Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1940 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evca.ug Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind.. Poat Oflc* as Second Class Matter J. H Heller ... President A. It Holt bouse, Sec’y. A Bus. Mr*. Dick D. Heller....Vtce Presideut Subscription Rates Single Coplea ... ———.3 .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 3 00 On. month, by mail .25 Three months, by malll.oo Bia souths, by mail. 1.75 One year, by mail3.oV One year, at 0d1ce..._.3 00 Prices quoted are wubln a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere 13.39 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Ad ver. Representative SCHEEREK A CO. 3 Lexington Avenue, New York IS East Wacker Drive, Cbilcago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Something's gone wrong with the ' fashion makers, some of the new , spring creations look almost like i hats. -o The Spartans lost in the regional but not until they had given Mentone a game battle and proved i their m< ttle Twcuty-six p. i cent of the women prisoners in the Indiana Woman s prison are natives ol th. , state of K.-ntu. ky How do you figure that’ O—V I firing the recent hunting season there were forty-four serious him'i*r- an idents with fourteen fatalities In whatever we engage in thia country it seems our recklessness costs If you have moved, have never voted have changed your name or have tailed to vot. the past two i-lvvtioos, y.wr will have to have your registration card corrected. l>» It be-foie April Sth. —o — The IMO >c-nsus will be taken the Urst two weeks of April and It is most important that every person be counted Be sure to Rive the person who canvasses your hums the information required —o If you have a little time, you wighi drop into th. county treasurer's office and pick up your spring tax receipts That would help th. force there and would he a relief Io you for after all it has to b. don. o—o If they could move that great modern boat the Qu.-eu Elizabeth. O'er to th.- world fair grounds, they might have an exhibit that would attract more people than Nally Hand or any other midway perform* r. t_—j Th. s'ate basketball tournament Is getting down to the point where •very team is a higher grade one. The <onfests next week end will Luth, r eliminate the maker ones and leave only the near- hamps for |b.- finals to Is held at Indianapolis two weeks later. ■-* O-C ■ - - Th.- Philadelphia < lumber of cornmcr«- sc.-ms io have made a E»*»d deal in landing the R< publican national convention. It <oats a hundred thousand dollar* Init they oetlmate ike gang will spend approximately fourteen million In the Week of tie session That looks Ike real sound business. — vo HucaiUr la a great little < tty and will be greater in the years to come. Help tiros. who are striving Io make It so We must either go 3»i ward or ba< kwgrd and we know you don't want io slip. Duripg the pa-.' five or six years we have pro hrwaoed more than any small city Os the middle west and we cau and will .uotiaue Io du so. -0 You must be propo'ly icglstered tetiG 4rll <tk It you want to

vote in the May primary we urfe you to investigate If you arc in doubt. 11 Is a great piivllege to vote and one of the greatest rights of a democracy. We live tn one of the few nations where the people still rule and we should do all we can to continue it. «—• It sounds to us at though several of those big bosses In Europe are still whlstltng to keep up courage They realise what a terrible thing war will be if It breaks forth In earner' and they hesitate to dcllb-erat.-ly rum their countries at the expense of their people. No good can result from the wsr It seems but the difficulty is huw to make a lasting peace O—•— Nineteen seems to be the dangerous ag< fur thus. Inclined toward < rime tor more people that age were arrested last year than in any other age group. More women were at rested than the year before and th.- total went up there one and a half per cent Mor. than halt the i crimes were larceucy and only four I percent were murders The facts <i<- interesting even it they tail to show improvement. —O—- - Render, will known and lite long resident of St Mary s townahlp. came in to irnew his subs.iiption to th. Duily IW-rnocrat and to .call his early days in th.a sei tlun 11. has been a faithful sub-' ‘ s< riber for fifty-five years and says he looks for the dally visit of his papet with even more interest now than ever before W. have many old timers on our list but few who can match the record of Mr. Bender. O—O The wai has not h.-lped the American farmer Reports show that exports are not increasing because those.- countries to whom we are aide to ship products are using their mon.-y for atmameuts and .Irplanes Cotton Is being pur. has * d but on all other crops there is a decided decrease The war has stimulated industrial products but has proved Injurious to prices and values of wheat, pork, tobacco and fruit —o—celt you have missed reading .artfully and with earnest thought, the lenten meditations published in th.- pap. i since th.- opening of the Lenten season, you have overlooked an ex. client opportunity to better your mind These gems, written by 'he various pastors of the community han all been Qorth while and all of them have been ■•> gtxxl that they have been < opl>d In other lie •■papers for the benefit of other communities. O—Q Father Flanagan, founder of Hoys Town and who baa provided shelter and < oaifort to mure than five thousand boys the past few y.-ai *. who believes no boy wanU to Im- bad and who has done the greatest work of the kind ever accomplished in this country, gave an able talk at Fort Wayne Sunday. lie is one of the great men of America as those who have wat. Ind his broad plan develop are willing to testify and he la doing a great good not only for the lavys but for the .omlng generations -o o, (lovernor Townsend si mid be • >mmended for hit efforts to protect Indiana from the effect of a liquor measure approved by the Kentucky U-glslature Th. Hoosier eaneatlvu wired Governor Jut.usd* of the Bluegrass state urging him to veto the bill It would permit I liquor legally manufactured in Kea ' tueky to flow Into bootleg chadI oela of Indiana and other staldl. ' The Iflll creates a new class of liquor permit holders known as <'*• i porters who would be authorised to sell their warm to asyose with ' la a ladlua of lb miles of the state I txardur holding a Federal liquor Hcemw. Under prueeai liquor regulations. distilleries sell only to II I ituned liquor wholesalers iu Ind > laus who serve as collating itrilt.

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for the Indiana liquor tax Governor Towmretid ixrinted out that If the K.ntur ky measure becomes a law It will In- n.'.essary to station guards at ail the bridges and ferries to intercept liquor which oth-1 erwls, would evade the Hoosier 'ax - Indianapolis Star. f Answer* To Tert Questions I Below are Ike answers to ike Test Questions printed on Pace Two * • 1 Chevrons i. George ?. Morris, tn ' The Flag ut Our Union." 3. Hawaii. 4. NA, 3 Duke 3 Point i». T. ‘ Nomethiug uld. something n< w Romer hlng borrowed and something blue." 3 No • Yes 18. J P Morgan and Company ..■■■>■ ——— * TWEXTI lEARS * AGO TODAT B 4 March 12—The Indiana Evangel leal .onfer.-rxe will I* held here April Sth to 11th. Erwin A Ml.hauil announce they will erect a buslu.ua block on the lot on Ne< oud street recently purchased from the Masonl< lodge A re<-rulting hut in .barge of Nergt D. L. RobUtson here to enlist men tn the army. Hartford City wins Bom Wash 'Ugtoti In state tournament 33 to 29. They play Lafayette tomorrow

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Mi! 111881 ■ ■ i.*! ■ 111 I—MO. .1- !■! Illi -M.. II ■.! 11l • I. i.MS—W LENTEN MEDITATION IBy Rev Georg. O Walton First l'i-sl.yi.-i ian Church r “FAITHFUL” “B« thou faithful." Revelation 2:10. All men in all walks of Ilf. are subject

to d>-je«iloi and discouragement Depression of spirit Is not ».nu- thing peculiar 'o the unit. • it Invades and intrud.s in all realms us man's aethiiy Christian religion Inherently |x»sseSiu's « power to match the urmwl <tf flt.-irer Ing hope* The wh.de bo.dr of Revelation was written to quicken rhe souls of the dlst.ruiaged I' would do well to read this lx»uk afresh today SO much !» hap|M-nUig that is rvtnlnis. .-ut of first esutury persecution Many at n* will never fully understand the anguish of soul theieln portrayed, let us thank God fur that Whatever cause of melanr holy may be ours t.iday. whatever cause for dislonrsgemn", there I* nothing that can happen lo u* that will surpass the fiendish execra-

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tlona he»i>ed upon Christiana of the first century. They It were who*, homes were destroyed and who becaine sport io setkrte the ldr«al Inst of the Coliseum And lit that luhumau hour.they were exhoi'.d to remain fal'hful. a faithfulness hnpuusllde to the flesh bu' made possible and sustained by a vision of tb* majesty and power of the living Christ "Be 'him faithful Yet how quickly we lapse Into a comrnlserailng inood.and become especially enamored of a self satisfying pride of havfiig done oqr bit Now let others carry on "Be thou faithful?” Y'es. but km, ago we surrendered eternal tlgih-nce and loueiy has been the Hoose of U<>d while now we cringe uud tremble at nati mal paganism Let u* ivud thia book agahi. it h»» some thing Itnpor'ant for us "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give th.-' a crown o( life."

Empkiyet- of the Fort H'ayaq lrecal,r Truetion Company are gb.n i I a IP percent wage iaz reu.c. Irt Wagoner Annouucek as a can- . didate for county commts.iou. i Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE I Q Isn't It mote Importao' to have ■ happiness and harmony In the home than to lead a successful social life’ , A Yes A happy home comes .'first and tar above any social at- — I* mass—., a *.. am -w.a w —-.'w. —

■ V|n4*nt>«ic an 4 Mr* Bofent A Tait all wt«ea of R«mMi<u prr.iAenlml Bopafula Thru buat«n<i« I ar* Un Una a 0. P canmdat*

talnrueul. Johnson say*. "To be happy al home Is the- ultimata result of all ambition, the end ol which every euterpiise and lalxrr ' tends and of which every desire prompt, the proM-iuiM>| Q. I* the position of .ompaukm" in a household considered the same as a maid? A. No. A lumpaahrn is tonstder«d a» a nu-Nsiier ut the family. Q. Who should lx- the first pat son to plaw her napkin on the table, at a small dinner party? A. The bosles*.

GIRL SLXYER SKNOERS Crawfordsville Killer Escapes, Give* I’p After Four Hours Crawfordsville. Ind., March 12 <U.» — Thomas A Boys. 27 year old former Attica greenskeap.'! charged with the sex slaying of 1! year-old KlUabetJl Deßruleker at Attica last July, was held tn the city jail t.wlay preparatory to return to the thrice condrtnvd county jail from which he escaped for four s.-tfnt hours last night. Boys slugged jailer Harry Anderson with a broomstick, took the jail keys and fled out a side dour. He was known to have geme northward along the .M<>n«n rsllrowl track* and a widespread hunt. Including completo blockade of the Kentucky and Illinois borders was lin m.-d lately instituted Within four hours of bis flight, however. Boys knocked <m the door of the home of Mr and Mis. Ixinls Stanfoid. asked Stanford to call the police and said, "I've just come to myself." Police pk ked him up Immediately. He told them that he <ll.l not remember slußginx Anderaon n<»r did he remember the escape He said hla mind was an absolute blank for several bouta and that he had *lept for more than an hour In the bark yard of the Stan ford home before he surrendered. Several raxor blad.-s and a safety raxor were found on him Inside his shirt wa* a suicide note which said that he didn't intend to be taken alive and please notify hla wife ||«- said he had hidden the taxor blades In h!s shirt and had written the note several days ago when he war cuntrtuplatlng sul- < ide After tb<- escape' It was revealed that th.- jail was condemned three time* during the past several ' years by various state agencies as hazardous to the health and welfare of th.- community and that Gov M Clifford Townsend had written <<>unty authorities recommending that a n.-w building be, < oMtrueted. Th>- mutllat.-d laHly of Miss Is Brul. k< was found in a .iiid' ly dug grave- in a gravel washout at th.- <-<ig<> of llarrtauii Hills country <lub where Hoys formerly was em-1 ploy.-d. Lesa than 2i hours after the body was discovered by a hastily organised senrehtng party It,.ya was arrested and state puller saul

YOU CAN PLOW HILLSIDES [fORHWCIOM I I I fagusonSjsUni | • IV action of ibr lerguwai • brrl-IrM implrmml • on the tractor kre,- ibr front wheel* >in the gtxtod. Thu, |4»e tgr k'w « enter <A (relit), it why the urw Irartnr ran he o«ed teMy and ef*r irmly up steep grade*. Ihi. U only •me of the man) ■nttslandtna new prtnriplra of the lord Irartnr with Irvgwon B.atrm. li t no rvwuMiwnf, ► offv aWMWefic unit «/ me. he. ■tmd form epl/prmm See h in Wferetvwi |>>r yotrveif y.*i won't Iwlte.t t<mr eye.. ?, J) denmwtraU hr you, any lime. $CftC WT'«* »Mm Met JQJ tentmat, mtrtmroi uss. DIERKES Auto Parts Went Nultniitn Ate. Phone ;|»2 I » IT * M wmimn mrimuTi Q »wa a»«**r v*.——

Governor Proclaims March 17 to» As Conservation U eek teU>* *«**!■ .r u>. rut. .r t.«wa ,. tt . em.nM raws, .ra.rurtn «r »• ’ rwonw, u>. M ..t ' u.ir M.U.MS — us «OCM. taarms iw«wiu< • .u-—-.. M-a>nl mvtnt MM.snnM r.v -a, (■HleißtlM es wr. Uuw xce.or m.-.., ', ts«Ura MSMentuu... ... JMx.ct tr tt , _ «MMI .v«.ms*. .r r ■ Rs h•• T'wbpMj •pvewtr «f ♦ e IprifeßA, fem Vtnwe 9f Mie pvwr «m •jU'pih II •• ks tM '-•MtltaUo* bm Un, gfY, M P«r»t7 rrc <!!•!• <M swr «f bawt nun wioml mam nwanct m f«H«t f Wt» Bpme-. .•• eeUai M rl*«B U Mtzrvi nptcapr.s u ew-Bwrwttw' w»«r.« rz - vm* fvture «f etsr eo vrmr- rtnr, V..IWWU s' w • <n.w u v. vrtxw tw S««V IMI .f . . UM. Iseiw.. •< o. v.ui u Uj ,t mr.-. I, .r <m Urt. i-.w. »-W r< f .rvuu ( / A pr<M-lamatlon desigiistlu* March 1,-JJ ..« X. .| i Restoration and r'ou«‘ rvatlou Week" ttrroughoT I Imiu tn today by Governor M Clifford Townsend with . <t| kg attentiuii Im- given to the states natural reeoure.w ■! program dining that week.

he confessed to the slaying Later , the confession was repudiated I Roys was held at the Attica jail for a short time after his arrest but aas transferred to Covlngtou when a threatening < rowd gathered outside. Later he was muted I here. i . i HI M ■!■-■■! —— Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee Mustsrd Foot Bsth i ls>n t just sprinkle (be mustard . loosely into the water when prapar- , Inga foot bath fur a paUeut. it will

Public Sale Having decided to quit farming I will mH at Pubtk tion on the Sellemeyer farm 2'j miles South of Ihtgi Road No. 27, THURSDAY, MARCH llth Commencing at 10:0<» A. M I—HEAD OF HORSES—I Hay Mare. 12. wt. litre. Strand a good work- Iky g>.r I I IrfOtt, Sound, a Hood worker; Hay Horae. I.* » t' Sowad I I worker; Hay Horae 12, wt. 1300, Sound a e I S— HEAD OF CATTLE— 7 latr g. Holaleln Cow. 7, be freah April 21; Go* < * * •th ! April 27th 3 Heifer* craning yeailinge HOC* —mtwa farrow lit April; b ahoat* a FEED Alnrat 2 ton Mixed Hay. Some F*«ld — IMPLEMENTS - Hinder, 7 ft.; Wapou and HI ft Grain Hark K ay I'4* brill. Oliver Cylinder and traah bar aleel hay ! • torn planter, new. IHC riding tnlilvalui 011 « Foidetttt tractor and plow*. 2 walking breakma •• »*»e io »pfkt tooth harrow, double diac, mower, pla’f* •• •' aeta harneae. oi.P I* i, r w t olkuw, gae eng a . plow, ■mail toola and article, 100 awtnerinix Milk lltrane CgC; Some lluiteebuld GtiodTERMS Ca»h FRANK LAUTZENHEISEII.O« Roy S Ji.hiiroti Ate lloneer T. Sclileft teteln Clerk —^F ! k W\\\/CZ STAYING AT y J k HOTtl tt I ANTLERS cl at tewM deep in pleeteet, eeaUeted rapad WeedoU i end cotdtd yet eawUravre Krv.ce 1 Pecil*o >w ** - Moveawnce net leewdat tke etdtMry Uuf Tkt.tmt*** Ss. iphodid foam, ante Mppi*t at the Artlwtl'Lt ■or *'** yew aww dab. The Mendtaa Rama i, laieaapel < twc** pey«* cocktail loeop*. INDI A ILA POLIS MLRIDIANr^'. 7 SY CL*' l iHf RI * H ' CL “* = uiihhh *v m M \ HonttT V*” / I / T_ \X 200 ROOMS // S >

I I not di*voh> q 'yiU ■ I here to the »kin and t,intel dill the muntaid ;<> a mi tpbleypoon of ti i tarp to a of water |» ttit porflaa mI Rhineatont Pm, Tariu-h.d tbltotuae m hu< klea may la made t, la new if they a,< u.lowte t, •aaoline for ah .• fiftm g and then poh« .>| » th a I i cloth. Quicker VrtMd A quit k method to <np| era or dried bread i« t yao in a |Mprr i kai d r»i; •« a roll Ute pUI