Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1939 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Eicepf Sunday by rwa mcatur democrat co. Incorporated •stored at iba Decatur, Ind. Poet office aa Second (.’lane Matter I. H Haller ......... . Preaident A- *. Holtbouaa. Sec y. * Bun Mgr We* D Heller Vice-President •übacr fatten Rat**: dingle coplee f 92 One week, by carrier........ .10 Dae year, by carrier ..... 100 Dm month, by mafl.... is three month*. by Mi'. 100 fin mom (he. by mail 1 75 One year, by mail 100 Ono year, at 0ffi0e........... 100 Price* quoted are within a radiu* of 100 mite*. Elsewhere S 3 50 one year. Advertising Ratee mad* known on Application National Adver Repreeentatlve BCHEERER A CO. IS Lexington Avenue, New York IS Beat Wacker Drive. Chicago Charter Member ot The Indiana League ot Home Delllee There will be leM poltiira and more Americanism the next year tor the war change* many thing* and after all and regardless of oar political affiliation*. we are Americana Stat. More than a hundred thousand Hoosier? forgot the war and all their other troubles and attended th* alate fair at Indianapolis on Labor Day. indicating fairly good economic condition* iu tbi* wonderful old state. We are now officially in a state of neutrality so tar a* the war t* concerned, the president having issued his proclamation yesterday. ‘ It's up to each eitixen of the Vnlt-1 ed States to obey the act In spirit,l mind and utterance It * not our war. we had nothing to do with causing it. we can do nothing about it except keep out until the time come* when we ' can help adjust its awful result*. < In the meantime we must be fair and careful in our thoughts and heedhea remarks Adam* county ha* a great crop ’ of corn according to appearance* and report* and we hope the European corn borer doesn't *top it. Don't know any thing else that could now. And it look* like there will be a good market for it and for it* by-product*, hogs. It's always fun to be on the right 1 side of * rising market but don 1 j forget that th<- higher we soar, the farther we will have to drop and the tougher it is then to strike a happy medhmi When prices rise. 1 ■o does overhead and then when j we try to get back, we Rud all kinds of difficulties. We will give you the war news, a* authentic and a* condensed a* I is possible, so that you will be al- < way* informed and along with that the local new* whh h after all Is . of greatest importance to you We will be appreciative if you will help us do that by telephoning Hems of interest Call I.non. About a doxen people in Indiana m<-t tragic death* over the Labor Dey holiday, inost of them iu traffic accidents. While that is not as bad as In former years it is still 100 large a loss of life when moat of it can be charged to careless-' ness on some on*’* part. The battle 10 control traffic must go on <io on with your business affair*. Bo far an good or bad times are concerned, there I* uo wa y to figure except that business In this nation will Improve and will be good for a long time if we manage wisely. This great nation with a surplus of grain and material* la in an enviable- position to stop forward and forget the depression. That * over and H i tip to us now to no operate that we won't have another one. Wit kin a month of so the sugar factory will be operating That

with the various other McMillen industries, the General Electric. | the Decatur Castings Company. | work at the Krick Tyndall plant re 1 building, the Cloverleaf Creameries, lafonntalne Handle Company, the I Schafer Harness and Glove factory. Mutachler Packing Company and all the other* here, we ought to be j ; going pretty good Few cities this sise ha* such a varied and spleu-' I I did set-up. 1 The quick entrance Into actual ' warfare by the nations of Europe , prove* beyond any argument that they are well prepared For years ' j they have been getting ready for j I the activities of the past few day* 1 Time will tell whether they have 1 taken into consideration that the enemy f* always more enduring, j than is figured and that the war may go on indefinitely. The nation ' that shoot* every thing it ha* the' first few week* or months will lose Our people still seem stunned l |by the great war now prevailing I over Europe and while then- i* a 1 feeling that this nation will not ’ , join in the fray, we cannot help 1 . but be affected. The *ea* are no j longer safe, shipment of good* will, I be curtailed, there will be certain ' restriction* from time to time. 1 price* will soar unless we are wise I enough to control them within reasonable bound*, we will feel the | war tn a hundred way*. A* long ■ a* it continue* there will be a de - pre**ed feeling over the entire world. — The terrible moment* of the I I 1 sinking of the Atbenta are now be- | 1 ing retold and we shudder a* We I read them and think that many I similar catastrophes are sure to occur as the war gams in motnen turn. Boat* will be sunk, cities' I bombed and million* killed if the ' program I* carried out a* now ar lauged What an awful thought ' I that I* this age of *npfM>-« <1 «-dueatimi and Chrtottauity. such a thing cau occur, deliberately and with a desire to kill that make* the savage* of the dark age* look • like a lot of Angel faces. ■■ So tar uo definite clue* have ' been uncovered or at least report ed that indicate the murder*! ot Anthony Michaud may be captur ed. ImpoMible a* it seems that such ■ thing could happen tn tbi* . county tn broad daylight and leave ino trace, it did occur. Whether it 1 j %■* *0 carefully planned or the < murderer* were just fortunate ia a matter of conjecture. The ot-1 licera will continue the hum and ! have by no means given up. Each . day some new c lue is followed j through aud thia will continue as 1 \ long a* there is the least chaucof solving the crime. A* Wight have been expet ted. I that man is here again, the fellow ' j who believes that because a de j maud for certain food product** j ha* increased, lie has the light to boost price*, without regard to surplus or the good of the fatu.. He to foolish of course, been** almost before he knows it. hl* action . will bring about ns (km* I control a situation that could he av*id< d if every one would b« reasonable Barely wo learned some lesson* during the World War period that I should be of benefit to u* now We fore* the government to take a<tlou and then rondcmii that sain" government tor doing it. A little girl hi the Ltanvlllr pule lie school* ha* us In a “*weai" Hhc plumped herself down in a chair and talked about thia and that She told about the school subjects which Interested her and about the tilings she hoped to accomplish tn later life. Wo were 1 not accustomed to sm-h a "siraight • from the shoulder" talk from a juvenile. Wc were brought up uuder the belief it>al "young* ter* •bvuld be *cen and not heard But we beard this owe "Why la II." she mM aeciHingly. "that you talk about contest* for boy* and nd* er 1 mentiou girls? Why can't we have

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contests? W e can make airplane* 1 s —and salad* and we've got to dn ' something when we get through 'J school. But all you talk about I* | what boy* are going to do It there I* a contest proposed tt is . for boys — soapbox derbies and things like that. There's nothing j ' ever Interesting for girls." Thi* If lense to schoolteachers- and may I be editorsC-Danvtlle Gazette r~TWENTY YEARS '*l AGO TODAY • Be pt. *—O. L. Vance aud J. II ,i Hdler attended the Wilson meettnc ’ tne state fair ground* In Indianapolis. president Wilson »pcak« today in Kansas City. A. L Hall of DeoMoinea, lowa lu.cz Nteeh 's park for SM (fan Mr and Mr* John Niblick attend- , cd the *tate fair and heard Pro-1 vld*n( Wilson. Miss Bertha Losei and Chalmeri lz-<- return from a visit in Denver, h Ralph T'ndall an? Dick Archbold I leave fm Purdue university Modern Etiquette ■y ROBErtTA LEE Q ls "How do you do" al! that Is) necesMi y to askn rwlcdge an iniro-i duction? • A Ve». provided II l» aceompan-' «■■■— —.1.111

GOVERNMENT IN ACTION "Matern.l and Child-Health”

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THROUGH federal funds mad* available to Indiana by virtu* of the Natloiial Security Art and the State Facial Reeurity Art, passed by the Indiana General Assembly March Iff. 1»3«. the nvw bureau nf maternal and child health was created in Indian* and. ha* done untold good for theu*<nd* of needy and Indigsnt children throughofit the state, unable to obtain tnsdlcgl and health aid for themselves Examibatiun of childtan for physical <tefert», dental clinic* conducted by a travelling field 4*nt*i rffi'-a. dtsteHfaffan of »ome

nd with a smile, sr an expression •jf sincerity. Merely to say "How, do you do" with a stony »ta.-e makes | tne other person wonder if therej I* displeasure attending '.he intro-1 ductiem. Q Should a guest ever join in a, faMily argument? A. Never. The guest must not take sides, and if he can do so ouiully and without notice be should leave the room or walk away. Q. When should the bridegroom i aive his gift* to th* usher*? A. These gifts arc always put at I tbe ushers placo* at the I achelor ! dinner. -• — o-.. , Household Scrapbook* By Roberta Lee Cleaning Stucco For cleaning arht*e *tnc?o. use a] 'tte-r brush and a solution ot soap and water: rin»e thorouanly with cold water. 1! thia does not remove the dirt, try a mixture of one part nt .ulphnrh add t.» seven parta ot) the sc robbing compound R'.-ise with ■•old water. Neat Rutter Rate A small piece of waxed paper held over the sharp edge of a aaMUI paring knife when ctrHfag the hatter into square* mike* ba'ter pits with amooth and even edg.**. Sash Coed* Soaking new sash cords In boiled linseed oil and drying wee’ before nstalllng them, will cause them to I last indeftattely. Dance Sunset Saturday Nile given h> Hoile A Marhenke.

dO,OO<}‘ piece* of health Htgraftw, medic*! and uehta! examination in the school*; employment nf puhllf health nurse* trfffned for obstetric*’ nursing for tome <lrliveries; « -ompkte mental hyelene progrsm for backward children; maternity institutes, distribution of health film* and other visual health education program*, comprise a part of th* activltir*. Result* of thi* activity of government In preserving health of children and mother* is the notfcahle drop in Infant mortality rate* fa the first year of operation Tn ffikfi tM rorfl infgnt

MONROE NEWS j Mr. and Mrs. Clare nee Devi* Midi ' son of Dayton. Ohio, who spent' their vacation with relatives and I friend* here returned to their home !.« Dayton Friday. They had a* their i - use guest* over the week end. Mi. znd Mr*. Russel Mitchell and family. end Mis* ireta LongeiAerger. Mr*. Rena Johnson entertained with Bunday dinner for Mr. and Mrs. John Clark of Kalamaxoo Mid Miaa lleen Aurand of Grind Rapid* Michigan, who were in Monroe for the week-end. Mr. and Mr*. W:b| f-ed Ray and aon*. and -Mr. and Mr*. fWe*t Ray and famil.i. Afternoon | caller* were Mr. and Mr*. Wm. Raj I >f Geneva. • Little Mis* Sue Kahnert of Hart-i , ford City I* spending a few day* wi.h her grandparent*. Mr. and Mrr. G. A. Hahnert. Mr. and Mr*. John Crist spen* Sunday enjoying the Ohio Caverns at West Liberty. Ohio. | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Be'tler and family entertained Bnmtay wMb a I dinner for Mary Grabdr aid Jack Zenith of Decatur. Mr. and Mr*. Ora Nhotrfcll and da juhter Carolyn and Alice McKean . a»l of Airbarn, spent the v.-eeh-end i visiting relit tv es fa g O d n-sr Monrue. Mrs Allison Etery of Hartford I Chy. abo came to Monroe for tka Orville Osterman funeral. I* stffying , wtth her sister. Mr*. A. R. Brandy•eery far aevemi day* Mr. and Mrt. Roger Blohm and -on (sane. Miss Fern Rtneky, Ralph . Hannie. Earl Btucky. Weldon

mortality rate wag 45 per i.ofin. In 1937 the rate dropped to 40 rnd 'n 1938 to >B. Based on th* birth rate of 55,988 babies born fa 1937, thi* means that th* live* of about 88 babies have been saved and that's worth any amount of money to Hooetor parents. In addition, maternal deaths, or de*th« of mother* at child birth, through th» activities of thia d*. part inent hgve beer reduced from 247 in 1938 to 191 fa 1937. the saving es 88 mother** live*. Cen any one menaura the eott of owe mothers' livid?

* The Peopled Voice * i Thia column for the u*s of our reader* who wiab to make g««tion* for the general good or dtaeus* question* of intersot. Pleas* *ign your name to ■bow anthentlcity. It will not be n*cd If you prefer that It not be. Vision Editor Daily Democrat: Il is with a deep sense of responsibility that I take the liberty to challenge and denounce many of the statement* made by An Observer in the "Voice" Column of your paper September I. on the subject "The Lack of Vision." I greatly regret that those who are denouncing the one room school, are doing so because they hick the essential qualities, which would make it possible for them to get a vision ot our present age < Surely ft education under consolidation could be the means ot making better Individuals, aftet the progress that has been made along this line, our present form of civlHMtlon would not be standing at the threahhnld of destruction. If Christianity ts merging into a shallow form of "churchanlty,'' then our preuent highly aystemfsed form of edneatkm I* not measuring up to it* main objective for the main objective of eduction is to teach people how to live belter. The echoes of the past, that are reverberating down the hall ot time should remind us that history is repeating itacif. in aa much that foolish parent* do not dteerlmlnate between wisdom and knowledge our noble God fearing father* aud forefather* who received their edu c*tton in * one-room school, were the noble character*, who had enough vision to lay a sound foun datton for their posterity. What kind ot a foundation are we build Ing for oar children? I recently ashed a trustee why he didn t hire Christ lan teacher*, whose example* and habit* would be »uch that they would make an everlasting Impression for good on the live* of their scholars and hi* reply w«*. "I wt»h yon would tell me where I could find them ” I do not wish to leave the Impression that we do not have Christian men and women engafi*d tn the profession of teaching, nevertheless our present educational system is thinning their rank*. Three ot the greatest organisations in the world are the home, the school, and the church, a *ptritual disintergation In the eharch starts in the home and school. I Four wgßa. a baaem- nt and a roof are only the meager beginning ;of a school The essential thing is character among the individual* that compose the faculty. If we can no longer hire teachers who are Christiaan to bead these fasti-

‘ Stuckey. Kenneth Long -nbergcr. and Mr. and Mr*. Ott* Htnfmsn and daughter. Carolyn Sue were among the one* from hen who attended tbe atate fair over the week-end Violet Snyder and Everett Long of Mentone spent the wertt-qnd ia Mcnroe with Mr and Mr*. Elrnn Stuckey and son. Ronnie. Mr. and Mr* Philip Nosabaum ind family, formeily of Monroe 1 township, have moved Into the Graham property. j Mtea Lois Ellen Kasex returned borne Monday after tpend'ng thI past two we As visiting re’ative* ,n ' Arkansas. Mr*. Marlon Wa'klna of Burbon and Mr. and Mr*. .Milo (teller and family of Fort Wayne .pent tne II week-end at the home of Mt*. Etta I Heffner ( Frank Brandyberry. Perry Mcßae and Findlay Moßea spent the weekend in Chicaffv. Findlay Mcßae continued to hi* home in Kansas from 1 ’■’Hcaffo. Robert Hathaway of Springfield. Ohio. I* visit in* with hla Brother. Mr*. Belle Kessler,

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WARDEN SUED I FOR SIO,OOO " I"— — Libel (’harxe Filed And Impeachment Os Alfred Dowd In Sought La Forte. Ind.. Sept g. - (U£) — Two suit* against Alfred F. Dowd, warden of the state penitentiary at Michigan City, the tint Making his impeachment and the second asking 110.000 personal damage* on a libel charge, were on file today in LaForte circuit court by T. Ernest Mabolm, an Indianapolis attorney. The suit* were regarded a* an outgrowth of kldnaolng indictment* voted against Elrl Niversoti. Richard Sweet and Alphonse Skusrwlch. convicts who held a Crawfordsville welfare worker aa hostage while they bartered with prison official* for freedom. Maholm'* impeachment null Hated 17 separate acta or fallurea of official duty ou Dowd's part. The charges largely alleged Ibai Dowd was guilty of cruelty, particularly to the three prisoner* Om of the ( charge* alleged that he bad them beaten into uncondousneaa and ' kept in the "hole" without sufficient food or drink. Tbe libel suit charged that Dowd | defamed hi* character in a lettei , written to Mrs Lillian Grove ot I South Gate. Cal. Nlverson's aiater. 1 Nlverson Is a client of Maholm. The impeachment suit was made returnable Sept. 1* while the libel suit must be answered by Sept. Jv o Answers To Test Questions Below are the answer* to tbs Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. No. 4 2 Five Aces. 3 Sucre. 1 L’lnd ■ tut lons of learning, to build them ' . Is only a waste of money and thue. A Closer Observer.

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