Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1943 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FBbilsb'-d Every Evening Except Sunday by ffiE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated Outer nd at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office aa Second Clast Matter I. H. Heller Prealdem A. R. Holt home, Sec'y A Hue. Mgr Dick D Heller Vice-Presiden Subscription Rates Single Copl-w 1 -03 One week by carrier -15 By Mail In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties. Indiana and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio: 84.50 pci year, 12.50 foreix months; (1.35 for three months; 50 cents for on< month. Elsewhere; — 55 50 per year; 83.0” for tlx months, 5155 for tbr» months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women in the armed forces. 53 50 per year or 5100 for three months. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative BCHEERER A CO. IB Lexington Avenue, New York 25 E, Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111 Put away an extra bond th* month just.to keep up your batting average If t r no nth- r reason. —o .Most baseball fairs have come to the conclusion that th- Yankees and the Cardinals are both good teams. If you enjoy October scenery take a look at the foliage the next week or so. Many trees are beautiful and it's the wonderful season of autumn. —O—O Get That package to the boy ov r seas off soon. The deadline ir Ortobei 15th Christmas parkages for these In the navy may be mailed up to Nov* mber Ist. -0 Watch the parking of your car The police are trying their best to control tratti* for y«-sir safety as Well as for every one else. It’s a difficult job that can be made easier If we all cooperate. Football will be the favorite sport for the next six weeks and th»-n comes basketball with all it's thrills and the fun of contee*. Sports are a great part of American life and Its just another if the freedoms we ar*- fighting for. —o War correspondents say that Turkey is ready to Join the Allies. To the average person almost every where it seems about time. They have been frhndly but they have remained neutral. It’s time when every nation should get on one aide or the other. O—O— Pat Nash, eighty year-old Democratic leader of Chicago ta dead fie was a part of the famous Kelly Nash machine that for ten year* has held power In the Windy City. He was rated one of the greatest political leaders in the country Death came as the result of only a few days Illness with pneumonia O—O German planes raided London the other evening but it waa nA the old Blits by any means The ship- lacked power and while the) made a lot of noise and caused r scurry ta the cellars. the loss-.-' were not serious, it is reported. At the samv time the Allied forces were bombing cities in Germany and France. O O ■ Housewives of Indiana. Illinois lowa and Whconsm In August hr ed shells from the .37 millimeter guns that the army and navy used to pound the Nasis aad Japs. And here's how they did it:

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They saved their used household kitchen fats, sold the supply to the butcher and for each pound of fat collected the munition* processors extracted enough glycerine to fire one of the big sheila. —o The Yanks and the Cards have gone t St. Louis where the rest of the world series will be played. The New Yorkers took the first game, 4 to 2, and the Cardo evened it up in the second. 4 to 3. The Yankees came back to win the third game after a bad eighth Inning for the Red Birds who led 2tolup to that time It'e still a “host” race. Play will be resumed Sunday afternoon at 1:30 central time. O—O Early Christmas shopping this year is not Just a request. H's a necessity If you expect to have any selection or If you want your gift* or cards to reach destination In time. Postmaster Kirsch has Issued a notice that all Christmas cards and packages should be mailed by December 10th. The war hae caused great congestion in postal facilities and the added holiday rush will make It Impossible unless we all cooperate by not putting it off. O—O Every man. woman and child in America today was urged to enlist voluntarily iu the "Victory Scrap Bank" drive, designed to replenish the country's fast diminishing stockpiles of ecrap Iron and steel, so vital in the production of the weapons of war The appeal came from Charles E Wilson, executive vice-chairman of the War Production Board, in mapping final plans for the scrap metal drive which begins soon and rubs through November 15 Goal of the present campaign is the collection of 15.000.000 tons of scrap in the last six months of 1943 and the building of “Victory Scrap Ranks" in those communities where scrap supplies can't flow directly Into processing yards. From these “banks'' the mill will draw as needed. O—O Retail Sales: Mr. and Mrw Consumer spent more money last year than ever before In history. America's retail sales in 194 t totaled more than 556,'t(" , .0'M | .000. Retail buying has continued high thia year. Department store sales for the first seven months of 1943 in dollars were 15 percent ahead of the corresponding period a yo»r ago. But. warns Nation's Business the consumer has be*n buying up the Inventories of civilian goods which were on hand before we entered he war. For the second six months of this year, the volume of civilian business promises to be SO percent lower than for the second six months of 1942. In many Helds, the consumer will face shortages which cannot be entirely remedied until the war Is won and industry reconverted to peacetime production- — ~Adams County Memorial Hospital j Admitted: Wilbur IMlolt. 71(1 Schirmeyer treet (and diamiss»d>: lohn M. Weaver, route 1. Convoy 0.: Mrs. Sarah Sprunger. route 2: {enneth I a-Roy Maple, route «: •arroll Sovlne. Pleasaat Mills land itomtssed Dismlsaod : Mi x Marilyn ’-ebman. Berne; Mrs. Donald Hoyt CaL ow and baby daughter. Nancy Lou 1210 Mas'cr Drive; Mm Louis Wli.amoon 1344 Master Drive. MiTs Mr and Mrs Daniel / O. Schwarts of route 7. Berne are the parent*, of a baby boy. bora Friday evening at 4:57 o'clock in the Adame c-ouoty memorial hospital He weighed ala ponds Capt aad Mrs. L. 8. Johnston of Anniston. Ala are the parent, of a Itaby .on Robert B.uec.. boru Sat uiMay. October 1 Mm. Juhaetou wa* for*my iarsfa Jane Fab '.eswae. dMgfetar ed ide lota Brae* sad a nroei ot Dr. add Mrs Fred Patterson of booth taac-

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<>nd .treet, Capt. Johne’ou w with | the dental corps 0 I Household Scrapbook I ' By ROBERTA LEE |, 0 -— '■ —- — ♦ j Carpet Sweeper Use a small wire hair bru-h to j comb out the pieces of st Ing and hair, and It will prove more satis-j factory than anything eia» foi cleaning out the bristles of the carpet .weeper. Cauliflower There will be les- wastu to the 1 cauliflower when boiling it, if it 1 ta placed in a muslin bag. tied at the top. and this bag placed in the Iwiling water. Iron Rust Long-standing stain* of Iron rust can be removed by using a weak solution of oxalic acid. Polishing Clothe Oiling and polishing < loths 1 should be kept in the air There 1.1 a danger of spontaneous combustion if they are dewed up. and atoo ot the oil spreading to other things aiuund it. The Invalid When bathing the feet of an in-! valid, draw the wet doth acros- the ' sole always in the same direction.' It this way the feet will not be ticjtled. Baking Powder Always keep the baking powder in a cool place and never place a wet spoon in the can of baking powder. —~o Trade in a Good Town — Decani

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I f 7 LtJ PRISON OATES have swung open for Earle Francis Peacox, who killed his wife in a fit of jealousy and then burned her body 14 years ago. Peacox, now 35, has been i granted a parole from the Attica, - N. Y., prison and will work at a radio job in Roches’er, N. Y. Hla "torch murder" trial, in September, 1929, in which he waa found guilty of second degree murder, created a nation-wide sensation. The picture above was taken at time of the trial. (International) Annual <<>al production of Vancouver island mine, in 1942 was 777,201 tons, as compared with 447.95k tons in 1941.

Ration Calendar Gasoline A-8 coupons are now good. Fuel Oil Period 1 coupons are good through January 3. Sugar Stamp No. 14 good for 5 pounds ' through October Stami* No. 15 and 16 good for 5 pound- each for home canning through October 31 Shoes Stamp No. 18—good for 1 pair. Validity has been extended indefinitely. Meats. Fata Brown stamp C and D good < through October 30. Brown stamp ! E. becomes good October 10 and 1 remains good through October 30. Processed Foods Blue stamps U, V. and W expire October 20. Blue stamps Z, Y and Z are good through November 2" o I Modern Etiauette I By ROBERTA LEB I a— ■■ " a Q. ta It good form for a family to insert "please omit flower*", iu a funeral notice? A. Yes. If that is the family's desire. The request should be r«epected and their motive not questioned. Q. la It customary to enclose cards of admission with the Invitations to a hum** wedding? A No. Q What kind of dress -houid a woman wear for a formal call? A. An afternoon dress and coat.

* PLEASANT MILLS *| NEWS J George Bloxham of Monument City ta staying a’ the home of his daughter Mrs Charles Roebuck and family He Is confined to bed. Mm. Flora Comer of Huntington ta spending a few days with her brother. Al Roebuck and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Umg-nberger vtaited last evening with Mr. and Mrs. Steve Longenberger. Mrs. Fr»-d Bouman and children spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sherburn of Van Wert, Ohio Mr. and Mrs. ciyue doMS entertained friend* and relatives to a chicken dinner Sunday In honor of their son. Milt*, who Is home on a leave from the Great Lakes training station. prewent were, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas John-on and family of Van Wert. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Huhert Ehraam and son Roy. A W Gulick. Lyl" Bailey, Maurice Teeple, Ernie Qulren. Miss Myrtle Sheets Eileen Gephart and Mr. and Mm Clyde C. Jone- and family. Robert. Mary, Alta, and Ellen and the honored guest Mlles Mr and Mrs. J M. Steele and son Joe spent Sunday with Mr. and Mm. Harvey Koos of Decatur. Mr. and Mm. J H Steele entertained their daughter Mr-. L. W. Johnson of Middletown. Ohio, and Mrs Mattie Buffenbarger of Decatur, on their birthday anniversaries. They were given a chickefl dinner and they received many gif toAl Roebuck returned home after visiting his son. Jees at Fort Wayne Mr. and Mrs Jessie Batoriff of Warsaw spent the weekend with their unde and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bender. Mr. and Mm. Ira Jones of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Afch Houghton of Geneva, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bender. Mm

CHAPTER THIRTY Drew heard it from the shack—a rumbling growl that brought him at a dead run down over the edge of the savanna. Men were Jumping frantically from the derrick floor; a dark form slid down the safety rope from the fourble board while, thrust upward by a rush of escaping gas, the drill stem began pounding furiously, and with dismayed eyes Drew saw a spearhead of flame whistling up from the well. Like the avid tongue of some subterranean monster, that long blue shaft licked hungrily about the base of the derrick, and second by second the roar deepened. Already three men had uncoiled a length of fire hose and were playing a column of water toward the derrick, but the force of gas drove the feeble stream of water back into their very faces. Drew caught sight of Spud. “What happened?" he shouted above the roar of the fire "We struck a gas pocket!*’ Spud’s face was streaked with mud and sweat “Wind blew it toward the boilers and it caught. The whole thing was blazing before you could think. Hank and I made a run for the blowout preventer, but the flames drove ua back. Thompson's burned bad. The boys took him over by the core house.” Spud cursed helplessly beneath bls breath. u lf we don’t shut off that gas soon, the flames will cut the derrick like cheese.” Drew had seen it happen before—that blazing gas would melt the legs of his derrick like a blowtorch and bring LSv whole structu re crashing to the ground. Crumbling be-

ncath the tremendous pressure, the well might bio* at any minute, and 1 none knew better than he what that 1 could mean. More than once he had seen thousands of feet of drill ' pipe come whirling and twisting up I out of a well, tearing its way ' through the derrick, leaving behind 1 a path of black destruction. "Los- ! ing the well,” oil men called it; but 1 for Drew and Spud it meant far 1 more than that—it meant losing ' everything. Just one chanee remained — to 1 r-aeh the blowout preventer. If they could close that wheel, they 1 might cut off all passage for the 1 escaping gas. But to reach the blowout preventer meant entering that deadly sone of flame; it meant treading on ground that at any see- 1 ond might become the erater of a volcano. For a moment long as a lifetime Dre* sa* the threatened end of all his hopes, and in that instant he made his decision. Waving the men to foUow, be ran to a pile of corrugated-iron sections left over from the boiler house. "Bring those sledge hammer*." he ordered. "Well build a shield and skid it to the blowout preventer.” Instantly they caught his thought. Two men lifted the heavy wooden < skids they had brought in the boilers on; and new with spikes and : sledge hammers Dre* began fastening together two sections of cor- ' rugated iron, making a crude wedge-shaped metal shield, held upI right on the skids. Behind thio he might force his way forward to the ' blowout preventer. They worked swiftly, casting fearful glances at the mounting J flames, each man knowing that if the blowout eame, they faced mrift annihilation. A bare agaiaK time. A race against the most violent of deaths. Borne had already fallen ' back before that paralysing threat. Dre* drove the last spike, then looked up to see Gloria running toward hm. rrantteally ha waved _her back. “Get out of this!" his

s'« U1 ? K WEik 1 - ''-O-v 11 - V./ I I MOST INRUfNTIM FLEA for the administration, |i ? u program is made by Economic Stabilizer Fred V -es* y an appearance before the house ways and ,waa believed even his appeal would be ineffectual He? Rep. Robert L. Doughton, committee chairman tekni given during hearings in Washington, q

Houghton is a niece of Mrs. B»-ndei and a sister of Mrs. Batoriff. They were the daughters of Rev. Joseph' WinanX Mr. and Mrs Jo** Anderson of Geneva also vl iltd Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bender. * —o—- — > * I Twenty Years Aqo Today I *!■ !■■■—— ■* ■»*■■■■.■ — — 0 j Ort. 9 — Peoples Lown A Tru-* : company buys G. E. road lioud- .* ( j pur, 520,240. 1. .'IU« Nellie Blackburn undergo -

volce rose above the roar of th< flames. “Get back to the savanna.” She did not move. “I just cam. from there,” she answered. "We took Thompson up to the shack." A rumble deep down beneath the earth, as of a giant awakening, anil the flames darted skyward. With a yell of dismay men began bollit / for the savanna—the well was getting ready to blow! Drew pulled on his heavy leather gloves. None left but Spud and Gloria. Onca more he shouted to the girl. “Get back!” “Tell me what I can do,” she answered quietly. Reaching down, he thrust the nozzle of the fire hose in her han.i “Keep ua wet!” Then, nodding to Spud, he set his shoulders to thmetal shield and pushed. Slowly it moved, the wooden skids leaving a deep trick in the wet earth. Straining, lifting, pushing, the two men made their wgy forward foot by foot, while benind them Glonu played a steady stream of water over their heads and on the shield itself. Heads down, toes gripping the earth, they strained on. The air grew hotter, and twice, tossed by the wind, a sheet of flame swept over them. Drew looked baek. Gloria wa motioning them more to the right; and, ahifting their direction, they resumed that dogged advance. Nearer now. They were passing , ths mud piL A few feet more and they would reach the derrick s concrete base. Drew’s eyes were blinded , with sweat and water, his body , steaming. Once he slipped and fell prostrate, but in an instant he wss up and pushing again. ’ Still closer. He could hear the

thump of the drill pipe against the roar of rushing gas. To the right the foundation blocks came into view. The wheel of the blowout | preventer would be just ahead. Out of the flames the derrick loomed over them, and high up Drew cou > see the wooden planks of the fourble board blase. Even as he looked I a portion collapsed in burning fragmonte, hitting the slush pit with a hiss, spattering them with mud. A heavy splinter struck beside him. It was now—or not at all. N' t much longer could flesh and olwhi endure that withering inferno u., fire. A test frantic shove, and. Drew could see the wheel. He reached out. a tongue of flam I lashed down at himT.ingcing the hair on his arm, causing him to I jerk back in pain. Wracked with coughing, ehokei with fumes, he held his face to the ground and waited. The wind veered, the flame parsed. Reaching out, he seised the wheel. It never moved! Pitilessly the heat seared him as with t very ounce of ebbing strength he wrenched at I the wheel. Slowly, grudgingly, it turned; little by little he felt the valve closing and beard the diminishing hiss of gas. Once more from above a shower of burning debrt* rained dawn upon him; he reekd. and with one test effort jamm<-d the wheel closed. The valve shut. in r. roar of defect the flame went ut Drew raised his blistered arm "We got her. Spud!" Weakly but eiuitantly he shouted, "»»»' ‘ savedl* . . Spud did not answer—he lay far" downward behind the shield, and Drew lifted him in his arms. A» if from very far away be hcat-J Gtona saying. “A piece of boat 1 struck him. 1 saw it fall ” Men ween running toward them, pouring down over the savanna, teurbine hysterically, shouting ®SLf;bZKL.y«c»J»| for that pate, stricken face. Up to the work shack be laid I

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Spud beside T-.-ag that M .'.f »u .:i hutr.*-d tuthcpsMil Oil surgeon wmM| —they uo'J.d jt*. J hurry. Drew hung s? F*l son m <ar,;ng whtaG preise* of bohe burned fle»h. &tU| wait. Wait and :gl beginr -ng ta pay W I oil fields at last V? room and out scrasi paced hk* a n *:a time dragged on. One hour. T»o la again. No, they is! doctor. The rude sumed. The sun i*r»s A the western view room with iifht from the bed- Dm pou • it-d —Spud U4l Throw.ng fejssSf the cot, Drew rslWI ' coming to!" H”** ' cru hing we.ght kadi j thing would 'I was coming W. H I wh>»p*red. “Be* Feebly Spud rw» eyes u|x-ncd, bus igs ■ ttairly. then in a bmi muttered. "l:s** ' In sickening *«* ■ j over him. "Cjj'Jj t you see me. *W I With • straight towsrd «* I dow . “Pirk.-i** 1 all dark.” I Spud wss Nu* 1 fold with dread" while vWfJ*IK

Spud movedl his ha ! supreme ef" rt ■ an mchstej I then fell hmP-y "MoUy! I**' ’ noteofrisilgt**’ ! Drew's Mid ' ■jt » ail ‘ eyes kept wreMj search for IM*J ! l.ps moved oa« R I-" with s long , head slumped . Drew r3!***-5 iG.ons. ••«««?*■ ••Concusmte’ C i.cuss-sa! 't„ lose. Ag*®’! 1 States Oil ' lu-i> re ‘ h 7/.£S '«* H. sung W'"J d«wn the pi!!”*, t* ••! can't asi« •" di. before »y I take | Wub the W * hai >- 1 X" ri<k h l ws He kr **A* h' re % , 2bU“' 1 ' -NottengS, h * :p **7< bi I I !*«*“**