Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1937 — Page 14

AUSTRIA GIVES WAR'S WOUNDED HOLIDAY GIFT Christmas Gifts Range From $1 To sl', Plus Pensions Vienna, Dec. 23 (ll.R) A. grateful fatherland will give Christmas nregents, varying between $4 and sls, to 60.000 Austrian World War invalids. Those who fought, suffered and were permanently disabled in the war ordinarily receive modest material compensation in Austria. A total of 21.951 men. whose earning capacity was decreased by less than 35 per cent are furnished medical treatment free. In addition to this treatmen. 14.876 veterans of 35 to 45 per cent disability, get a monthly pension Os $1.40 plus a Christmas bonus of $4 The claims of only 8.5 per cent of applicants for this category were recognized by authorities. The next category, comprising 9.386 veterans with a disability rating between 45 and 55 per cent, gets $3 60 a month and $6 for' Christmas. Six per cent of claims presented in this category were recognized as valid. $6 Pension. $8 Bonus There are 9.386 veterans, or 3.5 per cent of applicants for the category of disabled between 55 and 65 per cent, who receive a monthly pension of $6 and $8 at Christmas In the next class, comprising disabled between 65 and 75 per cent. 7,577 were accepted. These men receive sl4 40 a month and $lO at Christmas. Those considered as disabled be tween 75 and 100 per cent total 5.829. They receive $25.20 monthly, plus $1? as a Christmas present. The 815 invalids, considered as utterly helpless, receive $26.40 monthly, and 338 blind, who are in | need of a guide, receive $39.60 a month. Support For Children For each child, supported by a disabled father, the pension increases by 10 per cent, and the Christmas bonus by 80 cents. The number of such cases has. of course, become negligible by now. The total expenses for children sup-1 plements during the last year was

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only slightly more than $13,000. The 9,829 widows, 14.146 orphans land 12.952 parents of soldiers, who' fell In the war or died subsequenti ly of injuries, sustained in the war 1 receive $3 monthly and $4 at Christi mas A total of 1.139 orphans and 2.782 parents are paid $6 monthly and are given $6 at Christinas. There are 20.024 widows who re- ' ceive $8.40 monthly and $6 as a , > Christmas bonus Only 681 willows reach the maximum of sl3 20 a , month and $8 as Christmas renninI eration. According to the federal office of statistics, the minimum cost of i living per capita is SIB.BO monthly. That the invalids and their fami-' lies should be granted this level is j the aim of war veterans' and war I i invalids' organizations in this i country. —o Family Budgets. Studied London —(UP)— A comprehensive confidential inquiry into Brit- > ish family budgets, designed to supply new cost of living index figures for families with incomes of less than $1,250 yearly, has been started by the Ministery of Labor. The Ministry will sipend approximately $200,000 in search for the informaII lon. o New Phones Carry Germs London —(UP) — New hand mi- . crophones in public telephone boxes are more likely to harbor germs and cause infection than the oldfashioned telephones with separate receivers. This is the result of an investigation of public telephones in Edinburgh reported in the Lancet by Dr. J. T. Smeall. Jurors Trade Recipes Ballston Spa. N. Y. (U.R) — Five women and seven men formed a I jury in Saratoga County court. I | One day the women were seen in i dustriously conversing with Frank Laquidara. a co-juror, prior to; I convening of court. It was a very serious conversation—as the women were getting Laquidara's recipe for Italian spaghetti. o Customs Men Wear Kid Gloves London — (UP) — Five thousand l British customs officers belonging to the “waterguard” section which ■ examines ships arriving are to wear kid gloves on duty. An epidemic of dermatitis of the hands, spreading among them is ascribed to search- i . ing the insanitary belongings of c foreign seamen and low-grade pas- I ■ sengens. <

Top Radio Clowns Poker-Faced |Stoopnagle and Huddj ~~~ It— I J ' 4HI I >,irl '- Butt, r>,..rlh~| ./ OiTW j. liiil W, , v llfk 1® I r. ■! \tl. Possibly the most characteristic common feature of radio's leading comics today is their unvaryingly somber expressions. For some reason, those clowns of the airwaves with poker-faces—those who crack a joke without the slightest gesture of mirth —are the ones favored by dialers. Charles Butterworth, Stoopnagle and Budd, Fred Allen and Jack Benny invariably go through their routines with a frozen face which never reflects the gaiety of the audience. Gracie Allen is the only exception. She laughs at her own jokes and registers all manner of expressions. But it’s the sour-puss who is tops for the most part.

Deaf Nuns Mark Date Montreal. —<U.R> —Deaf mute nuns celebrated the founding of their order, the Petites Soeurs de Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs, here recently.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1937.

Hogs Make Long Journey Norwalk. O. —<U.R> —Seven Poland China hogs bred by J. K. Hackett. Norwalk township farmer, are enroute to a buyer in Caracas. Venezuela, South America.

A Christ mas Reconciliation i </<fk|V He,en Waterman*, MARY and John had quarreled—just before Christmas, too. The Christmas candy had burned, and then, in the excitement, each had blamed the other, making cruel retorts, until Mary fled to her bedroom in tears and John stalked off in the snowy night. The Christmas candle beamed a welcome from the window as John started around the block again. He was cold, and sorry, but he mustn’t go in too soon. The tree, the holly, their little girl asleep in her crib and dreaming of Santa Claus —all were a mockery. Mary went into the living room and snapped on the radio, looking for a jazz band and forgetfulness. Instead there came the strains of “Silent Night”—“peace on earth, good will to men.” —“God bless us, every one”—"may nothing you dismay.” Wasn't there anything on except Christmas programs? A click brought back the silence. She opened the front door. Next time she would ask John to come in. Tell him she was sorry. Now that she stopped to think, she knew that he was sorry, too. Why let a few excited words that neither of them meant spoil their Christmas? But John did not come. It was too cold to stand at the door any longer, but she sat at the window, with the curtain drawn aside, watching for him. An hour went by. When at last she saw him coming the relief almost choked her. He was striding rapidly, carrying some'i EBS thing in his arms. She opened the door for him and he handed his burden to her. “Here, Mary, hold him. Careful, now. His leg's hurt. I’ll get a box and we ll fix a bed.” Mary looked down at the warm bundle. It was a furry puppy. One leg was in splints. The puppy whimpered a little and licked her hand. "But, John, where did you get him?” “Accident. Over on Linden. Fell out of a passing car. I took him to a vet and had him fixed up. Thought he'd make a cute pet for Alice —” He stopped his- work and straightened up. “I'm awfully sorry, Mary. I was a fool.” "It was my fault, John.” Their eyes met in perfect understanding. How silly to quarrel. The silence was a more impressive reconciliation than words. Mary broke it nervously, for fear she would cry again. “There are some clean rags in that drawer. And we ought to get him something to eat. He can have this old bowl for his dish.” She worked with one hand, cuddling the puppy. "Won't Alice be surprised? And what shall we name him?” "Ought to have some connection with Christmas eve. don’t you think? How about Scrooge, or Marlow?" "Oh, no!” "Good King Wenceslaus?” "Such names for a poor innocent puppy! Maybe we had better see what Alice wants to call him in the morning.” She put the puppy down with a saucer of warm milk. John came and put his arm around her, and they stood close together watch- • ing their pet lap greedily. "We ought to call him Peacemaker, honey,” said John. "If it hadn’t been for him, I might have still been out there in the snow.” "Oh, John!” She held him close. "Weren’t we silly? I was so worried when you didn't come. If anything had happened to you I could never have forgiven myself.” "Felt pretty rotten myself. Not my idea of the best way to spend Christmas eve.” "Os course! I forgot! We have so much left to do! The tree, and Alice’s doll must be unpacked, and her stocking filled. What time is it?” He looked at his watch. “Almost midnight.” “Not really!” He nodded, and put his watch on the table. “Here, pooch,” he said, “it’s bedtime for you.” He lifted the puppy into its bed, and turned back to his wife. "And as for you, milady,” he said, "in about ten seconds I want a kiss for Christmas, and then we’re going to pitch in together and clean up this mess, and trim the tree, and maybe even chance another batch of candy. OK? Then, it’s time, darling, to say Merry, Merry Christmas.” £ Western Newspaper Union.

. Christmas I Awakening I I Katherine Edelman 44'1'X TITH Christmas drawing \A/ near, why can’t we get ' ’ together and make plans—” Robert Dutton read no further. With calm deliberation, he put the heavily scrawled letter back into its envelope. "Always the impractical Hal.” he said slowly. "No wonder he never gets anywhere.” A list of appointments waited upon his desk. Visits from two of the most important men in town; a delegation about a right-of-way through a tract of land he had just purchased: a reminder of a talk he had promised to make at a luncheon. Important things, he thought, things Hal would never be called upon to do. Hastily he went through his mail. ■ A square envelope in a familiar hand caught his eye. He opened it a little curiously. What could Miss Denby be writing him about? His I long fingers drew out an artistic Christmas card. A conservative wish and an old Christmas carol printed in English letters. That was all, except the signature, "Eleanor Denby.” • A flush stained his face, an un-1 definable something sent the blood singing through his veins. "Elea-1 nor,” he said softly; “a beautiful name; how queer that I never heard it before.” Then, as if resenting his weak-; ness and sentiment, he dug into his mail again. But try as he would, he could not concentrate on the things that had meant every- j thing to him before. Something had happened to Robert Dutton; a Christmas greeting from a secretary whom he had scarcely noticed left him visibly unsettled. Christmas memories surged through his heart. He was back in the old home again. Everybody was rushing around in circles. He saw the big tree in the comer of the parlor; the kitchen table piled high with good things to eat. And Mother and Dad, with happiness beaming upon their faces. He picked up Hal’s letter again. After all, maybe his kid brother wasn’t so crazy? The thought was pushing through his mind that maybe it was he who lacked real sense. "We’re Going to Forget Business for Today,” He Said. This time he read the letter in a different mood. "Let’s give Dad and Mother the surprise of their lives. Let’s go down and make one grand Christmas for them. You can turn everything over to someone else for a week—anyone can handle things like that—there’s nothing personal or precious about them.” "Nothing personal or precious about them!” He turned the words over in his mind. Hal was right. Someone else could handle the j things that had seemed so terribly important. A few hours of confusion. perhaps; then things would go on as before. The world would forget him in a day. His fingers reached for the pen upon his desk. "Dear Hal,” he began, “I heartily agree with your proposal that we get together and make plans to give Dad and Mother the biggest surprise and the grandest Christmas ever —” He was smiling broadly, almost laughing aloud, as he finished the letter with a flourish. Five minutes later Miss Denby entered his private office to find a new Robert Dutton. She almost dropped her book in surprise at the expression upon his face, and the new way in which he greeted her. “I’m ready to begin, Mr. Dutton,” she began nervously, when he made no motion to start the routine of the day. “We’re going to forget business for today, Miss Denby, and go Christmas shopping, that is, if you want to help me out.” He fumbled with his tie as he spoke, noticing for the first time the soft curving of her white neck. “Your Christmas card,” he went on “wrought some miracle. I’ve found out that business and making money isn’t everything in life. They're both fine in their way, but there are other things, too; precious things that I’ve been overlooking.” He came closer to her side and looked hard into her eyes. "For instance, going shopping with a good-looking and adorable secretary.” © Western Newspaper Union.

*V I , GREETINGS TO HU | that we find it hard to do it o I ... we could get lyrical, | humorous or dramatic-bat ik I best way after a11...is 0.,. ' I old fashioned Merry Christina" F LANKENAU'SI -2.. — I GREETING S Id ALL At this glorious season, the time of peace and good will, good cheer and good fellowship, we wish you the best Christmas you ever had, the best of health, happiness and prosperity, now and in the future. PUMPHREY JEWELRY SW (Wife To you we send a cheery holiday , greeting and express the hope that our paths will meet otten in 1938. We offer greetings and good wishes to all our friends and hope that your Christmas will be a hap- , py one. GREEN SEASONS GREETINGS All the best for you and yours is our s ‘ nce J, a( jy Our present has al been received - • • > fine patronage all J and during the sh ° pp season has ma(^. m \ c . py at Christmas timecept our thanks with our greeting. ■ — *' appelmTnFs grocer