Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1939 — Page 3

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K) HARRISON CARROLL Copyright. Features *>ndicale. Inc. •Wt)UYWOuD I: Irving Ber- >' get away fr.>n .‘.is screen long enoogh compose the 1 Broadway will see Marlene and Chevalier in a munext fall. The composer has been talking the ■ with : n-trich and she ■Bt" : ' nle that BE Ik* ’ ■ thing would Be to KK > 9 work with my Ad allt 1 says the tB actress. BWV Si Mean while. BIB—- la Dietrich may iiflAriene Dietrich go to France to ■I make the picthat she owes over there. "It's ■Weady been sold al! over Europe." ■■ declared, "so they would like come as soon as possible." if the discussions with produce anything definite. will stay right on in Holi^^W 00 ' sight at the “Gunga premiere was the Mexican who came early and plant■Meraelf and four children in the Bg*' blp > ac her seats outside the theNeither she nor the kids ■tajf 8 interested in seeing the stars, conducted a lively business in their choice seats to late ™ ers ( stll(,io attaches said she ■M 2 '"' at least $4 profit in the barrage of questions by the Mr press have bewildered i '^■nL Lc ' gh * s P ec iaHy those on I personal angle. .^Bm'^' b ° dy Wants t 0 know my separation from my hus|K ii * he sa * s ' "It s quite simple. 1 es , wer <’ so far apart. He is ■ the t.,. and 1 worked in the Ke r L , We Saw little of each ■ So ' e ‘S hteen months ago. |K.endly t " anged - Bulwaa■Ml e th»t Cre u ns Scarlett O'Hara Kft, In!,, ’ h ® undoubtedly will be Ke und Hollywood with mas-K‘-eneeO°uX. *'"*• lem si'txMa ? D J ect of Hollywood I Mar wni I ° W much the English Kta ked C n7 e f° r P ‘ aying the I l **’ u/h ? 01e of the y ear - Kt but tl dOesnt talk ° n this K.OOO he sum 13 than «B K’G-Mors got their biggest laugh

I CLUB CALENDAR II Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Jeanette Wtnnea Rhone* iQP? — 1001 I > I Saturday United Brethren Chicken Supper, Church Basement. 5 to 7 p tn. Methodist Indies Rummage Sale, Church Basement, 12:30 to 3 p. m. Monday Firemen’s Auxiliary, Mrs. Herman Dlerkes. 7:30 p. m. Woman’s Club General Meeting, Old High School, 7:45 p. m. Research Club, Mrs. L. A Cowens 2:30 p. m. Tuesday C. L. Os C. Meeting K. of C. Hall, 7:30 P- M. Psi lota XI Meeting. Mrs. Paul Kuhn, 7:30 p. m. Religious Play, Kirkland High School, 7:30 p. tn. Monroe Better Homes Club, Mrs. Anna Amstutz, 1:15 p. m. Zion Reformed W. M. S., Church Social Rooms. 2:30 p. m. Wednesday Shakespeare Club, Mrs. Harry Molta, 2:30 p. m. Historical Club. Mrs. Judson Passwater, 2:30 p. m. . I United Brethren W. M. A., Mrs. Ves Raker. 2 p. m. Thursday Methodist Home Missionary Society. Church Basement. 2:30 p. m. ingly suggested at a farm meeting here that the slump in Nebraska corn production and increased sorghum acreage might result in changing the designation of the state for “Cornhuskers” to “Cane Raisers.” I 0 Australia Sugar-Coated Canberra (U.R) — Australians like it sugar-coated. Official statistics just released show that whereas world consumption of ' sugar averages less than 50 lbs. I annually for each person, the average Australian consumes 123.9 pounds. New Zealand has the next highest consumption, with Great Britain third. o Raw Eggs Rout Bandits Lima, O. (U.PJ — One of two i highwaymen attempting to hold up Mr. and Mrs. J. H Morrison received a barrage of a dozen raw eggs in his face. Mrs. Morrison threw a sack, containing the eggs. , at the bandit, causing him and his Darttier to flee.

of the week from the sight of four assistant directors, headed by Red Golden. frantically trying to stop the blasts of a stuck automobile horn outside a group of busy stages. Mrs. George Belzer, mother of Loretta Young, is going into the interior decorating business. With Georgiana, the last of her four daughters launched on a movie career, Mrs. Belzer finds time hanging heavy on her hands. For the time being, she will operate her business from her home, but plans a shop when profits warrant it. None of the girls have any money in the venture. More honors for Adrian. Clifford Gray, of the Olympic games committee, has asked for sketches of the skiing costumes Adrian designed for Jeanette MacDonald in "Broadway Serenade.” Plan is for the American women's team to wear similar outfits at the Lake Placid tryouts in February. Bit of unconscious drama in Paramount’s casting of "The Grade Allen Murder Case.” William Demarest plays a comedy detective and Ellen Drew the romantic lead. Two years ago, when he was an agent, Demarest discovered Ellen Drew working behind the counter of a sweet shop next to Grauman's Chinese theater. If you know Director Norman Taurog, get him to show you the gift Bob Taylor brought him from New York . . . Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan continue to act Br like two people * n b)Vt. We r e Mir’ exchanging kisses in Slapsy w rift Maxie's aft e r ■ the opening of K .'«■ the Ballet Rtisse A .'*» What a proBh I gram tor an eve■fgt ning! Tile Bal|kSR lct and Maxie's '' -i . . .Paulette Merle Oberon Goddard and Charlie Chaplin were showing Sid Chaplin Hollywood night life at La Conga . . . Merle Oberon jut missed figuring in the champion freak accident of the year when a 150-pound cake of ice fell off a parallel and landed within inches of her feet .. Has Suzanne Kaaren switched to David Niven? . . . The Japanese want Johnny Weissmuller to come over and coach their swimming team for the next Olympics.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1939.

INSTITUTE IS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) One Peck Oats —7 entries 1— Gita Yuke. 2— Clifford Mann. 3— Claude Laisure. 4— Walter Hildebrand One Peek Wheat —7 entries 1— -Clifford Mann. 2— Millard Schwarts. 3 Milton Hettinger. 4 Walter Hildebrand. One Peck Soy Beans — 8 entries 1- Evan Yuke. 2 Milton Dettinger. 3 — Clifford Mann. 4 — Walter Hildebrand. 5 W. T. Rupert. 6- Darrel Wagner. Single Ear Corn — 10 entries 1— W. T. Rupert. 2 — Ed Bleeke. 3 — Victor Bleeke. 4— Floyd Rupert. 5 — Evan Yake. 6 — Walter Hildebrand. 7 — Laurel Mattax. 10 Ears Late Yellow Corn 7 entries 1 — W. T. Rupert. 2 — Floyd Rupert. 3 — Victor Bleeke. 4— Ed Bleeke. 5— Gue Yake. " 6— Walter Thieme. 7— Millard Schwartz. One Peck Shelled Corn—lo entries 1— Claude Laisure. 2— Evan Yake. 3— Walter Hildebrand. 4— J. A. Laisure. 5 — Gus Yake. 6 — Laurel Mattax. 7— W. T. Rupert. 8 — Otto Hoile. One Dozen White Eggs 1— Millard Schwartz. 2— Dan iTabegger, Jr. 3— Esther Steury. One Dozen Brown Eggs 1— Milton Dettinger. 2 — Louis Bleeke. 3 — Ed. Bleeke. 1 Dozen Red Apples 1 — Alvin Nussbaum. 2 — Benj. D. Mazelin. 3 — Elmer Nussbaum. 1 Dozen Apples any Color but red 1— Benj. D. Mazelin. 2 — Elmer Nussbaum. 3— Noah D. Mazelin. Single Ear Shelling Contest % of Corn to Cob 1 — 90.09 — Clifford Mann. 2— — Walter Hildebrand. 3— — Evan Yake. 4— — Gus Yake. 5 — 87.95 — Louis Bleeke. 6— — Noah Mazelin. 7— — Victor Bleeke. 8 — 87.29 — Claude Laisure. Hybrid Com (any variety or number) 1— Joe Baumgartner. 2— Milton Dettinger. 3— Carl Baumgartner. 4— Ralph Grote. 5— Victor Bleeke. 6 — Ed Bleeke. 7— Walter Hildebrand. 8— Benj. D. Mazelin. 10 Ears Popcorn 1 — Evan Yake. 2— Harold Schwartz. 3 — Anna Jane Schwartz. 4— Darrel Wagner. 1 Peck Late Potatoes 1— Franklin Steury. 2— Walter Hildebrand. 3 — Ida Christner. 1 Peck Early Potatoes 1— Walter Thieme. 2— victor Bleeke. 3— Carl Baumgartner. 4— Walter Hildebrand. —oVanity Rules Head Hunters Canberra (U.R) — A report from the lieutenant governor of Papua is to the effect that one of the principal motives for head hunters is to please the girls. The latter have a preference for men who have demonstrated their ability to bring in a human head now and then.

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Soviet Arctic Receives Regular Air Mail Moscow —(UP)— Exploring parties, lonely reindeer herdsmen and radio operators In the Soviet Arctic and the wildernesses of Eastern Siberia will benefit from a new regular air mail service soon to be established. Letters and papers will be dropped from the air to an appointed landmark and parachutes will deliver parcels. Propeller driven sleds which will scoot across the snow at 6 in. p. h, will make deliveries to remote villages and settlements. Taxi Driver to Attempt World Cruise In Ketch Sydney, Australia —(UP)—George O’Brien, taxi driver, is building a 30-foot ketch in which he, his wife and bis two children expect to sail In time to visit the Golden Gate International Exposition. If the voyage Is successful, he will continue around the world. The ketch will be alive with luck charms, ranging from toy black cat's to the Lord’s Prayer printed in French for use in Noumea. 0 . Thrift Starts Early Wellington, 0., —(UP( — Harry and Robert Lee are making a prof't from the renting of their small home-made mechanical racer to the other clfildren in their neighborhood It is powered with a washing-ma-chine motor and it can attain a . peed of 15 miles an hour. o Mosquitoes Cow “Bad Man” Dallas —(UP) —Nature came to the aid of law officers who for several days sought Luke French after French — self-tyled “tough guy”— got drunk and shot two men Hiding mt from the officers in bottoms of a river. French was attacked by mosquitoes and bitten so badly that lie became 111 and surrendered.

AIRPLANE SALE CONTINUED FROM rAGF! ONE) committee postponed a decision until its next meeting. Pittman, who has said that the armament of France was a hurryup proposition if it was to be accomplished at all. sat near the president at his press conference yesterday, and later said that it “probably was the most important” ever held by the president be cause he stated his foreign policy in four points embracing a prohibition of entangling alliances, maintenance of world trade for all nations, sympathy for arms limitation or reduction efforts and sympathy with the peaceful maintenance of the political economic and social independence of all nations. “This statement,” said Pittman, "should absolutely remove any fear that our president is going down the road toward war. It should definitely end insinuations that the president will engage in any entangling alliances.” o Archers Bag Wild Boar Oakland, Cal —(U.R) —H. C. MeQuarrie and John Potter, archery enthusiasts, had a 400-pound wild board looking something like a porcupine when they finally brought it down with steel-tipped arrows. They peppered the board at a distance of 20 yards. o 50U Sheets i 6 * l ’’ White Paragon Bond typewriting paper 55c. The DeDpmncrat Co ts

LF \I eI m [\ I \ Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Beavers attended funeral services for Jacob »CLation at Union City yesterday. Mrs. Frederick Schafer visited In Fort Wayne. Many from here plan to attend the Gypsy Smith Meetings at Fort Wayne, beginning tomorrow and continuing through the week. He is regarded as the leading evangelist of the country and though quite old still has the power to enthuse hie listeners because of his sincerity. Little “Sonny” Braun, who has been ill at his home on North Seve«nth street, is reported slightly im- ■ proved today. o Postal Worker Honored Cleveland (U.R) — Howard G. Swanson, a Cleveland Institute of Music graduate, and postal work er, has been awarded a 31,500 scholarship for a year's study in Paris by the Julius Rosenwald fund to further the cultural and sociological development ot the American Negro. ■ - - O ■ — Thieves Start Gold Rush Visalia, Cal. (U.R) — The gold rush in California has now become so keen and competitive (hat “prospectors" have even pushed their search into dentists' offices. i The offices of three dentists here were robbed in a single night by thieves who took only what gold ' they could find. o Tax Tokens Hoarded El Reno. Okla. (U.R) — The state puts out sales tax tokens by th? thousands here but redeems them only by the hundreds. "We have

Where's Your Skates, Sonja? — r Mr l .k \ * sjßßk j w f jBME. ■ w j MHt ' I ¥ ' ?' W M t--' ® I ■ '7/ Ip? % ■ r?*,, OK A l‘ Vi I r V '!■ II 1 I /■I ■h W ' I / Il I 1.1 1 Lily Pons Sonja Henle Two of the most prominent personalities in the entertainment field are snapped in the sun at Miami Beach, Fla., wearing the latest in beach attire. At the left is Lily Pons, radio, stage and screen singer, and right, Sonja Henie, the ice skating star of the screen.

Texas Quadruplets, All Girls, and Their Proud Mother (Ik*® T rr ' > f K ? Wi yA/w*k / • Jk . *1- w\ ■'» Wk • * X /; ’ ’ Y\ -X\ <jb,’ '"> w\ / . • ; ' • YOd ' ' v \ "' ' ' I iIW V- ha **J The Badgett quadruplets and Mrs. Badgett, inset

Texas* newest set of quadruplets, the Badgett girls, and their proud mother, Mrs. Ester Badgett, 36, of Galveston, are pictured in their hospital cribs in Galveston. The father, Ellis, 35, was working in I

come to the conclusion,” says Miss Daisy Braden. El Reno tug uge.it, "that someone either Is hoarding the little one- and five mill pieces or burying them in wholesale lots.” . j ii. —o - Canadian Wines Stronger Ottawa (U.R) Canadian wines will have more “kick” In future. The national revenue department has announced that wine manufacturers may now strengthen their poduct to the extent of 40 per cent proof spirit, instead of 31.4 per cent in the past. —q — — The Higher, the Smaller 11.rk.-l.y Cal (UR) Th.American Society of Mammalogists here revealed the fact that (he higher the pocket gopher gets up in the world, the smaller it gets. Studies made in the valleys and higher mountains around Pocatello, Ida., showed that in the valleys the pocket, gopher is a respectably sized animal, but that when it gets up to a 7,000-foot altitude It shrinks considerably. Q Woman Collects Posters From 90 Countries Claveland. O. — (UP) — While collecting 2,500 foreign posteis from 90 countries. Miss Lad-a Sykora has written 7,000 letteis to all parts of the world seeking addition 4 to her collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art has a permanent collection of 500 art posters, assembled by Miss Sykora. and art classes of the city’s high s< hools, grade schools and colleges borrow from the poster-collectors’ own file. o Old Order Changes Duluth, Minn. — (UP) — When Johnny marches Into the cloak-room

in Morgan Park or Denfleld high schools, he's entering the traditional field for punishment. However, flio tradition has been replaced by the necessity for more space, und today the cloakrooms are used for classes. o— ——— Trade In ■ Gooa Town — Decatur

Hoover Raps U. S. Foreign Policy ,. j ISSiX*. &- u O iSII ' W : I Herbert Hoover and Charles G. Dawes Speaking before the Chicago council on foreign affairs, former President Herbert Hoover accuses President Roosevelt of projecting an unprecedented expansion of foreign policy likely to lead to war, and appealed to congress to “have this adventure clarified before we go blindly into great increases in armament.” Hoover is shown with the former U. S. vice president, Charles G. Dawes, at the dinner, — New CCC Uniforms Okayed i I ■!■■■■ — —■ IW II —I II I » — 1 S oSbIM ‘ wIA IB . ■ I 1 W'wL a i I 1 i Al 1 t J • W'Pw 'Bfi i I IE A H aM fR—■ J wA 1 ’ ’LJI E ij a a W" .A Robert Fechner, Frank Papuga and Lieut. Col. T. Lawrence Official approval of the new Civilian Conservation Corps uniforms has been given by Robert Fechner, left, CCC director, who is shown examining the “spruce green” uniform worn by Frank Papuga of Martin, Pa., as Lieut. Col. Thompson Lawrence of the central dis--1 trict, CCC, right, looks on. The uniforms will be delivered in October.

I Louisiana when the girls were born. The aggregate weight was 16 I pounds two and one-half ounces. Multiple births run in the families I of the mother and father.

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Watermelon Yields Dime North Platte, Neb. (U.R) When Mary Neal of Tyrol). Neb., sliced a watermelon picked from her backyard little di.l she suspect that she would be rewarded for the incideut Mary found a ten celll coin dated 1925 In the heart of the melon.