Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1939 — Page 5

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tor or me employment trrvltw i laiinted out In the report that «v "'M* lot 2.2*11 Indiana tndu.tn,.. mvsailgatad indicated gain, of In percent tn omploymem and .b,,,,, .17 percent In payroll,, Roughly thia represent, an tncrear* „( 3.40* peiMt*,. who were p,t to wink durlug that period Os the employment taitraso. the greater proportion wa, | tl m,? | manufacturing bracket,. with the percentage of payroll Increaa.. b... Ina faltly evenly distributed The employment increase in thr matin facturtng group, the report aaM. wa, 1 » percent a, compared with • normal of l.« fur the Match figure Hull lu the manufacturing aroupa. the report pointed out that of 33 eltie, roprewnted In the Investigation. 14 aho wed K aln, In employment and 14 in factory pay roll,. CONFERENCE OF icotrrm-Kn from page oms> president John L Lewi, would Indicate whether any progress had been made toward hreaklur the deadlock which ha, held up the draft Ing of a new wage-hour contract for the past three week,, four office:, of the United Mine Worker, of America and four operator,. reported to the full con ference yesterday that It was unable to reach an agreement and that further negotiation, would be futile The conference, compel,- ( Ing ISO dialrlet union officer, a >d a, many operator,, listened to a statement by UMW vice preaid -nt Philip Murray and then ordered the mtwommitfee to get hack to work. Murray told the conference that the union wa, willing to renew , the expired 1337-3* wage-hour agreement for two year. If the oeprator, would consent to ellm-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1939.

Co-Ed Tries for Goldfish Tide : Tjtrnih' : IA J? „f £"*****■ ■* I kB 1 AOagMthll '• I < . J. B i |r-' •» r II / i jfIHL-., - JMHEfIV R JU, Miw Marie HriiM-n And now the co-ed, are talcing a hand or. rather, a ft»h in this goofy collegiate goldfish •wallowing derby. Defying the statement of physician, that the swallowing of live goldfish may bring about anemia through the introduction of tapeworm with which many h.-h are infected, pretty Mane Hensen, Memphis, Tenn , co-ed of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, prepans to down a wiggler in her quert of co-ed goldfish championship.

mating •trike penalty clauses in local contracts. Elimination of the clauses, which provide penal ; ties of |1 to |2 per miner affected in the event of illegal strikes, was vital to the union. .Murray said. iMH-ause of the possibility of Jurisdisputes under the Wag tier act. Hut the operators. Murray added. had turned thumbs down on | the miners' proposals, including one for a closed shop, and h>nl been ''unreasonable and unfair." He (heryvd that "outside inter ests" were "conducting a campaign of sabotage " against the conference and that many opeators had indicated they were "uuwilling to negotiate a contract." Furthermore. Murray assert*.l. the operators' negotiators lack-d I authority to negotiate and conclude a contract, being forced repeatedly to hold private caucuses with gioups of their couI atlUients. i Charles O'Neill of New York, spokesman for the operators, made no attempt to reply Instead. he moved that the sub-com-mittee resume negotiations "with authority to brtug a recommendation l>ack to this conference at the earliest possible moment". ALL EUROPEAN (CONTINUED rBOM PACK ONEJ troops landed in Spain. The sudden announcement and •ul>se<|uent denial of a staieiueut ! by Karl Stanhope. the British first lord of admiralty, that antiaircraft gnus of the fleet had been mantled tor any eventuality left Britain In another war dither but nude It cleat that naval precau ttour bad been taken by London.

Film Sta«* Opposes Movie Measure kV/ *** '9fa ' F” ■ • jft4 *H BC >B9 "ik- " AritfeSiJuSL 1 wiS Ts wH -Ax a- '•• ? ■♦.* *?.■*. ’■■ . A i -^ ***.*•*’ -r * t - Wh. fl ■ w Senator Smith Robert Montgomery Robert Montgomery, motion picture Mar. appearing before a aenate intereUto commerce mib-committre in Washington. D. C., apeaka against the Neely onti-btork booking hill, a measure which would outlaw-present distribution methods which require exhibitors to contract for pictures long m advance of showing Montgomery said the bill I'ould ruin the film industry QBMtJontng him is Senator Elhsoa D. tCotton Ed>. Smith of sou»h Carolua. chairman of the sub-ioaumUsa.

Laird Stanhopes statement, 1 j which official sources later urged news|*a|M-rs to suppress, crested a political incident which appeared likely to result in his exit from the cabinet. In France, President Albert Lt.*Brun was re-elected president of I the republic in a gesture of nation[al solidarity in line with the efforts of the cabinet of Premier Edouard Haiadler to mobilise 'he nation's full defensive forces. Ilumanla. still in sn uncertain role in till Brtliah plans lor eastent European alliances, dispatch■d another infantry regiment to the frontier on reports—later dc- • tiled at Sofia—that Bulgaria wot i moving troops up toward the bori dvr Hitler —and for the most part the German press maintained i i quiet attitude toward the swiftly - moving European acene as they did before the nail fuehrer made his most effective thrust last cummer at Czechoslovakia's Sudete.l- . land. Report No Clues To Fort Wayne Bandit Fori Wayne. lud, April J— IVPi Police said today they had to clues tq the whereabouts of Paul Pierce. 31. escaped convict and accused murderer of an Indianapolis police officer, who was Identified by on- , ,»loye» of the Eskay dairy as the , man who held up that office Mou- ! day and escaped with >27d. Police said Pierce «ppart*.itly did t rot aminion the green coupe he i used in his get-away. They »aid I plates <>n the car wen* taken from a machine stolen at loiwrencetarg . i-nd later abandoned In Ohio.

HARRY HOPKINS BIOS FOR POST See Hopkins .Move As Bid For I’rrsidential Nomination Warm Spring,. Oa.. April 5 — <UJI> Political obaervera believed today that Secretary of Commerce . Harry L. Hopkins had taken hl, first step toward the l»40 Democratic presidential nomination. | They did not know If he had taken it with the knowledge and approval of President Kisiarvelt. but he had choaen to announce It , to the world at th« summer White I House hare while a guest of the ■ president The step was thia: Hopklne la establishing hia permaiieui residence at Grinnell. lowa, where he went to college yean ago and has vlalted but rarely since Thia week he was elected a director of Grinnell College. lu making his annoumemeiit. Hopkins said he was motivated only by a dealre to establish a home for hi, mutheiieaa dsuah-i ter, Diana, 7. Bemuse of hie offk lul duties in Washington—and Hopkin, Mid he had no intention of resigning — he will have little or no oppor- ■ tunlty to live in hia new home. Political expert, agree that Hopkini' chances for the Demo cratlc nomination would be considerably augmented if hr went < before the convention aa au lowan rather than from New York, hia home before be went to Washington to become one of the brightest lights of the new deal, so close to Mr. Roosevelt that he has often been called ■‘the crown ; prince." Hopkins returned to his native state soon after he was promoted from administrator of the work, progreM administration to the cabinet to make hi, first speech ~ secretary of commerce. At that time, one of lowa*, Democratic national committeemen wa, quoted in some newspaper, a, saying that he was lining up town's delegation for Hopkins and hoped to be appointed to a federal post under the Jurisdiction of the aecretnry of commerce. This was forcefully denied later by the committeeman and by Hopktus. l-arne showing Girls White llrreses for Communion. ( ho<>M* tomorrow. E. F. Gastt • Store.

A For Over 50 Years 18 8 3 to 19 3 9 We Have Served the Community Herewith is our statement showing that throughout the years... more than half a century, we have held fast to the principles of Sound Conservative Banking We bland read) and willing Io >ene you al all lime*. Commercial Banking . . . Commercial Loan* . . . ts i...i;_. .u . a . s j i . Personal Loans ... Collateral latans ... Auto FinancUe believe in the Mead) and progrewatve development F H % L(mnh for Bui | ding or Remodeling . . . of this community and render a service that includes; Checking Accounts . . . Savings Accounts . . . Safety Deposit Boxes. STATEMENT OF CONDITION The First State Bank OF DECATI R At the Clone of Business March 29, 1939. RESOURCES Ca.ah and Due From Banks ......_......$ 311.655.23 X"* 1 * ✓ U. S. Government Securities 573,716.88 Municipal and Other Bonds 362,375.74 Loans and Discounts 1,025,739.44 Bank Building 19.100.00 Furniture and Fixtures 8,787.99 Other Real Estate 16.132.00 Other Assets....... * 7,661.01 $2,325,468.29 LIABILITIES Capital and Debenturesslß9,soo.oo Undivided Profits ... 32,714.68 Sinking Fund 10,667.00 • $ 332,88168 Deposits 2.092,586.61 $2,325,168.29 The First State Bank OF DECATUR

Brings Back Odd Bird IRt -y Tr>s. ■*! IJUk- .fOrf' - I • •».* • Mrv Phil Plant That a a Victoria crowned pigeon being held by Mrs. Phil Plant, on, of the souvenirs she and Plan have brought back to Waterford Conn, from their honeymoon aafart through Kenya colony in Haa*. Africa. Mrs. Plant was Marjorie Ku.g of screen and stage fame before her marriage.

Margaret Scheuca. Harriet, Sanna and Fred Kunkle have rt turued from Cincinnati. Ohio where they have been visiting David Kuukle.

Investigate Chiropractic If you are uoi eajoying good health, investigate this science that eliminate* th«- CAUBK of disease — apinal misplac*meats pressing on nerves. Chiropractic ha* given new health to million* — It can h'-lp you! Roy H. Andress Chiropractor 424 N. 2nd St. Pho"« 244

Toxicologwl Report Awaited In Deaths St. Joseph, Mi< h., April 4—(UPI Iberiff Charles Millar Mid tou«y t.iat a nude couple found dead in a tourist camp were victim, of asphyxiation. hut a i-enort from state luxlcologlst, wa, awaited to definitely estshiish the cause. Miller Mid Nate Rosenberg 43, of Michigan City, li.d, food m'mman. and Mildred Stanley, 3&-yaar-old waitreM. died of suffocation, al ' though evidence tended tu contradict hl, statement. The window, of [ the cabin were partly opeu and the I ga, heater wa, unltghiad. Sun Set Open Sunday. 81 "**

Public Sale I, the undersigned have rented my farm and will sell at public auction all my livestock, farm machinery, and tractor outfit, on the farm known a, the O P. Markley farm. liwatad five mile, southaast of Bluffton ou the Six Mlle road, ou FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1939 Sale Start ng at 10 o'clock a. m. WORMS One roan team of mares, weight S!OU; one mare, six yean old; J one smooth month mare Thia la a good work team CATTLK I One red cow. six year, old, due to freshen May S; one Holstein cow. six year, old. fre,h Jan 3; one cow. five year, old. on good flow of milk, bred Nov 24. one cow. 7 year, old. on good flow of milk, bred one cow three years old. wa, fre,h Dec 34. bred, one cow three ymn old. hred Dec 22. one cow. three year, old. due to freshen April IS; lone cow. five year, old. on g<a>d flow of milk, bred; one Jent-y cow. ,lx year, old. on good flow of milk, bred; one cow. six year, old wa, fre,h J Feb 21. big heifer, wa, freah in October, bred; one cow. three yean l old. due to freshen April 29; two Holstein helfen due to freshen July 114; one full blooded Gueiusey bull. 13 month, old. three fall calve, • The*- cow, an ail part Guernsey and Shorthorn and Jersey This Is ■ an extra good herd of dairy cows. Come and see them any time be I tore day of Mie. HOGS Seven Rig Type Poland China sows, due to farrow in May; one Big Type Poland China sow, due to farrow In July, one boar. Big Type. - 2 yean old. one Rig Type boar, old enough for service. These sows , are all old luimuned Four shoata, weighing 140 lbs . 20 good feeding , shoata. FARM MACHINERY One Fordson tractor and plow. In good condition; one six-foot mower, in good >ondliion: 2 riding cultivators. In good condition; side delivery rake, in g<a>d condition, one corn planter; oue double disk, four-section spike-tooth harrow, in good condition, one cultlpacker; two walking breaking plows. 11 in.; one Oliver riding plow. 16 in. 4 , one double gang plow. 12 tn ; one hay loader, in good condition; two 1 I hone cultivator,; wagon and grain lied, good condition; huy ladder, and wagon, one amall wagon and lied, one endgate seeder; manure spreader, com ,hellei. good condition, and belt,; feed grinder and belts; two-wheal corn cutter, potato digger; trailer bed; low wheel iron wagon; one 1-wheel trailer, on rubber, good condition; mud boat; bob-sled,; two 2*>-ft. counter,, butchering tool,, some household good,. M>t of good double work hatneM. me old harness. other article, too numerous to mention. TERMS—CASH Anyone wantiug credit make arrangement, at the Farmer, A- Merchant, Bank before the day of Mie. MRS. HANNAH REIFF. Owner Slleule rger Bros. -Auciioneera. Amos Gerber--Clerk Lunch served on ground, by Six Mile ladies Aid.

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Pennville Man Found Dead In Automobile Cambridge City, Ind. April I.— ' 'UR) Nheriff Arthur Quigley today 1 sought positive identification of a i man whose body was found In an automobile near her, last night. |« Ho indicated that death was ,! suicidal and an Investigation wa, • started by conniar Kusmll Hiatt. 'I The body was found In a cat ‘ IlMed a, the property of A. C. j Obllngar. 56. of Pennville. A ho,«t wa, attached to the exhaual pipe ' and ran through a window of the I car. The gas tank wag empty and the key turned on. Sheriff t Quigley Mid