Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1940 — Page 2

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AUXILIARY MEETING HELD AT LEGION HOME The American legion Auxiliaiv held a meeting al the Legion Home lasi evening Imring the short hu* loess sesslmi. members voted to do Date 15 on to the March of Dlm*Announcemetit was made that the Junior Girls will install officer* February 8, with the Fort Wayne Teen girl* drill team In < haute AH member* of the Auxiliary are Invited to Ire present for this meeting The Junior trader. Mrs. Ralph Roop, will have r harge of aw enterlalnlng program I luring the remainder ot last evening games were enjoyed and refreshments served by the Mesdames George Harding. Tony .Metzler, Elmer Darwachter and Vernon Aurand. The Happy Homemakers dub will meet Friday afternoon at onethirty o'clock at the home of Mrs. Gall Cook. Tin- Zion Senior Walthei league will meet at the Lutheran church Wednesday evening at seven-thirty o'clock. RAB LA KAM CLUB REGULAR MEETING The Ha. lai Kam dub met Tuesday evening al Hie home of Miss Jane Holthouse and enjoyed a pot Im k sup|H-r The dining table was centered with a birthday <ak • bearing sixteen lighted <undlehonorlng Miss Honora Schmitt's birthday anniversary Game* were played aftei *tip|H-> and piizes awarded to Miss Norma Meyer. Miss Ruth Gtlllg and MisPatsy Berltug. The next meeting Will lie held in two week’ at the home of Mi«s Norma Meyei »T MARY'S CLUB REGULAR MEETING The Ht. Mary * township home : economics club met Thursday aftemoon at the home of Mrs. Orlen Fortney with twenty-tour member* and ofi<- visitor present In Hie ab genre of the president and vicepresident Mrs E W Bust he took charge of the meeting The leaders for the afternoon Mr* <’ I. Custer and Miss Mary Koo*, gave Intel esting accounts of their trip to the Purdue agricultural conference The officers for 1840 were Installed l>y Mrs Bunch* A committee- was ap|H>lnted for taking charge of 'he dub * part in the Farm Institute Two new member*. Mr* Brice Daniel* and Mr* Clyde Jones were welcomed Ihl ring the social hour refreshments were served by Mrs. Fort tKinq Edward GOIHUIM STtPUMG • tiMNviai st sett •os osi uno* **’• $17.17 SI TTON Jewelry 210 N. 2nd 8t . Agency for Gorham, Wallace. International. Lunt. Sterling Silver

THIMBLE THEATER Now Showing “SHIP AHOY!" A feff & I -—Ofc. 14-imfc (ih \' ; * JBI i? ; Wl 7fY ifiFifl cjß nWi sSelv Vi .- «, *— ‘ a ■hk9* ■ \ Wfn YBy&3£ ' »riPTBf wf b \ 11 - z ■■■ I '“£Fzd?j 4ff| jW| • I ' 4> - j•-■ nr jf nMfcy —-—SEJBBB HMKL, otM I w »«-»'•*■» ——■» i».*^.—,, i? ? *4< ■> B LO N I) I E BITTTON, BUTTON, WHO’S GOT THE BUTTON? By Chic Young £='.. ’“SSI 7[W !l ~3 ter < ; <t ■ crl* J 4-- —'" * — - - ~"’ . ”** •*•"- ■ •••■ —■— ■**■ - 1 .- / x I'- *** fc,, "**r**' u *—»- 1 Long — E-Z Term# — No Down Payment Goodrich Safety Silvertowns - Radios - Batteries FOGLES SERVICE STATION, 334 No. 2nd SL, Phone 897

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Saturday Y. P M C. Rummage Sale, Evan- j getteai Church Basement 1 to J ' p. m Rummage dale. Methodist Church 1 to I p in chicken Supper Zion Lutheran Church, 8 to 7 p m. Monday Women of Moose Committee. Chairmen Mrs Dora Cook. 8 P iu Research Club, Mrs. L A. Cowens. 2:30 p m Music Ih-parmteiit, Mis. W A. K tapper. 7 :30 p. m. Dramatic Department Mrs Felix Maier. 7:30 p. m Literature Deportment Mrs. Henry Heller. 7.20 p m Junior Women Miss Marie lainkenau. 7 30 p m Tuesday F.ta Tau Sigma sorority. Mrs. Don I Stump, postponed one week. Art Department Mr*. L. A Cowens. 7:3# p m Kirkland laid lex' Club Kliklaud High School. I p in , Wednesday Historical Club, Mrs. Milton Hower. 2:30 p in St. Vincent lh> Paul Guest Afternoon K of C Hall, 2 p m Inion Twp Home Economics Club. Mrs. Hubert Zerkel. 1 30 p in Zion Senior Walther league. j Lutheran Church. 7 JO p in Friday Happy Homemaker* Club Mrs! Gail Cook. 1:30 p m ney assisted by the Me*dame« Ralph Ixmgenlierger C L. Custer 'and William Noll o Trade in a Good Town — Oocatui — - . I—»■ -I ■ I 'I »' 1 "» - —

President Views Air Power 9BHHHHBHHMHHII cjß< I ;gB . . ’ • WH A l ' T" Making a tour of Bolling field. Waahingtcm. to view new army plane* and atr equipment. Preavlent Rooaevelt la caught by the camera \nth Secretary of War Harry Woodring, center, and Maj. Gen. George Brett, chief of the materiala dcvcaion of the United tf'.atea a»r force.

personals Cover aud Robert McClure and I Sergeant Payne of Fort Kuox. Ten nexsee arrived here last evening to .pend the weekend with the for Hers' mother Mrs. Mary McClure , I'pon their return they will be transferred to Fort McClellan Ala luma. Lillie Mis* Norma Jean Holl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Taylor Holt of route 1 Monroeville cele- | hrated tier Bth birthday anniversary at the Adams county memoilal hospital Friday She u recuperating from an operation for the removal of her appendix. i■< - — ARRIVALS Mr and Mrs. John R Smitlcy. Jr. of-313 North First street, are the iwrents of a baby daughter. born at the Adams county memorial hospital Friday evening at 11 Ml o'clock. The baby, who ha* I wen named Joyce Ann. weighed eight pound* and thirteen ounces ————« Adams County * I Memorial Hospital | Admitted Miss Edna Fritchs route 3; Richard Peckham. Monroe ville, George Paul Morton Monroeville, Frederick U« htenxtelger. ioute 2, Ohio City. Dtsmiraed: Dick Fairchild. 12" South imh st.; Roy Steele. R It Decatur; Arthur Baker 328 South Fifth street Q Girl Punts 41 Yards Great Fall*. Mont. <VP> Miss Gwen Rutheiford. pi-*ldent of the Franklin school council. took the I kick out of football for male players. when in an effl-. leney football test, she punted for 41% yards and drop kicked 20% yards She won i first place in punting and third In | drop kicking. ———— Hunter* Rush by Plane Willows, Cat —fl'Pl- For the brief open pheasant hunting season I

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tor whloh Glenn. ClmMB and Butte eountle* racist Hute tbs crater. mor* than 3 000 hunters rushed herfrom all parts of California Rtgh' planes carried hunters from Southcm California and six from the region of Ran Francisco and Oakland Aut Repay® Horae Yakima. Wash.— <U.R> — Horse* j have been used many times to pull j motor vehicles out of predict-1 menta. hut here's a case when the | icver** occurred A mar* owned

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definitely com- J | mitted to re- I turn to Europe j I via the Atlantic I Clipper, as soon I I as the final I touches are put I to their Holly- < I wood picture. 1 I -Irene.’' i I n ter esting ' I sidelight to the i I trip is this: It 1 I will be the first i time that Wit-

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cox has been in t a plane for 20 years. Tne mor* < ti-markaMe because be once held ths English altitude record and i wa* the first British pilot to By a i plane over 100 miles per hour. He ■ ] serve.! in the R A. F during the l «ar and. like «o many wartime pilots he got a belly-full of flying ' | He hasn't been up since. h Look for the esrly wedding of ' • Tyrone Power's sister. Anne to i Elmer Hardenberg. San Franc isco . oil company executive She has gone north but the ceremony may i I be delayed until "Dane- With the i I Devil is finished and Tyrone can ■ , Act ns best man I This will be the second wed- i ding for Ty'a sister. Recently, she ( t has been working as a reader in i the Twentieth Century-Fox script department. ' i — : Judy Garland's biggest thrill In , New- York was when site got to , sing front the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. They lit the ' entire place up Just for the occasion Mm*. Caroline Laxari, the I voice coach, arranged it. She was I teating the quality of Judy a voice Some of the newcomers, who go Hollywood sfter getting their first nsrt. might .take a lesson from Barbara Read When she came out here she took an sb-a-week room st the Studio club Her salary now has mt the four-figure mark and site has just been given th* lead tn R-K-O'b "Curtain Call " But she still has the same room at the Studio duh After a recent collapse, doctors told Bob Hope he must quit m c.« ing »o many benefits and special parties So v hat happened* So Boh was m c. for th* "Oomph Man ' award to Jerry Colonna at the Trocadero. for the Franco-Brit-ish war relief dance at lhe Ambassador, for the Masquera' dinner

1 Bock flarttella fell into a cop- ' crete lined ditch and eouldn t get out Kenneth Arrawsmith finally had to nee bis booth truck to res < ue th** iiiUmal -Q—---500 Sheets BHIII — 2<‘ »• ( White Automatic Mimeograph Bond, free from lint and i sized for pen and ink sig- h nature. Sealed — Rip-Cord opener. 11.05. The Decatur Democrat Co.

b> Bill Ls Baron and sot the March of Dimes radio broadcast Twas very funny when the judges came m-er to congratulate Colonna on winning the Oomph Man" title Mrs Colonna, who ha.* lived with that mustache for eight years, snorted: "Oomph! My idea of oomph is Robert Taylor!" Bounds like a press agents dretm but we understand it's true That De Mille gave Gary Cooper and Joel McCrea the script vs "Northwest Mounted Police" and asked them to decide which one would play the Texas ranger and which th* mountle. The parts are of equal importance and each actor would fit both of them. In case th* stars can t make up their minds. De Mille ways he Is willing to leave the seleition up to Madeleine Carroll. She marries | the mountle In the story Two bit* says that Gary Cooper plays him. Mickey Rooney came hack from Florida with two new song* "Tilings Are About to Happen and "My Alabamy Mammy " Don't know how many people spotted her but La Ger bo attended a performance of Maurice Evans "Hamlet"... and eat. of all places, in a box. After the second act. she managed to get a seat downstair* Are Florins McKinney and Barry Trivers talking reconciliation? They were at Delhaven a two nights m a ro* and acting a* ts nothing had happened Joan Crawford won't tell his name but some N Y. admirer wired flowers to six different stop* when the alar trained back to Hollywood . . . lots Andrews, who got lota of attention from that brewery millicnI sire in N. Y . doesn't seem to be pining too much tor him In Hollywood She was at the Club 17 with Bill Girard and at lai Conga with IRand Brooks. . . . Bonita Granville, so young-ladytsh with her hair done up. was at the Troc with Art Carter . . Phytlis Brooks and Freddie Brisson also a combination there . . . Mrs Roosevelt invited Claudette Colbert to be a White House luncheon guest Jan 38. hut Claudette will be In the middle of s picture . . . That was Jean O'Donnell with Mack Gray again at Card! s. , i Th* Baroness Harriett Hulswit of Holland is calling off her campaign tc crash the movies and will go to Palm Beach with her mother Imboden Parriah will be sorriest to see her leave Ann Sheridan will try to get a rest at Ensenada ... if Ensenada will kt her.

* RATES *| One Time-Minimum chare* •» I 1 28* for 20 words or lea*. °** r • | 20 werda. I'/i« F* | Two Times—Minimum charge of 40c fer 20 words ar Over 20 words 2c per word tor the two timoo. Three Time*—Minimum charge of SOe for 20 werde er loee. Over 20 werde for the three times. Card of Thanks »« Obituaries and vetoes — H 00 Open rate display adveetlelne I ggc per column Inch. * =4 | "BLINO” ADVERTISEMENTS ; Advesilsements appearing in thia column without names signed are "blind " They are to be answered by letters, ad- j dreeeed to the box number in care of the Dally Democrat. , We can give no Information , concerntug the parties advertla for O 4 FOR SALE ALWATt—New. used washers, all makes; ironers; sweepers, beating. gaa stoves, Delco plant, email payments. Decatur Hatchery, dealer. Kitehen, salesman »’4&-tf FOR BALE - Decatur quality chicks now hatching every week, get early ehkke. greater ptoflts | James way A Kozy Brooder Huuscs. 'stoves and cquipm-mt. See Decatar Hatchcry. Phone 07. 15 ts FOR SALK—BO acre farm, one mile north. •* mile west Kirkland high school; 4<1x70 ba;n. 4 room bouse, ben bouse, outside cellar, other buildings, nil in good shape. 80% black ground Selling to settle estate of Herman Yake. Immediate posscaalon Trims cash See Gust or Lewis Yake. Craigville phene Decatur, route two. 13-13! FOR SALK Bissel Sweeper* Just ‘ received large *hipment Bissel sweepers 8145 up II <m down s<>i week Sprague Furniture <'<» Phone 188 2f-3t

Foil BALK 6" corda. dry turn are or fire place wood 11 50 a cord. A. D Sutth n. agent U k 3t < FOB KALE Property, North Twelfth St Cheap if Mold at once. E Gaaac, Twelfth and Home stead 21 C FOR KALE Vaed General Elcctrl. awaeper Almoat like new It' ‘ caah 122 50 term*. 15 down. 11 |ho week Thia in a bargain for som< one. Sprague Furniture Co. Phom 1W 233 t FOR SALE — H<oni-mod<m home »I7 Kuaerll St . full lot. II «oe Hoy S Johiiaoii. Trnat Co. Illdg Phone 10l or lIM 3J-3t FOR SALE lart in Hanna addition. blo<k from General El«. ! trie plant Loßoy Cable, Pn hi<. I Indiana. Bui 73 gg k 3t-x i FOR HALE OH THAME room modern huuar in flrat claaa (ouditlon Phom- 1277, 22 3t i - ■ » — Three Phaatanta: Ne Shot Wapato. Waeh.-dUJR Bruno Von dcr Heyden. local hunter, got l|w bag limit of three phrunautr. one | day ihia acaaon without bring a ahol Ilia dog act two ruoatera in an alfalfa held and he caught hem wlh hie handa latter hr aaw a h< n Income rntangb-d In a hedge and be grabbed It. — ——~ a Left 123 Descendant* New Mntain. Conn it’Pl When Joaeph Michaud died at th. age of 77 he left 133 dewrendattu ala daughter*, three »<ma <2' grandchildren and 22 great-giund children **~ ■ a IOIM , ii j WMMDN EKIiol: * I I>J not any. She hda a cutin Ing way of talking" aay atnualng" Cuuutug mean* artful or ingeniomr. aa "A cunning Intrigue*." * 1 -2 N. A. BIXLKR OFTOMiTWIgT tyee taemmed . Glaeeee Fitted HOURS 200 to 11:10 tj-.jo ~ » ;M Soturdaya, d:M p. m. Teieghowe tu Phone 544 . w *lt rail for awd deliter your rar—-and g|« r h a modern oil change and hflirieation )ol>. It will run better* WHITE-ZEHBR 3rd at Monree • Phone 244

MISCELLANEOUS I FAR MEM ATTBNTION - Call 1 &W A at <>ur expense for dead .tnck ramoral. The fltedlar Prodneta Co, Frssk Burger, f ' NOTICE L'pbolSteriag. rellnlshing and repair work of all kinds. We , buy and sell good furniture. De eatur Vpholstery Shop, South Second St, Phone 420 * We do custom curing on sides, bam* and shoulders. Gerber's Meat Market, 150 So. Second St, Phone 87. 11k24t NOTICE We are canning meal every Wednesday. All work guar anteed Liechty Custom Cannery, Berne, Indiana Residence phono 3U if-alltx

SINGER SEWING Machine Agency at England a Auto Parte Store. Phone 282 Daytime, 411 Eventags. Bargains, new or used machines All makes repaired Sewing taught > tre *' 7-3418 NOTlCE—Cisterns, lurnaces. cnimneys cleaned, repaired Filters built Phone 643. E Gause. 8-18 t WANTED —n.—. i WANTED Min not over 38 to ; train for Diesel aviation mechan-il les. Write at oace. Full Informa- ' Hon Bos 84. care of Democrat. ZlkOtx WANTED TO BUY Oge to two 11 H P. gas eugtae in good i ntidinon. Prefer Briggs-Stratton, International or Fairbanks-Morris, lu-' quire box 95 care of Democrat of 1 flee. 23-E3U WANTED TO RENT On share, i ground for soy beans. Steffen ’ Bros, mile south aud mile west of Kirklaud high school. 22-g3tx > —, WANTED—Good, clean, big Ragu, suitable for cleaning ’ machinery. Cannot um undi er wear, stockings, pan ta, coat*, ooveraik or any similar material. Will pay 4c lb. < Decatur Daily Democrat.

FOR RENT FOR RENT Four loom apartment, semi-modern; |ior«e*si<m Feb. 1; ' 116 Patternou M. I’hone 858. FOR RENT 6 room modern house. Not th Becotid st Motor plumbing, haidwotsl (kiois winI dow shades and screens Garage i i’liviu 574 24081 FOR RENT Exeielh’iit sleeping room, downstairs. Modern home Big enough for two Close In Phom 271 127 N Third Z33t | . FOR RENT Fiuiil room In mod- , ern home Also garage. 115 E Itugg stieef. 21 Ux ■■■Q r Test Your Knowledge * Caa you aoewsr eevea of these tea questions? Turn to page Four to; the answers. • —4

1 Whai ia another name for tb< game of Ping-PoagT X Kaolin i« u*ed to make porce lain, purple dye». er artificial ailk’ 3 Under which rirer ia the Hol .land Vehk-ulai Tunnel? 4. With which Malor league IweclNtll club done Dob Feller play? 1 5 What ia arc hacoiogy ? « Name the capital of Veueauela 7. A magnifying glaaa make* i binge look IHgger by refraction diaperaion or iriadlatlon? * What la the horlaoa'’ !t Name the Speaker of the iloure or Reprcacotatltrea IV Can an American cittMl Im de ,pi Wed ut eltiimuchlp If he fall* or I refUMut to vote for a number of yearn? I What ia the name for a Waite tight atiwlera filed on the aide of a .hip for making repuirn Iceluw the water line’ 2. Name the participants in the raeeut Cot Urn Howl football rla»ale. 3 How king hi a decade'* I la neheatoa a mineral of rego . table product? 5. Name the bigbeat mountain In ! th. World computed from >wa level • A large ahlp la usually launch •■d forward, backward or aldewaya? 7 Name the talleat of all mam , ala. M. What la th.' correc t pronunciation of the word c-aleMenc* 9 With What aport I* Glenn lam aaaoriated? IV What doe. nom-de-lume mean" — — htrnt * ®v Jkimi. •i:rri>.wc;*r o» Kittatk > n . st-,, i .c— l ’’!' berrb, gp. nl« ch< < r». i I'Y’lVa'" r " •*«•’»*• "» l4»*tl< n , ‘ l ‘‘eje eaaed Io .cppe.r 111 JU • «h the lltb da> I •d Fobtuarr. l*i*. H „,| , huW ’ aL.'XJc u '.J ,w '*’ **M de ode nt ahc.uld nut in I? '** belr. ar, notified", nX I! a *T betrahlp iDweaiur" it ac''’J* '*• lie'll Jta. 14*1?

mmketm daily report nt... ■ and foreign Brady's Market f 6r q.,- SK Cralgville, Hos 8 : M< Clessd at « ‘'m ei'.d J, n j. ■ No commfas. Vaals reesivM 100 to 121) lb* ■ 120 to 14<> lbs -O j 140 to |gn |h« ■ l I6t> to Dio iu, fl I 140 to 23'i lb* ■ : 280 to 240 lb* ■ 1240 to 30" ll,* fl 300 to 3(0 lb* fl ' 350 lbs, and up fl Roughs ■ Stags ■ Vealers fl Spring lamb* fl : Spring buck lamb. fl Yearling* ■ —era afl

wholesale Egs 4tt flt POULTRY QUCTATkuH! FurnlsxM H M.tx-S Egg 4P. ,K| Decatur Prices for fit.l.'leun 1.u.-. . flfl Medium Esu Bin*n ot n:> : HR If. , Leghorn Hen* ;n fIK Heavy Spi n.. fl|| red or White I. min HB and up Leghorn Stag* Heavy biags |H Heavy ~ld ro— . . |||H rooste;, MH East BuHa'o L veura Bfl East \ -to. aide* 418 i. • ■ . i iii.io . week aso II fIR week 0 35 to »■' - I'ort War-' - -e»’x* Bfl Foil . I.IM-OHI. .'1 ■ i in. n>. I I* lbs. ■ 12$0. lavmb* LOCAL GRAIN £'■ BURK ELEVATOS CO M Co, ri i '• i ti I’rlcra to l>< |'» 1 ' » I No. I Rid Wlie.' iH No : Red W! > . ■ thtts. .10 lbs • No 1 Yellow < u ' ■ New No 3 Ye 11... 1 No. 2 Boy Bean- H Hv Jfl

' I \ t I ROY S. JOHNBOII Auctioneer i Jan 29 Sam >:• 1 * north of Magi’ > Jan 30 Mrr ■ firat farm Boat Jan. 31 From i- ■ _ u Eaat and 3'2 Noi ■ Feb. I Frank M i l" ■ North of Poe X Fab. 1 Gevigc n■" I NorT eaM <•» Ohl > ' ' " ' > ' Feb. 3 t’oope I > !l ■ field. Ind . Ihtr<« 11 ' ff Feb. I-Knir* 1 ' .3 Eaat and 2% .Jh Feb « - Chain* I : mile went of Pl' icW’ M J Feb 1 Mac M' 1 11 "* J North aud I mil' * ' ' . gB Feb. » Jean lHru*l 1 I md I'4 North of M I Feb IV --Chi’ F H I liana. Ohio. I>urm ’ "*< Feb 12 Mr* !•<' rr " J Wittenberg foil'*' I of Ohio city. . *1 Feb H Edwa 'i " North of Hougl*i»d I r "" d <#' V Feb. IS Indian- 1 ■' ' J Hale Fair Ground 1 I Indiana . , Feb IS M>- Frol t,i " ■ inllmt South of M.ipl' • „ gfl Feb 17 Martin Hou l ticmat of F**' l Wayne Trice j, Fc II 19 I.O'• |h North and I'r OaeUn Truet Co „ Ueealur. ludlaua • ** wi "