Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1939 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind. Poet Office a* Second Claes Matter f. H Holler President A H Holt house, Sec y A Bus Mgr Dick D. HeUer _. Vice-President Subeoription Rstee (Ingle copies I .02 One week. Dy carrier .10 One year, by carrier __ *OO One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mall. 1.00 do months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mail 2.00 One year, at office....— 2.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere '2.50 one year Advertiaiag Rates made known on Application. National Adver Representative BCHEEREH A CO. |5 Lexington Avenue. New fork II East Wacker Drive. Chicago Charter Member of The Adlan* League of Home D*ilieo (let your resolution icady tor New Yeats. — o—o — (live ,i d’dlat to tile Goo I Fell- I o»« Tin y io <>l ---in* tuoie ui”Uty to guarantee that every boy and girl hi the community will have a merry Cht istnias Tic promoters of the movie (lorn w ttli the a Ind m• in to i" about as expert in getting [ie< publicity aa Henry Foul was a tea years ago. —-o—•— A dollar a week m the Chtl."' mas Saving club w ill bring you a fifty dollar check next Iteremln and you will be ait «<•( fur your 19l<> Christitii' ahoppinu o o I hint (111 tb-ok -h< fait ’ll. i.iu requires you hav. a IM” drivel , licetl-e by January Ist. Thi r xteVi skin for Miming p at- - does not] include drivi t s iinnsc» — o—o - only six more days to hop f<--Christmas and tlioiu who enjoy, mixing with th" crowds will find local s'... .qvtng firn fservh • w ith an ext client stor k from which to select the gifts you Want —o There has been a gradual return to the church ’he past year »ir w and that s a good sign for the surest way tn make this <oiitiiim as the greatest nation in the world is t<> make it the most chrlsilau Ilk o— o «■ luvik every busmess and in dividual who so desires in Adamcounty to ust a Christmas great Ir.g card in our s;m-< ial edition lu be published IK xt Friday Thr more unanimous it is. th- better the spirit o—o — Title is getthig short if you wish to help make Christinas merry for the | MM >r bnys and girls The t;-* H | Fellow s i lull will make this easy for you Just turn In your dollar and the young ladies In < hargc ■ will do tin rest O—O If on< of the children is away from home tor the next few m-niih- or year, we are sure he or > she Will enjoy reading the Daily th-mocrat with all the news from I Decatur and Adams county Put It on ttp Christ mas Hat. —o—o— The naval conflicts going on now Indicate a finish tight for supremacy of the seas that may determine the ultimate results of the war. A successful blockade means starva(HNSIMASEgi® slab FKXtT.f <1 I < A / M Jr * vou« HQMt s <*dm «. RMRCULOM ' dsrJvwwvvvvtu Christmas Seale nsip to stimulate tha budding end tn* ua* tuber** ••sis aenetwHa.

Hon of the enemy If It can be maintained long enough to be effective —o—o — The Linn's dub will provide much pleasure for several hundred poor children at Christmas time as a result of their campaign to gather, repair and deliver used toys It's a fine service to the community hy a bunch of splendid service workers. If you purchase new automobile I plate* bi »ure to destroy tin "Id on- ■ oi at hast tuk< nidi care of them that they cannot bl- picked up by some and used during the tw«> month extension period Sheriff Ed Millet has issued a Warning along this line. o—O ' I sera of gasoline in th- I lilted St.it<. It is e-umattd will contlib | ut> more than a billion dollars iu : tax-- i> at-alid federal guv. innnnt flu- year of which Indian.’ will provide about tw cnty-thi c- , inilliuu While tin amount is large. ' w. must admit we Hally get soint-' | thing lii ie’Uii. for we hav. tin ' best loads in the country and they I are paid lot. - o — o— Many "I ”111 peopii IlaV) teal U’-d with regu-t and sorrow of .th-d’-atb -f t J Dregman of Holland Mi-higan \ r> sulent hen tw-tity yea ago wh’-n h- managed -he I -ugai plant, h- was a gentiemau | and a sch-dar who made and re- ' tallied friends For fifteen yean, past he has been tieasurci of Hope | • oll’g. at Holland and took an active part in civic affairs serving I ias welfare manager in his com- i ] tnuiiity . O -o hi He larger cities over hidiaiia < ’iuii< a battb is raging as to how ; , N’ w Yeal s eve <an l»e . elpbrated | - A be ■ " f”lk« th.nk they Imv. • on-ple'. ’l that cob llllii ss Ih’-y pay j a fumy price for a ’•over i harg> | in a Hife and proceed to drink sc-v I • ial quarts o< champaign Th- , i laws of hidlana do not pctmit tin sale <>t liquors on Sunday or alter j ! ..IU O I I’H k ~ m on w. . k ’lay- To | add to the iin oiivenn io, liquci: ; lls baun> d on N< w Years day. a< • | cording to th’ ruling of At tone y I General Omer Ja< kson That means I t’le drinking must In done only in . th’- hour betwee n 1; ociock Sun-j day night at,-. -.»• • - lo< s M -ml <y , morning After ail it will probably ' i d’ |e-iid inifc’-ly on what the police ■ iffiierr of the dty feel is their. ■worn duty u o- - TWOMINDEO AMERICANS Amri leans are double.trucking th« r minds at a fearful rat. Ability io lomeutrat’ on two things t >inc i- getting .-<> ■ onimon Hint ii” ”iie think anything of It any more Hadi” has had a great d- al to do with it Reading while listen- • lug to the radio long ago becaliM* *” common that aunouiurrs fairly shriek their < oinmeri lais ' or I the volume ’oiitrol man does ft for J them This in turn lias offered a new i hallenge to the reader’s <onicciitrution which he has duly met. j Surely a nation which ian r< ad I the sport page calmly thru a thundered admonition to buy the genj nine Sceand-So's pill |> forever imiuune to a Hitler. After reading and listening c amo driving and listmilng Driving a powerful car thru Intersecdlonx and traffic demand* mure com <-n---t rat lon than anything most of the hitman race attempts, yt t AtnerF cans have added counterpoint in th> form of tadio aud manage: very ' likely Now we find football fans taking ! a portable radio with them to the stadium so that they can listen to one game while watching anotiMt —and Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., taking a portable to his mother's box In the diamond horaesho’ <>( like Metropcilltan. so he can listen to short wave program* along with the opera! A trig nd of our say* the only Um* be Uak to read our edlluiUls

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Weather A Week Ahead As Forecast By PROF SELBY MAXWELL. Noted Meteorologist K, tt-Zd'JS? ! \ /DEC 16-24 193$ 0* tb° O v " § W Q ; Jc 0 ~i w- & & COID | UE-T 4 TEMPERAtLht ANO RAINFALL—INDIANA Decimber 18 to 24 I. diu-i i will I” iii.hl< ia<> ly cool with th’ ■x< - phon ”1 th- ’ Xlntne ... .. ’ ’ .!iu ■' . J- --r , ci,| West port a : 0 B*l itnfatl ■v • th1 -- ctloti | , role<”'d by John F Dill- ('ompjny

THE WINTER SOLSTICE Th< •un h.m bun c • cpinfc soulh| in the sky slim lam •timiupi till I I>f' nilinr it «ih»w«l th* «i|u.iii>r: | south. and n<>* on tin-1 :«• nty M-< olid ot i»< «. iiilh ili<lotiKi'Ml night of I hi* y«ai COflll H IO ItH )<>W,*»t IMlllll 'll the sky llwr ft will pans.- and the* »'lll b.n k tow.i.d tin* ttortlnrn iwmisph<>t< In th>- mi-.miinw Finland will b.u.fii from this fait In tiii *»t woh lluMia For the in XI .MX w« ks then* will l><‘ l>' M I mon than three hour* a day in I which military ope rut tots* tail be > at t»« d un. i Ind yon know that lh»* festfv.il of ■ Chtisona* hail it« ortstn .m tin fia»t which <i*hbrai<-d the winter j nolM ii r ’ Hom* tradition* nay that th*’ yiutmy of the lf<dy Family of | Heihl* io-in occurred near tii«* time of the Roman festival of the winter Milatlrr. Nobody know* foi •un- wheiln i t'brial ««< born on pin'inlHi Jath 01 not. Im< wr an mire that thia teotlval has iIOON a moat |a>|iulai one (or many centum* Itui although Dct<‘inia*r 22nd la oW »hortmt day this year the «oW«0t weather u< winter will not come until about •even weeks after the winter aolntlce. Tht» is becauae utlr air act* aa a blanket to the Mil's iad la lion holdlna 1 warmth lu Coe aavan weak* after i the summer autotici and holding; heat out for ween week* after the winter uniat ice Books on gtssfraphy tell ua 'hat . the *un will reach the Tropic of Capricorn on tin winter Misfire 1 But th* winter aolatice will not ' lakt |da<» in’tlo < onab llatlon of Capricvra. The aun will reach it* furthest point south In the sky in 1 the -conatidlatlon of Kaaiitartua • Thia is iMsausr of the *hlfilti« of — - ■ la While he is ahaviug and llaten- , inx to the new* over the radio i And the other day the wile actual- [ ly uaid Io ua. "Corn* on. 11l boat i yon n< rheaa while I trad the eveni lux paper." Nothin! la aacred any mom. not f r»eu chuaa — Ue» Metuea Keftot i er.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATI RDAV; DECEMBER 16, 1939.

The map* show total effect of Mot, Cold. Wet, and Dry Air to be expected neat week DAILY FORECAST 1939 F~ 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ! o;e ? .'.'e I-h< earths axis When the present calendar wa» adopted two li’iiis.ilid year < ago. thr spn did truly teach its most southern point in the ,ky iu the coustellalion ot ( .’ini’<itn But since then precession has 'll own the whole sky a mouth <Hit of the alignment ft had in Julius Caesar's lime The cmI eel Haul’ *•■ should give to thHue of the sun a farthest south is th< Tiopn of Sagittarius." The ■ oneti name for the sun's north poaiHim is the "Troph of Gemini.” SKY FILTERS Bl.itkoiits pl at Heed by cities in European war tones bring vividly to uur attention a peculiar fai t of the visibility of light II!il< light is nu> so easily visible an ie«l only him iigh's are permit >d in bla< k’-d-out cities No red is iH-nuitted because red is too visible. Bui we ran turn the customs of war to an interesting peaceful use By using sky filter* you can see distant objects more clearly i’rof Selby .Maxwell ba* prepared a most Interesting set of dlrv’fluns tor making sky filter* that will enable you to see < loud* distant air skips flying birds etc., moni t learly through thr filter than

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( you ran with your unaided eye These direction* will be sent to you FREE, with the compliments of this nrwspapei Address request to Prof. Selby .Maxwell. -IlClosing ,1 stamped tdci selfaddl eased envelop* for reply. WEATHER QI EHTIONH IQ How can almanae* predict rainy days a year ahead? Wi'B <Ft P.uil’ A They don t. Almanac maker* average up day* for. say, ten year*, and put down the average weather for any particular day. The actual weather may be quite different. Q Can you give any data on wi it her or meteorological infillernes on fishing'’ (Fresh water fishing in poi’ds. I.ik> * and livers t W It (Pittsburgh.) A. F,»h usually bit* well on a rising baromet?’. and seek deeper water in time of storm, when the barometer fall*. Ocesn ' fish usually come in with the tide, and seek deeper water a* the tide ebb*. ’ Q How will (hi weather Im- in DeKalb Co., hid (bis winter and .next sprißg? ILK A. Ind. will be cold during Jan., Feb and March. Moderately cocl m April. Co*ler in May, and con-t-nued cool through June. Q ('an you tell me when and whi-ic w. will Im able (o see Venus and Mars? Mis AJ.A.lSpringfleld) A. Venu* will be an evening star in IP4O, but Mar* will be dim * and hard to see for nearly two years. That will make it easier . for Buck Roger* to defend Earth I against the Martian*. Q When will th- Gulf Btream t of the Air return to Ran Antonin, -1 Texas and whi-u can we ekpeet our i next rains' |t didn't rain here for I I't months It D A. Jan., Feb., and March will be drier than normal. There will be some moisture the latter part of April, but May will be drier i than normal. f Q Would you please let miknow what kind of weather Pueblo. Colorado, will have this wluler. How much cold weather will we have and arc we going to have mm h snow? G II G. A. Jan. will be moderately cool. Feb. will be cold. It will be ceol to moderately warm during March, and April will be cool. Jan. will be dry, and the latter part of Feb. will be moderately wet. March will be moderately dry. War Weather Pendulum Weal her during the- »wk of Di-- , comber Huh to 24th will favor the Reds It will be clear and the moon will be very bright and will shin*on while snow ,11 night. This will make hattir* hy moonlight (mnis IMe On December l*th. I»fh. JHt and llud there will be moderately

Answers To Test Questions Below are the anxwer* to the Test Questions printed on Fsge Two 1 The magnetic compass S John L. Sullivan 3 Au-tom'-a-ton. not au-to-ma'-ton. 1 The Interior or oergo-contain-Ing part. beMw the deck st lower-1 deck 5 Nero. •i No; it was Noah 'A'cMcSter 7. Sport of King* « In Congress alone. H Hudson. 10. No. ♦" — —- 9 Modem Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE > « Q Should a colli g - student open I the door for a faculty member'.* A. Yrs. if the college- student is a man. It Is not required that a girl do so. Q Should the coff’-e or tea cup Ice placed at the right or the left of the haute**? A The cups should be pHc-d at the loft of the hostess Q I- there a fashlonabli hour for beginning a formal dance? A Ten o'clock is the usual hour. - "O Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee * 4 i Lacquer Remover When lacquered metals such as brass and copper. Tiegin to peal, the remaining lacquer can be removed by use of a little denatured alcohol The meta! should, of course, be cleaned of all old lacquer and well polished cleaned, and dried, before reflmshing with lacquer. Dutch Apple Cake A delk lous c ake can be made by using one or two cups of a|rpk--heavy < louds over the Gulf of Bothnia On the Mth there will be moderate clouds over the Gulf of Finland, which may atop the Reds In possible air raids on southern Finland There will be from three to five houts of daylight at this time of year in different parts of Finland. 1 Protected by John F Dille Co

J Sg mfr# MmsJIL X / Nt/ St apt v jpr L X'/Ydy ffHfsl \ 'IM VmR 1 2 B - -id It N an empty utoeking. empty your heart today Buy a share of happine-■ with every cent you pay. Think of the ragged children, the tiny tots who know More than youngsters ever should of invert y and woe. .Wake thin a Merry Christmas with tops and candy ala>ut. Be a Good Fellow. Mister, take from their minds a doubt. The Good Fellows arc lending a hand, helping the fund along, That instead of empty stockings, small hearts may lie fillet! with t>ong. Open up your pocket bonk any amount is fine. Make a donation, Mister and follow down the line. Be a Good Fellow, and further a regular cause. Help us prove to every child THERE IS A SANTA CLALb. This Space Donated To The (i<M>d Fellowu Club By The Decatur Daily Democrat

Issues and spreading over th- buttered top of coffee oak*. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon mixture over the applesauce. . Simple Glove Cleaning An easy way to clean the gloves is to use a flannel cloth which has j been dipped In sweet milk and .rirtxbel over a cake of pure soap. o— FINNISH TROOPS .CXINTINUBD PROai PAM UffMt Stalin expected Finnish resistance to collapse quickly, hastened by r Internal dissension, and another j was that the Russian < holer troops ( had been sent to Poland to Im , press the Germans Finnish army I officers believed that In any event. : Stalin would not let his best troops lie ■ ci ■ - —

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”• ‘ t "' wn<l land 1 Yesterday , Fmaiak ** ,d “»« at MMroyer Os (h „ , 4 X"*: •»™««r Columbia g C ;UJ j7* Cat hoik <*,*, for Columbia hy , Wora /*< -r visited Snu, h i Harsh Vaughan of land, made the pronXH! Will She died tt! Xev J yar- Hhe ha; )nrßf4 ”M| la chapel in g ou , b r M a priest while v t «t to< T(fl rd States * -1