Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1940 — Page 4

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■ Kill 1-- . DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publlsbsd Bvery Evmlbc Bicer PMday by rn« OECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated ■ntarad at the Deceter, lad. Toet Office M Second Clare Metter H Heller President L R. Heltbouae, Sec y, t Bun. Mgr. Dtek D Weller Vlce-PreeMent •wbnsription Rates Jtafle coplee — -I One weak, by earner .id One year, by carrier — 1 00 Dm nontk. by mH. 4b Three montha. by Mil 100 Me Bontta, by Ball. 1.7 t Owe year, by mail < 00 Dae year, at office..- 100 Prlcoe eacted are within a radius of IM Blloe Eloowhere '>4o one year Advertising Rated Bide known on Application Nstkmsl Adret. Repnoentatlve ■CHEERER A CO. |i Leilnpton Avenue. New fork It East Wacker Drive. Cbloago Ckartor Member of The jndlena League of Home Dallies. Rhnvellng enow in Decatur la better than bat'ling it lu Finland, i —o—oDciatur ha. be-n epared any! major Hit during the sevi-re cold Weather aud we hope that the record U out broken. —o—o- - The high school imsk-tbsli teams nod a little boosting. one of thoureal methods of encouragement i ’a your attendant! at the game-. -0 Feed tb« birds and featben d ■ friends. With the ground covered with he and allow foraging la mighty nlitn and you can san the birds from starvation by Just throwing out a little food Around tie house it la suggested that you put nut some suet, bacon or otliei fat meat, preferably in a tree, »o the birds <an rent h it. —o Th- Bays rally in Ibis < Ity in it w-'ek will be something mw in |w«lttiva| m<stings You will not be tired With xpe-t'hes and figures, but will ge< a streamlined, mod-in intertanitn-iit by a master showman and able a< tors Plan to at- ( tend and enjoy It. for it is in tempo with the times and something you won't forget. En-ountg- the buys th-s- days A kindly word, even a friendly heHo or a smile, insy gain the confidence of the boy that will lead to tt - outs-t that helps him up th-lad-bu ll- lpiiiK him develop his personality. th- qualities which round -nt lb.- gentleman and theatlafa- tio-a which comes from d-e ing a job well, an the fundament j ala whi-h go to put him on the! rrod to su- - css • o—o On- of Chi-ago a leading bus , iness men and a most colorful figure Itafns {■ Du W es, Was r< • I moved from th- stage with his slid den death yesterday. Dawes, a brother of the former in- president. Charles Dawes, beaded thChicago World's Fair mad*- a great succms of it and took an active part In th-- business and civic life of his city and state. II- waa 72 and died from a heart attack. Th- re's a lot of n>-wa these days Yesterday's as well as today's Issue of th-- Daily Democrat, con ia|n--d more than H columns of type, set for that particular edi Hon lan al. state and world affairs an brought to th- reader thri/uch a ry st email- -overage of news centers and In our opinion Me of the prim ipal suvla Is In Decater sad Mams County We Invile you to read the Hom- Paper. Henato a-tlon in confirming the of Um Kins II as postimwter of In-eatur Is -speelud momentarily, with the result that •••Mr. Klrs-h will assume th- -Hl--as soon as ne- eaaary k gai d- tails can be t vmpletod He Is an able, -oqrteoia young man and will contluuc to maintain the high ataudaid of vkUIWKy and aurvka reud-

seed by Mrs Lola Macklin retir- , ing postmaster at the local olfi- - —o — Despite the several inches of i, snow Runday, automobile trafllwas kept moving along and aside I from slowing down speed a little, th-- roads were soon cleared by I j efficient crews of workers. We j live In a day when It takes a ! couple feet of StloW to block the roads and the state highway crews, j i with hlg plows and acrapere do nn ) excellent job of combatting the ' elem- nts hi most - very kind of el IItrenie case I ' 0- 0 I The friends of Roy Hilo-istein. | for s- veral years superintendent of I maintalnen-«* of state highways in th-- Fort Wayne district regret to | rev him leave this Important post ill-- was - Isl-lent and accomodating . and knew the road probl- in in his distil-1 He has accepted a position as assistant director in the Stat- Conservation Department and I a 111 continue to be a neighbor of i Adam- -oinity, with headquarters | in Bluffton. ♦—O— —- Following a state wide survey and study of tin problem, a mot--uient I- underway to consolidate poor farms in the state, by establishing regioual or district infirm- , Ities by the state or several cuuu- ; ties joining in th- o|» iation of tin-ina-l'u'l'-n Hmh a ptoposal may 'I- introduced in th- n- it legisla , 'uri- and th- question will b- dr- - u-s--d with great Interest Poor ( relief, pensions and caring for ur ; . fortUliates at lOUl'ly Infirmary art 1 -■ubje-ts whi-h hold a proininent place m gov- inni-'iital thouglit and | i among those who think of such problems —u -o— Th- Furmei s Sih-ut Cours- spoil--ot-d by I'uidu- Ext--union lJe|>artment hack-sl by Dm percent co- , of-eiation from 10, al < oininitl-• •-. will on- ot the outnlalKilnc events ot its kind ill liidia'-ia this y-ai (iovetnoi Cliff Towns-iid - has already accepted an invitation I-- <om- h- - -j p< ik at ih- I. bau-iuet 111 Febs-uaiy and Di <>. I | t Christi- formerly of I’uidu-, now head of th- agricultural • ollege in I Canadti. is also npe-ted to belter-. The short -nursi will beheld .1’ th- Juuioi H-mor high j si hool building on February l’i' and II th- banquet being th- -losing - ven' of th-- thn-e-day progiam —o II- publican caudidates tor a , l-ri-xld- ntial noinliialloii nevi year 1 might be interested in a n- wi story relating to Chi- ago tax <l- - htiqiK-tifr whi-h appeared in til- , | Chicago Tribum- last work A tax i pay- r's suit was tli-d asking r-li--f for fH-rsonx whom real estatj laivu are delinquent forth- year ' ibik to IM2 Th-- penalty on su< h delinquents Is 12 per - ent a yeat ] and the cqmplaiat ask . that It 1.--redu-ed to fi per -ent II will Inm- mlw-r-'d lhat th- years for whhh this las relief is aake<l were thus- glorious Republican years when Hoover was pr<->ld< ill . Things couldn't have l»---n so g-a-d in thorn hal< y-n days as they have been under the New Deal Messrs Vandenberg, Dewey, Taft. Mridgcs and Chairman John llumllion might mak- a note of that —Spartanburg <M « i II- raid —u—o VA»T WAR COSTAl this tint-- when Congress is '•ngagv-1 in worrying aboui the uatkmal budget, It might bf- a good iiiing to consider a -ompa--Ison Recent hgurca of military eipMBM entailed by the pren-T-t war Indi-at- that France this yur will spend for war purpose* more tbul Its total national In-.uin- And thia at a IBne when, although France la malntaltiliig itwlf in a I alate of war. there has been, and I may be, very Hille actual lighilng i It la an impressDo t cample of the i "overhead'* expense of highly , Pte- hauls--d war conducted by a • whoh- Miloil In the modern man • uor * { If the L'liltcd States were al

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war ami spending m 'ln sain, propurtiuti t-> na'i-uial nn -in-. ».-i > would l-e costing us about fl l — , 000 ooo.ooii a Veal Ami it might | actually - -si that much II w< g-t into it S'-.nly - v-ry -.-it ot mill ; taiy <-p* ration and -qulpuienl -os.t- ' ta> in • than it did in Hi- YVoild War. ahull - os' plenty W- -an almost t-i-l li- li wli- h; w- think of all we n saving Illis | y-mi by k-apiiu: -on ot w.n Au del sou Hull-tin ——- - - . i TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY > q Jan '• -A I'-rt ol siioa «oi--r- A-l ' -sn- county tolaA l-UU-r from Tun and Da i Z « an-l L--o Glllig .a> - they Ilk- I'a > ' d-iia. t aldo.ma and will eimun I Un-re several months I'le-01-nt VY'ilsoii la al-li t-» w about the whit-* hou-t grounds fol ' th-- ffr>t tint-- in Un--- months It l' V t'ontodl I alt- ndiiig thntaie v-t-riuary m-db-al society a r lid lauu polls. Pi -of lio. in I nd-lan.i poii.s Is . klij.'i |h r I'tti Ut.-.

Your Formal Frock May Ik* Quaint or Dramatic Ikf 'Wb h' 1 i,A iWB jil 11 I *B B V ' fi gl ' F: REBBillSi MMR'

Fonndl frtxkt for gate affair* may hr a* quaint a* ! grarwlin'Ahei'* «!iawl or aa dramatic aa an opera i >ur The qnqiul Vogue la lllualralol. left l.y Mery I Howard who in wearing a *ea blue taffeta wide, i nh tried frock edged with deep ruffled flouno The motif u repeated In the off-the-«h.>u|.i*r hmhge. and m keeping with the quaint note i« her INMMf of three inae and v bite . >mm> and < M*, *arruig*»'aUu.ia Moiimw lUualratca the iu.*nd .

DECATVR DAILY DEMOCRAT ITESDAY, JANI ARV l ,)|0

Answers To Test Questions Bdow are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two 1 A niX'u • <>t ,s;t nr more met-1 .: SI-I- Duda2 J- i ul-ri I I 72* i Hanih-t i. Th-- liiimmingliii I wiu-di lays' •in <-gg wlsmt tlo- six- of a p-*-7 The I’rt-sl.len' ol th- S-nan amt th- Sp-ak<r of th- iiouc- -»t ' R-q-r- sen'athek. Elmer F la-yd- n !• Ko a joo'-ter, o k->-u-l J ne’o. | In Gieec. v Household Scrapbook I By Roberta IzCe > « Cough Remedy t oughs -an often I r- ii- i- d by -a home mixture of honey and h-m---'■ni jnh'i llu'tei hi hot milk, tiaketi Iteforv retiring, will - a.-- th-- throat and imlm ■ a plraaapt drowsy feel* • |Mf Washing Se-ves Waah sieirs tn soda water and |m-vrr in • -apy water. I'uthh-s of

ai. t |i may a-Nter- to th-- stdt- and impart a soapy flavor to th. Lmhls i that ar- put thr-iugh it. Black K-d Gloves Black kid glove* may be r- novat1 -si by touching th- worn spots with I i camel s h«>i brush dlp|>»-! Into a ' mix'll!- if! olh- of! and Ink. — u — Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE I • « Q VY'hat .--lil-I really be called Iti n- polit- ne..? I A. •'li-sG-rfi hl's definition Is. ' True politen«ia» i» j-erfe-1 eaai •md fr---s|or-i It simply constats In treating others just as you love to Im tr-ut-'d yourself." Q Wh-n you are invited to 'in ■ mtaif-towti wedding whrr. you must stay over niglii at a hotel. I who should pay the hotel |.III? A Yon sh-nikl pay this h 11. with--ut even "bnping” that >m—m- , ‘ might do so Q YYTiat an- a few ap|mopi iat< • dosings wdii-n a women is writing a letter to an intimate r ri--nd? A Aftectiiin-t-l;. yon.’ Ix-vot-si ly yours. Lovingly yours 500 Sheetn R’/yxll Sanrim Canary Second Sheeta, i>eatly wrapped 35c. The lleeatur Democrat Co.

, up vogue wdh a dinner gown In tael blur conalal. | mg nt a Mik Jeraey ahirt cut circular with kmc i trading bnaa. and tupped by a kmg aleeveil. high* l " p m no ** U T knll wedd*u to the ekht by a burgundy aaah of .ilk yerwy Pat alaa JT" ” k U * H * - L’TZ?" 1 . J " Mr ,tk P*" ** l J . k Th * •* with narrow . Hack valval nbino and dotted with rluuwlonca.

COURT HOUSE Appe»r»nc» ’-fed Written gpi- arstn -■ was li- -l <; Remy Hi-rly as att"nu-y t-» H'" e.tai. s of Kathryn F. R i;»P'' Sylvia E M-Cialn Ym'• « m th. -C". ot l-'» W-ling I pelitioi »** ” '' ,l ,y „,',. n .r of Ih- Old First N-thm-l Rank and Tins' <•> r,,r ' " asking tor an onlet dire. ling thadmlnls'iaioi' of th-- -•sta'-' 1 la full and -oinpM- r-j-ort ol Intrust Th- petition wf submi"«i and sustained and Hi- admini»t'»' Lr was ordered to til- a comph" ' te|H,i> by F-bruary 5 Writtet .-i-t- • •• •’ ' • forth- guardian »a« Mle-l i - ’■ It-iny Hi-tly in ih- ■uaidiai..-hH of Goldn- May. Wilbur I.- i.in-l Charl< » Robert ai.-l |hma!-l Mill-'' Set for Trial Tl> , ,|| V ,| ot Mlld:--d Gar wood ai-ainsi han G-ewo'-l »' I m-I for trial January I" Will Profited Th- will of th- lat- Hwho wa- killed lasi *"k when struck by au auto north " D-catui was prooai-d and pla-e-l on record Th. will provide* ’I - all ol th- i-roi»-rty he given to hli widow Mllinl-- at<>-i th-' I’-'G"’ ! ot d- bts and - xpeiie- s and . ' • til- , stone is er- i ted Jtidr- I I r--I

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SYNOPSIS Jack Douglas returns to his Miracle Mesa ranch, she- sn sb--encc of six years, tn find it on the ' zerge of ruin and the countryside errorired by a mysterious bind r >f killers called "The Riideri.' vho are driving the rm-.hers off heir property His Aunt Ines and i iancee, Lola, rejoice at hit home- k ommg. feeling that they now have ■ i master to look after them Dona r Ines said if it were not for Ed Pas- ' on. the ranch foreman, she would ' tot hive known where to turn. His ' irst day home, Jack goes rtding ' with his vaquero and friend, Frank l Baker The latter says the miner-. 1 n Cobre jump the water rights of ■he ranchers and that the cattlemen ire doing nothing about it. Pointng to an adobe dwe'ling in the anyon. Frank adds. "There may be -omethmg that’s adding to our troubles I-'s the meeting place of the Brotherhood Nearly everv I peon tn the country swears allegiance to the Brotherhood instead I al the man who employs him " A ' tattered peon passes down the path One of our own he-dera," Baker remarks and pointing to a small 1 -ent nearby adds. “He itayt ’here " . Leaving Baker, Douglas goes to ' visit his old friend. Forest Ranger 1 Sam Record, who warna Jack that j he is one of three ranchers marked ' for death by The Raiders As to the ! other two, Bradshaw left the coun trv and Wilson is dead. Douglas | refu el to run. however, to the ■ ranger advises him to "trust nr- • one " The head ot The Raiders. I Record says, is a giant Chinese , ' nown M "The Yellow Kille. ' i Jack's dinner guests that evening | are Ahron Neale, owner of the neighboring ranch whose father was killed by The Raiders, Father ■ Bodine of the border mission, and I his artist nephew. Paul Bodine | Talk turns to the once-deserted mining town of Cobre which is nnw flourishing under the control of the Verde Copper Company in which Paul has an interest Condemning Cobre as a wicked place, the padre •urns to Tack. Now that you are back yon will hardly be able avoid clashing with this new order of things T am wondering particularly how the new master o< Mirale Mesa intends to answer the threat of The Raiders." AU eyes ire turned on Jack He remembers -he ranger's warning, "Trust no me" and replies, negligently 'Here n the vxlley the good God made a perfect place for us Why must it change’ Why must we lose that •Id se-. urity?" Alison Neale an•were him with "Perhaps because we don't deserve security. The worthwhile things tn life we have to win and deserve When we refuse to allow such things as raiders >o ex'et when we a»e willing to ■ght for the things ths' are ours. Ra n! "i Valley will become -he paradise it once wav-r.ot before." CHAPTER IX Pnul Bodine's hands moved -n I iletit appla --, un i h ginneed in an--- - i -ent toward D'-'tclaa. “See -shut -ttmunus t-mts you have mt.ic back to Who b-it kome legend ary h'r- of the pa-t eould hope to l-vr up to thj« poldcn-haited fire, h-and'* f'crtainiy n ,-t a p<-»ee-loving ; painter like myself »h« each day gives thrnks that he is not a raneher " D-ugla laugh'd "What an eg. -it-ng and unpredirtabie world 1 am •orr-ng h#--!; t« * world filled with t-y trry, terror, and lovely, mill, 'ant women These raideis and th- ■ t 'hln-'-e killer promise to make ilfie Interesting " “/ntereetwpf" The word earne t k- a rry of reproach from Alison, ■nd *hr- Ironed forward, her gray ■ yes like steel. "If you had ri Jd rn ■ut mu- morning to find your father had at their hands, if y«» u had fought year after year a losmg f .'hl -gainst them and in spite 4 * 't> thing .aw yourself on thr brink of failure Rhe .t„ ppc< | her lip. trembling, and Douglas'' sensitive face softened. I legti t what f have said, srfior. ita Your pardon " im’eLT’ArS Wfor * '»* impact <if th* Ctrl« we rd a ( |t«u sway, and to reiiove the tension Paul B«sjine fell t«, bantering lz,| a da- - ""he f °L "•

■■ — Fril chte decWd jwrf«4ieti<m In thal , .. h- »»* ' wltm-aa to ; jh-* will"*.' "1 H "’T r Grubv *" .ni- u -pf''' li Ji'dk'' , Demurrers Overruled in th. suit of CHfi-'n K | , r . guardian of Bender , lk ., tl n«t th- First H"»«‘ '’- l,k “J* 4 M t-ut- I ' ,yt ’“ j • court Mot-on Filed ' counsel for th-- d- l-ndant appear- , h . -„ii of th.- 11-uurol.-ad . ( ~l ltl, ; lhy . In. ,uani»< "><• Hurds ,„a'. -nd niou-d the -ourt 1 ,<quh. Hl' PW"'® *■’ fllt “ “I <-iit l-tud Estate Cases I t | -f Husn Fortney. ' , h . nn". t-P-'G fi'-' "X -imim-M'" ■ ■! *■*’ , t . i.--i rvtu '• F- hruary &. A . ' l il, - b.iv 'l'- ii h-titalH•' i',. ..I wa. Hi.-I and rt- ~, ,| . in'y .is- ss-'i. I. ~ . ,t. n| Yan-n M-i-1 a ~ M ,,. j, .j by th- .--inillils' a.kinr Ifu'' nl *' a ...it qi. |»t!i>oii waa cubniltt-1 ~| ~1- -etl Y final report ■ , ... t,i. -I -I'd 'he ' , " l * order-j i ,-d t- iurnabh F< binary 5 -np' -ati-tn l" ! le'- ,, : '» 1,1 admin-1 a,-:, filed ill the- estate ’ .... Kiel Kl.-lnln IP 11-'l'd *a» filed HI 'he . .. Ji,,l The letters were

with r. | :-a I, Yet you will not come- and be immortaliie-l.” "But you always make love to m- " "I always -hall so bung a chiperonc next time." "I'll bring my big tousin." In quiet appraisal Douglas' eyca peered from one t- the other of his guest.', and now they returned to Ahron Neale. There was some thing not easily understood about this girl who sat boride him, and toward himself he- was cnnsci<>u« of a subdued was it. disapproval or actual hostility? There was something guarded al* ut her too mcthing hidden ben-ath that clear, level

I R sdi * z *^/&», J fJfAv 1 x' J" I ’ ■ I I regret whet I have said, senorita. Your pardon* ■

j£lane». He, she too finding it nec- il I?••ary to play a part' t The servants «ere bringrng cof-li '?* when bla called errors the < *. ,b {*l “ Rf "*">•’« your mandolin, 11 Jo* k. T Mterday I tum-d it m honor 11 of your return- the duet of yen wa» on it. Running from the table, i ahe disappeared in the direction of < the p*Uo, and a moment later rv-' I turned bear, ng a well-won man-1 dohn. ( | Curiously Doug' at look it from I | | * nf > **t pt thr tlringi!. *| had I almnet f- rgottcn it, touch,” he .aid. Ah,on watched him at with ben? head he began strumming chords from the instrument The man puxrled her Quiet, smiting. alway> at ‘ >al thought to whatever he ,|H with that soft, slightly foreign ae of hi. She J.kodtae I i* *i r h ' h *' lt0 ** 5 ' 1 •omen. liked I th * almost intangible wall of re’••le amused, at if at tome secret a ki!!d of ‘T* h * n *' f •** W ‘ .• kind of armed neutrality. Again i-Au eT - * l th * 4erk - • l **F <M»_led features, that high nose of the Bla«io, going bark generation after tn th, Srw( founders ««d hi 7 , c*” h “ < * *‘° m ' wH * C o *’ »f 25 W *“ , ‘ to * rw - Yr *-'ke of thk » q “*T ' "»• in the veins , tail man who eat betide her ••RVn7.1 h ' nt • bougie, started to tine ■ ui. -other taught him hU r. h told )nula d* ore, f’eedieate de an U'een Vna fetors roUnkcM Ae/orafof. .* Abruptly the VAire "aaM TXa ; F? fittwaStt? nitJ? ‘ '" te th * i ',W* fOTW,r4 Udly J | Tkwd.’ J The word lingered Ike an eeh.

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more chill, a --it i-d w.'h • -i- i iv a- • ■ ' .ria In< wa‘--. anil wij :ng hl« tr his hand. gH “Thanks," h- gs "Nnw tell u« " • , him two houi - n,th,- foothills, I. ■ r His six g-m us , »he - lay I- ~ f--t him in bn ■ • rid-l- n ar-ut:-l ‘ th- m. He j 4 ■■ * mMB

but he hadn't a < » pteliing rifle, »r -'W range. The bark ■ '<ff the pine. He ■ 4 got there. Th' n I ■ har.d ” ■ In Pegton’e out ■ a »m» , l ,*nn* "f ~ H carved in Its '•■n - * figure of at. ov ■ "The Yellow <v ■ dine made a tigs*. ■ long, .huddc’:'g ■ the roorr I •‘I bev.i forking f I this,” Pastor's ■ ' ’*■ warned him ‘ _■ “What did set' ' I “That he telkerf ' <■'r? J Dongles bad b<<n ' tin.- carved ston> I? «'F*l lowing their trar ** “The sriud'e Ke" «-*■ there for day. no* I'”J mile from where I Wi tracks di.apgra-' I Hand, tlrnchrd. i l ' I•’ to th* window, h « r •* , a darkening desert Ite**- 1 Baker dead. A fr» * '? *1 sama man had tidde? eager and unafrsid I I *2,1 for the future, and <?r ■ a ghostly echo Do ig »« *■*« boyish voice again. hnefc, Brno, sr- ll sh" *"’fj he was bock, and the o?s" r.poken those Worn, »’• ”*•] beneath a pHfon th* « " 4 *1 Mm With desert earc? I' '*l ment Douglas would forget, for ita pa?? '» revocably changed. » 'I of the world’s old frier ’•I ever gone. This un**? “"J had struck st him loomed suddenly ct "jJ I not waited iong, th?”' ’ "*L3 and with dassling <!< »'” ‘ J . realised th? atraU-gy '"J den blow. They were tr-itjj i the mettle of the n*» Mlraele Mesa; to m»k* ’ himself If he declsm! !«' i them, it srould be a r instant annihilation he might sacrifice al 1 ■ ership among the xa' 1 V r»an^,sue Sw- ■'« , '•? *