Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1941 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ttohUehed ®very Bvanlas Bmw< Sunday by nu OHJATUR DEMOCRAT 00 la corpora led. Bntarad Al Um Decatur. lad. Poet Offlat m Second Claw Mattar. L H HaUar President A R. Moßhouse, Mac y A Baa. Mgr. Otak D. Mellor __—Vko-ProeideAt •übaariptian Rataa MUI Copies —| .03 0«i weak, by carrier- JI Oos year, by carrier I.M Dao month, by Bail 41 Three mouths, by ma11....__.._ IM in months. by ma 111.71 Dea year, by mail I.M Oaa year, at office .I.M Prices quoted are witbia a radius of IM mlloa. Elaw where |4 40 one year. Advertising Ratos made known on Application. National Representative BOHEEftER A CO. U Lexington Avenue. New York. H Cast Wacker Drive. Chicago Charier Members of The Indiana Ix-ague of Home Dallies. Lawns In the city sare kook gieatly improved as a result of the drinks administered iu showers the past few days. —o Schools will open In two weeks. You can get every thing the children need lu Decatur stores and now is the best time to shop O O -I Another weekend list of traffic accidents to warn us that driving thes> nice summer day* wbeu the highways are crowded is dangerous and that even careful people must be more so. —o A survey taken in New York City show* that eight pen ent of all the boys and S 5 percent of the girls like school and like to study It is believed the percentage is ev«n higher In the rural sections of the middle west That's a good indication that the future is safe. —o The shooting affair in which two Mexican neighbors • ngaged will probably conclude a sued that seems to have gone on several years h would have been much easier for every one concerned if the participants had resorted to the courts to settle tbeii disputes. —o Tbe Decatur Girls' band is altending tbe American Legion convention In South B-nd today and will lead the boys of Adams Post 43 tn the parade. It's a real musical organization and always attracts attention as it is one of tbe very few girls' bauds in the middle west. Q—O — The slate fair will open a week from Saturday and according to prediction from those in charge it will again Im* "bigger and bettor than ever.” That may sound stale but H's true that for ten years past each fair has shown improvement over the proceeding one and many tilings indicate thia Will again be Due. *O O The las levies for Washington township and the poor relief for this unit indicate a decrease lu tbe tan rate, good news always to those who must pay it. While in most countlew It is expected the tax rates will In* up this year, there are hopes for reductions or holding our own in most every Adams county diriatou. Pori Wayne police have marked speed check sones in tbe down towtt district and have been mak Ing taels with stop watches. They find there- are many violators and starltag today will make arrests, •- ft expected that after an appearuucS or two in court where stiff flues are to be meted out tbe practice M speeding to make a green light will le-issm considerably — - to reduce Use •mount of gac used u» seventeen eastern

slates felted A patriotic roqu*i was Ignored and when a ban from 7 p m . lo 7 a m was put ou. drivers just tiled up before the flxed hour with the result that gas sales Incressed about ton percent. Now I the Halloas are under ration, and can ualy get the amount as fixed on the amount averaged in tbe past. That will probably do the lob. There Is a persistent rumor that Rudolph Hess, the Nasi high chief who landed In Scotland several months ago Is now interned In Canada It may be true for there ha* been no official news about him since a few days after he landed and was taken to a hospital with a broken ankle The only reason we doubt it Is that If he is that dose some enterprising reporter surely would have located and interviewed him. —OLook over lhe tax budgets as they are published from day to day They should be he Intel eating and we are sure they are important. They tell you how much money the officials feel Is necessary to operate next year and how it will he used. If you object yon will have an op. portunity to discuss your position. Take an Interest in public affairs. That's the great benefit of borne rule and that's what make* for good government. —o—o President Roosevelt is back in Washington after a sea trip that was probably a summer vacation, but at the same time- a very Important session Grave problems were disc usaed and it is expected that action will result. Already there I are Signs <rf speeding up affairs concerning the war so that peacemay come over the world and con-! tinue during decades to come. If that can be accomplished, more power to whoever cat. accumphsb , it. While the hot weather has even ! stunted tbe ragweeds, it is expected that there will be enough to cause a lot of sneezing as the bay 1 fever period approaches. In a num ber of cities boys have been organised in campaigns to eradicate this I obnoxious weed and with great success. Al Laporte, Indiana, the Boy Scouts have taken up the work and every vacant lot and unattended corner will be cleaned, tbe weeds being permanently destroyed as nearly le possible. It's a thought. —o When you try to buy goods from whob-saleni or manufacturers these days you discover the < rials is a real one. It effects almost every kind of merchandise Book paper which has always been plentiful is now on the deferred list with deliver!* impossible before October and th* u at the price of the product when shipped. That makes It rather difficult to do business and we are told by merchants that they imd a similar situation on many articles We are. really in the c ampaign for defense and it begins to pinch. o—o While we who have known Jim Murphy a long time are pleased exceedingly by his promotion to the management of the Terra Haute Western Union office, we also regret that be Is to leave Decatur. Jim has made good and from the days when be was delivering m*sages to lhe present time, be bus made good by his courteous treatment of the office patrons and bis strict attention to business. We join thto entire community In wishing this sp.eudld young mau continued success and happiness. O-ffi ■■ ■ Clifton Striker retired as county school superintendent Haturelay after serving with much credit tor sixteen years. With a smite be said good-bye to those with whom be has been associated aud many with whom bis work has brought him in contact. He has not determined ou his future but whatever ft to be has many friends and admirers who wish him continued success. Lyaza L Hana auccead*

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Answers To Test Questions Below are ths answers to the Test Queafioas priatod I oa Page Two I. Alaska. 2 False. 3 WocMl-wind 4 Asia. 6. Retuse heap * on ainiug archieolugic al remains | 4. Catamaran 7. I nion of Soviet Socialist Repdbllc’. ■'From Greenland - icy mountains." 9 Hir Thomas Liplon. to. Gaucbo 1 True J. False 3 There is no difference iu sweetness 4 William H«*ury Harrison aud Zatbary Taylor. 6 Eagle. 6 PortugUeeO. 7 Newcastle. 8. Abraham Lincoln. fl. Oyster. 10. Sergeant Alvin York - o— —— “TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY _j August I»—Tbe United States make, formal demand from Germany for loss of lives ot American soldiers. County Clerk John T. Kelly goes to Indianapolis to get ballots for the special election on constitutional aiti'tidnietits. Koger Lcinuvr a'P* M|»r E l ' ll ° him and enters uimhi his duties with the best wishes of nyvry one. He to qualified and will as he modestly asserts "make every effort to continue the* high standard made by predecessors."

Alaskan Liner Runs Aground Off Seattle ’ * flB ' 'wF* v. * mJ/. '. 1 \ b ’ Three hundred and Mrtrdbree passengers bound for Seattle were marooned BB <*e AMtsnflperdtatehm r ■

ARE YOU EVER EMBARRASSED? Do you alumble. aomr'liMs. over the problem of using lhe right word to convey your meaning' Are you ever in doubt alwcul the pioper roust ruction of a sentence? Can you always punctuate a sentence correctly? Are you puzih-d over adjectives aud advetbs? An* you sh.cky 1 over the proper usage erf who and whom, lay and lie. sit and set, mid a score of others th.ct trip the unwary writer or speaker? You will find the booklet “Correct English" Is exactly what you have been looking for. Bend the coupon below, with a dime enclosed to cover return postage and other handling costs: CLIP COUPON HERE _.F M KERBY Director ..Daily Demoeiat Service Bureau Dept. B-104, .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1413 Thirteenth St.. Washington. D C. I Here's a dime send my copy ot lhe booklet “Correct English" to NA M E HTREET aud No. CITY «TATE 1 read the Decatur Daily Dtmocrat. Decatur, Ind.

Dell married at Hillsdale. Mich. George W. Musser, formerly of this county and who became chief justice of the supreme court es Colorado, dies in Denver. Public service commission holda hearing on a petition of Monroe citteena lo cotniiel the G. It A I. railroad to Install gates instead ot lights. Decision takvu under advisement Sylvester Hlratsli kills a five foot aud nine inch iblue racer snake on the Ed Schamerloh farm in Union township. * Household Scrapbook | By Roberta < . -♦ Cart of Eyes It your eyes feel tired or dusty, tbathe them with.boric acid or other rye wash. Vaseline is quick and effective iu promoting long aud curling eye lashes Homemade Mayonnsiss Kisixe people are under the tailiresxion that hometnade mayonnaise will not keop in warm weather. This Is a«t so, as it Will keep Indefinitely if plated in a mason

jar, the top screwed on securely. ' aud the jar placed tn the bottom of ! the refrigerator where the dresa- ’ tug will not get too cold. It will spoil very readily if kept uncovered. Threading Needle Cutting the thread on a slant irefore threading a needle will point ' it aud make much easier tbe task of sticking it through the eye of the needle. o | [Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LCff — ♦ <J Is a clergyman addressed as Reverend Jackaou"? A. No; address him as "Mr. Jackson." unless he Is a Doctor of Di- . vinity. iu which case he is addressed as "Doctor Jacksou." <J Is It proper to abbreviate the name of the monrh *hen ■writing tbe date in a letter? A. No. Tbe name of tbe month . is-written in full. Q. To whom should friends of tbe i bridegroom send their gifts If they are not acquainted with the bride?

The Froplr'n Voice This column for tbe use ot our readers who wish to make suggestions for the general good or dtecuM questions of intereat. Ptease sign your name tp show authenticity It wIU not be used if you prefer that it not be • 4 They Art Grateful To lhe Dally Democrat We. the Inmates of the* Adams County Infirmary, both men and women, want to publicly say. Hurrah. hurrah for the finest Hupei Intendrnt and Matron In the* world Our noble Superintendent and Ma tron, Mr and Mrs. Hani Hlnrhail never thought of th<*lr own selves during the calamity of the teas erf our home by fire on Aug I. 1941. All they and our grand noble* commissioners thought of. wss to se-e that we inmates were made com sortable I know our fine Fuperln tendent and Matron as well as our good commissioners would want me to say h«>w deeply they, as well ax we inmates, wish Io thank with all our hearts, every person, man or woman, who stood so faithfully by them and by us in the* hour of need. We- send our very beet whiles to all. and are hoping to return home In the not too long future We Inmates thank the Superintendent and Matron and good commissioners of the Allen County Infirmary A All wedding gifl* must 4>e seat to the homo of the bride.

CHAPTER TWENTY NINE Penetrating the small office, Tony was stopped again. It was a stronghold, as Ray had reported. The table was bare, except for the ivoryhandled seal. Opposite the door, stood tbe cabinet sections, each padlocked. In one corner was a Dictaphone case locked. Tony took hold of the nearest Padlock and tried to wrench it loose by sheer strength. Not a chance. He would have to mash it Tony ran back Into the first room, hunting frantically for some sort of hammer. He wheeled, feeling 2ea upon him. A face grinnei rough the starboard window. It was liioto, his owlish features set in a mask of oriental glee. Kioto was having fun. Then Tony went berserk. With a •weep of his arm, he overturned the va* of red carnations on the table. A heavy bronze lamp stood behind ft, and this Tony grabbed, swinging at the mirrors which seemed •till to hold Felix Northelm’s reflection. The crash of glass brought him back to his senses. The bronze wss solid enough to try on the psdloeks. He charged back into the office; sttacked the cabinets. Kioto had ducked and enme np again, framed tn one of the office windows. He leered, then grimaced, as Tony, not heeding him, drove blow after blow at one of the padlocks. With the grip he had on the base of the lamp and the fury behind his attack, the brass loop gave. Kioto vanished from the window. Tony dropped the lamp, and passed his hand over his forehead. He was dripping wet He yanked out the steel rod which clamped the drawers in place. He pulled at tbe second drawer. It came out scattering files and papers. He was on his knees, scooping np I letters, papers, documenta, which he could see might be reports from 3ies end traitors in many sections America. Yes, here he was, in ' one laboratory at least, where poison was mixed and dispatched with the purpose of paralyzing the United States! And thia was only the contents of ow drawer in one cabinet. Think of all the other files! But how eould he—7 Someone pounded on tbe thick glass of the window. At first, Tony beard nothing beyond the beat of bis own blood. Then he glanced around. His heart rocketed. This time, Captain Buckner stood outside looking in. But his face was bleak, the face of a condemned man, Tony thought with instant terror. The skipper jerked his hand up, pointing in the direction of the lob-

by into which the main door of the suite opened. Ho did this twiee, before walking away. Tony left the office and, inside the next room, whene he had broken the mirrors, followed the progress of the grizzled head as it went past tbe starboard wtadewa. There waa something horrible about that slow march on deek, with the gleaming blue strip of sky and water as a drop eurtaln. It was like the last mite, Tony thought, his heart sinking with each of the old man’s measured steps. For Captain Buekner was not alone. Figaros walked beside and behind him in the sunshine. Then Tony heard a series of sharp raps on tbe door he had bolted. His hand waa on the bolt, his eyes stared at the red eamatioas he had burled to the black rug. **Mr. Worth?” It waa Captain Buekner'* voice, but with none ot its usual resonance. “Yea, Sir." Tony’s hand went to the bolt, and withdrew. Captain Buckner spoke again. “The Jap, the steward and two seamen are out here with me.” he said. “It*« mutiny, Sir. The chief engineer, Mitzel, is guarding my officers, Mr. Middleton and Mr. Swan. They're tied in the chart room, where Eve been for over aa hour. Mr. Worth I” ... His voice rose ... “Frits baa a knife at my neck. I’m to tell you that if you don't coma out of there with your hands up, they'll torture saa. But—Worth—don’t you do it, Sir!" Captain Buckner roared. “Don't com*out!" • a • Tbaraap Lamps bad citutg to oaa

for opeulng this home for us. And we are thankful They are fins to us and we should all appreciate their efforts lo make things cheerful tor us. I am an Inmate of the Adams County Infirmary. Decatur. Ind MARY E RICK - "■■'W' News Os The World By United Prsse ► «, BKIiLIN Five Netherlands clllsrns have been sentenced to death by German court martial for aiding the crew of a British bombing plane, which had made a forced landing. In an unsuccessful attempt to escape. It was announced today 000 TOKYO Embassies and legations were notified today that effective at once all foreigners must obtain permission from the governors of the prefectures In which they reside before they can leave Japan 000 MOSCOW Kusels today admitted the loss of lhe Black Bea port of Nikolaev and tbe Iron ore region of Krivoi Ilog io the German, Hungarian armies driving into lhe Ukraine. 000 LONDON Prime minislei* Winston Churchill and his party arrived In Great Britain today after his conference at sea last week with President Roosevelt. Political quar* ters reported Churchill soon would make a radio speech on the confer-

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hope sinee her meeting with Norty helm on the Narrne. He had sent her f- the white carnations of death, and la she still lived. She had braved him r- on Marie Schuyler’s yacht, and she r, still lived. Her hope had been then, I- that be needed her in Cannes; that t- he would need her grace, her tact, and her villa for the climax to his it most cherished plans. Now that e hope was gone. »• For two days, the Baroness had awaited the word Northeim always [• sent when he knew—as he must know now—that she expected a message. None came. And that dawn, from the hill J upon which her villa stood, back of the Route de Frejus, La Lascar had seen through her binoculars the white ship glide into the harbor. ■ Then she had wept. And her faith- • ful Anna had said, “Write a note ■ to this Mine Schuyler, Madame. My 1 nephew will deliver it. Never fear. ' Ask her, Madame. You must find out if this girl has stolen Atm." I When Anna had called a taxi, and , driven to Cannes and back, she had . news that these mea, Friedrich . Haenael and Sergei Vorodkin, whom Northeim wanted most to see, , were at the Hotel Carlton. Yes, the B devoted and travel-experienced Anna knew desk clerks and bead 1 waiters all over tbe world. One of , them had told ber this news. i Anna hovered now over the mls- . trees she adored, serving her a VI- , enneae brow of ro/e om fait. “You must eat, too,” Anna urged. "You | are young. Not yet forty. And you . are beautiful. You should find a | rich and handsome husband—aome- ) one , . she added thoughtfully, ) “like the American lawyer, Mr. . Anthony Worth, you spoke to me about" i “Years and years younger, in love i with the Schuyler, and poorer, I i suspect, than ho appears.’’ Madame i Lascar smiled faintly, pushing her ! tray aside. She lay back in the . chaise longue by the window, stari Ing out at the pink roses in her i small garden. But she didn’t roally see their rich bloom or hear lhe i drone of bees in tbe sunlight .. . Freaently Anna went away. “I taught him to love, and he has taught me to hate," Theresa thought. Felix Northeim was fifty now, and insatiably greedy still for all be had coveted in his youth. Why did she love him? Her mind went back a decade or mere ... They had met, Felix and Theresa, at a Greenwich Village party in ifllfl, in far-off New York. She was eighteen. Felix had been thinner

»- then, and always hungry, with a e fierce yet fastidious appetite that i, eroved more than food and drink, e Women of a certain type were mad I, about him, because he waa /oreign, i brutal, aensual, brilliant He might have been Swedish, Irish or Rusi sian. Ho told her later that his y mother waa a Georgian peasant, of i Caucasian Wood, sad his father a ? Proaslan nobleman. The formation i. of his wide brow, even at thirty, f was like a fortress prepared for a b sieg-. His pale blue eves, set obt. liquefy above high cheekbones were t suspicious of everyone, everything. 1 His underlip was over-ripe and full. Ho was indeed ugly. Yet be waa I fascinating. i Theresa worked in a department I store. Her mother had been a RonI mantan. Her father had disappeared when Theresa waa a child. 1 She had loved Felix because ho had I taught her sophiatication, and had captured her romantie fancy. Many ’ P**?}* Wens bad come to their shabby studio on the ' X** r ferment after the war. ' ot th * m roade money, and . drifted away. Others drank them- - selves to death or worse. But there • were always some who met to dis- . cuse things endlessly, and who , carted small magazines. Felix contributed articles to these, and he wrote several radical pamphlets. i He joined In labor movements, talked of liberation for the masses, etc., etc. But whenever he had a Httla money, ha used ft on luxuries; M • • • JuM aa ho used Theresa. When the ward “depression” was Mlectod to daoenbe coadluona that

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c-nce. — ffOo BKItLIN Nur, 41d , M thu ItUMlsn army „ ( was totroouag ltll . without offerlnr further , "" after It. los. of vol Rog 14 I I] ’ tZ 1 * t Following th. Fourth ot . w.-ek-end death toll m Am» v Picked up a promtosht dll - * paper and read the h.-adllns, i erica Bent fw d. or, l((|(IB •tory told ol the mn , " of the Fourth erf j 0 | z „ ' holiday. In which the look Aral plac Labor I toy weekend will be hi soon, and again the n. America will pby llp , br (fc , .’><*» to 7ih» people »< |, the* week-e nd We <J<» not ms war here lo kill p«op|, All lo do Is turn th. m „ q ( highways, and they wIU do u.l themselves Do you know why? TODAY'S common ' Hhould Is used in tin f ■ son as a mere t. n«<- »(g a ,'>,i out reference to mittfon 4 , < should Im* glad to > <>m. if f tta take the time

■ had been grdng oa fr * long th r Felix and Theresa »< re a- p»t i they had always been It wu tb j that Northeim discovred Amer e as fertile ground f r pfinting m . of diaeontent and reaping t titles! corp*. He found a prolitai , business among foreign sgenu i the genera! slough -,f d-spond. A t that was the eery time, at Ft saw it, to prepare for r.stwn*ha I ing eampaigne ahead. ■ Northeim watched group,, pH, t back of them for their source,, . money*. He guided whi«per« • Joined parties of malcontent* * I were jealous of each other Hu w j iu* waa in foreseeing the won I and proposing way* out. But I , way* he kept his council. , . Then, suddenly Felix went tn El ’ rope with Theresa. He tr»r»!h > under many n r <port»| , Moscow, Berlin, Pans Undue< sounding out. feeling out, cents* j ing , . . Sometimes Theresa wa with him. Sometimes she stay, i behind in the studio he had taken i the Montparnasse quarter >! Pan For, although the "H 'uU MiA", 1 related to the So’bonne Cclleg ’ continued to be known as the Lati Quarter, Montparnasse wu *n it ternational swarm of artists, ms, of them Americans. Other ir.divu ual* haunted Montparnasse, me and women whose business vm m so clear. “We mu«t make m*ney. H of it,* Felix kept saying “Ye will aee, Theresa. There will be l« and less money for individual Governments will get it. Revolt tions will get it. Wars will demas it Only those in the know,.. aa in power... will be rich. Democr* des, after all, are composed chieH of sentimentalists. Italy, for all he cheat-swelling Fascism, sing, he songs at home. But Germany, Ro* via and Japan, arc out to conqaa I shall make a world wide trad* market for them." That waa the banning of hi agency career. Even n.w it *• still in Its infancy, although Sort heim refused to admit he had M already performed the impoenm Yet thia vast secret agency »til faced the distrust of the givers ments Felix presumed to help . for a percentage, of course, m only chance lay in the eoming wai . . . munitions, trade, ,spion£ And he needed fund’, as any o’, he* business man must have capital■■ ready capital. So Marie Scteym was the first answer. Theresa Lascar got up chaise longue, to walk the fl<> <r. Th truth was she loathed yet !<>»« Northeim. She knew she mita help him any more, because, well--she didn’t believe in that which » waa doing. Th* very uss to whies Felix had put her as a glimomu 2y had made her respect the people a waa supposed to destroy. “He shan’t have that girl.' *>* thought bitterly. "I’ll kill “ and him— firit." . She looked out of her window, across the garden. Between the fir trees at the entrance, she »•» tn*

road winding down to the Route * Frejus. Her tehrphonc rang It••» Marie, talking from her coiffears ehop in Cannes. When Theresa hM hung up, she wondered why she nm warned the girl against Luigi. • • Luigi, who waa Northeim s Nokiller; Luigi, who had delivered * white carnations on the Scrota. There were hours to wait no* until afternoon. But it was not 5 two o’clock when Madam' lasrt < back at her window, saw Northeim yellow ear elimb the hill and dr«« up at the foot of her path. So N»had disregarded her warning, a let Luigi bring her here, after a ■ -Nitckto!" There** murmur* That Russian word for fateshe ■ learned from Northeim who on! pronounced it In her present*Luigi meant danger. Madame Las-ar watched h« slide from behind his wheel, without a glance at the rills he knew so well. Then he handed Meno out. and drove off. (To be coptujuedi Ckswtrns M Cbm* , M pyßWcwswaucrsmwwumO" '