Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1941 — Page 6

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FIRE DESTROYS ACKER FACTORY Fort Wayne Factory Destroyed By Fire Wednesday Niicht Fort Wayve. Ind , April 3 lUPI Fir*. which for an hour threatan«d th* truth plant nd th* Tr»a*x> oil company hen. J«* nigh' destroyed th* plant of Achw eement product*. Official* of th* Acker company estimated th* lose at llO'Mhi The fh* department immediately ordered an investigation into possible origin of the blaae. The fir*, discovered about 10 o’clock, quickly spread through th* cement phot feed by a stroM e*»t ; wind, but the wmd kept th* flam** away from th* bulk plant a hundred f«ei away. Firemen bitched a truck 'o an empty raaol'ne tank rar and nulled it out of th* flame* Russell Aekar. of thia city. l« a i stockholder la th* company He 1 formerly operated the Fort Wayne plant, but returned h*r* to aaaht Tired Kidneys Often Bring Sleepless Nights I wro-i* asr ynur Udaeve «>MHa IS t»Ja» W nay ' ut«* to Mim ebe* Mto t.> pur.f» lb. ami *—» re* krnkky Wto* Ibey a* lead sad dual work n*bc to Ike da>iuna. ■.aay t**°*l* hereto get a* a«bta. Ire.ieM ar aeaaly rename ntto amnia* ami t-ura.au a..n«iu,aa at.-raa «> »ra to tomaehir* »e-ng •uh car hatoan to bladdto tka I aaalei tli* readme* tad la* »atoabto. raatlul j—t • to* darelav <d krdaar tsartio* eareula ***** a.al’to Io re.aU la f >vf Hod. rt RcM* mqh* fhoMMlio I raraa. leg toaclaa <d pre aad aaary, awpuiNß. iMbseQF tu4 fywh. Duel aa.lt Aak your dnaulM he Onaa i Mb. wail ire-real ally by nuiuora Ito o»w «| raw* They sire barer r»IW aad ail toto Ito I* *>daa <d Iton Ulla. Sato M Batonaw *aala Irtoß yr Shod. Ost Paaa • Nto.

> CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Harter? Sir Hector McAllister Bite one capacious peetet of Despite Sir John Meredith’s as- c ‘" J°“ <•« «• “ •"> J®" *”£, pu J‘rL o ?! suranX- to the Scotland Yard man w '«*- »P that ha would be with Sir Hector at wh 7* )ro “ “? ,aß< * ? , i 2. ten thirty, it was not untd nearly • «P‘ d ‘Mculat.oa noon that h* raachMi th* houaa in and added, by night. weimar snatch-d it .r m h ha, de, Pont Street “Just hold on a moment. Sir Hee- erumpled it into a ball and, lowerw.ii« .Li »•*. M<l H> flnd ottt 1 d<m, t think mg the window, threw it out on to * , and “Tu c uT-V* <me ? there la, mind you." A moment the line. rf»*L h latw - “Sir Hector ~ . Sorry but “Dummkopff Do you think ha hit he* eon.KtXt k Mew's no landing field within would not rscognise a German ..1 . LjJ ij-5 «»»en- Bil— of the p (||C , w hero you could paper when be H« one?" « ..u <to •nythinr of the kind. Might The other’s eyes between the MeAihltoe ”* * alone ’ ** ld manage it in daylight Your only bandages looked suiisn aa ha rw■caui ter. hope would be a sea plane or a Used into hia corner. “J d —?? '"tend to," aaid Mera- flying-boat if you want to get aa Three carriages to the roar of dith. "Thia la not a one-man show." f ar M Wiek." them. Siegfried Kloffer gat in a He turned to Bradford and aaid, “A flying-boat." echoed McAHia- corner of a first-class compartment ■Have you had any report about ter. "Look here, Harter. Feliastewa The eyes in the dead white fuse • is the nearest base, isn’t it? . . . were closed but he was not sleepTbe inspector nodded gloomily. Weil, will you ask Grant for me, if ing. He felt, indeed, as though he "Yes," he said. "It's not too good, I may hare the use of a flying-boat had not slept for a week, as though I’m afraid, Meredith." and also if it could be standing by he would never sleep again ... he John fait a eold feeling at the pit ready to take off in about two was tense as though bracing himof his stomach as he repeated hours?" self to meet sudden pain of which steadily, "Not too good?" There was a few minutes’ silence bo had forewarning. “W.'e. a. k...>» —— on the telephone and then Mr Allis- The monotonous roll and eliek of noeta thLLa m. ter »» ld »nto the mouthpiece, the wheels make a never-ending .7 . TT!? 7.77! “Thanks a lot" He hong up and refrain: "Adelheid, Adol-heW, I see. Mid Meredith. He was turned to where Sir John was study- Adc.’-hrid," until that beloved name, J*?”* 11 * or two: toes* ing the map, “All right, Meredith, going round and round in his brain, declared. All the more reason for if, arranged." drove him to the point of madness. ** to go north and the sooner the “Good,” said John still busy with “Adelheid!" be gasped Hke a _* , r ' By . ,he . w * jr ' hl » m *P “Hailey, can you arrange man emerging after struggling went on glancing at the Special to u the chief con- long In deep waters. P™ <_.T"Li rnf . tMo ** •UWo of Caithness and have a Fortunately. Siegfried had the !o: ‘ s ’u ‘ to P°“* • dosen picked men. In compartment to himself, for he was move tn at the word, go? pj ain clothes, assembled at Lybeter sitting upright glaring round him “We’re everything taped," the by eight o’clock this evening?" with an expression which might ocher man assured him. “Can do," nodded Hailey. well have been taken for that of a At that moment Sir Rector's "They'd better be armed." said lunatic had anyone witnessed it He secretary came in and said, Meredith. "And another thing. Can sank back once more against the "There’s a telephone call for Chief J OO arrange to have the eoast- cushioning and put his hands to Ms Inspector Haitey." guards at Lybeter stand by with a head gripping his throbbing temSir Hector nodded Mo permission Munch to pick us up from the fly- pies. and Hailey picked up the receiver, ing-boet! They’d better be around Murderers are popularly sup- " Yes," he said, "who is it! What! »bout the same time." posed to suffer from remorse. Sieg- «.. Are you sum of thio! ... You “Can do." nodded Hailey again, fried Kloffer had no feeling of reartually saw the ticket yourself! “ And c, n J° u Mso arrange for a morse as one ordinarily underRight. Who’s gone with him! . . . «•» to meet us in Lybeter. And suf- stands the word. According to Mo Clifford! Right! Good-bye." ficient cars to transport the assem- philosophy, and according to the The big man replaced the tele- Med police!" loyalties which had been inculcated phone receiver and looked up at his "Leave it al! to me, Meredith, into him from a very early age, he three companions. 11l see they don’t let you down." had done not only the right thing “Big news," he aaid quietly. but he had taken the only possible "That was one of my mon reporting Kt four-thirty that afternoon course. No a rwruorsw, fts hiwl from Euston Station. Siegfried Meredith end Sir Hector, followed not entered into it, but the osan had Kieffer has Just eaught the one- by two Special Branch men, were In killed something which had been a thirty train, he’s booked a through * big flying-boat skimming along part of him, all the more jealously ticket to Wick." the water. Meredith hardly realised regarded *» sueh because be had “I’ve got a feeling. Sir Hector," *h«n the great plane lifted into the always known that the thought aaid John, “that this thing is wind- a l '- soon the afternoon lights could never be trnaaiated into ing up." of Harwich had faded astern as the reality. “So have I," agreed the Sente- Mg flying-boat dipped her left wing It was so true what old Ephraim man. slightly when banked round to be had often told him that Ma intense "I’ve also gut a feeling," went on Mid upon her course to the north, dislike, a dislike which had later Meredith, “that we ought to get o o o o grown to hatred, of the German ahead of him." As the one-thirty train pulled out aristocracy had sprung from an -You’ll never eateb the midday of Euston Station. Igor Levinsky, sense of envy. A eh. if ha, too, train to Scotland by road." said Sir alias Cotenol Wrimar. sank back in had had the good fortune to bo Hector, shaking Ms head. “You a third-cisas carriage compartment bom one of 'Jtme privileged peewouldn’t stand a chance. There and regarded the man opposite him. plel There had been times when might be a hope by night because It would have been impossible for certain actions of the /msfesr dam there would be low truffle, but by anyone to recognise his vis-b-vis had been condemned by Me fellow day ..." for the man’s whole head and half Jews aa brutally domineering and "I wasn’t thinking of going by Ms face were heavily bandaged. He somottmeo KMhr bad found Mate road," aaid Meredith. was attired In an immense, loose «eif strangely in sympathy net "Well, it’s a certainty you eant coat, which completely hid the out- with the judgment of Ms people tert eatch him by taking another train," lino of bis figure. Colonel Weimar Mtb those rutMeeo actkmo themBradford pointed out noon tamed to dare out of the eelvoe. Fate, however, had east bis Meredith swung round impatient- window. Mt with the underdog and Msi lom !y. “We’ve got aa Air Feres, have- Weimar's own appearance had alty to Mo kind had Men devol oped nt vre!” undergone a considerable change, under old Ephraim’s teaching. But He sprang to Mo foot and strode Anyone who had known him as It had boon taught. It had art boon over to a huge map of the British Igor Levinsky would be hard put to there instinctively. Isles which hung behind Sir Hee- recognise him to the clean-shaven, Siegfried Klofferoneemoroopened tor’s desk. dark-spectacled individual muff- ! sunken eyes and strove to eoneen“Here we are," be said, placing to the ears in a big coat, a thick, trato his attention on tae passing Me ttttis finger below that leottisb woolly scarf bulging above the scenery, tert be caw nothiag of the beadland Just north of Wick. "Any collar. little suburban bouses and their plan whore mm eeuld put aa air- Suddenly Weimar addresoed Ms patches of garden hurrying poet plane down theraF companion. “Evra if ho dom look the windows of the taeto. Ko rm Sir Hooter never bothered to ea- In, f think we’re safe enough." ones mtre the horror of the ewer. Ho picked up Ma telephone The other nodded dumbly. The night which was gene. and aaM tate it, "Get me th* Air bandage which went across bio (To be continued) Ministry." A moeneut toter, "I want mouth and round Ms hand pre- wm>*nivetae«esurti ft—fvtarie jgertee ~, Write vented Mm treat speaking. Ho eMmiiiiwmmniu.il ns ram ma

Signs U. S.-British Pact _ 4NfIN Ma WtaMt aad Wtawtoa Chnrvhllt With t» R Amtowredor John Wlnant. left watching Britain* Prim* Minuter Wineton Churchill signa the treaty formally leasing naval haste to the U. 8. in exchange for destroyer*, Thia picture la a g -to cabkpboto from London.

in th* operation of th* local Acker cement work*. Church Conference • Here This Evening Th* fourth quarterly conference ’ of the Fort Wayne district will be I held at the Methodist church toI night at 7 30 c'clor h Rev. R W. , Graham. pastor of the local churoh, | will Introduce Dr. B. H Shake of j I Fort Wayne. »uperintend*nt of the dlatrlct. who will rive th* addree* and cimduct the busineeo eraaion. Annual report* of the conference year will he (riven and the election of officer* held at thia time Three ' trtuteee will be elected, each to serve tor three year* A taxied of steward* will alao be selected at this time and various other secre-1

tarlaa and treaeurers. The entir* membership Is In- : vited and urged to attend Every | officer la eapectrd to be present. Lenten Service At Immanuel Church lamten service* will be conducted in the Immanuel Lutheran church Friday evening at 7 p m i (CHTt. The paator. Rev Wm. 11. ' Kemmert. announced that he would -peak on the topic; 'Jesus mam feats Ilia Redeeming Love to the Daughters Os Jerusalem." Over 20 000 shoe stores sell annually 3*17 000 000 worth of shoes, according to the census. This number tn'lud-s only those stores I whose sales are primarily shoes

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