Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1939 — Page 4

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L 11 DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Evary Eveninc Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind Poat Office a* Second Ciaas Matter H Heller Preildent k. H Holihouae. Sac y * Bui Mgr dick D. Heller Vice-Prealdent Sabeeriptlon Rates •ingle coplea I 02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 60U One month, by mail J!> Three month*, by mall 1.00 I*ll months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mail S 0« ’Jne yanr. at office . . ... Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles Els* where 3.50 one year Ad erttoing Rates mad* known on Application National Adver Rep eseutativ* St HEEKEH A CO 16 Le sing ton Aronue. New fork 16 East Wacker Drive. Chicago Charter Member of The Adlan* League of Home Dallies Sign up a Christmas Saving card and start the New Yea: of! right. It win make it easier n-x-December when the Christmas] season approac h< * -o Renewals for subscription* b> mail are coming in and w. hop* they will continue until our l-n. list of readers have all assured themselves of receiving th* Daily ! Democrat th* coming y* ar - 0-0 — It s tiIMU for hundred- of oui sub scribers to renew then sutler rip Hons to th- Daily l*-iw- at and we assure you of our plans and hopes to give you th* most inter • sting paper each day It is possible ; to publish —o Th* first baby to In born in th north halt of Adams county will j get a good start with all the gift* being off-red t*y <>«.., in. reliant* Then wdl be m-'re tliait th* usual interest in who the In- ky parent* will ire Watch this |>a|>*'l -0 — Th* iltt -:.*u . .*. ... t* may - making some headway In then tight against Finland but they ai* certainly paying heavily With a little a--istam* from nearby ua tlons th*- Finns would be able to] drive th* Soviet army out and win a great struggl* <, — Decatur wilt go foiwaid in ISI* 1 W e hav. progressed nl< *ly th- ' past de* ad- when we consider j that We have pass-*1 through the ; worst d* pi*‘ >mi, m history Wwill continue to do so now that w* i ar*- out f th*- woods and started <>n a march toward prosperity o —o The snow and I**- ate line lor th boys and girls who got sleds or ■kalaa from rlanta and they ar* sute making good us*- of them I The. lak* al Bellmont park ha* been a lively place the past sec ' eral.day* as stores of young folkglide over th* ice Its perfect winter weather 9 u •’!»' of the delightful holiday event* was the party given last evening al th* Decatur high s* hool Mdftorlam by the Central Huger l otnp-ny employes Wives and >«Mh-irla ware guests at a buffet sunp* r and enjoyed a program In wh.xh there were happy surprise* aiid a good tim* for every one If you want to give t'ia to tbe la-mot ratic national committee, you have the opportunity to do It pl*'UPjntly by buying a ticket to thofja* k»on Dny dinner on Janukth Th*- tickets, however, muff be reserved at onto as those tn charge must know how many to arrange for You can get th* m at this otti*e thia wc*-h. Yfcu may still join the Christmas Having club and thus prepare In a thrifty manner f«*v gegt holidays Y< sirrday's report showed that morn had already entered thia < lub ‘han the entire number of last year. With ten days to go betoce

the books are closed It Is evident that this will be the largest club of this kind in De*atur In many years —o The ll* si signs - t .* happy N* w t Year may be found on the tinan c la! page- -*f th*- large newspapers ' Here are a few "Rising earnings enable rails to make payments on batik ami RFC loans " "Jobs and , income up Best holiday business sin**- 1929 There are hun--1 di*ds *>f others but foi some reason they don t play them up on th*first pag- Politic-." —o Tile President s ball will b. a happy aff.il and th- mor. tickets * *1 ’ln more mmey will I. -I* rived forth- hattie against tnfaiiiile paralysis Already great advance* hav-. been mad*- in this attr-mpt t*: wfp* on* th*- dr.-adful di.*--a*e that has brought pain and sorrow to so many children adults and th*-ir f.imili- • Buy a ticket: wh th* i you f-■ I Ilk* dancing or i hot. Then will Is* a thousand import- ‘ j ant hap|» .lines th*- * -lining y*ar and you will hnd the Ihilly Imino-j , * rat at three dollars p* i year by: 'mail, th- !>*st tin* «tm**ii you hav* It will keep you posted on th*- markets court happenings i political • vents and predictions - jl na! happ* nii-.g*- and • general re - sum- •a* !* day f,*c th* state 'national and wot id new* as it breakGovernor Horn*-’ l»*-m->*ra’ ha* ‘ tiled suit again*’ < ol Frank Kimt. ;Ri publican, and publisher of the Chi-ago News. mandlng 1251',”*".': 'damage- r*i lib* | m a i-unt edl-' ] torial m whi. h it I- alleg' d the good ram- of the governor and th* i-itlii-in *• of th* lieitHHiat party was injur- d While It - probable that damag- • allow-d will he slight, it will giv- an opportunity to prov- and disprove tacts and , j aliegalioua and ought to make I good political publicity —o—o- - < lyd< Trotitii* r, w- II known , |t»a*her in th- ruial school* ot Adams louuty will assume *>#*<■ a* county clerk next Monday morning U II qualified to do th*' woik. ■to in*-t th* p***pb- an*! to otherI WIS* conduit his office in a first i * lass maiim t w* predi* t sin . *•*• I foi him ll* will sm- eed G. R* my Hi'-rly who h.* served with credit i the pa*’ four years and who will * nlci a car*--r of law having lak * n ov* r th* offi* * of th* lat* Jude* <' I. Walters To both th* s* fine ] m* >i w* . xtc-nd w:she* for a Happy ' N* w Year and for s*-vc ral decade* j *-f continued advan* enictit —o Th- most constructive ihing that conld lw- said about the lies M in* > iddri-ss of .M* ii Robeit A i Taft o! (thio Is that It was com-1 |ag*u»ns It would take a lot of * mir.*g* to come into lowa and kbk agri, nlture anmicd the w*y he did Hut Mr Taft in his refer ! * ii**s to agri* iil’ure | R merely do*! lug what lias long been susie-i-tecl, I h*- is |iri-parlng the way for a * am-1 liaigii to destroy th« farm program H* has th*- viewpoint of hlv ea«t-' cm party leaders who know noth I Ing of the need* of agrierilfure and , •ho would apply the same- *'ld remedy they have b* on applying for SO years mor* tariff" India mda i la. i Tribunte "Th*- Republican party." said Dlstrlet Attorney Ire wry of Xew York when he threw his hat In the ring and announced hl« willj Ingm-ss to lead the Republican ticket negt year, "ha* always stood for go**d government.'* Migh’ a Democrat be p< emitted to ask whether he had In mhwl th*’ IlCrdIng administration with It* Uhlo gang, and tbe Fall Teapot Dome scandals, not to laentloa the traffic to liquor permit* that wa* the haareat equivalent to a hualneatwvlvalf Or did the prosecuting attorney nt Xew York ( ouuly have tn mlud the Hoover administration.

NATURALLY WE ARE A BIT SUSPICIOUS! y _ SO SORRY. HOM. SAM I . | / LET# AKClttlT \'l/, . AHD MON.TRACE agreements; T..X, — > Xi® ISO K v lKwi & w i\ sis

Business Outlook Series Is Prepared By I. U. Experts

lEdr-e . not. Thin in th.- fourth in a of artit leg review mg various linen of Imilneeß hi Indi- ' ana in !'<'!*• prepared by member* ! f h> :.,<v.ity n! t|< Indiana Uni-r.-islty School of Himineiet i Tne Trend of Employment In Indiana In 1939 by < J..lm F Me< pla. • iii.'tit manager and assistant professor ! of management. Indiana I ni-v.-rsfty School of BiislncaM Our number .me problem aim-e I th<- downturn of nuslneas in 1929 1 has been tnat of finding employ-I ment for our growmg labor f.tne I In general we have been inter- ' • »ted in factory employment, not . that xubMantial number of our citizen* do not find < mploy ment out aide of the factory hut becnusd I inatiiita. turitig la the largest nlngle I employer of noti-agrh ultnral labor j and employment in all other bun- i ln> »» pursuits rive* or falla with I fa< tory employment, Indiana i» fortunate in having an I • tit i.-nt state department which ' < o!le. t» and Interprets th<- trend j of employment In th.- Mate. The j rtgur.-s of the Indiana state emI ployin. lit service do not cover the total employment in every indua- ■ try but the ample in nearly ev< ry cast- is so huge that it may be ii»..l as th.- tolai ligure for the in- > duntry In this analysis the flrnr<-« , are those of she Indiana state em- I ;doym.-»ii servh rtcept for the I I current month which are esti-1 mates, since the figures for In--whose high lights were the Smoot-1 Hawley tat Iff and the tail-spin of I our whole tinam ial structure. ' which wafted Mr Hoover out «»f the White House? - -"Dispelling the , Fog.” -- o—a— I To the -tudenta <4 the Hcppcrt Auction School no* in progress we cgtend a welcome. assuring tb'-m ; that every ilt lien here has au InI tert st In their future suet ess that Is sincere and genuln*- These men , come from every action of the tountry and we want them to 1 leave here when the term la con1 eluded With a good Impreaalon of Ih-catur and her people as well i as the eicellent school they are i j attending, so they will say nl< e i < thftigs about us wherever they i may go. The lleppert »< hool has been In ribdem-e twenty years. In > headed by the world's gr.-ategt 1 cattle auctioneer, with a corps of • leathers that knows how tb give • you In a short time more know- • i ledge that can he cashed In on I than you would laaru lit a Ilf** " lune of ordinary egporlonces. Wfti i. Wish you all good luck boys

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939.

* ember employment will n*»t Ih-j available until early January Figure* *>ii factory ••mploytnen’ I in Indiana fo> th*- pa-t year lead** to »u* li question* as these How I many -if th**-** wh** normally e>j** t ' employment tn factortea are employed'* How do*** our present factory employment compare with 1929 or with th** bottom <if the depression hi IM2 or l'*3T' Has th*rise In employment among the fa*--tory worker* In the slat*- been similar to th*- * hang*-* In other years? What effec t has th** shorter work Ing week and perhaps the- higher > rate per hour had on fa* tory pay roll*? For luldana as for the nation as a whole there are no exact j figures on the number of poten | * tial factory workers since thenla constant shift between tnanu faituring and other employment If we may rely on what teem to ; b* reliable naDon.il estimate-* th* total potential factory workers n* j Indiana number about 3M.IHM). If | the trend of employment of th* i present quarter c ontinue* to th* ’end of the month then factory; i employment for December will , likely be * !*»*•■ to 308.000 person* I Thia figure is about 11.008 under ’ th* average for 1929. and almip IL’.ihhi leas than the 1917 figure i Thus it will take but little oxpan- , slim In factory employment to p**s-> the 1929 level. ' The prcac-nt peak of employment

P.D's GROCERY 122 So «th St. Rhone 38 1 FREE DELIVERY From S OO a. m. to • 00 p m. OPEN At « a. m to 9 p. m CLOSED ON SUNDAYS CATSUP, Merrit brand 4 I I oz. 2Qc From Red Ripe Tomatoe, .. .... Bottle* SPAGHETTI—Memt Prepar-d 3 • 20 ox can* 20c PORK AND BEANS Fancy No 2 1 2 can 10c WHEATIES or CORN KIX .... 2 pkg* 21c PEANI’T BI TTER J lb. > « P Perfect * Brand jar A W SWEET PICKLES. Portaxe brand (|t. Jar 25c SEEDLESS RAISINS 2 lb. pk K . 17c CORN BEEF. Read) tn Sene 12 M. can IHc SALT 1 2 tb. 1 (}£ 2 Itoxes 11m ONE CENT SALE Boi •»* M MW ITFFED WHEAT. Vita brand . 2• h os. pk*a. 17c l GELATINE DESSERT. Perfect* .. J pk K , .. Ilc FRI IT COCKTAIL. Perfects. 16 or can .2 for 25c MATCHES. American Ace ...carton of « hoxcn..l9c LETTI CE. Large Fane* Head* ...2 for 15c CELERA, California Pancal Strinxlen* ... 2 for 25c • ORANGES. Cal. NateK Lx. Mize doz. 25c am. doz. I*c TEX-SI N (.KAPEFRI IT. the nmccl kind .3 for 10c (•RAPES, California Fruit th. Itlc FLORIDA ORANGES. d0z...15c Plenty of Nut* and ( and*. FROM ALL OF I S—TO ALL OF YOI A MOST PROSPEROI S AND HAPPY NEW YEAR Free Groceries Again Sat. Nixht at b:3O p m.

'is almost >niethird larger than the ' 1333 figure when les* than 280.000 ] ta< tory workers wet** employed in the state Th*- present volum* of : employment also maiks a rise I whic h took place throughout al . most the entire year Only in the I months of May and July did etn I ployment fail to increase over the preceding mouth If factory enii ployment reaches the iioo.ooo level | I this month ’hen the rise «lnt * January will have been some 60. 'ooo workers, bringing current fa*--tory employment about twenty per c.-ni a'n>v* th* level 0f last D<-c-emhei Au In- r*-as*- of 6<mhm. factory workers in a year Is probably tin- largest Increase since the recovery movement got under way in 1833 These ar*- estimates Ot j c ourse and subject to tome error, but ts they ar»* reasonably corirc-t employment Is now close to 96 per cent of th.- 1929 level Employment Increases In Indiana have been espe* tally «lgnifi-ant dnrlng the last quart* r sin* c* they have been laigriy in the durable soods industries A year ago employment In th*- durable goods In dustrles was aliout 166.*n*0 person*. at present it la beyond 2<«- - *"H> |*erhaps * lose to 210.0tm persona. Employnietit hi the* nondurahi*- good I* industries In l*e* ember of last year was io-<hly »7 '•*"’ p**r* -on*. It Is n-’w probably * lose to ■ 91 tw*t persons I'ntll recently much of th*- gain tn employ m* n’ has not bei-n in th* ; durable g<***d* Industries. For tn I statue, in 1936 employment hi the du-able gonds Industrie* In* t—ased some M.BAB persona: In 1937 there wa« a loss of nearly so.ihwi. a nd

In 1»M a gain of about 6.000. Hut this year there has been an In* create of . lose to 50000 persons Thus for the first time since IMS has th**r«* been u substantial In creaae In the employment In the durable goods industries In Indi ana While no one can predict the turn of the present war in Europe nor what may happen should it suddenly end. but even allowing for a considerable diminution of war huahteaa In the coming year th**re still remains the llkliho*-.*! that the* * nrr-nt expansion in the durable goods Industrie* hna rea< h ed th*- stage where its momentum may *any employment in th** coining year above the 1929 level Fa* tory payrolls in Indbuca should total close to IJS*i C.*o fain by the end of the year, or about So per cent above the total for last year This figure- Is a**m* 12 : or 13 p-i cent under tin* total for i th peak in 1929, anil also under th* total for 1937 by about ten per *.,ii However, if on** considers that the average weekly fact-iry payroll in December will probably !>-■ abuot S 5 per cent larger than th*- average for !*-t January. It b* <-om**a appaent how much of thru** in payrolls ba* been crowded into the last quarter of th*- year * Payrolls of the level of rec-ent ! i months would give a yearly total * I some tlv*- per cent alwiv*- the 19J9 ! *'level. From this Is appears that I Inc reaped rate* of pay have more 1 than offset decreases lu the workIng week and payroll* will need 'only to maintain their present level | to give a yearly total in ex* esa of - th* 1929 figure. Whether payrolls will continue as their present level, expand or contract in 19*<t. |» matter over which there la a difference of opinion. and no prediction Is lieing made her*- It I* encouraging, however, that so much of the expansion In both employment and jwyroh,* in i*-*ent mouths has com** in ’he durable goods Indus* i tries, and it seems reasonable- thai | this improvement will extend to other lines of manufacturing ay I well and also to that 60 per cent of our non agricultural workers who are not employed In maltufa< taring industries If this hap pena in the coming year, then In- ’ comes of at least 75 per cent <»f our workers should be the high*-*! < since 1929 * TODAY'S COMMON ERROR * Do not say "Th* drug had a fatal affect,” say "effect" W - liUDDUTH’S’ MEAT MARKET Phon* 226 Open till Noon New Year s. Psrlc Roast, pound . 18c -20 c ! Sausage, our own make, pound 16c Nice Meaty Spa-e Ribs and Back Bone*, pound 1g« Lard, with 50c m«at order. ■ « tbs. 25c ] Beef Roast, pound 15c-18s21c Ground Beef, pound 15c - Swiss Steak, out of round, tb 20c 1 Fresh Oysters, pint 23c: Egg*, doasn Uc! Oranges, desen 15c I English Walnuts, pound _ 18c Potatoes, peck ... 28c i Celery, stalk .... 5c Lottuce . Bc. 2 head* 15c ! Salted and Roasted Peanuts 2 lbs 25c Candy, pound 10c up I

I Sorg Bros. Meat Market U PHONES IljkM-OtK OWN FREE I*ELl\ ER\ SERVICE — »<>' v I MEATS AT THEIR BEST - Sensible Prices. Frtsh Produit. S CHOICE CI TS OF 1 ROI'ND DONE I CHtCK ROAST, lb.*® 1C SWISS STEAK, lb. I-- - - — I Fresh Hamburg•=“■■■■• lb. IVc || SMALL, TENDERIZED « >■_ TENDERIZED H PIC NIC HAMS, lh.__ 17C SMOKED HAMS lb fl BEEF BOH9c b * i PORK ROAST, lb/ 1 elf* PORK STEAK KC .1 Picnic Style. I Io fi fb. me. Lean • Fre*h 1,1 ■ fl CU B STEAK, lb. ,//, BOIXMLNA, Ring fl FRESH SIDE, lb. —lsc IM)RK LIVER, lb. fl IM RE PORK FRESH-HOMEMADE IQP I HULK SAUSAGE lb IOC |,|VER IM liIHMJ. H> fl Head Lettuce, tar<e2 for 15c Whole Kernel Corn or Large I’ca* | j)# I Large Juicy (iranpee. each 2c .... ' ' lb- -* fl Tangerine. dozen 15c $J- 2 lb--* fl l,r Carroln. bunch 5c ; e(J 'bmwb. Fork 4 Bean. Co n ■ A*MM H Ihw. 25c Tomato »oup **•»•<* ' u’ * H GrapwfrwH, Bananas. GrStn Onions, au. Soup. Prat 4 Carrots- —- I Open Sunday and Monday a.m.

| — Answers To Test 1 Questions Below are the answers to ths | ( Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ —♦ 1 Henry Armstrong. 2. Fclinee. 3 !•<’ 4 Tlmodote Roosevelt and Leon ! aril Wood. 5. Litlmn t> Ray Fhherty. 7. Bi'-oo; not bn'-yoo. 8. No. 9. Australia 10. John Winthrop o Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE | Q Should a boy or a girl »io I*ntrrlng coll**s<* ask « fraternity nr a sorority member for a rerotiimeu datlnn to his group* A Never. Such a !vancr«* must he* made by a mewnbr-r of th fraternity or sorority To make such a r qu**st would be th** same as askUng for Invitation to some -o*fai affair. ’ Q Is -i luncheon g.i*-»t «-xpertt-| to remain all afternoon'' A. Never, uul* *m* ahe he au Inti-

STUITS HOME GrocßijJ WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW HAR I WE AKE CLOSED Sl Nim t\|i MOXIIAV! I PHONE 88 or 98 WE |)EII g DATES 2 mg- I.ITTI.E El.t I’F.AMtI ths. BI TTER 3 ui _ 2 th. Quart Jar MjCI RAISINS thw. dBjC 100 ||>. Rax BAI.TmhNg OLEO. Foodcraft 10c ORANGES. Sl XKbl I CHASE d SANBORN SEEDLESS. «. J ?X ,lw ,klt 13c AM PI KE LARD Kra! '.? j j!,, American ( hee-e if 7*l powdered sugar Fresh Oyster* 2I " IJc Pintlll9 1 t c Qt >1 MACARONI < BREtD 2 tar |fla| or Spaghetti .A VC h-.,* *. o-*-. «J»I Hix 2 pound box C()KV |* h v> (IREE J BEEI'HNI T MAC M«>NI BEANS. PORK A HtAMI SEA SHELLS . 2 for 2k HOMINV PI Mi’KIY 1 cans f fa Maxweti House Coffee 27c lame QiP* ce I Burro Coffee Lk “7“ Lillie Elf toffee .. 2tc £?" * H 'S° S ftjf Klepperk ChMMe 21c The Be»t. th. ™_l* FILL QI ARTS ORANGE. Peanut Butler gAs GINGER ALE. ETC.. Bulk, pound IV* 3 for 25c I EGC NOODLES, noa-’o M No Charge for Bottle* MINCL MEAT 2.AL3 LIBERTY BELL SODA < KA< KI KS BIG 2 POUND BOX ONLY III/2 1 /

frt "M -rs • Household - -ZB "■ ' r "’'' '-i-.Ti® M.| " •■■"-*■*, S h->' - ■ .- .h:ni ,j al Bv.-rg Soj, Ri(t g jaking -i„ "*‘ I M