Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1940 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every KrMIM Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Po*t Office an Second Cias* Matter i. H Heller — President A. K. Holt bouse, Sec’y. A Bua Mgr. Dick D Heller Vice-Preaident Bubocription Rat** Single Copies .. 1 .02 One week, by carrier. .10 One year, by carrier 6 00 One month, by mail .34 Three mouths, by mail... 1.00 dl* month*, by mad 1.7 b One year, by mail — J.ou una year, at cffir« J.ou Price* quoted are within a radiu* of loti mile*. Elsewhere |3 bu one year. Advertirmg Rate* made known on Application National Aiior. Representative SCH EHRE.It « CO. b Lexington Avenue, New York lb East Wacker Drive, Cbilcago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Over ueat Warsaw a covu »has «d Lester Ball up a tic< > and bit him on tin- b u That » news. o o — The boy* .-i iwrnty years u.iv been tailed to the colors in Fur i land. Thais war of the kind that j will be felt for many yeai* to uinii —o-*ro It< puns show tiial Mtnil lint-; <>l business in Dec atur arc t.» ex-I reeding the gen- al ateragc of th< j country The building lines have | been paitlc ularly good here the | past several yeai *. —O -u — Se< nt* old fashioned today a* titty imad cd inn horses are otic ■ ed at auction by the Decatur Sales Company. Twenty year* ago this was one of tin leading businisse* her® and it’s still a good otic —o House cleaning has started and from now on tie workmen who arc Ucu-dccl to beautify the home o. place of business will be ke pt busy for several months The sooner you start the easier you will find it. -o 0— All who could get ticket* and some who could not went to Auburn today to boost the Pleasant Mill* Spartans along in thi ir battle foi bask* tball honor* With the old fight spirit and an even b eak, they will continue to make their supporter* proud. O—O The effort* to smear McNutt have* not r< imi'e-rl as planned and there Is a probability that th. effort will rebound cuULt lbo»< who hoped for a scandal In Indiana and intimated it was tn the* making Most of th«- charges have been disproved and the others have no foundation —o The new and modern plant at the Krick-Tyndall company s site is coming along rapidly now and will soon b< ready for operation Nearly a hundred men have been at work there the past several weeks and the production of the best tile tn the middle west Will soon again In- a reality. —o Decatur will have another free street fair and agricultural show thia year and the high standard of the past several year* will be maintained Effort* to make It morn Interesting than ever before for the farmer* will be made and we are assured it will be In every way a clean and delightful affair. —o The n»w marriage law* seem to have frightened Cupid clear off in thia county a* not a license ha* been applied for since the law weal into effect March l*t. After all there la nothing about the law to alarm those who would form a life partnership unless health doe* not permit. ■* a a A good Republican told Ma recently that he la wul In sympathy with Iho effort to make U appeal that puibing r*d has been done by the Roosevelt administration

.... W Vi W lie said that msay of the things dune, iu tact most of them would prove beuelicial foi geuc-raltous to coma He Is right. —o p— This was (he first day for candidates to file declaration* with the county clerk and the next thirty day*, the time allotted under the law for till*, will produce the- list from which you will select those to represent and serve you It's a very Important part of government In a two party system such as we have in this grand demorra- < r ■E?". O Aclaui* county ranks eighty-eight on the- list foi re lief in Inct.amc only tour counties an* lower iu this demand The reports *tn>» that only 5 2': of th*- population a.*- cm WI'A or relief Compa.e*d to tha* V* million county must support 39 I’. ot her population. Sullivan 35'1 aud Clay 33'. This is the b<*t spot In the countiy anyway y>u figun it. —o _ D**n! git tin idea that a lorrcct census l» not impo. tagt. The count made this yeai will las' ten year* aud upon the population of the dty and county many thing* will depend Help get a correct count ' and the data ask'd for by the govleinmcnt. Th* purpose is good for you and those who would have you belu ve uihe wist an stoopiug to • el. ty politic *. — V V Are >ou utialilled to vote? I u* I less you are properly registered i you an- not. Thai means it this is your first vote, if you htive moved from your fotmei preeimt. if you have- married and 'hanged >out haiuc oi it you la.led to vote the past two elections, you must cal! at the <|c k s office or at the off In of the city or town clerks oft ice- (11 - a i Monroe and register so yotu card on fils will be proper. —V —O’ Th* Associated tl' iH .al t'oiiiiae tors of America. lu< . ate asking congress to convert a part of th> ■ billion dollar road fund Into a division that will build loads through contractor* They say they will produce the same number ot mats hours, build twice as many miles of better roads, pay all taxes required and otherwise help th« gen c-ral situation It sounds reasonabb except It perhaps does not solve i th* relic f problem as only the j most capable WPA work-re would i»* used and the relief would have to continue in some form Howev <*r. It's a thought that is worth studying louse ientnously. —O---W— Airplanes weighing ISo.tnm laiunds whfc h is “i tons, are definitely expected for the near future, and there are even plans for an alt ship of 124 tons. The latter ■ raft might be cum pared, in weight and carrying power, to a modern railroad freight car or passenger car. It would have a i-rulalng speed ot perhspx 3rt*» mile* an hour. Obviously sue h < raft could be useful In warfare not only for dropping iMimbs by the hnndted*. but for c arrying troops We prefer, though to think of them as pwssentptr c ars They should be stable and oom* fortahle to a degree not. bariily imaginable* And when thorn* plane* or better ones are made, America will make them The nation Utat created airplanes has taken the leadership In building and opemt* Ing them ' Modem Etiquette ■y ROBERTA Ltl • o 4 i —— , Q Hhould a wife crUkise the way her husband drives a ear, playa 1 bridge and the like? I A. No It I* Imd form tor either } a wife or hushaud to critkim* the other • U When fowl ts iking served -nd I a guest Is asked for hl* prseferoffioo. should he ray “It ms he* no dlfterence' ? A. Il la preferable tex him Co „ answer "dark tor light t. If yo« please " r M. How should an InvlteUuu to a r theater party or concert lie ae know* s lodged’ A The answer sbnuai fol hi w the 1 style of the invitation.

v DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT S.\TURD.VY, MARCH 9, 1940.

•PEACE DISCUSSIONS GHJJNDR WAY* BVTHtiIfJIHG SQUAD/ A—- — 'Sy * 1 ' a ’• L'/ 7 w ■■ . ■ ’■ .■ ■ - - *■ f Sil S—WM— iss I. a .Oil ——M—WMMS l 111 Mil- I ISIUW II

Weather A Week Ahead A* For*c**t By PROF. SELBY MAXWELL. Nat** M*t*srslogl*V "'ytu ’?T,4a \ yu tc p i**o rio j I"/*71 - ■ 1 J V $ Q7 O*A • I J * * "hot 4 COLD W£T e DRV TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL FOR INDIANA March 11 to 17 The, E and W portion* will be moderately warm The central portion will b. normal The W and S E portions will be moderate ly wet Evapotation will be moderstely etiong over the N E ten. S ern , portion* Protected by John F Dllle Company

STONE AGE SYMBOLS FOR WEATHER still in use Sc ience finds that cave men I were surprisingly like ourselves I The weather during the Stone Age I wa, very void Most ot the relics I which Stum- Age men have left (ex us are not carving*, but pain'bigs I Some of th<*» painting* were done) pn the walls of cavern*, and they! aie *urpi i*lngly realistic Another) c iao* of auclenc painting* wan detie I on pebble* Th.-se are thought to lie symbolic emblem* l ave men believed in magic They themght that if one c-ouid properly depict the spirit of an olijeet he could gain mastery over It Th, painted pebble* whkh have lome down to us gppatbntly represent the* forc-ro es nature the wind. th> »un the moon, rain and numlH-ta from one to tea It la hard, for us in thia day of general iwlturc. io realise how laj hcximmly the human race evolved, leward * ducat ion In cave day* hardly snyiwedy could read or writ, teat reading ami writing there was D was symbol writing f'ave men beHevod that If the* proper cornMnatlon of symbol* eimbl be arranged, the natural event* th*' symbol* were supposed to represent would ,-omv to pan* In order to get good future weather Il would be necessary to display the symbol* tex wind sun and perhaps doad tn their nalaral order Th* idea of arntHgiti* symleiiii iu represent mental id'*** am* a , great advancement over pure pkture wrjthig The eav* msn's Idea for showing the earth wa* to draw a link* for the hcxlxon whkh always look* round, and a cro«* to , ivpreaetit the four wind* the- north

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, Th* maps shew total afTect of Hot, Cold, WoL and Dry Air to bo expcctod noxt wack. DAILY FORECAST ’ "mar I 1940 | 11 tl 13 14 15 16 17 16 INDIANA t«<>* !> Aik ’ ■ — wind, the sjuth wind, the east wind and the west wind Th!« symbej of wind and hortxcm Boon cotxo to represent the idea of the -good earth, and finally the abstract Idea of good, and to this day the md stem* age sign ot a itom still means “here exist* gocni I Mae." It I* odd but many stone ageaymbols of weather and autrono mkal object* are la use to this I dsy. These curious symbols ire I used in altaauac *. on prearrlptions and In other piac-es Other* of them have been evolved Into uur AII Ch. sad Into arithmetic They i have come down to ns In an unIn oken lucccMion from the past i t Th* Sim * OTOit H The moon gue* around the earth the earth gue* around the sun. all J the other planets go around the . sen too. and our -sun gneo around •tars The sun baa an orbit like I the earth has. bat H th such a Vast t orbit that only a small port ot It . ha* ever been seen by human oye* i Prof. Selby Maxwail has prop*l eel r a most Interseltng story abowt the sun’* urtrfl Thi* story, together j with a sky map show mg the place 1 la the heaven toward which the

sun I* moving, carry tn* the earth with it. will be sent to yon FREE upon request •»» Prof Selby Muxwell, care of this newspapei on closing a stampe d <2c i selfad dressed envelope for your reply. Weathor Question* If What is a sunshine nwd er? GM tN J I A A aunshm* recorder consist* of * lens and a graduated seal* of paper, showing hour*, like * sun dial. Whenever the *un shin**, the recorder burn* a tiny hole m the paper. The burned spots five a record of exactly when the sun chon* in that locality. <J Why I* It the wind Mow* most during the year from the tumi doe,non that It blew during New Years dsy? GF V ilowat A. It dopan’t! That '» a super atttrna. Q Where can I have a harm ' mete: adjusted'’ G D D tWl* t A. Tpke it to your nearaet Weather Bureau Station, or perhaps your county Surv4,or might be able to help you. Q Why do we have* such gray days about this particular time of the year? W W (' tPenn I A. We are nearing th* *uueno*. whigh ia a tone es storm and much turbulent air. In winter w* ar* mo*tly under frigid «on* »ir. in summer we ar* under torrid xo.t, air, but now we ar* between the two. <1 What I* the correct humidity for home*? 1* It 40*7? How t» It poaalblc* to keep the correct humidity? W L. <Texast A. Keep your horn* at about SO per cent humidity. 800 water Into the air to get thio degree of moietur*. W* will etnd you a humidity tab free to tell when th* air in your horn* io right if you will Bend a stamped, Mlfuddropood envelope Q Ho* la the north atar travel line, looking at it from east ot lluffalo, N. T ? J H. A. At that p*lnt the North star average* 42 dagr*** M minute, above th* horiaon It goes around th* north pot* in • small crrwl* at thi* Might. Q I would appreciate informs Hon aa to where I cpuld get a lMi» two and three-fourths Inch** In diameter and with a focal length of seventy awo Inches tor the teic seopr I am bulldln* after your I plans I have gon* to local opt I * clans but they could not manefsi j tare auch a lea* AR P Jr. IN.l’ > A fllaaw aa -V I-Tir* ---s w wm- >**»*>» las ma to**y W WM*wWWV*w reH 1 Ws-wla mm Aidl ****** 14* toxa* iu mwa | Wupw" •• W’W wOv • wPww" wjf C , pl*** i*n**s are «*mm*n. The, ar* were to correct eye eight just I beginning to fall. Th* t*a* ehev'c r throw a clear round imag* of tha r ton th* pm of a dim* on a pt*c< ~ es paper. p „ •■MMiißMuMarema ▼*■» Hl* day* of this wook'd w eat he i will favor the Finua Ou two day there will be heavy clouds and pem alble storm over Ffnhtnd On foui other days there will be possible elondliies* and humid condition One day ot fair weather will favoi th* Red* T TODAY'SCeMMM~tRMA 4 Im nut say. "I wapuct hl* mutbai ia guile fwubk,' say, i 1 "euppoae* , «

A-■ —" 1 Answer* To Test Questions Below uro Uta Mawora to tha Tuat QuMttou* printed on Pag* Two • • 1 Six one each tn Treasury I War Navy and CUmineree depart- j mettts and Iwo in Jnstke 2 John Jay of New York | 1. Flax. 4. Annapolis, capital of Maryland | 5. More than one-half j 6 De>*d i 7. Warren 0. Harding owned the Marion (Ohio! Htai X The liver. | 9 March 20. | in Fpring i * Household Scripbook By Roberta Lee I Leather Gloves When washing leather glove* uae a soft brush and soapsuds with cool I water. Rinse In clear water Dnll the fingers Into shape and blow open the finger* and glove- if no I glove form is used stuff with tissue paper and hang up to diy In room temperature When half dry. put the gloves on the* hand to ehnpe. Dumplings If It is necessary for dumpling* to stand a while prick each an<* open a little, so the steam will escape aud not make the duinpiings soggy. Pillow Cases Always lie sure to buy pillow cases that are large enouyh. If pillow* have to be forced into the cases, the lases will soon wvur out. r~TWENTY' YEARS '~I* AGO TODAY | .Man h »— Fred Buache sells <* I pure bred Dutoc* at auction for tii&o Hon Thoma* Taggart withdraws as a c andidute fm llemocratk nomination for I*. H Senator. Gordon Rentschler and others of I the Decatur f asting t'ompany talk to Ikcatur Industrial Association Tn Kappas antiounce a c ampaign to raise 149 S 75 here for Young Wee mens t'hrigtian Association which needs three million dollars in the I'nlted Htates, K W lamkettau appointed general manager of the Decatur branch of the General Elecittc He is a former Adams c oun’.y mail. W. P. Hc-hrock. president of Ad am* i'ciun’.y Fainter* Association , announce campaign to boost me in i bet ship from 200 to 2.300. i | I loewe reusgee Wmbrnmnl * XommA. to MW* ' -k’ ; ; 1 Aftparklr with ' BRU.I.KVT IIHWIMIS A Quilify 5 Al I E VwHbv es the ImelwM bride! 0 EsrhlNvr dr.tgn engagement * /. Wedding cwermMr.' srl with t- briliawt di sue .nd* Ring* In hr \ 1 ' yroodef • •MN yowl 519.75 up i SUTTON I Jewelry 210 No. 2nd St. d it /P 9 » JI w h ADDRESSING r MACHINES is end J THE ELLIOTT J “CARDVERTISER" It M TMt Both Addresses end Prints Advurtietng M******* on Penny Pottai Card* ~ K MOC'Tmo and u*. ra N* metal embaaamf «. macnma neceaaary batr aau«« ELLIOTT Addr*** Card* ar* typewret***!* ', r Write far Fr*« BeokleL ,< jjElfflnJEßß > F. H. Callahan, Afent m Century Budding INDIANAPOLIS

College Student on 1 r j a | K Bl a A. \dMßjßrßKgs t gjbw „ B < i .Bb Bk X W’ Vw" I Jrg /y K I f sSR John McCormkl*. lett, with attorn-» Trial of John MeOtrmhk. 21-yesr.oid Ve,,... , senior, tor the sUywg of a *;><-. ml polu co ~ - ~ T tempt in Cleveland is attracting much into:, • M left with his attorney in court, changed his 11 ~ .. c reason of inanity." The state demands the el. -.h youth. 170 Ac res ( omnuNNioner’s Sale Real March 11, Mt the Law IHTircot Henrv li HeHer. MK 1.33 South Second street. 10 o'clock a. tn. LOCATION-cine mil* Sou'll ol In l it on «toiy house and Oa'b all iicm|.-iii . veep* !u , oak woodwork motor plumbing *s*cfih iigir- It huso. Two <ai garage Two bank i>ain». o . graiiaiy Hog House* Corn crib I'hickc n ally gocal stock and grain farm aud I* known it will be sold to the high<*«t bidder Terms one-third in nine month*, one.third it; 1* mot. MILLER Hfißk I»UBLIC~SaLe| Ao I 101 l quit lai toilce* i will sell a I'll . faitu 2 mile* Ea*t ot D* calur, or Inal laim TUESDAY, MAIR II 12th I Commenc ng at 10 00 A M V—IIEAit OF HOR>E>- I B Strawberry Roan .Man*. 5. at JgUci. jr..„i I< i . mouth wt iti'Hi Red Roan G- ldlns .1 * | Gelding. 3, wt Ipm Sound. Sen tel to Idin. 9—HEAD OF CATTLE-!' B Jeise*y Cos with calf by -ld> II •i* , n * • ; day. Jersey Cow. 7. milking 2’t g»l t“*t dev I* * gal per day. Guernsey t'ow be fresh in V; • 3 gal pot day. Guernsey t'ow milking r a ... S. milking I l *, esl pet day: Y eat ling 11-tt- BM HOGS A SHEEP i shoal*. 73 Pin I * « B POULTRY—I3O Whit.' Leghorn laying n* FEED 3 ton Timothy A Alfalfa II .y 3 — IMPLEMENT> - B Ikwrlttg Binder g ft ; Hay Loader. Drib '' * Manure Fpread.r; Wagon and Rack Rldt . i* • • Breaking Flows Ikrnibla fNsc : Mptk> lo* Hanna ker. 3 fUding < ultivuto* - ■ ' - lirece-hing bailee** firs, els,*, cmiiar*. vi * . v Ja> k coit: shell, i, small tml, and ante. TERMS tasb B HOMER HANNI. lunrrE Roy F Johnson Auctioneer B T H< hleferstein Clt-rk Ixttxh Will Ik h* v * y. * ~^c?g>* >d*V*aiv»>l.*<L t T L ** W*,tßi t> Speed* Ahead . . - -31 li I* W ■ 27 H. I’. Itruw Bar. ■ A HEXSONS win 301 I'VFnl " snot LD OWN an VDj’*' H MOHE POWER SUB ' M 1 ‘'L H LEMS rUBI, Miiltl ■ PERFORMANCE sl | |fl»3 ■ EXT)NOM!( AL in ri.MHIil I* 3 TOOL MOl NTINi. 3 ! Craigville Garage! tralgvflle. Ind.