Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1941 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT rMßiiehed Svery Kvenlng Kierpl Sunday by fME DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated. Stored at the Decatur, Ind.. Po*t Office as Met ond Class Matter. I. H. Holter Preaident t X Heltbouae. ttoc'y * Hue. Mgr. (N«A D. HeitorVice-President •übecription Raise finale Copies.. | 02 )ne week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier f.tiu Due mouth, by mail3s Three mouths. by mall-l.uv |is mouths, by mail 1.7* One year, by mai1.3.00 Due year, al office... -™|.V< Prices quoted are within a radius of lov miles. Els** where |3 5U one year. Advertising Kates made known ou Application. National Kepreaeutative BCHEEREH • CO. II Lexington Avenue, New York 33 Seat Wacker Drive. Chicago Chart,, ht> u>h,r <>t Th, Indiana League of Hume Dailies. < ■mmwmsmmuwsmmnnw^wwßwm■sMMMwwameemMMemsMMwaimMuaManß Thirty boys and girl* will graduate from Catholic high h«-n on June Sth and at the same time I twenty-eight Will receive the certlgcates to enter huh school from th« grades. Plans are now being completed for the important event. O—O—— Tin Decatur tree street tair and I agricultural show will be a whole week of fun with many exhibits and events that should be profitable to those interested. Help make it a big success. President Thoms and his board of directors will appreciate it. This is a great time for the political scientist professors to spout ofl. to predict and to claim "they told you so.” A bunch of them gathered at Pokagon park over the | week end and expressed all kinds of opinions, most of which sound like Unpractical hot air. O—O Some time when the school board gets a little money ahead they can make a real improvement that will be greatly appreciated it they will | install backs to the seals in the auditorium balconies. An hour and a half on these benches as now arranged really tests a fellow s back. There w« re many tragic deaths over the week end. The list of traffic accidents was long and then there were several murders, an explosion. a pleasure boat sank and the news contained many exciting reports, to attract attention even in lh< se days when so many terrible things are o< curing the world over. O—O Suggestion is made that this nation should call China and Japan representatives together for a peace conference. It that could be * arranged and terms worked out, It j might help. At least If two great nations could agree on something that looks like peace, it would ire a start and might extend to other lands. The least we cau do in times like the present is to support the government and the way to do that now Is to buy Itonds and saving stamps. It is not necessary to go to extremes for the more who so invest, the stronger the whole structure. Uncle Bam has been g<x»d to us and it s time to show him we appreciate K. — "O —o— Graduates will be getting a lot of advice thia week. Much of it will be forgotten as the young people get into the activities of life and business. It cau be summed up in a few words: work hard, save, help others, watch your habits and go to church. Il you do these things and have a break as to health and opportunity you will go places and enjoy the trip. —o Those who predict wgat will hapm|R rftßiß* ATA

talking without knowledge. Many things will happen the next few months and years and all will have a bearing <m politics as the time tolls by. Th«re is no one wise * enough to say what the feellug will be next year or two years later. It 1 depends very much on what happens In the meantime and what the ; situation Is then. There is much talk about conI vuying and other matters that after l ail arc perhaps as Haymond Clapi pci says, only “backwash.** The 1 world crisis glows graver each day i ! and the re is ho doubt added dauget i because of the recent arrangement Ik tween France and Germany. It is believed that this gives Hitler added strength in territories which threaten this country. If he decides to force the issu< he cau do so and it will be up to the United States to cither defend her outposts or await doser approach. Don t think that the world war is uot assuming a dangerous point. —o This section of Indiana lost one of her outstanding citizens in the death of Charles M. Neuer, ti, of Fort Wayne, lawyer, banker, manufacturer, civic leader and churchman. Active in many lines. 1 he was one of those men who takes | interest in ail things that are for the good of the masses. Well educated and trained, he showed great ability in every task and was populai with all. He was a graduate of I Notre Dame, Indiana University and Columbia and served tor sixteen years as a trustee of I. U. and was a member of the governing lx cards of many other organizations. A great man. measured by any yard stick. Charles Niezei was a leader among those who did things worth while in Indiana. O—O Five lads were walking abreast along a state highway in Lawrence county Sunday. It was a very fool- | ish thing to be doing but we have i all seen similar acts numerous times as the young people stroll along, talking and enjoying themselves, (evidently unmindful of danger. In this Instance a car suddenly appeared from over a hill and in trying to dodge the boys, struck a I car approaching from the opposite direction and careening it into the group of pedestrians. Three were killed and the other two badly injured. Over the week end a dozen pedestrians were killed over the stat< and in each c ase there seems to be evidence of carelessness on the part of the walkers. In this age of speed It is necessary that every one looks out for his own safety and that of others. ——O—O This is commencement week for the Decatur high sc bool and fuculty and students are busy with the events which always attend closing. The baccalaureate was delivered Munday evening by Rev. Carey 11. Moser, pastor of the First Baptist church, his subject behig “The Building Glorious." It was au Inspiring program, participated in by Revs. Marshall, iioseiot and Losie r and music hy class members and Mrs. Sheldon Nelson, directed by Mrs. Harry Dailey. Rev. Moser admonished the class members on the importance of their duties, the more so just noW because of the hectic conditions of a war tom world and asked them to remember that only by following the blue prints from the Bible, can they really succeed. He pointed out that they have started to build well by putting in a good foundation and urged them to complete the structure by right thinking and living. It was an excellent sermon and a delightful evening, enjoyed by a large crowd. — 1 ■ — o Good soil will produce a crop of about 40 bushels of peanut’s to the acre. The vines bear an average of loft pods each. * TODAY’S COMMONERROR * The use of sure for yes. as J Will you go?” “Sure” Is ttofi- I nitely slang and should be | avoided

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Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to lbs , Test Questions printed on Page Two | 0 'v 1. Orson Welles. 2. Vandyke 3. A kind of shrub. 4 Wills (*ath.-r 5 Interior diameter i> Egypt and Liberia. 7. One percentv No « AEsop lb. A bird of the thrush family. * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY a ... — 01 May 2'» Thirty-«even pupils prompt.sl fretn Central grade- to high school Mrs. Harah J. Ayres, mother of Mis. C W Yager and C. L. Ayres, dies fnmi burn* received at her home at Dearborn. Michigan M F. Worthman I* organizing a junior ba«<»l»all league. The 4<Hh annual i ominemement of the Decatur high school held at the gym. Dr. H A. Hall of Indianapolis gives the address Bake-Rite is specialising ou "Milk-Maid” bread. Mrs. Edward Thompson Lima. Ohio visits her parents, Mr. and Mr*. I’vter Mougay. p f Modem Etiquette I Ry ROBCRTA LEE 0 .« Q. isn't a person justified in resenting censure, when he kn< w» he has done something for which he deserves praise? A. lai R<h liofout auld -ays. *'F«w persons have sufficient wisdom <o

Characters in Rockford Historical Pageant _.. • JR? 11! \ 1> X" wWWRH A - I ** , *'■ -4 rV h. I& BR V g | • I J mil Shown above are six of the characters who will haverolus lu the pressniatton of th. historical pageant. "RmHord Through The Ages" in the Rockford highschool auditorium on Thursday and Frifcty ovsnmxs May 29 and 3<» Lott to right, seated, are Paul Hotter gts Johnny Appleseod. and Carl C. Smith as WRliam Hedge" bundle J left to right *ra Clifford Shiudeldscksr as Anthony Shans. Mrs LdgarShtnXlKsr AS olqu.laqu7 Shane Mrs Carl C. Smith as Mrs. William Hodges; and Paul rflukto. as Lewu Ctoas, UouuW»»to«tof ®t tha Jaßad Stotou Govermaeut.

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prefer (ensure which is useful to them, to praise which deceives them " Q If you are playing tennis and a point is dou4>tful. should you suggest that it be played over? A. The good sportsman will call I the point in bis opponent’s favor. | Q What r<n»ly should a girl make when a man thanks her for a dance? A. She may reply. "I enjoyed it too," or "You're very welcome.” 0 f WITH THE ARMY AND NAVY I Uik. s. 111 . M The [ I navy has urgent need for 35.000 additional men by June 30th," assistant secretary of the uavy Ralph ! Bard announced today. Men enlisting in the naval rei serve will be retained C-i active i duty during the period of the em-

ergency but they will be released to Inactive duty as soon after the emergency as their services can be spared. Enlistments in the naval reserve I are for a period of four years if i applicants are over 18 years of age. If the applicants are between 17 j and 18 years o! age. the enlistment will be tor the period of minority. Men who feel they are quallfled for some branch of the naval service are urged to contact their local i crulting station. O' 1 " Old Coins in Buried Treasure Banta Cruz. Cal. -fUO-Capt. Jack > Rhein of the Are department realized the dream that nearly every ’! human being at some time has - that of digging up buried treasure. 1 His spade turned up at his Glen Canyon property a metalic box - containing a collection of old Eng- > liah coins, some of them dating - back 200 years.

- * Household Scrapbook ii' Roberta Lee Orangs Pis A delicious orange pie ran be made aa follows. Duo cup sugar. 5 eggs. 2 oranges and rind, and 1 Isunoe. Beat egg yolks Into sugar one at a time Add orange and lemon juice and tied Fold In stiffly beaten whites of eggs, pour into a linked pie crust and latke in a moderate oven for 3«t or 33 minute*. Lawn Sprinkler An Inexpensive town sprinkler can be made at home by bending a 2<l lnch piece of wire In thtiter and nine inches from each end In the shape of the letter M. Htlck the ends Into the ground and rest | the nooto of the hose in the center. To Relieve Hiccough To relieve hiccoughs, take a tea-1 spoonful << granulated sugar and ( vinegar. IG-ie-at. if necessary. — — ——g. l/io W 1- | valb w aaxuH m { © By the end «»f May or the first j week In June, prat tlcally all | grhools In the country will have cloned for summer. Then we shall have an additional traffic problem to contend with nillllona of children playing hi the streets. The sentence “Let them arrive alive" has appeared In this column often. All of the many sayings regarding the prevention of automobile accidents to children have been repeated and repeated they are old to us. but they bear repeating Imm ause children are the mint valuable asset In the country today. Every time a child is hurt,'

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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE The tourist season opened, bringing three liners a week to flcMxi historic old Sitka with crowds of eager aight>seers; and Captain O'Moore'a shipmaster friends, proud to show Alaskan hospitality at its best, invariably brought all their traveling notables to Echo House. For Sondra, this meant almost daily entertaining; and the social tempo was further quickened when, one morning the squadron of United States Navy bombers settled, like a flock of gigantic stiver birds, among the little green islands in the bay. Sitka hostesses filled a gala fortnight with social affairs for the flyers; but it was to Echo House that they came most often — informally and at ail hours. Captain O'Moore, his leg now free of its cast, turned only the most jovial of countenances upon his guests and the world. But in his hours of privacy, more and more often he frowningly perused the pages of his herring records. This season, fish were not appearing offshore as they should; snd when they did appear, cruising whales quickly chased them into more constricted waters where the O'Moore boats could not fish. So far, the fleet had managed to keep Starbuck's cannery fully supplied—but only through ceaseless effort. Sondra, swept up in a whirlwind of gaiety, had almost forgotten the fishing business. Waking rather late the morning after the bomber* had taken off for their base in the States, it came to her, with a twinge of remorse, that she hadn't even seen Kemp since the arrival of the aquadron. At breakfast, when she mentioned it, her grandfather told her Kemp had put off two weeks ago to scout for inside fishing-grounds for his shallow Miners. Ikeda was in charge at the cannery. Sondra had planned to spend a quiet day free from guests, but even before breakfast was over a sleek, gray destroyer came nosing in to the steamship doek. “The V. S. S. PcUty," her grandfather commented. “That's Ellsworth's command. I met him when he was stationed at Bremerton." Commander Ellsworth promptly presented himself at Echo House, with word that his vessel's miuion tn Sitka was one of science rather than war. “I'm carrying a group of oceanographers from the Hydrographic Office, and a whole mess of modern equipment for the study of ocean currents,” he explained over a cup of coffee. “My professors are beginning tbeir work around Cape Edgecumbe and St. Lazana Island. Knowing you have done a lot of local research along their lines, Captain, I wondered if you'd let them come up here today and look over your records?" The Captain assented, heartily; and Sondra was soon greeting the group of scientists, and trying to conceal her surprise at their appearance. Instead of the graybeards she had expected, they were all rather young, alert, keen-faced men. And their leader Mayes, was a forceful individual with an incisive manner of speech quite at variance with the dreamy personality commonly ascribed to men of science. Throughout the day the group was in close conference over the O'Moore herring records. Working in pairs, with the Captain supplying a clarifying word here and there, they compiled their notes with machine-like precision. Though it was late afternoon when they finished. Mayes refused the Captain's invitation to remain for dinner. “Thank you, sir. Immensely in your debt already," he said in hie brisk, dipped fashion. “Hope to enjoy your hospitality later—return

As U. & Rounds Up Alicm? ; mI iris 1 , J* V fl Hr’j? *■ 3SBH - W w . j In a sudden roundup ordered by the justice departi ;tmu l; „ ton. ltd aliens have hecn seized and placet! under a . • m ppi Most of those seised were charged with Ukg:il y of immigration laws. All face deportation. Ahov and New York Citv police are shown with a g

the nation suffers. H< bools have done a splendid piece of work in educating children In the prevention of automobile accidents. the proper methods a pedestrian should pursue, and all other safety precepts that children should know and observe. The automobile driver should do his part and co-

it, also. Bit pressed for time nowpushing on this evening to anchorage at St. Lazaria. Remain there some weeks. Perhaps you'll run out — Miss O'Moore, too. Glad to have you aboard, any time." When they had gone, Sondra went in to find her grandfather absently rubbing a hand over the model of the (Jlory. There was a dispirited droop to his shoulder*. "Did you show Dr. Mayes your Aleutian charts, lamb?” she inquired. * He shook his head. “I mentioned them, but I could sec he wasn't interested. Belike, even the War Department has lost interest in them. *Tis weeks since 1 heard.” She slipped a comforting arm about his shoulders. “Don't be downhearted, darling. Maybe the very next boat will bring you a letter.” “Aye—maybe. And maybe I'm an old fool, who sees in me charts what no one else can.” He reached out a hand and listlessly began twiddling the dials of his radio. “I don't remember ever seeing them, lamb." "They’re nothing to look at—unless you're tryin* to take a ship through those waters. Just copies on thin tracin’ linen." "I'm sure there wa. nothing like that in the safe when I straightened it up. I—Dynamite!" She jerked up, startled by a sudden thought. “Do you suppose the safe-blowers Stole—" “No, darlin*, I’d not trust me charts to that old iron box. Besides, 1 like to keep ’em slwsys near. To look at. sometimes ... end remember. ... Belike, as Starbuck once said, that’s all they’re good tor. Just relics, to —” “Phooey for Kemp’s opinion! He's not a sailor." “No-o-o. Though I do be always forgettin* that, tor some reason. The sea puts her mark on a man, and there’s that about StarbuckWell, no matter." • • • e That evening at sunset, the PtUty left for St. Lazaria Island. Sondra, leaning from an arch In the cupola, watched the Navy greyhound nose out between the islands into the rose-gold west, but her thoughts were elsewhere. This was the first time she had come to the cupola since the night Jean Bcynali had talked to her across the water. She had kept away purposely, avoiding the place as one instinctively avoids a spot where the pain of disillusion ites shattered the beauty of a dream. But this evening, with the house quiet for the first time in weeks, a strange loneliness had come upon her. She bad felt the need to get nwsy by herself, to think ... to dream. Since that morning when his looped bit* of cable had temporarily disabled the O’Moore fleet, she had had no word from Jean. Had not heard his name, nor spoken it aloud. Yet she had not been able to crowd him out of her mind. Always, she was conscious of him. But sbo felt him most poignantly when she looked down on ihc transformation he had wrought in the Glory of the B'est. For the old ship was no longer dingy, battered, darkly scrofulous; outwardly, in all save maata, she was again the counterpart of the shining white model on the Captain’s table. At sight of her now, faintly flushed with sunset, Sondra was stirred anew by the grace of her snowy hull, and by the sheer beauty of her upeurving prow where, under a lengthened bowsprit, the golden mermaid pointed away to adventure. All that marked the Glory for a cannery was ths day-and-night rumble of machinery in ths bold. Sondra heard it now—steady, mus-

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operate with th<- .■ t children in the i> • .< m mobile a. < nielli . „ . ** 7 w and valual-le . >up ~( j, . — pie. It's smart to drive .areuM I Gold produ.tiou ii, | j - IS4O was the liuht . >

fled, the heartbeat of a grrtt :-hs try. The Baltic had e me with ita loaded m ns at and still lay in ita !•• rth r.-ar th Glory. Sondra had th ,gbt a» sorted until, suddenly, a rran SMI woman stepped out fr. m the p-* house—Reynall, and I s.'.eß.’n During the past m th L.sasH kept away from Echo 11 .»,» playing a surprising indiffi NMfll ward the personable jvun.'oiai who came and wetv there, ra seemed to have •,■■■ duh sorbing inter, .t .<» '..nda waterfront, for >he i. t ths Mb each time it came in, and sh* sat failed to be on ha* 1 whra 3 O'Moore fleet ar:,.. . :• .r..u*d. Now she and l.<ynali c -M down into the Indian .:.■<• th*: 4 alongside the Hattie. They Ml knelt in the b : - fwtaa and swung t>" r • cuslomed ease. The hr craft eaaa skimming down th ■ *|c» ing their laugh:. passing Echo H<>u- I re botirf them looked up and »*»4 * Sondra. Sondra watched the < mw t* out on the bay w islands had already t. d U|» plo velvet patch. W :. ' it was lost in the sha i *•. * swept by a fu rco n talgi* something she c.uld 1. . tried to think of < tl. r thtr.zs, M her mind persisted in <-r«ru •< Liane and Reyna!! in th* <*«* slipping along in I night air fresh on th. r !*«•>-«■ his eyes only for h r. She had m 1.. tardy the “talking spot’’ " 1. her, Liam ’s p. . cupola. “Oh, you n<» ' h* M for anything 1 want y .to >.M ll’/.p can’t we go out to the U* of Trees’” „ “Because it w uld ta »" to paddle out then •I ba ■■ IM| and I must start La :>r SbsalJ Lagoon within the hour," aflM rtpiied. . “Darn Shaman’s Ligo*. J every fish in it! If you ma»tr« back, why did you hn tie w« this canoe when 1 h.-. 1 just inw down for a cozy chat *b »™ W Baltic!" “What could h< r tns» R my little wildcat? I: >* rest your paddle wh:.e w* through between th two “ 4 ‘, I’ve always liked this litt.c ever since I used to p M ■ — as a boy.” , Sondra held her breath. "MJ going to tell Liane about toe tic properties of the CU| •*. how he used to talk to h r « *..‘ h when she was a little to” does, I’ll murder him, ’ *he th savagely. But there was n<< m->r<- tsls the sound of paddh * *‘t. x the canoe, and lbyna. hu , Then his voice, df P. not very loud, came across the water:— “Wild gee«o cry. fly I • Where silver spruce and • lock sigh. . ;< |. The campfire’s glow lifts » * drops low. , My heart goes out to youSondra’s eyes filled w;t and her heart with a happiness. Their c<4 seen her in thecup ’■< '■ a ,, Liane into a canoe rule 1 take him out to th. ir ' spot,” so he could sing to f j_ Suddenly the night ’ brant and glamorous « “ She lifted her * n J ‘I iier arms, feeling “A embrace the whole w.md«rf* <T* -