Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1944 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT i I ii.» um Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated Catered at the Decatur, Ind . Post Office as Second Class Matter. — I. H Heller President A R Hidtbouse. Sec y A Bus. Mgr 1 Dick D Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies I .03 One week by carrier — .15 By Mad In Adams. Alien, Jay and Welle counties. Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties. Ohio 14 50 per year, |2 5u for six months 41 35 for; three months, 50 cents fur one month Elsewhere 15 50 per year; 13,00 | for six months; Il 05 for three months. <u cents tor one mouth Men and women in the armed i tonne |3 So per year or 1100 tor three months. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Repreaantativo BCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 25 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111.

Oui will in- fighting in tin South ' J’.ittH. in Italy v> i Fiance and Ge.many. They need oui support! Ut’Y BONUS -0 Ev.n though tin weather may' muk' us think of hou-v ilcunim; Il’s Bl • .ally to stall Wc might ha'< *u al! otei by May o -0 B.y bond A lani.i c ounty i» Ugi' ilg and '.La' » not usual hi t We liuic *• i> quota Up o now and we -li nld u-rt.iinly not 'ail the in- ti in veil in at this hour. 1 —o Th Jape a.< losing tort) Ulen for ev< y AiuiJian lite tiny take in tin South f‘;i< ific. A» lung as they a.- willing .<> u.i ilia' they certainly haven't quit Have you? —o Only m» lourth of ihe iai ownera ill till ail ; of the flecatur license bureau have applied I r 1911 ilc-l. Tli.it iw alls that the other th. ee-foui ths will have to get busy and soon, wince the deadline is February 29th. Take your tax receipt along —oPresident Ro<*>> veil md (loveru.r Si hiieker have bulb announced i that Thaulu-giving will lie observed November -‘ti l this yeai With five Thursday- in Novembei this year, some calendars list the fourth Thursday as Thanksgiving, while otheis show the dat, a» Nov 30. ■O—v A California wiau wrote his senator. "I hotH you roast 1 000 yeais in liad> - fee each minute I put in on this federal income tax up it.' Senator Downey to whom it was. addressed immediately urged the! senate t > take stvps simplifying the procedure of federal tax paying Evidently ne doesn't care for "beat." -0 It never was moie important that we have unity iu America and With a political campaign coming on this should be kept in mind It doesn't mean we can't have our own upin-

To the People of this Community KOU MANY? Ho* many boy l <bu comaunity won't com* back? Nobody know* the exact number. Nobody. But— Every minute I ’that we ran help shorten the war will mean more live* saved (21J Americans were killed in the 6I nal day of the 'v last war, and 1,114 were wounded before the i 1.00 o’dock Armistice took eficct) Now one way all of us can help shorten the war is to t gnten cur belt* and buy Mote War Bund*. Think it over. You cao buy a few more War Botsdt to help end the war sooner Sure, it may mean firing up KMMdMg. but what s that compared to the aacritua lhey re making 1 And remember, a!*a»»-Tbe money you ’eonh spare" may syere ■ soldier • life! na Eorrot.

| ions or that we can't vote for whom ,wi please but we should certahUy guard against creating vicious factious that will prevent or tend to present the wluniug of the war and th' peace to follow. —o Even with lees gas. poor tires j and uld cars, then were mure traf 1 fie accidents the last three moutlui f 1943 than in the cot responding qu it ter of 1943, according to a report j.-t published by the safety council. Leaders of that organisation are extremely fearful of the , toll we wil! pay following the war .ml when icstrictions arc lifted. Maybe Wi will all waut planes to I dodgi tbe wild drivers. —o The estimate has been made that i 'hen aie JO.oOO ways of earning a ' iving in more than 600 distinct o< at I II- I’ would seem, there ; fore, that every individual has the j opportunity of selecting some type of work that fits his abilities, tern- | i>eiament md disposition. You

might par this information along I to anybody you know who has exlie;tellivd difficulty ill making up hi» mind to work — Uloum.ugton ■ Star-Courier. -0-0— Congrtws c. ntiuues to argue pro j an I con about a soldier vote messlie Time is passing as It has a way of doing and since special sessions of the legislature must be hel l to conform with the federal law, if and when one is passed, the dilly-dallying should cease. A law I not only giving the right to those in th'- armed forces should be enacted and H should be such a law as cau be compiled with -0 So far we have purchased only ji,.ii<)iio of <>ur 31.200.000 quota in th" Fourth Bond campaign in Ad-[ ama county and since that includes | mo-t of the larg- r Imyeis. it 1 ok» I serious To meet the quota we must buy more than half a million dellai* worth the next week ui so It ian be doue. measured by tb< earnings and the deposits hut we ' don't seem to be awake to the need Let's really get excited about it for every thing depends on tbe ,-u< cess qf this campaign -0— Purdue has ready auy iutormatl. ii desired by Victory garden grow rr. They hope that Indiana will HUrpa-s the record of 1943 when twenty-five million dollars worth of tood was produced on one million plots of grounds. Many Hoosiers made their hist try al the interesting busincs* of growing a garden and most of them learned many things that will aid them this | year. By all means have a garden lif possible. See County Agent Archbold for pamphlets that will help —o Tin- Winchester Journal Herald is sponsoring a new court house lor Randolph county The present building was erected at the same time the Masonic building, which burned last week, was built and was of similar construction. They argue that a new court house would save fuel light and other ways besides providing greater cost*entente'. would add to the appearance of 'bi city and provide a center for II ounty business for a century or i more. They win urge it as a post- ■ war impiovemeul. C-O—-No doubt the Japanese have a great fleet some where Where it is can ouly be guessed al. They have engaged in a few sea battles and many skirmishes and always finished second but it to beiievod they have a large part o< their navy force at Truk Well, they will soon have to come out and fight or slip away towards Tokto. W« have little dmfii of the resalt it they decide- to do battle, though It may be tougher than previous engageateats They have many ships, pleq’y of men and manltkns but so will we have and with odqo tl«B. Vc *4l j win. I Trade tn a Good Town - Decatur

GtoiMfafU By MAJOR Siu.. €1 f c;. ,r. - - a Vea wsvHs'i ibsr '• •»•"". b«* •* *••• gssHsmsa absvs art •» sSsm sad dsHradasd aden, 4»sm lbs ssvdises sm or Ml •• *• ssatssiptotivs st right. Aad why aMf fbsy rs *s SsaaX Roossa CsmmWtM. JOSIAH MEANS "given to the Lord." For eight years Josiah Bailey served as editor of the Biblical Record. Then for eight years he was Collector of Internal Revenue for North Carolina, thus copping a gander at Mammon. That qualifies him for the finance committee. He's been Senator thirteen years. THE LIFE of Senator Edwin C. Johnson might well have been written by Horatio Alger. He got a high school education by working as a railroad section hand, was telegrapher, homesteader, manager of a farm co-operative, and twice governor of Colorado before he was elected to the senate. THE GENTLEMAN AT RIGHT wastes no time David 1. Walah, of Massachusetts, was admitted to the bar in 1897. In 1898 he was Camden's chairman of the Democratic Committee, and a year later was moderator. He was elected governor of his state in 1914 and has been in the Senate since 1919.

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* Hauseha W Scrapbook * ———♦ j Poison If auy puiaun io kept in the medicine < best it would be a xoud idea to buy small belia at a toy store and fasten one to each bottle of poison to act as a warning wbi-u handling it. Custard It is a simple method to smooth ! lustard that has curdled if an egg is beaten, aad then slowly beat Ute curdled custard into it. Linoleum If tbe linoleum is apo'ted with paint or rust stains, clean them by rubbing gently with steel shavings or emery paper. o * — > Modem Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ ♦ 1 Q What are the expenses tha' , the bridegroom assume for the

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f CHAPTER THIRTY “You got near strangled, didn't you?" the Inspector asked, the mount the three of no had the room to owssim “Too hut bad?* 14*4* •tfoichcd n*ck Bud swallowed teatativdy. “him It hurts, but not terribly. Ho —be didn't got a good grip. I fought too hard. But—Mrs. Turner. She is hurt. He threw her dear across the room—’ The Inspector wheeled. "You hurt too? I thought you was just upset. Where—how—?" “Oh, I bumpod my head." •I see. One got strangled, one thrown, like the dog was, th; In* spector thought out loud, pulling up a chair and sitting down opposite U, his hands oa Ms knee* “Now tell me what happened, from the bo* ginning. You start, Miso Linda.” "I couldn't sleep. I was lying awake—thinking—when I heard a noise at the door,” Linda complied with the Inspector's order obediently, but in a monotone. "You hadn't locked your door?" ba interrupted sharply. "Oh, yrn, I had. That’s why the noise startled me," she explained. "It was a sort of— scratching. Someone pushing the bey out and doing something to get the lock open. The key’s there—on the door. But when I heard it, I thought it was Mr* Turner seating in to—to talk to ma. And asked was it oho. There was no answer. But 1 knew someone was in the room. I could see a shadow earning toward the bed and—l guess I besams scared. “1 net out of bod and—l don’t exactly xmw what I did than. Groped for my robe, I think, and tried to got out at the room and into Mr* Tur* nor'* But be caught me. Hero, in the middle es the room. And put a hand screen my mouth when 1 Started to scream. Then we fought—l fought — against his strangling ms. Linda stopped in rtmeashered horror, tow hands exploring her bruised throat "And then ererything started to whirl and I couldn't breathe and—suddenly bo lot go of me and—l fell down/ She glanced at mo weadenagiy. "I thought I beard your rotes as I fell, calling my name." “IH say yon heard my rotes," I sgreed, taking up the story from there, and recounting all l*d beard and seen as brtedr and dearly os I sou Id. Ending. "It must hare been the noise es the lock being forced that startled me out W my stoop.” The Inspector listened to us pa tiewtiy. throwing in an eecastenal "I see." "And you really haoen’t got an Inkling of who H was?" he asked when we had finished. "Kat the feiatoei." I assured him. “He—had no face.” "What dVou mean, no face?" ' "Just that. Hu was all dark. 1 Ihsdb be wan the maa who ran

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wedding? A. Wedding ring, marriage license. ties, gtovea. and boutonnieres for bis ushers, tbe miuinter'a fee. transportation for his family and hia attendants to the church, the loney moon trip. Q la it proper for a hostess tn keep ea'iug as long as her guests do? A. Yes; tne noatesa should notice if her guests arc slow in eating and should manage her own food so that she finishes eating about the same time they do. Q Hhould the prefix "Mr." be written when "Jr." is used after a man's name? A Yes, it is uectwsaiy to use both Mr and Jr. o Twenty Years Aqo Today • 1 < Feb 9 John H ("armody is < all- : ed to Grund Ruptda. Mich., by the deal he of ilia father. Auto licenses may now be pur-

away from Ua old iu. that ftrai airitL" ‘‘Yea. Ho «oro the same sort •! tap. With a viaor. The edge of it ocratekod am* Uada aaaoated slowly. She looked eltogother unhappy. But that didn't soon to impreao the Inspector. “He had a cap with s visor, and you was so near to hint it scratched you. But you have no idea of who he was?" FettengUl asked skeptically. “Look, Miss Linda, you're a nice girl aad I'd like to believe you. But how can I, when you lie to me?” “I’m not—lying to you.** Linda didn't glance at him as she said it “You moan: not in words. You been lying to me the whole time by What you dtdn'f say—Miao Len*g, he accused her sternly. She gave a start, and her face became scarlet “You—you know?" she asked, wide-eyed. "Sure. No thanks to you. And so does Mrs. Turner here,*' he told her. "Now why couldn't you had sense and toll her at batt? You knew «M Mack got murdered, protecting — Mr. Loringe daughter. And you knew that telephone booth was aimed at you—to kill you. Why?" Linda sat silent for a while, plainly trying to decide whether it was best to talk, or not to talk. "For the money I wouldn't even accept,” she said at last bitterly. "1 felt awful when Mrs. Turner said —that man, and his family, were here. But I didn’t dream they’d go that far to get rid of me. Not until I heard—those noises, the first night" “By ‘they* you mean your aunt: Mrs. Parrist" tbe Inapoetee asked, Linde demurred: “Don’t call her my aunt. Bhe wouldn’t like rt. Last year Uncle Ty wrote her, without telling me. And ! found her answer and read it, behind his back. D yoti know what she called me in ih—what she dared call mo?** "Ayah," the Inspector said calmly. "Wara’t a alee thing to call owe. But then, she’s a mean, greedy ’Tteda's face lit up. “Oh! Then you aren't all on their side!” "j ain’t an nay aide. I’m out to catch a murderer. Before he goto C, if | can," tip Inspector told . “So now maybe you 11 help me a little. Who you think it ns, near choked you to death tonight?" Linda's unhappy "Bill—l think" was still in my ears. But! gave no sign of it when oho ebook bee head and said: "I have ae idea, la•Pictor.* "Bhieldiag yoosg Parrie’ Beginning to—like him?' The Inspector was almost too shrewd!

Linda stared at him, her mouth half open "Look, he's a nice, soft-opohen young fellow. But — plenty murderers are." Pettengfl! nurmsed “So. if yon think thoyb the least chenoe B was Asm, you better tail •fr" I don’t knew —perhaps Lm<| would have broken down, but some-

chased at the old price and the rush is on. Miss Noa fust is iu charge of the local bureau. •Mr. and Mrs David B Htudabaker and daughter of Dallas. Texas, arrive Tor a visit. H S. Murray of New York City lectures at the Crystal theater here on -he subject, "Another world war is impending * The Teapot D"me oil Investigation Is still tbe big headlines from Washington as many persona of prominence aru drawn in. U. S. NURSES (CUM ci gauss * A number of nurfe* and the honpitala temirorcy commander says reports show the Naxi fliers jettisoned bis bombs while attempting to escape from a Spitfire. Other observers feel that the al lack was deliberate They say the day was very bright, and that tbe IUmI Cross sign was large aud clearly visible. Attack Corpsman With Ihe Fifth Anny uu the

thing diverted the Inspector nt this crucial moaseaL ▲ knock at the door ... Sergeant Hatch said, from outside: *1 got callers for you, Inspector. From over to tbe Snack Hutch ” And ushered in a duasfeunded and indignant quintet: George Vickery, Wells Colby, Bill Parris, Orne Paulean and—Soodra Marskali. An instant later a flood of rsmonstranees poured over the Inspector, which ho cut off with a firm: "That's enough! Bit down, the lot of you! They » been another attack on Miss Linda. That's why Sergeant Hatch fetched you here. Mrs- Turner hare, or Miss Lin ia may tell you the whole story while I go sneak with my men outside. I talhng Ml to aso-Linda shook her head m refusal —but I didn't got vary far with it. There were too many interruptions. a Only Sondra remained silent. She looked different I couldn't underd, at first, why. Until I realshe wasn't wearing her customary white, but Hack. A black corduroy slack suit, buttoned to the chin. Her hate was dweeod differently, toe. It hung ns a black hoed to her shoulders, framing her beautiful pale face that resembled a mask ia which only her big yellow eyes were oliva Not with dismay about the naw attempt an Linda only. There was sum.thing else in them: Something furtive and wary and frighten, d ... I was relieved when the Inspector was back, announcing. “Wanted to find out was they a clue to bow tbe strangler got in But they * so many doers aad window* o this here inn. ha eould take kis ,heiso. Ayah, 1 said etrMwter." He turned to Sondre who had made a suffocated sound "Didn't Mrs. Twaoe aad Mias Undo tell you?** I've tried. But I'm afraid 1 didn't eit over to them. They were too r toiling am how insulted they were —being hauled away from their midnight snack by the police," “Foe bad. Should brought their oaadwieheo along," the Inspector said ia solemn sympathy, aa if he really attributed the genera! eha gria to aa iaterrupted aupper. “We-eO. you can go back soon. Thio won't take long-’ Ho turned to the tkroe actors: "Just tell me where you been and what you dene after you brought Mias Unda hoane Early, I under stand. It's eleven thirty-five new. Say, from ton o'clock on. Or—were you still out driving then ?” Three actors' voices explained almo«t ill unifofi thftt th*y h&d bMB back long before ten, on Linda's demand. White 1 figured the time backward, from etevon-thirty-five to oloeeu-eight. Only tweety-oevea . fiMautoa! (Ta bo continued I Bern* i vueta.. | OuMsM Br naas rwixm Iwrxu ha

Lafayette Factory Destroyed By Fire 500 Night Workers Escape From Blaze Lafayette. Ind. Fob. 9—(I'PI—A blare which destroyed the threeacre plant of the National Homiw corporation iu Lafayette was brought under control thw morning after firemen had fought the flames for severs! hours. Officials of the plant, where prafabricate! houses were manufactured. have not estimated the loss They eay that an explosion in tbe plant room caused the fire. Some 500 night shift workers escaped from the plant when the alarm was sounded Four pensons were taken to a hospital to be treated for burns One of them M identified as Frank Richardson of Lafayette The flames spread Quii kly and several wooden building* were destroys dwhen fire departments from Lafayette aud West 1-afayette >rrived Civilian deieiise wurkeis aided the firemen in battling the blaxe. The three-year-old plant employed approximately 1.500 workers. Recover Billfold Os Murdered Woman Fort Wayne. Ind Feb 9—(t'Pl Allen county sheriff Walter Adams believes that one of five suspects he has questioned may be the murderer of Mies Wilbelma iiaaga of Fort Wayne. Miss lia.iga d.e.i from a skull fracture -uttered when she was draggod from a car and clubbed four miles east of Fort Wayne on Wednesday. She staggered Into a farm bouse in the vicinity, but fell into a coma and never >egaiue<t consciuusnei* before her death on Saturday. Another clue reported by Adams is the dweovery of her billfold aSlopes of Mount Cassiuo. Feb 9. A new instance of German attacks on Amerhaii medical corpsmen. Major Hay Ericks n of Minneapolis says that several days ago American medical unit* put five litter cases in a stone house while the enemy watched The Germans promptly shelled th.- house. Then, according to the major, one littci bearer was killed trying to dig the victims out Another war wounded at a range of less than 4**o yards. And American officers charge that the Germans use the lied Cross as a shield f r military movements. Major Donald Landou of Albert Lea, Minn says he saw two German litter bearerg go into a building where a group ut Germans were trapped by American fire. The stretcher tame out earned by eight Nazis. The Yanks saw through the trick he says and opened fire LEMON JUICE RECIPE CHECKS RHEUMATIC PAIN QUICKLY If you suffer from rheumatic, ar. thrills or nsurUis pain, try this sltnpls inexiwnalve hums re ips that thousnn'te are using Get a i>a<.kag« of Ku-Ex Compound a two-week supply, today. Mix it with a quart of water, add the juiue of * lonions It's easy No trouble at ■!> and pl<*as ant. You need only 3 tablespoonfule two times a day. Often within 41 hours—some.l lines overnight—•plendld result* sre obtained. If lire pains do not qukkly leave anti if >ou do not feel better, return the empty p*‘-kage and Ru-Ex will cost you nothing to try as il is sold by your drugglnt under an airsolute moneyback guarantee. Ku-Kx Compound la for sale and recommened by Kohne Drug Htor- and drug stores everynn If INI PR ANCE WIKI RATIONIt What kind would you buy? Only du best, naturally, for inaurancß u one thing that must meet EVERY test when you have a leu. Insurance Mt rationed, aad we havf a full line of the Aesß. The Suttle*-Edward* Co. AH"t» Decatur. Ind NiWicb Saore Bteg ■apaamiqi fib Am mV . Imw CaauMg as MmM Cn» j Litfliiiiill

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I J!—■_ Legal Holiday Lincoln's Birthday Saturday, Feb. 12 Tbit bank will be < i« observance of holiday. —mi mo Special hanking hours for I**J*2, employ on, Friday, Feb. IL If o " 1 3:45 le 5 p. m. nnarmv** First State Bank Satabtiahed l»S) Member f 0

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