Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1944 — Page 2

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Provide Good Food T( Boys On Bougainville Huge Iceboxes To Keep Foods Fresh Washington. Frb. 21 There's on« i:.-m on the army menu on Bougainville which ’he boys don'<"llk>> ton well. lint they tak« it anyway to ward off Malaria And ijiar is Valnin :h>- new rjuinin- substitute. Signs ,11 over the jungle have this warning: 'had your ata'brim today?'' ■Hit j»id- from till*. eh iw ihut the b >)'•< on Bougainville an ■ atnut 'good and nourishing food Huge jce !> >»es hidden d-rp in the jungle. kei P IH-ri-l.able f.HMIs fresli (or thtm And ahlpmenls of meat (;om New Zealand give them an occasional change in die’. ,Mi-t of their Mod comes from <a:is. But tin hard working me-s <r< wr manage to duh up G I ratioiM like this Omelet and baconto;:u.&m. asparagus, green beano aua pt aches. o ?;000 AMERICAN Tt*sntlnusc P*o« tl b. I®£ A •ffWhmun: i’o fi.mi Lindon indicate** tha’ British bomber* and nuiA? v -se|. have broken u»» a Ge: num atti nipt to Infiltr i’e the Mediterranean for attack, on our shipping The British force- rank three I boa: < and d.uil. get! a num Iler of Others in an 11-day battle oil th "■ . : G But Aili-d navi! tourer- .Apet •' n new tie nan submarine offensive • possibly the last Igainst out f hipping In the North Atlantic The attack they think will star' - the time for the invasion of western Europe draws nearer. | And they say the Germans have' long been r fitting their subraa.-: Ines for the a 'empt o — GREAT VICTORY (Contino*! S-Trr, Fan* * ijin st of Eiil'vei >k atoll in the Mat ll.ti! Atimir.il Nnn '/■ ann unices that ! ( u- troop* have land <1 on Elliwe-1 tok island at the southern end of the a’oll They have captured ’he western halt El-ewher, hi the! ittrdl. ait other island- have been, taken with the exception of Parry, just above Eniwst.tk. And our. landing ha isolated fhi otltpoS! Nimitz >ays the Japs are resisting j the Invasion, but that our casual-1 th continue light Some details have come in oii our capture of Ehgt bl island, at | •he northern •nd of th« .it di and | only 750 miles from badly-buttered Truk United I’rt-- war correspondent Richard Johnston was with the hivtslotl tm - ar they warill-d a-ltore. He says a three-day air and naval bombardment literally ]< veiled enemy defense. Eng) bl was captured in six hours and fiv j minutes, our quick* t victjry of th< Pacific war. The f ill ed Pres- war curies-1 pondent reports tha' hundreds of , Jap were killed In the first bombardment Not a single building war lef standing He adds—• the island looked a• | though it had been run over by a i giant lawnmower that sheared off pal’ll *op« a few feet from the; ground." Ulagicfoam. VW,— Miw Safe for Fine Fabrics Magic Foam may be used with absolute safety on the most delicate color-fast upholsterinff materials. It is actually beneficial to fabrics, for instead of removing the natural oils from the warp and woof of the doth like other cleaners. Magic Foam restores these oils, thus aiding in both the beautification and preservation of the materials. B Quarts 65c 1-2 Gal. sl. Gal $1.75 Guaranteed tc give satisfaction SPECIAL NOTES One-half gallon will dean an ordinary 9x12 rug or a two-piece living room mite. Three pinta wifi clean th? upholstery in a five-pas-senger car. One pint will clean a fe’.t hat Holthouse Drug Co.

! g ft ■it Ba- > £ >• n fit 5 i «! ■ xy I'** r f ' I' *’ ’ ’ V k IfcA ;Xv- ■■ A REPORTER examines one of six crudely drawn hammer-and-sickle ern blems of Soviet Russia that were pamted on the walls and door of St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City by a vandat Two other churche were also splotched with red paint daub.ngs. (International

CRUEL TREATMENT i —— (Continued From Page 1) ■ I f all ui iihtliliigThe iw i huplaiiix say that they. i iH'iwouaJly. have not wlliirawed any mistreatment- However, they do ■ay that they are tiiiniy convlmed that mich treatment has taken place .M«..-t of the complaints are ! against tile medical attendant* In the hospital and tint against the , tiaimd guar Ik supplied by the dei peitment of justice , In addition to the l-{ prisoners , who say they were beaten. !<• more i i »ay they saw thers beaten without I provocation. Highway Commission Will Receive Bids — The state highway comtulMlinl : will • eive bids ot> fourteen bitum-1 ! (nous load I .urfaeina |HOJe( ■- this I * week Bld* forelx of the projecui I .vii; be •• eh -d Tuesday atid the : > nail) :■: < n Thursdai *rrii><.,iay-• bids inci wie p»j -cts lon fltyad 32 lu Verviiliun county.) Road in Kosciusko county;

’Sr* • y-■- w*3Kddj w/-‘ C Jk z z 1 • -1' ’> Jk*> l^ 1 JW w - < • 7<‘ fc <)- - «* GOV.* JOHN W. BRICKER OF OHIO, who hopes to win the Republican presidential nomination, is shown with three ot Ohio ■ congressmen at a luncheon in the capital. Left to right In the photo are Bricker and Representatives Cliff Clevenger of Bryan. George H. Bender of Cleveland and Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton. Bricker now la en route to South Dakota for a speaking engagement (Interaational) • • . . -♦. • • • • • • • •* . OH A OUICX TOUB ot invasion (breee in England. Gen. Dwight D. Kiwnhe ver is shown at he inspected a company <d Yanas. After watemm ■ I ti e dough, oya in esUon. the Supreme Ccmmander. Mid U ftaSt as »oil as you are in this training. Ged help the Kans. This to so offluai Q. & Signal Corps Radwpteto. U»teraeftoasl Soeadphofe)

Road 3 in Maivhall county; Rood 62 In Floyd county, and Road 62 in Vatiderhurg county. On Thursday blds are for proJ<- ■ on Road 334 in Boone county; wo piojei t» on Road 20 in Elkhart and l.aai.inge counties; Road 4b in 1 Hancock county and another project on the «ame road in Henry county: Road 85 in Grant and Howard counties; one project which include, work on Roads 2d. 55 and b in Lake county; and Road 50 in Ja keon and Jennings counties. Clapper's Estate Is Left To Widow Washington. Feb 21. — tl’F) - Columnist Raym nd Clapper, who : died in a Marshall island plane 1 <i.tsli recently, left his enthe person'll estate to hf> widow. Mu. | (Hive E. Clapper, 't was valued at i almost 827.000. ClapjM-r'a will was made out on | June 6. 1935, and named Mrs. Clapper as <-oh executrix and guardian for their two children -0— — India is nc-half as large as Can- { ada hut has 40 times as ma ty 111 hahltabts.

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Ration Calendar (War Price and Ration Board Office, corner Ffrat and Monroo Sts., closed Tuesday and Thursday.) Processed Foods Green stamps G, H and J now good through Feb. 20. K. L. and M. became valid Feb. 1; expire March 20. Meats Brown stamps V, W and X good through February 26. Brown stamp Y good Feb. 13, remains good through March 20. Sugar Stamp 30 in book Four good now for 5 pounds through March 31. Stamp No. 40 in book 4 is good for 5 pounds of canning sugar through Feb. 26. next year. Shoes Stamp 18 in book 1 “airplane” stamp In Book 3 good for 1 pair each until further notice. Gasoline Stamp A-10 good for 3 gallcus through March 21. D ! and C-! good now for 2 gallons each until further notice. B-2 and C i stamps good for 5 gallons until further notice. T good for 5 gallons; E good for 1 gallon: R good for 5 gallon; all usable until further notice. A. B, C and D coupons are not valid until they have been endorsed in Ink with the automobile registration number and state. Other coupons must carry certain additional Information. Motorists who have bought 1944 plates should write new number on book and on coupons. Line should be drawn through old number on book, but not on old number of coupons. Tires Next inspections due: A book vehicles by March 31; B and C’s by Feb. 29; commercial vehicles every 6 mouths or every 5,000 miles, whichever is first. Fu'l Oil Period 2 coupons good through Feb. 7; period 3 coupons good through March 13; and have the following values: 1 unit, 10 gallons; 5 units, 50 vallons; 25 units, 250 gallons. All change-making coupons and reserve coupcns are now good. Consumers should have used not more than 56% of their rations as of January 22, 1944. •toves All new heating, couklng and combination heating and cooking stoves, designed for use In the household, for installation on or above the floor and for the use of coal, wood, oil, kerosene, gasoline or gas, are rationed. Certificates must be obtained from local board. Used Fata Each pound of waste fat is good for two meat-ration points. Horse Sense Better take your farm accounts iu to town and get some help figuring out y ur tax reports. A specialist at the job cun save you time and dollars. —Reorder your turkey poults now. Remember the hard time you bad getting them last year. — hs Soya flour and grits now generally are available to civilians. Fam ilies who haven't tried these new products will find them interesting and go d. —bs— Heavy death loases iu pigs during the nursing period are in 6<* percent of the cases due to anemia, advise Purdue university veterinarians 't... — be— Clean and paint the old tractoi this winter It will serai to run

The FIRST THING we//but, when Daddy comas marching home is a ® GAS RANGE You'll want a new CP Gas Range in your |^BKk^ F kitchen after the war is won. For these are $ \ k the ranges that give you Cooking Perfec- ' * d A tion. Remember, when it comes to econ- lu (y - yfl omy, speed, convenience and performance, 1 there is nothing like a CP Gas Range. I X > fl fl ( J77777n7^07aT7z' —"X '— I irir<»-fi mMM«4 »r •>•“• »»«■»«*«. f» <■■»»■»■ eat ••• [ -WJ s j I>l I I •" w<* ■■■».«■■■ ■■■».■« "* •** *»— *«**«• •• / * \ I' / tert «*■>•**••**«<•• rw •«*>*•«•> & I / W fIS fIL kM6 f C. A. STAPLETON, Local Manner

CAROLINE ISLANDS—KEY TO JAPAN’S NEW EMPIRE j| « — — 7 — EauripTk Lomotrekp M | utu k — - "• ■ ■"?-?. — l - ~ aEuLt>_L SMASHING BLOW aTlruk In the Carolines by U. S Navy air and bases that II? geographical importance of the base and the China coast They «tooWtaj e *£rtlXTvTtteTi'l. 11 **- 9 numerous little islets shown on the map. Stretching for hundreds of and the East Indies. somt experts t h ieve ‘he islands cugSi " Sk. the PreWc they form a screen of forts, airfields, and naval passed, but most state that Strongpoints must be

Name - Last Firs' Middle s Home Address Check Branch of Service: ARMY - WAC NAVY WAVE MARINE MARINE COAST GL'AIID SPAR NI'RSE If Name wax Incorrectly Listed Show Hero How Given: Return blank within ten days to Ed. Bauer. 11. Vernon Aurand, James K. Staley. American Legion or Deeatur Bally Democrat. Do not fill out one of these blanks if name was given correctly.

better and you will take a Jot morepride in operating it next spring. —bs— Winter work in the woods with ehar|> axes, will help pap these increased taxes. —ha— Bagworins pass the winter in the egg stage in bags handing on evergreen and other trees. Pick the bags during the winter and buru. —ha— Avoid so-railed “bargain weed.” Seed offered at bargain prices is seldom a bargain. —ha— A split seeding of a grass-legume mixture is surer to make a stand than eeediug the whole amount at any one time. Half the amount inky be seeded on froze ngreund. and be seeded on frozen ground, and fug Is past. If we are io maintain our basic resources oi soil and water, we

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must sow more than we shall reap in our lifetime. —hePrune ohruhs by removing all the dead, and some of the eldest canes. Do not shear off the tope evenly. —bs— For further information on any of the foregoing topics may be obtained by writing !. the Department of Agricultural Extension, Purdue University. Lafayette, Ind. —— ——--o - Woman And Two Men Held As Burglars IndMMpHte, Feb, 21.- tIJP) A woman and two men are itelng liehl by Indianapolis police for burglar iea awl tiie.ts in IndianujHiJis and Nashville, Knoxville an J Chattanooga, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky. Catherine Isbell. 22. of Nashville, called police from a hotel room and

[tipped them ff to the arreata. Miim Isbill said she became i frightened when the two men planned to blow up a safe. She is at <-Ry hospital suffering from a nervous breakdown One of the two men admits to being an army de scrtcr. He is Edwin Savage, 19. of Lconach. N J William Luallen. 30, says he is a fugitive irotn the Tennessee reformatory at Btwhy j Mountain. Germans Admit Death Os Gen. Stemmermann London. Feb. 21 — (UP) — The Germane admit that General Stemmermann. commander of the 10 Nazis divisions annihilated in the Cherk&aay pocket, has beea killed.

Public Sate We. he undersigned, will sell at public auction th Cm siger farm located first farm east of IP rti> ludtetu. > s»| 118. on I Wednesday, Feb. 23, IW Commencing at 10:30 A M I S—HEAD OF HORSES-f Nine-year-old sorrel mar: in foal light ma: ,-J j.l, M roan mart in foal: registered chestnut sorrel iu ■ Tm#l old; sorrel gelding, coming 2 years old gtc . k coll. These arc good horses. 2B—HEAD OF GUERNSEY CATTIE-Z Guernsey cow. f yrs old. calf by aide; Gu«-riiwj < « In call by aide; Guernsey cow. 7 yrs old will fi**bo ,n i !a| Guernsey cow. 6 yr«. old. will freshen In July. Gw-rris-y c»St yrs. old, bred Dei 9; Guernsey cow 3 yrs old will ft»A-riiß Guernsey cow. 5 yts old bred Sepl. 7; GUf in--> • < .’iMj Nov. 9: Guernsey cow 7 yrs old will freshen In May tiirfl 5 yr* old, was fr«ah Sept. 20. beef cow; Jersey cotr. i<r >Jitl freshen by day of sale; brlndh cow. 3 yr- old ' •-•tiMflll lie; Guernsey heifer to freshen soon; Gue:use) hetfe, 7 Guernsey heifers. months to 15 mouth- old (luemwyilß 2ott months old; 3 bull* ranging from 5 mouth Iyr outstanding herd of Guernsey cattle. HOCC Foui brood sows, due to farrow about .Mm'’ l»t ' ing from 125 to 15t> lbs. POULTRY About 135 pullets from Globe’s World's Al ; ■ Il ’!)•■ HAY AND GRAIN About Boi Id ton alfalfa; a lot of baled t;«<ld-d !-«:■ I 2 oi 1 hundred bu*hels of good corn IMPLEMENT? Four row Inset plow, good shape. 14-in. Ldtb " ’“fj in good c mdltioii; 7-ft. Deering binder, in • ,l ® :, ‘*- *1 drawn cultivators; 12-In walking plow, John I' ol good breeching harne*.-. comple'e; fl>T>‘ - reveral ieathei collars; doubletree* and thru DAIRY EQUIPMENT Two unit Chore Boy milking machine. '!• lu*< * 5 milk can*. HOUSEHOLD GOOOC Library table; lied «priug*: and matin’-- 1 ■ ” . *mall tablnei; square table: 2<t oue-gallof u ■ k othei ait hies tort numerous to mention TERMb—GASH Any credit desired •<• ' ‘ C. D. Balsinger & Noah Sprunger,O* Elienbcrger Bro* and Melvin Llech y. Auction)' Elmer Baumgartner. Clerk. Lunch will be served on ground*

MONDAY, FEBRUAHy;,

Tl " ' ’<-211 ■;• ■' I-' >: . .jW,Relief ForYourM C rr ,<-. cause it ni.-)., troub.i to hcip germ lad-1, to SOOtl.r ai;-! heal flam- (1 brnr.claai a bran.-- r.-'i ■■ B bottlv ‘A ( : r'QiT)wl’.ix derstandih;; vou tr/a--julckl-. all.) to have your mcnev rt CREOMUUII rorCouzhs