Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1943 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PBbUabed Every Events* Bx< -ept Sunday by FEE DffiCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Hater id at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office ae Second Class Matter f. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse. Sec'y A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies 1 .03 One week by carrier — .15 By Mali In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio: 14.60 per fear, J 2.50 for eix months; 21-35 for three months; 60 cents tor one month. Elsewhere:- |5 50 per year: 13 00 for six months; $165 for three months; SO cents for one month. Men and women in the armed forces, |3 50 per year or 11.00 for three months Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue. New York 25 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. Over in Blackford county they have already raised I* 110 of their 210,(HH) war cheat fund and expect to close it by tomorrow. —o The boys Were real decent over the Halloween period and they have the thanks of every on- lais, property owner:* and individuals. O—O ■ " — With the coal outlook the way it appear* Just tn w. every one is hoping tli< man will be more than decent and give us a mild winter. -0 Purdue. Notre Dame and Indiana are doing a pretty good job this year to hold up the Hoosier reputation f< r good football teams. All three won again Saturday. —o Th< General Electric company now has 102.000 in n and women employed, turning out war materlets. And they arc buying more than |i.”00.000 worth of fronds each month. -0 From the amount of materiels being taken over by the Russians In the Criim an area and other points along the 2.000-mile line, perhaps iend’leasc will find it easier to supply the rest of what is needed. —o The night fogs do more io hold Haiti'' speed down to u minimum than an army of guards or pollenmen could do. When you can't see ten feet in front f you. few ar • recki'vs enough to step on the gas. It you doubt that try IL In this nation the second anniversary of Pearl Harbor will be observed by a recital of many things Poking to the winning of the war. In Japan they will probably observe it by wishing Pearl Harbor had never happened. The beet eugar campaign is nearing tin- end. shortest run ever made at th* local plant. Unless some support is provided by the government It Is unlikely it can continue. It has proved to be a great institution and every one In this locality hopes they will b given an opportunity t< continue. The War Relief Fund campaign in Adams county opens West Monday. An excellent organisation has been mad* in every pert of tbe county and the campaign should require but a few days. In Decstar. with the Boy Scojtt and Salvation Army funds added, the qaeta is mor* than 21»"ao Pfeaw give

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liberally for the money goes to aid those in tbe service. —o A patriotic man. name unknown, accompanied by a United States army officer, walked into a military hospital at Toronto and handed 2100 bllte to the patients in the roof ward. After dishing out a big roll he left quietly, entered a car with some friends and drove away. He didn't utter a word while handing out the gifts but he seems to have been a very sincere gentleman. The boys probably really believe in a Santa Claus now. —o Over in Van Wert county today the greatest interest in the election is not who will hold office but what the result of the wot and dry balloting will be. In Van Wert, Willshire and Ohio City and in several townships they will decide whether or not hard liquor can be sold. In Willshire and in Jennings and Tully townships they are also voting on whether or not beer an-l wino can be legally sold, it is expected to bring out a large vote. —o Hitler surely realizes now, with tens of thousands of his soldiers trapped in the Crimea that he is no longer, if he ever was. a superman. His men have followed him faithfully and with much confidence but as they meet one defeat after another, they are losing the thrill of Just waiting for the miracle that never happens. The morale has held up well, better than any army in history, but there to an end to all things and many think it's not far away for the Axis. —o It Is a pleasure to be able to pass along, from the army, a kind word for the innch maligned tribe of American lawyers. Members of the 1> gal profession are working alongside medical officers in army hospitals to speed the recovery of wounded soldiers by giving them free advice rm financial problems and other p- rph-xlng difficulties. This work Is carried on not only by officers of the judge advocate general's department, but by civilian lawyers, appointed by the committees on war work of the various state bar associations. Army doctors report that thia free counse' often imparts to the patient a mental calm that Is as important as medicine. — Huntington HeraldPress. 'Hateful Tax* Here Is how the retail sales tax would work; We have hi mind two families of the same size, one family having an income of 16.000 a year and the other family 125.000 a year. But the family with the 15.000 income spends more for go-ds at retail than does the family with a 525.000 income and therefore would pay more sales tax. If each family spent 22.500 in retail purchases the family with the 25.non income would pay on 50 percent of hie income, while the family with >26.000 would pay only 20 percent. The hasls of every Just tax is ability to pay Adam Smith, one of tbe greatest economists that ever lived, described the retail sales tax a* a tax on consumption and the • moat hateful of al! taxes " A retail sales tax of 10 percent, added to the luxury taxes we now pay on tobacco, railway flares, admtosiona. Bq«s®r. cosmetics Jew-dry. far* and hundreds cf other things would boost tbe cost of living and just as naturally aa night following day. would iniate prices and wages and everything else. It would be far better to have eompntoory bond buying so that after the war everybody bow making money would have a sizeable nest egg that would maintain business for several years on a profitable scale. But what to tbe use of talking about a salve tax? Nine oat of 10 congressmen from labor ceuteis would be afraid to vote for It. know bag that M manat sadden death to tbetr pe'tttoal existent*. — Mffiw Cast.* Coarmr-Timvs

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The People’s Voice This column for the use of our readers who wish to make suggestions for the general good or discuss questions of interest. Please sign your name to show authenticity. It will not be used it you prefer that It not be. • • Butchering Rules Farmers and other producers of livestock may easily determine whether or not they are eligible to slaughter without a WPA permit or license and to consume meat without giving up ration poin's. under a simplified procedure announced Jointly today by the OPA and the WFA. Chief points in the Joint action: 1 OPA < hanged its meat rationing regulation to simplify tbe requirements covering point-frac home consumption of meat by livestock producers. 2. WFA authorized an individual to slaughter for home consumption without a license or permit if he is entitled under OPA regulations to consume tb<- meat point-free. Farmers and others who produce livestock may continue to serve at their own table the meat they raise without giving up ration pointe. The simplified limitations make it clear, however, that those who are not bona fide producers of livestock are not entitled to eat more meat than their ration stamps will buy. Under the OPA revision a person may consume meat without giving up ration points only if: (1) he raised the livestock from birth or <2* for a period of 60 days immediately before slaughter, or <3l the weight ha* Increased at lead 35 percent between the time he acquires the livestock and the tim* of slaughter. In all three Instances, the raising of the livestock must take place on a farm or other place which the livestock producer oper-

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In addition, to be considered eligible to slaughter and consume meat point-free, a person mint have resided more than six months of each year on a farm which h* operates. He must have visited the tarm for the purpose <>( giving personal attention and supervision to the raising of the livestock on his premises for at least a third of the time during the period tone of those listed abovet on which he bases his claim to the right to consume the meat pofot-free. If a person has his livestock custom-slaughtered, he must meet these same conditions. In order to get the meat from the slaughterer without giving up points. He is also required to give a certificate to the slaughterer containing the facts showing he Is eligible to consume the meat point-free. Farmetw or other persons who raise livestock and meet tbe requirements covering home consumption of meat may serve the meat print-free to those who eat at the table—including farm workers. Prisons, asylums, restaurants and other so-callrd "liMtltUtlonal” users, however, are not permitted point-free use of the meat from livestock they raise Those who meet the conditions permit’lug point-free ccnsuinptlon will now be permitted by the WFA to slaughter , for home consumption without a license or permit. With this one exception, all others who slaughter meat for themselves or for delivery to others must have a WFA permit or license, as in the past. District Office OPA. ——o— —— f Household Scrapbook l f By ROBERTA LEE Hot Water Bottle To mend a leak in the hot water water bottle apply several pieces 1 of liquid court planter, letting each I piece dry before applying tbe next

and making each piece a little larger than the preceding one. Brushes Hairbrushes will be as clean as when new if rubbed with half a cupful of salt and flour In equal proportions Ruh Into the brtotle* thoroughly and shake out well irefore using. Fat ““ If fat to being rendered from meat or waste piece* <>f meat, slice raw potatoe* and drop in the pan until browned. This will clarify the fat and leave It like clear lard. - O Ration Calendar Gasoline In 17 east! coast states A-2 coupons are now good. In states outside A-S coupons are now good. Fuel OU Period 1 coupons are good through January S. Sugar Stamp No. 14 good for 5 pounds through November 1. Stamp No. 29 in book 4 becomes good November 1, and will be good for 5 pounds through January 15. Stamps Nos. 15 and 16 good for 5 pounds each for home canning through October 21. Shoes Stamp No. 18 good for one pair. Stamp No. 1 on the "Airplane” sheet in War Ration book 3 becomes good for one pair November 1. Meats, Fats Brown stamps C. D. E. and F good through October 30. Brown stamps G, now good, expire December 4. Brown stamp H becomes good October 31 and remains good threugh December 4. Processed Foods Blue stamps X, T, and Z good through November 20. Green stamps A. B, and C In Book 4 become good November 1 and remain good through December 20. e— Trade In a Good Town — Deeetui

Burning 01 Crop Residues Scored • - Valuable Plant Foods Destroyed Burning of soybean straw residue following the combining of aoybeans. d>*troys valuable plant food* wsentlal to future crop production and creates a need for additional fertilizer to replace these 100-es. report Purdue University extension agronomists. The loss of nitrogen alone, on an estimated yield of 20 buehels per acre, amounts to about $1.25 per acre at present fertilizer prices. Since the bean straw usually is wlndrowed before burning, the lose of pho-phate and potash on all but the wlndrowed acre* amounts to 21 per acre, or a total plant food loss at present day fertilizer prices of more than 22 per acre. In addition. there is the further loss of organic matter which, when plowed under or left aw a mulch on the anrface, increases the water holding capacity of the anil and improves it* physical condition so that the soil to more friable and easily tilled. In actual farm practice, the value of soybean straw is mill higher, as mea-ured by increased crop production. According to results of fertll-

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SYNOPSIS Hilda Glenn is relating the weird beginning of a reign of terror that toon put Havenhurst-on-Sound in glaring headlines. Hilda, author of a hit radio aerial, “Love’s Wages,” just returned to her old family summer home, Glennacree, at Havenhrrst, is confronted with what she vails "the murder" of a red setter. Hilda and her neighbors — Pet: Fvera-d, a male menace and wouM-be playwright; hie wife, L-ney; ar.d tne latter's former flame, jack Drummond, a prosecuting State’s Attorney... are dining i.i the Everard home when Commodore Henry Knowlton, elderly and pompous, calls. He says his wife, "Aunt Flo,” thought she “saw a ghost.” Hilda had known the cranky Commodore since childhood. Some blamed him for the accidental death of her parents about ten years before. He was Pete’s uncle and guardian. He carried a heavy, gold knobbed walking stick which he brandished during a caustic clash with Pete over mention of the drowning of hia grandson, Henry Knowlton, 111, and his setter "Red Rufus,” years ago. Hilda assures all that she did see a dying red setter that day. Suddenly a voice from without declares: “You csn't lay a ghost with a blow of your cane, Henry." . . . And the Commodore's aged wife "floats through the door” seemingly in a daxe. Her frowning husband commands: "Come herd” CHAPTER SEVEN She moved toward Mm without seeming to have any volition of her own. “I’ll take you home.” The Commodore’s hand grasped her arm and she floated slowly back toward the door under the propulsion of his will. “I came here to attend to something important,” she protested. “Something very important. Pete, you know what it was. Tell me.” “ft ean wait,” Pete said. "No, no it can’t wait." Mrs. Knowlton slid Into a ehair. Her chiffons collapsed around her. She looked like a doll that had been wound op and allowed to run down. "There’s something I’ve got to do. I followed my husband here to do it" “Never mind about the dog," Naney said kindly. “We all know about that.” “My poor wife Is walking in her sleep, the Commodore remarked. “Come, Flo; you’re to com* home and go back to bed.” “11l do what you say, Henry. I always do what you Bay. Don't be angry at me. I won’t mention what you want forgotten." 1 thought: He’s made her into a frighttati puppet. She’s a ghost. An abjtei ghottt "Os course you 11 do what I say, my good girl." The Commodore spoke as if they two were alone in the room. 1 hated his voice even more, now that it was mild and sticky with blandness. "Only I can’t go home now," Mm. Knowlton whimpered. “Henry, 1 can’t go till I've done what I came for-” The Commodore bent as if be were going to drag Mrs. Knowlton to her feet Then wing came sidling into the room with fresh coffee and 1 wondered how Naney had managed to summon him. Trotting up to the Knowltons, the house boy said: "Maybe Miao Aunt Pin take some eup flesh black eoffee. She feei better when she drink little heat." “Why, Wing?" Mrs. Knowlton spoke with sudden startled eiarlty. “Wing knows what I need. Wing's practically one of the family. He’s an institv* 1 — "He won't be for long." Pete said ewrtly, “If Naney doesn’t sell a house—and I dent get production of my play before long, the yellow boy will be looking for aJeb/' wing glared at Pete. “Wing work plenty hard. Miao Naney net heap Wing flve year, maybe Ms, if ha not worth nar. That show Wing good. New if she not pay, maybe so she want Wing go Mt ether job Maybe that shew real satate aeU no good." pa "Whet it shows," the Commodore UmM w a freurnd climax to the bad

Ity experiments conducted at the! Purdue soils and crops farm, the value of crop residues in a corn, -oybean, wheat, and hay rotation lias averaged 24.20 per toa for the past nine years. This high value of crop residue as reflected in increas ed crop production to -trong evidence of the importance of conserving and returning thia material to the soil. Information on the use and hand! fng of farm equipment to plow nn der soybean straw residue* to available from the agricultural engineerIng department at Purdue. Burning of crop residues wastrs valuabl soil fertility. lower* future crop production, and Hcreases the need for heavier fertllxer application to maintain soil productivity. o COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers George H Bprague et ux to Frank J. Singleton et ux. ISnd in Root township for 21. Wflda Ray Au rand et al to John Phristener Jr. et ux. lot 12 and part of 13 In .Monroe for 21 MO. Cloverleaf Creameries Inc. to Kre.ft Cheese Co., lots MR. M7 330 and part of 335 in Decatur for 210. Bertha Harvey et al to William . D Drummond, part of outlet 39 In Decatur for 21. Pearl Eieher to Albert R Tink ham et ux. part of ontlot it! in 1

manners p,...i... , . .at i. ght, "is; that Nancy's hu-brnd ij no go ,d.” Mrs. Knowlton then spoke with sudden, astoni h.r.g vi ulity. "Now I know why I followed you here, Henry, ft was to remind you that we must help Nancy and Pete. We mustn't wait till it’s too late as we did with Hank. The dog reminded me—" “Stop that!" tlie Commodore roared. But Mrs. Knowlton persisted. "We can’t let Nancy and Pete lose Wing. Nancy's out all day on her own affairs. How can poor Pete write his play if there’s nobody to look after him?” "Bosh I Who’s interested in his play?” the Commodore growled. Mrs. Knowlton began to recede again She looked vague and frightened as she said: "Why, 1 am. You

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•re too, Henry. You don’t want to drive another of our young folk" tn —deaperation, do you? You've got to produce hia play, Henry. That k ; what Hank's dog eame to warn t»" about** The Commodore waa livid now He apoke in a hoarse whiaper. "She j doesn't know what she's saying She’s walking in her sleep. She doesn’t see any of you. Come home now, Flo. You’ve had all you can bear today.” Pete laughed to hide confusion, perhaps. “She’s not walking in her sleep. Bravo, Aunt Flo! Show him up! Shame him into untying hi* purse strings this time.” "I’d like to tie ’em around your blasted neck and choke you with them " But it waa the Commodore who choked in sheer rage. Mrs. Knowlton mad* one I*’* effort “Don’t worry. He'll take care of you, Pete. I'M see to that The Commodore, purple with anger, shifted his goM-knobbtd i stick in his hands. For a moment I thought he would we it as ! felt certain he had used it on that red setter—and perhaps on me. Then the old man dropped his hands to his side and the stick clattered to the floor. The terrifying look on hi» face wasn’t any more startling than the blandness with which he said suddenly: “Oh > it. I’ll take care of Pete. Just m« Aim to me. Flo.’’ “Did you —take ears of— the dog?” Peter asked slowly, The Commodore stared at him appraisingly. Then he replied calm ly: "I sent for the vet and had the poor creature put out of itemise That ended the scene, ken 1 after, despite Nancy’s halfhearted remonstrances, we went home. Next morning, when I went upstairs to eount the hnews, Mrs. IU gins fallowed me. . “Miao Hilda!- ata asked. "wV ever did yon earns hash tees- Ta KU really hauntod-bml mi if you knew it.” .

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“That's absurd. Ttu) such things a> tried to go on rut ■ ‘ napkins. 1 “1 don't believe h (fa Mrs. Higgins haunts a pervn a v done that isn't right B caused three deaths.nt I thing to lay the gnostss raising." I lost all fount tfe "What areyoutryig I a’ked, and «u j-jn sudden answer. "Did you ever hw Mr. Hank KnowHsavg off the Floriila Keys?" "You mean-in grasped. “1 mean he vasal | killed himself." "He didn’t!" I png ft

| meml- r Hank KM never have killed ta I at. !y. He had ta < ' llf ' L " -.M re than h? r«a ! Mrs. Higgins sad F* killed himreH wct * i any other way out—- • How can yw I* 1 asked. Mrs. Higgins Ft"'' • g har.ds • of the led and Her round, dougny •• a |« k so must w frightened me. «« " I hoarsely. I “Mi»» Hilda. I I talking ah***- H _• F .rd 1 I from the in his Ueno tiU afj ■ himself, and •**“‘ ! Specially at the was a woman p* - ’“'•tr the phone mtw : | he couldn't I she’d put Hr * | • ;•*5.; Mr. Hank lx< the hard sar- 1 -', ; • ,du^ Er,r r •: s.r *«. . Mr* » • I her eyes «‘ I I thought* "t • tOT • . a uu«» u weee t* 1 ■