Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1938 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office as Second Class Matter I. H Heller President A R. Holthouse, Sec y. & But. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies .02 One week, by carrier —— .101 One year, by carrier .............- 6.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mall —— 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mall — 3.00 Dne year, at office— 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles- Elsewhere >3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The - Indiana League of Home Dailies " Use Christmas seals and aid the ’ " fight against tuberculosis. Have you enrolled in ttie Red , Cross? This is the time and your ■ ! • your membership is needed. ! i ■»— 11 7 Read this paper for Christmas , bargains. You will find listed from day to day just what you want. Join the Red Cross now and keep j ' i this county out in front as a sup- ( porter of this great organization. , ( Candidates in ths recent election , jiust file their expense account by tomorrow and there are still some j to file. Better hurry. i A few cents a week will amount , to a considerable amount in a year. , If you join the Christmas Saving , Club you will have plenty lor your ~ shopping next year. * Friends of Vice-President John N. Garner are boosting him as a candidate for president in 1940. > Except for his age and his location he would be a good one. uMEMMf I—K.airir j The Good Fellows Club has started oft briskly. Get your membersty# subscription in at once. The Delta Theta Tau will see that the money is spent wisely so the children of the community may all enjoy Christmas. You can get jbur 1939 automo- ” bile license tags and drivers license next Monday at the local bureau. Truck weight tags will not be offered at this time as it i . is believed this law will be radical- ! _ ly changed by the coming legist--2 lature. ■■■NMnWaMKIMM It’s the Christinas season. Just ' think—its only two weeks from - Sunday. Have you started to get ' -» ready for the big occasion? Local . stores are packed with just what you want. Let the clerks give you , suggestions. You still have time to avoid the big rush. The many friends of Judge Bert; Fagan of Fort Wayne deeply - mourn his death. A line fellow to meet, a leader in the Elks and . K. of C., a lawyer of ability and ■ a good friend, he will be missed by ! those who frequently meet and counselled with him. i Each year a number of people | send the Daily Democrat as a j Christmas gift to relatives away from home. It’s one of the very best gifts you can select for it will be a letter every week day of the coming year and will be thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated. Try it. The results oft he recent election apparently has not worried President Roosevelt, greatly. He 15 Ims' Shopping flaySWlO Orfetmasi"

1 has long been a student of politics and he realizes that every good ! cause must have an occasional setback. He will go on with his program because he believes in it and will fight for the "forgotten man” as long as he has breath. That's I Roosevelt and any thing else would not be. About 1,500 voted in favor of a ' speed limit for automobiles at the Indianapolis automobile show while , approximately 1,300 voted against j it. Those who favored it varied ' as to the seed limit from 35 to 80 miles an hour. It's a difficult problem that has not been solved so far in any state, but that should be given earnest consideration by the general assembly and no doubt will. Every good citizen of Indiana feels that prompt action should be | taken in Floyd county where huge j shortages have occurred in the of- j flee of the county treasurer and : we have no doubt this will be done. i For many years the state board of 1 accounts has been considered out-1 standing as to efficiency and there j should be nothing left undone now to prove the confidence that has ’ been manifested for this depart-j meat. Ralph Purdy, clerk of Mont- j pelier., Ohio, and of the township. ' tfntil recently a respected citizen, | plead guilty to the embezzlement ! of $40,000 of township funds and was sentenced to prison for one to twenty years and fined SBO,OOO. ! He made no comment and showed I no emotion, the nerve required to J thus rob his neighbors, evidently not weakening. Such things are difficult to understand. Purdy was only twenty-nine years old and cashed most of the warrants in a Toledo gambling house. Decatur will continue to go for- ! ward. Even now the Central Soya Company is building an addition i ■ to their big plant, plans are being made to resurface Monroe street, ' to complete the highway between this city and Huntington by improving the road between Magley and Markle, to build a $300,00<) by- j pass for highway 27. to improve several of the farm to market roads in the county, to build many I new homes and to otherwise keep 1 on going. We must keep up with j it and will. Let s every one pull I together for the betterment of Ad- j ams county and Decatur. PRESENT FOR SANTA: For many years Santa Claus has been giving Christinas presents to I good little boys and girls and also ' to grown-ups who, perhaps, were I not so good. Yet in ail that time , no one thought to give Santa Claus i a Christmas present. Well, it , should be different this year. It < ; looks as though Santa Claus has struck oil. The Santa Claus in question is , ; the little village in southern Indi- i ! ana from which so many Christi mas packages are remailed. That j happy name has already worked 1 I magic in the town. The rush to achieve the Santa Claus postmark : has stirred the nation and now : 1 there are rcmailing booths in many lof the country's big department: ■ stores. Postmaster Oscar Phillips and his Santa Claus helpers are ■ getting ready for their most active ' season. But that is not what is : putting the joy in Santa Claus. It is the oil boom. The villagers , are excited: that is, those who' have retained their real estate are. j Claims are being staked out on every side. Rival promoters are ' snapping up leases. Test wells are . being started. And not a single oil well bears a sign: “Not to be I opened until Christmas.” Os course, Santa Claus, Ind., is , only an imitation Santa Claus. The i real Santa Claus, up in his arejic factories, is working overtime to ' meet the Christmas demand. But doubtless he will share the satisI faction which has come to bis I Hoosier namesake. — New York 1 Times.

NEWS FLASH-Two-price grocery stores planned by administration; prices to be based on income. Incomes.asweulas IHU/f — Jvj ADWHGCT A| J —■ 1 uJHAT iSTHE I ) (TUiNK I'M. - iOT — L'-_ rin I IL ' 2

+— — ♦ Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washington. 2. The term refers to the color. A diamond of the first water is ’ of the finest quality. 3. Ernest von Rath. 4. Gulf of Findland. 5. Ninety feet. 6. Apple blossom. 7. One shot. 8. Paris. 9. Praetorian Guard. 10. Pennsylvania. 1. Gem State. 2. The Holy Grail. 3. Democrat. 4. London England. 5. On the first syllable. 6. Sage of Monticello. 7. Four white stars on a blue. field. 8. No. 9. Rhode Island. 10. 1929. 1 Special Fur Coat Sale Sat-, urday 150 fine coats to choose from. Niblick & Co.

You’ll Find These in Santa's Toyshop

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Santa's bag is chock full of toys of all kinds again I this year, and varied enough to delight the hearts 1 and wishes of youngsters of all ages. Os particular I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7,1938.

if - Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. When the host is carving a turkey, would it be all right to ! place some dark and some light : meat on each plate? A. Yes. When there are not j many guests, it is all right for the ' host to ask each one’s preference. Q. In general conversatiun. is , it ever permissible to contradict? A. Flat contradiction is always rude. However, if the coutradic- ' tion is warranted hy facts and can 1 be done tactfully, it is all right. Q. Is it permissible to be late when dining with the host and I hostess before going to the opera I ior theater? A-. No; you must arrive al the j exact time for which you are ask- . j ed. This is one occasion when it | lis inexcusable and inconsiderate I of a guest to be late. L= Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee The Windshield It to a good idea to keep a bottle I : of vinegar in the car just in case i i the windshield wiper goes bad. I Vinegar poured over the outside

of the windshield from the top will keep the glass clear in a heavy storm. Rust Marks When the porcelain sink or bathtub gets a yellow mark from the | constant dripping of water, the i spot can be cleaned by rubbing with punice stone. It is the iron I from the water that causes these rust marks. Hard-Boiled Eggs The yolks will not darken when ! preparing hard-boiled eggs if the , water is boiling before the eggs are placed in the vessel. o * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY II From the Daily Democrat File | « « Dec. 7, 1918,—J. W. Vail & Sons i open a new paper box factory at i Marion, Indiana. i C. S. Peterson, son of Attorney Shaffer Peterson, is appointed War ' Trade Distributor for China and j Japan. New cases of flu in Bluffton are i reported at the rate of 50 a day. j Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Dorse ' Stalter. Miss Helen Diller is visiting at I Hartford City. Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Kalver are in

note is the miniature es household furnishings stressed becauae many children like to "toAHi by doing." A few of the toys on display are shown.

ANNAM. HAHN I DIES TONIGHT Woman Poison Murderess I To Die In Ohio Electric Chair Coltumbus. O. Dec. ff —(UP)—Anna Marie Hahn, who made a business of poisoning old men for their money, will be executed In the electric chair tonight. Her 12-yt'ar-old son. Oacar, wait-1 ed in a hotel for his last trip to the Ohio State penitentiary and his 1 last visit with his mother. He discussed model airplanes with report-1 era and didn’t seem to have a care 1 in the world. Apparently, he did' not appreciate the finality of his mother's engagement for 8 p. tn. nor. even, the nature of death. Mrs. Hahn, however, appreciated all the facts of her situation and shew as in a state bordering on stupor. She was convicted of killing one old man hy repeated doses of poison over a long period of time, watching him die by incites, and was accused of having disposed of three others by the same means. She sobbed and cried and said she didn’t want to die. Prison officials said they would permit Oscar to call on his mother at 5 p. m., three hours before she dies. How long he will be permitted to stay with her was not decided. but it was indicated thet they would not allow his visit to be a; protracted one. Her attorney Joseph Hoodin,' planned one more effort to save I her life. He had exhausted all recourse to the courts, and was going I to appeal once more to Gov. Mar- 1 tin L- Davey who yesterday declin-J ed to intervene either win a commutation or a reprieve. Hoodin said he would take Oscar around to see the governor this afternoon and let the lad plead for his mother’s life. and. failing that, have him ask for a short re'prieve, until Davey's successor takes office Jan. 1. Informed of Hood in’s intetions, Davey said it would be useless. He was asked if he would receive them and he replied: “What's she use” but he aded. ho would see them “if theo insist.” Davey had taken his tithe considering her clemency petition, determined to take the responsibility rather than giving her a reprieve and leaving it as a legacy to his successor, yesterday afternoon he a inounced that he would not intervene because her murders had' been “so cold-blooded, so deliber- ■ ately planned and executed " For Oscar, he said, he had noth Chicago. Tony Forbing of Milford, Ind., visits here.

FREE Console, Mantle, and Auto Radios — Tires. Tubes, Batteries, Car Heaters—Bicycles, and Toys. Inquire at Fogle’s Service Sta. 334 No. Second St.

i ||l“ | l|||||||Ml|||| TT MIGHT take quite a bit of juggling to save yourself from financial ruin if you should be sued as a result of injuring someone with your car. A3TNA-IZE A Combination Automobile Policy written by The Aitna Casualty and Surety Company of Hartford, Conn., will give you tho protection you need agauut financial loaa. The Su.ttles-Edwards Co., Agent Jack Leigh, I. Bernstein and A. D. Suttles, solicitors. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. Aetna Automobile Ins. Qp. Aetna Life Insurance Co. SUTTLES-EDWARDS CO. Agsnta Baoatur, Ind. Phone 351

| lug but sympathy, but he could I not “find a reason that would aatta. fy by own conscience to commute the sentence to life imprisonment" because her guilt seemed t 0 have! | been dearly demonstrated. Hoodin carried this uews to his' | client at once. NMie nearly fen out of her rocking chair one of the small luxuries the penitentiary warden had permitted her, and sobbed:) “Oh. my God. 1 didn’t think he would do that!” Oscar was waiting in the Ward-' en’s office, and he was brought in-! to the cell. His mother shed tears over him, crying over ana over s again: “My poor,boy, my poor boy.“| 'j After the lawyer and Oscar left, I Mrs. Hahn fainted. Her matron I | guards revived her and put her tol j bed. Rene Tipple, one of them, said' j her physical condition was not good and that she would be surprised 1 "if she holds up" tonight. Mrs. Hahn, 32, made herself attractive to old men. She murdered Jacob Wagner, 73. of Cincinnati. While serving him as a nu-se, she added poison to his food. Mrs. Hahn will have a small spot in her bead shaved bare this afternoon for the electrode, probab- ■ ly after she has seen Oscar for the ■ last time. She will be privileged to ■ have what she wishes for her din--1 ner and a little before 8 p. m., the warden and the Romah Catholic 1 chaplain, who will hear her confession and give her holy communion this morning wil walk with her to the death chamber. After she has been strapped in, the Warden will push a button which will light a ’ i light in another room. There three i guards will push three switches. ■ One will send the electricity

i Public Auctioil As I have sold my farm, I will sell at Public miles Northwest of Decatur on the River Road, os | SATURDAY, December 10th I Commencing at 12:00 Noon I LIVESTOCK— BIack horse, wt. 1600, Sound, prj good worker; 2 good Guernsey Cows milking (nil Spotted Cow, be fresh last of Dec.: 1 spring heifs.M ing pullets; 2 stands of Bees; Good Collie Stock FEED— 7S bushel Corn; loose straw. j IMPLEMENTS. HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND MISCELLANEOUS 1 Horse Wagon and box; 1 Hone Breaking Vl«w; > M vator; 1 section of Harrow; Single sei Work Hamas. Mil Hay Rope; Platform Seales, 1600 m. Line Shaft and Pub ft. Poultry teNting; I'a roll Barb Wire; Iron and WM Fad Lot of Good Lumber; Slip Scoop Scraper: Grind Stone; Hflli Ladders: 2 Step Ladders; 1 Horse Sled: Ixvh Sleds: Fork; New Cross Cut Saw; Forks: Shovels; 1 gal Lard Pr«| Holt Power Cream Separator; 5 gal. Cream Can; Alien PW| i lating Heating Stove; Good Hard Coal Burner, Homer CoaW Round Oak Heating Stove; Gasoline Range; Buffet and match; Rockers; Kitchen Chairs; Dining Table; lictrolrjj Shot Rifle; Fruit Jars and cans; Cooking Utensils, and «■ numerous to mention. TERMS—Cash. A JAMES ROSS, 0»i Roy S. Johnson —Auctioneer T. Schieferstein —Clerk.

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