertising medium you can use. The beet campaign is on and for the next several months trucks loaded with sugar beets will be a large part of traffic in this section of the country. The big plant here is in perfect condition and the longest run in years is anticipated. New sugar will be ready for the market next week. It’s time to prepare for winter. Fill the coal and wood bin, see that the stoves and furnaces are cleaned and in good condition.

1 Don’t think that winter hi Indiana 'is any joke. You know there will be some zero mornings, with the i wind blowing a gale and its so nice to be comfortable. t 1 Republican candidates are going New Deal, promising support of t\nany measures and progressive attitudes generally. They want to be elected, but once in a while they will devote their time to preventing U the President or other leaders from ) doing any thing constructive and ’ if we ever needed careful guiding ? by experienced leaders, we need ) it now. ) . L Decatur stores are filled with the I finest goods that money can buy ami because of lower costs in overhead, these goods cun be purchased for less money than in larger cities. You have the guari antee of some one you know back lof each purchase and it you are buying wise you will trade at these stores. Do it now when you have the large selection. i The increase in automobile acci- | dents recently has been appalling ; and it seems there is nothing to | be done to check it until one way ' roads are established and improved. In this age of speed with the i highways crowded with cars and * with all kihds of drivers, your attention is again called to the fact that you cannot be too careful if I you would avoid injury. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce is desirous and anxious to . help this community and working ’ towards that end will do all they > can to encourage industry and promote business. They are in fre-1 quent sessions these days, workIng with proposals and proposl-1 lions that come to their attention, j They deserve your cooperation and | your heartiest support. A campaign is on at Fort Wayne - to remove indecent periodicals from the easy reach of readers, a j worthy movement that will have j the Support of all decent people, i The filthy stories which have be- ’ come more and more numerous the past few years certainly do not. help those who devote their time , to them and there should be no | legalized market for such stuff. In this week's issue of Liberty, magazine, Editor McFadden s edi- ■ 1 torial Is headed "The Poor Old j Republican Party" and lie proceeds; to tell them that the trouble is j i that Chairtyan Hamilton is not big I enough for his job. Os course he I I probably has done and is doing as , i well as any one could but its some-1 ! thing to talk about and they do j I like to knock a fellow s ears down. Many boys and girls from Adams county are preparing to go to : ■ colleges next week, important steps in their lives. If they work i I hard and take advantage of the , opportunities thus offered, they' will gain much, while wasted time ■ during this period will be regretted j I the rest of their lives. College life ] ' can be a lark or the best invest-| ment you ever made or ever will i make. It’s up to you. • W - - Senator Van N'uys Is campaignI ing and thousands of voters are listening to his address in which ; he fearlessly states his opinions I on the various important problems . that now face the country. He has i challenged the Republicans who > are trying to embarrass him by asking foolish questions to clean their own house before they try I to purge others and refuses to be 1 ! side-tracked from the main issues. I, He will be re-elected by a large i; majority, it is predicted by those ilin best position to know the tempi j erment of people. i o • < TWENTY YEARS I AGO TODAY From the Dally Democrat File | Sept. 10 — Thirty-six years ago occurred the fire which destroyed II entire cast side of Second street . business houses. Madison to Monroe. 1 Joe Lose begins duties as clerk

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I | Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee The Shower Curtain | After taking a shower, always be sure to draw the shower cur- . tain out along the rod to dry. The 1 air must get to it and let it dry ouC in order to prevent damage to , the fabric and possible mildew. lodine Stain Spread some finely shaved soap, moistened with cold water, over an I iodine stain and allow to stand for < a tew hours, and this will remove , I the slain. Crystallized Syrup Any boiled syrup can be prevented from crystallizing by the addition of a pinch of baking soda while it is cooking. ' j at the Holthouse, Schulte & Co. i i store. Henry Sprunger buys farm near Saginaw. Mich. Roy Baker appointed deputy sheriff by Ed Green and begins duties. i Price of sugar goes up a half [cent per pound and is now F. M- Schirmeyer and J. H. I Heller are at Indianapolis to ar- ’ range for special attractions here i during the Fourth Liberty Loan i campaign.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1938.

1 — Answers To Test Questions | Beiow are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two •"1. Milan. * 2. A fixture of all the colors of the spectrum from red to violet inclu- . slve. 3. Napoleon Bonaparte. 4. A young swan. 5. A period ot four years. ' 6. No. I 7. Canada. 8. George Washington and James Madison. 9. Strikebreaker. 10. Horse racing. • y -♦ Modern Etiquette j By ROBERTA LEE Q. What is the correct size of the wedding invitfition? A. As styles in stationery change as well as in clothes, it would be better to ask your stationer; about 5H inches wide by "% inches deep is a popular size. I Q. What is a tea-dance? A. An ordinary afternoon tea. where space and music are pro-

I tided for dancing. Q. Is it all right for a hostess to ask some intimate friend to pour the tea at au informal affair? A. Yes; this is often done. Too Cautious Drivers Crash Oroville, Cal. — (UP) — When Hal Basim and O. J. Kober, both careful drivers, started backing their machines out of opposite driveways, they both took the usual precautions — except one. Both looked up the street and then down the street, to see that no other car was coming. Then they both continued backing unti Ithey crashed into i each other, with the most precise I timing. o * TODAY’S COMMON I Leisure is pronounced lee’- | ' zhur or lezh’-ur. ♦ < VOTICE TO HIDDEHS Tile St Marys’ School Township ot • Adams County, Indiana, will reeeivs ; , staled bids for the construction ot I an addition to and the repair of the - present school building including the I installation of heating and plumbing system and the installation of eleci trie wiring system utktil lv:OO A. At. i C. S. T. on the 27th day of September. 1931 at the Township High School building adjoining the Village of Pleasant Mills, Adams Coun- • ty, State of Indiana, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be received in accordance with the said plans and specifications. 1 For the genera! Construction of Addition. 2. For the installation of Heating and Venilating. 3. For the installation of Plumbing and Sewer. <. For the installation of Electric ! Wiring. ■ 5. For the combined installation of ; Heating and Ventilating, Plumbing and Sewer. Contractors awarded work will be ! required to furnish acceptable surI' ety bond in amount ot 100% of the contract price. The contract documents including plans and specifications, are on file at the office of the Township Trus--1 tee of St. Marys’ Township. Adams County, Indiana. The State Board of Accounts, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Houck & Hamilton. Architects, Patterson Building, Muncie, Indiana Copies of the documents may be obtained by depositing 330.00 with tlie Architects for each set of documents so obtained. The amount ot I the deposit for one set of documents i will be refunded to each actual bidder who returns the plans and documents in good condition within IV ; days after the opening of bids. The St. Marys’ School Townsihp, ot : Adams County. Indians, reserves the | right to reject any or all bids and i to waive any informalities in biddI lug. I Proposals shall be properly and j completely executed on proposal < form furnished by the Architects in l accordance with Form 9S with noncollusion affidavit required by the statutes ot Indiana and must be accompanied by Questionnaire Form 9S-A. State Board of Aecounts, Cot any bid of 33.000.00 or more. (Seclion f,3-102 Burns 19331. A certified check or bank draft payable to the Trustee of St. Marys S'hoo! Township. Adams County Indiana or a satisfactory bld bone executed by Uie bidder and u surety company, tn an amount equal to t> r ,i of the bid shall be submitted witt each bid. Wage rates on this work shall noi be less than the prescribed scale ol wages 9s determined pursuant t< the provisions of Chapter 319 of thi A< ts of the General A“sembly o . Indiana of 1539. No bids shall he withdrawn atteu the opening of bids without the conI sept of th® St. Marys’ TownshQ I Adams County, Indiana, for a perio* lot 30 days after lhe Scheduled t|in» l of closing bids. ST. MARYS' SCHOOL TOWNSHIT ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANABy Beu McCqlJough | Trustee of St Marys’ School Town i ship ot Adams County. Indiana. ' U. Burdette Custer, Attorney Sept. 3-yll

MONROE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haggard of Pontiac. Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Meek and Mr. and Mrs. I Bob Meek, of Chicago cr.lled on Mr. ami Mrs. Dan Noffslnger and daughter Rena Sunday afternoon. Mr .and Mrs. Brooks Andrews and family of Flint. Michigan, and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Andrews of South Bend spent the week-end with their | parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Aud-| rows. Gordan Rayl and sons Richard and Frank and sister Sylvia Rayl spent the week-end at Tipton. Mr. and Mrs. William Maurer of Merrll Michigan and Mr. and Mrs. William Kreise of Saginaw, Michigan, spent the week-end with Mrs. Maurer’s sister, Mrs. Jacob Scherer and Mrs. Sarah Wagoner. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Macy of Decatur and Mrs. Mary Lewellen visited relatives al Plymouth Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Stucky and daughter Fern, and sou Earl and Mrs. Zeltna Neustenwander, Mrs. [ Sherman Essex spent a tew days at | Hamilton Lake. Those that spent I the week-end from Monroe were Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bluhm and family I and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stucky. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kessler and I sou Dorwin of Fort Wayne spentj the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Kessler and , Mr. and Mrs. James V. Hendricks. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bahuer attend-1 ed the state fair at Indianapolis Monday. Mrs. Sadie Copland and daughter Betty of Ashland. Ohio spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Huhnert. Misees Fan Hite, Madge Hite and Mrs. Earl Adams of Deatur and William Hoffman of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Meyers Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Smith and Max Bahner spent the week-end in Indianapolis and attended the Statu fair. Mrs. Everitt Foster and daughter Elizabeth of Lake Webster spent Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Hendricks. Mrs. Emma Teens of Toledo. Ohio is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. E. Everhart and Mrs. James E. Kcbslar. Safety Record Marred ..Chickasha .Okla. —(UP)—Seven more blocks and Mre. A. C. Nakles would have been home without a

'THE MANDARIN WOU3E MURDER

CHAPTER IX “Two days apo Louie Larousse and me tame down river to meet him. and to make things easier Louie took a room near Adams’s as he could.” “And you arranged art interview for tonight?” “Sure—l don’t believe in lettin’ moss grow on deals like this. Date was for eleven-thirty—Adams said he'd another date he must keep first” “He seems to have lo?pt it,” was North’s grim comment. “And then what?” “Like you know, I "phoned him. I noticed he sounded kind of upset and scared, but he wouldn't admit it. That's why I showed up ahead of time.” Big, knobby hands were flung wide apart. "There you have it, Cap, lock, stock and barrel.” "In your conversation with Adams did he make any mention of the secret's nature?” "Not in so many words. He did let on, though, that it was more important commercially than from a military angle." “Did you tell hbm you thought he sounded scared?” “Yeh. Said hefd better be careful.” Spurr grinned wolfishly. “But Adams said he wasn’t worrying, because he just couldn’t be robbed.” “What do you mean?” "Because the 'whole business was in his head.” “In his head, eh?” Someone Tar duller than Captain North would have perceived a subtle change in Major Kilgouris manner. “Yep— In hia head.” Spitrr pulled out a very long cigarette of Russian »pattern and tapped it against a case of heavy gold. “That’s a fine case,” pleasantly observed Kilgour. “Yeh, the old marshal slipped it to me after my guns knocked the daylights out of Sunhwa Say, Cap, you ought to have been along. Had the time of my young life. Boy! We simply massacred them Communists.” "No doubt.” North brought thei speaker back to his original subject. “You seemed quite surprised to see Miss Gallian.” "I was. Couldn’t quite place her.” “You recognized her?” “I still ain’t too sure, but hleme me if she don’t look a lot like Daisy Richter.” “You knew this Daisy peirson?” Kilgour suggested mildly. “Me? No. Bein’ a number one coaster’ she came too high for poor little D«ve. Only saw Daisy once in Heng Kong 'bout three years ago.” “Why did Daisy leave the China coast?" ‘Reckon she played both ends against the middle once too often, i Anyhow, she skipped for India with , a squarehead gun runner.” “Think she knows anything about 1 Adams' disappearance?” “Maybe—maybe loC Tarnished. 1 gold on Spurr'* ahouldar straps'

Four Belles and All's B- ' 4 I, f i j Bon n■Hid' -1 >■- A \ ■ ■ ' B" w S '■Mitt, ■ B Southern beauties at Atlantic City Dixie's hopes in the “Miss America” beauty contest at ® N. J., line up for a picture. I-est to right the girls are _auderdale, Fla.”, (girl unidentified): Rebecca Pearl Hankiai, r ■'harlotte, N. C.”; Alice Talton, "Miss Atlanta ”, and Ireu 1 berger, "Miss New Orleans’’,

mishap from a 3,000-mile automo- 1 bile trip. Her car collided with another machine as she neared her] residence on her return from Buffalo, N. Y. -o Green Glasses Pacify Hens Athol. Mass.--ftJ.R) —Quarrelsome nens at the Morgan Memorial farm here became mild and meek after poultrymen clamped green spectacles over tjte fractious fowls beaks. The Igrecn glimmers”. seem to make the hens happy’ —-1 but why, no one knows.

glinted in a brief shrug. "But my bet is she does; even if she did act up a tree about Adams takin’ a powder.” “In that case a talk with Marya Gallian may be enlightening. Coming. Bruce?” “No. I'll take my turn later— Think I’ll chat with our friend the Colonel.” Inwardly thankful, North made no further attempt at persuasion. If the British Intelligence man elected to approach the problem through Spurr—well, it was just as well. "Hey, Cap, better watch your step with that joy baby if she turns on the old S. A." Colonel Spurr’s loose smile was not pretty. "Thanks for the tip. By the bye, Bruce, you might see if you can learn anything from the newspaper.” North indicated the discarded North China Daily Newt. “But it's two weeks old?” “Doesn’t that make it all the more interesting?” North’s hand was actually closing over the cold brass door-knob of the r<vom in which Chao Ku and Marya Gallian were waiting when a voice, menacing as a levelled pistol, wained, "Stand still!” North knew better than to disobey. Hostile eyes were drilling holes into his shoulder blades. Promptly he oriented the deadly undertone as coming from a door directly at his back. "In sight iss anyone?” "No." "Then turn around, raise your hands und come in here.” Silently the door of a perfectly dark room swung open to shut again once North had crossed the threshold. Simultaneously a flashlight blazed into his eyes, making any reconnaissance simply out of the question. “What the devil is this?” the man from G-2 demanded in a hoarse whisper. “Whoever you are, you’ve got the wicngmar." “Be quiet or I shoot. vertteheV’ Then in guttural German. “All right, Johann, ree if he has a pistol.” Grinding mental teeth, Hugh North perforce endured a search which ended waen the second man pulled a compact little .32 from the wash leather bolster adjusted beXieuith his left arm. "I have it, Kurt.” "Cut. Now. mein Herr, these questions you must answer. Where jas Luther Adams gone?” A strong reek pf onions diended North’s nostrils as he merely blinked into the flaahljght. "Answer me!” T don't know.” he muttered and ta’ed to grasp the fignificance of tha« deadly ambush. 9He must be icanefui and make no mistakes. No .matter what hapnened Luther Ad- ■ ams could not be 'eft at large. Sup--1 poee the new process fell into the - hands of eerie m nA’Aons who had an , aj-e to gv-.nc «uth world’ i “We will sop about that later.

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Wh.ar<:<. Th- ■-J angry ■ his position. “A member cf the lied. "Ach. so? Whiss in there?” H “Inspector Chao Ku, Shanghai M.inicipai PoiiceW “Whv haff y-u her "She isn’t under arrest; fl not at present." 9 •‘Gut." The rir.kt. sr. breath then continued is afl stage whisper. "Now across the hall and send that™ man away.” B “Indeed? I see no reasonM should.” ■ “You are vun stupid Policeman,” observed the® "Maybe you make it us to kill you, and then ' "9 “Violence is the tool otH North was s ir, r>ed to hearM voice saying. "SuppoM Isl I’m very anxious to find ■ Adams myself?” .j “I would I-lieve you. »?>«■ came the surprising retort. ■ do not think you are of ttie« You are Leonid Dankon. ■ Dankoff? The name mipW North’s clenched fist. ‘‘You’ re ,b 9 wrong. I'm not — ■ “Silence! Don’t try to lie ■ My people haff not you did in Harbin. WhereM the American Major token. • m c! ” , u. North could feel the P V perspiration breaking out ■ palms and his throat wasPW as an arroyo in Death la- .J a monumental irony it V perish, now of all times, J unknown person s mi»« j stinct told him death har, a ’I fore been quite so close- ■ “Don’t be a bloody foot- 1| An unexpected thing in a room across the a‘ r =- i “| directly behind Norths P ■ one switched on a light .In J struck at the figure thu J silhouetted. The blow andrfl sending the Teuton •relinCl wards but before low up his advantage ■ 1 , pi«e of furniture - and I went sprawling just m 1 man fired at. him. J Ears filled q,3 shattering glass North crouching p-’sitoeß fl K J basket at the hj j enemy—«n<i rr ' s “ e ( . il ot ]) C ri however disturbed • enough to rerder haitm* shot. . ; North '-’’irsed th* on glimpsing si s ’ rPf t,r,gle o against the yeitow doorway. slammed and the co'r.c . noisy ewm*' " T / ptonw Mrtrtturtrt K ’