Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1942 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PUitobed Every Evanrng Mac* pt Bunday by fHB DOC AT TH DEMOCRAT CO lacorporated teierad al U>» Decatur, Ind . Poet Office as Second Cam Mattar I H Hailer ——Preilden' A. R Holtbonae. Sec y A Baa Mir Dick D Hailer Vice-President •übecriptlan Ratee •taele Coptea . I One weak, by carrier — .!• Oae month, by mall ■■■ — .34 Three months, by mail LSI I ■lx montha. by mail — 1.71 Tas year. by mall I.K*; Prices quoted are within a radio* of IW mile*. Elsewhere 13:10 one year Advertising Rataa made Known On Application National Representative RCIIEERKR d CO. II Laaiac’on Avenue. New York Id Beet Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Members of The Indiana League of Home Dallies Buy bond* and saving »tam(** 1 You are Inventing in America and’ that’* ease and wise. Start the yonngstera off with al defegae stamp and an album with I which they can build up to ati i 11k.75 bond. It will be worth 3251 In ten years. Help < on< hide the R*d Croesi campaign tor funds. It's nearly i over In Adams county and should! be complete in a short time Het your name on this list of honor. O—O— Th*- soldiers and sailois are 10l Im- granted free postage while in service. If a bill that has passuf the senate becomes a law as seems probable. That will bring more letters from the boys an they find l tim» to ru-h off a hues daily —o Glen Hill will pilot th. Decatur ! Chamlter of Commerce the next . year He is a hilsller. lias served . as secretary and is active In bus-’ ines» affaire, and has the best in- i terents of the community at heart He should have the cooperation of every citlxen here. Robert Helm, reining president, has made an excellent record. The Victory Book campaign I wants ten million columns to pro-. vide the Imys hi camps and on ships with good loading. Either good fiction or text books will be appreciated Take them to th* library or American L*-gl<m horn*-. Mrs. Fogh and her committee will see that they go to the right places to help the boys pass many pleasant hours. -0 Be sure io find out whether or not you are properly registered al the county < fark’s office, so you can vote tn the May primary. If you have changed your name by marriage, if you are a first voter. If you have moved into a different precinct or if you failed to vole iu one of the last two election*, you are disqualified. See (hat your name is properly registered. -0 Wray Fleming. of Indianapoli.,, has been appointed slate admlnie trator for the Defense Savings staff In Indiana, succeeding Will 11. Smith, whose duties as collector of internal revenue have become so heavy that he hasn't time for the extra duties. Mr. Fleming wa formerly collector of customs and has had much experience that flu him for bis new and Important post. * * President Roosevelt is sixty yuan old today and faces the years with confidence and with better health than the average man of bls age. uotpvitbstandlug the strain lie has been under the pa»t nine years. He aastuued the presidency under trying times and baa steered the old Ship u 4 State through some troubled waler* His greatest desire

I outside ha* regular duties is to an* ’ courage the work of the foundation which is lighting infantile paralysis and h<- was cheered today by a record-breaking stream of dimes ami dollar* that poured In for that purpose. He is loved by many millions here and all over the world for his humantarian Ideas, efforts and act omplishment* We wish him many happy returns. 0 -0 We b-arn with sorrow and regret i of the death of Dr I. W A Lu< key. I former Adams comity resident, at I his home in New York City, where h<- had resided many year*. He 1 was ret ognlzt-d s« one of the outstanding minister* In America and I held |uw>iorate* In Indianapolis. IN< w York and other cities. He ' was also a lecturer and author of note and had spent the past leu years In accumulating data of ; value Dr Luckey wa* pu>ud to I call Adam* county hi* home and frequently a*sl*i>-d in effort* to ’ improve rolldltloiin here. We vatu- ' >-d hl* friendship highly and enjoyed hl* occasional visit* bark home. Only recently he sent a i * -<py of "Religious Leaders of America" and asked u* to present It I to the llecatur public library and i on several previous occasions, had sent gifts. Including a donation of *2s*’ to landscape the court house lawn. He was a successful tninlster and an unusual man lit many I I ways. —o No Need For Hoarding Food: It was fear that start>d the rune ' on ihe bunks and brought about i the collapse of America's financial I Mructure It was FEAR that started the runs on th*- insurance companies and brought ruin to those unable | to scrape up the cash. It was FEAR that brought th- ■ I chaos to the country itack In the I early thirties Then president lt<M*M*velt. sir*I had overt ome the ravages of in . fantile paralysis, took his 03th oft ’ offi* *• from t'hl* f Justice Hughes land In simple words, which had th* ’ liower of magic, because they wen I ' true, told the American people that ’ all they hutl to FEAR wax FEAR Its* It Then 1.10 million Americans | seemed to settle* down, smile a little and In their hearts were convinced that it was that d. monos FEAR Ihut mad* them tun like sheep. They made up their mind that j they were going Io quit such foolishness and overcome FEAR. Their ’ new President was not scared. And it worked. Up until fast fall 1 Americans had eliminated FEAR , from their system. Then all of a sudden it started again. Women rushed to store counters Io buy silk fame. That germ of FEAR was working again. They cleaned the shelves and sliot up hosiery prices. Today the counters are still loaded with tine hose. With more food in this country than 1.10 million people can consume. the FEAR complex got started on sugar and a few other commodities. FEAR in not having more sugar in the liouae than families could consume in a year or two years, started ilie ball rolling. They asked for sugar wheu they didn't need it. When Japan made its dastardly attack on the United States and the word went out that the war would cut off thir. country’s Import cf sugar from the Philippines, it almost became a riot. Grocers were doing a bigger basin* as on sugar than ever. That old serpent of FEAR was working again. There is enough sugar in thia country, government officials vouch, to give all of us a pound a week Some of us would be better off physically If we limited our infake of sugar, Americatis lead the world iu the number of victims of dlabefaa. Now they are going to ratiou sugar, not because the supply is

Another President Reaches Sixtieth Milestone

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On January 30. President Franklin D. Roomvelt becomes the eighth American president to celebrate his sixtieth birthday in office George Washington was the first, then followed Thomas Jefferson. James Madison. James Monroe. John Quincy Adams. Andrew Johnson and Woodrow Wilson. But. where their anniversaries were privately observed, the Roosevelt birth date. a.« has been the ease in the past eight years, is the

Magazine Carries Article On McMillen Housing Project

The tame of the M< Millen home building program In thl* city wa* given national recognition this week In the January issue of the I "American .Miller." a monthly magaxfne of the flour, feed and cereal , inanufac turer*. published in Chi ■ cago, Tlie magasfae devote* two page* to the Decatur housing project. ’ which wa* Hlarted by Dale W. McMillen, founder of the local Me Millen industries in 193* Picture* of the- houses on Dierk* * street and Central Drive, together with an air- ! plane view of the Industrial site and the adjacent residential di*- . trlct. are printed with the article. ' which wa* written by CletUH Junk I of Fort Wayne, Mr Junk give* a complete Slory of the housing development here and cite* "all in all. It is a splendid exampl • of what can lie done by an employer who recognises fully the Inherent desire of every man to own a home of hl* own. That It I* ontstandlng a* a specimen of good will in Industry seems undeniable." In the opening paragraph, the magazine wald, "At Decatur. Ind.. *laiid* a sinkrxhanatsd, fait to prevent hoarding. Wverylrody is going to he treated alike, the poor and Ihe rich together. When they see that sugar I* still being sold and that It remaiue. on the fable, we'll start a run oil something else. Wanua bet? The only thing we can afford to hoard I* DEFENNE BOND*.

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Leet March 9 Leila Adele Wetoh 24. wee found brutally slain in the bedroom at her home in Mantas City. Mo Ever since police hunted her slayer, with only a

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mg example of what a forwardlooking industrialist can do. not only to raise the living standard* of hi* workers, but to enhance their moral aud intellectual character a* weU "It is a housing project. con<-eiv-off and developed by Dale W. Me Millen, principal owner of the McMillen Feed Milla, the Central Sagar Co. and the Cenlral Soya Co.. Inc., all located at Decatur, a typical Hoosier community of C.ovo II la ovei three years now since McMillen began hl* unique expertmenl In helping finance home building for employe*. Today upwards of 70 home* have been completed fa one section of the bustling city each ala total coal far below what would have been possible for the buyer otherwise. Conaequenily. the monthly payments are lower than is general for home* of similar construction and value. ’’ The article explains the plan carried out by Mr. McMillen In developing the M< Millen Home Build Ing Corp . a nonprofit organisation, for the purprae of handling details Ini ldcnial to the bousing development At present 3» new house* are being completed in the Master addi Hou to the town, on North Second street, on Ihe east side of U. 8. road 27. An additional 20 house* are plann<*d on the 20-acre alte for next spring, Mr. McMillen said. wb*n In- announced plan* for the 50 new bouses for factory workers. » ■■*■■■! Every man I meet m my dxuy association to in some <way my r.nperlor. and In that I can learn of him. Emerson.

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f»w dues to go on. Now, following a special grand jury inveeUgett* begun Dec 9. pohee have i arretted the girts own brother. George W. Welsh, Jr. 31, on a i

focal date of the annual “Fight Infantlk • Paralysis" campaign conducted by the Com mittee for the Celebration of the’ I Birthday and the entire nation, through par i ties, balls and other undertaking*, will join in Its celebration, with the fund* going to th< National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and its war againnt that destructive tliseaiie The occasion is the President's Diamond Jubilee Birthday celebration.*

* TWENTY YEARS * t AGO TODAY J ’ Jan. 30 At least 114 m<*«*’ death aud 144 are seriously injured when the roof of the Knickerbocker thea--1 tar In Washington. D. C.. i-olapse* 1 after a heavy saow stonn Shank* of Indianapoli* lead* crowd of 12.000 to state l’<'n»e to demand the resignation of member* ' of the publh service company which authorised merger of seven ' utilities valued at IlM.tmo.iMi" Into ' the Indiana Electric Corporation. Judge J. C. Moran I* servhs.t a* a special Judge in Fort Wajne. Mis* Hilda Ix-ahy. trained nurxe 1 from Fort Wayne i* caring for her aister. Mr*. Will Bowers, who I* ill with tonselitis and flu. E. Habagger let* coniract to drill oil well on ihe Joseph Andrew* r farm five mile* southwest of Decatur. ■■■_„ o—- ( , > -———— -. . 1 ' Household Scrapbook Br ROBERTA LEE « —:— Braaa 'liras* may lie prevented from taruiahiug by applying a thin coat ( of lacquer. Or. rub once a week or oftener with a piece of flannel moistened with any light oil. such as that used for the sewing machine. The metal will than gr (dually ' assume Ibe color of fine bronze, which 1s a much more artls'ic finish than that of polished bias*. Unsightly Water Lina The unsightly line that persists ; in forming at the top of the water ' In fish -bowl* and aquarium* can easily be removed by means of vinegar. Vinegar wiU aii«i remove sane spots and stain* from drinking glasses. Ratling Squash Bquash may be easily per led if

< grand jury indictment charging him with the girt s murder. Arraigned m court. Welsh pleedM . not guilty Judge M. D Walter I tM me date of triad ■

L —• The People’s \oice This column for the use of our readsra who wiah to make sugI gestlons for tb<* general good ; or discuss questions of Inter- ’ eet. Please sign your name to 1 show authenticity. It will not | be used It you prefer that It not be. ■* A Booster— I To the Democrat women, ■ Adams county lauly Democrats: Wfah through the column* of our Ini.ly Democrat to Inform you that the Democratic woman’s organlxatlon through It's member■hip comtnitier I* (Hitting on a drive throughout the county for , new members, and alao reminding member, who have not been active for Mime time to renew th*-lr affiliation* and pledge again their loyalty to the party We are endeavoring to Increase ' end stablllx, the member«hlp. restKing the fact that there I* unity in strength, a unity that will solidify our organisation a unity that count*. A* member* of thin organlxatlon we mud gird ourselvr* for real political artion. and fell impelled to take a definite |>art In all the turn ttoning* of the organisation No let u* make the structure Os It ■ miwt solid one by a hundred fiercent affll.ition In order to do this w<> mnet have the loopc-inthm of every Democratic woman in Adam* county, and It I* our ambition, a* a committee. to see that you are with 11*. We cannot i-uutac t personally the woman living In ihn rurallstic area*, but through thl* message, in all sincerity, invite yon to join We need your Ideae. your Interest*. your enthusiasm and above all. your loyal support Below you will hud the names it fa first pul into ihe oven and thoroughly -wanned

CHAPTER NINETEEN "Now,” declared Dabretsfl, as ha blocked off the fifth triek and placed It at the end of the neat pile before him. "Remember that it ia rny lead if a guard 'ticks hi* head through the door. Come closer." The four men leaned their head* together until they nearly touched. Had anyone been able to see them he would have thought it a tense bridge game Indeed. “Our story is this. We both wish to continue the war against Germany. We have heard rumor* that General Charles de Gaulle ia forming an army of Free FrenchI men in England. I* that correct?" "It is," Hutch confirmed. "Splendid! You bear that, Henri?” The stocky Frenchman nodded, | and stuck hi* head out further than before. "1 knew it I knew that there was one Frenchman left with the courage to carry on the battle. Ung live de Gaulle and Free France!” David was surprised at the vehemence of this short square, redfaced fellow. At the same time be thought there must be millions more | in France who, like Henn Martin, were waiting for the moment to some when they could avenge their country's honor. Pierre also, in hi* sagle-like fashion, looked a* if he would gladly give hi* life for the ■a use. Courage they undoubtedly possessed, these Frenchmen, but the >dd* so far (thank* to a weak government and a decadent General itaff) had been too strong against Item. "Well," Dubrcuil continued. "I I im glad that our effort* have not men in vain. Ah, if only we had a flass of France’s good red wine to Irink a health in 1 would give you— General de Gaulle and France, ■’rance once more free of the hoblai! boot* of Hitler's murderers!' lut as wo have no wine, we may ■nly think our toast to the glorious uture, to the final victory in which re shall all participate—God willng. And now, my newly acquired riends, back to the business of scape” The sound of tramping feet were , card coming down the hall. Pierre topped short in his conversation i nd led the ace of spades. The other* , utomatically followed suit, throw- , ng on smaller cards. The sound, i owever, passed on and died out at | he far end of the passage. "Salt eoehonl" Henri exclaimed. | Pierre Dubreuil cleared hi* voic* I and took up where be had been in- I terrupted by the passing of the guard "Henri and I bad never seen i each other until we came here, the j unwilling guest* of barbarous host*. | For at lea*t a week we fenced about, | neither wishing to divulge hi* **. , jrtta to the other for fear that somewhere sympathy for the “Old Men < of Vichy” might lurk. In few word* . we each thought that the other i might divulge his secret desire to < escape and continue the battle, and . all the while w* were both of the same opinion. Isn’t that right, i Henri, my brave?" Henri made an animal-like noise , • ”«" * Mlent ' ‘ htlf of boredom. was passion- « etely fond of hia compatriot, but i desperately tired of the flow of words to which he had been sub- . jected since hi* imprisonment. "Haven’t I told you not to make t noises like that, Henri ? It simply isn't done in the grand monde. Now, i 10 ®“L ,ub J ect Where i was 1 ? Oh, yea. Henri aid I. One I night Henri, being tired of waiting a Inactively, camo out with the truth, j bluntly a* is hie custom, but at’ * And I must say that I *

Know America’s Planes — DOUGLAS DAUNTLESS > _ *r

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of the membership committee I Kindly get in touch with the woman In your Imallty and I assure I you that they will mo*’ glsdly see that your name Is properly regist--1 -red Be prepared to fa* with ua one* hundred percent at the nest meeting which will fa* held al Berne. Feb 19. Decainr Mr*. Ruth Holllng*worth Mr*. Ilnrothy Eicher. C. M Elsworih. Mis* Rom* Nenwald. Mr*. Aly* Christen Bi-ine Mrs. Gue Dubach, chairman; Mr*. Grover Neuanschwand ar. Clifton Kohler. Ma tide Baumgartner Geneva: Mr*. J. A. Long, chairman: Mrs Mary Brigg*. Mrs. ' Gladys Nfahly, Mr*. Margaret 1

was very greatly relieved. 'Let’s ! get out of this,* is all he said, and I we began laying our plana First , an exit must be found, obviously, I as neither of us have discovered ( the secrete of the invisible man. A p break from the courtyard during . the day is like signing your own , death warrant." I Both Rusty and Hutch were havi ing trouble holding themselves In. and were shifting their elbows and ; feet constantly in their impatience i to hear the end of this long-winded tale. Rusty had nearly demolished the cards he held. "About the time when we first began to study the question, a fellow did try to run for it. I counted ten bullet holes in his back. Then the only thing left was to escape at night Ao you see there ia no outride window. Only the one giving onto the passage, and the door By the way, it io lucky s guard did not pass while you were looking at our—" Ho pointed under the table. “To continue, I may say that the passage is brilliantly lighted, with a guard at each end until midnight, when there to only one guard. However. even if one overcame him and escaped to the passage, there are doxens of other lights and guards to pass. So the only way left was through the walls or via the floor." "We found the walls very tough," Rusty said, licking the blood from his raw knuckles. “Yes. Henri and I also found! them tough. And the floor, too. The I dust was packed down aa tightly around our little stone as It was I around the others. But the fact that it was exactly (and we measured carefully) in the eenter of the room, plus the fact that it was by far the largest stone, roused our curiosity and we decided to work at IL This seemed our last hope and I admit that for one I was discouraged. I Henri found a large nail in the I courtyard, and convinced a guard that I had rheumatism and begged I him for a small rug to put my feet on when sitting at table. This would hide our digging operations with the naiL We scraped for hours with the nail, diving sack Into our beds each time we heard the guard coming, and were finally rewarded by finding a niche just large enough for I two fingers. Henri, with his great strength, gave a mighty pull and the rock swung open, showing us a blaek hole beneath.” drummed on the table with hi* finger tips, enjoyk.'.» lhe *ff«et of this statement I before going on. "It swing* on an Iron bar that! P*Me* through the center, and now w * to it it to easy to handle. We hav* tried it several . times. This discovery, gentlemen was made last night." ’ I Hutch ’•“"’mered, 11 •lightly taken aback. “You don't ' theL k F° W Wh ‘A l * below -or whether lhe solitary confine-1 ( mentisur von Bpe* bragged about" < ril-Tri: • “Il below, my I ofTk. d Mk * t h «• w »rm I of th* Odett River. The trap door I X P^* b ’ hT lining II ex tb J J.° " p,Ore ,nd find ' must« A„T h T WBO ln »» ' takeouXv. ”“ lt ’ WO **' ” whtoiM th * ,00r ’ p ‘T?"’ wWc J> had been In reality I k * / * moßolo tua by Pierro Du- I

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a I earnest," he whispered. "I n i I little slam in spades." t The door was opened and ari , I German soldier brought it ti I tray of dinner, set it on ths ti II which they hastily cleared of eal t and walked out without spsaka a “Nic* friendly soul." Rusty marked, eyeing the food with i . taste despite the fact that he I I had nothing to cat since early me I ing. s1 "The less I bear the swine tpe II the happier I am," Henri Mu I I muttered. “L’gh!" Pierre exclaimed. " • I way* tho same <>ld slop—• >up w r I a piece of meat dragged thmagb II tunny fish fresh from the car., i i this stinking Boehe bread W1 11 wouldn't I giv* for a pre-war m .I at the Escargot d’Or in Pai > Waiter, I’ll have a nice n ■ Chateau Briand and a bottle of H J pic* de Beaune, 1921. and. tri ; I you, the proper temperature. As , that well see." 11 "Shut up, Henri snapped, i mouth full of bread and soup. “ , morrow night we may be wiihi for this." I "Not In the present surrea I ings,” Pierre retorted. Once daring the meal they w I interrupted by the door bei I thrown open. The guard cal them to attention and. as they | I to their feet, a rather pudgy G man officer, with pink and wk face, stuck his head in the door, looked carefully at th<- four men ■ around the room, then muttH I something to tho guard, and «< off down th* corridor. "Inspection,” Pierre said, wi I footsteps could no longer be heal I "Must wear new keeper. Il'’pe l hav* seen the last of von Spec, a th* last of this one. too, f«t th matter." H* threw his hi ad b* I and laughed. "I should like tn a I the expression on that squ« hy M mg face of his in the morning. 1 will look like what I have seen I America—a Hallowe’en pumpki I Ha, ha, h«!” After the guard had returned third time and taken out the t I mains of their meal the four Jia again began their fake girne bridge. And once more it was Pierre vl took the floor. "Now, my friendi he began a* heads came togetht "We mast agree upon a plsn 1! to this: We mast wait until aft midnight, when onl" one guard left in the corridor, if ho dersrr us with hl* present, at the wrot time, we must—" H« went thmui the gruesome motioi-* of chokir; man. "The light* irfo put out i tea o'clock. That is our curfu After ten we will have to move i darkness and absolute silenc Henri will, at the appointed h a let me down Into the river vis blanket. I shall feel my way srout until I find the outlet. Whether ’.lt will be where the water come* in < wher* it goes out, I cannot ssy' advance. When Ido know, IsM come baek and tell you Then. M Dteu, we go fast, head for the m and hope for the best. WkatdoH think?" This last question wit directed 1 Hatch. After a moment's thourt h* answered. “The first part n r fl feet. One* w* are out of here, h’’ ever, our plans must be mi re cal Crete.” “And you suggest?" "Fortunately I know this c»un« ““hat ia luck, for I «m from and Henri here hail* from > 1! •rilles. This is our first 'v*cswi ia Brittany." ,*g. (To be continued) 3'l SUwiliM Sr ■*' w kim rwuiw w •