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

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THg DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Inearperiled Entered at tbe Decatur, Ind. Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H. Heller President A. R. Holtbouse, Sec y. & Hus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 -02 One week, by carrier -10 One year, by carrier ——. 6-W One moutb, by mall -35 Three months, by mall 1-00 Six months, by mail ...—— 1-75 One year, by mall 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles- Elsewhere 33.60 one year. Advertising Kates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. The past week has been the best . so far in the campaign of tbe Daily ‘ Democrat to renew all subscribers. We appreciate the promptness that is being shown and hope for a continuance. The merchant who is not advertising now is losing a great oppor- ; tunity for there are thousands of people looking for just what you have to offer them. Tell them about it through this paper and watch the results. There is comfort in the report that Republicans and Democrats are working together in the legislature to prevent the budget In Indiana getting out of balance. After all it's about as important to one as the other, it would seem. Arguments are now on as to whether the groundhog saw his shadow or didn't. What's the diff- ( ereuce? If you have lived in this part of the country very long, you know you can t depend much on real spring weather before the , middle of April and we have seen it snow as late as May 22ud. The excuse of Stanley Galbreath that the reason he turned bandit ■ was because he couldn't sleep and driving around in his car, saw so : many opportunities to help himself and just, couldn't keep from taking advantage, is about as flimsy a tale as could be imagined. He should have locked himself in and thrown the key away. The talk of this country becom- ' ing involved in European struggles, ( one way or another, may add to 1 the popularity of Congressman Ludlow's bill to make it necessary to hold an election to decide whether or not the United States engages in p foreign war. Just now the result of such an election would be a hundred to one no. We have heard much about regimentation. “rubber stamp' legislators and congressmen but we doubt if Indiana has ever seen a better example of it than is now being presented by the fifty-one members of the lower house of the Indiana general assembly. It gives the Democrats who have stood for criticisms the past several years a good laugh. Governor Bricker of Ohio is being scheduled for speeches through the middle west, including one to the Indiana Republican editors. He is already being labeled as the “traveling governor" and there are suspicions that he is trying to outpoint his fellow Buckeye, Senator Taft, who is also being groomed for the Republican nomination for the presidency. The legislature continues its grind and in another week or two it is probable the [low of bills will start to Ihe governor's office. It lakes a mouth or so to get a general assembly going. Bills have lo be prepared, referred to commit-

I tees, argued aud reported back, before the member* generally get | a chance to think them over. That j has ull happened uow and the fight is on. The Democratic editorial diuuer |I iat Indianapolis Saturday night, [ Feb. 11, will be a gay, colorful • I political event, offering many new enjoyable features for the SOO persons expected to be present. The ' scene of the banquet, the Riley 11 room of the Claypool hotel, will > be brilliantly decorated with flags 1 and bunting. On the walls will i hang large tinted portraits of Presi ident Rooseevlt, Governor Townsend, High Commissioner McNutt and Senators Van Nuys and Minton. Festive decorations will hang from the mezzanine floor in the hotel lobby. Ray E. Smith, general chairman, announced that the tables would be decorated this 1 year for the first time. He said : that a souveuier which every DemI ocrat will appreciate and cherish 1 will be at every place. The printed programs, he added, would not 1 follow convention, but would be i “startlingly different." A Tennessee legislator is mulling over an old idea with a new twist. He plans a SI,OOO tax on i bachelors, the proceeds to go ini to a fund for pensioning old maids. ! Probably he isn't too serious about it. but just in case he is, it might be pertinent to ask “Why not tax the old maids for the benefit of the bachelors?" In this Year ’ of 1939 the picture of lone repin- ’ ing maidens remaining single de- : spite their own yearnings for "a home” and because of the obduracy of selfish bachelors, is pretty well out dated. Besides, bachelors , are already indirectly taxed, naI tionally. by the exemption granted . married men in the federal income 1 | tax. Proponents of thfs Tennessee j I measure is one Lovelace. That j makes it possible to paraphrase I the famous lines of his earlier namesake: “I could not love you dear, so much. Loved 1 not tax-exemption | more.” —Frankfort Times. BUSINESS ACTIVITY— At last reports business activity on the average was at a level i more than twenty per cent above I a year ago. Signs of the universal-ly-anticipated winter decline — which some economists term a "corrective recession in the upswing" — were appearing. It is felt that this decline will be modI erate, and that improvement should ' again get under way by April or i before. If the attitude of congress I is friendly that will be a benefiI cial factor. Considerable hope is pinned on the belief that railroad and utility buying will be substantially larger this year than last, though no one expects any real boom in these industries which face plenty of handicaps — largely political. New car sales have been good but there is a question as to how long this will go on, inasmuch as dealers continue to report that the used-car glut grows greater and is taking the profit ont of the retail end of the business. Retail sales are at a favorable level for the season. The long a- ■ waited improvement in the position i of the vital durable goods indus--1 tries appears to have gotten under way, although slowly, but with indications it will grow—Hartford City News-Time. o * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File | Fob. 4--Gym fund today $853.38. H F. Linn is awarded contract for remodelling gym for $557. Heating contract awarded Christen & Smith. Tbe Armenian-Syrian relief fund is over subscribed 10% in one day. , $4,10b was raised. E. 8. Christen, county superintendent is authorized to employ a clerk. Commissioners award road contracts — Broad beck road Io L. O.

IF THE SPANISH WAR COMES OUT AS SOME IX7 C.ZZ? ( uow about ygfej UMlf (/ THAT BOHUS, afi wS 1 -dMF ~; fit . ’ 3 j $

Bears $lO-848; Thieme road to J.' G. Crum. $11,621; Goldner road to 1.0. Bears. $5,834. Fred Bentz resigns as assistant icashier of the Peoult's Sfa e Bank tof Berne. —o : _ ... — Answers To Test Questions Below are tbe answer* to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ ——— ♦ 1. One built of straight logs round or split., laid side by side across the roadway. 2. Kansas. 3. Columbia river. 4. Baaron Kiichiro Hirauuma. 5. Washington. 6. 30.25. 7. Lowell Mellett. 8. Farm Credit Administration. 9. Greenwich. 10. Washington. D. C. o # TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say. “I do not pretend to know the answer;” say, "profess." ♦ ♦

Smart Outfit? It Must. Have Costume Jewelry JI jf j| J s’ j h ’*•' SultOil ~ Loramr L»hns..n ' Joan FonLiine

Use of costume jewelry has reached a new high. So much so that fashion stylists say that it really has become a rtecessity to complete any smart outfit Hollywood players also have become junk jewelry-minded Joan Fontain. for example, wears a mask clip for fjtf lapel of her wan-tailored wool suit It is a white ivory head with a gold nose ring and ,earrings. ~ Lorains Johnson wears an

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'♦ —— Modern Etiquette 11 By ROBERTA LEE Q. Is the word "stationery” proper when referring to one s paper that is used for social correspond-, ence? A. It is better to reserve “station-1 ery” for a commercial term, and re i fer to the paper used for social cor-1 respondence as "note paper, writing: paper, or letter paper.” Q. Should decorations be used, ' hen giving a musicale? A. Use as few decorations as possible. Palms and ferns may be used but never flowers, as the best scent often pnnoys the artists. Q. Is it permissible to use tho knife and fork when eating fish? A. The fork only should be used0 ♦ -« Household Scraphook By Roberta Lee Care of Woodwork If the woodwork or furniture is oiled or varnished, clean with a 1 soft cloth moistened with lemon oil. I Then rub this briskly into a polish, | using a clean, dry polishing cloth.

I Or you may use kerosene aud lin- : seed oil. mixed; but lemon oil dries j more rapidly. Ironing Board Cover Unbleached muslin is good material with which to cover the ironing ! board as there is uo danger of lint | coming off when pressing suits or i woolen materials. Hard Lemons i Lemons that have become hard i and dry from standing cau be rei stored by covering them with boil- , ing water for a few minutes. - “K-K-Katy” Song Writer Praises Tin Pan Alley Youngstown, O.—(U.PJ —Geoffrey O'Hara, who wrote "K-K-Katy.” famous song of World War days, believes that people who sing are happy. “Song writing is a good business, too." he said. "If I were a young man again and wanted to write songs. I d go to New York and get ; a job in Tin Pan Alley." He hold how one music-writing , team in New York obtained com- ' missions of $100,00(1 a week in I song-writing. | “Music,” he said, "is big bus in ess."

adaptation of a native good luck charin It is a ’ necklace of gold links, strung with filigree beads and dangling an Ivory elephant Kay Sutton copies . the native turban in gray wool to match a military i frock that sets off her choice of a gadget. The I gadget consists of two goM and-jewel-leaf duster; that pin on the front and back and hold up three i gold chain* that hang from the right shoulder.

WILLSHIRE NEWS Mr. and Mr*. Miles Detter of FL Wayne were guests Sunday o F. A. Detter family. Mrs. John Byer was a guest o her daughter. Mrs. Carl Kuhu and family of Ft. Wayne recently. Mrs. Harriet Colter received the announcement of the bit th o a son. Domi Paul, born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lowman of Ind, at the Sander* hospital in Auburn. Indiana, Saturday afternoon Jan. 28. | Mr. and Mrs. Silas Alspaugh ol Ft. Wayne were guests Satuiday evening of Mr. aud Mrs. E. R. Als- ( ' Mesdames Vernon Hoblet, Em- j ma Strickler and Roy, Strickler entertained the M E. Aid Thursday j afternoon at the Hoblet home. 7 , ter the business session, au interesting program was presented by the chairman. Mrs. J. A. Cox. Dur- j ing the social hour, lovely refresh meat* were served. Miss Helen Myers of Skeels Crossing and Gerald Mercer were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Shell. Rev. C. E. Bruner was in Columbus a few days attending a con- ■ vention for pastors. Mrs. Herman Myers and Mrs. Harriet Colter were in Auburn. Indiana, Thursday calling on Mrs. Lester Lowman and baby son at the Sanders hospital. Mother and baby are getting along fine. Twenty-one members o f the Flower and Garden Club met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. A. Cox, with Mrs. John Byer assistant hostess. Mrs. Clarence Geisler the president, had charge of the business session. Roll call was answered by gardening jokes. A program of music and readings was rendered. Song — "This Is My Father's World" — Club. Flowers in Windows — Mrs. Harry Brown. Solo "In the Garden of Tomorrow" Mrs. Harriet Colter. Round table discussion led by Mrs. John Dellinger. During the social hour dainty refreshments of angel cake, ice cream and coffee were served by the hostesses, assisted by Mrs. Hubert Byer. o MONROE NEWS Amos Brandyberry who bruised several ribs when he fell Tuesday .■ tier-noon while at his work at the Decautr Casting Company, is getting along very nicely. Mr. and Mrs. John Crist and Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd were Sunday dinner and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Dugan of Muncie, Indiana, are the parents of a Im by girl. Dianna Sue, born January 27th. Mrs. Dugan was formerly Miss Evelyn Kissler, grand (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kessler. Those who attended the MuncieHammond basketbal game on Tuesday night where, Harold Fricke, Kenneth Longenberger. Adolph Heiman aud Fredrick Ray. Mr. and Mrs. David Laisuro aud Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shirk who spent several weeks at the latter’s home in West Palm Beach. Florida, returned to their home in Monroe and Fort Wayne Wednesday.

Archaeological Grant Made Tulsa, Okla. <U.R> — Frank Phillips, president of the Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville. Okla., has made a S6.UOU grant to the University of Oklahoma anthropology department for archaeological excavations in the state. o Bolt Hits Wedding Party San Fernando, Philippines — (U.R) — Tragedy in the form of a freak lightning bolt blasted a wedding party in a Naguilian barrio, killing 18 persons, injuring several others, and burning two houses. The accident was considered to be the most violent oi its kind ever recorded in the Philippines. To Hospital Over a Fly Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) — C. F. Athon was shaving with a straight edge razor when a pestiferous fly gave him an unusually annoying nip on his other arm. He took a swipe at it with the hand which held the razor, missed the fly and was rushed to a hospital. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are request* ed to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2, instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two.

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Public Sale 1 will sell at Public Auction, at my residence, 3 miles nortkl mile west of Berne, or 2 miles wept and 3 miles south of MonrtftS south of the Beer school in .Mouroe township, on FRIDAY, February 10,1939 Commencing at 10:30 o'clock A. M. 5 HORSES—I bay marc, ti years old. in foal. 1 sorrel old; 1 bay mare. 3 years old; 1 sorrel marc. 8 years old, in 1 mare, 2 years old 10 CATTLE -1 Holstein cow. 10 years old. due in J’tb’• "J’j cow. 8 years old. due in Sept.: 1 Holstein cow 7 years o ,‘“' a nl 1 red cow, 7 years old. calf by side; 1 Holstein cow. t> J***" '• Mar. 20; 1 Jersey cow. due Mar. 14. 6 years old: 1 Holstein 1 ■ old. due March 10, 1 Guernsey cow. I years old. fresh. “n heifer, due March IS, 1 Holstein bull, IS months old. 10 HOGS—2 brood sows! 8 shoats. POULTRY 100 head of White Leghorn hens. GRAIN AND HAY—3ffo bu. of good yellow corn: 15 ’ ’LI oats; 5 tons.of soy bean hay; 5 tons clover hay; 8 tons ol 30 shocks of corn fodder. IMPLEMENTS—I tractor disc in good condition: I |U '?'''' ’Lff as new: 1 Deering mower; 1 Hoosier grain drill; 1 u |tia John Deere corn planter; 1 hay tedder; 1 hay rake; 1 rWl, ' s .14 1 walking cultivator; 1 McCormick Deering manure sP rea<l ' tooth harrow: 1 Birdsell wagon; 1 hay rig and grain w 1 wagon box; 1 bobsled: 1 walking breaking plow; 1 8 “0 J shovel plows: 1 7-shove| cultivator. ct4l HARNESS I set harness in good condition; 2 20-iir ni ’ ■ BROODER HOUSES—I 12x14 brooder house with double new roof; 1 12x12 brooder house in good condition e MISCELLANEOUS—I Jamesway oil burning ''"’"“'/J rtrf one season; 1 500-chick size hard coal brooder stove in S 1 Del-aval cream separator; 1 iron kettle*, 2 log chains; 1 I laid press; hay slings and hooks; early seed potatoes. , HOUSEHOLD GOODS I baby carriage; 1 sink: 1 Ull ' h n '. i( . lie i with springs: 1 l>ed davenport and many articles it"l «•' TERMS— CASH. HOMER IN NIG Eli , EUeuberger Bros,, Aucts. E. W. Bauuiga rl Lunch will be served.