Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1943 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILV DEMOCRAT Published Every Evenins Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class .Matter J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec y A Bus. Mgr Dick D Heller. Vice-Presudent Subscription Rates Single Cop lee * .03 One week by carrier .15 Sy Mall Within 100 Mlles Ono Month 35c; Three Months #1 Six months 31.75, One Year 13.00 By Mail Beyond 100 Miles One month 45c. Three months 31 25 Six months 33 25. One year 14 00. Subscriptions for men in service 13 50 per year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative •CHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, Nsw York 35 East Wacker Drive. Chicago, 111. Charter Members of The Indiana League of Home Dallies We never tasted a pig ear but somehow it doesn't appeal, even if they are the most liberal offer on the meat ration list. -o Farmers are urged to sign contracts for growing sugar beets promptly as the planting season will soon be here. -0 This is a good time to pay your lot.al taxes and get it out of the way. There is no good reason we know of to wait tor the big rush. -0 Buy some bunds before next Wednesday • veiling. That's the deadline for March and we are short by more than Is'i"w. O—O Grow sugar beets, help yourself

and help the O-nual Sugar Company, a splendid iirgsniSMtlon that haw <lon<- much tor thin community. Indiana chicken farmer* expt-el to increase last year'* recordbreaking production by eight percent. They alto plan to keep up with previous totals, of egg*. H will bt a great help during the rationing period. -0 By using a little care we may get along nicely on three pair* of shoes a year but the average person still feels he is entitled to ihree square meal* a day and won't be happy without them The way to assure that I* to grow a garden. —o Give to th Red Cross this week and help us inert the JU.700 quota for Adams county. Mr. Hann and .Mr Krick aud all their assistants arc doing a splendid Job. with a good showing to date. Help them conclude it a* they hope io with BI'CCEBB —o— We are not trying to tell you how to raise a garden because we know less about ft than moat any one in the county The information and advice we publish from day to day comes frcm the very best eeurces available. I’erbap* some of them will help. -0 If you ' veriooked the official table a* published in this paper Wednesday *v<nlng. belter dig It np and save it for future reference. It tell* you how many points each item will take and with ft you can plan your purchases and arrange your meal* accordingly. For a ropy of Decatur Daily Democrat go to Rhodes Super Market or Lum. Bron. Restaurant each evening 3c

Unless we break nil records for a week's bund buying we will fall down on our 3107,300 quota tor March. Up to date we have purchased less than half the amount asked from us. Please make an extra effort this weak. O—O Governor Schrlcker has appointed George A. Ball to succeed his brother, the late Frank C. Bali, as a member of the Indiana State Teacher's College board. The Rail family has doue much Cor the school and church organisations of the state and the appointment a popular and deserving one. O—O Scientists tell us that Japan is due for another terrific earthquake this year, based on past ex partences. Whether they get one from Below or not. they are probably due for one from the skies. If they get them both, there may not be much of the country left U> be "so sorry." O—O Time is short for signing contracts for growing sugar beets but the attractive contract now being offered by the Central Sugar Company should bring in an excellent acreage. Field men for the company are now busy signing up the growers. It Is estimated that a tanton per acre crop will net the grower 370 per acre, certainly a splendid return. O—O With spring rounding the corner and hot weather just ahead, now is the time for every automobile owner to see whether any of his tires need recapping. Government experts estimate that one out of every four on passenger cars do need such attention. There are no formalities. Just give the order to your tire dealer. Those who are carekss run the risk of having their tires get into such condition that they can not be saved at all. There are uo replacements for tires thus destroyed. Their loss will mean that tin car has to Inlaid up. probably until late 1944 or some time iu 1545, If not longer. — Huntington Herald-Press. -0 The recent Indiana legislature pa-med ninety-one measures that will increase taxes. That's onethird of the entire number passed in a war time session. Os the 91 it is announced now 62 will in-

crease general taxes and use up the state'* cash balance, while 2* will boost local taxes. The hue and cry will come when the new budgets are presented to the county council n-xt fall. Economy pledges made during the campaign were either forgotten or disregarded It seems and the session wound up with a bill to pay each member five dollar* per day extra and raise pay to 11.200 a year as soon as the constitution will permit, it's something to think about. —o Post-War Buildinq: Th* deferred demand tor new construction of homes, public utiltles and public works I* piling up fast say* Roger Bab»un. Hotels, office* and store*, having a normal 'ife of 20 to 40 year*, ware overbuilt in the boom years. Not much an be expected in these depart menu even in the post-war period. However, their yearly replacement may call ter some 1300.000.000. Only very little money will go into adustrial < oast; uetton. Nome money must go into public utilities if not for expansion then for modernisation Public works, including highway*, may take J3.u00.m00.. 000 a year after the war. But residential building will be the great leader. Nerma I construction amounts to 500,000 home* * year. There are now probably 1 000eOO waiting to be irailt. We could eaeily epend J4.a00.b00.900 a year ta this one class. Os all the supplier* of buildmg material*, only the lumber «ad cement Industrie,* h*v e not sudered much as a result of the war. For ibe otbeis. uamciy brick. glue*, petal. hardware plumbing, beatlag. raeted. wallboard sad othara. th* future now appear* bright Al-

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lied* trad-s and profession*, including landscape flnn*. architects, nurseries, real relate broker* and lawyer* may also loook forward to a new lease of life. Properly located real estate is being Io ked upon us a particularly safe inflation refuge but a good rule to follow is to buy only what you can use. rent or sell. l»o not specu'ale at the expense of your regular business or Investment requirement*. KEEP OCT OF DEBT. —— Q — ——- Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LCB g *— * Q. What does "Roeslau service" mean? A. The Russian or formal service is when no food to placed on the table except dim aud bonbons. All other foods are passed by eervauts to the guests who help themselves from the putters or serving dishes. A. When to it proper tor a man U> wear a business suit? A. The business suit to penni*' alble at any informal day-time occasion. Q. On what occasion should men wear white spat*? A. Whit* spat* should be worn by men of a wedding party.

Jittery Germans Get Set For Allied invasion , I ■ Aa Barest ta fftaac* reach** Rs highest peak since the aatkm's collapse In I»4*. Germany is rushing last uduute adkuuueot* to her s/slem as defense ugaiast tbr ■ reniag Allied inveatoo of the fcuropeeu coatll eat. ThG map show* the three area* ta which Germaa work to bring ceuceuiraled at the msmeutia sntictpatioe of attack. In addtttou. they harrted defease works atoag the w<h coast of France:s*jooo M they eecnpted that eecttag. Sever* resirtoUuau base bom pteoed ou *blp ' fionnr. all French Chilians bare been ordered from coastal areas by March ». and. ta lhe Balkans, a defease army of aoa-Germaak truope under Neal officer* baa been created.

Twenty Years Aqo » 7o^ ov __ _J .March 25 -Governor Grosobeck of .Michigan say* he will order an investigation of the House of David at Benton Hai'bor. following many mysterious stories published. Mm. C. E Bell Is ill with diptheria. Mr. Bell and William are quarantined. Sarah Bernhardt, world famed actress, 7k dire in l*aris. Roof fire at the Fred McConnell realdeace at 221 N. Third street, doe* some damage. Mi*. J. T. Myers aud daughter attend the Jordan revue at the Majestic theater in Fort Wayne. ————o— ———— ' Household Scrapbook I | By ROBCRTA LIB • -♦ The Copper Coil* Make a practice of brushing off the copper coito of the gas water beater al least once a week. Whew the burner aud toils arc covered with scales or soot, It require* more gas to heut th* water and a longer time tor the process. It's a good idea to keep them clean. Fruit Salad To prevent discoloration duo to exposure to the air when preparing fruit salad, sprinkle the fruit with some lemon juice a* soon as the

fruit to cut. Cough* An effective remedy for smoothing the throat when troubled with a stubborn cough Is the use of butter in hot milk, taken Immediately before retiring. —■ - ——o Fred Mills Blossoms Out In Straw Hat NpriuK is definitely here. Fred Mill*, retired Decatur grocer, appea red in downtown Decatur late Thursday wearing a straw bal. For yearn Mr. Milla ha* been the first to bredk out in the summer headgear. The war has bad it* effect* here, too. however. Instead of the handsome panama which he usually wear* this year It was of the common farmer variety, big brim aud all. FIGHT TO DEFER (CeatlaneO Free* reg* 1) bloc leaders say Davis will have little chance to do more to solve the food crisis than Becietary of Agriculture Wickaid has done unless he is given control of price* and manpower on the farm*. An executive order detailing Davis’ ne wpower* is expected shortly from the White House.

To Issue Livestock Permits Here Monday County AAA Office To Issue Permits Winfred L Gerke. chairman of the Adams county USDA war board, announced today that permits to buy and sell livestock and fi r slaughtering will be issued Monday at the county AAA oSce in the basement of the post office building Secretary Wickaids new antiblack market orders requiring permits for livestock slaughter, as well as permits for the purchase and sale of livestock will go into effect at midnight. March 31. "Stamping out the black market is essential to the success of the meat rationing program.' Mr. Gerke said, "and we believe that the new orders will promote the equitable distribution of the available meat supply. In order that all persons who will be affected by the new regulations may know what is required of them we are publishing a brief resume of the provisions of the secretary's anti-black market orders, number 26 and 27." Farm slaughterers, who are resident farm operators, and who slaughtered not more than 10,00# pounds live weight of livestock, for sale, during 1941 must apply for a permit to slaughter. They must state in the application the total number of animals slaughtered or their total live weight, in each quarter of 1941. Al! meat sold by farm slaughtered must lie plainly and conspicuously identified by tag or stamp showing their permit number.

No slaughter permit Is needed by farmers who slaughter for home

SYNOPSIS When Hasting* Hoyt, middleaged bachelor, maneuvered hi* small boat into the cove and eaw the Valley of Waimaka in Hawaii, It seemed exactly ths refuge he waa seeking. He expected to find only simple native* living tmder the thatched roofs visible from hi* anchored boat. But on shore, he was astounded when Josephine West, a beautiful white girl, attired in fashionable bathing toga, hailed him. She introduced a scholarly looking man a* Mr. Budd who explained they are members of a colony of twelve white people "going native” in an attempt to forget the world’s turmoil. Hoyt is Invited to the cottages where he meets lynx-eyed Bessie Delmar, who tells Budd that Bronson, her playwrighthusband, to in a frenzy over the last line* of their play They are interrupted by Herb, general handyman for the group, beating loudly on a dram to roue* the colonist* for their daily swim. Hoyt I* telling the story. CHAPTER THREE A young woman had joined Herb, pulling * rubber eap over a fluff of thick black hair. Sh* waa aa brown a* any Hawaiian girl, and except that she waa too thin she, also, might have paaaed for a native. I thought that until aha came eloeer. Then sh* raised her eye*. They were very light gray, arresting in her dark face, and there waa a tong faint sear on her cheek running from her chin well toward th* right •ya “Turva. thia is Mr. Hoyt,” Budd began. “He dropped into Waimaka In a sampan.” Then, to me: “Miss M Attic." “A sampan?” she queried uneasily. It was peat understanding, th* reluctance they ail evinced at admittiag a stranger, but at the time 1 laid it to the reported criticism of their colony by the people. Turva Massie ited a cigarette she had brought with her and proposed: "Let’s go see hl* sampan.” Bhe started off through a gap in the hedge and when Herb and Budd and I eaught up with her on the beach she was exclaiming with what seemed real enthusiasm, "What a smart little eraft 1 It must be fun to sail her. We've at] grown a* used to nothing but canoes." We had come out just where the small plank outriggers lay, and stow I turaUtMl UuM> they beionyni to the colonists. I glanced along th* eurve of beach to the heavy seaweed eanee* and fishnets. *Theee ar* Hawaiian Bahermaa boro, too, aren’t there?” "Oh, yes.” Budd waved toward a littered palm grove beyond where the catmee lay. “They have a viL lage over behiad that grove. Supply us with fish. None of oe I* aa ardent fiohormaa like yourself." "We raise chiekene and vegetables,” Herb offered. Turva Massie wrinkled her nose st him. “If you’d only learn to eat pef and breadfruit wa wouldn't have to farm *o hard.” Budd ehuektod. Turva is the only era of u* who has honestly gon* native. Well, com* along —let's have that swiau* Te my eurprta* he turned away from the quiet blue bay and tod off throaffli Aohedgee with Turva. “Don’t you swtm hers la tbs toMF I ssfcod st Mo bools“No, ne, we’ve gat a pool." Hert EX.'SXR.Ssrs th* Rbmm obt sa”But sharks are hsnalsss in

consumption, only. However, it Is necessary that an accurate record be kept of all livestock slaughtered. Butchers, other than farm slaughterers, who did not slaughter more than 300.000 pounds of livestock in 1941 must apply for a permit to slaughter. They must report the number of cattle, calves, sheep or iambs and hogs slaughtered In each month of 1941. or the total live weight of all livestock slaughtered in each month of 1941 They must be operating under federal. state, county or city sanitary inspection, or shall certify that they have adequate sanitary and other facilities for slaughtering. They must collect ration points for all meat sold or transferred by them after meat rationing goes into effect. Each wholesale cut of —■b^———

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Sam Abernethy always Baid: htotory. More's "Curiosity may kill a cat - but beer-nothing I'm no caL" Which Is Sam’s way government iosad of saying that when he’s curious L 2 beer in Arm; «sgW about something he goes out reason why our Am; JKi and gets the facts. perate. ■ Seems our government feels From where 1 g*. the same way. After hearing ru- much cause to mors about our soldiera drink- men in the Army ing too much -government peo- they can take ure pie went after the facts. They -and take cart o' got the evidence on what our the Japs, too. K buys drink... and don't drink. K The government fonnd oat I (ly K oar Army's the best behaved In Yy* Ao. 54 of a Scnci Copyright, 1943, Brtumg lu«y|dß

Hawaii,** I protested. "They’d never . molest a living person." i "So the Hawaiian* tell os,** Budd , said over his shoulder, “but we don’t eare to risk iL Sinister-looking i devils, sharks —bad international F reputations. It's fortunate we have ( the pool." i I had heard before of a fresh- ( water pool formed by the stream > from the waterfall, and we eame . upon it as we started up the valley. It was ringed with coconut palms . which leaned out to be reflected in > the dear deep water. Slanting sun i rays painted patches of golden light . on the sandy bottom. Great tawny i butterflies glided laxily above the •urfact. i "Nice, eh!" Budd queried with t aa tie faction. I agreed with enthusiasm, and

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added, "It must be the seepage from , this pool that wets the send where i I beached my dinghy.” Turning to r verify that, I sew that the beaeh bar completely bid the bay and my j sampan. Coming down tb* slop* 4 toward us was Josephine West and a lean young man with powerful shoulders, dressed like herself for ‘ swimming. This. I learned, was her husband, Thornton West "We've been on tb* beach looking . at your sampan,” bo told me. “Trim : little boot f bad one enee. That tackle and boom ar* for lowering ’ your dinghy, I presume.” i "Yea. I leave it rigged over the aid* aa a aworing poet for the „ dinghy—so my new blue paint won’t get rubbed " e I don’t remember *R our ehatter, t but I era trying to set down thing* t which had a bearing on later de vetopmeata ! admired Thornton a Weot for hto splendid physiqM. He e had a baadaeme face, too, deeply a tanned, a aune es fair hair and keen blue eyes, and a etoft la hi* [chin which somehow only added strength to hi* feature*. Bat there wee* Hne* nf worry er ecnewtrah tieala hie faaawMah dtoat aaaa te botoag to a aamplrteiy reiened b colonist. Ho was a fine ismplimiat, d ibeagto, to the dttekito beaetifal girl d who wa* hie wpto That waa arhat a made the neat sat sue ler ao paan* Jeeaphlae tamed away from aa

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r to eall oct gaily. "Hi. hM and I saw an thtr su igH I mg from the direeti adfliH : A big man, e« tall asTtara® r but not so well w-t sp AM i a flabbineti about thiaowifl > (though I am a poor MW of paunchr*. hretwr ttoH ■ otherwiae) and ht hai >■ i heavy-jowlc l. i "Hi, Beautiful!" toaailß . Josephine, and I rwegfifl 1 voice a* that of the mi ■ i Delmar bouse. At h« ran J i put his arm fanuliaily i shoulders. Joarphrne r voeatively up at him. H«r W • threw her a eharp, imMdfl and turned inrtantlr U(■ l Budd. I sensed a litta MW ing on and rather I Thornton waa »o muek Stow

tractive of the t*o •» J D.lanr, keeper 5* JoeephiM, * nßOU ' tr! /«y itai.hed to th. wry Th. lourr.r.o" * cheer. I guwrcd that w bored with th. .übJ’AjJ’J were not allowed » >T*J Mn. Delmar came hurffWl hadu talkinc about it- W Banner of attenuon w ia« down beaide Budi ■* M Budd aald. ">’• •’jlji it’e good. Bmia- ,i long and »o de*p*r» f •aotber Her round fae* “W* j, -It*, been awful ttealar internet. — | Her lipa .tretched mile that waa net i ether, laughed Turr» . Mn. Detaaar ah«k ■£, I head. , luck totell year •“’’i I MP<r AV «>«' 1 . ~n I til- r—•**