Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1943 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT P«biish-d Every Eventn< Kxcspt Sunday by rWE DBCATVR DEMOCRAT CO. Inccrporated Biterwd at th® Decatur. Ind., Post Office aa Second Claaa Matter J. H. Haller Preaident A. R. Holtbouae, Sec y A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rats* Single Coplea I .03 One week by carrier ——- 15 By Mall Tn Adame, Allen, Jay and Welle counties, Indiana and Mercer and Van Wert counties. Ohio: 54.50 per year; 32.50 for six months; *! 35 for three month*; 50 cents for one month. Elsewhere:—>s 50 per year: 13.00 for six months; |165 for throe months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women in the armed forces. 13 50 per year or 11.00 for three months. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative BCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue. New York 25 E. Wacker Drive. Chicago, 111.

To the People of this Community: ARE YOL' REALLY AT WART What doe* being at war mean to you? Less gasoline for your auto? Less sugar in your coffee? Higher prices for your food and clothes? Separation from your , husband? ■ a Sure, it has fP,J7A tea* meant all _ those thln «’’ some serious and some really trivial for a period when your actual safety is at stake. But has the war meant BLOOD. SWEAT AND TEARS to you? In many instances YES. The first stage of invasion has .already pushed our casualties over the 100,000 mark. Tim gold stars which decorate thousands of our homes today are a challenge to the vast majority of us to do our best in the Third War Loan. No good American wants to see one more gold star added to the firmament of glory. We educate our youth for life, not for death. If they die, they die so that we might live. Every extra War Bond you buy today will back the invasion so that the war will be shortened and so that there will be less blood, sweat and tears for you and your friends. THE EDITOR

Let’* buy a few more bonds and push the 11.334,600 quota ov-r the lop Thursday night at midnight is the deadline —o We are short a couple of billion Collars on the national bond quota hut we can make It by Thursday night if we all help a little and we will. —o •An airplane held will be nt-cea-tmry after the war and the more ibe preliminaries out of the way before that time comes the easier it will be. —o—o -»Well, we don’t need to worry any more about that first frost. It ■pme and probably wound up gulden produce rather completely. It Is not believed t have done great damage to regular crops however and for that we are all thankful. —o Though we have four days left in which to reach the quota for bond sales in Adams county, we •till have faith in the people of Adams county. Let’s oend woid to the boys over there that we are back cf them with every thing we have. o—o October Ist to Sth will be National Newspaper Week and National Health Week Os course to have good health you should read your local newspaper Seriously, bath are important and we should pot be too busy to five them some attention.

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The shoe stamp you get before November Ist will have to last you six months instead of tour so urge the children to be careful of the shoes they have. Two pair a year will get the average adult by but It’® a tight squeeze for the energetic boys and girls. o -o ■■ Mrs. Roosevelt is back from her longest trip, an airplane journey to the Pacific war theater. She was given a great reception every wh-re she went and war made an honorary member ?>f the "thirsty thirteenth," a troop carrier squadron She was absent just a month. You will be fortunate if you receive more than a few Christmas cards this year. Production is off forty percent while the demand Ic up about three times it is estimated. We might dig up some of the old ones that have piled up in the days when Santa Claus had an over supply.

Democratic editors who could get i the gas or otherwise provide travel , are enjoying the annual cuting at j French Lick with the closing ban- ; <;uet thia evening and Senator ; Lucas the headline speaker. Govj irnor Schricker, Mrs. Clark and others will also be on the program ! and the editors and their guests are having a delightful time. —o Adams county never was called on to meet a 11,344,600 bond quota before and the people of America were never asked to purchase fitI teen billion dollars worth. It L okI ed impossible and would be any I where else in the world. Leaders ■ of the Axis as well as‘the Allies I everywhere are watching for the results. What will our answer be? —o Indiana's new law, effective Jon. 1. will tend to expand county hospital facilities to provide for the reased number of tuberculosis 'ba'lent® revealed thr ugh army and industrial physical examin.at ions. That law provides that the I state will pay the county or other local public hospitals 11 a day for each tuberculosis patient—lndianapolis Star. —o

You will be interested in the exhibit of captured German army equipment to be displayed on Lib- . rty Way from twelve o’clock noon until two, Sunday afternoon The entire exhibit weighs fifty ton* and includes tanks, personnel carrier, mac hine guns and a submarine escape mask. A lecture describing the equipment will be given by Frank Marcus. -0 - We are now a part of a number one labor shortage area with the tb hour week for numerous plants. Just what the elect will be is not understood generally but it la designed to provide a better distribution of labor for war plants. The labor situation is becoming more serious and It will require the best efforts of every one if we are to do the best Job towards winning the war.

Hitler will soon know whether he is to be writtan io history as a "heel" ©r a hero. He probably haw a vague idea already bow tbe good people there feel about bim Millions of them have never approved bis immoral teachings or his boast of being a suparman to lead thorn into the paradise of wcrld control. Hi» dream Is abatterod and no one knows it bolter than the fubrar himself, although he has not publicly admitted it and perhaps never will. -0 ■ ■ The war to like a whirlpool, sucking tn everything near the edge. Italy bra beau swept out but Sweden. which has tried hard to stay out. seems on tbe verge of entering on tbe Allied side First she canceled the Nasi privilege of sblpplag aoidwra and war goods acr-ao het country. This moaaa that ’bay to«st g-j by water stong tbe corat. with rw.ultaal daager

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from British flyers and submarines. Now Swedish ships have helped part of the Danish fleet escape. Both are nnti-Gennan acts and re eented a# such by Hitler. At any time may come German sinking of Swedish ships, of the reverse, under the excuse of mistaken identity with further strain on the fraying cord that ties the Swedes to neutrality Auburn Evening Star. —. o i Twenty Years Ago I Today Sept 25 — The Marion National Bank asks the grand jury at Indianapolis to investigate the financial affair* of Governor McCray. Mayor William Hosey and his board of works, of Fort Wayne, inspect the Decatur Power and Light plant. Decatur 1. O. O F. is remodelling their hall and will have a modern club room Representatives of the state tax commie ion w ill hold a h-wring here October 3rd ou assessments

Secretary of the Treasury "Sees the P** jf ■ W ; WK M Cl i —Of t St. laait On-DuftltS iced SKOETABT MORGENTHAT (right) *ake» has*. wHh RBFRMAN KIMMEL 6924 BertboM aveaaa, IL Lsuta. Mfc. who betacd make the MW Mock the first in tbe I’niud States to ga ever the tow to the War Bawd drive It buying It bawds. KimawTs wife stands st bis right, while his daughter awd her busbaad. MB. aad MBS. FLINT GAMEL. are st his left. In Um foreground. tawk to IM Mtottfis to MBS. WALTER .VOGEL, WB2 A BerUwtf, ssttetter wba put the btock over the top.

M. LouU. Ma.—lt tat every day that a cabinet ■aanber. tbo naUoua Beeretary of the Traaaury, comae trailing in a perron* home and aayr to yoa: Thank* to buylac that extra War Bond." That* eaaeUy what hipfiH to • group at taniliM ta theWOO Moat Os Barthold avenue bare. Saeratary Bctny Morrmthau. it, aadr it hie fii« cedar of bctaeoa during a t«o> uTtySaMof miltau nt tnt» aeuß* Mtatatata » Jta

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"VISITING FIREMAN''

i of firms and corporations. 1 Dr. and Mrs. M. F. Panish of ! Sturgis Michigan, motor here for a few days visit. Many from Decatur and Adams county are attending the Bluffton street fair thia week o * Household Scrapbook I f By ROBERTA LEE * * Pearl Buttons P>*arl buttons can be restored to their original brightness by rubbing them with a little olive oil which takes away jhat blurred appearance Finish by polishing well with nail powder. Stockings U hen darning boys’ -o. ka and stocking*, use black mosquito netting as a foundation and it will lessen the time of darning. Dessert A very d>-l|i-iou«i dessert can bo made by baking apples that are filled with broken nutmeats, raisins and honey. o I have never heard much of the I resolutions of the apostlew. but a great deal about their act -. — Horace Mann.

like any avenge residential neigh* borbood in your home town. The re •re cou«rw and two-etery woadmi homes sad a few treei. Whin Uia 3rd War Loan b«gan. everybody got b-jy in the countless neighborhood* of BL Louts. More than KOO men and woman undertook the ht«e teak of *nkw into the appr-s-xunatcly 290 600 homes and having a hat about tbe dire Mad tt backing tbe bops at the front. ,* •Hit 6KC block of Berthold avenpe responded 100 per cent the first nigbL It claimed honor of taetag the fisst neighborhood tn the natr.i to go all-cut back cf the 3rd War Ua*-. Stickers.'announcing “Wa bought fixers Bond-S 7 every bom Big mdmto white placards baaru« Iba maaaaße ”1M

Ration Calendar Gasoline A-8 coupons good effective today. Fuel Oil Period 5 coupons in old rations remain good through September 30. Period 1 coupon* in new rations are good through December. Sugar Stamp No. 14 good for 5 pounds through October. Stamps Nos. 15 and 16 good for a pound* each for home canning th-ough October 31. Shoes Stamp No. 18 good for 1 pair through October 31. Stoves Consumer purchases of rationed stoves must be made with certificates obtained at total war price and rationing board*. Meats. Fats Red stamps X. Y Z. good through October 2. Brown stamps A and B good through October 2. Brown stamp C become* good September 26 and remains good through October 80 Processed Foods Blue stamps U. V. and W expire October 20. 1— 1— (J Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

Notehboriwod" htmg from all lamp: posts aurroundinc the block. At the time Mr. Morgenthau want visiting here, more than 100 000 BL Loutoana ware already exhibiting the atiekm at their bomm. | Speaking from the porch of the KhMtotahe toid tbe Beftboid Btock 1 am gtad of thia aupoftunMv to' visit them homea. Thia la America at Ma beat If even black » <*** : fl none a ctmia rem tonwrew—the monar would rob into the Treasury .’ i -Sra tbe Fwcpis- to Mimounk Jrd War Loan slogan. That's wbat Mr. Morgenthau did. As he toft tbe i-KwcssEsrsWnS bean my groa’ss’ expenenee so far during tbofird War I mramßigii*

Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE I Q When eating a baked potato, is ft correct to take the potato from the kin and mash it on the plate? A. No. the proper way 1® to split the potato and then eat it directly from the skin. Q What Is the poper way to announce a wedding engagement? By sending a notice to the newspaper*. or sending engraved announcements to relatives and friend®. Q May anyone who wishes accompany a funeral party to the cemetery? A. No; only those persons should go who are invited to do no. I* PLEASANT MILLS * NEWS Cliff Marshall. Mrs Kathryn Byers and baby and Mrs. Herb Fen-al of Fort Wayne spent Saturday with Mr. and Mns. Fred Bender. Sgt. James Halberstadt of Fort Ord. Calif , is visiting his parents and other relatives and friend® around Plea-ant Mill®. Al Roebuck ha® returned after spending two weeks with his son and family. Mr. and Mrs. James Roebuck of Detroit. Mich. Mrs. Paul Ixibalnger, Mr-. O. 8. Fortney and Mns. J. F. Halberstadt. Sr., were delegates to the Salamonia association, at the Decatur Baptist church. Word has been received by the William Noll family that their ®on. Max. who wa® stationed at Pearl Harlror, ha® recently been sent somewhere on the other side of the equator, but now he can write to his parent®, brothers and sister®

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE He threw in the dutch, and the heavy truck began rumbling toward the closed gate. From a distance Drew could see the guards looking toward them, and a second later saw them flash on the full battery of floodlights. Anxiously his eyes searched the shadows, hoping for some sign that his own men were waiting, but the blackness beyond the fence was void of any movement. Too late now to hesitate. The truck .bumped eloser, and with a •urge of savage joy Drew saw the gate slowly open. They were going to get action! A guard was standing on either side of the entrance looking expectantly up. “They’re waiting for a pass,” Hank whispered. “They’ll get it in just a minute,” eame the grim reply. It was the last word spoken. Already the truck was halfway through the gate when Drew jammed on the brakes. The wheels ground to a halt, and like cats the two men leaped. Thorpe's arms wrapped about one astonished guard, and he fell without a sound. From the opposite side of the truck rose the noise of a brief scuffle, then Hank’s voice drswled, "All serene here.” Out of the darkness footsteps eame clattering across the street, and Drew’s men crowded through the gate. In another second the guards were bound and thrown in the truck. Leaving a man to watch them, Drew lad the others at a dead run for the warehouse. From now on, seconds counted. The warehouse doors were wide open. Harrying back between the tiers of crates. Drew found the lantern still burning, but Spud and his captors had gone. He called—only faint echoes answered—and quickly they searched the place from end to end, but found no sign of Spud. Precious minutes were passing; not long eould they stay there undetected, and in a last effort Drew made a circle of the warehouse. Down at the water's edge he saw a knot of men making for the tanker and, as they neared the loading lights, caught sight of Spud’s bare brad in the center. Hank saw it too. "They’ve got him,” he shouted. Like a pack of hunting dogs Drew's band swept across the yard, and a moment later they struck. Caught wholly by surprise, Spud's captors hurried him to the gsngplank, leaving three of their number stretched out on the doek. while close ly Drew's men crowded them, the impact of their charge forcing their opponents to the very rim of the doek. But there they held. Forming a half-cirele at the base of the gangplank, the Planet men turned at bay as four of them dragged Spud aboard the boat Frantically throwing himself against that solid wall of men, Thorpe fought his way inch by inch up the steep incline. Behind him he could hear the breathing of his own men, pushing him on, giving blow for blow. Three times be struck; three times men went down; and, eaught up in that swirl of fighting, clawing humanity, he was swept within aa arm's length of the deck. Out of tbe semidarkness a huge bearded sailor boosed before him, •nd once more Drew lashed out with all hie m'ghL A moan, a limp body falling, and a splash. Drew was on deck. He looked back. Hank and six others were crowding just behind, and Drew pointed across tbe deck, where Spud's raptors were making for the wheel-house. Just bees at li the eatwslk they caught them, and la lllsees Drew's bead dosed For a few bare seconds the Planet asen fought bosk; than, outnumbesed •nd dismayed, tbev broke and ran. leaving Spud atoll bound—but free.

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Max is aviation tnaehinbt mat, l-c. V. 8. N. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Halberstad' Sr.. Mr. and Mns. Ed Melching, M Thoma- Halberstadt and daughte Joan, visited with Mr and Mr V. W. Neuenechwander and famil in Medina. Ohio, over the week end

Quickly Drew cut the rope and raised Spud to his feet. “Can you walk?’’ he asked. Spud rubbed bis aching wrist. “I ean even run, if you'll tell mt where." “Stay close,” Drew warned, j “We've got to get out fast” For by this time the sound of I fighting had awakened the tanker. I Sailors and loaders were climbing out of the hold, others came run-; ning forward from the deckhouse amidships, and halfway back to the gangplank Drew's men dashed with an ever-increasing swarm of op- . ponenta. Raging across the deck the fight rose to new fury; men i fell and were up again as the battle surged to the base of the forward boom, where • dozen furniture crates gave Drew's men a momentary shelter. But they dared not stay. Already a knot of men was forming down by the gangplank to cut them off—their chances of leaving the tanker were fast fading. Desperately Drew looked out toward the bay—worse than folly to take to the water, yet as esch second passed their position became more desperate. With his foot he smashed the thin board of a crate and, reaching in, pull out an arm-; load of excelsior packing. Striking a match, he held it in the tinderdry material until it caught, thin, with still another armload, fed the i crackling flames. Almost at once a lurid glare lighted the afterdeck and a shower of sparks spiraled upward around the king posts. Twice more he heaped excels! r upon the flames. Above him in the wheelhouse a gong began besting out its warning, and from the dock came the dismayed outcry, “Firt!" Fire on a tanker! Most dreadcu enemy of all. The fighting ceased—men stood In bewildered indecision —already the sailors were running for a hose. That brief second of inaction gave Drew his chance. "Back!" he shouted. "Get back to the gate!” Shoulder to shoulder his little band obeyed. Over the deck and down the gangplank they poured, smashing through the few antagonists who still remained, then out across the yard to the truck The motor was running, and as the last man dambered in. Drew called to the driver, "Give it all you ve got.” The truck roared through the gate and up the road. From the brow of the hill Drew looked back. Down below the village came tbe clang of the Planet s fire truck, and in the darkness be smiled. Lights were blazing on the tanker, and about the yard men were running like distracted ants, none knowing just what had happened. Drew thought of Franz, snd once again he smiled. As the truck stopped out* de Molly’s, he saw the long string of colored lights at the country club, and with a start remembered—th* dance! So much had happened; it was as if that dance belonged to another lifetime. "Tell Gloria I’ll eorre for her in twenty minutes," he calk 1 after Spud, and started at a run down the path. Back at his own house. Drew looked himself over. His thick red hair was matted about his face streaks of oil daubed both cheexj. and his shirt was torn to the waist. But except for a long, angry welt across his shoulder, there were no memento* of the battle; and. stripping off bis clothes, he jumped into tbe shower. Tbe steaming water Mt good to his tired muscles, and the knowledge that Spud was »•<* brought a vast sense cf release. He wondered if Molly would ever know haw much sbs owed to Gtona; but for her. Spud might have bran ,y---ing in ths filth and bilge tanker, bound for son.s far-off port at uIL Meanwhile, that hot water

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sii doing voMmtah und ahra i us his mfi w *-. Gloria. T-*» -is mul 1 bt a very times. I A clock tuUiLdg j Wildly brew ; jjU clothes. The dance had mji four fri. r h rtKhtjhj 1 the * .de terrace vs crowded, and ran «a <lown the hill a< fust 1 mi ng pod. UutMk.ol nung ntnngs of ixxt| the uubhouae .tadm color and fatooed | I tlo*. rs. each eon* w i ”ated banaaa >»>» Everyone ru urn' ! oft .a!: m erpadaZym relented, with Mflfi capita!, rcpreaentaim d ien err ba«».ei, au U formed officers d fc; Across the rooa Dnva looking more lanky atdl than ever in white!» his left eye a «jspicmli out. and now thatejsta I as it met Thorpei 111 ; ward the bar. and torn way Drew saw Ins ill to a Veraguaa I tun ed to Spud, “Hang back how thugs sunT 2«d oar. g M re than ever rttal the impreaaios <d M -1 I His heavy mltarylH 11 special adiantafts' i tif.mg evening £-’■*»• •!.. white eipMMW* th.. ( : -s of Take Fatherland. Hu b med a* he to’dhl i then, catching ‘ * ! with quack “Come in, M ien my,” he ca&c. * irir.ii. WhatwuljwlJ “Anything y»«w" ' "Row amiabk • 1 brandy-sod*- "y, o ’ ~ ten our little Uli’l’F , tory. have y«> “No.” J . that my 1 , thing should Ut "Ju. , ut . j—“kt I thwßioßrsvs’ II Alter was •«* J t end Drew could!**" i “Thanks, Dr- . -Only »e to»sa.*«" I| J “I -houldthir-ko* r wete beawufr : hard to get” # i, p rr « laid don “ ..will take cane cffc'JJ Vp from th* “■ j. I deip roUof*f**| e ,e, Franz f *> t'’yourdrilW J t prevents." > “X.thmg va *7, def -ndabl* i “Ah.y»’ "-.•JTpgl r friend. » J -Whoc**,’ I’' 1 ’' I like these-',. -Hi Alto .jgS . just be-.®’' i* t mg. b* * l vrf** ’ m * n! - more frrw k mt'*, I smiK ’ s . ,T **T*i !: