Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1943 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Exoapt Sunday by res DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Claes Matter I. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse. Sec'y A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies 1 °3 One week by carrier — -15 By Mall Within 100 Miles One Month 35c; Three Months 11. Six months >1.75. One Year 13 00 By Mail Beyond 100 Miles One month 45c. Three months 11 25 Six months 13 25. One year >4OO. Subscriptions for men In service 13.50 per year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York ?5 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Ill- © Charter Membere of The Indiana League of Home Dallies This hi war. They give tbe.r lives. Are you lending your money? , Q—Q.~—, Sect nd war loan bonds ar. our big chance to win through war to peace without inflation. —o Please plant that Victory garden this week It will prove a handy place to get your vegetables the next few months. O—O It's clean up time and tiiat means the hou-o. tut yard. |4u of business, th< streets and alleys and parks and every pl.»< e else. —o

This i* lUv »uk to gel the Vic-, . tory gaidvlt : eally - arted. The ( cold weather the pa»t two week* } haa slowed up thia important an- , terprlse some but there l» (till . plenty ot time. , O—O The goal 1* not far away for the t second l*ond campaign. Have you • bought an extra one or two? Have • you invested » me spar- fund# in this important cauae? it's the finest and beet thing we can do. —o Serious as the parking problem , h, the Hidewaikx should not be j used fur that purpose. Resident* , of the aou'h part of the city have , entered voutpiaini* and the otihera ; will insist that the car* be parked | in the street* and not < n the walks , —o , There is not belter investment ’

than a U. S. bond ThoM who think i til»y will never be paid surely tin t derstand that repudiation would only come if the nation tails and that won't happen. They can be , cashed after sixty day* although it ( is hoped they won't be. { —o— Clean up th. city, not uuly (or ; appearance's sake but for satety. We are all a: busy these days that we neglect keeping every thing in "apple-pie" order and piles of waste and trash accutn'ilale. Het rid of this as a precaution against fire* for unieae we do the situation may become serious. i O— Almost every on. In this country is happy ever the good news that < Tom Harmon, great all American football e'ar from Michigan University. ha* reached an army base in South America. Hi* plane was forced down in a Jungle but Tom used bi* great physical ability to

beat the rap and reach * place of safety. For a copy of Decatur Daily Democrat go to Rhodes Super Market or Lose Bros. Restaurant on sale each evenin*

Congressmen seem to be getting I down to business on the tax bill and a pay-as-you-go plan with some forgiveness may soon become a reality. We have suffered much I from the politic playing In WashI j ington and it's time to get back to Vnc’.d Sam to win the war and l maintain morale at the front and at home. —o Tuberculosis isn’t a sudden and ’ violent disease. It advances slowly and during this silent. Insidious • attack can be taking the health, I the life itself of its victim without - his knowing it as well as spread- . Ing to others. Aid the cause of I I lighting It this month by cooperating with W Guy Brown and hi* assistants. —o The first week of the campaign for the second war loan was a grea sucovsa but the big job is ahead—to complete it aud more than meet the request from the government for thirteen billion dollars iu the nation and >730.00# in Adams county. If we med this and the other < Borts of Unde Sam *« will win the war and a lasting peace. Let's du it.this week. —o Now it is disclosed by Jimmy Doolittle himself that the "ShangriLa'' from where the great flying commander aud his crew left to bomb Tokyo a year ago. was from carriers in the north Pacific. MajorGeneral Doolittle says the only way to successfully blast Japan is from China airfield* and he knows whereof he speaks. The ial report ;s to be given out tr. m the war department soon —o Tokyo and Berlin are threatening t. bomb cities of the United State* and announce in broadcasts that

■he plan has been worked out. Periiape that Is possible but it will prove costly for those who attempt it and will only make Americans more- determined than ever to win Uu- war and a lading peace It all should make u* understand that the war is far from over and that many disast* rs may occur before the peace treaties are written. Political leaders from Indiana and Washingt n gave Senator Fred VanNuy* a line party on bis sixtyninth birthday Saturday The senior senator from Indiana is recognized as one of the clean and brainy men of the upper house and although he has frequently opposed President Roosevelt he is credited with being sincere and it is reported now has the good will of the White House. He is chairman of

the important judicial committee of the senate. —o The compromise tax bill will probably provide a 20% pay-as-you go plan and a fifty percent reduction of the IMS tax. That would b- acceptable but after all we will have to pay lhe hill some day The tendency grows to reduce overhead of government by dispensing with a number of agencies and that's wise too. At the prewent time only of the money raised in this country is user! foi government expenses. the balance being used to prosecute the war. We will survive the war but it will take many sacri•ce* and a sincere unity which •■eems to be crystaluitsg and is a gord sign. —o Not long ago, when we were just emerging from a depression, we remember Republican* in congress were crying Hut federal housing

’ unit* acre reatlng too cheaply, that private renter* couldn't make ’ any money. Now itepre tentative Halleck i» tsyiuc that the federal bousing unit* are realise too high, cut of Use with what private renter* are reviving. Al! of which lead, a* to believe Mr Halleck i* a little mudol-d. And he will have a hard tune convincing moat ol u* that the ledcial Luu.tug program which saved thuuMOd. of home* turn foivi.uaure*. which allowed tboveaud. ut families tu buy or ugiM inew v«u iwiqc*. which provided shelter lor needy taaulte*. »

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• « I Twenty Years Aqo Today ♦ • i April 20 Rev. Lozier and Rev . aud Mrs Heep entertain Rotarians. I Eight were killed and many In- ' jured during a hanger strike at I Mulfaejm. Germany. . Mr. and Mns. James Sprague bruised and cut when their car; overturns north of Decatur. I Mr*. Alice Welch, 70. former resident here, dies at Fort Wyano luct evening. A. J Smith receives large ship- i num of maple ayrup from bis Michigan farm. You cau get it al the SiutUi and Bell office for 12 25 per gallon. Paul Linton, high school principal. ia attending a alate meeting ot school executives at Bloomington. _ — o—- • — « Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE P II II - — ♦ Q. When is the proper time for the gueet* at a church wedding to leave their seata? A Not until th- very end of the rectwsionai. the march from the altar to the rear of the church. It is very l*ad tor m to break into the march to offer congratulations. q Are there any kind* of food that one may convey to the mouth . with lhe knife when eating? A. Positively not. The knife is imed only for cutting anything all wrong. The program is solving one of the nation? major problems. Mr Halleck's criticism to the contrary.

TO JO, HITLER TO FIND HOW JAPS REALLY CAN'FIGHT MB Rt t » '*** . 3gsߧ *?4|ww K ’ -Fr RSI: » 4. jgr I >? a| -♦’ t « * •*’* > *Slfl|||B| RB BtoF "f p 9 /, - sSf 1 nd SdßtridUly and diacaacartingly to Tojo ar.d Hitler before the war is over. Four thousand Anencanscd'Japaaeoe ancestry. recruited m the Ha» gaar. islands have arrived at Camp Btoiby. teseimipp■;.' to Mart tMr U«. Army training. tana an shown driltog with a eater guard.JtfU

1-Stripe General r ~— ~~ W 1 —- 1/ 1 - v- '' PARADOX of the Army's onestripe general comes to light at the Army Air Forces Instrument Instructors' school, Bryan, Tex., where Pfc. John J. Pershing Chesser of Lubbock. Tax , who was named after the American military hero of the first World war. ia stationed. (International) that the fork will not cut. Q isn’t it pertnlaaibl* for a woman to w«ar her hat In a moving picture theater? A. The courteous thing to do is to remove the bat. even if it is a

I wtnall one. If the hat is large, or tall, it ia rude to keep it on. ——— —— ——- ♦ ! Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE Clogged Pipes One method of cleaning clogged pipes is to force a mixture of washing soda aud salt (about a handful of each) into the top of the pipe, and after leaving for half an hour, pour down a kettleful ot boiling water. Cracks in Floors To fill in era oka in the floor, eoak some old newspapers in strong alum water until they form a soft pulp. Then press hard into the cracks. When covered with paint, the repair will hardly show. Prevent Moths in Piano If a piece ot gum camphor is placed iuetde the piano case, it will prevent moths from getting at the felt. — o - - — HITLER S HENCHMEN (Continued From Pag* 1) air blitz has turned Axis F'lrope into a continent ot fear, death, and destruction. Pr< paganda chief Goebbels set the key for this year's observance of Hitler'e birthday. Goebbels ordered that flags should bedeck the streets of Germany. Hut he warned that celebrations are not in order. Baid Goebbels: "the way out of trials and sufferings cau nowhere be discerned. ' ! - q More than 515 million pouuds o( II Cocoa beaus are used in the U. B. i each year.

Sweden Protests Attack On Vessel Angry Protest Is Sent To Germany Stockholm. April 20 —(DPISweden has sent an argry protMt to Germany, claiming that a Nasi Merchantman fired «gn the submarine "Draken.” And the Swedish foreign office also has asked the Nasis for information on the •inking of another Swedish •übmarine. the Given. The Wraken was fired upon Friday. The Given went down off the west coast of Sweden with a crew of 33 men. Vichy radio says hope of saving the crew ha* been abandoned. The Swedish communique requested further information on the I'lven because the sinking happen- i e dabout the time the Draken »M I attacked. ' 83 Ways On Raft Miami. April 20 —(l’P»—Seven-teen-y«-ar-old Nickle HttogendatiK ha* recovered from his S 3 days on ' a life raft and is ready for more < adventure. The Dutch Boy. one of three- who survived the long ordeal after their ( American merchantman was torpedoed la*t November .kt on his i way to New York to see his *weetheart. He and a fellow-survivor. Cornelius Van Dor Slot. say they have bad enough of the sea for a while. The two Dutchmen arrived in ( Miami by clipper from South America where they have been recuperating. They weighed M» and 85 pound* when rescued, but now they ( are up to 154 and 155 pound*. The third member of the rescued band. Basil Hui, landed previously in the United States. KISKA RAIDED (Contliaad Tram Paca 11 island, east of New Guinea They j also carried out a new raid on I

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE We left Latham brooding down by the pool, and went back through the hedges to the cottages. Komako spoke only once: "Awful too bad for him and for her. But what she doing in Mrs. Delmar's house? What scare her so there?” He charted bis course straight to Mr*. Delmar’s. She did not answer our call, but we walked in, anyway. Things were much the same a* we had seen them when trying th* keys in the locks, except that the portable typewriter had been opened. A sheet of stiff blue cover paper was in the roller and I went over to examine it. Neatly typed across the eenter ws* the title of the play—and underneath a line with "Bessie Delmar" as sole author. I shook my head over the utter futile vanity of it She was having the last word of a long and bitter argument. I nicked up a large loose-leaf notebook, and had it in my hands when the Isdy stepped in. Josephine, hesitating on the lanai behind her. turned away. "What's the idea?" Mrs. Delmar asked indignantly. "Come to tel! yon, you not going away,” Komako said firmly, “no matter if all packed.” A strange light flared in her cat’s eyes. "Been snooping. I see. Well, I'll leave here when I'm good and ready’." "No,” Komako insisted. “I hold yon for witness material Yon was on sampan right after murder. Can prove that on yon." To my surprise her ruffled fur almost visibly subsided. Rhe thought it over and' then said almost carelessly: "Don't be a fool! You know I didn’t kill my own husband—or get rid of hi* body afterward*.’’ She glanced at me. "And I don't believe you did it, either. It may never bo solved. But I’ve got to get to New York, don’t you understand?” Now she began to show agitation. "Bronson blabbed when he bad a drink. He told the idea of the play here—he may have written it to some writer friend—they’d steal it in a minute, it’s so good!" I shrugged and turned away, her silly egotism too much for me. But I could never reckon on Komako—he mad* himself eomfortaHe on a ehair and leaned toward her persuasively.

"Fleas* to tel! me story of play. Yon know I not steal HI” He chuckled richly. “Me — writing play! Funny, no* But I like so good to hear story." She was plainly tempted to tell it, but she glanced at m* uncertainly. I was quick to seixe the opportunity to escape, for I loathe hearing authors tell their fiction. “Suppose 1 go out to the sampan and get lunch ready. Komako? You come when th* story is told." Mrs. Delmar looked relieved and the kitty smile returned to her broad face. Looking back. 1 don’t believe she would have told the story of the play had I remained. But I was to blame myself bitterly for not being present when she unfolded it to a certain point to Komako. ®* * ar ?*l °P or ,h * vampar jurt aa 1 finished opening cans and setting out our food. Aa usual, ha was

LENTEN MEDIT AM (Rev. Glen E. Marshall. Church 0 . | “Intercessory Prayer” “I have prayed for thee, that thy faith , i|( Jesus had just warned Impulsive Peter is 1 be severely tested by Satan. Thia trial was it was to be such that Peter s very faith wouidV* *M Think of the comfort that Peter could han prayer had he only been willing to accept M In the trial which came Peter certainly faZi .**l4l ev«r. bls faith in the Master, or in hi* UWn completely away. He wept bitterly over hi* hr ’"J ing was that oi repentance, not despair. ,ar * hiM What greater thing could Christ have don. 1 Peter’ To hare removed the temptation wuuis V *“*■ for the trial is the builder of character and sinus *l the power of intercessory prayer, if th*. “** IJ to labor in the work of praying for others how , *1 to labor In it also. Prayer will as surely help u> t *■ are undergoing trial and testing today 41 j t <l, J“ r> J prayed for him. "th —' "** —— I

Koepang on Timor island west ofi New- Guinea. .Meanwhile a Chinese news agency and a high Australian official have new things to say about the demand for an Immediate Allied offensive against Japan. Australia's foreign minister I Herbert Evatt. now in this country. says the Allies can afford to deliver heavier blows against Japan and still deal with Hitler. The Chine*- central news agency presents the case in stronger words. It says Japan's imminent offensive against Australia no longer is a matter for speculation - but a certainty. And the agency adds that now is the time to de liver th i fatal blow. Meanwhile Washington military observers believe Allied air attacks have frustrated Japanese attempts to reinforce the Solomons—east of the New Guin-a area. The American offensive against Japanese shipping — begun last Thur-day—-appears to have had telling effect. Seven Japanese ships w- re sunk or damaged in three days of action. And the absence of enemy transports In the area would indicate that the Nipponese are making only defensive reinforcements.

starved and the inner man had to be appeased before he began talking. "Nte* play," he observed finally "Music, hula girls, dancing, luaus —think. Hasty, everybody eating good Hawaiian food every night right on stage!" "They would do over the ‘Bird of ParadiM* as an original!" "She got white colony in it, too,” Komako remarked. "Oh! So that’s whet made them all so mad the night Delmar spouted it to them!” I laughed as I thought about their expressions. “Caricatures, of course, end anything but flattering.” “Maybe.” Komako helped himself to more canned peaches. "But Delmar* put in bad villain. Criminal what run off from police in States and ia hiding in colony and —” I upaet my tea as I shot to my feet. “A criminal hiding in Waimaka! Who?" “I not find out," Komako said regretfully. “Women show up to invite Mrs. Delmar for lunch, and she shut up like elam." “Great Scott!" I began to pace the floor excitedly. “Suppose there really ia a criminal hiding here? Suppose Delmar unearthed the story and put him in the play? Suppose the criminal found it out and killed Delmar to stop the play being sent out to New York? Komako! It'a the motive we’v* been looking for!" “Could be,” Komako said placidly, drinking the last of the peach juice from the cgn. I strode three steps down th* tiny cabin and back again, my nerves tingling with excitement. "The motive,” I said again. “Komako! We’ve got it!” Sometime* Komako’* absorption in food enraged me. I had set out enough lunch for ten men, but now he got up and explored the bread box. returning to the table with another loaf of bread and a new jar of jam. “Hole in stomach not filled up yet,” he explained as he carved huge slices of the bread. "I still think Mrs. Delmar is kind that could kin husband and not eare.”

"Well, that darn play I* th* crux of the situation any way you look at it Cither she did kill him so she could get sole credit and money for the play—or there is a criminal hiding her* whose story they put into the play. We ought to lose no time in getting the truth out of her." I started away restlessly. “Wo hurry," Komako said with aggravating calmness, and smeared another slice of bread with jam. “Can’t talk to her while sb* is eating lunch with somebody.” I composed myself with an effort and sat down again. “Suppose w* can’t break her down? Suppose ah* won't tall you who the criminal is? Maybe she doesn't know the shoe Sts somebody here — it wouldn't seem reasonable she'd wait around this long if she knew, now that I think of it. If she did. she'd know who killed her husband, and what it was all about, and she’d have cleared out long ago. scared to death. Because they’d know she knew too." I thought this over. "Or maybe she knew*, and doesn’t know the criminal know*—new there's an idea! In that case, her behavior would be rrplaiaaHo—"

TUESDAY,

Leqion ComJ To Speak On J _ ludianapaUs. Ag» J Na onal ing of the AattruAjJ I dress a state-wig, S diauapvlh on M»j i his recent tour oi hJ can war frent. 1 Chau man Hose (J . legion's execatht 3 ' that in< tnbers at clubs, war wwhqj > naires will be lug The be bioadcaet Indiana ,g with a session of U,|g iona! . x<■< uUre . fi and 7. James GaritH, Xi and president-vkc g I single year. 1 AT FIRST g SIGH OF A Mkl c9l MeiAaUUMHI

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