Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1939 — Page 4

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Daily democrat DECATUR Publlsh»<i Every Evening Except Bunday by the decatur democrat co. inoerporstsu Entered at the Decaiw, Ind. Poet OSes aa Second Clean Muter I. H Heller President L a. Hoithuuse. Sec y. * Hua. Mgr O*ck D. Halier.__Vlce-Prealdeat BeMenptisn Ratee Slugl.- coplea — f .pg Mae Week, by carrier M one year, by carrier S.uv Oae mouth. by mail ______ .36 three muntbs, by mall 1.00 111 months. by mail 1.76 One year, by mail l.ov Obe year, al offica 3.V0 Pricee quoted are within a radius ot 100 mile*- Miaowhere »3.4 u one year. Advertising Ratee made Known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHAERER A CO. lb Lexington Avenue. New York 36 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member ot The Indiana League ot Home Dailies. Thia la the week that officially brings Spring. Did these turbulent and stormy daya come with the advent of Bock __ j There are fewer teams in the contest, but the interest hasn't lesaened in the state basketball contest Next Saturday will tell which team wears the crown. Oddities iu the news. A Kentuckian paints bis beard green to j celebrate St Patrick's Day. A bill was Introduced in the Missouri legislature to ban toeteae shoes. Maiib weather in Indiana. The jury decided the “bank ni kUl_ case in favor of the defend ants and there the matter reais. If the drawings are staged in the future, the ever de» idma (actor of public opinion will determine then tale. With most ot us it tan t the coat of taking in the shews and scung the sights al the world fair, as It is the means of geutug the nickels and dimes together (or iravvbng to Now York and providing hamburgers tor the family. ■■■■■■■■■ld The daya are much longer no* , continuing so until about June SI. when the decline sets tn. It won t be hmg until vacation time and then you can plan your trip to the Worlds (airs, or to the lakes tor ■your annual out lug and fishing trip. The sudden death ot Governor b'itg&crald ot Mlchlgau is said to lave changed the plans of Repute Huau political leaders who proposed to run the govenun tor preaident. It leaves Governor Bricker of Ohio in the limelight. h. being "the ouly inld-western Republican wwccutivc. — i'ryjo- Minister t hainborUuii of ■ Kugiand is a great diplomat uud a uiuu-al peace. Likewise he hates I TYtschery. It he swerves from his Tolley of trying to maintain peace i aniugg the European nation* aud j thrqgr* tbc power of England sgalgst the Hiller invasions, he will be a 100 which the dictators will not easily lick. The city council will consider' tbc plans aud surveys tuad< tor ( the proposed storm sewrr and determine if the iuiprovomunt shall be under m ten. The special on gincer employed by the city has complied data and costs and will 1 submit bis report to the body Tues-: day evening. Nearly every town , has reached the point where add I Uooal storm sewers arc uccu>iary aud )t is hoped the <oiim il aud officials can work out Qiiancial atrangemeuts to insure the construetioii here. Tbc tin social mid staysticsl report ot the Adams <oumy public weyare tor 1331 clears, _tb« atmosphere of any guess aa

to the number on the pension roll, tbc number ot dependent telldivii and families receiving assistance j and the cost of the operation of i, the department. It la an inatrucuve aud concise report, it is InJ teraoting to read and acquaint I one a self with the operation ot I one ot the moat Important units ' of our government Total expenditures for the entire welfare department amounted to Ixo.xHU. t ot which this county paid a IltUe * mure than 120.W0. Theft are 2b» • persons on the pension roll and , IT: dependent children receiving » financial assistsucc last December. * With the lowering ot the age limit to M years for old pensions, the number of recipients was increased from 331 in July to 2M at tbc close of the year. Adams county's share of the old age pensions ' amounted to $9,571 70 and it Is believed that the peak wtil be reached this year, unices the law is changed. ■! LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Better than words can tell, hl* own life aud distiugulshed career extending over a half century, bespeaks the tribute which Indiana : record* today to the memory of Itewt* G Eliingham. esteemed pub- j lie official, newspaper pubbahei civic uud political leader. whose death occurred Saturday at his home tn Fort Wayne. Newspaper column* will carry ihe story of hi* business and j political career, how as a youth ’ the urge to gel into the publishing business was not ouly a youthful ambition, but a- i , rt- | i-‘u when he beaded one ot the most tnBuemial dailies in the state; when he was elected to high state office and served with great credit during two terms as secretary of state His leadership tu newspaper circles. bis active and progressive force a* a citiaen in every com- • muni'y or city in which he resided All will attest to his splendid ' character, his *ucce»»tui career, j hi* services to party and commun My. His virtu* were many He bad th« inaik ut a geuiiaman and was a genUeman ot the highest rank. To the outside all this I* known. For what he was. that. white be represented in good citiaenahip and faithful service he will never be forgotten. But to us Lewis G. Eliingham was more than a famous' sou ot the- state, a man of high repute. c, probably more 'hau anyone else cherish the fact that he was rcxagnised for these worldly aa < umpltobui. nu However, lie re pre- 1 anted more than that to iu. Willi a *ar nub of toeUug we sc knowledge hi* groat inciudahip He was a loyal, steadfast and lovable friend. In hi* death we lost * one of the finest friends that |* man » privilege to enjoy. Alec-lion-ateiy looked upon as the founder | of this paper, he gave us our first chauc:«- at a Job. overlooked our | faults aud lack ot > ai>abilnio* as a ncwapapci reporter, aud in hir. - sincere and admirable manner atr couraged us, creating the *park i which lighted Uu- way to <limit. I the same- acai fium u<>w*papei work which he alwaj* carried in i hi* heart. Lewis g. tlltugham loomed greater tn our eye aud conviction s than hi* owu useful and distluI guislMd caroar kepEAml. In our youth he molded ao appreciation ot doing a public duty well, to protoct a trust It u took the right arm With a beaming and radium ■ personality he ci-inouted u friendship. which with hl* death Is nm I broken, but cherished to the In- ; uer soul In Ute he provided thui something which only a friend conI voy*. ui death a deeper upprcvla- ■ tioii fur having known him. We ; bow to hu memory uud with heavy heart kuvw we have lost some- ( | thing which cuuuot bo replaced — | a friend. |T TODAY'S COMMON ERROR * j not sey He was minus i | eye. ■ apy. Uufaag py nrc

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Answers To Test Questions | Below are the answers to the | Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. Niagara. Mt MXXXIX 3. The note* above the natural <ompas* of the voice. 4 Formci- rieaidcut ui Uh SpaaI tab Re public . 6. "Jean* wtgß.'' John U 36. <. The Orkneys. 7. low*. I Ka -den*. not ka-densc'. 9 Nonagon. 10. North Carolina. 1. The science of bird otody. 3 Cleveland Indians 3. Spencer Tracy and *Utte Du-i vim I Koui'-par-rn-ble; not kom-par - r-ble. 5. No. 0. Kabul 7. Vuited States Housing Author : RY3 Mldahijmi.iu ». Aa iuatrgiueni tor muasunug suwli auKlue or ditiumaiuu* M- Domuuon of Caanda. ■ v ■■■■ - - * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY ♦ .March 30- The- Farmer's State, | '»ank of Preble advertises for blds . i for a new building, to be received ] ( Abril Mh The price of por\ I* go ug up—way up. John Parrish aud Guy Brown sure taking the seliool < eusv*. Louis Busi. k. 79. Preblo town- _ U._—_.l—..

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PKCATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MARCH 90. 1939.

WHY is THE WEATHER.’ Everybody Is Inf. iwst-d In th- weather, wud lota .4 dung* k.-t dime about It. notwithstanding Mark Twam s humorous observation You will find the boukl-' "Weather aud Climat-." available from our Service Bureau at Washington, filled with Interesting fact* ..n how ihe weatbei forecasting is done why the climate and weaib. r of the I’ S te aa it is. aud a wealth of other informal ion you ve always thought you'd like to have at your fingertip* Send the coupon Irelow enclosing a dime .carefully wrapued) tur '■ your copy of this booklet: CLIP COI'PQN HERE F M Ksrby, Director Dept Bllt, o*‘'y Demecrsfs Service Bureau. WI3 Thirteanth Street Wssmngton. D C Knylute dis » dune Carefully wr*pp^ ( . for » h ich send my eut>y of tee booklet "Uualher and Climate'' to; NAME STREET and No. C,TV STATE 1 am a reader ot the Decatur Dally Democrat.

teip, die* suddenly us a cexrt al- | tack. A. It . lax wtU be required May Ist on shoes that coat more than $lO ot>. Senator Lodge and Dr. Lowell, es Harvard debate the league trf iiaikma al BoaUMi. A number us local atcuo* *a- . .MTunee spring openings in huge <oi*|day adveruaepMau. < — d Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee Straight. Hanging Picture* Picture* white hang crooked!y are always unsightly. To prevent .bls. have a cord long enough so t'wt It may be hooked over the naW. and then twist Ui. entire piclure around This alii b.dd K m ■ | lace with no daugur of Its slipping

and becoming lopsided Soring Hole m Gias* Use a regular aleel drill to bore a Lol. tn glass and kew-p me polul of contact Maturated with camphoreted Ml or lurpeiHinu You will be i-urprlaed at Ibc- earn- WHh White this is dune:. Th* Oven A slow oven means on* with a 1 temperature of from 2&0 to 30b degrees Fahrenheit; a moderate oven. «<ue ot from Joo to :&0 degrees; and a hot oven I* from «x> to *6t> degrees. Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE Q. When * secretary is iulroduci Inga caller u> he ren.pioyer should • Abe way. "Mr. Morgan tike caller), i this is Mr. Gibson. <employer)"f ’’ A. No. She teouid mention her

URCESTAXBE PAID ON SALES Assert* Sales To U. S. Government Should % Be Take* Indianapolis March aa—Sales to the tuHrd Stales govartimaut slnuld be included Iu the movrna-m to make salaries of stale employees taxable by the fader si govern men; and federal salaries taxable by Use state. Clarence A. Jsckacm. director of the Indiana gross income lax Aivision, has written Cua*r<a*maa John W. Boebue Jr urging oonsideration ot his matter which bus boea a subject of apecial study by tee cathma! a*we lai ion ot lax sdminls t raters. The various ' rioA non numbering over seventy, which nre now in the field of private eMarpris*. have n«M cmiy brought afiout buaffieas c-usapetlUun bat have aenoualj < urtalied sources ot aute revenue. Mr. Juc-Juhm; puma out Even when projects are purformed by both St-vie and tedciai authorities, the Buieau of internal revenue ha* ruled that the per--entege of funds granted to the states are still within the xancity of governmental immuno y and therefore to that extent caunot be touched by state taxing authorities. "In practice, the exempt ion of proceeds from naie* to the federal 1 government is unfair to many se<Ivra of merchandise and materials wlik-h the government seldom buys'' Mr. Jackson stated. "Wth the vast rt armament program in sight, thdaily demand* tor constrocHou materials aud office vuppiM-s ana cquitsi.eat. there is a vast field ot sales untaxi-d Other in Just i lev which have a wholly private market do not enjoy thia exemption simply !--cause of tbc- natuie of their busi--axployur'a name trial, "Mr. 4*u»soil, this is Mr Murgac. who telephoned you for an appointment." | M WhK-h is better. to have a dor-I-m real close IHeuds. or be like ■omi- people w'.H» aeem U> be V - Irleird of everybody? A. it Is preferable to have a dox<>n reel genuine friends. The old nroverb says. "A tih-nd to every 1 body is a friend to nobody." <4 Wben a husband aud wife are Living a dinner at their home, aud I have no servants, who abould areut | 'he gUMOta at the d«oi as they ar- ] rive ? I A. The husband.

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They Rule Boheniu \tjj — J K, ” ■ ■ v , id*- B * tteaeral t.ajda Uemval ** General Rudolph Gajda. Cnech Fuse Ist Mader i» r M u>. - of the Carcha of Bohemia and Moravfe. ea*ur E 'arvvlL-5® membered Cxe» hoslovakla Meanwhile General um ■ of the commanders of the German troops wfc- Ra . f .J SI *B hernia and Moravia has been appointed military of Prague. "■

MM. The federal government bolds a teg edge" on the states m the pre -eat plan of sales immunity, accord ing to Mr Jackson who contends • that the state ageacie* seldom buy t om the govammunt wtui- on tee other baud the tederal guveuKiiea* I; continually buying from private Industrie* of the Mato. ■ o < — •* V<l I fW w Maun • The more difficult aud atexardou* the job. the safer it win be done. Wb<-n road* are alippery, when | sleet Creeses cm the windshield. • ben the weather |* foggy and vienn is poor. America's automobile drivers are noted for their caution J.IK. sate driving Why? it U becausethe need tor safety—not so much for others but fur themselves —is so apparent that everyone exercises the utmost oane Beif itrussrvaiUMi' Why can't we exercise the same I caution during clear weather and ; when roads aie good? it brings to mind the ott 1 cd statement when driving an ante j mobile, only you are responsible.

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