Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1942 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated. Entered at th# Decatur. Ind. Poat Oder aa Second Claaa Mai tar i. H. Heitor President A. M Holthouae, iec'y A Itua. Mgr Dick D. Ilfllar Vice President Subscription Ratea ilngl* t'ople* ..—....1 .91 One week, by carrtem...l® One month, by mall Ik Three month*, by mall 10® Hi* month*, by mail .......1 71 One year, by mall ~ 100 Price* quoted are within a radlua of 100 mile*. Elaewhera 33 .V* one year. Advertising Itatea mad# Known on Applicatlou. National Representative ROIEKRER * CO. MS Islington Avenue. New Turk 33 Eoet Weaker Drive, Chicago Charter Member* of The Indiana League of Home Dallla*. liny bond*, help the buy* and girl* buy atempu, let'* keep 'em flying. —o Seem* like the latluiiiug always i ointa on the very thing* *■ like or need I hi: aunt. —o lam I forget yonr federal Income la* report. Tin* I* the laat week and th< penalties are severe. —o The .lap* have won a .tore td vtetorie* since December 7th and all because of superior air force*. Me will win easily when we cau match the hi. liny Imnd*. -0— V\ In n the Morn* of the I‘billppun* get ibniiigh carving a Jap • nil then kuivea. lit' probably doesn't have -uih a lovely time dying for the emperor. -0 April 13th will probably be bond Hunday In Indiana. Title old state ha* always been a step ahead of other* lit meeting ilemaiitln when a crisis eaists. They w ill do it again. —o Leon llend<rsoti offers several suggratlotu oil how we call help I win the war. They Include: Buy defense stamp* and Imnd*. runMove waste paper, save scrap metal walk to work, conserve food, carry package* lump and keep oil a smile of opiimtsin —o flaselmll players who hold oul fur higher salaries this yeai are ind making a lug lilt with the fait*. When their contractu are compared to tie we of the hoy* In the army, navy and marine, tlp-y sound like fal bniiuie*. The wise ones will either accept the offer* or Join the service —o The Nickel Plate railroad la aer- * lously eonaiderlng better passenger train arrvlcr between IndlHiiapoliand Michigan City. Sound* like n good Idea and one that might be used in other parts of the state. As automobiles are put away for the duration traveling will become a longli proiHtsltioii unless the railroads and bus line* can help. -*■» — » o * * The wise p* rson who puts away a porilon of hin or her Income In s» Defense bonds right now. will have * aoinelhlng of value In ton year* — 'Dial may seem a long time but you wUI be surprised how rapidly It will slip by. There will be gold en opportunities for those who have (he cash or ll* equivalent and there can lie no better securities thau U. H government bond*. —o Those politic lap* who think ibat other things are aa Important as the war should read the sutriea of other netloue that have been taken over by Japan and the Axis. In every case I he. eltlaens have been made stave*, proper! leu have been < onkscated. Use baa been made a hideous nightmare. Il must not happen her# and won't. W« inual i

buy bonds, meet every sac r I Bee and do away with aeUlab deiigns and dealra*. ■■-0-0 Wolf faike. with only a hitfldrd high act tool aludvnt*, sent a beshetball team to the Port Wayne regional Ibat knocked oB every competitor and wound up with a one- : sided victory over Fort Wayne Central, picked by sport erlllr* t* one of the leama In the Kate with a chance for the rhamploMhip In the finals. The lad* from up ttorlb Just outplayed the other*. They have won 23 game* this season and loaf but one. that to the alumui team. —o The annual Red Cross roll tall with h started November 11th ha* been nffli ally closed a* of today. Offii oils state that this year * roll ■ all will not be held until after January Ist when It la probable a general t ali for aid. similar lo the one now In progress, will he made. The quota of s7Attn for Adams county is not quite raised hut those In charge are hopiful It can be concluded In the nr*t week or two. It ha. been very successful and was made by voluntary #ubscript!uus, a remarkable record. There can In- no question of Jut* ail’s intention to sh*olufety dmnlti ate all of Asia and the blast Pacific, and to completely drive ihc while races trout that vast. rich, littledeveloped area For many years. Japanese foreign and military policy has been based squarely ou the principle of "Asia for the Asiatics," and her statesmen and warlord* publicly ufllrm that doctrine at every opportunity. In addition, many an authority is convinced that, incredible as II may seem. Japan also intends to dominate and rule the world. —o According to dependable report* from the Philippines, th# Jap commander of the Yellow forces (here. I Intent I lloimuu, lu* committed suicide. While hi* country bail won many victories in every sector except there, be lias lorn blocked and forced Imi k time and again by lieneral MacArthur and hi* fearless mm. Superior force* and equipment have not dauuted the Yanks aud the Filipinos and Mom. ma. following a Japanese custom. I* said to have resorted to harakiri. in the room In a Manilla hotel, form. rly on iipied by MacArthur. —o—- — only wdl l'ill be remembered for Its entry Into the world war. liut there wa* also the most wanton waste of human live* on the nation’s highway* since the Introduction of the automobile. Thai la something to think seriously about (hiring 1941. motor vehicle accident* killed 40.90* American* and Injured 1 500,019, while 1.90M9U aiiloniobU* s were damaged, with IHiK.ilhy 50,000 of them beyond repitir. It is a record that the American people may well In- ashamed of. Every motor mlnliap Is the result of mini' body * doing amnetblng the wrong way.-New t'gatle ('nor-ler-Tlmcs. —o Do yon have to file alt nictmie la* with your fioverumetil this year? Every single person whoa' earuliigs averaged fifteen dollar* a week for ihe year 1941, or who earned )750 durlug the year, musi file a return . . . Every married couple who earned oil ait average of 399 a week, or 31.500 during 1941. muai file a return with Uncle Ham . . . That means million* of ti* owe for Income taxes Ibis year . . , Have you Blled out your return yct7 If nol. you'd better get busy aud do It right away ... You <an get blank return* from your Collector of Internal Revenue Don't delay ... You have ouly until March U to file . . . that Is the deadline ... Uncle Ham need* hiiHotts to win this war . . . Please file now ~, Income taxes are eac of your outstanding privilege* Ibis ywr, one of the way* you can help keep democracy alive. -o-— — retail industry ©f this country la playing a very important foie

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> Answen To Teal 4 Questions ■alow are the answers la the Tfßt Qmttloii prlitM on Page Two ♦ ♦ 1 Philippine* 2. Minwter of Foreign Aftaira. 3. A lush* 4 Heeing i. Jevutl* 4. John Keatr. 7. True. k. Contract. 9. Almost 3 nqq iHMi 1J.977.1211. Household Scrapbook ■y ROBERTA LEE • 4 Ehmmata Cake Crumbling It i» atat*y* anuoylng when the cake slick* to the pen end threaten* to break to pieces when /enurrIn price control. Merchant*, by the thoukaudi. long ago reaiDed the danger of inflation. They at once adjusted their operating practice*, tly wise buying, by atrlngent cion , omy. by moderate mark-ups. aud by informative advertising, they arc h' lpiog lo guard Ihe public a pmkrthook. The fait that price* lor necessities have ao far not gogc up exreailvely Is largely a matter of iheir doing. The t onauutcr must help. One of the surett way* lo produce inflation la scare buying mid boarding. Htocks are swiftly depleted, consumers clamor for more, and ihe normal proceases of trade are thrown out of gear. The retail Industry bi begging the pul), lie lu buy formally and Ihe pub Ik-, lo *ave its own baron should foltaw that advice, lion t listen to wild rumors uo on- will starve In ibis country, or have to do without bask neceaeliles. The fight against Inflation which In being waged by retailers and other group* I* in the porsoual InterAt of all. And It must have (he understanding aud support of alt.

ADAMS COUNTY WOMEN*! VOLUNTEER lECtCTRATIOW whir volunteer Mernae work are N,m * you 4oln* at the preaent time? Addreta . ' Telephone •t ■ V Occupation CHICK ANY OF THE FOLLOWINC IN WHICH YOU NAVI MAO IXOCNIINCI: □ First Aid □ Shorthand □ Food Preparation g Typing □ Nuning g Social Service □ Driving a car Q Teaching Witt VOU VOLUNftKA FON CIVILIAN (MtFKNSI OUTHOI □ Home to house canvassing Q Enroll in First Aid Class □ Sew for Red Crow g Enroll in Home Nuning Class □ Rati Ut9 Rod Cross ■ p Plant a Garden

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Lenten Meditations a tR«v. Geo li. Loiter, First Evangelical Church I GOD’S LIMITS "MttMrta ah*M thau earn*, but no furthar."—Jab. Jfifll Horn* limit* are decreed by Almighty God. All of these are Intended tor the glory of God and the aalvarton iff man Nome limit* are self Imposed These may reault in the well being and happlnea*. or tan* and sadness of man. The reault will depend upon what the man-imposed limit* are. Only be who llmlta God In hla world experience* woe and *adne»« The foree* of evil are always at variance with the ter tea of righ'*oa*n*M The tna'rnment* of vengeance and hate are continually aeeklng the deetractloa ot the good They have gone grant distance* ta working havoc apoa the world. One glimpse iff present world condition* will touvlnce the most skeptical mind of (hi* fact. Yet ihe force* of evil are limited God * hand In the blaiory of the world I* being aud will he revealed to those whoa* eye* are open to »e*. and whose mind* and heart* are able tu comprehend the eterial love of God God *llll aaya. "Hitherto shall thou come hut no further." Itapplnew iome* to those who recognise aud acknowledge the limit* set by (tad But how bard II la to do »o! HelfUhue** In the human heart blind* the eye to see. aud (he heart to understand that (tad b infinite and that fils way Is heat for man

ed In this cose, turn the pan upside damn and lay on ihe bottom of it a doth wrung out of water. After a fee* mtautM, the take can be removed without crumbling. The Refrtgerater The beat washing compound tar the refrigerator la warm Water and taking coda. Attar (ha soda tcruktolog. clean the porcelain with watar aud wipe dry. Old Broom -Handle The handle of a broken or discarded broom, whittled to a sharp point, will make a handy loot for use in planting aprtag hulb* "*■"■ — (J, Is l( necessary tor a nowcoaner lo • neighborhood to return a firat call by one of her new neighbors? A. Must certainly. To hegleK lo return a first call I* both rude and unkind, aa It tadleaUe clearly that one doe* not wbk to keep up an scquelataKe. Anyone who has Been courteous and kind enough to vsH upon you first deserve* the coartesy of a return caU. Q When entering a dining car on the train should one find a neat for himself, or wait to be shown a

scat? A. Bland at the entrance until the sloward approaches aud ronducts you to a seat. Q. What should a woman wear to a daytime affhlr when aha has been asked to spook to aa audience? A. Mho should wear street ilotba* and a hat. Q ... : - . . — W TWENTY TEAKS AGO TODAY j March IP—Th* Decolor high or Pool basketball team, winner* of ihe dtatrk-t meet, lewvc for Purdue to tab* purl lo the stale. Lam rent e I .mu. fast center. In out with a fractured rte, weakening the team. Mrs. Wllltaoi H. Myers, of North Fifth street, dbd Nil- m.,ralag of (he flu. Ihe was 79 year* old. About 110 head of hones weie •ol at the day’s sale at tor price*. Norman Htalter la a traadktafe for *sse*»or of Kirhtaad lu autblp Mto* Elisabeth Darker leaves for her home In boadou. Ontario, after a visit Here, Mk» Gladys Butter to recovertui (rota the riu. - t> -•- ■■ — Annual production In the V. B. ol llaptoie and tornaptot* amount* to < billion pounds vtlued al about t300.00U.000,

* The Ptople'fi Voice Thla column for tha ua# of our nU»n who wish to mak* suggestion* for tha gtotrnl good or dlacuaa quoetiooa ol Intoreat Ptaea# 9l«B your name to about outlentleßy. It will not he uaod II yuu prefer that It net be. »■ All UN I* Char** Rbell K b# more important to elect party official# than win the war? In a statement by the Re publican state chairman ot Indiana, the big gun ol Iba OOP and pub liabed IB (ha Journal tlaiettr March «. 194*. Indliated the mom important 1943 objective I* not win nlng the wnr but I* the election of • house of representative# of Republic an*. *e they tan work ou the reconstruction program lor iho period following Ihe war. Ho also pointed out that the tire and automobile rattontug would moon ibat no big political meeting* can b* held In the pre-primary campaign and (here never had been a time In ‘ parly history" when It was more essential. Why should we put any Ibittg ahead of winning Ihe war? I think we sbonhl all do every thing we can to win. No political party sucres* Is more Important than putting our boys back in their borne* with tasting peace, no matter who gele the credit. We uniat win. no matter nho get* credli. aa long a* It's honorable and we must forget petty dlEeremes. ft would no doubt be tike lo have party meetings and convention* and we will have them, but K we do have to make some sacrifice*. wa should tumlder It a privilege. for after all those who ars serving on our own and distant shores are making the real sacrifices. Let's uoi be gripers. A Reader. CHURCH REVIVALS I Christian Church Rwv. Kenui sh Thntnou*' aermou for Ihm evening twill lie “The teaching* of Jesus." Jesus Christ is

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Sir John's orderly announced Doctor MacDonald. "Help yourself to the whiskey. Aka." said tho In tclltfcnca Chief, and continued writing. The physician measured eat a brimming glaes of Scotch. "A wee drop to cut the fog." He downed it without blinking "What'* that you’re working on ao busily, John?" Sir John aigned hit name. “My resignation," he replied, without •motion. “I'm asking to be relieved from this job and placed oa active aerrlce" MacDonald’s bushy brows drew together ia a scowl. “Ye’ll do naught of the kind, Jock," he rumbled. “You’re not the mon to quit under tre.” Sir John folded the paper. “It'i quit nr get hicked out, Alei,” he •aid, Utterly. "Downing Street isn’t to be appeased this time.” "That's hard to credit,” mined the Doctor. “You moat have put roar beet hard ea somebody’s corn. Yeu’ve aot bean treading aa any of tbo precioua Cliveden set, I hope ” “Me, Alos, this leal a question of internal polities. It concerns a list of agents that fall into the hands of the enemy. 1 thought I had It stopped, hut we have word today that Schleicher, one of the top Nasi spiaa, has hold of it, and is tahiag it bMk to Berlin.” “Bit yuu can still head him off, seat yous” hew he gut out of tke eouatry with it. let there’s aa doubt be did, sad that ha'll be able to deliver the list teak leader ia a few daye-if he hasn’t dews It already. That mesne the shattering of oar whole eretem of Infer motion within tho vital ministries of Europe. It could even result—though f de hate te say It-in oar lasing the war!” The pheae eu Sir John's desk busied. "That will be Downing Street ar." ha said, lifting the receiver ff. '“Yee-whS is it? . . . a that?... But, 1 say, are you atwa? .. . Why, that’s a splendid piece Os work ... How did you swmff M? ... Indeed, yea 1... Vary gate, you’ll dad am waiting.” lie espresekm, when he tamed back to MacDonald, was that of a maa who had undergone a rebirth. Deliberately, he took up Us resignation. mid torn it to ribbons. Alai,” be said, “I suggest yea pour me a toot of that Scotch. I can stead it.** "You’ve changed your mind?” «ud MacDonald, “onto f was too eoaeidtrste of your feelings to my it Tali am the wet, Jock.” amff*Lir T tL^«d"si* 1 ]£. •hSiST Itwvttot.’^He^awae 1 "Afsx, Brinda's a wendsvful girt! Van knew what aha did? la some way, alaSaMd out tho itotaa list of mmU wan going out on a Dutch sp. She spotted Schleicher, the Ipy 1 teM you as. One es tke smart- "#* i»mt think where these spies and tho stolen Uet an aewl

I What Should You Save To WASHINGTON. D. C.-Tho following table issued by Department i* Intended aa a savings yandst>ck f., r f,,. eamar. It auggeata how everyone 0 f UegiH€ I employed parsons in the United Stair# pate In tha war effort through the syrteamb Jfl i of Defense Saving* Bonds, “Tha Job ahead of us la far bigger than -.M M rwaliae,” Rarmtary Morgenthxu dr* Itita tha Übla public. "I know that the AfnssfcJW are ready to do their part to win the <vSE way* wa can do much more is by effort in tha purchase of Defense While peruena without dependent* J act aaida more than the suggeti.il with eaveral depandenu. or with other obUgalu.ua, may be unable to save at the t^^H 1 rate, tha Treasury Department pointed Aw* J»Ow» NamWmf Kg# *£&&.■ Si RS «'<!£, ISS'ife 7.5 fit "IS '23 8K B 111 1 » f 8 ■ •55 a , l s jas j-sts B |K I M MMO IBI.M IB R I# }P Ist*** SSifi S 3 138 IS : B : s |:i S 3 iks w Uses (in te*.*** 43.1i7.t0J s i aiinwii«eiUWiu Ham I r 'rxv,|X^

the good uiiws to give to the world, and that n<*w* will never be given by augela. but liy men and women erho have themselves accepted the Christ. Jesus has planned to save th**w odd by the pn-achlug of mcu. It that tall*. He 4m* made no other plana. W* uecd the chundt to keep oar lives la line with the laachiag* of Jeans. Come, twoiwhip with us. We have a choir rath evening. Rev. Timmons' sermons each evening are very Intereating and faith-lifting. We need failh in (tad if wo are tu survive. Church es the Naaarene Tonight a the Naiarenc revival I* “Bring your neighbor night." Truly God la using and blessing Rev. Cooper In a wonderful way. Last evening he brought au inspiring message on the timely subject.

Safe, Alex, safe! Safe until kingdom come in Davy Jones’s locker! And I can thank my girl—Brinda. By the Eternal, Alex, as long as England has girls like that, we can win any war!” The Doctor also aroee. He raked his glass. "To Mies Brinda Duncan—a trot English lamia not forgetting her father was Scotch.” “Te Brinda I” echoed Sir John, raising his glass, too. Solemnly, the two men drank, see Sir John's orderly brought in the newspapers. “NAZI SUB SUNK!” rend typical headlines. “DESTROYER BAVEB NEUTRAL SHIP, BLASTS U-BOAT." All related, in bread oatline, tho story of the interception of tho “Vsndsm” and the subsequent destruction of the Nasi submarine that had stopped tke Dutch liner. But none mentioned Brinda, Dick Malden, or the espionage coup they had combined to frartratc. The censor, working under direction of Intelligence, had seen to that. “You should haw tho D. B. 0. at least,’’ said Sir John to Brinda. "Unfortunately, we're all anonymous in Intelligence. So, my child, the only doeoration I can give you is a paternal and wry grateful him.” "You could da something else," •aid Brinda, after the award had bean duly bestowed. "And that ia?” “Stop calling me a child I And kt me share some of your rcsponsiWlitke let me de the things in IntelliPica that men can’t do. Thaw must e kt of such thfngs.” Sir John hesitated, looking with something like appeal, flnt at Dr. MacDonald, then at Dick, who, following the phone call, bad aecomCnied Brinda home, to join with r ia rendering a iuiii account of their expkit. "The lassie’s at knot earned the right to aak,” said MacDonald, grawly. . Dite nodded. “I knew how you feel, Sir,” he said, “but Hi haw to side with Brinda, especially after seeing her under ire. Why, she was as cool as an lckk-**kar through the whole affair.” "I don’t know that I’d say that.” observed Brtnda. demurely. "Anyway, no girl likes to be compered to •a icicle. But I do think you should gtoe am a chance, Sandy." Sir John lookad troubled It was tho old ghost igata ... the hietork shadow on Brinds’s past. And there ■iwwicaM ox in* dangers of tffpion-•ga-~«f how many unsung heroes and heroines must die in the execution of its perilous missions, die mmtly aad obscurely, without what could you de. dexrr* ha temporised. "Whew foi exsanle, would yoa atari?” Brinda thought a moment, then said, “Bight now. I would start at the ctob whoso we firat asw the Nasi spy!” Sir John smiled. "That dub was under specie! surwillanee five minutes after I had psor fir* phene call," he said. "By tomorrow, I can toil yea—" “N*f y«dmi. sir." It was Hunt, John conferred wlffcSbmfly’to

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undertone*. The If.: turned heck to the .thtrs Hsu was strained. “One of our problcmi.»it solved. I'm afraid (' uldrwp m* • few moment*. lioctscf MacDonald xccomp»a*4 I from the room. "Whet do you suppose it i Brinda asked Dick. "Serious, I imagine WsUp ably have the answer r a ’ At • matter of feet, tniy W in less than fifteen mi: ■» JJ ing alone, Sir John **id ”M you wonder why I don't**! engaged in eepionsge. Yoa P •bly think I’m unr< a* nsbieui just. But eometimc i crenti g more eloquently than word remember, the nam" of the M who kt Ajax get the list al HP awey from her?” "You mean the woman-sj* Sir John produced a bud* paper. With a shudder, BM noted It we* blood * tamed. ’■ it,” said the Intcllliter,ce find Brinda aew it wa* eruddfP •d, obviously to hide the i i-MJ] the writer. She read; a i ter Hint to ail »our Britt* » Horto!** That name- Mats Hsn-kj Brinda looted et Sir John •** ingto, bewildered “A warning?” she mid. "B* a warning?" "Simply this, my deir,” «i< John. "That now came o*t a trunk which was left at oar 1 while we were all txlkin* a ‘ room a short while ego. Tht« also contained something • something very sed and pitaj* the body of a young woman. been murdered, xa perhaps served to be, for *he trai* indifferent to whether her treat* cost the lives of other*. I;W you have already gucued net» tity. In Intelligence, we cans#* Mara." • • • There were ten men in the *j None could be said to another, eseept for their p an identical look of hsrd comp** aad physical reedines*. Then* a certain kinship in the set mouths, too; they were ti|»* compressed, es if the owners ■ under constant and severe nern pressure. It wss a look yte m worn by courageous invalid*. •», lent thrir faces the same qualHJi •trained sensitivity. Actually, these men were to* •ittoe. They could not »ff«d *• They were the pick of the Van k onage machine, operating in **■ danger of exposure end death were here, in this windowin g buried three etoriea dorp the heart of London, to rcc««* orders from their OeuUitrrf* that would subject thrm-w others—to new peril. Ha"? meetings and orders had brio «■ look of suffering patience add self-contro. of»" es desperate and not-wbolly-** 0 * heroism. .. . _ A door of concrete, like th* and indistinguishable from *. efoaed, ewung open on W"* hinge* to admit an eleventhi The others rose, thrusting on* arms ia the stiff Nasi aekt*. . (To be continued' 1 •birtevus Sr ties litem owsrtsi* SS ■*««• awwn te tert*