Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1938 — Page 5

OF STATE f A - n -- ONK> produced in other B No foreign beer may enter K ua except through a port-of-B’ 1 The importer purchases B r> .au out-of-Htate brewery and B sells it t<> » u ItMltt'bg wholeB ||e makes a small profit, B e ’iaiiy cKtlimited at from (wo to B n and a half <: * ntß per CBBe - B P ul | cllg e sold to a wholesaler Bj aatiii'Blly tries to promote the Blot his product. His succeM is HLted by the fact that 31 per■7 es lioer consumed in flTdiB ~ produced in other states. 80,.er produced in Indiana is sold B ltlP brewer directly to the B-iesaler ami there is no go-be-B, n to take a profit. Borts-ofetiiiy also collect the Bi< tax of $1.03 per barrel on Btign beer at virtually no exBee to the state of Indiana. This Bi been a strong point in favor Bhe system. ■lndiana s beer industry has B«n since prohibition until the Bte now is classified as an "exBier." Sixty percent of the beer Batuied in Indiana is shipped inBother states. Sixteen breweries Brate in the state and their coin-

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I SYNOPSIS ■ Constance Darby is just 20 and ■ terribly in love with young Terry ■ Cannon, assistant athletic coach in ■in upstate college. In June, on a ■ visit to his home in Northwood, he I md Connie plan to marry the fol- ■ lowing October. For the summer, ■ Terry will act as swimming in- ■ itructor at a boys’ camp and Con- ■ stance will be secretary to Gordon I Keith, well-known newspaper corI respondent, radio commentator and I ladies' man. As far as Northwood I knew, Gordon, its favorite son, had I returned to write a book. It did I not know that he was ostracized I from New York because of a scanI dal and was also broke. Rosalind, I Constance's 18-year-old sister, enI nes the life of luxury enjeJyed by I the folk who live in that exclusive I part of the town called “The Hills.” I She has been seeing the wealthy I playboy, Van Howard. Constance I warns her he is not serious and I would never marry her. “11l show I you!" Rosalind retorted. "I'll show ■ everybody!” While working for I Gordon at the Carter Estate, ConI itance meets Avis Bailey, attracI tive, young debutante. The latter I is obviously interested in the handI some Gordon. When Gordon says I that some day he and Constance I will play tennis with Avis and Van I Howard, Constance is troubled. “I won't let myself become involved with these people.” Van promises cis mother that be will not see Rosalind again. The latter is broken-hearted when he does not come to their usual rendezvous. As the days go on, Gordon finds himlelf falling in love with Constance. Enroute to the exclusive Northwood Country Club with her for a swim, he swore to himself: Women had always interfered with his work. It was because of them he was in debt and shunned by his New York friends. Would Northwood leam of the scandal he was involved in? CHAPTER IX And of the two girls in whom he was interested only one was good for him. Avis. And her money. What a fool he was to think of Constance as anything but a short-hand-taking machine? Yes, a fool. But he had always been a fool about girls, a fool and to many a villian. At least, he thought, he knew his weaknesses and admitted them to himself. But only to himself. Northwood’s high regard of him amused him bitterly. Small-town mobs! Let them honor him! But now what he wished for most was to be a returned hero to the lovely girl who now sat beside him. “Tell me about your Terry,” he ■aid. Her voice excited as it always was when she thought of Terry and •poke of him, Constance told him briefly of a love that had been mutual for as long as she could reMember. Then she said, “Van Howard has ’topped seeing my sister. If it will jnake Mrs. Howard happier to know tkat, you may tell her." Thinking of Rosalind’s thick choked voice in the darkness, she felt a twist in her neart. "If Van had stayed with the Hills crowd where he belongs, this would never have happened. It doesn’t seem quite fair." “Life would be simpler and much happier," Gordon said thoughtfully, >f small-town snobbishness and small-town gossip could be elimmated. I belong to the club and ?ou’re my guest. If they look down their noses at you this afternoon, Pay no attention.” And so for the second time in " er life and this time as a guest she Passed between the high iron gates of the exclusive Northwood Country Club. Avis Bailey was standing on the broad steps of the clubhouse dressed ln white shorts and a short-sleeved w hite sweater. Her legs and arms *ore brown. A white visor over her red hair shielded her eyes from the tot June sun. Recognizing the sleek black car, Me walked toward it. What—no work today?” she Mked. “How come? Don't tell me “’because of the heat. Wait until August before you complain of that. Hello, Miss Darby. Is it swimming °r tennis? I’m going in the pool 45 soon as I change.”

I hied output ranks Indiana as the 10th beer producing state in the nation. The future of this giant industry has been endangered by the l ’ oUr R,au ”- Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri—to ban Indlanu beer In retaliation to the Profit earned by Hoosier importera. These four states consume 650 • 000 barrels of Indiana beer annu-ally—one-third of the state’s entire output—and the loss of these markets would damage the industry seriously. Michigan and Ohio took steps to halt the import of Indiana beer until the importers agreed to waive their profit on beer from those states until March 80, 11)30. Illinois and Missouri also have threatened to bar Indiana beer unless the importer system is abolished. Gov. Townsend has said that he favors a plant that would enable the state to collect beer taxes cheaply—be it port-of-entry or some other system. Three methods have been proposed to replace ports-of-entry. Proponents of these plans claim that each is simple, inexpensive and efficient. One plan would require Indiana

“Could you let Constance have a bathing suit?” Gordon asked. “We didn’t want to drive all the way back to town for her to get here. I told her you had a variety.” In her husky* voice Avis said, “You shall have my prettiest suit, Miss Darby.” The bathhouse was crowded with girls just out of the pool and those just about to go in. They looked at Constance with frank curiosity. Who was the strange, pretty girl who bad come in with Avis, they wondered? But it was all right if she were with Avis. Anything Avis did was all right . . . Avis opened the door of her

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"Don’t be a little fool and fall in love with him,” Avis told Constance

locker and took out a blue satin bathing suit “This should be becoming to you. Then, looking directly at Constance, she narrowed her eyes and said, lowly, “Take a little advice from me and don’t believe anything Gordon tells you. Don't trust him. Don’t be a little fool and fall in love with him. I’m telling you this for your own good.” Constance opened her eyes wide. “I work for him. That’s all there is to it.” “Good. See you m a few minutes.” Was Avis jealous of her, she wondered as she undressed in the stifling cubicle? It was ridiculous. She wished that Terry were here to talk Not waiting for Constance, Avis, wearing a white rubber bathing suit, met Gordon beside the sparkling pool. ~ “I didn’t wait for her, she said curtly. “She’ll find us.” Then, “Gordon. she's a swell girl. Constance Darby, I mean.” His dark eyes narrowed. Do you think she’s worked for me for two weeks and I haven’t discovered that y< “Do you think I'm jealous? Well, I’m not!” . - i -e - “Why should you be jealous of a mere secretary however beautiful. Constance is a sweet person but you are _well, you’re you, Avis. He laughed. “Shall I make love to you before all these people to convince J °But her green eyes were unhappy. "I wish I could believe you. I could snub Constance, you know, and she d never come here with yof/f a,n ’ ” she makes a fool of herself, I shall. “Do you think she will. She shrugged. “I wish 11d Irene abroad this summer I have stayed home.” She smiled bitterly. "Years from now 111 WOK back and think ‘How peaceful Northwood was until that.summer Gordon Keith came back. Constance, coming out of the bathhouse, wondered what they W TviSd“with them al! afterCoustance felt» detached but

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wholesaler to collect the taxes on outside beer. All foreign beer would have to be sold through Indiana wholsalers and they could collect the tax almost as cheaply as the importers do at present, it was asserted. Indiana also might adopt the "crown" tax system. The tax “crown" would be used in place of the ordinary cap bearing the brewery's trade name. These crowns would be ordered through the alcoholic beverage commission for a bottle cap manufacturer and the brewery would send a check covering the tax with every order of crowns. The third proposed system was the use of beer stamps and would be operated in much the same fashion as the "crown" plan. Or the commission might sell the stamps directly to the brewer. STOLEN GOODS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) woman, said they were roomers in the home and disclaimed any knowledge of the stolen goods. Noonan said he discovered a card index containing many names and telephone numbers and that the persons named appeared to be

cheerful friendliness in kwr attitude toward her. But with Gordon she was charmingly sarcastic* They swam and sat on the edge of the pool. When a group just arriving paused to speak, it was Avis wh< introduced Constance to them, but she did not tell them that she was Gordon’s secretary. Avis Bailey kinc and thoughtful? In the town it war said that Avis had a vicious temper and spared no one’s feelings. Constance thought, “But I like her. She’s curt and ironic and a little bitter but she’s real and honest She looks at things straight and clearly She’s a girl I could trust” Coming up from her third time in

the water, she saw Van Howard talking with Gordon and Avis. “This is Constance Darby,” Gordon said. “I think you know her sister, Van." A rush of color washed over his brown face. “Oh, sure. You’re Rosalind’s sister." He left them and later when Constance came out of the bathhouse alone, he was standing on the club steps. Seeing her, he came to her instantly. “I'm glad I got the chance to see you alone,” he said. “I—l wanted to speak to you about Rosalind.” Constance stood still, frowning a little in the sunlight Embarrassed, Van Howard looked down and dug the toe of his white shoe in the grass. “You don’t like me, do you?” he asked. “I don’t know you,” Constance said earnestly. “And what you do is your own affair. But I happen to love Rosalind very much and care what she does. You’re Van Howard and Rosalind is the daughter of a school teacher. Isn’t that clear enough?” “I know what you mean. I get it. But I—l happen to love her, too.” He glanced up. “Does that surprise you? You think I’m just playing around! But you’re wrong. Everybody’s wrong. But what’ll it get us? You don’t know my family.” Constance said, “I don’t want her co be hurt. That’s what I care about most Even if you love her as you say you do, it’s one of those things that can’t be—in North wood. You know how it is. The people from the Hills and the people from the town don’t mix. It doesn’t make good sense but that’s how it is. You speak another language.” But her worry was doubled! Van Howard was really in love with Rosalind! He wasn’t just amusing himself. “I don’t want to interfere and I don’t want to do anything to make her unhappy.” , J “Tell her. . . . No, never nnnd. Don’t tell her anything. Don’t even tell her you saw me.” (To be continued) Copyright by Irli Bennau. DUtributed by Kum F«*urw Syndicate, lx

shoplifters, customers and proa t peels. "Some of the merchandise,” he' said, “was concealed behind se-1 cret panels. The most costly | articles were In a small attic under no old-fashioned cupola. There were other secret places, including sliding panels In the attic walls and closets within closets.” Two persons, described by police at customers who arrived at the home after the raid had been made, were questioned liy officers and released after they had promised to aid in the investigation. 0 LABOR BOAR!) (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) contention was upheld by the circuit court. The Consolidated Edison caja in which the board last week suffering its first set-back in a for mal court opinion concerned a dispute between the AFL Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical workers and a competing CIO union. The labor board action came at a brief court decision day at which: Chief Justice Hughes in an opinion which brought dissent by Justices Mcßeynolds and Butler ruled that Missouri University must admit a negro student to Its law school until law school facilities are provided at Lincoln University, the state’s higher education institution for negroes. Agreed to hear the petition of I. W. lane, negro, challenging constitutionality of Oklahom t’s 1916 registration law on grounds it is designed to bar negroes from voting in violation of the federal constitution. Reiterated Its refusal to review the 22-year fight of Thomas J. Mooney to win freedom from Sail Quentin prison where he is serv ing a life sentence on charges of participation in San Francisco’s 1916 preparedness day bombing. The court did not present decision in important pending cases involving constitutionality of th i Tennessee Valley Authority act. and tne Issue of whether the proposed child labor amendment to the constitution is still legally before the states for ratification. The court announced it will recess for the holidays after next Monday’s session, meeting again Jan. 8. o REV. COUGHLIN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) they pointed out that the weight of his statement was increased by the fact mat he acted outside his jurisdiction. Coughlin's ecclesiastical superior is Archbishop Edward Mooney of Detroit who passes on his radio speeches. o George Adams Trial Set For December 27 The trial of Georgs Adams of Jay county, charged with reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle while his license was suspended was set today for December 27. The case was to have been heard today in circuit court before Judge Huber M. DeVoss. GASTON MEANS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) her for $35,000 and she started the proceedings which ended in his conviction in May. 1933, when he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and fined SIO,OOO. Much of the Means legend came from Means himself and, as he was a pathological liar, the record of his indictments is the only trustworthy record of his career. This began in 1914 when he was charged with swindling an insurance company of $4,000. In 1917, he was handling the million dollar estate of Mrs. Maud King, a Chicago widow. Mrs. +Cing was killed at a moonlight target shooting party in North Carolina and he was charged with murdering her. It developed tbats he was planning to marry again, that, this would eliminate him as her “financial adviser,” but he said it was an accident and a jury in his native state believed him. Her lawyers charged later that he had looted her of a half million and a court ruled that be had forged a ''second" will of her first husband, but nothing ever came of it. He next wrapped a piece of wood in heavy brown paper, insured it. for a gold brick, expressed it to himself, then tried to collect $57,-

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years In Atlanta federal penitentiary. He wav released in 1926 aud In 1930 published hie book, “The Strange Death of President Harding" in which he inferred that Harding had not died a natural death, but had been poiaoned. He became a violent anti-communist and authorities next found him In a lucrative job "protecting'’ a wealthy New York society woman and her daughter from "red agents." For this service, he was said to have persuaded his client to part with SIOO,OOO. Means served for several years

as agent of the Burns detective agency and was rated «s one of the most brilliant detectives of LU day. He claimed to have served Germany as an espionage agent during the World War, receiving SI,OOO a week and many thousands In bonuses for tying up munitions plants working for the allies. His last exploit occurred In 1936. He tried to smuggle a letter od(~of Leavenworth prison "confessing” that he originated the Lindbergh plot. This was taken as a scheme to get out of prison and he was merely disciplined. He was born in 1879 of a highly

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respectable und well known North Carolina family, He began a legitimate eareet there, and, brilliantly educated, brainy, suave, likeable, seemed well on bls way to a legitimate success when, In middle life, he turned crook. his wife, faithful to him through it all, came here to he with him during his illness. She claimed the body. It will be routrned to tho family home in Concord. N. C., for funeral services and burial. Beautiful Christmas Cards by Voßand. 21 for 69c — holme Drug store.