Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1941 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FEBMebed Bwy Bvoalng ■acept Bunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated. feierad nt Um Decatur, Ind- Po'l Office as Becuad Claae Matter. A M Holter Proeidoat A M Meltbouae. Bec'y. A Bun. Mar Mek D. Heller VkwPreeideat tubecription Rate* liagte IteßJoe... —I 03 )n* week, by carrter....____ .10 One year, by carrier.—.—.— 8.00 On* month, by nail 46 Three monUu. by mail 1.00 Bn uiuuiha. by mall 1.7 b Ona year, by mall 2.00 Oka year, at office... _ 3.04 Pricee quoted are within a radius of 100 mllea. Elsewhere |3 bO one year. Advertising Rate* made known on Application. National Representative SHEERER a CO. ilt Lax. gton Avenue. Now York M Knot Wacker Drive. Chicago CWUr ot Th. Indiana League of Home Dallies. Don't let the tool weather chill your d' »ire or intention to clean-up and paint-up and hx-up. —o Tbie la tin regular May coo! spell We have them each year. You know summer won't really be b<re for a mouth or so. —o It would really he better for every oue if a lot of those who are screaming over the radio these days would have an attack of boaiscness. -o Buy Ihfense Bonds and Saving Stamps. It's good any way you figure Save something lor a rainy day and help your government dur. ing these trying days. o—o Get the lawn and the yard hi condition for the summer weather. It will be here before you know it and you will want your place to look as good as any one vise's or a little better. —o We sp< nt more than ten billion dollars for food in this country last year, according to a census report, That represents one-fourth of all money spent in retail stores We eat to live aud live to cat. —o— O! course you can find many thing* lo worry alrout for that's always possible hut how about being a little cheerful about the prospects for a good a.ascni. a big crop aud good prices? That ought to cheer us all conshlerabiy. ■ -O' -o Every city, large or small, should have a zoning ordinance and enforce it. That's the way to keep slum districts out and that's the way you protect those who Invest a large amount in a home. Much a campaign is now being advocated by many groups, including minister la I associations. •■ o o There is a surplus of corn and wheat just now but it is uot likely this will be true in n year, regardless of bow big this year's production of these grains are. There Is a world wide demamd for them and it is assurred there won't be much farming done in a great portion of Europe this year. During this Bouse cleaning period of the year attention is being called by various safety councils U> the dangers from delapidated step ladders aud from other articles used. In other words be careful for the greatest number of minor accidents occur In the homes according lo data from insurance companies At the rate draftees are being called tor training service, this county will surely soon have her qouta but the calls will probably ■ nailnoa for another year at least and such service may be required

tor several years lo c<>mo as we maintain a larger force than ban tofore. Those who have attained the age of twemy-one since last October. will register about July let. —o Every iltiaen of this country hat a right to his opinion aud most of us hav. freely expressed ourselves, but after all We must be loyal aud faltbtul to our nation aud her Bag Let their be wo wavering as to tbai for we have the greatest country aud the best government there is ou th, face of the globe. We will keep it it we act in unity on what the majority favors and decides. —o According lo Maurice Eai ly, a number of complaints have been received. be doeHii'l say by whom. mlhiul airplanes dumping wastes over hidiana. Now there is something else to be regulated. The trailers tor automobiles brought out a number of nuisance "bugs" tlvut have had to he taken tare of by ordinances in those plates where these traveling homes stop for long or short periods. It's easy to understand what new problems may aria*- when the ait is tilled with planes if the passengers arc uot regulated as to the privilege of tossing banana skins aud luuth boxes out of the windows. -■ 0-0 The St. Mary's river is to lie survey. d by governmeut eugtucers and may be inc luded iu the navigatlon linprovemtmt plans tor which an appropriation of |2Bt) two.ow has been made by congress. Don't get extited. however, for the idea is not to start this program until the defense program has been completed. It is oue of the several promolions to take care of labor after the war and when we are getting settled down to a more normal period. Similar projects have been suggest, d from time to time but always dropped for some reason. Needless to say it would be a wonderful thing for this city aud for the area trom St. Marys, Ohio, to Fort Wayne, and in the next few ycais may b< the greatest improvement ever made here. O— U — Not since the rights of citizenship in this country of ours were first established has there bet'll so much c ause as there is today for pride and thankfulness as each of us utters the words: "I am an American " We enjoy precious rights in the United Stales, ones to be found in few other lands. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to move freely from place to place, the right lo engage in the occupation of your choice, the: right to start your own business and take your chaticeM we Americans are so used tu these and other prillcipl. that we seldom give a thought. But there's an opport unity this month to pause and remember the above considerations. For congress has set Sunday. May 18, aside as Citizenship Recognition Day. in recognition of the 2.Ho<hh* young men and women who have reached the estate of American citlzcuablp during the past year. Fosta of the American Legion throughout the country and many other groups and individuals will co-operate in giving this occasion its full meaning. o ■■ I Answers To Teat Questions | Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two • « 1. "TcSmcco Road." <2. <»«-neral Headquarters. 3. Key Went. Florida 4. Crustaceans 6. Jenner. 4. Michigan 7. Lewis and Ciartc Expedition 8. Yes » I.«-on Henderson. 18. "Alone." 1. Vitamin D. 2. Caston Henry«Haye. 3 Crustaceans. 4. Marine Corps. 5 Doctor of Dental Surgery, g. Bhieeher. 7. Atria*. 6 Lwvßlcu*. ». iMwwais. 18. Ceakffi .Imarlqg fc #

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Weather A Week Ahead As Forecast By PROF. BEI.PY MAXWELL. Noted Moteoeotojlot 'MI RSF & COLD I i DQV TEMPERATURE ANO RAINFALL FOR INDIANA May 12 •© 18 The entire state ot Indiana will be moderately cool. The H. W portion will be moderately wot. Th<- remaining portions will be diy. Protected by John F. Dille Company.

IS THE EARTH A SHINING STAR? h the earth a small star? Scientists lieiieve the earth shines by its own light, just like other hUis do. hut light so Yum that ordinarily we hardly notice it. In case this new viewpoint about our good old earth may seem strange. Here are the facts: The midnight sky always contains light. It gleams with a pale, greenish-blue glow and there is so much light there that you never have any trouble aeeing darker ole jects silliouetti'd against the gleaming background. This light fogs photoplates and prevents us taking pictures of faint stars. People used to i-xplaln this gleam of the midnight sky by saying that our air diffracts starlight at night just like It does sunlight l»y day. You know, the sky by day looks blue because th*- air overhead scatters the wan's rays, making the whole sky whine with blue light They reasoned that the stars, being suns too. would have st precisely similar effect, only fainter. If the earth had no air there would be no scattering of light, and then the heavens would truly lie aw black as ink. This Is the way It Is on the moon, where every shadow is aw black as though tar had been poured on the laiidKi-ape. Cats and owls use this light for seeing, and can view things by it an well as you can by daylight. But the earth's whining midnight sky Is not starlight. The spectroKope shows plainly that the heaven* gleam by light of their own. which is not at all like starlight, hut more nearly resembles the light of the aurora liorsaliw. or northern lights. In fact, according to the spectroscope, there is an aurora all the time, over all the sky. iu other words, the upper air gleams ail the time, and what we call the

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The mapa show total effect of Hot Cold, Wet, and Dry Air to be sxpectsd next week. DAILY FORECAST MAY (3) 1941 ! 12 15 W 15 * 17 » IQ. .k NOIANA aortharu lights are only brighto ■ ays in the general gleaming There is an electrical layer at the top ot the air called the "ionosphere." There may even be several associated layers. Thia electrical layer reflects radio waves Imck to earth; In fact, were it not there, radio broadcasting would oe Impossible. It is precisely because the ionosphere somehow does not reflect television waves that this next development in radio has been so slow in coming. Scientists think that the ionosphere shines with light ot its own. Since this is true, then Indeed the earth is a little star, since by definition a star Is an astronomical body that radiates light of its own. "How High io Upr* as Aviators Say Soon the human race may be a l.i'-od of flying creatures, if aviation keeps on at Rs present pace of development. So meteorologists are sending little balloon-radio sending sets aloft each day. and each set peep-pip-plp-peeps Rs message back to the ground telling how the ait- is aloft. This information is vital, for the planes of today and tomorrow must fly in this air. The findings of the "radio bobs" are interesting, and Prof. Selby Maxwell has prepared a chart of the vertical section of the air, giving

you a new idea of what winds and clouds aloft are like. A mighty practical picture it Is too, and one that should interest every student ot flying. It will be sent to you FREE upon request, with the compliments of this newspaper. Just address your request to Prof. Selby Maxwell, care ot this newspaper, endowing a stamped 43c* self ad dressed envdope for your reply. Weather Quoet.ona Q What is stratosphere air made of? P J.--No. C. A. Just like any other air. 78%, Oxygen, 21% Argon. 84%. Carbon Dioxide. .03%. There Is very little water vapor in the stratosphere. Q. What percent of humidity should be in the air to be healthy? C B. W. Ala A. Between 40% and «0%. depending on individual preference. Some people like the air steamy wet. but others, especially those with thin or pink skins, like It neat 40%. Q lam planning to make a<” reflector. It I get II made, what would be visible? 1 realise quite a variation may be found In a mirror of this size, but approximately what will be its power? H. A. H. Pa. A. A six inch telescope should show the rings and some of the moons of Saturn, the storms ou Jupiter, douds on Venus, the snow caps of Mars, aud may lie the larger areas ot vegetation there too. But much will depend on how well the glass is ground Q I have a plaue-convex lens m inches In diameter. Would this be too large for a large telescope lens? P. R. - Ohio. A. Better use this lens lor a field lens. It might give a nice wide view. The object lens must have a focus of uot less than 72 inches for each Inch of aperature. Q. What are die rings of Saturn made of? P. T. — Ky. A. Muons, millions of them, so many each one so liny their swarms look like pale fiat sheets. Q. What sort of a plauet is Pluto, and how many moous does it have? K. M. - 111. A. Pluto Is a world about as big as the earth, 3,«00 million miles from the sun. it is a slate gray world, probably very cold. No moon has ever been seen there, but it is not impossible* that Pluto may have oue or more small ones. War Pendulum Pour days of this week s weather will be warm and cloudy and will favor the British. Three days will be cool aud dear aud will favor the axis. Modern Etiquette ! I By ROBERTA 111 Q isn't it a bad habit always to be late to church? A. Yes. This is very disturbing to ethers, and is very Inconsiderate. Q What should a man do if be Is doubtful as to whether or uot he should remove his hat? A. A good rule tu fallow is. when iu doubt, remove the bat Q is it correct for a married wmuau to send a -bridal gift in her name only? A. No; she should always include her husband'* mune when sending fitts.

COURT HOUSE inters Appearance In the suit of George II Krudop against Lud<dph Meyer, npp<arani e for the defindaut was entered by Henry B Heller. Finds for PlamtiM In the suit of W H. Coppock •• gainst the A. J. Smith Hardwood Lumber company, the court found that then- was dur the plaintiff the sum of |3(>s 80 and Interest. Judgment was given on the finding. Estate Cases In the estate of O. Erwin Miller, the final report was filed and the administrator de bonis non with will annexed was discharged slid the estate closed. In the estate of Katharine D. Flickiger, the administrator de bonis non with will annexed fil'd proof of publication and notice of appointment. The final report was filed and the notice ordered returnable May 31. Refwirt of the sale of personal property was filed In the estate of Mary Jane Laiming. examined and approved. A schedule for the determination of the inheritance tax was filed in the estate of Michael J. Kenney and referred to the county assessor. The current report of the guar-

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CEAPTER TWENTY-ONE All the way back to Sitkn, Sondra was puzzled by the change hat had come over Lian*. She wax unusually silent and avoided everyone. Iler anxiety to reach port was so marked that Kemp began to chaff her about being afraid of Chris. Foi once, Liane appeared to lack a snappy comeback. A* they neared the waterfront, she stood well for* ward, intently scanning the Sitka wharve*. The only activity there centered about the G/orp, alongside whieb lay the Seuxdoo. unloading ftah. The Glory's charthouse door was open. At closer range. Sendra could zee Miss Jacqueline seated inaide, her fingers plying a pair ' knitting needles. The Baltic was nowhere in sight. Liane waited at the rail, ready to leap off the moment the teuehid the O’Moore float. “I won't go up with you just now, Sondra,” she said. “Must dash home to see how Mother is. See you later.” "Wonder what devilment she’s up to now,” Chris growled. But his eyes, following her, held a look <f surly admiration. • so* With Kemp's assistance, the Captain was finally established in his ehair in the upstairs sitting room at Eeho House. Sondra set a bottle of eognac on the table between the two men, and went to her room to change. She was slipping into a flowered house-coat when she remem'iered the Bates contract With a hollow feeling of dismay, she caught up the brassiere to which she had pinned the envelope, and foundonly the safety pin. A hasty shaking of ths garment* she had worn brought no better result She re* allied, guiltily, that she hadn’t Cven the document a thought since r talk with Liane on the way to the fishing grounds. Even while ■Utting out of her wet clothes in Chris's cabin, after her tumble overboard, she bad been so concerned about the loss of her goodluek bracelet that the contract had never entered her mind. She recalled how Uane had jerked iff her sweater. The envelope must nave been torn from its pin thsm; it sad fallen to the floor and in the iim light from the porthole had •scaped notice. It must be there in Chris’s esbin; it just must be! She would go down now and get it before the Tanya left the float. Dynamite would be certain to ask for it when she told him about the blowing of the safe. Hurriedly, she got into a sports frock and coat, and dashed out into the hall. 8h: had reached the head »f the stairs when a bumble of voices inside the sitting room halted aar. Polena's, shrill and with unaaua) agitation, rose clearly. "With wy paaskey. Captain, I go into the library to tidy the mess that Liane eoman made. And there was the tafe, all—" Sondra turned into the sitting »om to face the situation. The Captain looked up sharply. *Bondy, do you know about the •fe? 4 “Yes. It happened during Liana’s lance last night But nothing of mloe was in the safe, iamb, and I lidn't want to spoil your party by ailing you then. Afterward—well, ra all rushed out to the fishing (rounds in such a hurry, and so nany things happened out there, , hat I—well, 1 just never thought ff it” Bhe explained, without mentionag Jean Reynall's presence, how had entered the library, had aught one glimpse of Alexander on tie floor, and then had been flung wide in the dark. Kamp’s quiet voice broke in. “Let i as tetf you what 1 know about it, < Taptaia.* -I’m listenin’.” *7 had posted Alexander at the i ight switch beside the door opening ■•tween ths drawing rcom and the ibrary. After we’d switched off the «, I slipped back there to give ooute further instructions, and found him gone. I supposed he’d be tack aay minute, so my tack against the library partition. When Lians touched off tha Vene-

.llmii of Mamie M.-rsman was filed, examined and approved hi the gusidiansbip of Allen Kist ler. ths court dented's petit ton by the guardian to expend money for the purchase of an automobile. A petition to pay premium on a life insurance policy waa sustained The final report was fil'd in the estate of Andrew Wolpert and the notice ordered returnable May 37. The report of the inheritance tai appraiser was filed In the estate of Jacob P. Neuenschwander and the notice given, returnable May A report of the sale of personal property was submitted examined i and approved in the estate of Vir- 1 glula SiniH'-y. The final report waa filed hi the • estate of Elizabeth Hugh and the notice ordered returnable May 27. f “twenty years”! AGO TODAY May 10 Mi«» Beas Work seriously injured in an auto wreck at t'lnlevine. Ohio. <* L Smith of Montpelier. Ind lana trades IS" acre farm in Putnam <(Hinty. Ohio for ibe Decatur t'avh Hardware store Adam* county has < 4F> < hlldren of M-hord age as compared to 8.353 last year. New Gennan cabinet headed by

tian powder, the effect was rather startling there in the dark, a* you know. But. apart from the flare of light and the roll of drums, 1 frit a vibration that didn't seem just right to me. So, knowing the library doors were locked. I slipped out into the reception room. I was surprised to find no light there. And while feeling for the switch I found that the library door opening off the reception room was standing open. 1 went in, switched on the lights, and found Sondra. Winthrop, the Forest Man. saw me leave the drawing room, and followed me into the library." He went on to describe the manner in which the safe was blown, and the Forest Man's vain search of the premises. "Since Sondra assured me that the safe held nothing of value to anyone but yourself, the attempted burglary didn't reem important enough to trouble you with last night, sir.” "You’re all too darned considerate of me!” rasped the Captain. “The Bates contract was in that safe,Starbuck. And that'sofdefinite value to the Baranov Packers just now. With it, Reynall could force me to furnish him all the fish he can use until the middle of next month. Sondy! Was that fellow here last night?" Sondra hesitated: then admitted it “Well, yes. He came in the fulldress uniform of an American naval officer; but—” “Ramps ■Reynall's old uniform, by jbniny! I saw him, but with all that confounded punch in me I—” "But he left before the safe was blown. Dynamite. I recognised him and—" , "The nerve ot the spalpeen! Cornin’ here to rot* me in old Ramps Reynall's uniform!" Then, to the astonishment of bis listeners, the Captain threw back his bead and laughed. "Burglary! Safe-blowin*! So that’s what he had in mind when he boasted he’d collect on that contract” He rubbed his small, scarred hands together. "Sondy, send Alexander for the Commissioner and the Marshal.” "But I tell you he didn’t—” "No but*. To jail he goes, and—” “Pardon me, Captain," Kemp put in hastily. “Reynall may be guilty, of course; but ao far you really haven’t a scrap of evidence on which to base a conviction in court.” "Conviction be hanged. Starbuck! All I want is to throw a monkey wrench into his business, and he’s just after handin’ me the weapon, himself. HI stick him in the brig, and get hla bail fixed sc high he’ll have to stay there till hi* trial comes up at the fail session of court. No one ever ran a herring buxines* successfully from the inside of a boosegow, and ye can lay to thaL" "Dynamite!" Sondra put both hands on her grandfather’s shoulders and shook him. “He Aora’t possession of the contract. 1 took it out, myself—after the blow-up. I’ve Sot it now in—a—a—safe place. Nothing is miasing. Not a single paper." She prayedailentiy that he wouldn’t demand the document immediately. "Why didn’t ye aay ao in the first place?" The Captain looked both outraged and deflated. "Humph I Well, if that’s the ease, I might aa wall get at my figuring. Get out my herring records, Sondy.” Glad to divert his mind from the contract, Sondra placed on the table the eanvaa-eovered journals that contained herring data gatherod from evhry source for the past fifteen years. The Captain rested his hand on the pile of books and looked up at Kemp. "Reynall can play hia luck and be hanged,” he said. "These records are my see in the hole. They cover every known thing that’s a factor in the movement of herring—dates, tides, winds, hoars of rain and sunshine. The earlier logs record the presence of whales, too.” “Will the return of the whale* affect your offshore fishing, sirt” Kemp inquired anxiously. "Aye. Somewhat. But the whales can’t be everywhere at one time; •nd with these records I can pretty wall chart Ue course of any herring ahoel that appears out there.” Bel

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' glanced up a* Sondra tegu Mrq I i toward the door. "Where tn ;e I ' goin’, Sondy? Hand me that I i and »omc paper." I ; "Here you are, lamb. 1-1 Ml I ■ something aboard the Tonft. fs I ; going to run down and ftteh it m I if there's nothing el-e yoa ng I I Dynamite." I | Kemp came to his feet “IT p I > along, Sondra. Better put a i I . slicker. It’s raininy cat« saJJgi.* I They were harrying *!«rt th I , rain-drenched wharf, shen Si»hi I . happened to glance over »t '» > Glory. She halted abruptly. ’Ol ! Kemp! Ixx>k!" The nld figunbw i under the stubby bowsprit «a whole again, and while with »<w , of priming paint Thi laughmrM ’ maid, with one arm gaily eshta ■ waa pointing the way throuth tb , gray, slanting rain. “They'et ■» ; stored her!" breathed SoMn,tt ’ ing a little foolish bccsuK •• tai tional chill ran over her. Then her gaze fell on the C.'wyl ■ charthouse, and her m»od c*isp4 ■ In the open door at' ol Lisn*. iu* ' ing rain from a *■ I! >w « u werie I Inside, obviously welc minr sa ! was Miss Jacqueline. The ba > closed, with Liane inside, Sondra grasped Kemp'i tod ' "Hurry, hurry,” she naid. They found the T«< na dc«ertd I except for Hardtack, the cnok.tsta galley, assembling a mullicM-“!Y going to look for thing I ks in Chris’s esbin.’’ Sondra V>M tb old cook “Perhap* you »*• it MR you dried my clothe* thi’ afurnwi • Hardtack. A long, fat envelop*!* The leathery little man »hooka head. “Divil an envelope,” be i*d She left Kemp in the galley, w plunging into Chri*'* esbin, peds off her slicker. After a ten-minute starts •• sank to the settee under the pod hole with a sickening '•onvictioa* loss. “It’s gone!" 'he ‘Lost!” "What’s lost?” Kemp stepped ■ dosing the door bchind him. “That Rates contract! I tm* r from the safe last night, and pifiM* it inside my sweater. I'm ' was there when I fell overbean but —” "Great Scott! Was it the row you had in your—’’ Kemp ’’■•PP*' hia face flushing with embarrae ment. Sondra looked up InquinaW *1 mean to say. I notice you bad something tw* your—er—sweater „ fore you went overboard, n" plained. “Could Reynall w snatched it when he went Jo rescue there, under waU r. Remembering Ri-ynai. • E[M? ’ her sweater, the arms !»•* *“’ circled her a* she fought to cl* her bracelet she Kemp! Whatever ahail I l®> Dynamite asks me for it. Kemp slipped off hi’ J tossed it Into a corner. J. ’ ls Sondra." ho said firmly. Eri* ’ that fellow Reyn* ll , kept you In a turmoil. »orp»«J row between him and > ,uf / A,, father. Let them figh’ it out m W ( own way. Dynamite ha’ all ( of it, anyway; though Ido think a bit acrewy-picktng • way, when th*season .< }'>• "Dynamite, aerewy! , you talking about, K- mp ■ J ~ He didn’t pick this fight. The he nails did. And if you think im f ing to .stand by and do wu.4 W “oh, all right! All threw up his hand* ; then »“ eb „y (- an indulgent, amusedJauS s ' n( j r ». adorable, loyal little thing. ■ ' yilt No wonder I’m crazyabouJ please, p-I-e-a-s-e don t W 7 , fighting interfere with s'°“ He dropped to his knee’ in • her, and took both her hand’ . i of hie. "That’s all that concert* darling. Do you realize w . - been alone together « m ■ came? Never ing, a* wensed to. Wh).> u >n d lost interest in th* • hinf ? for example. Tou were when I get R T don’t ► haven’t mentioned it » lieve jeik’vo even thought (To b.