Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1943 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PBZU>b<-<1 Every E-nu'.aa Ilscepi Sunday by rHI XJJCATI’R DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated iStaraC st the Decatur. Ind., Post OAoe m Second Class Matter I. H Haller Pree'.dent A R Holtbouie. Sec y A Due. Mgr Ulek D Heller Vlce-Preeldem Subscription Rates dintlie Copies -— —I 0* >u* seek by carrier 15 8y Mall In Adams. Allen. Jay and Wells counties Indiana and Mercer and Van Wert counties. Ohio: *4 60 per fear; 12 50 tor sis mon tbs; fl 35 for three months. 50 cents tor one month Elsewhere:—*s 50 per year: 13 00 for sil months, |i 55 tor three months; 60 cents for one month Men and women In the armed forces 13 50 per rear or *IOO tor three months Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative •CHEERER A CO 15 Lexington Avenue. New York 25 E Wacker Drive. Chicago. 11l Hu:;y if >■<•!* ai. suing to buy a bond for D«i nibvi It will help Adams county nu-« t h-r quota O — O I , time t<> i»- inakiii- your N* * Year r .ulution* ami i: - ■' good thing to i<> W. mid to tab. Ii Id of ourselves there days and it helps j to resolve to do our best. —o .Marshal Stalin « trip to Ir in wan . the first outside his country >im • ' 1!«I7 lb- probably goes on the theory th.it when neighbors keep running in. the hoes has plenty to d to keep the hous. in order. -0 Theodore Koo-. velt, fatn OU s rough ride. < aid'-;;' 'raveler and American. d.e<| January 6th.' tw.iity fiv. years ago The i < asion is t be olieeived over the country under auspice- us th- Roost-1 Veit Memorial Association. -0 The Wisconsin, a 15.0uu-ton batllcsliip ha- been launched. It cost i ninety million dollars and required two years for < on-1 ruction. Five 1 similar ships ai<- nearing couipb - tlon to give us by tar tin greatest nary ever built in the world C—O Vnder a new plan to stop biai k I market dealing in gasoline, the (»PA will reqilil that every < he signed by the m tortat who buys gas The next f< w months will be sariouv on.' and will require much »Aui: to keep th. tars operating —o General Eienhower makes the flat prediction that th' European] war will be over and won dining HUI Since In is mi the Job, | knows the situation and is not given I > boaeting or making frequent i announcements, ihi- one is very convincing —o The am tioiie. is an lien again and a bunch of tine looking men they are. We assure them a hraity welcome and we know they will ben* fit fr m the intensive training given them by Colonel Reppert and bis staff to prepare them as special j salesmen. Thom- Ru»«un armies are on the march again The big winter campaign is on and they have proven ’hat no enemy force can compete with them in subzero weather They are going forward with the purpose of not stepping until they get to the border lines and ptrhapr not then Fewer accidents of every kind w«re reported over the double Christmas holiday The reason no

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doubt is that most folk remained at heme and observed the occasion quietly. Now if every one continues to use the utmost care over tin- New Year period, we ought to be off to a good start for 1944 —o State and national political conventions will he held in June It is expected now. If ballots are sent to the men over seas and returned here in time for the election in | November, these must be printed and mailed by August Ist. »<’ there can be no delay in any part of the program. —o The Marlon county circuit court g .mud forty-nine divorces in one day last w< k It was a strange i and perhape alarming pre-Christ- ! mas observation. Many marriages an mad.- lightly three days with : the expectation that it is not a con- ‘ tract to last until death do us part. It's not a record for any ’ community to be proud of. —o <»- rmany lost her largest battleship. th.- j4< barnhorst. Sunday at-1 ' ternoou when she was sunk off N.uth Cape. The home fleet cf the Brlti-b navy ran on to the big battleship and a hot light ensued in which the Scharnhorst finally went to the bottom. It tarried mor- than 1.50 V men and it s loss | leave nly two big ships afloat in * , the Germany navy —o Tin Japrf ar. no longer laughing Even Hirohito realises that his nation ianil't take the drubbing j I they have been getting in the South l’.i< iti. mm h longer. With the wai ! so fa: away lie could tell his people any thing and get away with it but j now as it moves i loser he is warni ing them <>f the xirkiueiiesx of the , I conflict. He doesn't hope to rule the world but is planning to save as mui h as he can of hta empire. And he hasn't seen any thing yet. —o The January sale period will not lie a r-nuoiis as was the Christ mas rush for the v ry good reason that m only a lew case will cleanups be necessary to reduce stocks. Th- st res which have been well sold out th pa».l few weeks will ! restock a< rapidly as possible and ' it is believed there will be a better supply this year than there was last as many item*, are to be permitted against after being banned tor wai purposes. Watch for the announcements of merchants as i they appear in this paper. -0 Tin pnsident acted swiftly to i prevent. if possible, a tie-up of the railways that might seriously interfere with the war effort. He irdered the secretary of war to I tak- them over and operate them Ail but three of the unions had agreed to call the strike off but th- commander-in-chief did not think it wise to wait until the last moment to find out what the three hold-outs would do. Roon after this decision President Murray ot the CIO called off the proposed ate. I strike tin le Mam needs the | cooperation of every eitixen in the country just now as we near the point where the wars in Eur [” and in the Mouth I’aciflc will be decided and when permanent peace can be established It s the responsibility of every individual as well as that of the president. —o The increased volume of travel on trains, planes and busses undoubtedly is putting a great strain on the ltmit’-d equipment available to the transportation companies Estimates based on data of the Office cf War Information indicate that passenger travel has been almost twice as much thu year as a year ago and almost soar times as much as in ordinary scaaeas of the I prewar period Tto' does nut neteeaarily mean that twice a* many people took trips away from home, but that more people were poaMng.rs of the uaasportatiou companies. The war rationing of gasoline and tirea uud'rubtc-dly baa contributed very materially to the

"GHOST WRITER" ' /a ’“Ji B ) oA /y/ S iH4

Special Services And Meetings Os Churches In Area V.ISSS First baptist Miss Thomasiue Allen, tor many years a Northern Baptist missionary In Japan, will speak at servlet* at the First Baptist eburefi Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clockMiss Allen recently returned to congestion Os the railway cars, plant s and busses. A very Important percentage < f Americans who "went places" before the war used their own cars.—lndianapolis Star.

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phis country on the Swedish ex- ! change liner Gripsholm. having : been repatriated in the exchange for Japanese nationals. The public is invited to attend. 11 ~ ~ Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE I • • <j Is it all right to blow the horn in order to attract the attention of a friend or an acquaintance when driving an automobile? A No. This is often distracting to other drivers. Q. Should rhe bride acknowledge her wedding gifts in the order in which they are received? A This Is not necessary, but each ■ gif' should be .tekuowk-dged as . promptly as possible. Q Is it all right for a bridge dum- , my to leave the table? A. Yes. if he cannot refrain from > talking to the other players. > O' I — » — — • Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE - » « I Glassware To strengthen glassware placs i in a vessel of elightiy salted wa

• ter; allow to come to a boil lowly t then cool again slowly. The slower • the process, the more effective will be the r suVs. Wet Compresses To wring s< aiding hot compresses ► -without burning the hands, lay | them out lengthwise in the center f of a towel and the ends of the ► towel twisted in opposite directions. 1 Silver 1 If a li»t!e milk is added to the 1 water in which silver is washed it will help to keep the silver bright, g o - * Ago | Dec. 29 — Though the price of • pure grain alcohol is but 90 cents per gallon, bootleg whiskey sells at from *« to *IU per quart. Judge Dare of South Bo.id holds " the automobile license law is unconstitutional. 4 Attorney t«. u. Heuer is attending to business in Kansas City. Beavers A Fryback open their P new furni'ure store. State accountants Pritchard and e Baitki comphfte audit of Adams »• county records and move to Bluff-

The People’i Voice Thia column for the uae of our readers who wish to make sug geatlotw for the general good or dlacuaa questions of Intereat Please sign your name to show authenticity. It will not bo used If you prefer that It not be. • — • Pleade Common Aon so To the Editor: In regard to some stupid griping I have been hearing lately. I would like to say my little piece. I was In a local storo last Friday and 1 happened to hear one of our local business men and a traveling scissor sharpener talking. After a short conversation the talk turned to the President's speech that was to be made that afternoon; then the stupidity of our business man came to light. He was all wrought up about our President telling the truth to the American public on Christmas eve as he called it. In the first place the speech was not made on Christmas eve. bui on Friday afternoon. In the second place this speech did not detract from the Christmas spirit, but served to put a new determination in the hearts of all clear thinking Americans to end the conflict as soon as possible so shere could, in the near future, truly be "Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men”. If this business man had the good of the world at heart one half as much as our President, he would quit hie griping and do something constructive for the war effort and also his fellow men. This same man wax praising the Fort Wayne Zeitung for being such a wonderful paper so we may form our own opinion as to wJiere he go’s his stupidity from. I feel that it is all right to be a Democrat or Republican during peace time, but we should lay aside our petty politics during this emergency and be content with being just a good American. The sooner we all do this the sooner the war will be over and then if the ‘ smear Roosevelt clique" warn to gripe, let them go and show their Ignorance. Yours for Victory on the battle ton. City council holds special meeting to conclude the year's business.

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SYNOPSIS Halen Turner, novelist, arrives at North Harbor, Maine en route to the nearby Fern Cove summer theatre, where her first play is to be given a try-out, prior to its Broadway presentation. Pacing the deserted station platform, she heartily wishes she had accompanied her husband, Lee, on his South American business trip in> stead of heeding producer Tyler McVane'a demands. An ancient jalopy finally wheeees to a stop and its kindly old driver apologises for keeping her waiting. CHAPTER TWO The whole high blue jalopy, the gnome-like driver, and his quaint vernacular—was so fantastic, it mode mo forget my just anger, and I elimbed obediently into the recommended front seat “Who's ‘they’?" 1 asked when my strange chauffeur had climbed in beqlde me. “Miso Kilborn. And him," he enlightened me. Kilborn was the name of the proprietor and manager of Fern Cove, so “Miao" Kilborn probably was his wife, or daughter. But who was -him"! “You mean Mr. Linwood, the director?" I probed. He took his bands off the steering wheel and blinked at me over his glasses. "No, ma'ows/ Him'i Frank Kilborn," be said reproachfully. “Thia is Monday. Opening night Mr. Un wood’s much too busy and het up to worry who's met to the etation and who ain’t" “Oh, I see. Mr. Linwood’s busy and the owner forgot all about my eominff." 1 wanted to make sure who waa responsible for my neglect Old Mack—l found out later that waa my driver’s name—let out a brief cadde and then because solemn again. “Frank Kilborn ain't no owner," he explained seriously. “Got his name on top the writing paper, but it don't mean nothing. The the-ater and the inn’s what yea call a eorp’ratlon. Mr. Parris aad Mr. Alden and Mr. Vickery all own it together. Mr. Loring got a share too, him being Miss Parris' br other. And they give a little bit of it to Miss Kiltorn. for a present Mr. Viekery did. or Mr. Alden. Don’t matter which. They’e like two peaa in a pad.* Thia waa unexpected information indeed, and might or might not account for my lack ot a reception. Two of the names la old Mack’s speech rang a bell in my mind: Amea Alden and George Victory were a playwright team of pre-Worid-Wto-I, the revival of whose one great hit, Stodowe on tto VFaK, tod topped tbmilly tto previous winter. Abo. there tod been raB< a feud between them and Amreae because «f his rafusa! to bring their "siDy drivel" ap to data. Could it be that my collaborator’s •Uy in Hollywood was net co much an unavoidable neeeonty as an easy way ont of an embarrassing situsfirm -■SirV b-—-r M to mol .•

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBE

Tuffy Turns mF Grace Joyce and her dog “Tuffy" were on the way to the meat dealera to turn In ealvaged fat when this picture was snapped. Uncle Sam wants used kitchen fat for munitions and medlcinals. Tuffy Is Interested because a by product of fat salvage io animal food. front and common sense on the home front. Grimm 1026 Scbinneyer Street. o — NAMED CHAIRMAN (Contleood Frew Fage 1) county chapter of the national foundation for u*e directly in providing reopiratcro or iron lungs for local hospitals, buying splints or leg braces for children crippled by infantile paralysis, providing individual treatment by skilled orthopedic surgeons for children who cannot afford it. and providing other facilities for the fight against the disease. The other 50 percent ia sent to the national foundation

It wouldn't hurt to find out s little more—‘‘l didn’t know all those—famous playwrights were living st Fern Cove,” 1 ssid as essuslly as I could manage. “They are living there, and they art all playwrights, sren’t they?" Old Mack had just eoaxed Bertha into snorts and shaking—a sign of her willingness to get going agsin —but to stopped his efforts resdily at my question snd let the engine die down with a lest long wheoM. “No, they ain’t,” h» informed me. "Mr. Parris snd Mr. Alden and Mr. Vickery is. Mr. Loring mskes the scenery. A fine men, Mr. Loring. Almighty rich too. But sick. Got

* J* • ' r - iBKaJI oil I wondered idly if we would stop at the inn or thoj »

oae foot ia the fftave, they say. Only you wouldn’t notice it when Miss Marshsll's around." Then he roused Bertha back into action with a swift kiek again it the starter, and presently wo were careening wildly along the road. Not the wide highway I had watched longingly a short while before. A rough, narrow shortcut plunging straight through the woods and joining the main road again opposite the entrance of Fem Cove. There Berths stopped for a breathing spell before going on at a more sedate pact, if no less noisily. Through s tall gate bearing the legend “Fem Cove Inn and Theatre" above its top. Past a hups parting let Through s short avenue of msjeetie elms, and into an open square with a gorgeous view of tto bay aad its many picturesque ISBDOI. The Ins—a sprawling, threestory Colonial briek structure with rows of gay fluwerboxes U tto

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left And the pills looking theatre at I wondered Idly at the inn or tho doubting we’d stop —and was dum: Bertha kept right accelerated groans Downhill we but passing an open k to be a magazine fountain, and a Io cabia proclaiming, tors, that It *i Hutch.” Then w roundmg a jutting and following a shoreline, betwt boulders, dropping

the water, an J houna—lug caa.r.l Mji frame atrudures turned inland houses on the rightoleft side. 9 Tnere we reeref ||j| into a gap houses and npir. again throughtoK by the interlocking tog growing trees. The road’s end. rgs® by the furious shaltop sre «e stopping hto To admire the fBI worth looking »•; iofl ebsnttr.g A large ing hemmed in by before me. knet-detoj cious'.y green, and tog few huge -Id elms. Itogl Ing out of tmmenitoS boolders. jgj (To be eon»! ewrrW wato«