Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1938 — Page 3

"JJ — KjdPPA TO ij, MMAGE SALE MKjSy-i k-m ■■ •' v ~f- | <| " |p |.”,k home. P ist bustaken :| nd plans ;' ■■ ! nninaee sale in! BrZjh, ./mn.ng Friday and all iMWi .-■ !’ ■■ K >lis building bi’-'t . Winter clothing UTtown. and children will MFJJjgTp; a! . ■ «■>•••■ also for to be held at the Bergi.';.. November .)" meeting of the WoMoose will be hold evening at the Moose B«s,4t <.-,en o. lock an executive r ■■ • :,:ik v 111 so1 ’ KJ hr the regular meeting at |: un lock. The library an j the birthdays of the which occur this month Mfemn observed. attend MEETING d, t. _-;t- s the Woman's Kj -tJ Missionary society of the h attended a genKS,h. Vo meeting amt BEKkg of '!i- auxiliary officers B%.rt Wayne district of the Tuesday at the Trinity Fort Wayne. Those atK)dJ| from the Decatur church KrTlesdamos R. A. Stuckey. JesIfc Jk - I>-I:'>n I’asswater. Frank O Little, Charles Fiet-' Eer, J T. Myers, and C. L. WaiBSLieVE nolL weds KlaK HEMLINGER t> ; . wedd'ngs of Kpslson was held at the Baptist Pleasant Mills when Miss ive Noll, daughter of Mr. William Noll, and Claud of Fort Wayne were marriage by the Rev. Alva church was decorated Kfthih:'.' anil old rose chrysantheThe Lohengrin wedding Klltlwas played by Mrs. Leland ■hy. The bride was given in mariKsge 1 f ' ier iu’iter. William Noll attended only by Miss MarHarold Welding was ML K wore a gown of heathsatin with a gold head band

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adornment as usual in his new picture with Harry Langdon. The film, now titled “It’s Spring Again,” is finally under way at the Hal Roach studio. Hardy’s derby, tight coat and big shoes have been abandoned and, in his role nf q rnuntrv

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f of a country £• he wears a pince-nez. only deviation from a makeup is to comb his J down so that a curl shows I wS?* r,eath the brim of his hat. I ™ r ’' plays a medicine man strand--1 M 1 the small town. Oddly, he H worked as a medicine man iH® circus. It was about 30 K ago ' He quit af ter a brawl ; myhich a flying tent stake laid B hi s head. He still carries the Doyle is telling friends that :^E’ rninent ' New Yori< and HollyrSK societ y woman (she’s well [ in the picture business) will him in a night club venture i S 1 P rov ’ding he gets to stay in r?Wr ve rsad several humorous on the fact that Shirley •pie's picture was halted when became ill. was the only thing to do. nothing in Shirley’s con- “*<’ that requires her mother to ■ion the set, but the youngster JW won’t give in Mrs. Temple’s After every take, she ■■ s at her mother to see if it is I’ve been on the set dozens •lines and I’ve never seen her Then, Mrs. Temple is the one who ever teaches Shirley "w dialogue or touches her hair. 3* t t!1B . most hitricate business. •' Temple winds each curl around ■ finger. Day after day, she BBL. get the curls almost mathein the same places so the shots will match. There ws n 0 way for „ The LltUe prijl _ ■“ to go on without her. Wpencer Tracy’s in the contract- ” business now. He’s putting up aK i ‘? one y f °r his brother, Carol, ■build a series of small homes. ■«ie of the fanciest land yachts

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and slippers and carried an arm banquet of baby chrysanthemums. Miss Morgan wore a gown of ecru lace with gold head band and slippers and wore a corsage of peach carnations. After the wedding, a I reception was held for members of the immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Noll and sons, David, Kenneth and Jene, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Rawley and children Arlene and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Arney Anspaugh and son, Billy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garard and daughter. Dorothy, Miss Martha Morgan, Harold Werling, Mr. and Mrs. William Noll and family, Lowell, Vivian Max, Maxine. Betty .Thelma, Kathleen and Marlyn. the Rev. and Mrs. Alva Barr and sons, James and Gene, Bob Hemlinger and Miss Wanda Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Hemlinger are now at home in their apartment at 1319 West Jefferson Street in this city. Mr. Hemlinger is employed at the National Mill Sup-| piy Company. The Spanish-American War veter-' ans auxiliary will have a social meeting at the Legion home Friday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. Each member is asked to bring several sandwiches, also needle and thread. The Baptist Pioneer B. Y. P. U. will meet in the church parlors Thursday evening at seven o’clock for their regular monthly business i meeting. Preceeding the meeting a i pot luck supper will be served. All i members are urged to attend. The Root Township Home Economics club met Tuesday after-j noon at the home of Mrs. Glen Beachler. Twenty-six members and I two guests were present. A sum- | tnary of the last County presidents I meeting was given by Mrs. Ed j Christen. The new officers for the coming year were elected. Mrs. Ed Christen, president; Mrs. Vernon Custer, vice president; Mrs. Reinaid Sauer, secretary; Mrs. James Moses, assisting; Mrs. Leo Flemming, treasurer; Mrs. Maude Mahan, ! assisting; Mrs. Glen Beachler and ■ Mrs. Virgil Draper, first and second leaders; Mrs. Ernest Curtis and Mrs. Millard Harkless, first and secI ond alternate leaders. Mr. Brunert was introduced and spoke on “Boy Scout Work and

Hollywood has seen since Buster Keaton’s is being delivered to Victor McLaglen, who’ll use it for a Mexican trip after he finishes “Pacific Liner.” McLaglen aims to see the interior of Mexico. He’ll have a month away from the studio lights. The Hal Roach picture, “Topper Takes a Trip,” will include 500 feet of film from the original "Topper." These are the scenes that Cary Grant allowed the studio to use free of charge . . . and, for his generosity, they are thanking him in a special title. Scenes are the ones where Cary and Constance Bennett were killed in a motor crash and became ghosts . . . Also where they watched Roland Young crash in the same spot. Loretta Young doesn’t think she will be in “Stanley and Livingstone." However, she’ll do one more picture for Twentieth Cen-tury-Fox after “Wife, Husband and Friend.” Her contract is up Jan. 7, but she has to finish any picture they have begun by that time. Too many pictures a year is one of the star’s chief complaints against the studio. Don’t be too surprised, though, if she signs again. Ida Lupine and Louis Hayward will be married here instead of at Ensenada . . . There’ll be extensive retakes on the last Alice FayeWarner Baxter

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flew in to see her . . . Shirley Ross on crutches at the House of Murphy. She tripped on a lamp cord and hurt her ankle during a screen fight with Madeleine Carroll . . . Bob Ripley is in town to make a short subject, “The Lawless Era," for Twentieth Century . . . Penny Singleton’s mother is doing well after an operation in the east. . . In the M-G-M picture, "Skids, Harlan Fengler is driving a racing car for the first time since his crackup in Indianapolis eight years ago Maxie Rosenbloom's employes gave him a loving cup on the first anniversary of his night club. It’s inscribed “To the Seabiscuit of bosses.”

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A M. Jeanette Winnes Phones 1000 — 1001 Wednesday Frivolity Club, Mrs. Robert Aug-1 ■Jit, 7:30 p. m. St. Paul Ladles’ Aid, Mrs. Ralph j Bluhm. All day meeting. Reformed Church Ladles' Aid, Church Parlors, 2:30 p. m. Decatur Home Economics Club, j Mrs. Gilbert Strickler, 1:30 p. m. Shakespeare Club, Mri. John Heller, 2:30 p. m. Historical Club, Mrs. Sam Butler,! 2:30 p. m. Saint Paul’s Ladies' Aid, Mrs. George Bluhm. Thursday Women of the Moose, 7 o’clock,' .Moose home. Christian Ladies’ Aid Meeting, Mrs. A. D. Arttnan. 2:30 p. m. Do Your Best Class, Mrs. Jesse Case, 7:30 p. m. St. Luke Ladies Aid Meeting.; Mrs. Clinton Zimmerman, all day. Progressive Workers Class First! U. B. church, 7:30 P. M. Eta Tau Sigma Sorority, Miss Mildred Wort hm an', 6:30 p. m. Dinner Bridge Club, Mrs Paul Saurer, 6:30 p. m. Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society, Mrs. S. D. Beavers, 2:30 p. m. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs. R. A. Stuckey. 2p. ni. I Pinochle Club, Mrs. Carl Hammond, 7:30 p. m.| Phoebe Bible Class. Zion Reformed Church parlors, 7:30 p. m. St. Mary’s Township Home Economic Club, Mrs. Kenneth Ohler, 1:30 p. m. Evangelical New England Dinner and supper, church dining rooms, 11-1 and 5-7 o’clock. Methodist Standard Bearers Meeting, Church Parlors, 7 p. m. So Cha Rea. Mrs. Harold Daniels, 7:30. p. m. Evangerical C. L. W. Class, Betty Harnma, 7:30 p. m. Blue Creek Friendship Village Club, Mrs. Joe Meyers, 1 p. m. Baptist Pioneer B. Y. P. U Church Parlors, 7 p. m. Friday Little Flower Study Club, Mrs. John Neering, 7:30 p. in. Tri Kappa Rummage Sale, Ellis Building. Pocahontas Club, Red Men’s Hall 7:30 p. m. Philathae Class of Baptist Church Mrs. Brice Butler, <7:30 p. m. Mt. Pleasant Ladies’ Aid carry-in supper, Mrs. William Jonea, 6:30 P. M. Wesley Class Meeting, Rev. and Mrs. Graham, 7:30 p. m. Salem Methodist Ladies’ Aid Chicken Supper, 5 to 7 p. m. Business and Professional Women's Club, Rice Hotel, 6:30 p. m. Spanish-American Auxiliary, Legion Home, 7:30 p. m. Saturday Tri Kappa Rummage Sale, Ellis Building. Christian Church Rummage Sale, Church basement. Every Ready Class Bake Sale, Brock Store. Zion Reformed Cafeteria Supper, 5 to 7 p. m. Methodist Ladies’ Rummage Sale,, Church Basement, 12:30 to 8 p. m.' Monday Federation Woman’s Club Banquet, Country Club. 6:30 P. M. Research Club, Mrs. O. L. Vance, 2:30 p. m. Tuesday Pythian -Needle Club, K. of P. j Hall, 2 P- m. Rebekah Club, I. O. O. F. Hall | 7:30 p. m. _______ | ask cooperation of the club in connection to the project that Is to be started in Root township in the near future. Lovely refreshments were served by the hostess during the social hour.

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picture, “The Girl From Brooklyn." This was the picture made during Zanuck’s absence ...Gloria Stuart’s opened an antique shop on Hollywood boulevard . . . Claude Stroud and Gloria Brewster at Sta g e I. He

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, NOVT.M BER 16, 1938.

Irwin Smiles After Pleading

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Samuel Leibowitz and Robert Irwin After pleading guilty to second degree murder charge In the slaying of Veronica Gedeon, her mother and a boarder on Easter Sunday, 1937, Robert Irwin, right, smiles happily as he talks with his lawyer on his luck in escaping the chair. Irwin was given a life sentence but bragged he would be out of prison in 10 years.

CATHOLIC LADIES HAVE POT LUCK SUPPER The Catholic Ladies of Columbia met Tuesday evening at the K. of C. hall. A pot luck supper was served at six-thirty after which games of cards were played. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Robert Rumschlag, i bridge; Mrs. Magdalene Deiningen five-hundred; Mrs. George Stultz, pinochle; Mrs. Clarence Myers, rhum. Mrs. William Keller was chairman for the meeting. Assisting her were Mrs. Klem Kortenber, Mrs. Charles Miller. Mrs. Charles; Keller, Miss Rose Kleinhenz, and Miss Barbara Jane Keller. DECATUR WOMEN ATTEND DINNER BRIDGE I Mrs. Bess Erwin of Anderson entertained with a dinner bridge Tues-’ day afternoon at her home in Bev-| erly apartments. After the dinner bridge was played and the prize was ■ awarded to Mrs. O. L. Vance. Mrs. Burt Owens, who is recovering from an illness, was able to spend part of the day with the ladies. Those present from here were the Mesdames J. L. Kocher, Roy Archbold. C. A. Dugan. O. L. Vance, C. C. Pumphrey, Fred Patterson Harry Moltz, John Heller, George Flanders. Olive Peterson. John Tyndall, and L. A. Graham. o — ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Aurand are the parents of a baby boy, born at the Adams county memorial hospital this morning at two-thirteen. The baby weighed six pounds and , tliree-fourths ounces and Fas not yet been named. Lewis Presides dßbfr. John L. Lewis First constitutional convention of the Committee for Industrial Organization in Pittsburgh takes the labor spotlight as President Roosevelt once again urges chieftains to seek peace between labor's warring factions. The C. I. O. chieftain, John L. Lewis, is pictured in a serious moment presiding at the convention. He rapped the Nazi government’s subjugation of the Jews.

LIBRARY WEEK GETS RESPONSE Miss Winnes Relates History Os Good Book Week Event Fine response is being received to Good Book Week, which is being I observed all this week at the DeIcatur public library. Miss Ruth WinI lies, librarian, announced today. In connection with Good Book ' Week. Miss Winnes issued the fol- ' lowing history of the event. When Children’s Book Week started twenty years ago. the new worlds offered to children were far I and few between. Children’s books t were sold during the Christmas season and even then choice was I comparatievly limited. Today few people realize that approximately 12,500 original books for children j have been published in the last twenty years, providing a wealth of new books for children of all 1 ages in libraries, schools and book stores all over the county Childi ren’s Book Week, most actively promoted by librarians and teach- ! ers has brought more and more I books to children, proving that regardless of the number of books published for children each year, i their appetite for good literature is I insatiable and that facilities to meet this nation-wide hunger are amazingly inadequate. It has been a great crusade. But it is only a beginning. Book Week is twenty years young; its possibilities are just catching fire, and looking forward for this 20th anniversary, we 1 can all see limitless opportunity! for building on the splendid foun-| dations already well established. I It is with the feeling, that we sail ! into the 20th anniversary of Book Week, that great occasion when children and grown-ups honor grate> fully all the authors and illustrators who have led them into “realms of gold.” i N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted HOURS 8:30 to 11:30 12:30 to 5:00 Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135 Buy Real Estate Before Prices Go Higher! Improved business conditions will cause real estate prices to increase on farms, residential ! and commercial properties. Many of the nation's most wealthy people gained their fortunes by buying real estate at the right time. Smart investors may profit by examining properties listed at our office. Suttles-Edwards Co. Monroe & Second sts. Decatur, Ind.

CONVICTED OF KILLING WIFE Jury Recommends 20Year Sentence For Chicago Engineer Chicago. Nov. 16.— ,(U.R> — James K. Matter, 43, un industrial engineer, was more concerned today about the future of his three small children than a 20-year rison term he must serve for the murder of his wife, Marguerite, 37. It was principally the testimony of his oldest child, 10-year-old Martha Jean, upon which a jury of men decided his guilt last night and recommended the 20-year term. Judge Jerome Dunne set Nov. 25 for a hearing on motion for a new trial. Tbe jurors deliberated four hours and 50 minutes. Matter, a grayhaired man, heavy set and quiet, hid his face in his hands and sobbed as the verdict was read. His sisters, Marion. Harrisburg, Pa., and Martha, Detroit, comfronted him for a moment before he was led away to a cell. Martha Jean was not present and he did not ask to see her. But as he walked into the county jail, he murmured: “I hope they'H be all right.” The jury took 14 ballots. Foreman Harry Parkin said the verdict was guilty on all. The delay was caused by inability to agree on the punishment. The state based its case chiefly on the damning words of Martha Jean, a slight, blonde child, who sobbing and reluctant, climbed onto the witness stand Monday and described events at the Matter home the night of October 1, when her mother was shot and killed with an old army rifle. The state charged that Matter killed his wife after they had quarreled bitterly. He contended he was not responsible for her death. He said he had been befogged by opiates and liquor taken to alleviate the pain of a broken bone in his left heel. Shortly after the slaying he and Martha Jean told police Mrs. Matter had committed suicide. But police noted that the mother's arm was but 26 inches long, while it required a reach of 33 inches from the barrel to the trigger of the rifle with which she was shot. Questioned further. Martha Jean broke down and admitted her father had told her what to say. She testified Monday that she and her brothers. James, 4. and Robert. 2, were In bed when she heard her mother pleading, then a “loud noise." She ran into her parents' bedroom and found her mother dead. “Daddy told me mother had shot herself.” she testified. “He wiped off tbe gun and I put it in a closet. He told me to, I guess.” The trial lasted only two days. Matters’ defense, completed yesterday in 17 minutes, was one of the briefest in Cook county criminal annals. He did not testify but his attorney William Scott Stewart, read a 49-page statement Matter made to police a few days after the slaying. It concerned liis story of the quarrel. Court attaches reported that arrangements had been made for care of the children at the home of relatives at Harrisburg. AVIATOR TALKS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) and passenger routes. He told of the modern “luxury liners” capable of seating from

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14 to 43 passengers in addition to crews and providing sleeping accomodations. He then described the airways being built over the country, saying that Decatur is on a national airway running northwest and southwest. On this airway, which is 20 miles wide and is limited by radio beams, all aircraft must obey federal rules. East bound traffic is given certain altitudes differing from west bound traffic, while a third set of altitudes is. provided for intersecting traf-

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fir. He snld thnt there Is a good possibility of a radio beacon being locked near Decatur. Decatur is now a possibility for an emergency landing field for Fort Wayne in the same manner as Fort Wayne is now an emergency landing field for Chicago. In cases of bad weather, airplanes now land in Fort Wayne and send their passengers on to Chicago by rail. The probability of new state legislation on aviation may place Decatur on a state air line, no said. Captain Cornish gave some of his personal experiences in the field of aviation which he entered during the World War. He described one of his early commercial flights in which ho flew a Chicago newspaper photographer from Chicago to Columbus, Ohio, and hack to bring photographs of the crashed Shenandoah at night. He had to make an emergency landing at Springfield. Ohio, because he lost his way and hud no means of discovering his dlr»»ctions. By chance he landed in pitch darkness In the only field within miles of Springfield on which a plane could land satisfae torily. Today this field is now the Springfield airport. The trip from Fort Wayne to Chicago is now regularly made in 43 minutes. day or night. He also said that in the 1925 air races at Cleveland the winning speed was 212 miles an hour, which was considered the limit for racers. Today this is the standard cruising speed of commercial airplanes. 500 Sheets Byixll Yellow Second Sheets, 35c. Decatur Democrat Company. ts

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