Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1939 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening by TNK OKCAYUR DEMOCRAT 00. altered u the Dwattr, lad Poet OOm bb B#cb®4 Clmi Matter L M Melter PrwMMt *. a. Meitbawee. Bacy. A Bae. Mgr DM D. Haitar ——VKePrealdaai Babaev Ip t tew Rates; Nagle copies 9 M Om WU. by carrier 40 Dm mr, by carrier —Ute Dm moMh. by mall J* Throe taontba. by mail 1.00 Bu months. by mail 1.74 Dee year. by mail , Mo Dm year, at oMoe , .. Mb Frteee quoted am vtthta a raglue of lie mites Elsewhere 33. M om year. Advertleiag Ratee made kaowa oa AppilratM. Matxmal Adror Ra*reeeataUve SCHEKRKR * CO U Laalagtaa Avenue. Now York M Boat Wacker Drive, Chicago — Chartar Member of The tndlaM League of Homo DaUloa.

The city of Huatmgtoa wta' vote oa daylight saving time neat Wedneoday and whatever the people decide WUI be obeei ved by the city ( council There la a growing lead-' cncy through this section to adopt daylight saving eo thoi ail towns' and cities will bare tb< •‘ante Many wtil watch the result in liuntAgtoa with iaieresL We appreciate the splendid ad vert lain* support we have been, receiving the past month and more than any thing else the reports that hi practically each case the ' returns have been very satisfac-1 lory. We believe any community.l will prvgresa if the merchant* are alive and are urging customers to trade with them Cooperative ef-' fort pulls a long distance. State police raided the home of Earl Mesenberger on the south shore of Lake Wawaaev and found : 73 slot ma< bines. valued at llu.oee.l which they confiscated and th< charge against Meseubergei will. be iMtaoeaatou ot gamblmg devices The orders from Governor Townsend are to put every slot machine out of the stale and evidently the state police are carrying out those orders. Sam Butler, city street commie-' ■loner and bn- crew of meu are completing the big annual job of carting away the rubbish and tlu ■ ana whnh have been gathered by the various property owners aud residents This la dour at city' expense. and is. we are sure apprccwlcd by every one. The rub- ( blsh is dumped in the old FritsInger quarry Those iu charge ot the work say they have received the finest cooperation from every‘ one. The city council baa inaugurated a campaign to collect delinquent bills tor light, water and 1 >ower and announ< imeat la made ' that the order will be carried out to the letter. All who owe leas thau ten dollars must pay within thirty days and those who owe mors must arrange to pay uot less thau lea per cent a mouth Penalty will be shutting oB the util itiaa. In addition of course estreat bills must be maiu tai tied There can be no argument as to lbw justice of the plan. AU must be treated alike. A leading evangelist predicts that the devil will take over the world in September of neat year. It hasn't been announced whether he wIU bring Nero aud hie llddlo along to entertain us white be touches off the torch or not Any wsy we don't believe hhu for we still bave fatth that most of our I ciUseus arc good at heart and though we may be traveling in airplanes aud auluinubites at a speed bard to mutaiatu. we are driving more carefully and will put the governor on the machines aud our habits ourselves. Paul V. McNutt ”u homeward bound from the Philippine Islands.

I where be has done a sph udid j work as is proven by the endorsement given him by President Queso* and utber ieadiag lalaadet* , lie win report to President Rooseveil that hr believes his work , Utere is done but that there are | important things to be dour here 1 That hta name wiU be much dis- [ ceased M we near the campaign year of IHO goes without saying 1 and many believe he is la the best position of any one to receive the nomination tor preudeat Th, city of Anderson Installed parking meters IS mouths ago with the agreement that It was to I have M per cent of the receipts with which Io pay for the 371 meter* that were installed. Last week the city had received enough revenue from the meters to pay for them in full The best part of all Is that the general public is t . more than delighted with the re- ' suits. Object tons had been expet tled from outot-town persons who • ame there to trade, but diligent inquiry by ctty ofiteuris. mercbanta • and newspapers tailed to find any. Cities, large and small have a ■MI problem in iuvodiag parking , ' space and no where ia this mure j m evidence than in Detroit where for years they have been working ; al the Job aud where they have . more cars in proportion to popuJ latlon thau any where mi the world. Now they are buying path space a* near the bus mesa center . us the city aa possible and will divert the space into parking I grounds, keeptug it as trim as 1 other parks aud adding to appearances as well as solving the parking question II s worth thinking I about Newspaper men over Indiana I ' are proud and happy over the sac t ■ that one of their popular com--1 rades. Tom R. Juiumton ot I'urd'ie. has been hobnobbing with the high and mighty hi Washington this woe* He went to the capitul as jan envoy of Fresid.-nt Eiitott of Purdue to extend aa Invitation to President Somoxa of Nicaragua to vtoit the Hoosier coltage The invitation was accepted and the ' president will coma to Indiana the I Slat and 33ad of this mouth. Tom 1 is a former BluCiou man and got his earrfy newspaper training on the old Banner. He has for years had charge ot Purdue publicity aud is a regular felfo* Anyone iuterested in the development of character aud the wcl(fare of boys will be favorable to the idea promulgated by ibe Ixaak Walton League ut urglug every Haberman to take a boy with him •on his reereaiioMl ex|H-ditimia The League, which has many mem I tars in this vicinity, believes that ■Mb happiness can be otered youngsters by invitatMM from their elders to accomMuy them ' <>« fishing tripe. its Hoosier magaxlne. the Indiana Waltonian. points out that the host aa well aa the guest will benefit from thu association, and that more boys fishing means more iiuys occupied in a clean sport. It's a great idea. - Anderson Bulk-tln. The recent discovery of sulphur pyradlno, a cure for pneumonia, is now reported to be the greatest In centuries. Leading physicians believe it tg so absotuc In elect Hint as <Niv of them, from Harvard university expresses It. ‘‘people just won t die of pneumonia any more." It has been in use in this luuutry ouly three months aud the results have boon almost 100 per cast perfect. A year ago a scrum treat incut was pronounced a wond j.«r aud in many hospitals saved I forty per cent of tbr patients. The new discovery, given hi tablet form, is tar superior and iu one Indianapolis hospital, where It has i been given to thirty people, thenhas not been a death. It is beltav<’d It will solve s dillhull medical problsm Ths remedy Is known I io mvdlcal circles aa “silpfaaiit- . aide pyTadlne ''

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Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. Memphis. 3. Instrument fur tuewsui tag min-! ate angles and distances. S. No 4. Ws-pu'-ta-tfv; not dte pMa'Uv.i 3. Hendrikus Coliju. 6 Solely in Congress 7. Acoustics. B cayenne. a. l-«. la Aiiolenscrnci-. * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY May 12 -T tu- esse of Henry Ford vs. The Chicago Tribune deman<l tn; a million dollars for Hixd opens at Mt. Clemens. Mich. The Methodist Centenary campaign to raise 127.W0 for all pnr--vases was a great sncceaa. pledges for the first day being *37 non. The Victory campaign ia over and it Is believed rhe total for Adams county will exceed the *&«3.ouv quoto. Joe Burg. Leyter Robinson and' Fred Sheets of the Rainbow olvlston arrive home. f»r H E Keller has the very latest X-Ray machine with flooroecopa sttachment. ..I - map . , ■ Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee ♦ Rush-Seated Chairs Ritah-seated chairs can bo very r irely cleaned by the use of a Itttle bran water. Bran water Is prepared by adding a handful of wheat bran to one pint of cold arater and «lmmering a half hour. Stialu and add a pint ot cold water. The Bathroom 'lt is absolutely necessary to uso | s good disinfectant to have a welli kept bathroom. Puur a gujd put I--1 fiar down the pipes about once a week to keep them clean. Rattling Windows Golf teas used aa wudges will atop r.Htllng windows. Hplit also make effective wedges for thu I purpose. Blooming Plants for Mother* Hav at lhe Broek Store.

I CORRECTION Pork Roasts Lean lb. 14c Through a transposition of figures the price in our Thursday’s ' ad was listed at 41c. This was in error. Correct price is 14c lb. ! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMffIMMMMMNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MAY 12,1939.

Modem Etiquette Dy ROBERTA LEK o 4 Q Should a girl secretary rise when her employer's wife enters bis private office* A. Yes. Md leave ibe artice ts she thinks the wife wishes to lata a- ' while, unless the is requieted to ' remain Q When eating a biscuit und jelly at the table shoaM the jally be ipread ou the biscuit wkh the fork? A. No; use the knife. q What kind of gifts should be given to a couple on their fittieta X'ddlug anniversary? A. This is the gold anniversary. a TURKEY JOINS <CONTINUED FROM FAUK O.NSI iumu said that they might find it ueiv-smry to occupy the foreign area of Shanghai, iu which they' now share control with the Visited States. Britain. Italy and France. The reasons given by Japan for moving into Amoy's foreign area was the necessity of combatting Chinese terrorists who have aasaaainated many pro-Japaneae officials and the threat to act in Shanghai aiqmared lo he d< 'igm-d to ptM pressure on foreign offk-iala to wipe out terrorists Iu the sones they control CoincidMitaUy with the Japanewe Mihm. 41i'«iat Britain and , France appeared to be viitually iu t agii enieltl with Turkey on the important strategic rote which the | Istanbul government would play iu the united front agalusi possible sMtesahiu tu Europe. The new agreement was understood to provide tor Britain to uld Turkey ugaitist any attack In the eastern Mediterranean, and for an attack ou Egypt. Such an Turkey to aid Britain In event us agreement obviously would b« designed to guard against future fast Ist expansion. Hut at ihe same time. Turkey would permit pa'Sagr of Brittan warships through th< ttardancllss , to aid Rumania aud. teas directly. Poland In event of a German thrust that cauaef war in eastern Europe. a A shuilar agreement has , lieen reached iu principal!' with ! Front* Au important factor in bringing Turkey into the antlatHrnsalon , (rout waa that Soviet Huas la has lieen In chine touch with the Tut-

kish governfih-'Ut and Would ap-' prove the anangement. Indicating I that the Moscow regime also ■ would join up Final understandings among the' big powers involved ta the nego ' tiailons nxy nmw- when the post iHirmd league of nalions eowiicil meeting starts at Geneva on May i 22 The soviet vice foreign com missar. Vladimir I'otenteuii will 1 art -nd the meeting st ahull tharrmigeuiMiiH may Im completed i if Russta ami Bi Hani are aide io< get together ou terms of co-opera-1 tiou. 1 Incidents on the German-Pultah! 1 frontier, including the shooting of an alleged smuggle i wad a German who failed to halt upon command of guaids kept European tenston at a high point after yea terday’s declarations by British prime mtaister Neville Chamber lain and French premier Moua r d Italadier that the two big powers would aland firmly by their litadges to Poland and other I stnaUar nations. —1..,! ■ Reorganization Order .Approved By Senate Washington. May 12—(UJ*l—The senate today approved without do- ! bate President Roosevelt's goverat mental reorganisation order which ( includes aboltuoaX the national be I luminous coal commission and , itausfer of its function to the secI ret ary of InterloL , The order was by voice vote. The . senate action precludes any possibility of a congressional veto of ths r order, which now automatically be- • comes effective July 9. • p — ' Senate Approve* Agriculture Bill r 1 r , Waahmgton. May. 12—(UP)—The ( sraaic today put a record-breMlng dent to President llooseve'.t s mta- . ret by approving a auiBAMAtl agricultural appropriation bill. f carrying. |3:i«.o«u,oqv m unbwdguiod t farm subsidies. ■ The bfl; aa* approved by a rots ■ of «1 10 14. • ■ — 0 1 ■■■' ‘ >■ . — — M ; TOOAY'B COMMON ERROR 1 Lio nol say. "After the pre- * I ilmlnary oaamiuatlou the priat , uner was fully committed fur > trial;" say. "definitely" or "fin- • , ally i-ommltted.'

FREE FATHER IN MERCY KILLING ' New York Man Freed By Jury For Killing Invalid Son New York. May 13 -CUJD-Louie aud Anna Greenftsld planned today to adopt a «hlld to replace their liiihsa till sou. Jemme. whom Louis | chloroformed after they had doI voted id of their 18 years ot Btar- { rtsd life to a hopeless struggle to I relieve bla misery They were free today of the tong ! angulah that the autferjng. helpless j child caused then, the g -«*1 over I his death and the eoneequentwe «-f ; I It. A jury of married men aud : women, all hut one «vs them par ' ents of healthy chHdren. acquitted Grrenttaid of a manslaughter I charge last night The 40-year-old. .brohemepirlted wife said they hoped to find some cmiewtatioa tn rata tag an orphaned child, but "ww never can be | happy ” '•We always wanted to have an-1 other baby but we were afraid It might lie like Jerry. ‘ The boy whom Urventleld. a <5-j ywaroid miiliMr. killed last Jan. I 13. bad detariot ated Into an Im- { beetle who could not walk, talk I ;or feed himself. Me suffered con-) slant pain and freqMiU convul-, ' stone and Greenfield said that the • j 'voice of God" came to him dur-1 i uig uue at hia many troubled 1 nights aud told him to end the boy's suffering. The jurors deliberated more than 1 ; tour hours and on the first ballot ' a majority were for conviction, but' . were swayed during the next nine 1 ' ballots by the recollection of Judge Lester W. Pntteraon s iu- 1 I atructloas to return an acquittal, i if they believed Oreenfft-ld "suf-1 sered the iuaane deluaiun that God - urged him ta do the klUtag COAL MINERS AND tCONTINVED FROM FAQC ONKI ninth week of uegotiattaus Il came more than 48 hums after PresMent RuoacveH had demanded an early aettteuient Iu the name of Iter petqdc It followed weeks of mediation by Steelman ■ = -My Skin Was P M lt of Dimples and DlamiaMa from Cenottpation" iw>i Versa dcbispp: "Mince using ‘Adtertka tbs ptmpl. ■ aie gnne My • vtttn I* mu...tn »iul giowr witk ihaalth." Adlerlka wasbes Boita I Iwwei*. aaS relieves <>i>Mipation that ae atteu agaravau-a a bad < omI plesion. HofthouM Drug Co.. anU ~ mil, 1-rus <■■■.

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