Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1940 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published hl wry Evening Exc*pt Sunday by THE OS CAT UR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Foal Office an Second Clas* Matter 9. 11 Heller President A. K. HolthoUM, Se< y. * Hua Mgr Dick D. HellerVlce.Fre»ldent Subscription Rate* Single Copies .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier6.oo One month, by mal! .36 Thru- month*, by tnali 1.00 Six month*, by mail 1.75 One year, by mat!3.oo One year, at olflie 3.00 Price* quoted are within a radius of 100 mile*. Elsewhere 61 60 one year. Advertising Rate* made known on Application. National Ad ver Representative SCHEERER a CO. 6 Lexington Avenue, New York 16 Eaat Wacker Drive, Cbilcago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Hume Dailies. Wow, Oodoy almoat go-done it. That boy from Chili almost gave big Joe from Detroit the ■ hili*. o—U Candidate* in the primary ■an aid in getting the voter* all properly registered by reporting to the couuty chairman. The new* each <lay in your home paper I* worth many time* the j coat of the Dally lienee rat. three ' dollar* per year by mail. -0 You don't saw any money by post (lolling applying for your automobile license and you <au save a lot of waiting by doing it how

—o llo|k> you mi' get fur th< short | com ae which open* Tu< »day at Lincoln school In thia city It's a program ot real value and It a free ot course. —o —o — Either lawn* inn I as g*»«l a* w*» ! nguretl him Godoy is better, or the boys are framing up lor a mil * lion dollar gate. Play it any way you want to. „ o—• The state police in Indiana did a good jab during litilit in looking i after trafll< rlolatlona and aa a resuit fatalities dropped al* per cent over the previous year while ar- I rests Increased 32'1 —O —»— Mellite i'» of the Elks lodge have a clear majority In ea'ii house of congress with s'stv-one tn the up-| l«r and illn ip the lower house I And they haven't ashed for pen-1 shins or otaer special legislation, j -> —oAHt la.dis news story says that I three rai'road companies whhh| have headquarters in '.hat city.] douhleil their net <-a'iiliiKs last year, more evidence that Mr Koowvelt has not tailed aa pre si- I dent of tin I n I led States. — -0 -0 Hoover, Taft and ilewey are hav-1 Inga great lime trying to convince the country that couditmus are worse now than ten years ago when ihe huamlal pages judical* the exact opposite, Could it lie possible that they are just the “outs'' who want "in"? ♦ •— A few yours ago lh«' name ol Halle Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia was much tn the news. Many had forgotten him until be Issued a slatcmeul a tew days ago, expressing sympathy for the Pinna and he , i» probably moi< ,im *-ie . l i,.,ui p than most tor he should know what be hl talking about. —— 9 1 1 Q " • What do yon think should Im* done about the swltsmiug pool? After all iamb depends on whether the people want kt or mil and wo are sure the administration will wckumo opinions and suggestions from the cillxen* We have published the information so you may say what you wish. -O- - are several hundred meu and women In Adams county who I

have forfaited their right to vote by moving, changing their name or (allure to vote and not having th«ir registration card at the county clerk's office properly changed to comply. If you waut to vote In May see that you are properly registered. O—O A nervy bandit who held up the People * laisli and Trust Company at Winchester failed to take Into consideration that Dave Clark, an employe of the hank, also had courage. He chased the roblu-r several mile* over In Ohio, shot holes in Hi* gas tank and took him easily. That's the best way to bleak up the bandit business. —O—O--We read and hear limit thia month about liow great Washington and Lincoln wire and of that there can be no denial but we sometime* wonder If those who tarry the burden* of government . now do not hav< as great a task line trouble in thus country is that we spend more time criticizing than piaising until after our leaders have become Inactive. Then do »< pile it on lavishly. Two mtn. on< an ex-couvict, have tonfessed to the bombing of ; utility propei tie* in northern Indi- ; ana and implicated two other*. They hate, however, given uo reason for their aits though one paid the othci fl tmo to .is*i»f • What the motive could Ire for the wanton destruction of prope.ty worth a quarter million dollar*, we can't figure and will be interested In know ng The trial ought to produce the real reasons for I such a crime -0-0

lon ian still tel ,i th k' t for the , I Fanner s Mei chant* banquet to be , held at St Joseph auditorium next Thursday evening but the commilter- will have to know soon the ■ xa* I numie to f» s- ,v.d The, program will Include the award-1 I lux of prises, excellent mush and an address by l» Christie. E 1 W Hum he. welt known farmc will ! *crv< a* toastmaster Ikin'l miss attending this great event, devoted to the cause of farming which aft l ' all Is the ba< klione of the middle j west o—o Hw" t a Company, big meat • | packer stat<- In Ila annual report I that the 'omiMiiv ii.nl rmiHs* cm- I ployes in l‘t the iarg* st number ' lin it a history These employes ! I drew twelve pen ent higher week- | ly wage* than In lUJU the previous * I high ye.n Th*- report predicts ■ I that lotiy-* ven million hogs will' ! in slaughtered al federally Inspect- ' |<d plains In th*- lountry during I this year. This number will equal th*- number kill**! prior to the enI uctim-nt of th* torn and hog I* gis- - latlon. Hartford City News-Times. —o-o — Nelson Pointer, who owns the I Hullivan. Indiana. la-mo* rat and is I alao publisher of the Times down I hi Hl Petersburg, Fla.. h*-aid about I President Hoosnvcll wanting to go | llshing but hesitated alarul taking a chaixr- <hi th*- Atlantic stid Immediately got busy oil Ihe wires, urging the president to try It off fit Pete. Nels has teen down there a long time, knows all the good holes and would get a great kick out of watching F. It. It make su<b a haul that he would want to mark the spot lor future vacations. Thia is Hoy H<out Week and is lielug observed all over America in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of ih« founding of a great movement which has helped thoussiida of iMiya to become tietier men. Every preuktent of the l ulled Hlale* has teen a Scout booster, since its organisation aud every good eltlsen appreciates the ,jjrf> Ity of ib>' training aud what II does for the youth This Is the Twelfth Scout Law: “A Scout la reverent. He l* reverent toward find. He Is faithful in his religious duties, aud respect* the luuvhlioe* ot others In matter* of custom aud religion'' All Aim-rkaa* worthy of th* uam*. all who believe in th* Daclaralion i

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of Ind' p. nd*-lice-, the Bill of fright* ■Hid ' Constitution of the l ulted | Stat » have an abiding faith ill ! such a principle heiaUM. It Is their' Very guaiailtee tr-ai so long aa It ■ is n lit in. thing they will be free and independent forever. —— -0 —- * « Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee Ink-Stsined Fmgrr* | Ink stain* *ati la- removed from iOn Pagers by wetting the head ot a match and rubbing II on th ■ •pots Th*n im-i rmgci. with soup and water, ami Ihe ink will quick- . ly vanish. Discolored Aluminum Hui* the discolored aluminum p*ots and puns with a doth dipp'd I ill i< mon juice, liinse well with warm water and Hoy will look al»iiKht as when new. The Bird Cage Paper or cellophane doilies ai< ,a great eoin<'liieiic*- for the- licittom of th*- lord lag* also adding I to it attrai (Iveuess. u 1 Trade is a boon Town — Oscatui

GOVERNMENT IN ACTION Building Up Undernourished Little Bodies

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COME 132.000 needy or undernourished aehool children In 1 Indian* are today roeeiving nourI ioblng lunches at school u a roi suit of .he expansion of the pro- ■ gram of the Federal Surplus Commoditiea Corporation. Thta program ban been in effect for the

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0- # Answers To Test Questions Below ar* th* answers to lbw | Torn Question* printed on Page Two • ♦ 1 Topeka. 2. Toastmistres* 3 Hydrometer. I Mt'MXL 5. Yes. t> Boxing. Commodore Oliver Haxnrd Perry. ‘ Delaware. ft. Italy I l ’. An abta-ivi . — 0. — — TWENTY YBAM * AGO TODAY F.li in City <o>nicll buys a| VVorthuigton pump for power plant at cost of $3.0*1 Ib-eatur Indii-trlial A miatimi announces the location here of De \ latur < a ting company to l*e hou-- j cd In th*- Also Products building 1 Holland-St. la>ui> Sugar Company offers special pike to IcH'hi dealers so sugar *au be sold at retail lor only l&c per pound It lia, ,

| put nia yean, but up to 11*39 only about 25.090 pupil* in Indiana schools worg obtaining Uvir I school lunches. P.-T. A. group*, the American l*«im Aux.liary, women* grvup* and 'heritable aoroHtlu in most 1 ■ybuola act a* a co-op<ratmg spun- i

■ been 2oc. Iti M F Parrish of Monroe will open an office here September Ist. Bluffton schools close on account of the flu epidemic •Mi Carrie Haulsild attends concert given by the Detroit Hympll- , ony at Fort Wayne. 0 ♦ Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. Wliat is the shortest tunc a J guest should lemata at an after- , noon tea and ree*-pt|on? A One should remain never less I than twenty or twenty-five minute-Oftc-ntiiAes a guest will remain an - houi or more. Q When pouilng wine from th*' fiotile should the bottle be grasped by lb*' ne k. the lulh-1 or where? A Hold the liottle by the label? Q. \l hen a girl has a sallow or 1 olive complexion, what color dress should she avoid? A. She should avoid yellow, or any shade of pink —" o- — SOO Sheets Sunrise Canary Secund Shevta, neatly wrapped 35c. The Decatur llemcieint (>i.

»or to work with the township tiu»t«e and school authorities In securing supplementary donation* * f cash, food or equipment to pro'ide a wholesome, balanced meal. In many uchoolw located in aretw <'f great need, the lunch la given . entirely free to all the pupil* on. I tolled in Ibe school.

BERNE NEWS By B- M. SCHWARTZ Menno Eicher and Clarence Beiersdorfer. both of till* place, have just returned from a fisliiug trip near Coldwater. Michigan. The two men fished through the ke aud < aught a large number of croppies and other fish. They report the ice t on tile lake alsrut H inches thick j and they drove lheir automobile out on the lake. Word lias Iwen received here that Mrs. J D Schroeder. mother ut Rev P. It Schroeder, of Free man. South Dakota, died recently at her home in Mountain l-ake. Minn. Rev Schroeder was funner, ly pastor of the local Menuouite church and hi* mother was kuowu by many iocal people. The next imuquet and meeting of the Herne Chamber of Com . ineree will be held Monday even Ing. Feb. 19. above the Swit* Case E. W. Ilauingai tner. president of the organisation will preside at lire meeting The program will be in charge of a group headed by C T | Michaud. The annual membership drive is now under way here, with j EJ. hug. ihaumau of the mem lieiship committee, iu < barge. Supt. E .M Webb of the Heine, schools reports considerable sickness at the pi esent and quite a number of student* arc absent However, uo epidemic, such a* struck Hie loinuiuuity last year, u indicated at the present. The Berne echoed board will have an announcement to make soon re- i garding the old Berne school building The building has bees empty since school dismissed last spring. | although it is used a a meeting ’ place by some of the local c lub*. It lis probable that the building will lie sold to the highest bidder, torn down and the lot mad 1 ’ into a little park or remodeled into a place foi band conceits. The school liquid lie* the matter under advisement. Mr. and Mrs. Albert .Stahl who ' ivceutly purchased the D. E Bixler home from Joyce EBenberger. have 'moved luto the residence, Mr and Mrs. Ellehberger have moved to Decatur where Mr Ellenbeiger i* opeiating a service station 1 Revival services will open Febi itary 12 at the First Minsiouaiy church here, with Rev. Edison HaI la-gger as the speaker. Rev. Hab- * |egger I* a native of Beruc aud ill now locali-d at Chicago .Mrs. Adam Bibersline of Hartloid township recently moved into I her property on Van Buren street , li-ic. following Hi. death of her husband some time ago. Her daugl: ter. Mrs. Wilma Sommer aud child- 1 ten. are living with her. Lester Nussbaum of this plan-, took Jacob. Eimm. Reuben aud Mis* Rose Sihwartx. to Htuigls Mi< In gan. where they visited with rela- j . lives. They also visited tn lai-j Grange aud Elkhart counties a few i days Several from here will motor U> Bloomington Saturday to attend the indiaua-Purdue game Satuiday evening Others who wrote for . tickets were unable to get any of the ducats as they were all sold Bob Dro of this place is expelled to stait for Indiana against tbe

Mr. Farmer ■ | Jrade In Those Old Appliances I on the Following 1940>Bargains I R. C. A. RADIOS ll^/ l I ZENITH RADIOS I HORTO.N WASHERS I HORTON IRONERS ....29'95 Up I FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATORS, .... 112*50 U P I FRIGIDAIRE RANGES IO2*SO Ui * I ( ROSLEY REFRIGERAIORS 11 Q.so up I UNIVERSAL RANGES 99.50 up I I NIY ERSAL SWEEPERS 29*95 u, ‘ I I SEI) RADIOS yO up I SOME 1939 APPLIANCES — BIG DISCOUNT. I OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS. I "" Uhrick Bros. 1 S.»j

Happy About the Whole~n~M Mr ■ '■ W' 7 /-_■ ■■ 1121 - '. .. : M Winnie Hwveler || A former night chib entertainer in Chicago Wmmr ia.-.ei* B who is said to have been a constant friend and con p ß:? , r Barrymore while he was in that city, say* she is e».tr<-n-.f!y •hat Batrymorr and hi* estranged wife El«me Bar <• -i < :

Boilei-makera. Quite a number of ticket* hav* been Mild in Berne for the farmer*’ | banquet to la* held at Decatur next Thursday evening. Several of the local buviuen* men will attend — O — 1 —— Spider* Sn«g th* L*w Omaha. Neb - tl'Pi Spider* are coperating with motortat* to lieal the city trea*uiy out of aliuu' t i 3 a day Spider welm have clogged the timing apparatu* of downtown (tal king meter*, allow tug a* much j an double the cuxtomary time for a i-cctit charge. METHODISTS TO •CON'TI.ML'ICD FHOM rAUK WlXl : an address ‘ on the cubject “Th I Alma of the Melbodiat Advance Sishop Holt will dlxcUM "Tit I Deeper Need ot I lilted Method | lam.' and iilahup Khaw will talk on ’KvangeliHm In Methmiism'a' Pa»t and Future. ' All three guest bishop* and se ! tec ted local laymen will give brief j J address** st the I'lni heoii for lay■’ I men and ministers. At the aftci I noon men's forum D < Turnbull I ot Mishawaka will speak on "The I Proper Financing ot Inc laical! J Church." Loren Chastain of War | »aw Wlii talk on "The laxity in lie - — .1 ■■ „.

ion ' Hl' 1 h'l | ms< h*i "Th* l>*," and In the '’b" Mr. , guest meet Ing , .i.. Melhodia' 1 in .VI'I -- ' . • lliahop !>• ■ . Detroit UII'I M • V- ■ na’l'4'.ll A Holt.*' Mil*.: formci M* h'"> - r ihunti Bi-I'",' * <>"' iu'i Biadway ol W ■ * The at the join' wiii< "■ to 4:15. H Bishop l.o». -.... S Methodist y r.. evening m I'll- H mouth < .mi; ’ Howaid J 11,"... ■■ master and l i . ... tB 1 song lead*-. I . ra . ipu-t a mass in-. . : -tB 'ln the Siu (io ■ isl i Holl will delm . -->9 Rev Claud' 11.. 9 Will lie III* del' 9 "The Wneatlvy < 9 ! of IW negro M the music E