Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1940 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Every Evening Excep' Sunday by TNI MCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Kuareß at the Decatur. Ind . Poet OMca M Secund Chat Matter I. H Heller President A * Holtbouee, iec'y A Bua Mgr. Mak D. Holier Pica-President Bubocrlption Ratso Hingis Copies 1 .01 Das week, by carrier —. .10 3m year, by carrier— 100 Dm month. by mall — >0 three mon lira, by mall..— 100 Bls month*. by mail. —— 1.71 Dae year by mall — 100 3ns year, at offks —- 100 Prices quoted are witbin a radiua of 100 miles Eleawhere |3 W one year. Advsrtla'.ng Rates made known on Application daUonal Ad ver. Representative BCMEEKER A Co. * Lea» .ton Avenue. New York •R East Wacker Drive Chicago L Cbirtcr Member of The Indiana League of Homs DalT.ee Have some money for n< at year's Christmas season. The proven method is to join a savings dub at your bank —O-0 The Good Fellow's fund is tnov-1 mg along. Add your lunti Ibution | now and keep up the enthusiasm tor this great cause —o Got that license to drive in I>4l I yet? ilow about your new plates?! The time is slipping along and it' you don i look alter It. the first ! thing you know you will be in the ruab. Right after Christmas we will! gel a load of politics as the leg!*-■ lature gets u..,er way and plans tor the inauguration ol new state o®< tai* ar* completed It will be ; inter* sting. O—O— Buy Christmas seals and use them. These with the health bonds create the fund with which local organizations tight tuberculosis. They have made great headway th. past quarter century and the oattie must continue. —o Let s make every kiddle m this community happy on Christmas day He may be poor but be believes in Ranta Claus and he feels that old Saint should remember him as well as the more fortunate. Let's nee that be isn't disappointed. Only mu* more shopping days. Needless to say. you will have to bustle. The easy way is to watch this pa|>er and make up your lists from the advertisements. It will save you time and assure you of the boat there is on the market al the fairest prices. —o This is the day wbeu those who are superstitious will be <aretul about starting things. It’s Friday, tbe thirteenth and supposed to be a spec-la I day for the witches and hoodooes. Os course it has nothing to do with your actions except as it affects your mind. —o The I>4l automobile license plates are good looking and you will want them on your car on New Years day. Fact is you will have to have them or take a long, long chance on being asked to explain it to a court. That's the law and the/ tail us there will be no extension ol time. —o Freeman Gosden, better known to tbe world as '‘Amos" of tbe Amos and Andy team, for years favorite* of the air. has been divorced by bis wife because be wouldn't talk and was sullen and morose. No indication of such traits were noticeable to bis audience of millions who have laughed al him for many years as be did hi. part daily with Andy.

We are used to hearlag about the government spending billions but few of us realised until totals were recently announced that we Americans carry a hundred seventeen billion dollars worth of life Insurance, Evidently we talk big figures because we have the cash , to make good on it. —o —o~ Good Will industries la making a campaign to secure clothing and furniture for the needy If you have some you can spate get in tomb with your church committees for that s the way this work Is being done In the community Os course it s worth while for you may have some articles that you don't need that will be a Gddseud to those who do. London and other cities of England ar.- to be rebuilt it is announced and plana to start the work as soon as the Nazi bombers quit dumping bombs on that country ceases, are already being made. That will probably take care of any unemployment prob.cm that might otherwise arise, tor a long time, if radio reports of tbe past several months are correct. —o Home Republican politicians ate I still evidently hopeful that by some I means they tan question the elec- ( j t:<>n of Henry Hchricker as gover- ' nor, take it to the legislature and | betause they have a majority in leach house, thus defeat the will ut ! the voters We don't believe It <an be done or will be and if it were, i would be the sorriest action ever | , taken by the leaders o. the party I u—Q Democrats favor the repeal of the | poll tax and in that will have th--upport of hundreds in every tomi-i . ty. It doesn't amount to so mu< h i in dollars and cent* but It would I be a great convenience not to have I | to bother with it. according to the, I opinion of many. Os course tbe otb-, er side of the story is that the 1 state and county will be deprived , of an in. ome that will have to bmade up in some way and the new I m.-thod may not be any easier than t the present. Font were killed and two others I terribly Injured when a <ar dash ! Ing along state highway twenty near LaGrange, attempted to go - ahead of tbe car in (rout and met up with a truck. It a a daily occurrence some where in this great land where •* rush at lull speed only to wait nervously for our ap pointmenu after we reach our destination. Driving car-fully and u>'l trying to break speed records 1* not only wise but almost necessary it we care to live. The state law plainly says that a pedestrian crossing tbe street with the green light has the right of way over the motorist making either a right or left turn. Also, that a pedestrian crossing a crosswalk where there is no traffic signal has the right of way over all cars or truck*. Not one motorist in a hundred obeys the law but usually tootc hl* horn, so he can violate ‘ the law. If the motorist injur ed the t pedestrian he would have no defense —New Castle Courier-Times. -0— ■ When a man biles a dog. that's ) news, according to an old adage r and figured by the same technique > when a man arrested for reckless I driving files an affidavit against t Hie constable for false arrest and , “atlt-ks" him. that* certainly news 1 too. It happened at Marlon where two constables "pinched’’ a driver who had beard of the practices and n wno made up bi* mind to test a j. new law that provide* that such an r. arrest cannot be made without a 1 warrant. The officers were fined t IM ZS by Judge Dickey of tbe k I Grand Superior court who oOfidew- ■ ned them for "arresting motorist* and sharing in the liuec r —O—O y John L DeVos*, well known Io c«l attorney who ha* bad charge

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I of the campaign to raise fund* for t fighting infantile paralysl* the ‘ . I pant two year*. ha* again been fc I named aud accepted the post. The d I drive culminate* January 3oth, the l>.*c»ideut • birthday, when ail over , th* .vuntry aotne kind of program > is given The organisation i» known i a> th* .X.tUonal Foundation To Fight Infantile Paralyaia. inc., aud . the millions thu« ralaed l» u»ed In ' i hundred* ot eiperitnenta with the i, hope that the dreaded diaeaae l why by the way. gained the peat •*>■■. t prtvented LAnswers To Test Questions Below are the answer* to the Teat Quest ion* printed on Page Two |l ♦ -! J. More than !<>*' mile*. 3. Raymond Point are. | 4. Reed Smoot. 5 More than StiO.ooo time*. I 6 Woodrow Wilson. i 7. Boston. S. Vice-President elect Henry I Wallace. ». The Thirteenth. Iv Bark. * TWENTY YEARS 1 AGO TODAY !»ec. 13 —<*lty now baa plenty of * oal and Superintendent Mylott | gives notice that consumers may I use all the lights they wish tor Christ ma* de* orations. Berne Electric Company in- , crease* rate* for electricity to 13 I cent* with minimum of 7 cent*. Not u single case ot flu ha* been | reported here this autumn. Mis* Fanny Heller visit* Mi»* j Marjorie Kunkle at Bluffton. John F. Lac-hot ot Fort Wayne j visits in Decatur. * * Modem Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q If a woman has a friend who liar a large hoiv<- and a maid wouldn’t it be all right to ask If atoe could make her a week-end visit? A. No. This would be presump- j tuou*. Q Should a dinner guest push hi* tchair back under the table when leaving it? A. Not unless II is necessary tor other* to walk by. Q I* it proper to u*e Mi** on an envelope, addressed to a girl twelve or fourteen year* of age? A. Ye*. '■■"■'■■'ll —'fr— —>■ .N5.,!.*..' »—* Household Scrapbook I By Roberta Lee Well Reliahed The dinu>* room furniture should be given a weekly rub-up with fur niture polish, even It some ot the . other room* are neglected There are almost always some finger mark* on the dining room turat-

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tare, particularly when there are I children In tbe home A weekly I pollehtng will work wonderr toward i keeping the furniture in good con-1 dit lon. House Plants The earth around house plants must be kept sweet or the plants! < annot thrive; nothing will do this I better than to work some coffee ground* Into the earth frequently Cleaning Tinware t om mon <oda Is one of tbe best cleansers of tinware. Dip a damp j cloth Into the soda, rub tbe tinware ' briskly, and wipe dry. RURAL CHURCHES ♦ ♦ Union Chapel United Brethren D L. Patterson, Minister Hunday School >.13 A. M Thur-j man Drew. supt. Mornhig Worship 10:0* A. M Christian Endeavor Adult, Hen-1 lor and Junior g:3<> P. M. Evening Service 7;H. Mid-week Prayer service Thursday 7:3# E. L. Krick class leader. Beulah Methodist Church James F. Lutsy, Mmistsr Chun h Hchool at > 30. Ed Arn-1 old. supt. Worship Service at lo 40. Herm<m by the pastor. Election of the ■ hurch school officers following. Mt. Pleasant Church School at >:3o. Everett Hmgleton. supt. No preaching service. —o ■ — Calvary Evangelical Church George 8 Unler. minister >3O a. m Sunday School W. L Johnson, superintendent. 10 30 a. m Prayer and praise

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I service. James Darr, leader. 10.30 a m. -Christian Endeavor. Mildred Hhifferly. president. 7 30 p m- Thuisday — Worship | service and sermon The quarterly • ointnunion service will feature the service. 1 ■ - - Church of God Tbe revival aervieem al the chunh of God continue each night .at 7 Jo. Rev. Bleiler has been speaking each night on subject* I whii h are vital to tbe salvation of ' soul*. Some have been saved from their sina and other* have been sanctified by a second definite work <>f grave In tbe baptism of the Holy Spirit. Tonight in the service Rev. Bleiler will speak on the subject I "The Bride of Christ; Who Is she? Where is she? How can we rrc-og-I nfze her when we see her?” The public- is most cordially InI vlted to attend the service* of this ' revival. The revival service* will I close with tbe service Hunday night when Rc-v Bleiler will apeak on the subject. "If a man die win he live- again?" A diagram will be us--1 ed In the presentation of this messI age. ■ < Sale Ih Reported Os Service Station Announcement was made today <rf tbe purchase of the service station. corner Second and Jackson, from James Ehtnger by Earl Siad er and Alden Babcock, employes of tbe station, known a* Jim's Service Station The station name will be changed to Texaco Star Station. g Freight train* operate two-tblrds fagter than In l>3o.

QUESTIONNAIRES I . >M l'A<i« OHM I Ml - Arthar FranNM WffWW. 341 Wilmer Blbersteln 143- Lawrence Edgar Hilton. Mg- Delbert IJonel Aagsburger. 341 Junior Floyd Ray 34« John A Mrhwart* 34? Mark Eugene 8> burger. 34* Ralph Herman Burke. 34* Elmer Meyer 330 Woodrow Woodruff Kelly 33? William Htauffer Glendentng (Questionnaire already returned ) PLAN BILLS ON COMTINUKD FKUM FAGK ONK er for thoee same eight yean, obI ject vehenently. In announcing . their Institutional proposal the G. O P Issued the following statement : "We will flnaly remove the penal. benevolent and charitable Institutions from political control and establish In those Institutions an employe service, the continuity of whl< h would be based on merit." They propose to re-establish tbe I four-men trustee boards on the old hast* and change tbelr names to |' board* of control." These board*. Republican* say. would be comprised of two member* of their party and two Democrat*. Their* would be tbe flnsl authority in the administration of Institutional affair* and the employment of ail peraonnel from superintendents and wardens to custodians. Instigators of (he bill however, are unable to predirt where the supervision of the control board* will lie since tbe Republicans are expected to Juggle the state patronage system by repealing the r*organization act. Vndoubtodly the authority will be given to tbe welfare board but It ha* not been de--1 termined which department will administer that division. All employes of tbe Institutions chosen by tbe control boards. Republican* contend, would be chosen for merit slid not for politics under their law. They propose to establish standard* each employe must meet by competitive examination*. Although Gov-elect Henry F. H< hritker and Thurman Gottschalk, member of the welfare board and director of the division of Institutions. have endorsed the merit sys-

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