Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1939 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Publiabed Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated ■I 1 1 ■■■■—■ Entered at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office aa Second Class Matter J. H. HellerPreaident A. R. Holthouse, Sec y. & Hua. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President — Subscription Rates: Single coplea ..-..-..-....—.-I .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mall ....35 Three months, by mail — 1.00 Six mouths, by mail 1.75 One year, by mall - 8.00 One 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 Ad ver. Representative SCHEERER st CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Don't forget to pay your sub-1 scription. It’s important to you and to us. The last snow was a mixture of ' sleet, rain, snow and every thing , else and sticks to the walks like glue. It's a backache. The snow and sleet did a lot of damage over the country. Twenty lives were lost and millions were seriously inconvenienced. NOW IS THE TIME to renew your subscription to tin. 1 Daily , Democrat if you get it by mail , and if you have not done so. We ( are making an effort to get every ( one on the list renewed before March Ist. Please help us do it. > Judge Manton of the federal 1 , bench in New York City didn't last | long when District Attorney Dewey got alter him. Within forty-eight I hours after charges had been tiled against him in Washington, the i , judge resigned. Harry Hopkins, the new secre-1 ( tary of commerce is going after , his new job in regular Hopkins fashion. His first move is to make j friends with business, which is nessary in his job. Mr. Hopkins has been attacked by various political leaders but at that he is a real executive and may surprise ' , every one with his activities con- | nected with his present job. If the last half of the legisla- | ture doesn't do any more than the . first half, they won't need a very , large book to publish the new acts , in. And perhaps that s as good ( a service as they could do for the ( people. So many new laws cost , money for operation that the av- , erage tax payer is frightened when the law makers get together. —— Republican members of congress , from Indiana are on the spot. The , Townsend old age boosters who , supported them publicly during . the campaign want a show-down ■ and the boys are squirming. They know its impossible and while they criticize the administration for not balancing the budget they can't very well favor something' that make it worse as well as . create new and heavy taxes. Al-| ways somethin# to take the joy I out of pleasunt tasks. — Several propositions to increase ' factories and business here are miderway and will probably materialize to the advantage of Illis community. In other words tilings look good for the year. Several state highways will be improved, Monroe street is to be resurfaced, many houses will be remodelled and a number of new ones built and with the news that factories will add to their facilities and output, thus employing more labor, we have every reason Io be happy. ———————— The birthday dances on I’resi-1 dent Roosevelt’s anniversary were successful events and provided | pleasure for millions in the thous-1

and* of cities where held. The foundation for which the profits of these events will be used, tn the light against Infantile paralysis, decided this year that half the money be retained in the cities ' where the dances were given. It's j a great cause and one that hus not . been successful yet, though strides have been made the year and a ;l ! half since they organised. Governor Townsend favors retrenchment and is exactly right. Os course as always that hurts but its better to do that than to spend more than our income for , whut is bound to lead to disaster. 1 The federal, state and local govI ernments last year spent sevenI teen billion dollars, which is more i han 25% of the national income. Whether we like it or not, that . can't go on Indefinitely and the only way to stop it is for federal, state and local government to retrench. The governor is starting it and we should keep it going until we are on the black side of the j ledger again. MAINTAINING CONFIDENCE: Business depends upon confidence, not only confidence for business men who seek expansion, but confidence also on the part of 1 customers. When the government went into the 1537 recession as a result of fear, and Big Business was asking for a balanced budget, people stopped buying. Those who had jobs cut down. Whenever those who work for salaries refuse to spend that extra dollar or two a week, in the fear that their salaries will soon stop, the results are reflected in ! every grocery store, every depart- j merit store, every filling station. There conies the period of frozen dollars. Crowds in picture shows grow smaller. The fear of losing i jobs soon becomes a real loss of jobs to the workers in Hollywood. In turn the man with a job in an Indiana factory soon finds that his, also, is gone. Confidence of customers is as real a factor in business as confidence of employers. To disturb that undermines all business. Buying power today reaches new high levels. In Indiana, employment is expecte dto jump from 2 to 14 percent hi February and from 2 to 31.4 percent in March. One cereal firm will open a new factory which will process 10.'WO bushels of Indiana corn every day. The owners of that firm have confidence that people will keep on buying and more of their goods. They respond to demand. They will employ a thousand workers in their factory. They know that their whole business is based upon continued confidence of the workers in their their own continued buying power. These who are now fighting to whittle down the President's demands for money to carry on his works program should hesitate before they try to save pennies. They may wreck the one thing ■which is neded to preserve prosperity. it would be too bad if their acts are reflected in a new period of alarm in which people refuse to buy the necessities and cramp down on their spending power. Th)t great benefit of unemployment insurance was much more than the sums distributed to those out of work. It kept alive conflI donee in the future, maintained buying power and gave business the chance it sought. o Household Scrapbook , By Roberta Lee Picking Up Threads When numerous threads are seatfeted on the rug while sewing, they may be easily picked up by use of a broom which has first been dipped in clean water, shaken well, and then brushed lightly over the rug. Salves Some authorities say it is the wiser plan never Io put salve on a I fresh open wound, claiming the I salve hold the (bacteria of infection I in the wound and may interior with I proper healing. Frying Foods * The tried food will not absorb

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* Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the | Test Questions printed on Page Two | 1. A strip of territory on the east-j ern coast of Central America. 2. El Paso, Texas. 3. An instrument for determin- j ing the quantity of electric current l which is passing through an elec-1 trie circuit. 4. Ly-see'-um; not iv'-see-um. 5. Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield and William McKinley. 6. Beeswax. 7. Golt. 8. Indian Ocean. 9. Rocky Mountains in Colorado.) lU. Robert Burns. o r TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY | From the Daily Democrat File p Feb. I—The Geneva basketbail team defeats Decatur 39 to 23 in a fast game. W. H. Graham of Monroe has re-1 ceived a citation of his son. Paul, for "gallant conduct in repelling the enemy on the Toul front- April 2utti and 21st. W. A. Lower and thirty other local men sign the guarantee with too much fat if a teaspoonful of vinegar is added to the lard that, is used for frying.

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Weary, hungry and terror-stricken women and children who fled Barcelona when the guns of General Franco's insurgents came within shelling range of the city are shown in this radiophoto with th«ir belongings outside a police post in Le Perthus, on the French side oflhe Kranco-Spanuh_ border.

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| Independent Chatauqua Co. Rev. W. Paul Marsh returns from Owen county where he conducted a successful revival. The gym fund is $821.38. Miss Margaret Moran is at Fort. Wayne to visit her brother. Pat, : a patient in a hospital there, j » Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. When a girl is introducing her sister to a person, should site call her sister Miss Jones? A. No. Say. “Mrs. Harris, this is my sister. Ethel." j Q. Should a servant always knock | on the door of a room before entei- ' in." ? I A. Yes, and he or she should wait to be told to enter. q. When should the invitations to ian informal luncheon be mailed? i A. Personal notes are written and 1 mailed about a week in advance. jo I • Rev. Joseph Hennes Appointed Chaplain Rev. Joseph Hennes, former assistant pastor at the St. Mary's Catholic church here, has been named chaplain of St. Vincent's Villa in I Fort Wayne. Rev. Hennes, who has been serving as Fort Wayne dean-| ery director of the Catholic youth organization, will continue in that capacity. ■ i . o W'rartr In A <.on<» '<*«»**n Oeratul

Furniture. Equipment Bids To Be Received Bids for fmuuure and equipment for the new addition to the Pleasant Mills school will be opened at I the office of Ben McCullough, St. M..ry's township trustee, at 2 p. m. Wednesday. February 15. Plans and specifications are on Lie at the office of the trustee and with Houck & Hamilton. Muncie < architects. o— —— Geneva Man Fined For Intoxication Roscoe Eckrote. of Geneva, was Piled $1 and costs in justice of peace court here today. He was arjiested by Marshall Harry Kamman yesterday after he allegedly fell through a plate glass window in Goneva. while intoxicated. He was brought to Decatur and odged in jail overnight. He pleaded guilty to the charge of public intoxication. Q Chinchilla Farm Expands Inglewood. Cal. — I UP) — The Chincilia Sales Corporation at its South American Chinchilla Farm here now has 1,500 chincillas out i of the total of only 2,000 that are bdieved to exist in the entire world. The farm started with 11 of the little animals, but it will be from 8 to 20 years before the. company figur- ‘ es it can begin selling furs

France faces a major problem In dealing with refugees, for thousands have fled across the border. Troops seek to prevent Spanish government soldiera from fleeing the country, permitting onlv aged men and women and children to find sanctuary in .... i'j'iwoti

SWETHAFFIC TOLL IS LOWER ! 20 Per Cent Decrease In Indiana Deaths During 1938 Indianapolis, Feb. 1- ; A 20 per cent decrease hi tilt number of fatalities on Indiana | streets and highways with a satI jug of 268 lives was achieved din - ing 1938. Don F. Stiver, state director of public safety, announced today. ~ . i Deaths during 1938 totaled 1099 as compared with 1.36, during 1937. Stiver's annual traffic, report disclosed. Five winning counties and six winning cities in Indiana's traffic I safety contest also were announced and plaques will be awarded to them at a safety banquet in March. Certificates of honorable mention will be presented to two other counties and 100 additional cities with no-death records. Winning cities for low fatality rates were: Fort Wayne, for cities over 70 000 population; Elkhart, between 70,000 and 25.000; Connersville, between 25.000 and 10,000; Columbus, between 10.000 and 5.000; Tell City, between 5.000 and 2.000 and Danville, under 2,000. Fort Wayne had 15 fatalaties and Connersville two while the other four cities had none. Cass county headed the counties over 25.000 population with five fataiaties; Bartholomew witii three deaths led the 25.000 to 20,000 group; Ripley county was first in the 20,000 to 15.000 classification with only one death; Lagrange county held the lead with no deaths in the 15.000 to 10.000 group, while Switzerland, also without a fatality, was first among the counties having less than i 10.000 population. Highest death toll was among pedestrians, witii 339 killed, the j report said. Collisions with pasI senger cars accounted for 259, noil-collision accidents resulted in | 140, truck mishaps killed 113. trains were involved in 110, 67 j died when their cars struck fixed ■ objects, and 26 were killed on j bicycles. Residents of Indiana figured in 967 traffic deaths while 138 killed I were residents of other states. I December, with 121 fatalities, was I the bloodiest month, while Februj ary, with 59. had the lowest rec-

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ord. Rural highways accounted for| almost twice as many deaths as city streets. A silver loving cup will go to the Ligonier state police post for having the greatest reduction in , traffic deaths—24 per cent. Pendleton post was second with an 18 per cent decrease. FRUIT POISON (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) which was used, for the pie. Roberts, who was 58. had taught

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——————— — g | in Lawrem ■ i uuniy years and was r.,„ eilil(J l father of the > 1 system. He was grad J Indiana university and J i State Teachers college Xl descendant of Bishop r J erts, First .Methodin bd Indiana. Mrs. Robert* r| structor at the and a lecturer fur Purdml sity. | Ail members of the RobJ ily excepting the vi<tinJ from effects of the Wynne said. 1