Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1944 — Page 2

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I ;-'"’ v " ■ -Mti-aeso 'tfMMix&ft aR, ‘ -/ i ■ < # ■ k ; wi ** **w V : '*wiwl ! I £ H ? W MRS. GLADYS SCARBROUGH, above, wm sentenced to six months’ pro ba'Jon at Richmond, Cal, and her husband, Marshall P. Scarbrough, vas sentenced to 90 days in jail after police had found Laquita Jana Piercy, fi. inset, daughter of Mrs. Scarbrough by a previous marriage, tc tiered to a curtain rod in their apartment The child was kept on a leash while the couple worked as welders at a Richmond shipyards. police said. (International)

Simplified System Os Record-Keeping System Simplified For Truck Operators TUv oKi< • of •Mfiim- traiupor--I.l’lllll to'hiy .ihii.Hilu-Pd the adoption,*' immediately, of a einipiffit-d •y-trin of :<• ■»:<1 ke, pliik by op» i it.u - >t motor tut, k» elating n inlle.ige motor fui•!. !->ad» Taii-poiied. tire in■p< clipn an I die -qnipinen The .i< on was embodied in aiinndmen' 1 to adnilniatrntive < de« <»f»T !< |>ei milting fleet oprr.ttty- pt »l>erty <a:rytHß v, ■ hl<-lww to k< < pan integrated reeord of rf*|;t' ad information for ail ii-hiv-b* in their flee'*, rather than f-r e.<li individual vehicle. >•« heretofu ,• required by tho I tin* Euiih, in (HIT ".nd Where It | |« no' ■ ea'on»o|y practicable for, any ho! le if a certlfteata of war licceaHlty . iverlnic .t t\ ' of pt«>|n ty-ca . ytilg (••hicie.l to keep a re .<rd of lo.da tranepur'ed fleet up, rd lor* may pi >po»e to their HliT dial riel manager* a method for ectmuting the load* Iran ported. and litre the method If the dialrU manager approve* it. iti-.- d vehicles engaged In .emit del,very, otoer than t.ing triwk aie not i<-<|tihed to keep l ruin’d" of loads trait .purled H< etot re. fleet operators of invito trucks have beau required ' to keep weegjy records of vehicle <,oiatio.ia fur iaspection by ODT A'Mboi ltie». I'udat the amendinent. however, where it is not practicable to keep weekly ac- < oanis. fk-et operators may make t a|i h- covering eilher fleet or riag.e uni opeiaitous for each inuii'h. or any period -hurter than a tn itch, in order to simplify bookkeeptng. it •»» eaid AdmiaiMrative order OUT # per-

h»ctb Invites Adams County Farmers To Free Entertainment ♦ Twa WtS Prairie Farmer Rambler Stare ♦ Motion Picture* ♦ 10 Door I’riiee Decatur High School Gym February 8, 1944 7:30 P. M. — Get Tickets at — Burk glevaWr C* Decatur er Monroe B.oblr taurty, Drew* . A. **■ Manlier. meaaent M<H» Willshire train A Supply WUlahtr*. Ohio

mils fleet operators of property<ai rying vt-hx les to keep the requiied records iu any convenient maniiri • x ept that tlre-inspaction records, in <pet Ified circuit! tainos, must lie k<-pt on a pre<i.»d form >ingle-iinit opeiat- . s hi»w* v. .. .« •• required to keep all records, except idle >-qiupm*-nt ie ids on a pi esc ribed form STATE FILES SUIT tConlinued From Page it prepa ing assessors' transfer hooks for the year* I*l2 to IMU. for whl -h it is claimed there was no valid *<>ntract entered into between himself and the board of cctnmi*sion* rs it is alleged on September S, ISIS, he Msited liimuelf a check for |l2« for making new transfer hook* for the yeai* 1942 to lU4< tor which no valid contract was alleged inad* between himself and the county commissioner*. It i.« claimed be appr< priated ini* i« st due on common school funds in th*- sum of SIR3N9. as follows: M - K A BaßVer* Is’>. ('.lll Wolf. 425. Menno Schwartz. *;3: John Fulk. I 3«. Clarence and Gertrud* Merryman. IS<». and Christian Eicher. *2O. It is claimed lie took Intereat amounting to 4125 from the c< ■- gressiuual school fund *• follows; Christian Eicher. 4125. REDS HURL CHARGES tCeattn*ed Frees Puga i) Franco to make sure that he give* I no further aid tc the Axis. But these sources believe that if Franco refuses, the Allies will take stern meaaurew. perhaps all measures short of a break in teiations. The Spanish Ambassador to Isondon. the Duke of AMta. ha* gone home Presumably, he will report to Franco on Allied pleasure to get Spain to abandon it* aid to Germany Meanwhile, frun Bueno* Aires '"■■■ . 1 S

Gross Income Tax Deadline Passes State Tax Deadline Midnight Last Night IndUuspoll*. Feb. 1— (I'Pj — Hoosier taxpayers are breathing a little easier today On* i npayment, for state gross income tales—ha* been made The state tai deadline was midnight laet night. Hut the troubles are still plenty for gross incoire tax director Gilbert Hewitt. He has the returns itotn more than ISO unopened mail bags to handle. He expects the total number of returns to exeed 1.000.000. The several hundred poisons who stood in the tax Hao at the state building in Indianapolis last night found humor to relieve the tedious waiting Uue man jumped from the tax wladow after hi* pay mon t was made, perched himself on a chair i and gave fourth with same lustry Hinging. He concluded his program with an invitation to tiae amused ;>eraon* to attend an ludianapolie revival meeting. The taxpayers looked on with sympathy a* another man discovered he’d forgotten to sig* his return. The horlfted man didn't take a : chance on losing hie hard-won place in line. He got down ou bis hands and knee* to affix but signature *o the tax form. * Funeral Held For Prominent Editor William Allen White Rites Held Monday Emporia Kan.. Feb. I—fl'l’i—- ; William Allen White, the sage of Emporia was buried yesterday. More than 2.000 person* crowded Into the inemonal chapel of the College ol Empoiia to hear the brief services for the dean of , country editors. Hundreds of Uh> ra stood outside — unable to •nt«>. Henry Haskell, a close friend of White and editor of the Kansu City Star, delivered the funeral oration. Prominent men from all parts; iof the nation sent mesivages of. sympathy. Message* came front President secretary of war Henry Stimson, interior secretary Harold likes. Wendell Willki< and herd Halifax. And in White's own new spape . the Emporia Gazelle, were three columns of message* from friend*. —— • Says Politics Curse < Os Juvenile Courts Appointments By Politics Assailed I Indianapolis. Feb. 1 —(I Pi—A, Toledo. Ohio, juvenile judge be-j liev*M that politics is the curse of the juvettine court*. Judge Paul Alexander, who is the j pre-iuerrt of the fuvvuiir court i judges' national council, say* the j first step In modernising the childrun • court* is to base all up-1 pointment* on the basis of qualities'ion* not political contracts. Hi* second Important step is the elimination of two word*, “guilty'' and "Mißtohntea'," from juvenile court procedures. Judge Alexander says the words are never used by • aiatf member of the Toledo court He leasons that punishment means pain, and you can't cure mal «d justed or deliuuqent children by inflicting pain. And be believes that the word guilt may have a wrong connotation for children. The authority »ay* the modem approach to the problem of juvenile deliatiuency I* an intelligent form of discipline-' wluca means teaching a child, not punishing . him.”

AGREEMENT (Continued From Pm* l> »umr, However, the victory levy was niad<- a flat 3 percent rate on all income over *<24 a year, ta place of the present S percent grvao taa with varying adjustin' nt* for family statu*. The income and victory tai change* do not affect 1013 tales, returns on which are due March 11. More than a billion dollars of the increased reveaue will com* from new and higher cackoe talcs on articles and service*. The stiffest new rate b 3« percent. levied on patron* check* al cabaret* and night club* The rale ta eeeflietlce and toilet artutea .be* irom 14 to i» percent tome* 'he report that fir* Ge.maa agent., have bees arrmted by *► geetino police This I* Argeutiaa'e frnt dire-.t mote to bait Aon spy activiHe* ta that country since it broke wlh the Aab last week

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Admission* to movie* and other’ place* of entertainment will be taxed one cent on each 5 cents of. charge-double the current rate. Liquor will bear a tax of 49 Pei 100-proof gallon hi place of the

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The greatest opportunity of your lifetime—to help make this the decisive war year and benefit youreelf-will knock at your door on January 18. You will want to buy the extra War Bonds that will be offered you then, even at a temporary sacrifice, because your purchases will help your country vitally. But you will also want to own, on their merit, the outstanding investments that will be offered you in the FOURTH WAR LOAN. • PLANNED FOR YOU .. Here are brief descriptions of these eecuritiea. Buy them in your plant or office—or, ts you are not an employed person, at your home, in stores or st Banks and Trust Companies, U. S. Poet Offices. Savings and Loan Associations, Building and Loan Associations, Brokerage and Investment Firms, Motion Picture Theatres, Credit Unions, Production Credit Associations, National Farm Loan Associations, Radio Stations, Retail Storm, Newspapers, misceOaneous Bond booths, Certain Government Agencies and numerous corporations and firms lot their employees. Meanwhile, study this list now-and pick out tho securities you will buy beyond your regular purchases. And determine to buy at toast an extra 1100-mors if you possibly can.

ADAMS COUNTY’S QUOTA $1,221,600 This Advertisement Spoßaored in Hob or of Adams Coualy's Fightm* Mob by The Decatur Casting Co. The First State Bank Burk Elevator Co. LANKENAUS Light Gray Iren Catting* Local Bend Issuing Agent Coal-toed-Grain T he Boston O‘» r « Kraft Cheese Company The Schafer Company The Krick-Tyndall Co. Central Soya CompaM Manufacturers us dairy Product* Manufacturer* A Jobbers Dram Tile-Hollow Building TM» Livestock Food* Bag Service, be. Asiihaucher’s Tin Shop Cal E. Peterson Model HatcheryMbrth Second St. Roofing - Heating CleMimr Quality W»**» Thm fe aa as fetal V. & Trammry adterliecawat—prepared under the attepices of Trcamiry Department and War Adiertiainc Ca* ciL

' present Id The tax on beer rise* from |7 a barrel to |B. and the ! rate* on wine also go up. Fur*, jewelry and luggage lake a new 20 percent rate. The tax mt railroad, bus. lioat and airplane tic-

kets rises from 10 to 15 percent A similar boost was voted against local telephone service. Othet' Increases apply against club dues, bowing alleys and pool labliw, and i leased wirea.

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Two-Ton Bomb Is Cookie To Airmen Strange Vernacular Used By Air Forces United States Army Air Force Bomber Headquarter*. England. Feh I (UP>—A cookie to most of the world i* something to dunk in milk Rut to Y*dk airmen in England a cookie Is soineihing mighty indigestible fgr the enemy. In the iatmt airforee vernacular, a cookie is a 4.000-ponnd blockbuster. It seem* like the fliers a language all their own. For instance. rhubarb t<» 'hem is not j something to grow in a victory garden. It's a small scale operation carried out against ground target* by low flyinn enemy plane*. And a rodeo lias nothing to do with bronco busting, llather. its an off* naive »weep by tighter* over enemy territory. Home other term* in this sky

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