Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 15 February 1939 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Publlahed Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office as Second Class Matter 1. n H«U< r V R. Holthouse, See y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies - I 02 One week, by carrier - .10 One year, by carrier - 5.00 One month, by mail — .35 Three months, by mail ____ 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 Due year, by mail - 3.00 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 Adver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dallies. Don’t put off renewing your paper any longer. Happy Chandler advised the Democrats who attended the editoriaL.J>anquet Saturday night to quit ~s kull-cracking'* by which he meant -hammering other members of the party because of personal disappointments. And of course that’s good advice. With less than three weeks more, of the legislature, prattle-1 ally no bills passed and those advanced more undesirable than desired, there is certainly not much to shout about. Those politicians in the house, led by Herb Evans will soon have some explaining to do. IM II—T-' Officers of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce have set a goal of three hundred members for 1939. That would be a wonderful record and we should all help them reach it. With that number of live wires boosting, helping, pushing, suggesting and doing, we will be sure to show gains every way. The weather man is having a lot of fun Juggling the thermometer around these days. The mercury has been flirting all the way from five about zeroe to sixty and about * the time we get all set for a spell of winter it shoots up and rains Well, it won’t be long now until the March winds will be blowing your hat off. One of the needs in every home . is the local daily newspaper. From it you gain all the information regarding what is going on in every wjiy. You get the locals, headlines, court news, sports, legislature, congress, happenings here, and every where and for only three dollars per year by mail. , Think of it. Less than a penny a 1 day. Renew now. “There is a lot of talk about the ■ legislature of helping the small bttsiness men but they don’t seem to do any thing about it but talk. We can’t imagine a much tougher blow for the average small town merchant than the wage and hour bill which has passed the senate and gone to the house. It would add still further to the burdens of the storekeeper. Members ot Cue Democratic central committee acted wisely in cooperating for the good of the party. They asked questions and were informed on matters of interest and then closed the meeting harmoniously. It is the duty of every Democrat who believes ill his party to work for Hie prillcfjtlcs of that organization, Io aid in advising and to refute charges that may be made by those who would destroy them. Cooperation between the chairman and the members of the committee are necessary. Associate Justice Louis D. Brandels. has resigned from the supreme Court of the United States

after twenty-two yours of honor ' able service. Ills resignation wai unexpected at this time but wui due under the law enacted In 1937 j He has not been well lor severa years and deserves a rest. Ont of the ablest men ever to serve on the American bench he will re t tire with the good wishes of mili lions who have learned to admire him. It has been rumored he will 1 devote his time to the Jewish J " problem, for which he Is excellentI) ly qualified. He can do his race 5 a great service and no doubt will. J j j The old saying about the cer- ■ taiuty of death and taxes is sometimes cited with the observation that we cannot check death, but we can reduce taxes. Hut the opposite is happening. In 1900 our national tax rate —the ratio of taxes to national Income — was eight percent. Now it is more than Twenty-two percent. Meanwhile. our death rate has gone down from 17.6 persons to 1.000 population in 1900 to 11.2 persons today. In other words, we have i accomplished the so-called impossible while failing to do the possible. The mid-winter meeting ot the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association was one of the best ever held. Nearly 1.200 men and women enjoyed the event and listened to brilliant speeches by “Happy' Chandler. Governor Townsend and Frank McHale, national committeeman and manager of the McNutt-for-I’resident club. There was enthusiasm and a line time. This organization is considered the best in the entire country, measured from any method or rule. It has been hi existence sixty years and for years was the mainstay of the Democratic party. The fifty-ninth annual convention was a big success and Dean Barnhart, the president, has a right to feel very proud. ’l'he new head of the association is George Crittenberger of Anderson, who is popular and capable and will give a good account of himself the coming year. We believe sincerely that the state and nation has overdone its efforts to relieve local communities. Os course if the government > wants to send a million to Adams county we will accept and use it, but after all we are a part of the government and in due time must pay our share. The same thing is true in the state. The point we i make is that there is economy in local control of relief, pensions, expenditures for public improvements and every thing else. The sooner we get back to the old fashioned methods of local communities largely taking care of themselves, the sooner we will balance state and nation budgets | and get on our feet otherwise. I The charge that thrift is dead, I and that nobody cares a rap for the future any more, will scarcely stand up. Viewers-with-alarm in- , sist that modern Americans take no thought for the future, but ! simply wait for the government to take care of them if they get in j a Jam. Latest figures on the sale of United States Savings Bonds scarcely bear that out. More than 7,300.000 of the bonds have been sold, with a maturity value of above $2,090,000,000. And they have been bought by more than 1,400,000 people That is one pcr1 sou in 92 of the whole population, j men, women and children. But -.such savings are almost always | accumulated by and for families. And 1,400,000 holders would mean 1 that, almost one family in every 21 has tried to provide for his future by means of the most wide- - I ly-held security in the United 1 Stales. When you add the fact that there are more than 35,000,000 ’ i individual life insurance policies in force in the country, nobody can seriously maintain that the American people have given up • I their traditional independence, i The instinct to stand on one’s own - j legs is still strong in America.

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- * Answers To Test t I Questions i 1 Below are the answers to the | Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ - • , ' 1. A union of banks in a city, to provide speedy settlement of their 1 ; claims against each other. -1 2. Six feet. - j 3 Famous Austrian musical comr poser. 4. Federal Deposit Insurance Cor- ' potation. 5. Mus-tach’; not mus’-tash. 6. The Volga. 7. 8. Madison Square Garden, New Turk City. 9. Yale. 10 No. o-, ♦“twenty“years * AGO TODAY I | From the Daily Democrat File 11 ♦ • Feb. 15—President Wilson sails tor the U. S. A. from Brest, France, on the George Washington. Rev. .1. M. Dawson, secretary of the Indiana Anti-Cigarette league is visitor here. Tlte Minnesota legislature has a bill to divide the estate in two and' call one Lincoln. The cost of the war was 179 bil-' lion dollars and to the United States $18,481,000,000 besides which we loaned $18,375,000,000 The Methodist Mite Society meets with Mrs A. J. Smith. Elmer Johnson leaves for Lang- ' don, N. D. i < Feb. 16, 1919 was Sunday. o Modern Etiquette || By ROBERTA LEE ♦ ♦ 1 Q. Is it necessary to purchase the 'ickets in advance wrhen giving a theater party? A. Yes, it Is much better to do so. ' as it is often embarrassing to have ( one’s guests stand in line while the ' tickets are being purchased, partt--1 cularly when necessary to discuss . different locations and prices. Q. Please suggest refreshments that may be served at an evening 1 wedding reception. 1 A. Sandwiches, salad, ice cream, f cakes, and beverages. Q. What is the proper way to ' announce a birth? 1 A By telephone, telegram, or let- . ter

Art? No, Just Bob Benchley’s Funny Faces f - - .*s*ls Jiij IWii 1| m-iiL- - : f CiiFjirwi ; B/ " 'JI -fi 1 Ev ' liralrrM.r. ■ RHUk - zOCTwm R b s,' b' Whw.WBI Robert Benchley, the radio and screen comic, goes I the camera as he broadcasts in Hollywood. How through a senes of funny faces for the benefit of I _do you like hunt < .

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1939.

Dartmouth Queen ■ '®ilSc Dorothy Gardner A senior at Smith college, Dorothy Gardner, 21, of Steubenville, 0., ruled as queen over the Dartmouth college winter carnival at Hanover, N. H. Miss Gardner is a blonde. Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee Shrunk Woolens Woolens that have shrunk can be brought back to their normal size by rinsing them in fresn soapsuds instead of clear water after washing. Repeat each time the garments is washed until the correct size is obtained. Washing Glassware Be sure never to put glassware into the hot dish water bottom first a ; this may result in its cracking from the sudden expansion. Slip the glasses in edgewise, and the danger will be eliminated. Windows That Stick 1! some of the windows stick, try 1 übbing the cords with soap, and ’ Tic;; ; tuning tlie wlndowd up and down a few times. It will eliminate [the trouble.

be seen on the bier in the center, surrounded by | candles. The Pope was to be buried in a tomb in I the church’s grottoes.

CHURCH REVIVALS | Eighth St. U. B. The revival at the Eighth Street j ; U. B. church started Monday night i with Mrs. Ruth Foltz as the evan- ‘ . gelist. She has been bringing soul stirring gospel messages, ex- ■ : honing the unsaved to seek Christ i and be loosed from the chains of i sin and Satan. The meetings are being well attended and folks are manifesting an interest in their souls by raisI ing their hands for the prayers of the Christian people. A revival is the need ot the | hour and God says, “today is the day of salvation.’’ An invitation is extended to all Christians to attend these services and help ■ ; pray for a revival. The unsaved j , are asked to attend and hear the 1 gospel in message and song and j , accept the invitation of Christ as 1 , he said. “Come unto Me all ye that 1 labor aud are heavy laden and I 1 will give you rest.” Services every night at 7:30. St. Paul j ' Revival meetings are now in progress at the St. Paul Christian ! Union church, one and one-half 1 1 miles south of the Adams county 1 infirmary, with Rev. J. C. Shady as ; evangelist. The public is invited to' attend these services. o ; FURTHER STUDY . (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I i had already been furnished and 1 II that it was incongruous that these I should not be free also. k A hill setting up standard quality specifications which would jmake it possible to use a book I: for five years should be introducled also, according to Biddinger. ( r l He suggested th«4t a tentative adoption he made sixty days prior to the final adoption and that the tentative adoption be publicized to enable any objections which might come up to be heard by the e 1 committee or hoard responsible for selections. Despite recommen- ” datfon by practically all members r ’ of the state board of education for r multiple adoptions in all fields. Biddiuger opposed them, both because of expense and because of the difficulty of standardizing a <1 curriculum. II He commended the present board e\ of education for its cooperation j with the committee and expressed

SEEK CLUES TO MAN'S MURDER Neighbor And Son Held In Brutal Killing Near Bedford Bedford. Ind . Feb. 15—(U.K) - With two persons held for invest!-, gallon. Lawrence county author!-] ties today studied a bloody, toutfoot wooden chib for fingerprints in a search for clues in the minder of Earl Roach, 41-year-old Avoca WPA worker who evidently had refused thousands of dollars . for a new motor he had Invented Roach’s body—the skull fractured in 14 places, his throat slashed and his chest and face wounded by shotgun pellets—was found yesterday near Springville by a searching crew of 117 fellow WPA workers after having been missing since Sunday morning. Sheriff Lincoln Dunbar and Coroner R. E. Wynne took into custody. Saiu Pierce, 69-year-old complete confidence In the integrity of its members The report was made to Senator Bruce Lane. Republican chairman of the committee, whose final report to the senate was due today. — ■ ■

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SYNOPSIS At 19, Christopher Carson-who, a* the West’s mightiest trail breaker would be known to history as Kit Carson—left Taos. New Mexico, in the spring of 1829, with a band of trappers headed by Captain Ewing Young. Ostensibly the party sought "Injun vengeance”; in reality, the rich hides of the beaver. Fighting the Apaches, starving and often without water, the men toiled across the desert, leading their skeleton horses. In the valley of the Sacramento they rested, built tepees, hunted-keep-ing their presence secret from the Mexican authorities. It was Kit, through his visits to the lovely Teresita, who unwittingly betrayed their hiding place. To it rides a spent priest from the Mission, who brings news of raiding renegade Indians. With eleven men, Kit volunteers to follow the Indians and recover the Mission's stolen horses. CHAPTER V The Maid of Taos mounted the golden hill. At its crest Kit reined her back. "I was right, men,” he whiapeacd, "Their village. . . Shielded by red-limbed Manzanita, the trappers watched. Between yellow hills was an encampment of California Indians. They were smaller, squat, less careful of personal appearance than the tribes Kit had known in New Mexico and Arizona. Men and women alike were nearly naked. Life in California was too easy to demand development of its tribes. Over fires near the crude brushwood tepees great joints were roasting. “They’re eating the Mission’s | good horses!” exclaimed Kit. “At ' least six are baking there.” Jean Turcote sniffed the air. They i had ridden one hundred miles sustained by pemmican. “Eet smell very good to me, Keet.” “Mebbe they won’t mind our joining the party,” suggested Higgins. “After all, there are only twelve of ns and there’s hundreds of Injuns down there.” “Not more than half are bucks," said Kit. “There are squaws and papooses and the men are stuffing their craws. .. .” "They may be eating, but see the arrows spread behind each man! Them Injuns are expecting trouble.” “They’ll (jet it,” declared Kit, cocking his nfle. “We’re only twelve,” Higgins began again uneasily, but Kit gave no time for quibbling. He said rapidly, “Race for their fires. Scatter them, fire the tepees. Catch the squaws. Injuns won't shoot men holding their squaws.” With no other warning Kit Carson reared the Maid and dashed upon the village. He knew his men were doubtful. He rode not knowing if they wpuld follow. He thought, Teresita would know of this! She would be grateful for Mission San Josl. “And if I die," thought Kit dashing to the fires, “she will cry a little—” Then he heard his men following. Jiis heart stn-ged. He was the avenger, with shouts of warriors in his ears and the screams of women fleeing to the tepees. Warriors reached for arrows. Feathered shafts stormed Kit Carson. He leaned from his saddle, caught up a little boy whose bead work and wampum proclaimed him the Chief’s eon, held the child before him as a shield. Kit shouted orders. Trappers sprang from their horses, tossed fire on the brush wood hovels. Fiery pillars shot to the sky. Women that had fled to the huts scurried forth again carrying children and crying. The warriors, many weaponless, fled tp the hills. Others, their women captive, dared not fire. “A battle won by women.” said Kit when the gunfire died. He touched the shoulder of the sleek young thing. in a patch of tule apron, slim and smooth as a doe, Vdth great angry eyes. She spat at him. “Ixespeft yotif temper, ma’am. I'm fcoinj to take you to the Mistion where you will larn to dress like a Christian.”

farmer, and his son Ray. !7. who had been a member of the searching party. Neighbors told Dunbar and Dr. Wynne that there hud been a ’ feud of years' standing between the elder Pierce and Roach over the boundary lines separating their adjoining farm lands Dunbar and Wynne examined I the cudgel for fingerprints and I Roach’s fingernails were cleaned ' for possible bits of human flesh or hair which might have been ' torn from his assailant. Roach was a large, powerful man and evidently had struggled ’desperately before he was finally I clubbed, shot and slashed to death. Paraffin tests of the fingers of I both Pierces were taken for possible traces of exploded gunpowi d er ' j .. Ray Pierce told Dunbar and Dr. ■ Wynne that he had been in the | vicinity of the murder scene but | claimed he was feeding livestock. A bloody pair of overalls | belonging to Ray Pierce was, found at his home, but Mrs. Pierce | reported that her son wore them last week while killing hogs. Dunbar. howevet, took possession of the overalls for chemical examination. Dr. Wynne fixed the time of | I death at about 10 oc’lock Sunday j morning, a few hours after Roach I 1 had left his home to work on liis

Her blazing eyes cursed him. White men meant death to her race. < ' Washoe, Yuma, Maidu—their tribes ’ would all but vanish from California 1 before Kit Carson visited it again. 1 Herding the Mission horses, and 1 with eight captive children and fourteen sullen squaws, Kit re- ( turned to the camp on the Sacramento. 1 He was young enough to expect < praise. He was met in silence by I Young, the priest, and a dozen stern I grandees front Mission San Josi. One scowling senor in immense som- < brero was the father of Teresita, t At last the priest said: 1 “Thank thee for the horses and 1 the future converts, Christoforo.” i Young was disturbed. ( “Kit, these gentlemen say we’d t

Kit caught up the Chief's son and shouted orders to the trappers were firing the Indian village.

better hustle out of California. They won’t tell the authorities on us because we helped the mission, but we’ll get into trouble if we stay.” “Tomorrow?” asked Kit. He and the Maid were weary, but he was ready to defy all Mexican California for one glimpse of Teresita, lovely as an image in her window. “Not manana,” answered her father harshly, “Now!” He knows, thought Kit. He must leave Teresita, leave California. She would never be Kit’s bride. He would never be a California pioneer. . . . That hour the trappers struck camp and led the pack horses, bearing great bales of beaver pelt, southward, The priest gave them six mission horses and his blessing. Kit thought, riding wearily, “This cannot change me. I’ll always love California. I’ll always love Teresita ” He would love Teresita when at times he recalled her. But he was young. She would become like the dreams of his youth. Long afterward he learned she married a Mexican general who led an army against the American forces at San Pasqual. .. . A few weeks later the sturdy, tattered trappers entered a tiny sunbaked pueblo on the California sea coast. It was a dull village with an impressive name —EI Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles. The scnoritas of Los Angeles were charming, the aguardiente strong. The men of the wilderness went mad. Within twelve hours every man save Kit and Captain Young was maudlin. and Kit met before a cantina. Within was the clash of pottery, the sound of > music, and over high-pitched Mtaicano, the roar of deep American voices.

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"Higgins and Jim UwrerreH druni, as lord ■ "My men are s as. ail wrtH Plaza and all out f '■ ir I let them talk me into here. There's sir ■ !, tr“Can’t we round them gH Cap’n?” , “Worse than wild horses. alcalde just wane in • out of town. We’ve n ' l ight in ( fornia anyway v ■>: no hunting licer. es. I. •• n to Within the cantina was a «!%■ crash and screen ; through the low doorway. In low reeking room was Jim llicgiaM his long hair wild over a face, his huge hand ••’. rtch.'.gagjfl On the earthen floor lay a btndß that a moment before had felt ' I

breathed and known hatred. Young groaned. “Jim Lawrence—one of our wl men! Now well all be jailed—maybe shot.” Kit sprang to Jim. Kit was small but the great bulk shook in nil hands. “Aye, get him out!” cried \oung “Kit, round up what men you cal and head straight for Taos. I’llhl to follow with the rest. If I d " n show up this year, tell 'em in Mexico that we’ve all been massacreed and ask the United States ta get revenge.” They searched the low adobe cantinas on the square, rousing drunken men. Kit pushed and slapped, cursed and cajoled. Jim Higg™ and another man could not ba roused—they stayed behind to become American pioneers in the CiJ of Angels. . , As Kit herded his staK f' rl 'f crew to their horses, a band of bar foot ragged sodiers marched in the Plaza. They came from the ban Diego Presidio, sent for by the ■ calde. Kit saw his captain plac under arrest; then he hurried me and horses out of Los Angeles. “Git on, you drunken varntfnwi Fall off your horses and 111 l ea you to the coyutes!” .. But his thoughts were wutn captain, helpless in Los Ange., with the rest of the high tempered crew. , . . Worrying, herding his helpl riders into a grove of oaks, bit came aware of greater danger he had ever faced before. , Each oak turned alive. Kit his helpless men without warning were surrounded by hundreds silent, naked Indians. (To be continued) Copsriiht w w»m DUtrlbu Uaa r.iwrw s/adlMt*. IM