Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1942 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published fivery Eveulag Except Sunday by rm DBCATUB DEMOCBAT CO. incorporated. Enures al tie Decatur, Ind, Poet Ofllea aa Second Claes Matter J. H. Heller President A B Holthotue, Sec y 4 Bus Mgr pick D. HellerVice-President •übaeription Rataa Single Copies —. I 03 One week, by carrier— .15 One month, by mai1......_„_ ,35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mall—.— 175 One year, by mall 3 00 Prices quoted are within a radius ot iOO miles. Elsewhere 13 50 one year. Advertising Bates made Known on Application. National Bepresentatlve SCHEERER A CO. 11l Lexington Avenue, New Tork 35 East Wacker Drive. Chicago Charter Members of The Indiana League of Home Dallies. VOTE TUESDAY IT'S A RIGHT PEOPLE OE .MANY LANDS IM) NOT HAVE —o Vote Tuesday It s the way to show how much we appreciate that great privilege. —o How is your Victory garden coming along? Wo have heard of several that look promising. The ninety-in-the-shade weather Is unusual for thin time of the year and in some sections is mixed up with cyclones. ■ O- O The patriotic rally held this week was ja-rhaps a little disappointing as to the size of the crowd hut it made up in quality whatever it lacked lu quantity. O O There is talk of peace in Europe but several times this has occurred just on the eve of a gigantic drive. There can he no peace but a right one and a lasting one, - -O Q Keep your feet on the ground, is the advice from the wise men. And when the tires wear out. many of us will do that more tnaii we have for a couple of decades and like it. o—o Buy bonds. It's the way to win the war. Many believe that will occur before the year is over. How wonderful tbal would be. Then let's furnish the money to keep ’em flying. It's only a loan and your return will be wonderful if it preserves our freedom. —o Cattles* autuUU will find ii very dlScult to obtain tires under new orders received I his week by the local rationing board. The order also provides that certificate*, for new tires not be issued if old tires cal be retreaded or recapped. Your cooperattc-o Is asked and deserved by the local board which is doing a difficult job to the best of their ability. — -0-0 Store keepers will be chucked by experts or highly skilled shoppers * * Wkai Wiik WAR BONDS* The "mosquito" boat, socially known as the motor torpedo boat has given a good account of itself to this war against the Axis These bests are no important adjunct to our two-ecran navy. They achieve a speed of • to • miles aa hour. Gen. MacArthur used these beats la for dash from tbs Ffciligpmss te AustrsUa TMse little speed demons coot money, about 3tM fol each But yew sad yenr neighbor end your frwds each buying War Bonds at lU7* each will build up a total to b* them, >W War Bends every MB for Up *• «*M * rwr MMBV.

to guarantee the price ceilings that have been fixed, to be effective May 18th and based on the highest price during March in most instances. In other words the orders are to be made effective, which of course to right. If we need the ; law. and we do, then it should be enforced, and it will be. —o In the death of Charles Ewell. 73. Preble township and the county has lost one of her most estimable citizens. He served as trustee of his township with credit, he was an excellent farmer and business man and he was popular among those with whom he mingled. The sympathies of the hundreds who knew Mr. Ewell are extended to th. family in their sorrow. —o Unless we control inflation we could double the cost of a war which even at present prices piumis<w to cost us more than 100 billion dollars. Unless we control inflation we shall he buying the weapons we nAed lor our soldiers and the soldiers ot our allies in a runaway market. Unless we control Inflation we eltall continue to be harassed by shortages In materials hoarded for speculation. Unless we control inflation millions of Americans in the end will be faced with hunger and want. Unless we control inflation we may very well lose the war. and even if we win the war we shall stand to lose the IM-ace. And that we caunot. tbal we must not, permit. —o Gas in Canada: If you contemplate a motor trip J to Canada this summer, you will I he interested in knowing how you can get your gasoline. The travel bureau there has sent out the following information: “Under the rationing plan, the owner of a United States automobile entering Canada for touring I>ur|s>ses may obtain from the Canadian customs officer at the port of entry a gasoline license and ration coupon book, which will be issued free of charge. Two types of books will be issued, one for tourists remaining only 4K hours, and the other for those who may remain up to Ito days, if the tourist to staying in Canada for less tjiati 4* hours, his ration coupon liook will contain coupons permitting the purchase of four units of gasoline. If the tourist intends to stay in Canada for more fhan 4* hours. Ihe ration coupon book will contain coupons permitting the purchase of ?o units of gasoline at any time within a tm-day period. He may use the allowable amount on one long trip, or he may spread it over the bo-day period covered by in* ration book. He must surrender lhe license and coupon book with any uuused coupons to the Canadian customs on his exit from Canada. “Each unit in the ration coupon liook represents a certain number of gallons of gasoline. Basically, lhe quantity of gasoline In the unit is five Imperial gallons (equal to six United Blates gallons), but thia may be reduced or increased at any ' lime by the oil controller as circumstances arising out of the gasoline situation may require. ' The hours of sale of gasoline in Canada are from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m uu week days only. Gasoline cannot be purenasvd at night or on *i unday." Nope, you can't carry your own gas in cans. That's against the regutotioM. if you stay longer > than three moths, you must get a special permit that costa you one uvliar. -0 What Is Parity?: A subscriber has asked lor a defl ait tow of “parity prices ” It is a term txuu has come Into general us to Indicate the ratio that eaisted between the price of farm prodm to and the price of major itema the farmers buy during the fairly prosperous farm period from lfo» to 1»14A better form might ho ogMfoy prices ‘ It does not mesa toe same

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price* (or farm product* that were In effect during that period, but the aame proportion between the price of faun product* and other price* that existed during that period. It mean* that auy given amount <>f any farm commodity, when converted into cash, would * buy ae much of the various item* of merchandise that farmer* buy a* it would during the period WO#WU. Possibly it could beet be Ulus(rated with a few example*, if during the period l»0#-W14 the price of wheat averaged 11 a bushel and the price of corn averaged 50 cent* a bushel and a binder coat 1100 and a suit Os clotbua cost 120, then it would take 100 buahel* o', wheat or 200 bushel* of corn to buy a' binder or 20 bushels of wheat or 40 bushel* of porn to buy a suit. Now. if the price of a binder ia 1150 and the price of a suit is |3<*. the price of wheat would have to be 11.50 a buahel and the price of corn would have to be 75 cent* a bushel to buy the same items with the same number of hushel* of wheat or corn. The 11.50 for wheat aud 75 cent* for corn would be considered "parity price*." In arriving al parity prices, it is not done by using the prlcw of individual items such as were Used in this Illustration, but by using indexes aud averages which cover the whole category of farm price* and the selling prices of ail major Item* that are bought by farmer*. —Washington Herald. . p k Answers To Test Questions Bslow ar* th* answer* to th* T**t Questions printed on Pag* Two 0 1. Henry Ford. 2. Marshall Halo Baibo. 2 Tea. 4. Iron. 5 He makes barrel* cask*, tub*, •tc. g. tsiaiuc ul Uinrty. i 7. True. g. Violinist ». False % i Iff. Dora S pen low. 1. Lew Ayr**. 3. Arthur B. Newhall. 3. dewie Jone* 4. Neck. 6. Paris, France. « Mexico. 7. M us'octal. 1 Knsign. •. Unßad State* Ptemscupeia. 10. True. FIfODA VS COMMON KRROR * I—.l. .11— ». Do not say "After having writtea th* totter:** say After l 1 *" 1 1

" TWENTY YEARS 1 _ AGO TODAY _j May 2. 11*23 -Primary elecliouv held Sun is nhiniug and small vote is expected. Elmo Smith licensed as pharmacist l>y state commission. Miss Amelia Tonnelier returns from New Smyrna. Fla . aud resumes work in Merryman A button'v office. <W. A. Funner, a state bee inspector. is home for weekend. Ralston carried Adams couuiy by luCl for Democratic nomination for United States senator. J. W Tyndall nominated for congress, cany tug Adams county by 3405. Charles Sanders of Portland awarded contract for annex to high school building on bld of >34.710. 0 ■_ , I t • Cleaning Bottles The discoloration on the inside of a i*ottle can be rqpoved by filling the bottle nearly full with but termilk and potato parings, letting It stand for several hours, then emptying and rinsing thoroughly with clean hot waler. Pastry All ingredients used in making pastry should be cold, for the colder the pastry is when put into the oven, the more flaky it will be when baked. Dried Froitg If dried fruits are t < be chopped in the food grimier, run void Wwier over them and they will not etkk together. Dried fruits can be cook-

I Tuesday, May 5 ; I Election Day : LEGAL HOLIDAY $ In ohoervance of Election l>ay th* Bank will Not ” Be Open for BvNinetN * T«»Nda>, Maj S. # j First State Bank! • EataHMiMi IM3

ed and kept on hand for a week or more. 0 Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LBS Q H<rw sl|ould a woman sign her name when wiring for hotel reservations? A. Mrs. Arthur Norton, or Miss Helen Norton. Q How should unfrosted cake be eaten? A It should lie broken and eaten with the fingers, the same as bread. Q. Isn't it rude for a person in conversation to keep repeating, "What did you say"? A. Yes. because this reveals Inattention. utiless the person is deaf. o c Ir C/l 1 »»7> w aaaua W. ,{ V/p How often we hear some one say, “It costs mon«-y to own a car.” Yes. it Is expeainve, but what a lot of drivers don't realive is that it costa more money to own a car If they drive it at high speeds. For instance, if you are an average driver with an average car. you can drive a thousand miles at 25 M.P.H. fur about 2 cents a mile. But if you drive a thousand miles at 65 M.P.H.. it will cost almost 5 cents a mile. Testa have shown that you use much more gas and oil and there is much more wear <>n tires and car at lhe higher speeds Careful driving will conserve

Jessica Dragonette To Sing At Shrine Iflsd Jessica Dragouettw. * h< » will appear in concert at the Shrine theater. Fort Wayne, Tuesday night May 5, is one of the outstanding radio personalities of the day. Referred to often as the "Sweetheart of the Air" and as "Queer, of Radio," Mtos Dragonette Is one of the highest salaried worn en to face a microphone over a national chain. For her Fort Wayne appearance Miss Dragonette will offer some operatic selections and many ot the more popular numbers which she has featured over the air. She Is said to be one of the most generous artists on the concert stage when giving encores, and her every appearance is regarded as a musical feast. Miss Dragonette** concert is open to the general public with the usual Shrine theater policy of reserved seats. The {bices 81.65 and 31 10. With one of the largest advance sales this season, p’lank A. Biemer, manai#", ic.f ports some available Xi-ats, but suggests that reservations be made at once. Her appearance to sponsored by St. John the Baptist church of Fort Wayne, of which Rev. Leo A Pursley, well known in this city, is pastor. 8080 NEWS S. M Lintermoot. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Miller spent Sunday with Mrs Estelle Bailey and family of Van Wert county. Mrs. L. F Sapp visited with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coppess Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winteregg of t'hlcago visit'll their parents over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Groce Tope. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fisher of Decatur called at the L. F. Sapp home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koos and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brunner visited In Celina Sunday afternoon. Miss ivy Gilpin of Decatur visited with Ora Gilpin Sunday. Mr. and Miw. Doan Colter and Robert Culler of Chicago visited with Ben Colter's over the weekend. WILLSHIRE NEWS Bonnie lx>u Wahl is visiting her grandpa rents. Mr. and Mrs. Will Foreman. •Mr. and Mrs. James Kocher. Jr., and daughter of Decatur, were Sunday visitors of .Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wolfe. New Traffic Laws Tallahassee. Fla — (UP)—Thousands of winter tourists to Florida will find pleasanter driving conditions because of legistbliuo aßernating the stale's traffic laws to conform with those of most other states. The new law standardized road regulations and set top speed for daylight travel at WO miles fgr hour and 50 for night driving. man power and national resources for our victory efforts. Floor Show and DANCE j TONIGHT MOOSE ROME I Membsrs their wives or I lady friawds. Your recsipt I is your admrttonco. I Ilf * f ■ H I Marvil Ob To Victory In Repaired Shoes! | Walking has become patriotic., •nd thrifty saving never gees ‘ out »f styl» . . so take cars | with ah M repa.r . . ANO WIN! I WK BALVAGC WABTt | RUBBKR FOR VICTORY! FORTNEY I MAIN FOBTNEY • Fortney Shoe | Repair.

List Os CandidoJl THE COUNTY TICKETS I DEMOCRATS RFPL’Iuj,. 8 CONGRESS lu Uax Samuel C. Cleland George W na<. H Thomas P. Biddle * ■ PROSECUTING ATTORNEY V John L. De Voas B Severin H Schurger ■ JT. SENATOR, ADAMS. BLACKFORD And WElis. 9 Etrl Higgins » lwaHl Von A Eichhorn Homes f JT. REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS AND WELLS 1! Robert H. Heller LLB c OUNT|y ■ COUNTY CLERK g Clyde O. Troutner Ben .Me t• al | 00ril ■ Edgar H Gerber ul,oatt ■ COUNTY AUDITOR ■ Victor H. Either Ralph W ilk, ■ Thurman I. Drew ■ COUNTY TREASURER ■ Freeman Schnepp K oy L . Price ■ Frank Linlger ■ COUNTY SHERIFF S lx*o T. Gilllg True Andrewi Hibbard H. High 1 ■ Ray Intel ■ Edward J. Miller ■ Ehurman Schlefgratein ■ Georg* K. Strickler 5 Frank Young ■ George Fosnaugh ■ COUNTY CORONER 9 Robert J. Zwick J Jerome Yzi» r 9 COUNTY SURVEYOR 9 Hatley A. Ehraam Charles It Bo Vi . ri 9 COUNTY ASSESSOR S Ernest J. Worthman ■ COUNTY COMMISSIONER 2ND DISTRICT 3 Joseph H. Koors John Christeatr 3 COUNTY COMMISSIONER THIRD DISTRICT 3 Ell Daubach x Wilbert Nuttbsum B The above list does not contain the candidates for (onntyaj men. which are divided into four districts and three at larp rS not contain the names of candidates for delegates to ttaie and precinct committeemen or township advtsoiy board* TktmS of candidates for township trustee, which are printed on ballots, are listed seperately by township. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES | DEMOCRAT BEi’I'BUCAM I UNION TOWNSHIP I Walter Thieme I Gerhard C. Reinking I ROOT TOWNSHIP 1 Frank J. Singleton Arthur Hall I John C. Magley * 1 George Scheiferstein I PREBLE TOWNSHIP 1 Rudolph H Boeck 1 August Blumenberg I KIRKLAND TOWNSHIP I Earl Martin Harvey il MauLy I Samuel D. Hcnsthen 9 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 3 John Stoneburner Noble L K'-yuoldi I Theodore R Becker I ST. MARY'S TOWNSHIP I Benoit P J'>buwn I BLUE CREEK TOWNSHIP 3 Rue L. Strayer William II PattrriM I Frederick C Mryeri I MONROE TOWNSHIP i Hubert Spranger Glen Neueiisritsuder I Clement R. Gottschalk I Carl Schug I FRENCH TOWNSHIP | l»ren Keller Ervin Fox 9 HARTFORD TOWNSHIP John Duff Eitdl Stauffer I WABASH TOWNSHIP L- A. Mann Delmar Stanley I Alva Fenstermaker I) U Wagner I JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP W. F JobuMtu I DECATUR DEMOCRAT BEPUBUCiI I MAYOR J Harry J. Knapp Forreat Elzey John B Stuits Joint M. Doan CLERK-TREASURER Luella Ellsworth H Vetuou Aurand Kathryn L. Lose COUNCILMEN FIRST DISTRICT Adrian G. Burke Millon I’ SweariMß I COUNCILMAN SECOND DISTRICT Dorphus L. Drum Emery A H.i»bia» COUNCILMAN THIRD DISTRICT Harry HebMe Vernon A Fairchild COUNCILMAN FOURTH DISTRICT Joseph H Brennan George T iiardtas COUNCLMAN AT LARGE Alfred Beavars .Morris it P t'll > I To Tho|VotersF ( I at* ami wiH <**♦•!> *** > and support in next Ttrndsy’s prtasan CLYDE 0. TROlffl® 1 Candidate for the Democratic NominxiH* ('* I County ) No. 20 on the Ballot B Pol A* 1

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