Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1941 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Pubilsbod Bvsry Errol st Ka< «pi Munday by FMB DMCATUR DEMOCRAT 00 incorporated. ■Blared at th* Doeatsr, lad , Poet OCBoo m Bocoad Claaa Matter. I. M. Hotter -»-PraeMoat A R. Moltbuuaa. Mec’y A Bus Mgr. LMaA D. Holter...—Vka-Praaidaat Bubecrptien Rates J. M*a CopiM — _ ——l M Dos week. by carrier ...™_ .10 Ona year, by carrier.t oo One mon lb. by mail.Jl Three moo tbs. by mail ...1 uo Mix months, by mail 1.71 Ona year, by maill.oo One year, at Pricaa quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Else* where U W one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Representative B<'HEERER A CO. U Lexington Avenue, New Tort. M Meat Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Members of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. a Man^Msaweiamaeew They say. the way to keep cool is not think about the heat. That's fine, but we're still hot •—o—It's only lout weeks until Day and the opening of scboifls. j court and other activities —o The street fair b> O. K for most | people, but few would want it for a steady diet. It's too hard on a 1 fellow's legs. ■ O O— — The parade of livestock lonvln . <ed every one that we at 111 have a j lot of the best horses, rattle and other stock in the country. O—O That Japanese ship wre [certnitted to land her cargo of f2,509,0M worth of silk so th< ladies may yet be able to «•< ure an occasional new | pair of hose. O—O It's difficult to say who is winning the war between Germany and Russia. but hundreds of thousands of men on either side are losing it if reports of caaualtiea can be depended upon. There is little danger of a gasoline shortage here. Relative proximity to oil fields and plenty of transportation minimises any threat. The problem seems to be in the seventeen eastern states. —o It's August and time for the merchants to fell our readers about the articles particularly adopted to warm weather Watch for their announcements this week it's important for the merchant and the consumer —o• • Ther<‘ are 1,700 parks in America and last year more than 13.000.dW visitors were registered. It is possible this record will be broken this year thousands of cars again roll over the land on summer vaca lions for the family. o—o • General opinion is ihat it was one of the best fairs ever given here and the crowds were record breakers Everybody seem» well pleased and we congratulate President Thoms and all bls assistants on doing a splendid job. —o Old Dobbin may come into his own if the gasoline restrictions continue throughout the east These who are used to getting out in the evenings will want some way to knock around and may decide to use grandpa's method of the horse and buggy. —o The county board of commissionerg feel grateful to the officials of nearby counties for their kind offer* to aid in taking care of the forty-four patients rendered homelea* by the fire that destroyed the Adan* county infirmary It showed * tin* neighborly spirit and * right attitude in hours of trouble

It's hard to blanic the four boys who jumped the fence to take a bath in the city pool th* other evening It may be a violation of rules and ordinances but the average young fellow gives little thought to that when he Is tired and hot and finds a spot of sparkling, cool water In which to refresh —o The- horse show this year was not up to the usual display, which Is easily accounted for. Few farmers haven't any horses except those for work purposes and even these are not what th*-y once were. To ire sure, there are some very fine specimens and they were exhibited here but not in the number of former years, —o o - Ohio has joined with many other states in preventing the sale of fireworks. except by permit and residents of the Rtic'keyv state will next year have a quiet Fourth Over here where w, have tried It a couple of years, we like It There are other ways to show patriotism without taking the chances of losing an eye. * hand or life. —o Even If you dldn t see the marijuana display at the fair we are sure you are a hundred per cent back of the campaign to abolish the crop from Adams county It's a no-account weed that causes ruin for many a young man and should not permitted to get a start here. Help the Federation of Clubs fight It. The fair is over and the streets look normal The entertainment made many happy and the gcxtd will thus built Is probably worth more than the average person figures. N<> community can afford to He dormant If it inconvenient -ed you. Just forget it and make it up som. other way for most of the people along the midway expressed themselves as liking the show. New figures of the Census Bureau on the use of automobiles, trucks and tractors on American farms provide the explanation of I earlier Census figures showing a dec line of 3.0M.090 horst* and mules In the past decade. On 2,k25.t2« j farms tn 24 states, the Census ■ Bureau found tn I*4*. 2.2n*.*M 1 automobiles. 920.022 tractors, and 4*4 226 truc ks. These 24 states contain less than half of the *,095,799 farms In the t'nited Htates. —o A hay fewr icatieut who favor* the campaign against marijuana says be hopes it is successful and the club women will include a battle against the ragweed, which he says effects seriously many more than are injured by any other weed or plant. The state of Kansas has started a campaign to eradicate the ragweed and according to announcements recently made are succeeding How they do it. we don't know, but if there is away to get r.l of this nuisance, we certainly ought to find out and go after it. O—O The- fire at the county infirmary was disastrous from a financial viewpoint but every one is happy that it occurred at an hour when most of the patients were outside the building enjoying the balmy summer air instead of in their rooms Every one was safely removed and the county commissioners and other officials are doing every thing possible to arrange for the comfort of the forty-four people who made their homes in the Institution. The building can lie replaced with a modern fireproof structure and aided by tbe insurance and salvage, at a cost not so large ar. to be burdensome, or some other pian worked out. No blame la attached to any one for tbe loss and every aid was given that was humanly possible. Tbe patients will be taken cure of here and in surrounding counties for the present. ■■ - —-o - —— — Employes of class 1 railroads of the V. 8. as of May 1». totaled 1I*4 719. au lucres** of 11 05 percent compared with th* same date la 14H0

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Washington Inaugurates Gas-Saving Campaign ~”' ”•. r „ { . -y iMrt| <■ ir- ---V ’ -.q ' 'M i --«• ■ ‘ < k w - w 4 **— l ******* ” Campaigning for gw* conservation, Washington, D. C., police ar* cautioning all motorists to make adjustments In their cars to insure economical running. Those ignoring the warnings are subject to arrest ' under a nuisance statute. Above, Patrolman Robert Howell warns F. H. KUvensun that his motor isn’t doing it* share in national defense.

t Aniwere To Test * Questions i B*low ar* th* answer* to th* . Test Questions printed on Pag* Two 1 True 2 Virgil 3 Montreal. Canada. 4 Pacific. 6 Kitchen police. 6 A small cap or hood. 7 Grandmother P. Sow 9 "Ivanhoe.” 10 Yes. —— —o - ? TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Aux 4 All attendance record* broken at Northern Indiana fair. Eestimated M.*. 'Pupils of Ht Joseph school have Interesting exhibit al fair. T>>jn Hingrey ra< > driver, receives broken ankle In a "xptl! at the second turn Funeral services held :n Naples for Enrico Csrusa. famous tenor Petitioner* for the Wabash river drain withdraw suit when Judge Ab ken says they must show benefits in excess of cost of the improvement. Jim Andrews of Monroe is attending the big fair. —— ■*- - — T Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE Q If a gir! doe* not wish to dance with someone of her sc<|iMintance, Is it permissHile to refuse? A Yes. if she ha* some rood reason. but she must make some polite excuse and not dance with anyone elw during that dame Q I* it permissible to Use a handkerchief while a’ the table during a meal? A. It tnay be u»l If absolutely necessary; but if possible, try to avoid it. q What Is the most essential thing for a man to appear welldressed? A. No tailor can make a man appear well-dressed if he is not wellgroomed. See that the hair, skin and hands are well-cared tor. shoes polished, linen immaculate, and the suit well-pressed. Household Scraph«Mik I By Roberta Lee J Care of Mirror* A few hints for the car* of mirrors are as follows Never hang

New Planes Roll Off U. S, Assembly Lines

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Sportsman Shot Down In France I - | >** jf ■ 'B. ' • dMI |Mi K aim '▼a. s » w -< T T’“ J JI «■■■ Jk < A * 9 | A f Shot down by anti-aircraft fir* dm Ing an aerial battle over the English channel Whitney Straight. 29. millionaire former New York society racing driver. Is believed to lie a prisoner of war In France Straight was in charge of an RAF squadron accompanying a group of bomber* which were raiding German shipping off the Belgian coast. Ills wife, the beautiful l-ady Daphne Straight, granddaughter of the late Anthony J. Drexel. I* living |n New York The straight* are shown above

a mirror where It faces a glare of! light. The buck should lx* protected so that no light or water tan possilky enfer. When cleaning. Ire very careful that water I* not allowed to trickle under the frame A semidry method of cleaning Is proferi-' ed. Salt Bath Hal' baths are very cooling and 1 refreshing on hot nights when it is difficult to sleep. Moisten a few handfuls of salt and rub the entire body with the mixture. Rinse off under a cool shower. A tub of cool water into which several cups of salt have been thrown is also effective. Purifies Refrigerator Place a small piece of ebsreoa! in the (rack <rt the refrigerator, and this will act as an absorbent of the various odors that will accumulate. ■" —o — GERMANY LAUNCHES (CONTtNCMD FROM PAGE ONK> the report. Japan suspended all steamship traffic with the inlted Htates. virtually cutting off Am.'rieins from means of leaving Japan.

.Americans mid other foreigners were prevented from leaving via Shanghai b*CMse they are not permitted to travel to Nagasaki p. rt of departure for Hhanghal. There were Indications of a rising fixxj crisis In Japai', apparently aggravates) by the srvcie typhoon which bit the country a fortnight MV. The royal air force was Ciack at its heavy schedule of attacks .*n Germany and the occnpl*<d countries. Rig attack* wore made during the night on Hanover and Fraiikfort-Aiii Malii and the raid on the Prent h channel coast was so heavy that Dover <x>a*t resident* said the bomb explosion, sounded like a clap of thundt" These attacks folio* <1 up W* ■•X<«spt tonally severe bombing of Berlin. • ■ '■ • TODAY'B COMMON ERROR When each member of a compound subject Is connected by elther-or. neither-nor tbe sub- | jeet is singular. cons«|u*mtly ‘Neither J.»hn nor Burt Were called.” Is Incorrect. Hay "was called." 9 ♦

DELPHI PLANS IST BLACKOUT Town Os 2.000 To State Stale’s First Blackout Tonight |*s-l|si>l Ind . Aug • <UR Spot lights will prole* the datkm-ss to night as raiding planes circle this city and bomba thunder on thsoutskirts It will be Indiana’s first black out when curious D> Iphl < itlleiis will discover what IxmdMers and ll* iliners experience nightly Th*- siren at tile armory will I si reech a warning at N W |» m to douse the lights. Trnfflc will b* halted Boy Scouts, state police Amerhan l.egioiialies and Imai company of the state guard will scour the city foi .in minute* io ch*** k offending gleams which might guide the "enemy ’’ S< vetity-flves will roar at raiding planes, guubsl by aearchlighls on the courthouse lawn Dynamite bombs, handh-d by professionals, will he detonated at a safe distance Every cltlien of this town of 2.tt*o will have printed Instructions telling him just what to do. The only hitch wtiich appeared possible at th*- outset was that unless some cloudiness develop*, a brilliant Indiana misin will he on the show, making II more or les* of

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Although it was late when the Baroness left Northeim's rooms, Marie did not ask her to stay for dinner. They had cocktails on what Marie called “the back porch." Tony found himself again dream toward this tragic woman. What had she and Northeim said? Th* Bvon.'ss gave no hint. She sat on the wicker lounge, between Tony and Ray Sheldon. Glancing up, Tony found Mane looking st h.rn with a puzzled expression, and he realized with a start that his own manner toward l4t I-swar was markedly warm. Nino Lippi, beside i Mari.-, was alao watching him. Eve Pryne was none too cordial toward a Woman she hoped Marie would not invite as another guest. At last Eve rose with unwonted energy from her chair, her eyes th* very naive blue which permitted her so many indiscretion*. "Well, I, for one, am going to dress," she said. “Will you excuse me, Baroneaa?" After that, Madam* Lascar took her leave beautifully. Tony went with her. He offered the excua* of **corting her back to her hotel. “Do go," Man. said. “W* won’t wait dinner. Do you mind?" One* in the launch, Madame Tascar sat narrow and quiet, opposing Tony's efforts to drew her out. But a* he walked with her to the Hotel d’Angleterre, her slender hand eaught at hi* sleeve. “Do not stay on the yacht," she whispered. "Why?” He halted. Her hand fell away. Her fine eye* seemed to take pleasure in the mountainous island at this twilight hour. “Corfu is so enchantingly of the past,” she said. “One is so confined on * yacht. And Cann**—well, the Riviere—you know it.” “I know what it used to he,” he Mid. And they spoke no more. Tony saw her into the elevator, and hurried to the desk, hardly hoping for an answer to his cable to Ed Keeler. But there w*s one. It Mid, “YOUR FIRST CABLE NOT RECEIVED. GREEN LIGHTS." That meant to go ahead, of course. So Hioto had not sent that deliberately misleading wire from the Svr*M. Therefore, from the moment they left Corfu, he would be eut off from all communication with New York. Tony felt unspeakably depressed. They were not yet at dinner when he returned to the yacht. Marie met him, a* he took the stairs to hi* stateroom. She had changed into something silky and of the dark blue she seemed to like best. “I’ve told Captain Buckner I want to start for Cannes at once," ■he Mid. “Do you still want to come along?" “May I?" Tony countered. “If you want to,” she said carelessly, and ran up tbe stairs. • • • The Strma was on her smooth course to Cann**. The island of Corfu was a dream left behind. They rounded the to* of Italy’s boot, passed through the Strait* of Messina, and were in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The sense of strain on board should have been lessened. But it hadn’t; it increased instead. Northeim felt uneasy, after his talk with the Baronere Lascar. He took his temper out on Nino, who** romantic heart revolted at making love to Marie under pressure. Much of Major Erie Thelme’s blustering heartiness had subsided. He liked Anthony Worth and loved Marie Schuyler as a big, shaggy dog love* someone kind; and be knew that ham threatened both these young people. But hie terror of what Northeim eould do to him, outweighed his xympadii**. He wished Northeim had never spotted him that time in Monte when be went 1 broke. He had been calling himself Lord Burleigh then. Tony was moody. Re had made no headway. Th* golden Riviera of casino* and intrigue, promised de- < velopmanta he couldn't foresee. How i could he, before then, uncorer th* dark play oa the yaeht? How wa* it ; possible, h* thought despairingly, ( te ruk any bold move on thu boat, ' with Maria at stake?

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a cinch for the "enemy" to spot "rrtijectlveo.” At lhe controls of the "bonUNN**'* will l>. iioii Kemp <rf Lafayette and Capt L I Arrtx of Purdue university. They will have the dual rr«|wilisihlllty of almllating enemy aircraft and at the same time ob serving the effectiveness of the blackout. The whole thing got started when a few people here, interested In the civilian defense program deelded to «ee how much cooperation

He wished he could be frenkei t with Ray Sheldon. But Ray couldn’t i ( keep anything to himself. He was r like some small, sprightly retriever, t trotting about picking thing* up. And he was over friendly with , Fritz, the steward. Tony had caught t them whispering together. c Marie Schuyler felt glad that the , cruise, upon which abe had so eaaf ually embarked, would soon be over. t Tony piqued her; Nino aroused eon- , flic Ung emotio .i, and she was beP ginning to resent Felix Northeim's j pervading authority on her yacht. , Her state of mind was, therefore, j unsettled when, on Thursday morning. she strolled into Mrs. Pryae's I cabin adjoining her own. > Eve was manicuring her nails, . sitting propped among pillows, a - pink silk spread harmonising with i her pink and white make-up. "Are - you going to marry tbe Marchese, • darling?” she languidly ashed. “You . can’t keep him dangling forever. He’s been quite squirmy sine* that t good-looking Worth boy turned up. t I wonder,” she chattered on, “if that 1 dear old guardian of yours had anything to do with this Tony being in ; Corfu. It does seem rather funny, doesn’t It?” “Tony isn’t a snoop." Marie said, . haughtily, wandering over to Eve’s J dresser. She unstoppered one of the I many flasks of perfume arrayed I there, and wrinUad her nose over it. She set it down. "I think I’d ilk* Tony better If he loosened up a little more," she complained. “H*’s i so sort of glum all the time." “You mean he doesn’t make lore to you.” Eve appßad a light polish to her thumbnail. “I asked you if you were going to marry Nino. You know, my dear, you do come Into your own in two months. You’re nearly twenty-one and you’re still a problem child. You don't mind my saying that? Judge Fairchild definitely feels you shouldn’t marry a foreigner. He ones told me," she added, “that be thought American money should stay in America, especially with everything so muddled abroad. I see what he means.” Marie’s dark Mu* eyes flashed. She seized a comb and draw it impatiently through th* d*sp red of her hair that curled outward along her shoulder* “I’d marry Uppi tomorrow if I were tw» I’d never want to divorce him,” she Mid. But later, whan Marte went up an deek, the future seemed much tea* important than tbe present. It was a heavenly day. Nina Lippi waited for her. He wm in high spirits thia morning, perhap* because he hadn’t been summoned by Northeim for one of the talks that took all romance out of his amorous soul. He took Marie’s hand and led her, unprotesting, to the farthest end of the bow. They stood silent a moment, watching the glitter of foam parting m the ship drove ahead. A wind had com* up, teasing apum* over th* rails, , iMMhafl with th* shear Joy I of living, h*r hair fanning out around her gay vivid face. It was , sueh a elean, blue world. She and I Nino shone in it. their bright heads close together, their arms linked. “My darling, my beautiful dar- i ling—rerisrima «* Fama—l love i you, lev* you,” h* said at lam in a | low vole*. ! “Do you. Nino?” She tumad to < look up st him. He was very sweet. “I cannot bear waiting any long- i er," he said, passionately. “I am tor- t mented. I do not sleep. Allthetime < I think of you, my little love. Will i m .“l.T Bko we l men? Will you not marry me?” Marie's gas* widened on him with I uuestiona of a lifetime. But in th* < fine air of the June day everything *eem*d perfect. There wasn’t * i cloud; only th* vole* of Nino— < P®«u«rive, in her oar. 1 W»iy, I—" she began. i • • • Captain Buckner lacked Weakly 1 down from his bridge at th* two ! slender figures in th* bow. No mis- * take about what wae ffoing on. H* growled to hi* officers, Middleton * and Swan, with a seaworthy oath. * I’d taka her dear my knee!"

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could ire received m 4 test. Th.- army *m h»u |3 in this strictly i iciiuu - I[w J Consistent efforts ho, | made to elimlna’e J and to avoid asp.-, >. „f , , J celebration. No crowds h. t 7| solicited but a l.iry, on, |. J ed anyway. 1 Except (or th>- ..uii,,, I everything s ill be t e»| I Trade In a Good Town - nJ

>r Swan sighed. Rs wu ql t young, with a gentle brer. J s He had a girl in New York te bJ ’, to marry some dsy. He vrot*l I. every Saturday night, ssd A tire** sent her bite of poetry 1 t the brittle Middle tor, * w.‘ J bachelor, agreed with the rsp'J * Tony, with erea.*>>d brow, fl - watched Marie and Nino wxlk| . toward tbe bow. They v*rt I - sorbed in each other; sn> irtrafl - then would h**v- made him J I unpopular. Marie had teen fl . tinirtly on the eool »id< tints heH , escorted La Latrer back to dl Worth was scowlinr after M i when Ray Sheldon grabted hm] was early for Ray to te sofl around, suggtKting a turn alm j deck. He wm bristling wrth J ( tery and importance a« he bsfl ! Tony to the rail. "Now, my lad. out with ■ J Worth said, good natorediy. They had come to a halt ofpM th* port windows of Not'j-'-J suit* which formed the <nd of I I main deck’s aft units Ra/npouq ' little ears twitched, and be ■ ( shaken by a gale of aUent lauca M he looked at the clo-<-d wrrdfl “Pretty snug in there, isn't M Tony nodded, and glanerd ; the deck. With • sen* of aIJ ’ physical impact, he saw Fein Ml > theim’s distorted face flsttsa against a window pan*. Ttecl ugly mask vanished. “I don’t like this spot,” Ta ' said sourly. “Let’s move.” Bay aovwsd up his sharp M nos*. “There’s more than meetii eyre in there,” he whispered. H niag at Tony’s disgu-ted ezptd sion. "I My the man's -akingj fortune in juggling munition*. B going te And out.” Tony walked away Put he dM walk far. He waited for the lit! man to catch up, and then brunqff ly demanded, "What do yes nN you’re going te And out?" ’ "I don’t think I’d better tri! yd No, I really don't think I »hi>ua Ray said. There were th ready lid about bis bright eyes in the M light. “If I get anything, it’s I be a seoop—a big one!" He looked at Tony, and for s M moot he didn’t seem so assuffl "You sm I write article? -»p« Correspondence for the n.■w’psM and so on. I often mail in tid-bitri I don’t mean malicious r*s>E I added, with a Strang* for bM earnestness. “Just slants on M and personalities, you know; hxM interest items with * d*.«h ofM rika to give them scat. No byid stuff as yet; I don’t sign t"f ” name.” He looked down st tbe M and up into Tony’s gray »y«“It’s my mother,” Ray said. a wry twist of his eyebrow. R mother think* writers — th * t e J journalist* are awfully low. I wants to support me, and of rotm I won’t have it So—” His »®« hands waved vaguely tow»« -l sea, as If blessing the miles of I between him and his parent n I have a knacit of acnbbling. sadoh well, o« /oR ee ’•“* ing one does what one can *l’d like to read something’ yours,” Tony Mid warmly. Ray and distrusting his disr**' more than ever. Thro it came w* him what all this talk had te* about. “Listen, you’re not tnm»« of JVortAeim a* a scoop?” ... Tony was genuinely »>st*" now. When Bay’s "er;* 4 .. wound up, he could be "Leave him alone!” Tony s ve was stern. “For heavens •»« man, don’t meddle with bort l *®. Ray nodded with eanny ijaue* tion. “I thought so. Afraid Bl P* one over on you?” t “It isn’t that,” Tony began. *" cheeked himself. Official nr ’ jW ” ciai, his tongue was honor boo No one connected with such a aion as his talked. . . Ray was staring beyond Marie and NiM Lippi were ««»■ alone the deck. They walked nsm in-hand, graceful, light of fc*t Mari* saw Ray *»d T*>y . eng.grd!” sb* eriwi “J*"' - " engaged. Isn’t it wonderfm (To b* eoataucdl