Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1942 — Page 2

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New Bcoks THEY WERE EXPENDABLE By W L White lire is tin- first (treat story of our war a. seen by the men tightWl i' first Japan**-. p. tn,., roared over Manila Bay ■ Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3' went Into action. And when Gelle.al MacArthur was ordered to Australia, Squadrcn what was , left <>t it «an picked to take him 1 on the perilous trip out of Bataan Squadron 3 fought on the sea. but Its tin tnbei • talked in Hie comrade ship of battle, with the men who fought oil land and in th. ail The r, -ult is more than the adventure nt of thbc single squadron, for | in the hac ab ound is the whole trag'.e panorama of the Philippine j campaign th* hopelessness and i the ft cluing courag- around Ainer|c a s little I tunkltk W I. White has Interviewed four vt the -iii c tors of Squadron -4 B likeley Kelly, Akers and Cos. names already known throughout the nation and woven their fighting accounts into a tn-morable and moving pattern .Mi White has never done a finer job of writing lb h.ie caught the very accents of espertence They w*-r- expend aide" is a document to sth all of us a brave and grlin story to put again-t all complacency GET THEE BEHIND ME By Hartzell Spence If you have always wondered why th- children of ministers are so apt to be in trouble or a* least in the thick ot things most of the time, read this book "Get 1 nee Behind .Me is a candid and con-tiiniu-i-.y entertaining description, of what life is like to youngsters 1 reaied ill the -li.cdow of the pulpit. We- sec- three youngsters at whose coat tails Satan Is always tugging, and if it isn’t Satan who gets them into trouble It's the head usher or

PUBLIC SALE COMPLETE CLOSE-OUT W< i> uii'h i *ign<-d will Kell at public auction on the Homer flow. farm. bicated H mile* northwtUM of Hluffton Ind. on Hoad IIS , i . Markle I Road .16. or AW mile south and !'« mil ; went of t'ntondule. on Saturday, November 21 Sale Starting at 1C A. M Prompt HORSES (»m ii.owii mail'. 9 year’ old weight ITSh lbs., sound; one brown mari. 12 y.a:.- old weight 1750 lb*., good worker. CATTLE—2S HEAD Accrcd tad Herd. Bang* Tested (In. iiK.y .ow S year* old. frenh by day of tale, S-gal cow. Jersey cow I year* old fre*h by day of wale. 5-gal cow, Guernsey cow. 6 year* old. dm to frerhen July 31. •'> gal cow. Gu rn»ey and Jersey cow. K yeiMe old, due to tie-hen In January. 6gal cow. Jersey and Guernsey row, 7 year* old due to freshen In Deo mber. Sga! cow; red cow. 5 years old dm to fushen Dec 15. 5-gal. cow; Guernsey cow. S years lulf ’. 4.> ■ ■* QB . nsey cow S years old. due to f • hen In I bruary S-gai. cow, Jersey cow 3 yeaia old due to I • ... n May 'i gal. cow Guernsey cow. ti years old due to fn- ’ben May - : 6 gal • >* Guern-ey cow. 3 years old. due Io freshen Juns 31 X-gmN i rs «>id. tr »h 4 gal mv; red •••» | yer s old dm o fi.*hen by day of sale. 5-gal cow, Jersey cow. 7 years <ld dm- to freshen in March, 6-gal cow. Guernsey h ifer. 2 years old due 4o freshen by day of rale. Guernsey heifer. 2 years old. due to fiesh ii in May two red yearling heifers: 1 Guernsey heifer. I months olds lied Poll heifer, coining 2 years old; two red bulls, coming yearUng.’, one bull i alf. * weeks old. two red steers, weight about 750 lb* tach; om Gu rn*ey bull coming 2 year* old good breeder This • .< c • I high producing •herd of dairy cows with a herd teat «’.■ f.J. Accredited herd since 193 ft HOGS—37 HEAD Eleven brood sows, due t< farrow from Nov. 2k to Dec. 2S Twenty-tive fc ding shoals. weight 90 to 14V pounds; One Hamp shire male hog SHEEP Four ewe*. 3 coming three years old: I old ewe. GRAIN AND STRAW 1.200 bushel* of Corn in crib; 350 bushels of Oats; 2<mi Its les of wheat and oat* straw; on bushel of Little Red clovei seed TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT Alli’-GJialniers W. C tractor, on rubber. In extra good condition with cultivator attachments power lift, power take-off light*. Bradley tractor plows, on rubber. 14 inch, new Little Genius tractor plows on rubber. II inch like new Alliad'hataners iss-fl. buck rah. I 2 751 M tractor chains, new CORN PICKER AND COMBINE • Oliver 2row coin picker, on rubber, pull type, used three seasons; XIH ‘orinh k. Iteering S-ft. combine, on ruhb r. with all attachments.! ir ntrr go. d condition. FARM IMPLEMENTS T John Deere V-inß.unt fertiliser grain drill like new. with tractor hiteti and tongue rubber tired wagon with good Soo-IS tires, new hay rack and grain l> d combined. John Deere corn planter, used two •sakons. with tongue truck* and tractor hitch and fertiliser attachment*; nluodt. John Deere cultlpsckei used two seaxon*. John Deere hay loader; John De re mower. Aft . tongue truck*. In good condition: Jutin Deere <d' clover buncher good Mcf'ormlck-Deertng Ih-A trac for dt*e; New Idea manure spreader Roderick lain 2-row rotary bo-i flipper fanning mill with all screens good; buss saw IP-inch circle law good frame; mud hoat; Id-foot endless high speed Is It: 140 ft. hew hay rope: grapple hay fork; new Cwiina l<tO-gal winter hog loan lain: Btrata-Lift electric pump jack one-third her*. pow r motor. No DeLaval cream separator: double sat work horuas* good. several collars. IV* h. p gas engine, log chains; two dosen grain sacks; fork*; ehov Is: steel drum, hog scaffolds; iron kettles; trestles; hog house Many miscellaneous article not mentioned. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Two antique drewera Spool owd springs and mattrea* Plano Two-piece rest colored Living Rocm Suite Ice bos Part ctioa Super Flea oil healing stove like new Home Comfort kitchen range Six leather bottom dining room chair* Mix hitch u chairs Cupboa-u glands Kitchen cabinets Curtains Linen* Barlter chair Table Radio etc TERMS Cash. Anyonr wishing credit see sale clerk at the O|d First National Batik. Bluffton REUBEN ROLLER & SON and ; HOMER ROWE, Owners ■ £u«n» rger Bros Auctioneer* Vaaghn Neou Clerk j

| the Sc outmaster. Hartzeil Spence lived iu midwest ern parsonage* which did not teach how to cope with a girl that wanted to be kissed As a result he didn t cope, he kissed His sister | had her experience?, too. One Involved a young fellow with a red Packard and purple- pants, another a college athlete whom the parson . had kicked out of the house. And ' there was a younger brother who | drifted along serenely, all his troubles solved before he came to I them, by a battling sister and brother. Here is the same light, anecdotal humor that made "One Pool In Heaven” a best seller Father now I known to million* through the movie, the book and over the radio. 1 is in the new book too. but not in an ecclesiastical role. In this book the parson Is a pupil learnlg about ■ lite from his own children “Get | Thee B» hind Me" a smash ending with plenty o fhumor and a lug at 1 the heart too. THE VALLEY OF DECISION —By Marcia Davenport. It was on September 19. 1873. ; that Mary Rafferty, not quite six teen and wearing her first long skirt, rang th. side door bell of the Sc ott maiMric n in Pittsburg and started to work as a " "tween-maid" m the household of the stern and bearded ironmaster. This novel is Mary Rafferty's stor It is a novel ■ of love and devotion, of unswervcg 1 yaity and self-sacrifice, the glowing and eventful record of a gill who became the conscience of a family the true representative of their integerty both in the home and in the soaring tumult of the i steel mills. In tune the *»ory spans almost ) seven d* ades of American life — ' from the eve of Black Friday to the ! sumble of the guns at Pearl Har- - bor. Four generations of the Scott | family move across the pages It

Valuable? And How! r ■■■ I s wi ■\ 1 I 1 I ' Meet some real bovine aristocracy. There's Carnation Ormsby Madcap Fayne. world's all-time champion milk producer, and her son. Carnation Yankee Doodle Dandy, called the world s most valuable bull calf. The youngster was bom on the Carnation Milk farm at Seattle. The cow produced 21 i tons of milk—an average of 53 quarts a day—in one year. The production record is equal to that of nine ordinary cows. m a magnificent and moving panorama of American family and business life, packed with drama, romance. the dash of warring temp ieraments. the turmoil and change of business, the rise of new for- < tunes and new ideas, the coming lof the sturdy new nationalities to the great labor fields of Pennsylvania and all of it Is dominated Iby Mary Rafferty, one of the most lovable characters In American fie- , tlon Again, as in "Os Lena G<yer". Mrs Davenport has created a character who steps right out of fiction i into reality- and into the heart of I the reader. HOW TO COOK A WOLF By M F K. Fisher In order to cook a wolf, you first have to catch one That should not | be difficult these days JiMt lo k out the door Once you know lie's there, sit down and read M F h Fisher's book It is extraordinarily entertaining I and practical, a guide to the art ol living happily and well. To the great majority who like a good meal and who liketo fix it the easy way. "How to Cook a Wolf" will seem an inspirational and yet wholly sensible book It's written to be read, and designed to biused It Is {tacked with detailed and original advice Without fall, it will save money in the kitchen, if used propel ly And it is rich entertainment front start to finish j -guaranteed for example to over come a shy bride's fear of pots and pans and tablespoons

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Commander of Uts etctortoua American naval forces tn th* South PairtAr Vic* Admiral William F. Halsey. Jr, SI. emerge* a* • aavai her* foU*«iM the American victory over th* Japanese fl**t in th* fimornoß islands' battle Halaey. shown above In Iris most recent mature M th* naval fore*. which aank U Jap ship*. including <ms UuJmturand #v. eniiaera Wuuwr of th. Navy Crow for !u---tiM'UatHKl arnric* whii* in command *< • dostroyer in European aat*r» in W«M Max X, Halsey i* th* man »ho led th* daring task force raids on the Marat<l and Gilbert islands and agamst Wake

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COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers Henry E Branding. Jr et al to Gertrude M May lo’ 31 In Decatur, Home-wood addition for 1. Victor H Etcher et ux to l-eslh-B I-ehman et ux. lots 727 to 739, inclusive. In Berne for 11. Janies W Andrews to John Thomas et ux, land in .Monroe township for *l. Fay Mutschler Kennedy et vlr to Elmer E. Franz et us. part ot outlot 72 In Decatur for *l. Oliver P Hunt et ux to Arthur Klmberlln et ux, 80 acres in Root township for |L Herman Melcher et ux to Robert J. Gage et ux. part of lot 733 in Decatur for 16.000. 11 Test Your Knowledge I j : l Can you answer seven ot these I test questions? Turn to page Focr for the answers. ♦ —♦ 1. What is the motto ot the Marine Corps? 2. What does A. A. F. stand for? 3. During World War I. IS and 19-year old youths were registered for the draft; true or false? 4 Name the smallest Army unit. | 5. The son of which movie com-1 edlan was killed In a crash ot an \ army bomber in October. 1912? 6 Which American General rode a horse nawed Kidron? 7. The denarius was a < oln of < what empire? I 8. Who composed the opera "Par- < sisal"? < 9. A cow belonging to whom is | said to have kicked over a lantern. | starting the famous Chicago fire? 1 10. Which State has tin- nickname t “Gopher State"? i DARING NAVAL (Contlnusd From rage I) —— ' — — t against the boom If the ship failed ; to break it. The sturdy cutter! didn't fail It lore threugh th.- hoom and straight Into the wall of French ■ ( fire The cruiser was firing at point j ( blank range Shells and bullets crashed into the cutter from all ■ sides. The crutch was knocked , 1 from Dieher's grasp and h< fell to 1 the deck The cutter sped straight toward;' the cruiser. Ry then the French were pouring fin- into the little 1 ship from their smaller guns The cutter's depth charges blow I up. steam and smoke (toured from her starboard side Disher was hit by shrapnel In both legs. He pulled himself up on otto leg A bursting shell knocked him down again. I Dynamite in the hold started going off like giant fire crackers Disher struggled to his feet and groped forward over piles of dead Another shell crashed earby. Down he went. By that time, the cutter was In flames. Disher struggled to the side and leaped into the water The plaster < ast on his broken foot almost pulled him under, but he managed to swim to n French mer- ; chantman. Shells and sharpnef splashed into the water around him The plaster cast wa-< getting heavier by the minute. Disher knew he

Japan’s Sea Power-Reduced Again in Great U. S. Naval

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couldn't stay afloat much longer < He swam slowly around the mer-11 chantman to a pier In imminent danger of being <rushed betw-en 1 pier and beat, he caught a rope and . began trying to climb Friendly hands reached out of the darkness, hauled him onto the pier. As h- rolled over a bullet crashed into his injured foot. Crawling now. he made his way to a afreet. A spent bullet hit him in the temple. Hays the I' P. writer, ""I couldn't go any farther. I just lay there.” A Fr-nch patrol picked him up. Disher spent the next 40 hours In a h spital bed listening lo the roar of guns as the Allied forces fought to final victory At each rumor that the Americans had won. French nursesi wept bars of joy. Finally ft actually was over. American soidiets marched Into the hospital. Says Disher. "it was one of thsgreatest J- ys of my life.” ■■■■■■■■ ■MmuMaMMMsasvaMaumsiaMMmma

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Recommend Medal To U. S. Cruiser San Francisco To Receive Decoration Washington, Nov. 18 — tl'Pi Pinning a medal on a warship Is a new experience in the American navy'. But th cruiser San Francisco is no ordinary ship—and no decoration can pay sufficient honor to the men who fought her so gallantly against the Japs In the Sol >mon island* battle. The men who lived, and the men who died. President Roos velt has reveal••<l that the commander of the task force which beat the Japs has recommended that the San Francisco be the first of the navy's v ssels to be decorated for out-

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on official announcements by the Navy a- 1 a l ',, j hratq-ajtd battle zones throughout the Far Eastern anas sunk were two battleships, illustrated ah 29 cruisers, 46 destroyers, 2b submarines a.- .

standing service. The lU.OtMI ton cruiser sailed right into the teeth of the Jap fleet, sank one Jap warship, tack leel an enemy battleship thi •• times her size ami knocked that enemy battlewagon galley west. The Hun Francisco suffered sum pretty heavy blows herself But she can be patched up as good as new. and soon will be fighting for her country again. The Hen Francisco whs the flagship o< Rear Admiral Daniel J. : Callaghan, who was killed when an enemy shell blew away h r bridge. The city of Ran Francisco is bursting w-Hli pride over the performance of its naval nametaki and her officers and men. Says Mayor Ang io Rossi, of Han Francisco. "Their action truly typlfb-d thwestern spirit of dating, determination and will power, and will , serve as another inspiration to al! : good Americans."

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