Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1943 — Page 3

.ay, MARCH 29, 1943.

ji\ SOCIETY'

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nutritionists say that the rich -green, leafy vegeta- |® should be served in tome ■■ er.ce a day, to Insure that hat an abundance of 11 to be done, the Victory Provide a good vari■rP these leaves; and tome of important of them are M rooked greens. spinach it not the moat it»m. It can be grown early summer, to be harM before hot weather sends it teed, but its place on the MW »ia be a few weeks only BaF. o"** 0 "** peens can provide MMi-rtch green leaves for Sfty !**rd, a member of the S™»mily. it one of the best Sown IK* *«rly spring, n matures in IWH. Ju leaves may be cut off IM* Pfwd. and the roots will l> «» rrope until fretting IM?*?- ■ Chlrd *• • distfrctive Much som. pr tt , r to sUm '< do not. »» Zealand spinach, sown when 7*2 *»rm» up, soon proI* r* bushes Os green leaves like may »-• as needed. while the plant O'* full grown Mt 1,18 “ • bushel basket, and 4 * ° f rwwn 10 ■era! ,wnUy provides ®vr '.. r e V” °* ffreens One K ’4 1 pro* lo '-* « days from sow-■L-J. L®* roots ar, left tmBKT?2® produce eight or nine K mu »- SZ-. rc * Bl ** powirg. and are »K. to »««lhern rffllht «»r » r ***** do<J •** la a

i CLUB CALENDAR Bsciety Deadline, 11 A. M. Phonts 1000 — 1001 Monday Pythian Needle Club. K. of P. Home, after Temple. Research Club Closing Tea. Mm Saylors, 2:30 p. nt. Pythian Slaters, K. of P. Homa, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Kirkland Home Economics Club, Kirkland School. St. Vincent de Paul Society, K. as C. Hall, 2 p. n>. Wednesday t’nlon Township Woman's Club. Mm. L. A. Holthouse. 1:30 p. m. St. Mary's Township Home Economic* Club. Pleaaant Milla School 1:30 p. m. Historical Club, Mm. Vaughn Millikan. 2:30 p. m. Red Cross Sowing Unit. American Legion Home, 1 to 1:30 p. m. Indies’ Shakespeare Club. Mm. E. B. Adams. 2:30 p. m. Thursday Christian ladies' Aid Society. Mrs. Gerald Strickler. 2 p. m. Ever Ready Clam. Dr. and Mrs. M. O. Lester. 7:80 p. m. U B. Ladies' Aid Society. Mrs. Charles Robenoid. 2 p. tn. Group Rally of Woman's Missionary Societies. Fimt Evangelical Church. 2 p. m. Foreign Missionary Society. Chnrch of the Naiarene, 7:30 p. m ladles' Aid Society. Pleasant Dale Church. All Day. Presbyterian Missionary Society. Mrs. Phil Macklin. 2:30 p. m. Friday Mt. Tafbor W. S. C. S.. Mrs. Ora Gilpin. 7:30 p. m. Red Cross Knitting. American Legion Home, 1:30 to 4:30 p. m. George G. Holsto.i of Linn Grove. | Various leaders will assist with the I program. Delegations from Berne. Linn Grove. Portland and Ridgeville are expected to be present for the meeting. The ladies' aid socle: v of the First I'gtted Brethren church will meet at the home of Mrs. Charles Robenoid Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. Mm. Fannie Hitchcock and Mm. Will Hoffman will be the assisting hostesses. BOBBY CLOUBER HAS 4TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Grover (Mouser of Winchester street entertained at dinner Sunday evening marking the 4th birthday anniversary of their son, Bobby The guest of honor received a number of pretty gifts. A color scheme of pink, oiue and white was used in the table decorations. and a cake with four lighted candles centered the dining table. Guests were Mr and Mrs. Sam C. Miller and daughter Billie Jean and

Om Ftaaf of Mew Zealand *P*“ C, » Will Fill a nasbel Basket Kale la a fan and winter plant. Sown in June, the plants art out in rows two feet apart, they will produce leaves which stand • and are improved in ffavoc by that experience. ColUrds are a member of the cabbage family whicn do not make heads, but leaves wiUx cabbare flavor. All these varieties of greens are rich in end viumins snd are valuable tn the diet. lt to weU tor the home gardener to p<ant »

John Peoples, all of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Il C. Ehinger. Mr. and Mm, Clem Kortenlter and daughter Donna Lou. Mr. and Mm. J. C Miller and Mr. and Mm. Clouser and «on UcM>y. The I'nlon township woman's club will meet at the home of Mrs. L. A. Ilolthouae Wednesday afternoon at one-thirty o'clock. Mrs. Blanch Brown and Mrs. Florence Baumann will be the avvi/ting hosties ,< The Ever Ready dam of the Methodist church will have the regular meeting Thursday evening at seven-thirty o'clock at the home of Dr. and Mrs. M. U. Lester. Guest night will lie held at that time. .Assisting hostesses are Mrs. B. R Farr, Mrs Ed Whitright. Mrs. C A. Krugh and Mrs. l»an H. Tyndall. The W S. C S. of the Mt. Tabor church will meet at the home of Mrs. Ora Gilpin Friday riigbt at seven-thirty o'clock. CLARK BOHNKE WEDDING ANNOUNCED Announcement was made recently of the marriage of Miss Adrienne Madonna Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer D. Clark of Fort Wayne, and Corp. Donald D. Bohnke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohnke of this city. The wedding occurred March 4 in the rectory of the Churcn of the Most PPredous Blood Miss Ixiuise Bir and Norbert fx*e of this city were the attendants. The bride is employed as secretary at the Wayne Hardware company and will leave April 5 to Join her huidtand. who Is stationed with the marine aviation detachment at Navy Pier. Chicago. FORMER DECATUR WOMAN IS MARRIED Mrs. Eugene Runyon recently received word of the marriage of her •later, Mrs. Edna Hoffman Sellemeyer of Elkhart, formerly of this city, to Emil Blessing, also of Elkhart.

The wedding occurred In that city Saturday. March 20. after which the couple left immediately for Fort iziuderdale, Florida where they are enjoying a several weeks' stay at the Weir hotel. Upon their return they will be at home in Elkhart, where Mr. Blessing is In business. FARM BUREAU SPRING MEETING The fourth district social and educational department of the Indiana farm bureau held a meeting at Marlon in the Y. M. C. A. building NEW BITTON FROCK r * n •In.’ • *) i.'l I sj*/J*» J a /J'l. ••I r i Z "ir HTi ■ ■ • 9337 M/iIM Marian Martin Make this as your flrat Spring street dress from Marian Martin Pattern MIT. There’s a very Jaunty military effect to the buttoning line-see how It swings into the skirt panel Take your choice of a round or V-shaped neck: a pullthrough button belt or a part-way M*h. Pattern M 37 may be ordered only in misses’ and women's sties 14. 11 i». M n »« « »•- £ 42. SUe 14 requires 2% yards 35Inch fabric. Send SIXTEEN CENTS in coins for this Marian Martin pattern. Writs plainly SHE. NAME. adores* style number. Send TEN CENTS sstrn for our spring Pattern Book —a whole collection of economical wartime styles _ _ ___ Bead yoar order to Daily Domo♦rat Pattern Department, M 4 W. Randolph Street Chlcaao. DL Because of the slowness as the mails delivery of oar patterns may take a tew days loagm than unaL

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At Seattle I 1 -ph. ' Pvt. Robert Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown of Grant street. Is serving with the Hdq. Btry.. 303 C. A. iBBHi. Seattle, Washington. Pvt. Brown, who entered service on December 12. 1042. is assigned to a barrage balloon battalion. Friday. Adams county was represented at the meeting by Mrs, Ed Meubouaer, Mr. and Mm. Inland Ripley. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Darwachter. Mrs. Gladys Crownover, Mrs. E. S. Lochner, .Mine Victoria Stoneburner, MiM ‘Eulah Douglas. Mr and Mm. Rue Strayer. Mrs. O. V. Dilling, William Schnepp and county agent L. E. Aan hlwld. The Christian ladles' aid society will meet with Mm. Gerald Strickler Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. — o ■ ■ ■ Mr. and Mrs. Ru« Strayer of Monroe shopped here Saturday. Dale W. McMillen, Sr., has returned to his home in Fort Wayne. He was operated on at Rochmter, Minn., a few weeks ago. Mm. t-eonard Morrison left Saturday afternoon for Portland. Oregon to visit her husband, who is stationed at Vancouver, Washington. Mis Mr. and Mrs. Otto Knln-.teln of Hoagland are the parents of a baby boy. 'born at the Adams county memorial bospital this morning at F. 27 o'clock. He weighed seven pounds and eleven ounces. o Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted: Miss Isabel Hurless, Rockford. Ohio. Dismissed:: Mrs George Tricker and baby, city; Mrs. Glen Bitler and baby, Berne; Baby Woodruff; Charlie Caron, city.

YOUR NEW SHOES SHOULD BE SMART/COMFORTABLE I 1 ila» /W . & U - 'life t Ba "7 ’ WRf- 7 -wil x Wbi IB hB .w *fsL * Bi B y |fl ' .isl tkV'-J • ” • IK Rl i A I r 3381P' 1 J »*r ihiSBSS He gy JB '4 * dB atz. fir* w Hk. “L sap loft sandal with nailhead detoil, below, tollskin esfeedo; rffht, tailored welklnf shoe This oeaaon you will want to get shoes that will *«sr long, fee! will mean that your three p«n«rtk. appeal as in their intnnsr<: quality The P and sutts The aamtal top left, ns ,£LTtL seam Mad of leather, wtm natural hand-glove double sutchln* an outline tnia.

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Pvt. Frederick L. Kirsch, son of Mr. and Mr*. Otto Kirsch of this city, has been transferred from St. Petersburg. Florida to BM> Tng. Group. Sqd.. 4t<* C. Clearwater, Florida. Pvt. Kirsch is a pharmacist. Corp. Jesse L. Carper of the Liaison Flight unit, I*. 8. Army, has landed somewhere overseas, according to word received by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Carper of route two. Cpl. Theodore G. Eyanson has been transferred from Camp Blanding. Fla., to the following addraas: A. 8. N. 1&1O2P18. Co C. 313 tn Infantry, A. P. O. 79 V. 8. Army. *.i Postmaster. Nashville. Tenn. Pvt. Fred Foos, former A. A P. store manager, returned to Fort Sheridan. Illinois lhi« afternoon after spending a weekend leave here with his wife and other relatives. Pvt Robert E. Frey, gon of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Frey of route one, is assigned to; Co. D. 141st T. D. T B sth Regt. T D. R. T. C., Camp Hood. Texas. The address of Donald E Reidenbach, who recently entered service, is; A-8. t'S.NTS. Co. 393. Great laUies. 111. Pvt. Dale Stalter. was home Sunday from Shenanga liepot, Greenville. Pa., to visit with his wife, parents and other relatives while on a 36 hour leave. Pvt. Reuben F. Zurcber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zunher, is now on maneuvers with the 355th Eng Ineers In California, according to word received here. Pvt. Frederick D. Sprunger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sprunger of Bluffton, formerly of Adams county. has been advanced to the rank of corporal at Denver. Colorado according to word received by bls relatives. Corp. Robert Reinhard of Camp Maxey. Texas, is home on a two week*' furlough, visiting with relatives and friends. Harry H. Llechty. naval aviation mechanic, has returned to Green Cove Springs, Florida, sfter spending a five-day leave here visiting bls mother. Mrt, Adline Llechty •nd others. Pvt. Tillman Sprunger has "arrived safely at his destination, "according to word received by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Sprun-

ger, Corp. Tech. James M. Borders, former Decatur police chief, returned late Sunday to Fort Custer, Michigan after spending a weekend leave here with his wife. Corp. Borders completes his training in criminal investigation at the provost marshal school at Custer Thursday and will then be assigned He expects to return to his former location at Staten Island, N. Y. Pvt. Herman Hammond has written from his marine base in San Diogo. California, to way that he is feeling fine and likes the life. He asks this friends to write to him. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hammond and Is assigned to the following address: Pvt. Herman W. Hammond, V. 8. M. C. R., Headquarters Squadron, M. C. A. B Kearney Mesa, San Diego. Calif. Pvt. Preston Thatcher, son of Mr. and Mr*. Delbert Thatcher, returned Sunday to Camp Perry, Ohio after visiting here with his parents and friends while on a short leave from his duties. AFRICA CORPSIS (Continued From Page 1) El Guettar. are blasting their way through rough terrain and German resistance In an effort to head off Rommel's retreat before he can squeeze through the Gabes bottleneck. United Press correspondent Phil Ault who Is with the Yanks in thi* sector, says our boys have opened a strong offensive by hitting the German mountain line in three places. He calls it "a tough, slugging battle which called for a fight over every yard of ground gained." East of Maknassy, the Yanks also are probing their way forward and “very active" patrol skirmishes were noted In the area of Fontlouk which the Americans captured in a surprise offensive. Yanks at Fondouk are believed preparing for an advance toward the port of Sousse In the far north, too. the British first army is moving ahead on a local scale, perhaps as the prelude to an all-out assault against Tunis and Blxerte. The British first army ha: taken a considerable number of prisoners. —o ■ Sells Horae tp Buy Bonds El Dorado. Ark-(CPI- William Godwin nude a real sacrifice, considering that In these days of gasoline rationing a home represents transportation He sold his favorite saddle horse to raise money to invest in war bonds.

In Africa i Corp Richard J. Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jared Reed of this city, is serving with the signa) corps of the V S forces In North Africa. Corp. Reed entered the services on February 12. 1942. STRONG ALLIED tContiSMd From wage 1) nays German gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler has placed Germany under a virtual state of siege. Tas# »ays Himmler is attempting to atop air raid violations and sabotage during the visits of Allied bombers. Major Sy Bartlett, a former Hollywood script writer who went along with the British and was the first American officer to bomb Berlin, indicates that the raiders had a clean shot at their target. Bartlett says the Nazi capital provided a perfect target. First flares were dropped to light the way. and then the bombardiers let go with their loads, which added up to more than 1,000 tons of destruction. The British air ministry has disclosed results of the March 8 raid on Nurnburg. The ministry has received Information indicating that two-thirds of the main workshop at the Siemens electrical works was destroyed And the RAF raiders started fires that burned out three acres of factory buildings at the main diesel engine plant.

Two plants at the Nurnburg aluminum works were damaged seriously. And IS seres near the freight depot were among the areas that were cempletely devastated. Meanwhile, assurance* are given in Washington that the new shakeup of the army sir force high command does not mean any change in generalship on the various air fronts. War department spokesmen emphasise that the reorganisation Is merely a matter of efficiency. Functions related to supply, material, training and other jobs will be cehtrallsed. But no field commands will be affected by ths new move Th» reorganisation was announced yesterday. Sir Archibald Sinclair, who la Britain's secretary of state for air. says British and dominion filers now have established superiority over the enemy. In a radio broadcast. Sir Archbold said that the British on Saturday night

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Nation's Food Czar Assumes New Duties Davis Takes Over Important Duties Washington, March 29 ttl'P)America got a new headwalter and a revised menu today. Chester C Davis of St. Louis, formally took over the job ot planning the diet for a nation starting on a new a rationed bill of far* The fitat job for Davis, who replaced agricultural secretary Wickard. m to get the food produced. He is rounding up agricultural Mk bor officials to plan for • land army to help farmers produce food. They wan: 3.500.000 mors farm bands this year. Davis says housewives will hear no changes or development on the food front until after his conferences later this week. The new ration menu brings about 5® percent of al) foodstuffs Into equal distribution, with coupons needed, effective today for meats, butter, cooking fats and cheese. Such panic buying, wftlcn caused runs on markets throughout the notion last week, especially on meats, is over now for the duration oo those products. The first lady, Incidentally, discussed this panic buying in her newspaper column today Said Mt*. Eleanor Roosevelt; — • What Is the matter with us sll,'* she wrote In her tolumn. "There is enough food to go around. None ot us is going hungry. If we can't always have our choice, we can find substitutes. But we shall have to find them more readily and happily before we can say our wbola energies as a nation are released for total war." — Divorce Suit Filed In Circuit Court Geneva Ann Norton has filed suit for divorce from liale Edward Norton in Adams circuit court, charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The suit avers they wars married on March 4. 1937 and separated March 24. 1943. The plaintiff asks custody of • five year old son. Huber M DaVosa and Nathan C. Nelson are attorneys for tbe plaintiff. oTo End Passenger Service April 5 Passenger service between Frankfort and Pleasant Mills on tbe Nickle Plate road will be discontelnued beginning Monday. April i. It was announced today by Ed Highland local agents, upon receiving notice from tbe road superintendent. Permission to drop the passenger service was granted by tbe public service commission recently, following a hearing , dropped double the load that the Nazi air force ever dropped on Ixindon