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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT P»bitebed Every Evening Kxoop Sunday by FHB DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office a* Second Class Matter I. H. Heller President A. R. Holtbouse. Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rate* Single Copies 3 M One week by earner .15 By Mail Within 100 Mlles One Month 35c; Three Months |1 Sis months 31.75. One Year 33 00 By Mail Beyond 100 Miles One month 45c. Three months 11 25 Sl* months 32 25. One year 34 00. Subscriptions for men in service 33.50 per year. — Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York ?5 East Wacker Drive. Chicago, 111. I Vi/J Charter Members of The Indiana League of Home Dailies The April showii* iam* a little I.it> but ili<- May flowers will be here rm schedule. —o — City folk who plant Victoiy garden* will have a b- f<- uuib f.in 1inc f *ome of the minor <iilli< ulti<v the farmer mei is each year and says little about. ■ ty.. ~ It begin to lo k a- though wi can safely plant tl»<»~■ Vi< ■ >ry gardens. The warm* w>-.ithei with a few' SllOW'-t- Wi l make th< V. ■ table!' ' fairly |><>p out » the ground —o It look- as though w< will reach the million mark tor bonds purclia*ed here during tin past thin week*. That’* wonderful Now let’ll pat over the May quota and keep ’em flying O—O The people may have to det ide whether they prefer John L la-wi* and hi* "rule or ruin' policies or Unde Sam and hi- fatherly attitude toward* all bls children, good or bad —o Th >-< who Io not buy bond* wlil haVt a hard time quarii'g it with their ow n < n*den< >• for this i* a period when each ow> * hi* country ami himself the best effort he ran make. O—OThey *ay Mr. Rumi never stands if be can find a plat, to »it and never overlook* an pportunity to recline on a lounge Now we understand why he is seeking an easy way to pay hi* tax* s. O—O It'* tim- to pay taxes and a lot of people as m-ual have put it oft until the last tew days. We know you are all going to pay but why wait so long? It's easier f< r you and for the oMciais to get in earlier. —O—O Joseph Grew, former amlta*.ador to Japan is *ur<- that nation expects to conquer the United Elates and operate it tor th-ir beneh' W. don't think they will but we may be longer at the job of cleaning up "brownies" than many flgur- d it. O—O If you wish to sec- spring unfolding. take a walk out to Hanna-Nutt-man park where the trews are coming to life and the bird* are muie numerour than ever. It is one of the delightful *potx in this section and will be more pcpuUr than ever

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during the summer and aututßß months. O—O You can »till make a bet with yourself on the outcome of the Kentucky Derby which will be run Saturday as it ha* for the past seventy five yearn Attendance will be less, at least for those from a dhtance. but it will be just as exciting for us who usually get It via radio. O—O Tin- death of Private Solomon Either in an army hospital at Hot i Springs, Arkansas, ha* caused *or- . row among the many Adam* counity folks who knew him. He was i i splendid young man and had a wide acquaintance made while «tnI Joyed a* a highway assistant. He wa* a -on of Chris Eicher of <1- neva o—o Car driver* <an do a real favor to the < ity p< lice it th-y will cooperate in observing the teat signs al Five Point* The red and gn-en lights are shut off and travelers an supposed lo u*. the -ign*. stop when signaled and give right of way to those entitled by the announcement recently made by chief Ed Miller. If the new plan work* belter than the old. it will be adopted permanently. W< Ii p in* m;»ers of congress are enjoying their ten-lay vacation and when they reconvene next week will have obtained from their visits home the information that will cause them to quit playing politic*, personal advantages ami 'o:her ti*ele*e quarreling and get ' down to busin* «*. They should aglet on and enact the tax law II w so that those who must pay can make their plan* accordingly. Tin- recent bond campaign certainly showed that the p ople are back of Uncle Sam to win the war. O—O— A S. attic .ee’aiiialiteiii ha- proved lite faith in mankind and we are happy to announce that it sue-<e-ded Ray Monowi' II wa* so short of help it looked a* th ugh he would have lo close. He decided to tiy letting customers wait on themselv ». They cut their own pie, di*h up the soup, pick up what food they want and even run the cash register and make their own change. It doesn't always balance but the shortage ha* been little enough lo charge it to mistakes rather than dishonesty. Ray doesn’t advise it a* a system to be used by banks however. O , How often the expression i* heard today: "Be careful! You can't replace it.” That warning ha* lie* n applied to e-veiything from pins to tractors. Never was the American public so waste con- , science. Yet, in one vital respect It is still far too careless. That respect is Are. Millions of dollars worth of property and thousands of live* are lost annually by proventable flies. It te an ironical fait that the man who cares for his car like an only child, will very ftt-n not hesitate to leave that car In a garage alive with Ire haxaid*. And the housewife who guards with similar diligenc the welfare at the electric range or refrigerator, will blithely disregard lb*- ii'mmonest tn— hazards suck a* fray<-d wiring, trauh in the attic, open fireplace* and carelessly strewn matches. Fire can wipe out a bom- and every "irreplaceable" object in It in a matter of minute*. » Some nt those irreplaceable object* may be human Ilves. Os the lO.OWi persrns who were burned to death In the United Stairs in IMI, two-third* perished In homes. Fire prevention, like c harity, should start at home and spr- ad lu widening circle* until each person is doing his utmost to prevent doatructive Ore anywhere in hi* community. -0 — It's Up To Us: The tra*c-control problem is fAi from simple. TUers are all kinvU of dnvaiw— mtn »"m*n and teenage youngsters, borne have had a

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great deal of experience; other* have been behind the wheel only a fc w lime*. Som. are phy-b ally qualified to be* tile best drivers in the world but they la- k an appreciation o; their nodal responsibilities Otic r* have phy*i> cl defect* but are n i >ns< ion* it ihtin that) they strive constantly to in- more | alert, thus overcoming their handi-' caps There are ill kind* of p destrial: children who run. walk and jump, grown-up* who are suppos-1 cdly intelligent but who completely | disregard »U truffle signals: walk-j iwho have had too many drinks; and aged pedotriaus who have found it hard to accustom them*elve* to the fast, rapid pace of modern living How would you solve this problem? The passage of more laws is not the answer. M.torists and P'dcstriauK must assume greater I* rsonai responsibility for their own rafety f'ourteey. co-operation, and more consideration lor the tights of other* will help a great deal in solving traffic prubltms. ♦ 77 I ♦ Twenty Years Aqo April 3S Drs. Rayl, L<we aud Summens <>f D'-catur aud D. Iteus*er of Berne hear Dr. Mlll.-r of Chicago at Muncie. Judge Batter of Grand Rapid* award* judgment of 315.000 to John and Margaret Hansell in sensational suit against tk«- House of David. The Ku Klux Klan hold* a big irarade at Fort Wayne. Huntington hixn school defeats Decatur al basebtH 15 lu 5 Bogner

GERMAN YOUNGSTERS ENTER HITLER'S LUFTWAFFE • •• •' , *»•>•> * - «*•» /I 1 k ,ft sty r*W c « sß* ■. -r: '*SSSIB*£K)L' wIHmKI ' '#» v wrw E> rw i x K'. - .«a-® s®.a® «W i WHI 1 ER ■- ~-'r~r - .- ~~ I .'- —• ■- RANKS OF THE LUFTWAFFE »r» be nj badly depleted by naing Allied ur aua«tonty to auch ar. ede€t that aapiaaemanU mw aea I* aM 14 yean eM- Time youagatan educate* tr—' aeaiiaet’®M®adi ' to ptuLcaeyhy, ea they r»ce»x-/roers .poc repomn< J| z '- ---»>■

C’. E. Speaker LA V1 '* 1 I _ * I ’ R- v John M Aeby an instntc to: at the- Grace Theological * iniuary at Winoua Lake, will be the principal speaker at the Adams county Christian Mndeavm <-uuveiflion at the First MeiiUonite church in Bertie Thursday evening pitched for iJetatur. Itelta Tau sorority hobi* a tag day. funds to aid In furnishing a room at the Adams ouuty memorial hospital. o I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE ♦ Wrinkles To help the small wrinkles <>n the face apply the white o' an egg ' io the face and allow to remlan for alrnut 20 minutes. This is an astringent and has the tendency to draw the tie sue* together. Chintz T i dean shiny chintz curtain* . satisfactorily first du»t them thoroughly, then sponge them with i : lukewarm water and aoapsud*. us-; ing a rubber sponge. Milk If the milk has a *light taste of *

Notorious Jail Break Artists Loose Again Escape Macon County Jail Tuesday Niqht | Macon, (id . April 28—(l P)~"Jn i again out again" M the story of : two of the nation’ most notorious jail break artists. la-lauu iiarvey and D. Buck are at large after blasting their way out of the Macon county jail i last night. The two convict* had been re-I captured last Sunday after leading 23 other prteonere in a break 1 from the reputedly “escape proof" j Tattnall prison on April 14. liarvey and Black broke jail with ' the aid of a pistol that no one *e< in* to know anything about. They held up jailer T. J. McCammon and hte assistant. The two convicts left the building byway of :t basement door and last were seen entering u church. Wh'-n police surrounded the church. Harvey and Black had disappeared. o I Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE ♦ ———————— — < Q. Is it correct to call on new neighbors a* soon as they are setI tied 111 their new borne? A. Yes. aud these culls must be ' returned. I Q. Should one refuse a cigaret if i someone offer* one. i*ut you preI fer your own brand? I A Yes, merely say, "Thank you. | I have some." | <j Shoited a woman take her partner's arm when entering the dining room, at an informal dim I scorch, remove this taste by putting the pan into cold water and ' adding a pinch ot salt to the milk.

To Adopt Permanent Stabilization Plan Labor Plan Results In Many Inquiries "The labor stabilisation plan as set up under war manpower commission for the Fort Wayne area, which Include* Adam*. Allen, DeKalb. Huntington. Lagrange. Noble, Steuben. Wabash, Well*, and Whitley counties, ha* resulted in a tremendous number of Inquiries." states Lester Kassing. special representative of the war manpower commission Mr. Kassing explained that this plan wa.' auuptid to set up an Immediate method of relaxing regulation IV or executive order N<. #325 so that the entire population might becom, effective in Ihis area. The Fort Wayne area war manpower committee will within a short time adopt a permanent plan for the area. Copies of the amended plan will l><- made available to all interested parties In the meantime. Inf. rmation may be obtained by contac ting ia-*ter Kassing. special representative of the war manpower commission, 20M Utility Building. Fort Wayne, or the United Stales Employment Service. 121’s West Washington Boulevard. Fort Wayne. ner? A. No; she should merely walk at hte side. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN I felt almost emotionally grateful j for Mr*. Latham'* expression of confidence in ine. So much *o that I dreaded the probing about Elaine \ which was sure to come, i Komako began it in a roundabout I way: “You know what Delmar’* ( | play was about, Mrs. Latham?” “The play?" She looked a«ton- , Irhed. “Why, no, 1 don’t believe 1 do.” “You remember the evening I arrived?” 1 asked. "Delmar was telling you all about it—" "So he was." She knitted her brows. “Awful bore, wasn't he? Frankly, I went to sleep in the midst of it. I remember vaguely that it was going to break all records and so forth. I woke up when they were all scolding him for his meanncsa to Bessie about credit, i What docs it matter?” She looked perplexedly at Komako and suddenly her face cleared. “Do you think the play had something to do with the murders?** Komako nodded. Then he proceeded cautiously to tell her that the play disclosed the story of a criminal wanted in the States who was hiding here in Waimaka. He was watching her, as 1 was, for a reacI tlon to that. But she seemed more bewildered than anything else. “Do you mean you think there actually is such a criminal here, and the Delmars' | play wasn't entirely fiction?" “Tha’s it,” Komako assured her. “Bad fellow not want his story let out for fear he go to jail, maybe get hang for it. So he kill Delmar, then Mrs. Delmar, and get rid of play.” "You don't say!" She pondered this. “Well, who is it?" Komako hummed in his deep monotone for a moment, then shot a question at her: “Ever you hear 'bout lady who kill man in Chicago —name Polly Morgan?" Mrs. Latham was not startled. She shook her head and said calmly; “I never read about murders in tie paper. Do you think she could have -—why, who could it be here?" Komako went on imperturbably: "There is also story of man who get in jam in Stales and hide away. A 1 doctor.** t Mrs. Latham lifted her head. "You're not insinuating—” F Komako put out his hand protest- , ingly, “There is more stories—more . m«n police want for murder. And a bad banker who plays music and run off with people's money and hide. Lots bad peoples hiding that Delmars know about." I “Goodness gracious! Who ever heard of such an idea! Why. all the people here are simple and obvious ’ enough. Except—" Aad she went into a deep study. t We waited breathlessly, but finally she shrugged her shoulder* and said . lightly, "But there—l try never to 1 gossip. See here, I brought some ■ cookies over and tnought l*d make ' coffee for you.” She got up and started toward the kiiAen. “Poor Bessie wouldn't mind our using her coffee. If you two are going to sit up all night—” Her voice trailed off *■ she entered the kitchen and struck a match. | Komako followed quickly with the 'oil lamp, and found another lamp in a bracket on the wall of the kitchen which he, lighted. "Awful kind (lady." he praised eagerly. When they had found the coffee . esn and set the water to boil on the 'oil stove they earn* back to wait. Mrs. Latham opened her box of cookies while she said thoughtfully: > “I can see you're in a spot, not knowing white* story the Delmars used in their play, which 1 take it you don't." '• “This is time we need help,” Ko- ; mako said ingratiatingly. “W* don't want to make mistake, or give you trouble,maybe-," I jh* lowed up M him mjicklyJrau mean my »eg? Or*-»r

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“We got to suspect evenbody." < be said gravely. “This awful bad, I these two murder*. No use protect I anybody if you know something." | “But I don't know anything, un i fortunately. 1 just have a couple of i prejudices which aren't evidence at t all. Take Herb, for example. He I irritates mo*— I don't like his as- I sumption of authority and I don’t i like his nose in everybody’s busi- i ness. So I don't wish to speak a i word against him." “Tell u* and we throw out if no good," Komako wheedled, and reached for a cooky. “We want to be sure not to make mistake on wrong person." "Well . . .*' She seemed to fight silently with herself for a moment, and then to give in. "The night Delmar was murdered — Elaine walked in her sleep, you know—and I went out to look for her after my son had gone. I saw Herb down on the shore either getting into or out 't a canoe—and he had a fish spear in hi* hand." Did we leap then! First I ran ont to make sure Herb was still over at the Lathams', and not eavesdropping. Then both Komako and I fired excited questions at her. The exact time? She didn’t know, but we figured that it was after I had landed and was talking with Elaine at the pool, for she saw nothing of me. Herb might have done the clean-up job out on the sampan—it would be so like him—and Mrs. Latham saw him returning with my spear, and in that case, my fish knife also, which he planned to use on Mrs. Delmar if it became necessary. "But.” Mrs. Latham protested at this point, "wasn't he found unconscious in the canoe?" “He could have pretended unconsciousness,” I said, “and the footsteps we heard among the palm fronds might not have been those of hi* assailant at all—as we've always taken it tor granted they were.” “Hail” Komako exclaimed, rubbing hi* hands. "You give u* lota to think about. Not to worry—we don't jump on Herb till we know more." "The water’* boiling.” Mr*, latham rose to go into the kitchen. “ITI have your coffee ready in a few minutes." Until she came back with the coffee poured into three cup* on a tray, Komako and I discussed this new development from every point of view. We still had to find out Herb's past history, we still had to know the story of the play. But it was immensely valuable to know about the fish spear. We relaxed a little over the coffee and cookies. When Komako had taken the keenest edge off his hunger, he observed to Mrs. Latham: "Yon say you have eovp/e of thing* you don't want to tell because you are afraid it is prejudice. Both about Herb? Or one about somebody else here?" “Well, really,” Mrs. Latham said uneasily, “I shouldn’t speak <d this. There's nothing tangible like the fish spear with Herb. It’s just a feeling—” She stopped and laughed at herself a bit grimly. "I declare, I’m getting like old Miss Mason at home—she was our town gossip, you see." "Feeling*—intuitions—” I said persuasively, "sometimes lead to the capture of the worst criminal*. You’re anything but a gossip, Mr*, latham. and this is a deadly serious business.” "I know." Again she frowned heavily while considering. "Well, then I’ve never disliked Mr. Budd, but IS* never got close to him. 1 think he's living h«r* under an assumed name—" “Th*'* important 1” Komako eried. laaataw toward her eagerly. "You know hi* real name?” "Now, this i* mig’gty filmsy,” she warned. "Me lent me g book get long ego. A thin sheet of paper—pert of a business letter—dropped

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