Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1943 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Pwbliabed Every Evening Exoap' Sunday by FHB DiDCATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated ■■tor*! at the Decatur, Ind.. Poet Office as Second Clan Matter 7. H. Heller President A. R. Holtbouae, Sec'y * Bus. Mgr Dick D. Heller Vice President Subscription Rates Single Copiaa ,02 One week by carrier .15 By Mall Within 100 Mlles One Month 35c; Three Months 11 Six months 11.75, One Tear 53 00 By Mall Beyond 100 Mlles One month 45c. Three months 51 25 Six month* 52 M. One year 14 00. Subscriptions for men In service |3.50 per year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative BCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York ?5 East Wacker Drive. Chicago, 111. Charter Members of The Indiana League of Home Dallies SATI KDAY. MAY 29 Wear a poppy tomorrow. —o Don't forget I buy and wear a poppy. Tin y look good. -0 We are going to fail in our May quota if we don't do a little extra buying by tomorrow night. —o It only take# two or three w-cks of good weather to produce a lot of the garden stuff .* > let's do it. —o Better continue to baby those tins. There are still no Indications that you can gel new ones for a year or two. O—O If we gel those Victory gardens in the next few days, they will have plenty of time to grow and by the Fourth of July we ought lo have all the green vegetable* wo need or want. —o If Hitler's war machine can etand another xlx months of the pounding it Im now receiving it will be of better mat. rial than has ever been produced. It doesn't seem possible. —O-0 The factories in this community will operate Monday as usual and it ie hoped that absenteeism will he at a minimum. However retail stores, banks and the postoffice will suspend for the day. —o Those who have learned lo read the stock markets between the lines are encouraged by the continned rising price*. They reached a new high for three years this week after labor and tax problems seemed to Ire ( tearing. —o The strikers evidently desire to Voice their protests while taking a few days vacation. Orders from the president are promptly obeyed in moet cases but the continued surest is certainly not a good thing for the country and the war effort. —o Funeral services were held this afternoon or Sergeant Jack Trlcker.

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well known former Decatur youth, who met death lu a plane crack-up while In line of duly in South Dakota. Jack was popular here and a good soldier and his comrades and friends are deeply grieved that he has given his life for the cause he loved. —o No nation can long withstand the terrible pounding now being administered to Germany and Italy. Sooner or later and most probably sooner, the blowup will come unless they find some way to counteract the round the-clock bombing. In the meantime the Axis is having a difficult time getting a summer campaign started and if they don't the jig is sure up. —o-Sp-aking of critics. Col. Robert .McCormick of the Chicago Tribune, j was paid off this week by the Tokyo radio. An English language broadcast beamed to Ncrth America said: "Robert McCormick is in extremely i harming character — I think America today needs many more characters like this Chicago veteran." The colonel ought to check for sure as shoutin' there ts something wrong when complimentary remarks c me from Tokyo these days. —o Mr Walker in Indiana recently, urged a non-partisan movement to make it possible (or men in the armed force to cast th- Ir ballots in the next election, declaring it IS "almost criminal" to deprive service men of one of the great privlieges tor which they are fighting the right to vote. Because two ‘ of his non-partisan suggestions ( have been turned down by Repub- i llcan leadership, the chairman ' hesitates to suggt st to them a pro- , gram to allow service men to vote, he said. Hu: he added, he hoped some nonpartisan agency would , ad pt sponsorship of the movement to make available ballots (or service tuen —o What Is The OPA? The Office of Price Administration is unpopular because It steps on a lot of toes. Fault is found with the administrator and the political or career life of the man who heads the far-reaching organization is much shorter than a glamor or sweater girl. It's almcst sure "death” to the man who accept* the public office and tries to administer the law. designed to keep down the cost of living, save the value of the purchasing dollar and give every American, poor and rich alike an even break. Prentiss Brown, present director who seems to be on the "spot." just because it's Impossible to please everybody, talks like a daddy in explaining to the people, how the office tries to serve the people and the handicaps encountered in executing the program. The father of seven children, who admits that he is bothered and worried over the cost of living himself and knows what it coots to feed hungry mouths, elucidates as follows: "We in the Office of Price Administration are charged with the responsibility of fixing prices. W< are keeping the value in the American dollar. We are the protector of your saving-, your insurance policy, bought for the benefit* of your old age and your dependents. We aim to preserve the value of the bonds of your government so that the dollars you now loan your gevernment will have the same value when th-y are returned to you as they now have. "We do not mind the criticism, often very bitter. We expect it. We cut across the family life of every one in the nation. We have the thankless task of saying to thfarmer, manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer that their prices canno* exceed fixed limits. We necessarily itsch into the complicated and intricate structure of busineut with ffxed aid arbitrary rules It I« act surprtolM that we are re- | stated by those we control- Every

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Safety-Responsibility Law Regulations At A Glance

(Editor's note: This is the third article in a series prepared by th<Indiana division of public safety to explain the new motor vehicle aafety-rwpouslbility law. which becomes • ffei.-tlve July 1. This article is devoted to "the law in operation".) Under the new law a written report ol every motor vehicle accident which occurs In Indiana must b<- (lied Immediately with the director of the division of public safety l>y the following, in the order named: 1. The operators of the cars involved. or—2. A participant in each car Involved if the- operator in physical’y unable to make the report, or — 3. The owners, if not involved or physically incapacitated. Within from 10 to 45 days after any accident which results in property damage of more than 525. or personal injury or death in any amount, owners or operators, or both, of the motor vehicles involved are required to post security to satisfy any judgment that might he returned because of the accident, as wa« discussed In a previous article. If the director is satisfied that an operator or owner involved in an accident had adequate insurance or a satisfactory bond at the time of the accident, requirements of the law will have been met so (ar as that person is concerned. But If an operator or owner in volved in the accident la not injured or bond'd, the law requires that he must immediately deposit sufficient security to satisfy any judgment that might result from tbe accident. A (lersoti having an adequate insurance policy or bond should contact his insurance or bonding agent immediately and obtain and till out certiflcate form HU-21 to attach lo his Occident report. That will save much delay and inconvenience as it provides deHnile proof of financial responsibility. wh>-n filled out and Bled with the accident report. I'nder certain circumstances an uninsured or unbonded person liecoming subject v, the law may be day under normal conditions in grx>d times and bad times there are business casualties and failures. Now these arc- blamed on the Office of Prim- Administration. Actually, business casualties age today lower than In a generation Your government need* ycur support in this critical hour. "The simple truth of the matter in that this office Is holdiag as nearly as humanly possible to the principle of the Stabilization Act of last fall. Our answer to those who assert that we are not holding the cent of living line is that wages in industry, factory and mme hare risen amply and sufficiently to cover the inevitable rises in the level of Bring costs There is no justiftention for brsaking the stabilisation program Let the American peopte jow »• bolding th* ÜBdu*

relieved of the requirements of security. Those circumstances are: 1. If he obtains u release or a confession of judgment from the other parties involved in the accident. or—2. If. with the consent in writing of the other parties involved in the accident, he confesses judgment in an agreed amount, payable on terms satisfactory to the injured party. (The fourth article In this series will be published tomorrow.) o I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE « Flour It is best to keep flour in a bln that is raised two or three Inces from the floor. Wheat flour can be purchased in quantity, but buy cornmeal or graham flour in small quantities and keep in tin or glass containers. The Canary Do not be discouraged if the canary does not sing for the first few weeks in its new surroundings This is often the case until he be- ' comes accustomed to his new home. Ths Tablecloth The center lump that is so often seen in tablescloths esn be avoid- ' ed if the cloth is folded three times lengthwise before any cross folding is done. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

LIBERIAN PRESIDENT VISITS U. S.

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S*PAY!NO rOOMVTIT S VISIT With him after the Casablanca conference. Edwin Barclay, president of Liberia, African republic, shakes lueada wit* th* president as he arrives at ths White House. First Xerro'to be an overnight guest la the executive mansion, Barclay ! was aeemnpaiued by W. V. » Tubman. prseuienf elect of Übana. and ' will jnflt the Ftfeatooe Rubber plant iaAhrco. O, fJsteraatieaa/j .

• ♦ Keeping Informed War Price and Ration Board Shorts Expired red or blue point ration stamps can breed black markets and housewives who have not used up those stamps should view with suspicion any attempts to solicit their surrender. Glen Hill, chairman of the county war price and rationing board, asserted today. “If for one reason or another you find yourself with unused red or blue stamps at the end of the month destroy them yourself." Mr. Hill said. It was explained that white red and blue stamps issued for any one month expire at the end of the month so far as retail buying is concerned, they continue to be valid for purchases and sales In trade channels for some time afterward. This is obviously necessary to enable storekeepers to make use of stamps collected in the final few days of the month. Any upward adjustment iu next year's fuel oil ration to which owners of small homes may be entitled will be mad>- without a special application or filling out extra forms. Glen HUI, chairman of the Adams county war and rationing Imard. announced today. The adjustments, provided to , correct excessive cuts for certain . consumers notably those heating modest-slzi-d hous<*s. will be made i automatically by war price and rationing hoard* when they process the regular applications for > renewal of rations. OPA explained.

Former Adams County Man Granted Parole Convicted Killer Is Freed In Michigan After serving 16 yeans of a life soyitence imposed after he was convicted of second degree murder. Harold Ihirbin. 43. has been paroled from the Michigan state prison at lansing. according to word received here. The officers of Sheriff Leo Glllig and police chief Ed Miller hare been informed that Durbin was released May 5 and must report for a period of four years. Durbin, a former resident of pleasant Mills, was 28 years old on January 24, 1827 when he allegedly shot and killed Mrs. Mildred McQueen a*. Lansing, and then | turned the gun «n himself In a futile attempt at taking his own life. On April 8, 1927 he wa* sentenced by a lainsing judge after a jury found him guilty of the chrage, although he steadfastly denied any knowledge of the shooting. o_ —— * — ♦ Twenty Years Aao Today I May 28 -County Auditor Jaberg estimates that tax free properties in Adams county have a valuation of thtu-e million dollars. R. L. Shirk of Monroe suffers a stroke of paralysis. Queen Mary of England observes her 56th birthday. The Frog Eye baseball team defeats Preble 9 to 3. Mrs. J. 8. Peterson goes to Ind ianapoli* to visit her new granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burdg go to Indianapolis to attend the Speedway racist. ————iO * — ♦ Modern Etiauette By ROBERTA LEE ■ . , ■... i- — ■ Q. Is it necessary to repeat the stranger's name each time when

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN Jim aeated himself in Vinee's chair, next to Anu. Other member* of the party were at the table. Ann .aid: “I want to give you your win* nings.” She opened her bag. dumping al! its content* on the table, including the chip*, a small mirror, a lipstick, a handkerchief, and a flat gold vanity-case, with Ann written in small diamond* across it. “Here’* your chip*,’’ »he laid, sorting out the pile. He felt embarrassed, a* the thrust them at him. A woman leaned aero** the table to look at th* vanity-case. She purred: “Isn’t that Vines Ofden’i I handwriting?” “He always sags it ia diamond*/ giggled another woman. Ann made no reply. Her flush deepened, however. She rose, turning to Jim. Unconsciously she used Mrs. Willard’s very wards: “It's stifling in here I “--but instead of inviting him to dance, as the other had, she suggested they go out in the casino garden. She felt she must be alone with him, away from these people, to explain the roulette incident. . .. “Remember Eve’." one of the psrty yelled. She felt cheapened. And as she esught sight of herself in the barmirror, she wished she hadn’t had those cocktails. The night air was fragrant and cool. A breeze, like a refreshing, steadying hand, touched her flashed face. Jim wss wondering if it were s "gesture" that she had given him back his S3M worth ehips? Wss she expecting that he would be her banker when they returned to the gambling tables? It was odd that she hadn’t wanted to go there now. but suggested going into the garden! The garden was quite lovely. Ailed with tropical and sub-tropical flowers. It* wall, were covered with trailing bougainvillea and bignonia. There was a small pool covered with wild hyacinth and lily pads. In one carefully tended section, roses were blooming, though they didn’t have much perfume. But the nightblooming jasmine and the trumpet vino with its big yellow flowers overpowered everything in fragrance. There was a small stone bench by the lily pool, under a spreading banyan tree. “Let’s go down there,” Ann suggested. She wasted to be as far from the noisy casino, and what had happened thia night in it. as possible Besides, one needed quiet in which to make her explanations to Jim. It was darkish, and coal, under the great banyan tree. The formation of its trunk wan curious, spreading from quite low down into a whole sene* of twisted aad grotesque branches. “Like human arms, writhing and grabbing,* Jim aaid, looking upward. She thought: Grabbing? Is that a crack at Hank and me? She said; “Listen, please, Jim. The true facts of what happened tonight are these.... Hank suggested to me that I be his mascot st Table Number Throe, telling me that, if

Introducing him to a group? A. No, it is all right to say, "Mr Brown”, then Mtne the group Mr. Gray, Mr. Johns" etc. Q. What gifts are appropriate for a fifth year wedding anniversary? A. Gitte of wood, such as candle stick*, or some article of furniture. Q. Is it correct for a girl to seek her partner for a promised dance? A. No; she should wait for him to come to her. Seven K. C. Members To Receive Degrees Seven members of Decatur connoil of the Knight* of Columbus will receive the honorary Fourth Degree of the K of C. in Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon. The class te known as the Btenop Noll class. Those who will receive the degree are, Rev. Robert Hoevel. aMiistant pastor of St. Mary's church; William E. Faurote. Herman M. Giillg. John A. Miller and I Herman F. Gelmer of this city; Ed ward Bischoff and John M O'Shaughnessey of Monroeville. WaM liter Saturday night a formal bull will

From where I sit • //Joe Marsh S Bll! Burry was reflecting hack I ffi't the on the last war and what the Office of War InfornutiMr buys used to do when they got and read him this. a furlough- there Is vastly IrubffiHE "We weren't a hard-drinking »"’<>"« tmldlerste bunch particularly, but that was •“’ m in i’ art in Prohibition," aatd Bill, “and »*“ ■ forbidden fruit always seems From where I worth goln’ after. We’d hunt up doesn't look as if w» n bootlegger, which was easy, worry about our bcyi and buy a bottle. «« “* K instead of a beer or two. war ' anil 1 m ghl u “So, lUWM ox B Daar > light track act Hk well-I guess we generally drank w II ton much!... wonder what the a . boys are doing thia Ume?" z Uv Ko. 64 of a Seria f IW, hAcj MK

he won, I’d get half of his win- I nings.” “Yes." Hadn't Lotue Willard told 1 him plainly they were gambling partners, these two? Ann went on hurriedly: “I want you to know that I never did anything of the sort before!” Misunderstanding her, he said, wearily bat kindly: “I'm cure you didn’t" "I don’t mean what you mean— , or what I think you’re thinking," she floundered on. “What I want you to know is that I didn't see on what number Hank put the money -e-I mean his ehip—and whether or not, as the croupier and detective aaid, it was the number next to yours.” Jim put hi* hand on hers. He mistrusted her, but he was sorry for her confusion. “Why, my dear girl, go into all these why's, wherefore's, and what - have - yon’s? Isn’t it enough that you were unlucky?" She drew back. "I don't like the sound of that at all! You believe that Hank and I were really in league in taking winnings that weren't ours?*’ she demanded If“Did I say such a thing?" he , countered. “No. But I’vg got *• cunvince you I that I was only a spectator ... and not even that,'* she aaid desperately. . “Because of the crowd round the table, I didn’t see anytbtasg at all!'* "Like the famous memkeys!" he Cnned. “See nothing! Hsar-usth- ! Ssy-Mthingt That’s a evell 1 motto in thia resort, tout it, Ann?*' “Yon’re being evasive, and dif- ' ficuit!" she told him. “I—eonei ver* la a shaft ad asorni- ; light through the gently moving banyan leaves, she eeuldaee his eye. ! widen. "Never! Try ma and see! ' If I were evasive, would I have come >' out in the garden with you? Don't you realise how tempting yen are, Ann? But of course you do!" She jumped up from the stone 1 bench, furious at hie iasiaaabon ; that she had lured him tarts the gsr- ' den to make low to her! ’ “You’re being purposely horrid!" ’ In the clear mooaiigbt ohe was leve--1 ly in her indig&atioa. “My real rea--1 son in asking yea to eoaae out bore was to explain—" "And you’ve done it very nicely. r so please forgot about it." He, too, ; bad risen and waa facing her. He looked strikingly handsome ' in the dear light, and he seemed to 1 be sincere. She wanted to believe ; that, feeling his attraction—aud it 1 did mem so silly, on this gorgeous evening, to harp on an unfortunate incident. So her anger melted. T “And new?" His question hung * in mid-sir. But he looked towards v the lights of the cssinn. la another > moment be would be suggesting - their return. And her opportunity to re-establish the lovely thing that d had sprung into being between them >- at tiw Bellevue, and on the ride hero, would be gome, maybe foet ever. ... “I’m eraxy about this beautiful i. garden,*' she said quickly, “it's so i. deep aad fragrant Lets explore i it farther." • "Right "He took her by the arm f It was aa though moltea fire were

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racing ti.r • T'”tset, i.g.-.t.:.,: • j !ufl A* they walb !. glam- /‘‘OB looked a f ■ A' he tun.. and down, at.! s'« Upped. ’ H a smile that i»t hi» moi.ng it t»ir< *» thought it» . : kissed by him - , Six- ii*i I nerv -u«ly: -xIM are so lovely ; *r, here! AfieH| rain., the v ■ urti come alive. > 1 <sn f« ! 12 wondi rful j !<•• ' mg and !' A- tiraUfW root* upward." “Yes," he agreed. touch of ru’.'.h mind. Lik<- a ; rU.n tiful won an. <v- r rsr.' ir< thing. <.:■<!. " . rr.t*.»»n-■ "You said b" nl ' u ’, ‘ under the banyan tretcheckmated t. "I' r -t and .teal *"'• fVI r-rwi selves’ Don't m»« croossataj outnumbe rtf' ’■ " 5 ’tplß Jim chuckled: “Thsti women don't have the taaitiex an m< i ’ ’ “Cynic!” ehiued Ann. "Nol" v u ..-J “Then you're at women?” >h- .'halh nged ■ He laughed outright: am. I haven't hs-i anyihMjJß experience y.u 'em tv ertwm with, though ” “I credit you vith nwwr ■ flashed, “butt •e- d.hez.tJW to, hsrd to und. r-•and. way* there are beneath the «urf; ' “Granted." he v pned we're all entitled ’ >'' r “But your ***■ ** “Perhap. it !"<'• ** 3 Reader! " And he “But I won't be br.• umiic. when I look at > - ** ] She said fid I :3r ” y 1 heard all of the thing* “And that." he «* **• j cisely the trouble with y** ■» of j “That it', easy. looks, and the tr-‘‘ r ‘^ f job entail’, to make compliment bestrewn “fi.! Alwsy* t* Mtnm. She thought Time. flr«' we aren't getting sr.yw^", ( "On s night a*’*.. thf id do we have V. wringAnd she drew a 1-ng b«» l jasmine-scented sir. “Like you. it* knrelr-'* B testing!" They were by bush of it Jifmly ,tood quite still. T*'-" put his two hand’ on "Uvcly- and heady b-f|( mine!" he repeated r*t Then it het*'