Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1942 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Kbitob’d Bvery K’»BtAi ept Bunday by HU DECAI UR DEMOCRAT CO. larorporated Entered nt tbn Decator. Ind.. Pont Office m Second Class Matter. I. H Hellsr PrMidrnt A. R. Holthouse, Sscy A Hui Mgr Dick D. Hollar Vlcs-I’reeldeat

Subscription Rater Single Coplei 1 M Ono weak, by carrier ——— .1° Ono month, by mat! * 5 Throe muntba, by mall ■— I®u Bia montbi. by mail ——— 1.75 One year, by mall . * 0° Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere 11. W one year Advertlilng Ratos made Known On Application. National Representative SCHEERBR A CO. 1* Lexington Avenue. New Tork 1A East Wacker Drive. Chicago Charter Member! of The Indiana League of Homo Dallies Get y<>ui ticket for the ilnitibir of t'uiiiiixi-banquet next Tu»-»-<lay. A salvage .-ndeavor, which would alto help in hrautifl*atlon eliottld Include the puking up of all the waste (taper blown into va< ant lota, corners and liid>-**way places —o—tier idea of a pyrotechnic display we would Ilk. to Is when the big Id inch rnns on the I’. S S Indiana and a few other battlewhip are shot in tin- direction of Tokyo —o A gl'Ht I H Detena. Bond will provide you with approximately 12" of Income In the way of Intel rd If that form of government Isn't worth supporting. then we don't know what they mean about a free country. -0 Now the rtiinotw have II that there la troubh. not only in Hitler’s army but among htx navy heads ax well Hitler x retime cin I last ( and Ihe cat and do* tlrht over there will break lose. • tiding lit the termination of the dlctalor'x rule and restoring conquered countries , to the people again -0 President IIchUU veil Ila- ttoi lout his smile anti humor, despite the great worries caused by war. Appear ins In a new blue serge buxiness suit, he told ins fri' iid. Senator McNary that while he ami Winston Churchill were drafting post war plans, one plank outlawed formal clothes and that there would not be any still shirts and cutaway coals. — -o—o Although the Red I'm fund is not glowing as rapidly as II should, this county lx ahead of its neighbor. Wells county. However. Io the west of us they are going Io make a housc-to house c anvass in all the towiixhliHi. Every community should do its share and con-

tribute to file (ti.'HHI quota Then in no irunoti why we should full l»o we hear the dollar* rolling in? ———O—o Our lire worries may be over noon ■ I that) we expect Jesse Jones of the HKC announces that the government will finance the manufacture of syntheth lubber through a four hundred million dob tar factory expansion program and predicts that within lx month* we will be making enough rubber to take care of civilian needs. The program Is to lie pushed ami we may Hud that the synthetic stuff la better and cheaper than real rubber. —o That Io the Mile O’ Dunes Week, wheu contributions to Ute Infant lie Paralysis campaign should be made. The campaign will be carried on up until January lib, which date marks President Koosuvelt a .iXttath birthday aMiveruary, Halt of the fund raised here remains tu

the county to ueslst those afflicted by the disease and every community will want to do its full share in this great movement. Your dimes may be th* means of restoring someone stric ken by the disease to full recovery. —0 0 Th*- women of the community are cordially invited to th*- free cooking school sponsored hy this newspaper al the Adams Theater during the Week of January 16. The c ednn will open at I:3# o'clock and will be presided over by Miss Mary Bowen, noted lecturer and horn*- economist, who will prepare

tasty food from the stage. The sc hcud Is of greater Interest and important« today in view <>f living I cowls cHcssloned by the war and lie threeday program will no doubt appeal doubly to the women for that reason The theater will be a comfortable place Io gather, the- event being supported by local men hauls and national food matinfjttuier- who will distribute more than ten baskets of groceries and edihbw each aft- rmton Come, be our guest. O -O — .Neat Tuesday the Chamber of Commerce will hold its annua! banquet, arrangements being made to entertain more than 2tto pet sons. I This will In the hist meeting of those who comprise th. civic and businem life of the community since the outbreak of war ami it is not only important, but highly desirable that everybody attend Hcheduhd on the program will be an Interesting talk hy an able speaker and the election of three new directors. The Chamber of Commerce should be kept alive and one way to do it is by the members showing an inter**! and off-ring constructive suggestions for the betterment of the town and community. In-cis Io ns and ser Vices of varied nature will be called for during the coming motiths, so it i*« equally significant that int - rested and public -spirited men he chosen tor the- board la-t the annual meeting Im- a I*H* percent turnout of all the members and their gu< sts. —o Our Navy Not Idle: Sec retary Knox replied to those who are becofiilng Impatient Imc ause- the navy is not figuring In a large way lit the Ear Eastern news, that the navy w not Idle and will strike "where- and when we are ready, not before." If any American is * in ions about what out warships are doing, be may well realise how much more anxious the Japs are on the same subject. They do not know what to expect or where to *-X|m-c t it. but they know sometbhig Is c oining. Our own iMJople should realize that the navy can Im- depended on to do th. nght thing at the proper tline No on*- siis|H‘itH that it has skulked off mid gone into hiding tn avoid Jap opposition. Our seamen are not of that type. Nor are they of the kind to waste their • neigies and opportunities hi a seiles of futile demonstrations, or hit mid run sallies. They will, as the secretary says, strike where

and when they art- ready, and not before. The secretary also calls attention to a fact that some may be Inclined to overlook. He says Germany and not Japan in the real keystone of the war. Berlin undoubtedly egged the Toklo warlords into action for the express purpose of diverting attention to th- Pacific and awuy from him mid his activities. The Japs, it may be found when the war Is over, were Important merely for their nuisance value Their finish will follow soon on that of Hitler. Indianapolis Htar. “Twenty! k ears * AGO TODAY Jau 11 — School opens ut the Dent school tamer with 19 pupils. U cost the government six million dollars to enforce prohibition taut year. There were 3O.'«M) prosecutiotM «ud 50 <»00 convictions C. K. Magloy begins duties as eouuiy highway ctmuutaoiouei. Mr

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- > ——————————— < Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two 1 True. 2. President Harding 3. Unabridged dictionary I Rose I England r. Thistle INcotland); and Nhamroek tln-lindt. 5 Prine*- Albert ot Naxe-C iburgtiotha. ther cousin* 6 William II Woodin. 7. Routh Dakota. I. Toma l<>. ft. Asteroids io. William Frederick Cody i ... , > Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q Should a young * hild b.- taught to rise when an adul' enters the room to call? A Yes. and the younger the child ix. the- la-tter. He lx much less selfconscious performing tn la act of courtesy at the- age of six man if In- is beginning th*- act at fifteen If taught these- eourlcxrus habits at an early age. the- child will not Imho gawky, awkward and aelfsousc ions ax h<« grows older. Q Does one usually serve snything following the small wedding in the home? A Vex; light refreshments. Q From which side should owe sit down in his < lrair at the table? A From whichever side is more convenient Hendricks Is showing him the system today. Decatur Horse Kate company will Imld first sale of x*mxcm Friday. Col. Reppert leaves on an auction trip through the went. J. A Umg of Geneva receives card from Newell Banks, the world ch*-cker champ, now In Umdcn. He has given several •■xhildtlons at Geneva.

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* Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE * —4 New Fireplace If the bricks around the fireplace are too new and bright-took.ng. try rubbing them with some machine oil appHed cm a soft cloth. This will impart a more xrssoned appearance to the flrepliice and it will blend in bettor with th" furnishings of the room. Tightly Corked Be sure to keep the hot'les containing flavorings snd extracts tightly corked, or they will lose their strength atid flavor. Cleaning Silver Common lump starch can bn axed for cleaning silver. It should be rubbed on with a damp cloth, allowed to stand for a few minutes, and them rubbed dry with cheesecloth | CHURCH REVIVALS I The evangelistic- services are Increasing In Interest ss was evidenced by the fact that the auditorium of the Evangelical church was completely filled for Tuesday night s service. People are getting into the spirit of the meetings and the openlßC vot'B services are very enthuxiastie and inspirational. A special number was sung by Mrs. Hephns Jackson with Mrs. Hitchcock as accompanist which was much appreciated by the audience. "The Technique for a Revival.” ’ said Rev. R. W. Graham, "is found in 2 Chronicles 1: It "If my people, whh b are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their silts, and will heal their land.' People I today who call themselves Chrisi tlanx. have slipped, and must humble themselves and return to God. People snd nations are going to

I have to come to God and repent. ' To have a revival we must consider our sins and pay the price. The Prodigal Ron repented and returned to his father and asked forgiveness. We today, must turn from our wicked ways and God will restore us to our rightful place.” The services will continues each night this week except Saturday at the Evangelical church. Il Is so easy to gel lost in the world today, come to the services and find yourself. 1 0 —- —— [News Os Tht World Singapore: A torrential tropical storm came to the aid of Great Britain s imperial army today as a powerful Australian force waa reported prepared for big scale action. Empire planes were Increasingly In evidence against big Japanese plane fleets which rained bombs throughout southern Malay. Tokyo; Japanese radio today claimed the sinking of the U. H. S. Lexington, giant aircraft carrier, st a point welt of Hawaii on Jan. 13. and said that an emeny submarine sank the Japanese hospital ship Harbin Main In tbe Routh China Rea on January 1. Rangoon. Burma: JaiHUieMpianea returned today to bomb objective* north of Rangoon —•—o- — Revenue Collector At Berne Jon. 20 I A deputy internal <olleci«M will ■ be in Berne, from 1:30 a. tn. to <;3O i p. m.. January 20, at the |wst office , building, for the purpose of esaisli Ing taxpayers bi rendering their • U<l returns. Thia service Is free ■ and taxpayers are urgently and <*or- . dially invited Io <wll uimjii the Dcpi uty

Continue Building Os Hoosier Homes Restrict Building To Low-Cost Homes Indianapolis. Jan I* — <1 Pl Hoosier home construction will continue at the past year’s breakneck pace through IMS but priorit lew and hesitant Investors will restrict building to low-price homes tn defense arras, according to a Federal Hom*- Ixmtt bank official. Fred T Green. district president „( the FIILB. said Imlay that despite anticipated stoppage of home building in ,ion-defense areas, private and government construction tn defense canters will maintain iMl'g Iff years record peak level. •‘From the standpoint of the number of homes < onsirm■l**l. 1942 will see an much or more activity than last year." Green said. "But from the stand|»<>mt of dollar value. there may be a drop-off this year ” Green explained that prlorlth* on building mate rials will halt const ruction In lion-defense sones as noon as present stocks are exhausted but that government and private building of homes cashing 16,mm or lose would be accelerated hi 13 specially designated "d efe n* 0 areas." "This means that there's going to be plenty of work for construction workers." he added, “all hough It may be necMaary for some of them to move to defense centers to find Jobs.” Building will continue tn non-d> ■ sense areas an long an materials are available," he said, "but whole-

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SYNOPSIS Forced down on a golf course in Kent, England, David “Hutch” Hutchinion, American flyer with the famed "Hornets" squadron of the R A F., meets lovely Wendy Brace. The latter, an ambulance driver on leave, ie the daughter of Lord and Lady Harrowsdale, whose eetate, “The Downs,” ie nearby. Just as David finishes repairing an oil leak, he seee three Messerschmitts chasing a single Spitfire. He joins the battle just as the British flyer and one Naxi crash. Hutch downs one of the remaining enemy planes; the other disappears into the clouds. When news comes to “The Downs” that Philip, Wendy’s brother, ie to take the place of a "Hornet” who crashed nearby, the girl’s heart sinks for fear it was David. The young American had made quite an impression on her. She is overcome with emotion when Philip telephones that David ia safe. In the meantime, Hutch has returned to his base, only to learn that hie captain and friend, John McCall, was the flyer who had "bought it" (an R.A.F. term for dying in combat). In the mess-hall, two of Hutch's buddies. Arthur Stafford and Rusty Ransome, do' their best to cheer him up. Rusty, a cut-up, puta a swing record on the phonograph and tells of his conquests when on leave in London. CHAPTER SEVEN The phonograph record had run its noisy course and the needle was scraping harshly around the center of the disk. This gave Hutch the reason he had been looking for to leave the table. Try as he would he eould not shake off the picture he had seen that morning of McCall hurtling to his death. After “Mac,” he considered Stafford and Ransome hie closest friends, but now It was impossible for him to join in the spirit of their conversation. By dinner time he would be ail right, but for the moment he needed air and to be alone; so he left his friends discoursing earnestly on the merits of bigamy as compared with monogamy. David walked for a short distance down the road that ran along the full length of the flying field into St Albane. It was a small dirt road flanked by trees from which leaves were beginning to fall in the autumn breeaea. Then was something about this season that always made him homesick for America and the family plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia, when Natun colored the leaves eo brightly, and man-stacked com stalks just the right way so as to make them picturesque, and big golder. pumpkins grew along the lovely fences of split rails, mellowed by yean under the open sky. Then was something about American autumn that he had never found elsewhere, a mixture of bracing air and nostalgic beauty as the trees pet on their gayest raiments before undressing in preparation for winter. And the smells of burning leaves and underbrush, the squirrels busy storing up food, the rustle of wind in the drying leaves. And football memories.... And the hunting season was coming. Hie friends would be shooting down birds while he would be shooting down — No, he must not think of that. The church tower of St. Albans was plainly visible from where he stood near the southern end of the field. Wh.n the squadron had a few hours off duty, which was not often, the pilots gathered in an old tavern on the outakirta of the town and drank modestly their half pinta of beer. One might think that after seeing so much of each other while oa duty they would have preferred to separate when free. But thia was not the case. They liked to

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Register Your Tire Nunti Am a means of rombattißß avtnmohile (i rr ( J (hip form and fill It out. Hating the wrtal numbrJ of your tlren. Mall or take thia coupon to the ffJ Adams County. Court house, or the Chief of I’olic, d Decatur. Ind. NAME - j ADDKESS SERIAL NUMBERS OF MY TIRES ARK J ** ** WB« Wwa> J 1 2 5.—. I 3 — •*- j MAKE OF TIRES

nalers cam get no more supplies without priority numbers and we anticipate early stoppage of nondefense building " A recent survey showed that building materials still were available In most cities throuahont the state, with the exception ot Hammond. Marlon and Plymouth. First shortages are being felt In plumbing and hardware lines, according to the survey. Indiana cities cited as needing additional housing for low-income workers, where priorities may be obtained for mate rials, are Anderwon. Muncie. Fort Wayne. Indianapolla. Nouth Bend. LePorte, Burns City. Connersville, Evansville. Gary-Hanimond-East Chicago. Lafayette. and Charlestown-New Al-bany-J*'fferson viile. Green reported that private buy-

stick together as much as possible. Perhaps the reason for thia was the knowledge that, sooner or later, one by one they would drop out of the group, but this was never spoken of. They were wise young men and refused to dwell on the subject of death or taka it seriously. There was an unwritten law that pilots on duty should not go more than fifty yards beyond the limits of the field; so David turned and walked back In the direction of the hangars. An ii.iage of the girl he had met that morning flashed into mind. What the devil was her name? Wendy. That waa IL Wendy Bruee. He repeated the name several times aloud and found it to his liking. Wendy Hutchinson. That didn't sound so bad

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either. My, how he eould love a girl like that—-and marry her, too! But this was no time to think about marriage, even if he knew her better, and, more important, if she would have him. He had very definite Ideas about leaving young girls widows, was very much against it and. after all, life in the R.A.F. wasn’t the safest thing in the world. He laughed at himself for letting his imagination carry him so far ahead of life. He had only met the girl that morning, and in tho most casual way, and now he was already thinking of her not only as bis wife but also his widow, feeling rather sorry for her mourning at his grave. Hutch didn’t even know where she lived, and was about to be »ngry with himself for not having found out, when he remembered that her brother was coming to Join them at any hour now. Ho would make a friend of this fellow. That was easy, as all the members of the squadron were friends, and get a bid sometime when he had leave, to visit the Harrowsdales wherever they lived. That must be somewhere near the golf links on which he had made his forced landing. Wendy had said something about being just an ambulance driver on twentje-evur hour leave to visit her Parents. He wondered what they must be like. Pretty swell, he de-

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eided, to have to daughter*®’ And the boy? Will. hr'ifE answer to that question •» pn As he passed near quarters, atill deep in hi. fens, about the girl, he heart Kg phone ring loudly It ni-. . lime, the signal for » . hurried over to the <WtK| ed, at the same time pr.*^ - helmet. With thia conns thing but his none and Abe not look no young, bream he h were now serious. The o'»y 0 | had beard the phone streaming out of the mee . the ground erew of t»rj men busied themsche* » planes into take-off p • rda. Hutch eould hear ' raga the conversation aa th> > dP I voice of the C.O. repmfcp wl

structions he was say Hastings? . . . !’<’!*■ how many? ... Bctw> < n t*Ej thirty bombers. Good! sense? . . . Above the <•!■ MtMa rally you can’t tell. Very Good-bye.” II He camo out of the found the American “Splendid,” he said "•’JP found you here.” He put on David’s shoulder •’T'l walked briskly across *■ where the other pilot’ ready climbing into th'ifT. “You will take ’Mae’/ j" b ‘■ ron leader. Now, listen ■ There are enemy plsnt’lH over in the direction of between twenty and ere that our men have they eant tell whether any Messerschmitts or of the clouds. The westteM to be worse down that *»< E ts here. You know what to- . you?” “Yes, gfr.” , J| “Fine." They had • ‘ planes and the C Odecision to appoint squadron leader. There * eral signs of approval ’ eal acclamation was dro”B by the starting motors. ■ (To bo continu*’’ M ewnWM st rw» ■ oi.mwtM m Sim rwu<« ■-- S