Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1939 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Bunday by YHI DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated {fettered at the Decatur, Ind. Poet Office as Second Class Matter J. H Heller President L. R. Holthouso. Sec y. * Bus. Mgr. Dick D. HeHt Vice-President; Subscription Rates: Single copies —————l -02 One week, by carrier —— .10 One year, by carrier —— 5.00 One month, by mail —-——. .85 Three months, by mail —— 1.00 Six months, by mail —— 1.75 One year, by mall ..™——3.oo Due year, at office— 8.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere *3.30 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. lb Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies Attend the Chamber qf Conimerce meeting at the Masonic hall; the 19th. It will be a happy event and the program will contain num-' erous interesting numbers. Winter seems to have finally caught up with us and we can still have a month or six weeks ot it, after the most pleasant autumn . and early winter in history. A canning factory would mean I thousands of dollars brought in from the outside and distributed , among the farmers and the working people of this community. It can't help helping. The Daily Democrat will come to you each week day during the year tor only three dollars and will provide for you the news that is really most interesting to you for its home stuff largely. Subscribe . now. Read the advertisements in this | paper and profit by it. Here you will find the messages of the local business houses who appreciate your business and who will give , you more for your money than you I can possibly get any where else. , Preliminary surveys are being ' made over Thirteenth street which is a part of the route for state I highway 27. establishing a by-pass | for this city. It will continue on | north through the territory just , west of the railroad and join the I old road just north of Monmouth. Representative Bob Heller and , Senator Eichhorn are here today to confer with Adams county citiz- [ ens as to their desires in the legislature. That is the proper meth- " od of ascertaining what, the folks want and what they Con't want -and shows a desire to really serve their constituency. A proposed change of the legis- | lative districts in’ Indiana would ■ hook Adams county with Allen j and Noble which will not exactly | meet the approval of voters here. I It would of course mean that the | senator would usually be chosen from Allen county, for any time I .they wanted it they could take it. ■ because of the great preponder- i ance of voters. Republicans in congress seem ' to be standing pat on a reduction ' Os President Roosevelt's request . for |875,«00,(10(1 to keep the WPA 1 going until June by trimming that "amount down $150,000,000. Won der what the WPA workers who ' allowed the claims of congressional candidates that they were being underpaid, think of that procedure. The reduction means the discharge of about a million men. War looms hi Europe and it is doubtful if any thiug can he done by Premier Chamberlain or any I others who believe in peace to ( stop it. In the meantime it, behooves this nation to prepare for defense for Hie general feeling is that while we must not and will

| not enter htto any foreign wars, no one can say just what wul happen If a dozen nations get at each others throats again and wo had better be safe than sorry. Herb Evans, loud speaker for I the GOP in the state house of representatives wants a report from i Clarence A. Jackson showing all | delinquents on gross income taxes. I If some poor devil has not been ' able to meet that bill, it's hard to j understand why any law maker j would want to read the fact be- [ fore the legislature and Evans | ! would probably just pick out a few j 1 that he could use for political bun- | comb. Great game they are playing. j _ Under present laws returns of taxpayers to the Gross Income ! Tax Division cannot be given to the public, the sole reason for thia being to protect the business man and the individuals, who certainly is entitled to that much confidence. Under a resolution offered by' H. H. Evans. Republican, all delinquencies would be made public. Bet a lead nickle the old boy doe* not get far with this proposition, for 22 members of the house and | senate are on the list. While it s fine to talk about reducing taxes during a campaign it is not always possible and that seems to be the case in Indiana ! now. The building program as provided by the special session last summer in order to provide etn- j ploymeut and help business adds to the annual cost of maintenance , and the increase in relief and pen- I sions, makes it absolutely necessary that we have more rather than ■ less money, so if it is reduced one place it must be added somewhere else. Were getting all mixed up politically and otherwise it seem. Col. Frank C. Knox who was the Republican candidate for vice-presi-dent in 1936 now favors lowering the nation s high tariff system, in a speech at a Republican victory meeting at Pierre, S. D. he referred to the high tariff as an "artificial expedient which raises the price of every thing the farmer must buy and consequently destroys all efforts at establishing parity in purchasing power of the Farmer's dollar by lowering prices," which is what the Democrats have been arguing ever since the Civil war. I Representative Louis Ludlow is , organizing a vigorous campaign in Congress to outlaw the govern-, meat's Virgin Island rum business, j He plans to offer a resolution for- j cing the administration to dissolve its four-year-old partnership with island rum makers and to prohibit further use of federal funds for 1 manufacture or sale of the beverage. Mr. Ludlow commended the | administration for seeking to relieve economic distress in the islands — the reason it went into the rum manufacturing business — but. said that "this enterprise puts the government squarely before the boys and girls of the country in the attitude of sanctioning the use of rum.” 8080 NEWS John W. Thatcher, Mrs. Hilda | Patsel, Mrs. Cora Lammert and i Mrs. Harvey Waltka called on Mr. and Mrs. James Thatcher and Mr. and Mrs. John Waltka of Fort Wayne Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Daniels called on Mr. and Mrs. George Mackintosh and Charles Daniels and family of Decatur Thursday evening. Barnett Sapp returned home Saturday after spending the paal week visiting relatives in Ohio. Clyde and Clara Belle Daniels celebrated their birthday’s Friday, January 6 with a birthday supper j at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. Carl,l Daniels. i Mrs. Cora Lammert and daughter Betty spent the week end with Mrs. Lydia Mcßarues of Pleasant Mills. Harry McDormett, Ermal Dak Shiffcrly and George Daniels left Thursday evening on a trip to Miami, Florida. I

HISTORY REPEATS, BUT IN A WAY THAT'S NOT SO FUNNY! ® zfi. AGO <.

* * The People’s Voice il l This column for the use of our | readers who wish to make sug- i gestions for the general good or discuss questions of interest. Please sign your name to show authenticity. It will not be used if you prefer that it t BOt *• J | SAVING THE FARMER I am candidly of the opinion that one of the most cruel and demoralizing doctrines that is being broadcast over the nation, is the doctrine that farmers must be saved because I readily realize that no one on earth can save the farmers but themselves. No reasonable person harbors the idea that farmers can be saved by legislation. However. 1 am aware of the fact that farmers should be given a ; chance through the legislation of laws so that they will have a more equal chance to meet and solve their problems. I have always contended that the government should not be held responsible for the mistakes that any group of people make, regard-, less of their enterprise, therefore, ' when we dismiss the question of pot ection we must take into conI sideration the fact that the gov-' ernments obligation begins at the ' ' place where the individuals eff- ' orts can no longer cope with existing conditions. When w-e focus our thoughts on the preceding i statement we find that individuals , , who compose the different groups

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Pleading guilty to charges linking them with the financial trickery practiced by their brother, F. Donald Coster-Muslca, to defraud the McKesson t Robbins drug firm of an estimated $11,000,000 in 12 years their brother was president, the three brothers of the dead Coster-Musica are shown in

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of society are in greater need of education than they are legislaI tion. For proof of this statement I wish to call your attention to the fact that the forerunner of distressing conditions are always found deeply rooted in the fertile soil of prosperity. The price we < pay for freedom of thought and action, is the energy spent in i crossing the hills and valleys of prosperity and depressions. If we could, through the teachings of l the principle of thrift teach people j to control their emotions, on the seemingly pure air of the hill tops the mossing of the valleys would be a much easier task. ; Individuals as well as states and | the nation contract their debts i during a period of inflation and then suffer the natural consequences which awaits them when they are compelled to meet their obli-1 gallons during a time of deflation. If we break down this law of average by a centralized system of , control, individuals wifi lose their most precious possession, which was paid for by the blood of The sturdy pioneers who died on the battlefield. No sensible person will , try to blame the government be- 1 cause he obligated himself far "Beyond all reasonable limits aud then i awake to face the sad fact that because of a gambling chance he has lost all of his earthly possessions. The government is not to blame because farmers bought tractors and quit raising horses, , and by adding a cow for each horse that was supplanted by mech-

anical power he found hintself without a market for his products and his boys in town without a job. Therefore the price that farmers and everybody else is paying today is the penalty exacted by progressing faster than they could adopt themselves to new conditions. —Robert Sovine. ■ o * twentiFyears * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File j 4 • Jan. 14 — Senator France of Maryland is leading the fight to bring home all American soldiers now overseas. Both houses of the Indiana legislature ratify the dry amendment to the constitution. Indiana is the 25th state to do so and five others are voting today. President Wilson will tour this country after he returns from Europe. James aud Miss Amelia Niblick celebrate their birthdays with a party to relatives. ; Farm product prices — wheat $2.17; corn $1.85; eggs 50c; butterfat 68c; hogs $17.00, ♦ « TODAY'S COMMON ERROR I Do not say. "Rev.” or "Reverj end Smith preached the sermon;” say, "The Reverend Mr. j Smith.” ■ ♦ •

federal court in New York. The three who pleaded guilty of violating the securities act of 1934 are, left to right, George E. Dietrich-Musica, assistant treasurer of the company; George Vernard-Arthui Musica, Canadian agent of the firm, and Robert Dietrich-Musica, another company official.

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CHAPTER XIII The Earl of Bemrose continued i to describe the activities of Lady Matresser's son: “Perhaps I have said more than I ought to have done. Still, just before the Abyssinian war I do know ■ that he was the first person sent for by the permanent Foreign Secretary, that he had appointments with Cabinet Ministers and that sort of thing for a fortnight and everyone considered his opinion extraordinarily valuable. Master Ronald does not go about the world with his eyes closed, you know " “You are giving me new ideas about my son," she acknowledged. “I hope to heavens 1 am not making mischief." Bemroae exclaimed. “I am just telling you what I have heard said. On the other hand he has never shown the slightest signs of any ambition to take a governor■hip or anything of that sort so the whole thing seems to lead nowhere. That is why I am glad of your news that he is thinking of settling down. [ There are so few of th. old order,”

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he concluded with a sigh, "who can afford to live on their estates as Matresaer could. To teU you the hoaeat truth. 1 only kept on the County thia last year because I was horrified when 1 heard who my successor was likely to be If Ronald will play up it will be a great load off my mind." "Well, as I told you, 1 have almost a promise from him," Lady Matresi ser said. “You will have *■■> face his marrying. of course,” her neighbor reminded her “My dear Charles,” she replied, “don’t you know me well enough to I realize that nothing in the world , would make me happier than that? The Do wer House here is a perfect; gem of a place and I have refused to let it, except yearly, just hoping that Ronnie would turn sensible I should be the happiest woman in the world there" The conversation hailed for a few momenta The Countess' ceighbor on her other side leaned towards her “Lady Alice has be-r. telling me 1 of this shocking affair in ths vil- ' lage,” be said i “1 am so sorry for Dr Andrews," Lady Matresser confided “Os course, everyone will say that he i ought to have sent a man as ill as that to the hospital; certainly not to have left him alone with the housekeeper while be shot today 1 daresay, though, there's some further explanation.* “I heard." Bemrose observed, “that he was supposed to be down here with letters for someone or other in the neighborhood." “We have heard nothing," the 1 Countess declared. “Seems queer aftar our recent conversation.* Bemrose went on, “but Grantley, my svcsr»l U.y, you know, who is in the Foreign Office, had an idea that this ma i e»-r.t from I there We must ask Matresser if be I knows anything about it." 1 Old world habits were strictly ob-

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served in the Grent House and a few minutes later a fluttering little concourse of women followed their hostess to the drawingrooms. Matresser left the place and came down to the other end of the table to where his principal male guests were seated. The port was reverently sipped. “What happened to Andrews?" a neighbor asked his host “He was fetched away while we were shooting Sheddon's Wood," Jlatresser replied. “The chap he picked up after an accident and to whom he played the good Samaritan had the bad taste to peg out." “Such a careful fellow—Andrews," Bemrose remarked “I wonder he came out at all if the man was in any danger.” "Concussion is a queer thing,” Matresser reflected leaning forward

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and helping himself to nuts. “Is ft ‘ my fancy. Rowans,” he went on, addressing a vis-4-vis, “or is this ’7O getting a little thin? 1 always look upon you as a great connoisseur." “It is one of the most perfect bottles of a marvelous vintage I ever tasted,” was the emphatic reply “1 find it wonderful " Bemrose acquiesced. “To go back to this poor fellow, though. Shouldn’t you say that it was a little unusual. Matresser. for a man who has been properly vetted and left m the care of a very respectable woman like An drews' housekeeper- an old nurse, too, she was—to die suddenly?” “Unusual. I suppose." Matresaer agreed "but that sort of thing happens every day " “Poor little Andrews is all fussed up about it anyway," Rowans observed. “He went off to Aylsham to see the coroner and then to Norwich to the hospital " “I hadn’t heard that,” Matreeaer admitted with a distinct frown ‘One of your keepers told me 1 went down into the gunroom before dinner to ask for my guns to be ready early as I have to get over to Hatherley Hall That long ehap Who looks after your Merton beat had just got back from lean ng the doctor some pheasants and heard the news from the housekeeper " A mighty figure, hia w lne glass in his hand, rose from a distant place and approached the spot where hia host was seated With a stiff comprehensive bow he sank into a vacant place. “You will perhaps pardon me If 1 Join you. he said. “I was inter«ated or should I say grieved to hear that one of my fellow victims of Monday night s storm was dead." Mr. van Westrheene." Matresaer explained the others around.

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"brought a fifty-t- n ketch in the midst of that storm night. Quite an - and his men all get a about." “I myself have Westrheene announced. sprain— n. t m.u. V . ever, must go to the hospital poor fellow who has died jured by a fallen tree, I said." “That is what we Matresser agreed. Bemrose leaned 'orwirdi^^f s place. Like all the other was intrigued by this tawny "In what part of live, Mr. van Westrhee#s!*Wß asked. "I have shot there Ar with my friend Baron ds "I own property sjtne forty

from the de Buyl estates, measured reply “1 am. dom there. I have in wrests countries. Only lately I from a seven montns' cruisefond of the sea.” “Do any deep sea fishing“Off the coast of New Mr van Westrheene have landed two tuna tween five and six hundred each. It is a dangerous lacks variety." “Tell us," Bemrose asked, I then is your favorite "port, Westrheene? You have sM without a doubt” . “And every description beast," was the deep throa ‘"As to my favorite sport, I me a difficult question ” It was probably by chance I that moment that he lockM the table straight into the his host. The hesitation pause There was a little at the corners of Matresaer’ “Perhaps " the latter said. - ”™ awer that question. Mr rheene, you would require » ' tion of sport" To all appearand. ’■ Westrheene remained the • battered sphinx with expression. There was discomposure in his His fixed eyeglass seemed M i it had been there since the > his birth and would remain a quiver until the day of b> s Even his deep voice when swered retained its toneless 4 “The end of all sport, nouneed. “as sport is under! ’ man, is to kill." There was a little qualified dissent. ... ~ ■ (To be continued) ■ . CwrnaM. issi. •»