Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1939 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Publi.brd £v*ry Kv ruing K*c*pi Bunday by THt OBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. I near p«r*l*g ■Blared M th* Daeattr. I*4 Post Uflti* m tfocond Cl*** M*lter I. H. M*U*r — ... Fr«*M*tu fi. R. HollbouM, Bac'y. * Hua. Mgr Utch D. Holter VK*-Fre*Jd*ttl SaMuriptien R*t*«: BUlgte copiea —™. .03 Üba weak, by carrier ,lv uaa year, by carrier Iw Um ujouin. by mall —— JI t'lireo monUu. by maU _ I.UV Ha Bwaiba. by maU 1.7* Oaa yrar. by mall 100 IM* year, at office >.oe Mflfifi quoted are witbitt a radlua ot 100 mil**- Kleewhere HAv uae year. JMlv*ru*ing Ratee made b&owa on Application. jiauonal Adrer. RepreoettiaUre BCHKLKIkR a CU. U Laxiagton Avenue, New York M ttaat Wacker Drive, Cblcago Charter Member of Tbe Indiana League of Home DalUea, A day or two of thia brand of weather and all ot ua wilt have forgotten that we ever had winter. A magaaluv writer Hate ata per feetly good ways to please a wife. After you try them, what do you Read your home newspaper for local events and happenings, plus the last minute wire news from around the world. The Bre department has been Called to the business twice in that many days. We hope it is spared the usual third trip. More building plans .will be an- ( ■oaneed in Decatur in a few days Industry is expanding and the spring activities will be in full sway before you know It. It you failed to do It before, you still have a few hours to get your federal tax report in the mail*. ■ tiuii.'s ate if you made that mu.h last year you (tout forget to pay the government. .. _ ( The traffic signal lights should , go up at the Adams and Monroe , and other street crossings before ■ a serious accident happens. Now 1 is the time to prevent smash-ups ' at railroad crossings. i 'tig is being done , aud everyone seems in high spirits It’s time to throw off the hardships of winter aud enjoy life as it buds put anew rnd the women have a of bl<tiding i aad.i btylowewith the season. ■ Down at Bed turd they spent. IM.OOO to build a band shell. Htotiv should be cheap in thos< parts aud unless the expendttare includes the cost of building a : park in cuuuettiou with the baud stand, towns tn northeastern Indiana will not attempt such a Ventura. • Adams Post of the American Le<iou will • • it,. twentieth Anniversary of the iouuding of the organisation. It hardly seem, possible that a score ot years has slipped by since the boys' Yaiue home Slue* ISIS, the world has seen so many ups and downs I -that sometimes we though' we liv-; cd Id a nightman and then time speeds on The feud, or was it just a misunderstanding with Papa DloilUc. I baa been settled and the famous Dionne quintuplets will lie taken! .to Toronto to see the king and j queen next Muy. That's the way it should be. King George and Queew Mary probably would rath- i er see the five little girls than any battleship Great Hritaiu has and liesld' s It might be the only quintuplets they ever will sqe. " Raymond Willis has tiled his' ' -hargoa w|lh Ike United Blates 'beaatw aud also public angwittywcul UMhh *4l k * HHFI

dldate in IMO It wounds like ho doesn't expect lbs *M*to to do anything about the ctoelton chart|ea aud ns you toad bdtwpcn the lines you wonder why he just didn't | say, "Van Nuy* beat ms in NoI vrmbvr and I wanted io be elo< lnd. " That s about what the IrregularttMtn amount to. | Uotttiet Mayor Oliu R Holt of Kokomo and nine other men have been Indicted by tbe federal grand jury on (barge* of conspiracy to defraud the government. It Is charged that the men conspired to divert WI’A material* for private use The charges are serious raough and one* you monkey with the federal government or its ageuciea, you are taking a chance «• forfeiting your liberty. Public officials have a public trust and personal gam should be entirely kept out of tbe admin let rat ion of affair*. Decatur may not have adequate storm sewer facilities, but it is not as bad off m Portland aud some other towns where they lack rivers to carry off the floods The main street of Portland was flood cd and great damage was done to business houses. Our forefathers who laid out the town had vision beyond measure when they built Decatar on the high bank of the river. Even in IMA the loss in this city was small, the greatest incottveutem-e being the bach j wash from the sewers. A citywide system of storm sewers should remedy thia condition to a great extent Fires always cause a toss. re-, gardtesa, of the amount of insurance carried. There to the loss of trade, damage to property and the cost of replacing materials and equipment, not always insured to the butt dollar. The origin of the blue in the Peterson Clothing Store may never be kuowtt, but it is a definite fact that Mr. Peterson and hi* partner aud the Douglas suffer a loss from Mon-, day night's fire. This is regretted. But out of every lire lies the op 1 portunity to rebuild new and the proprietors of the businesses affected have from lime to time' shown their ability to "take It on the chhi* They will do that to this instance, adjust their loss and no doubt plan for the future. 1 ■ < Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦— * 1. West Virginia 3. 3. central Amertc*. <■ J- Edgar Hoover. 5. John Adam* and John Quincy Adams. d A meld consisting ot four Klugs ’ utld four Queens. ?. Arlxona. S Li t hog’ ruder; not liib -tegrai-! 9. Once. I 1". An institution for the care ot. -hildren that have been abandon'd by their parents. Household Scrapbook* * By Roberta Cleaning Ivory Dory which has becouiy yellow may be easily cleaned and liv u-hittmes* restored by the toltowinr , method: Take half of a lemon, din ’lt iu Halt, and rub over the diarob utrd ivory. Wipe off immediately I with a soft cloth. Ham or Bacon When frying either town or bacon, i place it iu the pan before putting i the pan on the fire. U will cook quicker and better than U put in a I warm pan. Grass Basket As soon as the sweet grass bfifl--1 ket begins to lime its fragrance, dip ; It in bolhug wuter. When it dries. ‘ it will be swectwmellng once more. —w— —~ Modern Etiquette *1 By ROBERTA LEE | Q. When traveling and one's seat •companion persists In addressing arks to you, trying to begin a j convenuittott. w hat should cue do? A. Reply Ivictly but courteously, ; tn suck a wmy the' be will know I mat do not care to cuter into a conversgtiou. U you have » book, susr

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ia*Ue. or newspaper, begin reading I q When accompanying a woman in th* dinner table. (Mould a man »it down exactly at the same time |she does* A No The man should draw Mt J he chair from hi* partner and not sit d»«n until immediately after the | to seated. q What kind of g’tl* are auitable (or the twenty-fifth weddinr anni- ‘ versary• A. This It the tilrer anntr*rtarj. ! o — 1 IWENTI YEARS~I AGO TODAY March 16— Thia it the last day to tile your Income tax report. Mrs Cora Dow nt will prepare an Ada mt county war history for the . Indiana Historical c<oimission. A million and a half soldiers h*v? been muttered out since Nov. 11th. | L. D Jacoba of Berne- an Erie lailroad detective has a nano* e«I < ape tn Chicago when a freight car ! burglar fire* five shots at him. one I erasing his kip i Gym fund is 61.82*.«3. Charlie Voglewede attends a ’ morse of lectures at Indianapulw > b> Dr. Scholl on advanced methodpit shoe fitting. ADOLF HITLER ' fWNTINCED FROM PAGE ONE) looted the other way. (The French goverugaaot made one feeble aud meauiugiess gee tun win n n asked Hitler if hir | I intentions toward Caipatho- . I'kralne were honorable. That, ’ gesture. made bOMMtae of French mHUaty ties with Poland aud Ku-. insula name only alter the fucbi er" bed started cm a triumphal ' entry into his new protectorate, j The greet financial center* of 1 the world were calm. The stock ’ market suffered hardly a ilppt of excitement while the fuehrer, teaiTaiiged the central European 1 man to an extent that made th* SudetetiUnd aeixure seem Ilk* an odciot deal In England, even ’ the socialist opposition tn the house of common* looked «n in comparative silence while Pi line Munster Neville Citamberiatn fig-, nratlvcly washed the governmenl s hands ot new power pull i ties upheaval In ah area that once 1 I was «ud tuny pcflll be the key to ; power In all Europe The contrast between the threat , of a European war that marked the Vndetenland crisis and today's international unconcern In the . face of ntlli more aweepln* de- , velopmegta Is in the roots ot th* J Munich settlement. At that time. I both Britain and Frame aurreud cred central and mis'er u Europe i to Hitler aud naked hbu Io keep ’ bis face Im lied cast. I Thorn appeared Io be a period I of peace and conaoiidutiun ahead *' for that part of the continent 1 j Germany needed time to catch '; her breath and alisorb the huge ' areas uud popuUHous she had ■'' won It was Italy's •uj m to hclw ■ .auue in of i<a from ths new dictaf turlal eprißcrahip tUgt to ibrept•[suing Lorup* with p loaded pudul. r and Ute democratic Goul—Britain

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15. 1939.

PROBE RELIEF i FUND CHARGES: t District Attorney Fleming : Doubts Federal Law Violated Fast Wayne. March la RJJR) V. S Ihatrici Attorney James H j 1 naming said today he did not be- I lievs federal law bad been vmlat- ' ed in tbe alleged irregularities In administering pour relief funds iu Lake county. Fleming conferred Monday with Lake county authorities and WPA 1 officials from Chicago after a resolution had been introduced at the last session of the state legls lature asking a federal probe into distribution of relief money. •"Evidence was presented at the » meeting that indicated 6o per teat , of tbe poor relief funds were be- < itig land to persons not actually t iu need.'' Fleming said ''Wittie*-' ses said mlhivi- market prices were ( * lieing paid tor foodstuffs and mer- f ehand ise designed for relief f clients " I, Fleming said tbe fcdeia! govern- , meiit regards its part of admmls- , j tering finished when it turns food or tuuuey over to local officials. I* He Indicated the results of his I Inquiry would be turned hack to * Lake county authorities and that p ■he would inform Gov M CliXfmd * Townsend of hi* findings. tine of tbe elleged irregularities brought before tbe Monday meet-,' 1 Ing concerned l!W Otto paid for fiaid and clothes for pers«uia <m I i relief. Fleming said Another in-|t voiced the payment of IIUO.UOU to i a Lake county physician for handling relief caaes Both of these sum* were alleged to have lisen spent in a period of a ysot iTetning said ••While we are uot actually involved iu the WPA affair we are definitely concerned with funds of the public work* administration." bo said "We will con I tiaue to investigate till* angle of the ease.” DISTRICT MEET ■ <N>bTIAVE» FftOM PAGE ONfci Wayne. March It and the state couventioa al Muncie May 11 and M Mrs. Ctrl Holms of Bluff:c;a turnlahed an electric vlctrtda and Irish liaßeds were played while the aorial hour was being enjoyed. Th* program commiUeo was lomposd of; Mrs., Holms, Mrs. Joe Imrmoie. Mrs. Frank I'lmvr. Mrs. jLm Wrhman. Mrs. J. C. Moynahau. Tbe reception committee; : 1 and France, with American cntouragemeut — was aiming to I meet that threat Encouraged by i I i hose developments, the eastern European tmHotta ot Pnlnnd, Rm i; meals, Hungary and Cxe< hosk> ' vukla began getting their courage I back. But Hitler bad long ago atai ted I • a revuluilou that lu- amid not •, -'op grtju tl he tfcoVM TUe fv'ggl - c.xpoupiop ted io tegp OU ar ur i, explode-

Mrs Mayme Tangeman. Mrs. Z E. Malcolm. Mrs Cliftuu Baumgartner. Mrs. Joseph Kelly. Mrs. E R McKimwu aud Miss Viviau Reid linger. Miss Dick Garvey, district secretary, gave a report of the district and made a short address Visiting priests were: Rt Rev. Msgr. Mor than. Fort Wayne; Rev. Fr. F. V Fettig. Monroeville. Rev. Fr Joseph J. Beimett. Decatur aud Rev. Fr. Joseph Hesston. Besaucon. SPRING TAXES ARE DUE MAY I Many County Residents Reported Paying Taxea Early With the deadline for paying the vpring installment of the IMS taxes still six weeks away, the office ot County Treasurer Jeff Idechty im« been pteiMtr.ng for a heavy rush ■arty payers have beeg calling at the otfb-e for some limy to get their 1»3» biHs. .Many pay their taxes immedately upon calling at the ofltce for the receipts while others ask for the hills aud return later to make imyinent. The receipts are mailed upon request and the Mils will be mailed upon receipts of a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Heavier business is anticipated - ach day until the usual concerted rush daring the final few day*. Monday. Ma» 1, u tbe deadline for paying tbe spring installment of taxes without imunuig a delta quency penalty. CHIEF BORDERS ttViKTIKLEh FROM PAGE ONE) with a test bullet fired from a gun belonging tn lhe auspmt. It tbe lines on botb itglit'i* msith. the photographs are many limes sufficient evidence to gain convictions State, county and local police of ; this city as wail a* a delegation trom the Fort Wayue polii * deparumnt attended tte meeting HITLER S TROOPS (CONTiNVED FROM PAGE UNEA late today as lhe armies of Hun • pury completed oecupat lun of Car l-athml'kraine, the eastern tip ul i the dissolved Republic of Cxncbos ' lovakla. Voter strict orders from leaden <>f the newly Independent stat* ot Slovakia, tb* population aud m Hit it iut Uratialava welcomed the Naxlt us official protector* In contras' to the hostile u< i<m«t rat lent agslust tte invading anuy al Vra I**#. The Gormans oncountered unux 1 pecU’4 Cxcch opposition at tht towns as Bowing and Ratscrsdorl Developments iu Carpatho-L’k where Hungary's armies Iva 1 ’ ilod with Ruthenisn sepnrivtla ►Mardb fit tighGte f S eI F *?y t6 ' , F'tete border, wore welched care f fully by German officials at Uie;

LABOR PEACE SIWES SNAG |O-D«y Recede In CIO NcKotifitionw Forced By Deadlock N*w York. March H-tl’l’i-A dvadkwk on jut sdlctaitoaa. quai- ' 'ions it was report-d today, fortod tho today r•-«*■•« tn p.-ac* nsgotlaltoh* between th- American Feditatioa lalior and the imgiwss of Indus'rial organ Isa'ton* Afl. Feace msgo'iators left new York (o confer with I’twldcnt William Green "on question* atfecltng P'ogrvsa of the negotiation*. It waa reported without confirms-' Goa that the Federation s executive council w.mld be caUed into spmial xvMlon or polled privately ott »omiCIO -UKKeotiou* betorw the unity M uston* resume Merck £4 In Wash-, ington. It was said that tho A Fl. commitlee will seek clarification of the precise meaning of an AFL council J offer lo take back without challenge the CIO union* which formerI ly were to the federation. Tbe CIO committee a*k<-d during ncgotUi tion* whether thi* moaat return to , their original charter* or accept-' ante of the extended ju.lsdictton - these union* have taken since labor j j split to I»3S. luahilßy to obtain a definitive an lower to this question was said to t»e holding up the uesottatioas and th- I Irocoaa was taken at the request ot 'he federation's committeu. Tbe recess came as CM) president J.ffia L. Lewis' United Mine sorttil union awaited an answer from Appalachian bituminous producer* to the I nion • demand for a I cents per day wage increase, u 3U I itour week, a guarantee of wwk-1 I ing day* per year, and two wevk* vacation with pay. Cinulea UNeil. New Tort, will Iglve tbe operators' answer a* a joint; meeting of tbe two group* at 1 y BL <CBTi. The coal operators are expected’ ito assert that their industry lost between g«i>iMO.tmo tM* and »HW ouo.mw i M i lam year and to propose a return to th» pay standard* pra- • vailing before the pMMK contract was adopted. Thi* would amount to | a JU cent per day reduction aud. I would bring the northern daily ratal down from H to and the; southern rate down from 1180 to IfiS-18. Operator* estimated that the! I industry's labor co*t per ion have, lln< rr*s»-d from 65 cent* in may 1953 j to *1.34 to August. 1»3«. Acceptance of the Union'* de-! mands. which ultimately would armed more than DB.ueu »ott emu I mtnera would raise the industry*’ wage HR bora than *50,«M.00« (Ml annually. Tbe guarantee work year feature would result in a minimum annual income of ll.ww for all mine i empfoye*. The present contract, which pro- : v ides for a 7-hour day. week, | i expire* March 31. COUNSEL \R(.I E (O'XTINI'EU FROM VA'SK OffiKi I wedr's n-taltali<m with a motion | to amend the indictment to read “tickat* and shar«-*" iMtqgd of “ticket and share" aud "Adams" • instead of •‘Madison’’ theater. Lengthy argument* were again in! ' order from both sides, until Attor-I | , occupied Slovakia. Hungarian i troops clashed at seme points with I Slovaks wto-u tbe Hunganiana guruI ed across the Slovak border. Two Slovaks were killed, two wounded s an dslx captured by Hungarian irret irulars while fto Rutheniatu were reported killed or wounded to Car-patbo-Ukraino. ■ I Polish and Rumania soldiers were! ma seed o nt he frontier* of the <Mr-ll latho-Ukraine territory.

, PEN CROW LUMP COAL ' 1 T< * s6*s cw ( i 2 ton or more. ¥6 per ton. Also other coal ut ttaamwoiMe Prices. HAI GK COAL CO. Phone MO. ' ■■!■■■■! ..""L"* r> ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ MORRIS PLAN LOANS on FURNITURE LIVESTOCK . ELECTRIC STOVES REFRIGERATORS. Special Plan v Tor School Teachers, e NEW AUTOMOBILES I 16.00 for 1100.00 k- per year Repayable Monthly, At a * Suttles-Edwards Co. •>| Representatives. * ■■■■■

uey Jackson asked tor a roc«M to learn mor* authurlti** to cite Following the rec-vs th* argu meiit* were agitu taken up and at 11.16 Judge Frucfito railed re mn to study tb* motion After court re-convened thi* *f let noon Judge Frwhte wa* ** petted to pas* on the mottoti ai.d the state was expected to begt i It* pnwwntatiun at evidence Tie ruling of the court regarding the motion waa expected to be an Importatii one Insofar a* th* ou.-l come of the case la ctiiucrtud Those escuM'd from jury duty I late Tueaday were: Levi Behind I

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