Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 12 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. Holthouae, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies ...—.......1 .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier— 5.00 One month, by mail.3s Three months, by mall— 1.00 Six months, by mall — 1.75 One year, by mail — 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 Join the Red Cross now. You will feel better at Christmas. Have you seen the Christams Seals'? They are beautiful and will I add to the appearance of your , Christmas packages. Only eleven more days until ‘ Christmas. Watch this paper this week for gift suggestions. It will save you time and money. Send the Daily Democrat to some relative away from home. They will enjoy it the entire year like a letter from home. It's time to start smiling for this is the happy season of the year. | Let's forget imaginary grievances and help make the old world merry. You can prove your will power by seeing how long you can put off seeing what is in that package marked "Don’t open until Christmas.” The Good Fellows club is nowgrowing as rapidly as it should. Please don’t put off too long this aid to the poor children of the community. Looks like the weather man has got his Christmas and Easter weather mixed up. The past week has been more like the opening of spring than of winter. A lot of the fellows who are presumably running for president now are really only trying to get control of certain delegations so they will have something to say in con- - ventions. It s the old game. The 1939 license plates are nowon sale at all bureaus in the state. The sooner you get yours the better and it’s well to remember that you must get them in the county in which you reside and those between the ages of 21 and 50, must j show their poll tax receipts. It's the law. There was a lot of business transacted in Decatur Saturday. Christmas shoppers were busy and so were those who are planning for the winter season which is just as certain to come as is summer when due. We have enjoyed a wonderful autumn and are just starting on the three months winter. You will find the local stores filled with the finest goods you can get any where. Representative Fish, first a politician and then a congressman, says the naval program proposed for this country is a cover-up for the New Deal. He is trying to make a political football out of something that ought to be a careful consideration of what is the IT“A days Ifilr

! requirements for thia country to i remain safely protected. If we need a navy, wo should have it while If we don't woof course should not spend the money. While it Is no doubt wise for I this country to prepare for any thing that may happen by increasing navy defense and otherwise 'j fortifying, we can't help believing that the best thing that could hap- ■ pen would be for the entire world I to quit fighting and talking about war. For twenty-five years now there has been bickering, wars, threats of war and all the difficulties that follow. In this season of ! “peace on earth, good will toward men” the leaders of the great nations should solemnly pledge themselves to peace and start re- ' building under the Golden Rule. The death of William W. Spencer, for thirty-four years the Democratic member of the state election commission, removes a figure who has been conscious in i the public life of Indiana for fifty years or more. Though eightyseven years old he continued to serve as a member of the board i and assisted in burning the unused i ballots as required by iaw. He i was considered the best posted man in Indiana on all matters per- ' taining to elections and during each campaign passed on hunI dreds of inquiries. Widely known, ' respected and admired, his death will be mourned by thousands. There is not a place in the twoparty system for the merit plan. If we intend to get rid of the Republican and Democratic parties ’ then, and only then, can that scheme have a chance. We will never see the day that workers can | i be expected to take polls, hold poll I books, haul voters, and perform a ■ million and one other tasks for the party, without hoping for some sort of political reward. What must the faithful workers in the party think when some person, who never turned a hand in a campaign, is named to a state house job'? if they are not disgusted then tfiey are hardly human. It has been out belief that when Indiana has a Democratic Governor, the jobs belong to Democrats. When the Republicans elect a Governor, let them put the skids under the Democrats, and employ the men and women who have worked for their party's success. If leaders of the two parties know their business they will busy the permit plan, now and for good. — Greenwood News. —— One of the worst messes in our Indiana financial setup is the "Barrett Law” for special improvements. Many bonds are hopelessly in default. Accounting records are often badly snarled and the ! law is tangled and confused so | that Fawyers get much of the money collected. The law has permitted too many “blue sky” issues againct speculative subdivision developments. There are subdivisions where not one penny has ever been paid off on bonds issued ten years ago, where the land is worth just a tiny fraction of the improvement debt against it. There are other neighborhoods where many residents have lost or seriously jeopardized their properties because of exorbitant assessments forced upon them by conniving promoters. Many competent observers think that the present lawshould be repealed completely, and a brand new start made to protect both the bondholder and the property owner, especially against the promoter. Suggested features of a new law include <a» backing bonds with the general credit of the municipal corporation (b) rights of appeal and remonstrance by all guaranteeing taxpayers, as other general purpose bonds (c) determination of interest rates by competitive bidding <d> greater control in hands of owner of property directly assessed, particularly to prevent commitment to a pro1 ject before the final outside cost

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is guaranteed (e) financing of WPA materials by thia method — I Indiana Civic Digest. 0 " - Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ 1. Go :ila. 2. John Philip Sousa. 3. The moon. 1. Hans Dieckboff. 5. Washington. D. -C. 6. Queen Elizabeth. 7. Approximately eight minutes. 8. Chief Justice of the United States. 9. Zurich. 10. Fin-an-seer’. 1. Between the south coast ofj Arabia and Africa. 2. The Savannah. 3. Leopold Godowsky. 4. Yes. 5. Sawbuck. 6. Phidippides. 7. No. 8. No. 9. Joseph P. Kennedy. 10. Sucre. \ ——o ■ - Household Scrapbook Bv Roberta Lee ♦ —♦ Candles Candles may be made to last half again as long if each candle is tak-j en by the wick and given a good coating of white varnish. The varnish will keep the grease from running down, and will thus preserve the life of the candle. A Pleasant Aroma Put a little orris root in a muslin 1

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Resina I-awrence and Justice Juvenal Marchisio Screen actress Roslna Lawrence greets her fiance. Domestic Relations Justice Juvenal Marchisio of Brooklyn, N. Y-. upon his arrival in Los Angeles. The two plan to marry soon, but no date or place has been announced.

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bag into the water when boiling your handkerchiefs. Then after ironing, the handkerchiefs will have a faint odor of violets. Stubborn Lids Mason jar lids can be more easily removed if the jars are first placed upside down in hot water for a few minutes. Running hot water over the lids is also effective. o | Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. On what sized bill, when dining is one supposed to apply the "ten per cent" rule? A. When the bill amounts to $2.50 or more. When the amount is less than this, the lip may be 10c, lac 20c, or 25c. just as one wishes. Q. Should a man always rise for an introduction? A. Yes. regardless of whether he is being introduced to a woman or a man, and regardless of age. Q. Whose name conies first when a man and his wife sign their names to Christmas cards? a. Whenever the titles Mr. and Mrs. are used together as a name the Mr. comes first. o * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY [ i From the Daily Democrat File j Dec. U—H. B. Heller and E. B. Lenhart form a law partnership. Tlie Life of John Worth Kern by Claude Bowers, editor of the Fort Wayne Jouruay-Gazette is on the market. Harry O. McGill. 25. dies of influI enza, first victim of the dread disj ease in Decatur. T. J. Durkin, the garage man is

putting out beautiful calendars, a Red Cross nurse carrying an American flag. The Morris stores close during the funeral of Mrs. John A. Morris. The Shakespeare club meets with Mrs. S. D. Beavers. I FRED W BRAUN It ? O iJHe Safety ‘.Man Here is another question against which to check your driving habits: Should a car whicn is following another at 35 miles an hour leave more space between this car and the one ahead than he would if the rate of speed of both cars were 20 miles an hour? What is your answer? What do you do? Here is the correct answer: Yes. A car traveling 20 miles an hour can be stopped in approximately 39 feet (2-wheel brakes) or

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TO STRENGHTEN FRENCH FORCES Recommend French Position In Tunisia Be Strengthened Tunis, Dec. 12—(UP>—Irik Labonne, French resident gene’al. has I forwarded a report to Paris recommending the strengthening of the French military position in Tunisia as the result of Italy's anti-French . campaign, it was learned today. Further, it was learned, the report recommends the straight limitation of Italian immigration into ; Tunisia. The report was drafted by experts of the French Colonial service in cooperation with Daßonne. Twenty-nine pages long, it was sent io Paris yesterday. I The report recommends that i every inch of Tunisia, as well as all French possessions in North Africa, be held at all costs. It advocated strict immigration regulations in Tunisia, as regards both Italians seeking to come here from Italy and those who are natives of trtpolitani ia, adjoining Tunis on the east. "Italian colonists in Tunisia leave a more cohesive character i than the French,” the report says. “The population has become heterogenous as the result of liberal naturalization measures enacted immediately after the world war. It is therefore necessary that Tunisia not be permitted to become overpopulated with Italians.” The report goes on to enumerate various phases of the problem of Tunis, including the growth of the Italian population until there are 94,000 Italians in the protectorate and 108,000 French. After enumerating these factors, the report again emphasizes: "In view of Italy’s present colonial policy French influence must !20 feet (4-w-heel brakes). At 35 I miles an hour the stopping distances are 120 feet (2-whee! brakes) and 61 feet (4-wheel brakes). These figures will vary with drivers, cars, i and condition of the roads; but the I fact remains that a car traveling i 35 miles an hour cannot be stopped as quidkly as one traveling 20 miles ’ an hour, consequently, more space should be left between cars when i they are traveling at greater rate of i speed.

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