Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1939 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Inoerpcrated Enured at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H Heller President A- R. Holthouse, Sec y. A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies ™ 1 02 One week, by carrier —..— .10 One year, by carrier — 5.00 One month, by mail .85 Three months, by mall — 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office ——3.00 Prices quoted are witbin a radius of 100 mi lea 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. You still have time to send that dime in to aid the infantile paralysis battle. How about your gross income tax tor 1938? It must be in the mails by next Tuesday evening or a penalty will be added. The vote on the WPA appropriation bill in the senate, 47-46, was so close that it indicates genuine doubt as to the course that should j be pursued. —•' — Don’t let those robins that are ’ strutting around now fool you. They just missed the car south and are bluffing about spring betag here. Not much backbone to this winter as the old timers say and in- ] dications are we are not going to have much if any of that aero stuff. The snow is disappearing. Good party men do not work to create factions. They help to keep | harmony. Getting even in politics I is never a very wise or healthy thing for any member of any organization or for that body itself. Your home paper gives you the news, tries to boost those things of greatest benefit to you and your community, is a local institution. The more you support it the better for every one. Renew now. This is the time to renew your subscription to the Daily Democrat if you get it by mail. You can still buy it for three dollars a year and thus get more home news-at less money than any way on earth. With the state treasury backing up at the rate of six million dol Jars a year there is of course but one thing to do and that is to reduce expenses. The ouly alternative would be to boost taxes one way or the other and there would be a terrific protest against that. Tonight in thousands of cities and towns will occur the annual President's Ball, profits to be used to tight infantile paralysis. It s a great opportunity to do your bit in one of the hatties that should help the community. Attend the dance at the Decatur Country Club and enjoy yourself while doing your bit. The tomato growers of Adams county at their annual meeting reelected Joe Koors as president, reported a good year for 1938 and anticipation of a better one for 1939. It’s an organization that believes In providing new outlets for farmers as the grain market declines and they would appreciate a local cannery that would provide a home market for them. The city of Barcelona, Spain, with 2,1)00,1)90 population lias fallen and Franco's army of rebels are now lu control. It looks like Ihocud of the revolution with the Loyalists losing. Bo what? Will

i Mussolini be the power aud will l lt benefit or injure his cause?; I What will France and England do , i and just how much can Germany , benefit? It's a great historical i game now being played In Europe and no one can even guess the I outcome. — Show the guy the gate who tries to get you to pay two bucks |to join an organisation for the j purpose of obtaining refunds of i processing taxes on hogs. We i have it from headquarters that ' representations by such "beingformed” organizations to the effect that they can obtain a refund or processing taxes for a farmer who was not a processor are false and misleading. We have warned against this graft before, but hear from some of our readers that they are still being approached on the proposition. — The Prairie | Farmer. WHERE ARE WE GOING? Despite the fact that the Governor cautioned the legislature now in session against increasing the tax burden. 44 of the bills Introduced to the middle of January would mean more taxes and only seven would reduce taxes. We take the word of the Indiana Taxpayers Association, which made a close study of these bills, as to the accuracy of .his statement. Where are we heading? The I cost of government keeps mounti Ing. and already something like [ 26 cents of every dollar earned by ! the American people goes to pay taxes. The worst of it is there is little effort being made to put a i check on public spending. Per- ' haps the members of our legislaj lures should not receive all the ! censure. The people themselves keep asking for more government:al functions that require tax money, or they make no protest when such functions are thrust upon them. It seems to us it is time to call i a halt and demand a little oldi fashioned economy. Let's stop askj ing for things we could do with- | out and insist that graft aud lost I motion be cut out; that a dollar's i worth of service be given for I every dollar that is spent. There ; is no reason why the public’s busI iness should not be operated as efficiently as private business. But the taxpayers will have to awaken ; to the trend and speak out in no 1 uncertain terms. —Indiana Farmer. The bill to restrict further the types of articles that may be made in prisons should not be consider- ( ed as a one-sided issue. There is | , more involved than the extent to 1 i which such articles may enter into ‘ competition with others manufac- i tured by free labor. The state, 1 everyone in the state, has a duty , and an obligation to those who are i behind prison doors. Employment ' for them is necessary as a disI ciplinary measure, as State Welfare Director Gottschalk told the House committee considering the I proposed change in the law. Employment in the prisons should be 1 such, of course, as to cause the 1 minimum of competition and embarrassment to workers on the outside. It was supposed that the law had been so arranged. Many things formerly made tn the prisons have been eliminated and the prisoners have been kept busy, so far as practicable, making articles j used by the units of government. IMr Gottschalk explained to the committee that the prison goods sold on the outside are not marked down, but priced so as to bring a profit and not to put private competition at a disadvantage. There seems to be no division of sentiment as to the need for keeping prisoners busy. The best disciplinary rosults come from having them do something useful. The competition with free workers should not be overestimated. It is no compliment to upstanding ’ American workers, free to do and go as they please, lo suppose liny 1 cannot cope with a comparatively 1 few prisoners, a large percentage of whom are unskilled and in--1 efficient.—lndianapolis Star.

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_ ————— - --—— — ■ ■ - ■ -aj J '.« iWeather A Week Ahead As Forecast By PROF. SELBY MAXWELL, Noted Meteorologist 30 FL6 5,193~ 30 FLB-5,1939 PH ET S HOT COLO S WET DRY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL FOR INDIANA. January 30 to Feb. 5. Most of Indiana will be warm, with colder weather in the S. W. and parts of the extreme W. area The remaining portions will be normal Most of Indiana will be dry, with a small wet area in the extreme N.W.: section. The remaining area of the N. W. portion will be normal. Copyright 1939, John F. Dille Company.

DYED WATER AND LAND SLIDES There is a fascinating mystery to water that gurgles along underground. There is practical inter-! est in ground water too, because I subterranean flows are the source of all springs, and many wells, and over the Western Plains there is! frequently water below the surface I when everything above looks dry. | Ground water is the primary source of land slides and avalanches too. When geologists wish to determine the flow of underground water they pour a brilliant dye into the stream at its source, and then see where the colored water comes out lower down. Geologists generally employ the purple dye called gentian violet, but if you have no vloet. dye handy you can use ordinary wash bluing. If you know of a hole in the ground or a place where you suspect ground water begins its flow, pour a bottle of washing blue down the hole and then dip up samples of the water where you thing it iramerges and see If there is any trace of blue color. Often the water comes out nearly as blue as it went in, and when it does so, yotl have found the exact stream that the ground water is following In Switzerland the highway patrol pours purple dye along the topH of snow drifts that might turn into avalanches. Then later if they *ee the dye beginning to Beep out of the base of the snow they mark that area off as dangerous. The same technique can be

TRACING FLOW OF GROUND-WATER WITH BLUING USH BLUING STAINS mt TO FIND ANGLE efREPOR WTR FOR A LONG Ml — THEM /S A DEFINITE ANGLE UNDER GROUND /a * WHERE SLIPPING OCCURS atZ^t'’ 0 * 15 QUT HL * L " I . Os -Z'/ZT/'IIFT up-sup (OMfSATREPOSL *l' /Wn AVALANWL.ORSUDL < LIMIT \ L yile> occ ~ > v< f A —L' BLUING INTO CRWICLS AN d' GROUND WWDEOEASLS REBLEiNG WHERE. IT COIAL r > OUT OFTEN REVLALS POOL ANGLE,INCREASE*THE iDANGLROUb SLIDE CONDITIONS. IDANGLR Os A

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The map* show total effect of Hot, Cold, Wet, and Dry Air to be expected next week. DAILY FORECAST JAN FEB 1959 ® |3O 31 1 w 2 3 4 5 6 11 l ei'e I 1a I employed with equal success to forecast land slides and rock slides. There are a great many highway cuts here In America, some of which slide at this time of the year. Banks will not slide down unless their position exceeds their; angle of repose When a bank has a greater slope than its angle of repose, objects at the top come tumbling to the bottom. When: water flows over the foundations which bear an overload of rock or snow near the angle of repose it lubricates the surface and decreases the angle of repose and makes sliding much more likely to happen. If water dyed at the top comes out at the bottom you can be nearly sure that the overhanging hank is unstable and may slide down, WEATHER QUESTIONS Q. What causes frost, on the windows? C. H. A. Water vapor freezes in crystal patterns when it touches very cold glass. Q. Is there no chance of hav-

ing moisture at proper times to insure a wheat crop this year?; Mrs. B. G. M. A. I doubt that there will be | really adequate water supplies over considerable areas of the Western Plains before spring. Q. Please tel! me In what con ! stellation the planet Saturn is at! present. Where is Mars? A.L.H A. For January 30, 1939, Saturn is in Pisces at 0 hrs. 51 min.; of Right Ascension, and Mars "is in Scorpio, at 15 hrs. 53 min. Q. Why does a pot ot food boil 1 | dry quicker on a damp day than ' |on a fair day? M. M. A. Because then the barometic pressure of the air is lower, and water boils at a slightly lower ■ temperature than on a fair day. The same fire will boil the water away sooner. FROST AND THE COST OF LIVING Housewives, farmers, business men, students will all want to 1 ! read the monograph that Prof. , Selby Maxwell has written about the effect of winter on dormant ’ crops, because it shows the vital connection between winter ; weather and the cost of living. ' . This monograph will be mailed ! to you free upon request if you ' will address Prof. Selby Max- I well, care of this newspaper, enclosing a 3c stamped, selfi addressed envelope for your reply. Copyright 1939 John F. Dille Co. o Modern Etiquette * I By ROBERTA LEE ;♦ ♦! Q. How may one recall invitations Ito small informal affairs? A. The invitations may be recalled by brief notes, or by telephone.; Q. Which wedding anniversary is called the “china anniversary’’? A. The twelfth wedding anniversary Is so called. Q. What are some rules of behavior for servants? | A. The well-behaved servant keeps the voice low, walks as silent-, ‘; ly as possible, does his work quietly 1 and is always courteous. '! — *TWENTY YEARS~* AGO TODAY 1 | From the Daily Democrat File ,!♦ Jan. 28 —Otto M. Oase, who had J his arm shattered the first week of , October is still in a hospital at! Savany France. Miss Ruth Bowers, a student at 1. U. is Hl with appendicitis and has , been taken to the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis for an operation. Her mother is with her. Edward Hurley, chairman of the Ui S. shipping board will return! from France at once to establish! u great American merchant marine, i Dallas Brown and Herb Kern, home from the army, resume work ! on the Kalver-Noble garage. ! Ge pt. Charles Dunn of Camp Sheri man is here on furlough, o 500 Sheets S’/ixil, 16-Ib, White Paragon Bond typewriting paper 55c. The De-| I catur Democrat Co. if

Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Teat Questions printed on Page Two « 1. One veraued in the study ofchildren. 2. St. Thomas. 3. North. 4. Alexandre Dumas. 5. Young’-ker; not Junk er. 6. Frank Murphy. 7. A place for keeplug or rearing frogs. 8. The Pecos River. 9. Eland. 10. Naples. 0, —4 Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee Adi Cleaning Alabaster To remove any stains from ala- ( banter, sponge with ft flannel mois-, I tened with spirits of turpentine.'' Wash with tepid buds of white soip. and wipe dry. Then polish with a soft dry brush dipped in plaster of Paris. Sardine Sandwiches When making sardine sandwiches chop a pickle into the sardine paste. This will add materially to the taste. Low-Ceilinged Room The use of striped wall paper and long window draperies will add several inches of height in appearance to a low-ceilingcd room. o Artillery Unit Proudly Lives Lawton, Okla. —(VP)—The successor to a field artillery battery credited with turning back Pickett's charge in the Civil War battle of Gettysburg, is bivouacked at Fort Sill, near here. The unit is Battrey D. Ist Field Artillery regiment. Chimps See Movie London —(UP) —Peter and Jack-, io two of the London Zoo’s best-, known chimpanzees, were taken to j the movies to see the film "Monkey Into Man" in which they starred. ’ Close-ups of chimps and orang-u---i tans, including a dance, provoked j I the most interest from Peter and Jackie. o Jackrabbit Lost In City Cleveland —(UP) —How a jackrabbit wandered from the western plains to Ohio is a mystery to MarI tin Ahern, of the Animal Protective I League Ahern captured the extrema ' ; lv gaunt rabbit in a neighborhood where residents thought the anij mal was a young fawn. o Students Are Representative !-awrence, Kas. —(UP) — All of reKansas' 195 counties are repr«sented in the enrollment, at the j University of Kansas for the first | semester but there are fewer stu- 1 dents from other states. The en--1 rollment is 4.574, compared with 4.589 last fall. j Hope’s Mate Arrested 1 1’ H li. - Hope Hampton Shooting of Jules Brulatour, 68-year-old millionaire film man and husband of the former screen queen, '.Hope Hampton brings about the hospital bedside-arrest as Brulatour on charges of illegal Possession of the pistol ".that wounded him. Brulatour insisted from the first that, he shot himself accidentally. Miss Hampton I Is shown departing from the hotfcntal after visiting her husband.

26th Annual MONROE Farmers Institute and Adams County CORN SHOW at MONROE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING Friday February 3,1939 c W R SCHWARTZ, Chairman I MRS E ,W BUSCHE, Secretary ! EVENING PROGRAM 7:30 P. MJ j Girls Sextette I Public Speaking Class (20 minute ; I entertainment) i inniger Entertainers 45 Minutes of Talking Moving Pictures. -Not amateur but real movies. Music by the High School Admission — All Institute Mem- I bers free, others 10c. MORNING SESSION 9:30 Boys Quartette Rhythm Band Songs by Grade Children Invocation Rev. Hart “Adult Program Planning" — Mrs. Elmer Water, Lafayette, Ind. "Farming as a Business” — Russ- i ell G. Reiff. Burnetsville, lud. Appointments of Committees Dismissal for Lunch. At noon the ladles of the Monroe . M E. Church will again serve one . of their well known dinners. AFTERNOON SESSION ! Giris Glee Club Solo - - Wm. Diehl ■ “Are You a Good Parent" — Mrs. 1 Waters. “Shall My Boy be a Farmer" — Mr. Reiff. Report of Secretary Election of Officers. RULES OF EXHIBITS All agricultural and domestic , science exhibits are open to residents of Adams County and are to | be at Monroe School Building by 9 , A. M. Friday morning, February 3. , All exhibitors are expected to pay institute membership Men 25c, I Ladies 15c and all these members ■ will have free admission to evening 1 program. Non members will be ' charged 10c admission to evening , program. Herman Miller, of Ossian, prom- i inent Wells county farmer and corn ' raiser, will judge the agricultural exhibits. Following is the complete pram- I ium list: CORN SHOW Early Yellow Corn lo Ear Sample Ist—Cash >2.50 ' 2nd —Berne Lumber Co., mdse. 2.00 , 3rd—Cash 1.00 i 4th—McConnell & Son. leather wallet and key set 1.00 sth—Cash .50 I 6th—Cash .50 I 7th—Cash ......... .50 I , Sth—Cash .50 I : 9th—Cash .50 | 110th—Cash .... .50 | Late Yellow Corn 10 Ear Sample Ist—Cash $2.50 | I 2nd—Eastern Ind. Oil Co., 1 gal. tractor oil 2.50 I ! 3rd—Cash ... 1.00 4th—The Schafer Store, mdse. 1.00 sth—Sutton Jewelry Store Brush set 1.00 6th—Cash .50 7th—Cash .50 ’ Sth—Cash .50 9th—Cash .501 10th—Cash .50 j Single Ear Yellow Corn Ist—Decatur Daily Democrat 1 yr. subscription $3.00 I 2nd—Cash 1.00 j 3rd—Decatur Lumber Co., merchandise 1.00 i 4th—Decatur Lumber Co., merchandise 1.00 I sth—Cash 50 I 6th—Cash .50 i 7th—Cash .50 1 Bth—Cash 50 One Peck Shelled Yellow Corn Ist—Cash SI.OO 2nd —Cash 1.00 3rd—Lee Hardware Co., mdse. 1.00 4th—Kocher Lumber Co . merchandise JOO sth—Kocher Lumber Co.. merchandise ... 1 no fith-Cash 50 7th—Cash ” 50 8th —-Cash 50 Single Ear Shelling Contest % of Corn to Cob Ist-Cash SI.OO -nd—P. A. Kuhn Chev. Co. 1 car lubrication 1.00 3rd —Cash ............ 50 4th—Cash .50 sth—Cash " 'SO 6th—Cash Ll**** 50 7th—cash ............. 50 Bth—Cash I.l—l 'SO Hybrid Corn, Any Variety er Number 50 Ears (Exhibit tn basket) Ist—Burk Elevator Co., mdse $3.00 2nd—Cssh j 50 3rd -Cash Coal & Supply Co.,* 100 lbs Hog-Glad 2.00 4th—Cash 100 sth—Morgan's Serv. Station merchandise t 00 fith-Cash "”2 go 7th—Wm. Stucky, mdse. .. 'SO Bth—Wm. Stucky, mdse. .... .50 Pop Corn 10 Ear Sample (any variety) Ist—Cash ...SI.M 2nd—Al Schmitt, mdse. ... 1.00 K - B " h ner, mdse .... .50 4th—C. E Bahner, mdse. .. 40 Hay (any variety legume) In 3 lb. bundle Ist—Runyon Garage, mdae...|l.oo 2ml—Cash 50 3rd—Monroe Service Sta. 5 gal kerosene ........ .60 4tJi—O. O. Hocker mdse. ... .50 , .°?? 6k Oatg (* n y variety) * s •—Cash, »[ pg •Jnd-R. J. Meyer*. L’? 1 \ Red Crow “ 8»» —UO old —M. Lehman,

Ph LX 1 fancy b., x '"**«. V 2nd Cusb .. ‘ 3id—Cash 4th—Cash One Peck Soy Bean. . . Ist—Holthous.. merchandise 2nd -Cash ... 2>’<i Henry Knapp ,; nd ”, iit 10 >•>. Car'bk"' S ° 8 ’ ■ sth—Cash 6th—Cash . « One Peck Potato.,’‘i’’” Ist-Rlvorsl.l, 2nd Cash 3rd—Cash One Peck Potito.. Ist Butler Garag,., ’ 1,11 3 gal motor on 2nd —Cash 3rd- Cash One Dozen Ego, Ist - Peterson t. ■ J"" B| merchandl.p . MP Jud—Cash ” 3rd—Cash One Dozen Egg,, s r ’ ’ M Ist-Peterson ( Inthlpg s . ■ merchandise . ■ 2nd —Cash .. 3rd—Cash One Dozen Appi,,‘" M any vartety of color ■ Ist—Vance o.- Linn, 2nd <. • .Iv. i: , merchandise .. 3rd—Cash One Dozen Apple., Ist Ashbain !■• : s r lu 1 gal. Parabestus .’nd Hany I .■'"'W repair .3rd —Cash To the Exhibitor having Blue Ribbons in Agr. C uit U r,i Ist McCormick s .JW 50 lbs binder twine • 2nd—Porter Tii. f n . LADIES’ EXHIBITS"B Adams County Only White Bread ■■ Ist—Model Hatchery ~ s; 2nd Mutschl. r I'kn g merchandise ' 3rd—Carl Gerber M. A > ji merchandise 4th—Holthouse Dr-tg Co. merchandise B sth—Central Suga: ; White Cake I Ist-Model Hatchery .. 25 2nd—B. J. Smith Drug 3rd -Cedi Badders nuisr 4th —Central Sugar Co. H - IOHmjB ■ sth—Blue Creek Dairy, W Dark Cake ■ Ist- Pumphrey J. u• : y ■ merchandise jB 1 2nd — Maty Tablet-, mdse ../B 3rd--Blue Creek Dairy, ridie B 4th —Cecil Badders, mdse... K sth -Cloverleaf Crcameriei B one 2 lb box dB Bread Doughnuts M Ist- Decatur Hate... ry jB 2nd Stults Hom. Grocer)-, S 1 bag Omega Cake iB 3rd—Clovet leaf Creameree, |E one 2 lb. box dB 4th —Central Sugar Co.. ■ I sth—Mutschler Meat Market.® merchandise ■ Potato Chips ■ 1 Ist—Central Sugar Co., I 2nd —Cloverleaf Creameries. B ... . one 2Tb box dB I 3rd—Mutschler Meat Market. E merchandise ■ 4th—Mary Tablet-, mdse. ... ■ Best Collection of one udE Black Raspberries. Strawheiß Ground Cherries, and Pesß Ist—Model Hatchery .. 25 dlj 2nd—Niblick & Co.. hlanketß 3rd—Longenberger Store. ■ merchandise .■ ' 4th—Central Sugar Co.. I sth—Cloverleaf Creameries, J one 2 lb box ck® Pillow Cases I ' Ist—The Schafer Store, mdse.M I 2nd —Ideal Dairy. Noah Rich, ■ 1 gal. ice d® ) 3rd—Cloverleaf Creameries. ■ one 2 tb. box ckM Kitchen Apron | Ist—E. F Gass Store, ■ 1 nair hose -M ! 2nd—C. A. Douglas, mdse ...■ i 3rd—Holthouse Drug Co , I merchandise ■ 4th—Cloverleaf Creameries. J| one 2 tb box Crocheted Dolly I 1 Ist—Sprague Furniture Store 1 1 mirror -<■ 2nd —C. A. Douglas, mdse-ffi 3rd—Cloverleaf Creameries, J ....... one 2 tb box 25 chicks from the Model ! ery will be given to the wotMXI ■ girl who wins the most blue ■ bona. 1 The following individual* | firms have made the premium*! this Institute and show posjiwj Decatur Daily Detnocrat, J 1 Schafer Store, The First H 1 Bank, Mutschler Packing Co J 1 ton Jewelry Store. Mcwnai 1 Deerlnf Store, Cash Coal » J 1 ply Co., Central Sugar Co. R 1 Dairy—Noah Rich. Vance a 1 Lose Brre Restaurant. E• r/I : Store. Holthouse Schulte, Wd Knapp & Son. Decatur Hat*W Riverside Oarage. AsbbatwWJ 1 [ Shop. Kocher Lumber " I Creek Dairy, Porter Tire toRunyon Garage. B u, ' eis “<. I Al Schmitt Ford Co., De t 7 l '‘ r ,« ) ber Co., Paul Edwards. Harr?' ney, Sprague Furniture, » 1 ) ber Meat Market. England* * ) Parts, Cloverleaf Ureamery. I , year Service, P. A K " hn s.\, m 1 Ed. P. Miller, Mutschler Me* I ket, Lee Hardware Co_. < h ( | Drug CO., B. J. Smi'fl ) | Stultg Home Grocery, c. a ) la* Co. • ~a ) 1 Peterson Clothing y° - . ) Ripley. Niblick & Co .Mori" 1 “ J(j 1 ery. Eastern Ind. OH co.. Crist, Monroe Gr?.ln <O, ■ ) ' Lumber Co., Monroe Sen ) Adolph llaiini, Mary Tabter, Hocker, Burk Elevator LO.. )! Meyers. M. Lehman. H ) Win. Stucky. Morgan s &n C. E. Bahner. Cecil Baddci*. ) enberger's Grocery. IS in —l-l. * - -*O U ""~ ) oeca 1 Trade in a Good Town - J