Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 15 July 1943 — Page 3

RSDAY, JULY 15. 1943.

1 ' IRLB ENJOY 2j JCK BuPPCR of department 7-51 of era I Electric enjoyed a pot >per Monday evening at the — if Mlaa Leona Fruecht*-. bwere played and music and enjoyed. Jnt were Virginia Taylor. ]’ fitchcock, Mary McClure, oiier, Betty Clifton. Babe n, Dorothy Heimann. Ev<Eds ly, Margaret Fen nig. Ei-i---"A Glendelyn Miller, .Ma MH*)- Mr. and Mrw. Martiir and the hoateai, Mi-* Mm. O. K. Baker enter jypit dinner last evening for aiatera, Mm. Data- ■ and Mra. Mayoia Oplln her mother, Mra. Ona K-l Fort Wayne. The pccasiou » ■ Mra. Rhoden’ birthday an Ml-y. Locals R Jon Quinn of Oak Park. 111. Ing hdr parents. Mr. and T. Merryman, and In ■Ln law anl Alster, Mr and Burk. Hill of Fort W.iyt; 3 Decatur yesterday to attend services for Mil* Clara (ev* Acker will leave Sun San Jose, Calif, tor a six visit with her stater. Mm. I tamer. .toland Reppert left early irnfng for Herring Lake. ElMich to join bis wife, who i 'in spending the past several | ’with her parents. Dr. and I 8. Storer of Republic. <>. been vacationing there. MPORTANT EATH Jotice .. i visible paint has been in ventkilla all insects that walk on foes not harm humans or aniIt is esllod “2-WAY Insccti*reen Paint’’/ Merely wipe it fens, It kills flies, moequito's, fete, trying to get in and kills -: | Eta already in. Keeps flits, etc. popping off screen d>x>r and ; in when door ta opened. Costa .ew cents per application. J’relyust. For homes, porches, k camps, bams. ■lthouse Drug Co.

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By HARRISON CARROLL eg Feslerw ■yndleate Writer »>LLTWOOD — Aftermath of Whiteman'* reani»n of the lai Rhythm Boys on hia radio -am makes Bing Crosby out .. an even bigger man in the eyes i of hi"SSHS?;-, Ctohla < ary f,,r * hr CxM broadest v. .».« jjHW IW" >< .1! ! V pj&l Buri I. and Al Rlnk'-r .!r* a *• wh "' " ' " ’ ' *w*3H wa -“ • ' ■;X;g£O| by I, hi< ' ol 1 I .taking the five i»n Correll pand He took w only >250. •rr-»"-se Weeks now tells chums she io intention of kecomn , v my Manville No. 7. kp me,** she says, “marriage is p than a publicity stunt.'* med out to be a terrific idea Ml Abbott's and Lou Costello's ponaor dancing lessons for cemen at the Oendale U. 8. tore than 50.000 boys have given instruction Became wianry to hire a larger building flthe Universal OMnedians have ■ written a check to pay for a sj speaker system. IWOS of Xavier Cugat may 1; about a eomplef- rcconcihafl with his wife. She s been at hospital Mnff—ri;; . . . Hel- " Dentine won't go to Mexico Flynn after all After two :s vacation, be has to report "Passage to Marseilles " A-iovtng Robert Benchley told "Aagazine writer friend to he ~ and talk to Gregory Ratoff. greatest copy in Hollywood." df one thing, warned Benchley >ff was hard of hearing He d tipped off btoff that the m<ewer was bard of hearing two paged at an hour before getting wise.; they're both looking for ' Miley ... A Nttle elevator girl , M MkMmfcoeker hotel is getMffW Os the top autograph coiIbm bn Whrwo-1 Ann Corio 1

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Thursday Baptist Womans Society. Mrs. Will Winnes, 2:30 p. m. Friendship Village Club and 4-11 Picnic, Community Building, 1:30 p. m. First U. B. Progressive Workers’ Class, Hanna Nuttman Park. 6:30 p. m. Phoebe Bible Class, Hanna-Nutt-man Park. 6 p. nt. Flmt U. 11. Ottermein Guild. Miss Elairte Roop. 7:30 p. m. Bridge Club, Mrs Roy Kalver, 7:30 p. m. tallies’ Aid Society, First Evangelical Church. 2 p. m. Women’* Guild. Evangelical ami Reformed Church of Honduras, All Day Meeting. Friday Philathae Class Picnic Supper. Legion Memorial Park. 6:30 p. m. Saturday Rummage Sale by Missionary Circle Girls, First Evangelical Church. B:3® a. m. to b p. tn. Tuesday Pol lota Xi Picnic, Hanna-Nutt-man Park Boy Scout Shelter House, 6:30 p m. Wednesday Red Cross Sewing CenteV, American tagion Home. 1 to 4:30 p. m. Ih-catur school board, who has is-en confined to his home at the Homesteads with sciatic rheumatlms, is reported a* being some Improved, although still unable to be out. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barnett of Detroit. Mich., are tbe parents of a baby girl, born July 7 at the Eastaide General hospital. This is the eecond child and first girl. Mrs. Barnett was formerly Mis* Margaret Vian of Decatur. Aqed Hoosier Farmer Is Killed By Truck IcHianon. Ind. July Di - (UP)— An isl-year-old farmer — Simeon Ripen has been killed in a high way accident near tabanon. He was fatally injured when a truck collided with hie wagon this morning The truck driver Harold Bolling of Indlanapota suffered minor injuries.

always carries one of the kid's au< tograph books with her and in* f sista that all the celebrities she • meets write a message in it. ... A > certain Hollywood beauty has been 1 having dates with an important r executive. ‘ Anyway," quips Arthui i Murray, "that's a mis-step in the right direction." • Petrol Is so scarce In England , that Bob Hope has been bicycling r to some Army camps. So far, he a I played 50. r ■ ■ — Did you happen to catch the fan r magazine story where June Havoc • I said she'd like to have a date with II Lieut. George Gay, hero of Mid* i 1 way and sole survivor of Torpedo i Squadron 8? I She's going to get her wish. The lieutenant just wrote from the Southwest Pacific asking for the date on his first leave. Said he was putting June's name on a 500pound bomb "which I hope to drop on a tender spot of those dirty lit- ' tie Japs." Can't wait to see Pat O'Brien playing a slow-talking formali mannered butler in "His Sister's Butler." Some switch for the fastest talker on the screen. HOLLYWOOD HI-JINKS: Joan Crawford making a big hit with the Warner press department by her co-operativeness. . . . Add tact doesn’t pay. Vivian Marshall, of the local "Blackouts," left out her imitation of Sophie Tucker the other matinee because Sophie was in the audience. Substituted one of I Gracia Fields. What she didn't I know: Grade was in the wings as a guest of Ken Murray. . . . Jans Pickens bid to give a September lecture on modem music at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.... Jinx Falkenburg with Lieut Albert Halpnn. once reported engaged to ; Carole Bruce. . . . Kenny Bowers and Gloria De Haven. . . . Mona Maris and Paul Ramau. ... Frank Kerwin recuperating from that auto crash but will be on his back for weeks. . . . Sibyl Bowana bought her mama a home In south, em California. Look for Jackie Kelk of the "Aldrich Family." radio version, to head west to see ' M-G-M s Nancy Walker. *

Milton Mon Commits Suicide By Drowning Angola. Ind., July 15 —(UP) — A verdict of suicide hast been pronounced in the drowning of Harold Helmaing of Milton early this morning. Dr. L. L. Eberhart, Steuben county coroner. *aid that Hclmsing walked into Crooked take from a cottage he and three companions had rented Sunday. His friends said that Helmsing had been despondent for several days. — —. —Q-.-.-. G. E. Stockholders Number New Hiqh Bch< nectady, N. Y„ July 15. The number of stockholders of General Electric on June 25, record date for the July 26 dividend, totalled 225.595. an all-time high for the company, It was announced today by W. W. Trench, secretary. This tet an increase of 5.393 over a year ago. . . —.... -0. .!■ iw. ■ Morningstar Taken To State Penal Farm Benjamin H. "Dick" Morningstar was taken to Putnamvilie by Sheriff tao Gillig today to begin serving a 60-day penal farm sentence Imposed by Judge J. Fred Frucht* when the defendant entered t, guilty plea to a charge of driving without an operator’s license. o Willis Says Sales Tax Is Inevitable Washington, July 15. — (TP) Senator Willis of Indiana has come forth with a proposal to exempt all low-income citizens from paying income taxes. Asserting that a sales tax is inevitable, the Republican congressman says persons earning less than 12,500 a year cannot pay both a sales tax and an income tax. And, Willis says: “A walea tax Is the best curb on spending, the basic factor In inflation.’’ o File Applications For Gas This Week Unless atrto owners file their applications for renewal of A ga* hook, this week, they will be without stamp* to purchase gawoline after July 21. it was stated by war price and ration Istard officials. The old "A" books expire July 21. Although about 4,000 books have already been mailed, more than 1.C 0 O L FOR SI MMER ' V rivv A 1M x* A I !_tL a. A' 1 ' I \ a i V.. A fwwMP twin A I ' j Ain wiow wll i |3fc R i \\\ irtkWAV ■7 » AaV* I Marian Martin tat the sun into your life! Snip your scissors Into some brightly printed shantung or white pique and have thia cool. gay. holers topped sun frock. Marian Martin Pattern 9397. Just the thing for those brief, fun packed week ends A lot of tun to make, too! Pattern 8387 may be ordered only in misses’ sixes 12. 14. 10. 18 and 20. Site 16 t squires 3% yards 35-inch fabric. Send SIXTEEN CENTS la coins for thia Marian Martin pattern. Write plainly SIZE. NAME. ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Ready now—our new Summer Pattern Book! Just TEN CENTS more brings you this smart sewing guide tor the entire family Send your order to Dally Democrat Pattern Department. 584 W Randolph Street. Chicago, IU. Because of the atownees at the matte Saitvery of patterns may toko a few days longer thaa usual

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500 person* have not yet filed renewal applications. The women volunteers who have been working at the high school building the paet lo days, laid off today betauee there was not a sufficient number of applications to process. Auto owners were urged to fill out their application and mail it or deliver it in an envelope to the WPRB today. 0 Geneva Bank Buys Town Real Estate The Bank of Geneva purchased the Clarence and Eva Shephard real estate in the town of Geneva, sold at sheriff sale yesterday at the court house by Sheriff tao Gillig and deputy Sam Bents. Nathan C. Nelson, local attorney acting for the bank, submitted the only bid of 11.250. — —o Jack Dempsey Given Custody Os Children New Rochelle, N. Y.. July 15. (UP) —The custody of the two daughters of Jack Dempsey and Ills former wife. Hannah Williams, was awarded to Dempsey by supreme court referee J. Addison Young Oday. The children are 8-year-old Joan and 6 year-old Barbara. I* PLEASANT MILLS *| NEWS • • Miss Ruth Roebuck of Detroit i* spending a month's vacation with' her uncle, Charles Roebuck and family Mrs. Bert Holster of Walkerton Is vtalting thin week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Steele. Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Neuenachwander have returned to their home in Medina. ().. after a visit with Pvt. Thos. Halberstadt and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs Ralph tangenberger were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mr*. Steve tangenberger. Evening visitors were Benoit Johnson and family. Wanda Mann and Pauline Hawkins spent the weekend in Muncie wltli Mr. and Mrs. Olen March and daughter Marilyn, also with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Horine and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Horine, Jr. Q- - - Rummage Sale Saturday All Day. Evangelical Church. !t r* *ll What you buy Wdk WAH IIIIMUi Irrtiitfibla Powar | One of the most formidable weapons in the world is the new medium tank mounting a great 155-mm. gun. It moves at 35 miles per hour and is designed to give heavy artillery protection. No other nation has such a devastating artillery unit. The gun alone cu«t» 855.588, Your investment In Government Bonds today is your security for tomorrow. At the same time you are providing your country’s lighting men with needed equipment to bring Victory and an earlier peace. “They give their lives—You lend your money ” v S. Tmnry DttvtmrM

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IN A MUSS CONfRRRNCI IN WASHINGTON, Prraident ftotwevelt •ccumv congress of an unconstitutional action and declares he won t be bound by it. He took his stand on an amendment to the newlypassed urgent deficiency appropriation bill which fixed strict limitations on the continued government service of three men who have been accused of having had connections with subversive organisations. The men were Dr Robert M Lovett, government secretary of the Virgin islands and William E. Dodd. Jr., and Goodwin Wataon of the Federal Communications Conuniaetoa. The preeld»nt declared «**■< ——». jffcrtmtaatoqr. *

I _ holl I 111111111111 *ll * MW jjjlhiiiiiilllilllll 11 llllllilllllllll Pvt. Doyle L. Sheets left yesterday to return to Drew Field. Tampa. Fla., after a 15-day furlough with hiri parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Sheets and family. ('pl. Carl Hildebrand recently surprised his parent*. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hildebrand, with a vteit for several hours, atopplng off enroute io Ohio to deliver army equipment at an undisclosed destination. He is an airplane engine mechanic in the ('. S. army air forces and has had a number of Interesting experience*. The Memphis Bell, which made 20 succeMiful bombing raids over enemy territory, came to un air base where he was stationed and he Was one of the mechanics to give the plane pre-flight inspection. before the craft was taken on a tour of the United States. He mentioned that he is a Daily Democrat subscriber and enjoys reading tin- newopaper, especially the service men column and pictures. William J. Roop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Roop, of this city, has been advanced to the rank of corporal in the U. S. marine corps. He i was graduated la*t Friday from an aviation department school and h now in the office of a marine corps major. Cpl Roop, a former employe of the local A A I’ store, i* assigned to the hdlowing address: U. S. M ('. AES 23. ABG 2. U. S. N. A. S . Man Diego 35. Calif. Pvt. Harvey C. Habegger. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Habegger, ha* Ireen advanced to the rank of corporal. according to word received here. He is serving overseas with the armed force*. Pfc. Paul Augsbttrger I* now assigned to: 12k South Wahpatch. Colorado Springs. Colo. Staff Sgt. James Brtebin Skiles has been advanct d to that rank while serving on maneuvers with the U. S. army in Tennesson, according to word received here by his wife Sgt. Skilea entered service one year ago t'xiay and was emI ployed <>y the Mutachler Packing Co. before entering the service. He watt formerly stationed at Camp Forrest. Tenn . His present addrnas i«: Co. L. 319th Infantry. APO 80, Postmawter, Nashville, Tenn. Pvf. Carl Kipfer. who lias been stationed at Camp Joseph T. Role inson. Ark., has been transferred to a surgi< al technician school In Springfield. Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Jess tautxcnhefser have been informed that their *on. Chester. hM been transferred from Everglades Barracks to McAllister Hotel. Room 651. Miami. Fla., where he hold* a rating of seaman. second class. Luther W Burry, seaman, second da-*, has returned to Great taken. II). after a four-day leave from his duties. He is a son of Mr. and Mr* William Burry. Sgt. Gerald Hart, of Camp Edwards Ma**., is visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs Clinton Hart, route 6. while on a 10-day furlough Pfc. Palmer E. taichty has been

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i In Navy A Jr Arthur Paul Raudebush. son of Mi. and Mrs. Wilmer Raudebush of Monroe, Is to be transferred to an electrical school of training maintained by the U. S. navy after completing his "boot" training at Great takes. 111. He recently returned after a nlne-day leave. transferred from Camp Swift. Tejt., to the following address; A. S. T. j it. 3803, Co A.. Louisiana State | University. Baton Rouge, ta.. He J wa* recently advanced to a private. first class. The new addrtws of Paul A Smith, Is S 2-<’. Main Dlsp««nsary I Galley 7-C, Camp Peary. Williams- I burg. Va. Mis* Geraldine Heimann has returned from Madison, Wls.. where *he *pent a week visiting with her borther, Pfc. Arthur Heimann, former Decatur bank employe, now In army radio school there. Pvt. Richard Linn, who left last week after a 10-day furlough here.. has the following addrese- A. S. N . 35549472. Box 21. Terre Haute. Ind I He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Joe Linn. Mrs. Dorwin Drake ha* received a V-mail letter from her son. Harry Drake, in Africa, in which he tells of his experiences as a flying barber.” Harry writes that while hi- was up about 8.000 feet in an airplane he gave a buddy a hair-1 cut and then he in turn cut Harry's | hair. He write* that he hopes locan be home by Chrtatmas. Sgt. Alls-rt Kukelhan of Fort Bli*s, Tex, is spending an 11-day furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mr*. Fred Kukelhan of route 3. —Q Perfect Attendance By Fourteen Pupils Fourteen of ti e otudvnts enroll- . ed in the summer school being con I ducted at the Decatur junior-sen-,

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lor high school have perfect attendance records, W. Guy Brown, dean of the school announced today. The students will reach the halfway mark this week. —■ — - - o— —— Parking Areas Are Painted In City Parking areas In downtown Decatur were paintad today by state highway workers. The markings vary from those of pa*t year* since the line- denote individual park Ing *pac<*. Police chief Ed Miller expressed the belief that the new system of markfhg will result in more cars being handled in the available parking space. Q— Walter Hoile One Os Flyinq Group Active In Africa Tech. Sgt Walter A Hoile. *on of Mr and Mrs Otto Hoile of this city, i* one of .i group of flyers in the “Grasshopper Artillery” in North Africa, featured in an issue of the Collier’* magazin ■ sometime ago. it was made known here tie I day I Sgt Hoile's picture appears with ■ oeveral of his buddies making plans 1 for their next tu*k during the' North African battle. Tile so-called Grasshopper Artilleiy. the story relates, ha* one of the war’s most dangerous assignI merits. Flying little piper Uulis, tin- | pilot* go over enemy lines only a I

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few feet above the ground. They weave in and around and sometimes over tree*, the story asserts, directly above enemy fire. When they spot enemy artillery they radio i>a>k its po-ition and then the Allied gun* *<> into action with exact range information. Sgt. Hoile, a civilian pilot before the war. was employed by tbe Sc hah-r Wholesale company before entering *ervicea in Novemlier, J9G. He landed in Africa last January — 0 Vale university is the outgrowth of a small college founded by 10 Connecticut ministers at Saybrook in I’ol. MANY NEVER SUSPECT CAUSE OF BACKACHES Thia Old Tr*atm*nt Often Bring* Happy Relief M say suffmr* rrlitvs es<rtn< bsrkash* nuirkly, mm Ibcy dweovrr tbsl ths ml MOM U thmr Iroubto msy be tord kidney, 'I tie kidneys are Nslun', chief w»» of takIn* the etms scale and wmU out of the l ined. '1 br/r Mi> niuet people |«w sboul.l pinto eday. Wlien dseeiler of kidney function pernute P-ieonoue melter to remain ia your blood, it may nuee nesting berkacho, rhrumatia I-une, leg t>s>xe. >om "< pep ami energy, gMling up nigtiie, e»-ilme. putt-urn under tbe eyae. bead ar bra and dulineaa Frequent or r arity paaea«ea auh omartin* ami burning a.medniae allows there ie e-uuethuic wrong with your kidney, or bladder. Don't WMI! Ark your druuwt for Doaa'e PiUr. u«ed eurcMfully by nuUs-M b* over 40 yean. I hey give happv relief ami wiU help the IV nulM of kidney tube, tliah out t aos* wmlo Iruia your blood Gel Dwaae Utile.