Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1942 — Page 3

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IS THEME bytersan AID society -»f the Thursday gM *. .■ A .'hirty o'clock for ' 'he *ub;>-; > for iSt'. «••■ •"■ 10 " id,-r a ’"' ■, i-.in.-s-* ,«nd rotig^B" ,j \ ■ A. r i ondut <•-<! th*9HL',. j' I ' "1 a Portion of ~3g \ . •:*•«! to the aub■V VltH Low* r thi n gBF ,- of boy* from |H' imber of o'hcre ■Bg* rJ » .*• < hurch who a e ■S'.". ■,l State* a-rvice. wa-. read, 'here . nutew of silence g^E, :i< each member person. gH I were as followr Frising|g I.trn*-* t'iir.atcn; -sKaM'-- Richard Mose*; |gK \r . Ji: Jay Al'on; Wilggi,-. ■« >■■ >’ F- c - J,,hn MeBK- u . Magley; Captain ■■ Thomas Haubold: 9H . ..My and Pit 11.-n. sHii ancle. MB ' tbe imp:* *siv*■K-. oh*-* We.-e invited «£■ '<l by the gM.- ' ,!s - John 11,1 W-*y hftigland, Mrs Kuby Dutkiti and Kocher. gK, ; 'll and tables w.•■ ;■ 3 ■ 'lowers ■■-. arrangement .>' Bflowers ,n> lad ggKp -. . table at which gg A -«id**d Sill.ill flags -■ >! hour, the society until JK IRENAEUS GASE MMrfSS TO STUDY CLUB BM* Gast* was ho-te-s HK- ' • '-f her dl“cu«-,on ffigg ■>. l.idy of Victory, a- het Ind ■ street las *-v.-n- --.. tiK opened tn -he - with prayer and ell call by namlnit i * of penance, prom fIM-' ' ' ,'l-ai t. beatification IBB 1 ' ,n genera! Judgmen f; ■menu Ilion Evangelical and .ml Reformed Church J Cafeteria Supper ||9 Uturda/—5 tn 7 p. m. Fried Chicken Chicken with biscuits Potatoes Gravy jig' 1 Baked Beans Corn Cottage Cheese Apples Salad Kg *'• — Cake — Coffee

G«t this 50c size of $4 00 on ounce H; B Coro Nome Perfume ond a 25c size of $2.00 per box Cara Nome Face Powder Treat yourarlf to thia remarkably * C C * 1Y °* alow priced trial offer of the»e famous Cara Nome Product.. Once you try them you will use them /'•f always. Hurry! they'll go fast. r B. J. Smith Drug Co. |Hg a ■ »■WaMll's * ■•■•■■■• * * ■ • ' H The Hit of the Season! Hundreds of J 5 new arrivals unpacked today I DRESSES i I 5 Nellie Don’s ♦ Carole King, Juniors ■ J® »r»a 12 to 14 • 1017 . ® 5 and Minx Modes. Juniors ■ •lira • to 17 ■ ■ So clever and attractive they will B F take your breath away. I Newest styles and colors in the popular summer materials. I Come in tomorrow and try several J on. Prices are attractive. IE. F. GASS STORE i

. blessings on the airplane; the 1 mass. Miss Rose Stelgmcye,-, chair- ' man of the evening, read an article. i "The First Colored Wedding." The July meeting will be held • Sunday. July 19. and will be a pic-1 i nle for members and their families. ' The next regular meeting will be held in August with Mrs. (".arence . Heimann. The meeting closed with prayer • followed with a social hour Guests present other than members IncludI «d Mlmi Dorothy Lafontaln- Miss Virginia Borns and Mrs. Charles J. Miller. ECONOMICS CLUB TO HAVE A WHITE ELEPHANT SALE The Boot township home economies club will meet In the Moni mouth school Tuesday afternoon i with Mrs. E. S. Christen and Mrs. • Lee Fleming as the hostesses. A lesson from the Purdue extension service will be given All members are reminded tnat a • white elephant sale will lie held at this time and all urged to attend and patronize the sale as the pro- • ■ ceeds will be spent for bouds. , LEADERS MEETING IS WELL ATTENDED All leaders of the Adams county home economics clubs, together ' with the county officers, with the I exception of one leader, were pres--1 ent for the meeting which was ■ hid Thursday in the Junior-senior high school building. I Mrs. E. W. Busche, president, called the meeting to order at nine- ' thirty o'clock and presided. After i the routine- opening, an interesting ' lesson on "Vegetable Cooke, y" was ■ | presented by Miss Virginia Berry. • Purdue specialist. Miss Berry told I of the need for vegetables In the II diet and demonstrated ways of prei j paring them County agent J., E. -Arihbokl ’ stressed the Importance of the scrap rubber drive. Several leaflets were distributed containing new recipes. A pot luck dinner was served at noon to the i leaders, officers and a number of guests. The Civic Section of the Wit- • man’s club will have the closing I meeting in the form of a picnic j > supper in the Boy Scout shelter house at Hanna-Nuttmaa park ■ Tuesday evening at six o'clock. ■ Each member is to bring her own table service and sugar. All who cannot attend are asked to call 1 Mrs. Don Lutes The St. Paul ladles’ aid society will meet at the home of Mrs. Floyd Smltley Thursday for an ail day session. A good attendance is desired A combined Children’s Day pro: gram will he given Sunday evening at eight p. m. at the Peasant Mills Methodist church by the children of the Baptist and Metho dist churches there. The program will Include songs, recitations and . drills. The general public is invited to attendMeml>ers of the Wesley class of the Methodist church and their fa-

CLUB CALENDAR •oclsty Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Friday Golden Rule Class of St. Paul’s Sunday School. Mr. and Mrs. John Hindenlang, 7:J(I p. m Philathae Class, 421 North Second Street, Mrs. Dale Une, 7:30 i p- m. Red Cross Production Center, American Legion Home. 1 to 4:30 KumJoin-t's Class, Dr. and Mrs. Ray Stingely. 7:30 p. m.| Girl Scout Troop No 3, Meet at Junior-Senior High School, 3:30 p. m. Phoebe Bible Class, Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church. 7:45 p. m. Saturday Zion Evangelical and Reformed i Cafeteria Supper, Church, 5-7 p. m. Monday Pythian Sisters Temple Meeting, K. of P. Home, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Root Township Home Economics Club Meeting and White El* phant Sale, Monmouth School, 1:30 p. m. Civic Section Picnic Supper, Hanna-Nuttman Park, 6 p m. Church Mothers Study Club, Mei thodist Church. 2:30 p.. m. Wednesday Red Cross Sewing Project, Legton Home, 1 to 4 p. m. Thursday 1 St. Paul Ladles' Aid Society, Mrs. Floyd Smltley, All Day Meetmllles enjoyed a picnic at HannaNuttman park In the shelter house Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. N Wicks were guests at the picnic. After a social evening, the group adjourned until Sep'cmber. CLUB ENJOYS SUPPER PARTY Mrs. Roy Kalver delightfully entertained the members of her bridge club last evening and a number of guests at her home on Fourth street. Guests other than members were Mrs. Frederic Schafer and her sister, Mrs. Dick Shaw of Shelby. Ohio and Mrs. Palmer Eicher. A lovely two course supper was served at seven o'clock, with the dining table centered with an attractive arrangement of garden flowers. After supper, tables were formed for bridge. Following three sets of six hands each, prizes were awarded to Mrs. Ward Calland for the club and Mrs- Schafer for the guests. The club will meet in tw > weeks at the home of Mrs. Paul Ssuer at the Homestead. HAPPY HOME MAKERS CLUB MEETING HELD Mrs. Rene Brandt was hostess ' to the Happy Home Makers club recently with fifteen members and ' three visitors In attendance. The president. Mrs. Freeman Walters, SOFT. SLIM FROCK I NV ’ • hL' :/l r ' /rTlg/r' )-WrA i MA •] / - IM KI t i M lß®\/?l? IKT /j, \ / fl A H \ L * lx Marian Martin Pattern »oH may be ordered only In women s/ises 34. 3». 40. 4-. 44. IM and 44- »*«* J< rw > I,lre * ** yards 3» Inch fabric. Bend FIFTEEN CENTS (pin* ONE CENT to cover cost of twil . f nr t hi* Marian Mi-rtln PntfOrße St " « writ, plainly y«r SIZE. NAME. ADDRESS .nd STTLE NUMBERto oar new Summer IH3 Pattora off duty- »* r co*'* )Mt TE * C WMywar order to Dwatwr Dally Departmeat. MP

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Gets PFC PFC I-ewls Murphy. Jr., son of Lewis Murphy of neat Decatur, enlisted in the t . ft. Marine Corps on January HI 1942. ll* recently was advanced to th* first class private rank. He Is a former Mon mouth high school athlete called the meeting to ord-r and presided “America the Beautiful’’ was sfing following which Mrs. Everett Rice gave the Interesting story. "The Jxrst Sister," which is a true story of Frances Slocum, who was stolen by the Indians. The story was written by Otho Winger. Mrs. Sheldon Wagley was welcomed as a new member. Roll call was answered with a dea.riptlon of members' wedding dresses. Guests present other than members included Mrs. Jesse 8?l1s of Grand Rapids. Mich, Mrs. Glen Workinger and Mrs. Dearn. Birthday offerings were given by Mrs. Von Reber and Mrs. Wilbur Stanley. Lovely refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Rufus Sommers. The Church Mothers study club will have the regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the Methodist church. NAZIS STEP UP (Continued From Page I) son and its civilians sent word to Moscow that they have taken an oath to "die to the last soul" rather than surrender their city. The situation was grave, but far from hopeless. Across the bomb and shell-pocked approaches to Sevastopol the Germans still attacked. The Russians crushed assault after assault and fresh German corpses joined hundreds that had been rotting for two weeks. o ■ —- NAZIS AND REDS (Coatlnu»t V’ •" i'■»«• It foreign repreacntatlveo joln et' members of the supreme Soviet In cheering their ratification of the Russo-British treaty which Molotov negotiated at Ixmdon. It was the first meeting of the supreme Soviet and the council of nationalities, which make up the Russian parliament, alnce March. 1941. thre,- months before Germany attacked tbe Soviet union. Especially cheered were his references to the agreement by the three allied governments on tbe urgent task of creating a second front. “This statement Is of great Importance to the people of the Soviet union elnce the creation of a second front in Europe will create insui»erab!e d!S< ultlca for Hitler’s armies on our front. "Ix-t us hope that our common enemy will soon experience to his coat the results of the ever grow Ing military collaboration of the three great powers." (Thin was the official version. The I’nited Press MOSCOW correspondent quoted Molotov that he hoped the common enemy would soon feel the blows "on its own skin.”) ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bultemeler of route 2 are tbe parents of a baby son. born at the residence this morning at nlns o'clock. He weighed eight and one-half pounds. ■ i t u ■iil w rgrpTry IBILL BTAVtNIK Monros I TWs omHam as eswsosy and asdi bswwrdsd osmo aErtSiflkEKpKßr

K in 1)1 Pvt. Wayne Fox has returned to, Fredericksburg. Va„ after a five day furlough here visiting friend* and relative*. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hakes have received word from their eldest son. Pvt. Harold Hakes, stating that he is now stationed with the j U. 8. army at Fort Lewis. Washington. Word has been received here, giving the address of Cadet Paul Bernard Schmitz as A. F. C. C., i Sqd 8.. Pre-Flight School. San Antonio. Texas. P. F. C Bob Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Keller, of West Monroe street, has been given a new assignment. It has been learned here. Hi* addr«>ss has been changed from March Field to care of Postmaster, Can Francisco. Calif. Pvt. l-oul* Bleoke and Pvt. Robert Meyer*, stationed at Fort Benning. Ga. are expected home this weekend on furloughs. PERSONALS Mrs. Marie Doßolt, deputy county clerk. Is track at her duties in the county courthouse after several days’ Illness. Miss Alda Allweln of Cleveland and her nephew Dick Shaw of Shelby will arrive here Satuiday for a weekend visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. Mell Wertzberger and Mis* Nona Turner of Rochester will arrive here tomorrow to Im- the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Shroll at their home on Rugg street. Mrs. Kd Musser of Angola I* visiting her mother. Mr*. Homer Ruhl of 1039 Vine street. Mr. and Mrs Frank Braun of 315 Jackson street have purchased one of the new brick houses recently constructed by Phil Sauer on Nuttman avenue. Mrs. Homer Ruhl. Mrs. William Kohls, Mrs Fred King and sou. Dick and Mis* Phyllis Kraft motored to Fort Wayne last evening where they heard 15 year old Juck Ruhl, a nephew of Mrs. Homer Ruhl, give a piano concert. The concert was held In the West Creighton Christian church. Mrs. Garth Woodward of CraigVille was a business visitor here yesterday. Major and Mrs Bryce Thoma*, who have had their residence in Watertown. New York for the past two years, where the form*-,- has been stationed at Pine Camp, are packed and ready to leave for Georgia Mrs. Thomas and her two sons will live near Columbus and Americus. Georgia, while Major Thomas will be stationed at Fort Benning. Mrs. L. J Passwater of Willshire, Ohio shopped here yesterday. Mrs Ijydia Mertz. Mrs. Ledn Merahbergnr and daughter Connie Kay and Mrs. C. A. Amstutz ot Linn Grove were among Thursday's Decatur callers. Mr*. John Sygar and son John Shaw returned from Cnicago where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. David Sanger W. R. Barr of Bluffton attended the meeting of tbe Decatur Rotary ■ club Thursday evening. Fred V Mills was a Fort Wayne visitor this noon. Living Conditions Improved Under FHA Indianapolis. June IS —(UP)—, Thousands of Indiana families are happier now than eight years ago I because of the better living condi tlons which resulted from .he fed eral bousing administration R Earl; Peters. Indiana director, said today on tbe FHA’s Sth anniversary. Home financing arrangements are daily proving mere sound and encouraging as tbe result ot eight * years of FHA work and planning. Peters said. Through FHA. build Ing has advanced in tbe nation. from M.OM single family home. In 1»» to a substantia! volume of more than half a million homes: last year, be added a Oil Stove Explosion Damages Form Home An oil stove explosion at the Noah X. Schwarts borne near Mon roe late Tharaday evening resnlt ed la injuries to one person aad daarage to tbe Schwartz home Mrs , (Schwarts aged about 34. who was standing near tbe stove when Iti barat Into flameo wm baraod oboe tbe face and brad and bar hair was partly burned away. She was not seeioasly baraod. <

THE NATION'S GOAL for 1942 ★ ★ ♦ 60,000 Fijhting Planes 45,000 Roaring Tanks 20,000 Antiaircraft Guns 5,000,000 Tom of Shipping YOU can help make tbe President's words come true! Your dollars saved in IL S. War Savings Bonds and Stamps are needed to buy these instruments of victory. Join vour company’s Pay-Roll Savings Plan. Invest in Victory every pay day. Act now! j however, and did not require hospitalization Damage to th** home was estimated at about JSU cr ICO. William Ehraam, deputy coumy . i surveyof. noticed the smoke *-olllng ‘ from the house and drove to Mon- ; j roe a distance of about a mlie to turn in the alarm. Th»- Monroe de- : : partment answered the call. Q Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted: Helen Oeimer, route 5 - Dismissed: Mrs Josephine Witt J wer. Berne; Mrs. Elizabe'h Lammert. RR Decatur. Q WPB Head Declares Confidence In Reed Washington. June 19 — <l’P>— | War production board chairman Donald Nelson today declared his "full confidence" In Philip Reed, chief of the bureau of industry branches of the WBB. and Mid he | hoped Reed "will continue Ills valuable assistance to the wa r effort as long as he can do so." Nelson defended his 11 a year J aide in a formal statement issued after a member of the senate committee investigating the war program — which yesterday -issalled Reed in slowness in converting industry into war production said yesterday he expected Reed to re-1 sign. o Generous Gesture From Mayor Westbrook. Me.-(l'P) Selectees I who go into the army from Westbrook have Mayor H. Ordway Fur ! hlsh’s permission to wire him collect—for money If they find it hard ' to get along on 421 a month ■1..!!.. .Ill— _ , ~ ENJOY COFFEE~I DON'T WASTE IT! ■ Drink 3 cups instead of 4so your neighbor may share the available supply of coffee. Buy only one package at a time —make just enough, not one cup extra. fm ziNfg, ratSMia navo* IN vou> cue Os corail - MHO 4 MIIIOW • Eight O'clock •ICH & full 4001(0 • Red Circle viGoacus & wiNtr •Bokar A&P FOOD STORES Aawrica't tors**' l*M»eOvr« looitvn sed Utv'ei s) Fira CMev . N - iMf Si > fa* AU-WItPOSE Nsm and Hack sa newapspsg ■MbbPCI co<* oi srxaag bad wewd at bow famwa, railing, -ora gsfcj bard swrthcs* Vasam 1 Kohne Drug Store

Seek Agreement On Postwar Tax Refund Washington. June 19 —tl'P) — The hou«e ways and means committee, while agreed "In principle" that corporations should be granted a postwar refund on taxes being paid now. wax unable to agree in a two-hour meeting today on a specific provision to carry out that principle. Committee chairman Robert i Doughton. D.. North Ca . said merely that the committee had not I yet reached agreement as he left the committee room. Pressed by ■ reporters, he declined to predict 1 whether the committee would be'

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able to draft a xatixfactory elaua** in time to include it in the 1*42 war revenue bill now being drawn up. o 1— Trade In a Good Town — Decatnr >»Tg raiim ditfmt et Female Weakness ANO HELP BUILD UP RED BLOOD! Lydia E. Pinxham’t TABLETS * with added iron* have helped thouianda of girl* to relieve lut>ctional monthly pain and weak feelings. Pinktiam s Tablets ALSO help build up red blood and thus aid in promoting more strength. Made etpectalib for women Fol-