Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1944 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Bvery Evening Except Sunday by THE DBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur. Ind , Pont Office a* Second Claaa Matter. I. H Seller Preaident A. R Holtucuae. Sec y A Bui. Mgr. Pick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription R»«<* Single Coplea —I 03 One week by carrier — .15 By Mall In Adanu. Alien. Jay and Welle countiea. Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert countiea. Ohio 34 50 per fear; 12 50 for six months; 11.35 for three month*. 50 cents for one Month Elsewhere 35 50 per year; 13.00 for sti months; 3165 for three months; 60 cents for one month Men and women In the armed forces 33.50 per year or 3100 for three months. Advertising Rates msde Known on Application. National Representative •CHEERER A CO 1b Lasington Avenue. New York 25 E. Wacker Drive. Chicago. 111. Th< highways are slippery at least part of the time and the greatest care is necessary if we avoid accidents. Put aside a few dollars for the Red Cross roll cal! which opens March Ist. The quota for Adams county Is 316.000. O—O Truk is the Corrigedor cf Japan, strongly fortified and the guard to the Rising Sun territory. If it talks, the Japs will have something to remember. O—O .. Only another week in which to secure your automobile license if you wish to use the old car thia year. State police will check immediately after the first of March. o—o Don't get the idea that because congress is having a tough time enacting a tax law. there will be none to pay. Uncle Sam must have the money and will get it. regardless of delays or politics. O—O Thurman Drew, present county auditor, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic noininaticn for auditor. He has served the past year with credit and is a deserving aspirant for a full term in the office. *He is the first to announce for the office. O—O Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the WI’B reports that during 1943 a total of 41.000.000 pounds of Imports by air. with a value of 3116.000.000 reached this country. That's six percent of imports by cargo •hips and is bound to grow after the war because of the advantage of speed. O—O How would you like to sign t>s.MO.OOO checks a year. Well. you couldn't if you tried but that's what Guy Allen is supposed to do as chief disbursing agent of the U. S treasury. He get* it done by machines that exactly dlplicate his handwriting and turn out 30.000 each per day. O—O The effort* of Messrs Grallker. Caston. Byerly. Genii* and others Who assisted them in the Fourth War Bond campaign are appreciated by Uncle Bam and by every one In Adams county. It was a difficult job and required much time for those who were charged with the big responsibility You did a good job. men. and as a result Adams county has again met the requirements of war. Thank* a snHtion

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The announcement that ten German divisions were liquidated, killed or captured in the Cherkassy sector of Russia, gives food for thought. Usually a division constats of 16.000 to 20, WW men. but the total reported in this fourteenday battle is given at 52,000. The figures indicate that the number of men to a division in the German army, at least in that territory, has dwindled to one-third the original number. 1 he decisions we make today on current problems will probably have more to uo with postwar conditions than the "plans" we arc writing on paper, says Ralph Bradford in Nation's Business. It to a mistake, he adds, to think of the postwar as a period that will require a new and special kind of magic. The problems we will have to face will be the same —unempioymet, debt, taxation, the development of industry, the planned growth of cities, and so on. O—O Usually at this time of an election year announcements have been made by many for candidacies for the various ccunty offices, but this year, here and elsewhere, there seems to be a dearth of office seekers. The reason of course is that so many are In the armed serv'ce and twice as many are profitably engaged in war work. However, while the campaign may not. and probably will not, be aa exciting ns In normal years, we are sure there will be sufficient candidates to fill the ticket* with gcod men and women. —o-o— The l as of I.OUO Americans on a transport somewhere in European waters has shocked the nation and while details are not given it Is probable it was caused by a submarine. Losses from that source have been small, considering the great effort put forth by the Axis. A year ago It was feared there would be many ships lost as we attempted tv move millions of men agro** the oceans. A stormy sea in this case ws* perhaps responsible for the loss of half these aboard the ship. War is every thing it ha* been described to be. a terrific waste of men and materiel*. President Roosevelt vecoed the bill to end subsidies because he feels It would increase cost of living The house promptly brought

the veto up and it tailed to pass over the president'* action. The oldest student ot economics cannote remember when * congress of the United State performed so inefficiently as the present one. Trying to prove that they are more powerful than the chief executive may give those who do so a feeling <>f satisfaction but they are not convincing the general public that they are doing what they ehould to win the war, make possible permanent peeve or helping the postwar situation. O—O Postwar Program: Bernard Jtarucb. admittedly one of the greatest business experts ot Africa, has give* the nation a plan for the < hange-over from war to peace that he believes would make passible an 'adventure fa prosperity" never before known in this or any other country. He say* his suggestions are only ■ *t*vt bul if followed through he believes are sure to result in good. He suggests the following: "Revamped governmental machinery to help assure everyone a peacetime Job. • Preparation now ot a bill reducing taxes to peace-time levels, the bill to take effect when the war ends. -Measures to take the govern men’ oat ot te-iaes* after the war by swift termination as war «*• teacta and orderly disposal <d hug' stocks of surplus goveraauplffood,. "Laaa* for service me* a*d bu»i iUOM needing assistance to readjust

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COURT HOUSE Marriage License Murvs-1 S. Andrews. Decatur. U. S. army, and Fairy F. Bedwell. G. E. employe. D»-cutur Guardian Appointed The Court appointed Earl Sipe guardian of Albert Jack in the guardianship caae originally brought by Peter Bixler. Earl Sipe was ordered to make an application and file bond a* required by law. Deed Ordered A petition was filed by the udmiutatrator for authority to deliver a deed executed by the decedent in the estate of Alfred Romey. It was submitted and Kuatulned. Sala Approved A petition was filed by the guardian of Kathleen. Flossie and Roman Beer to sell real eatale. Sam Neusbsum and Grover Neuenschwandvr were appointed appraiser. Henry B. Heller was appointed commissioner to make the «ple after lb days notice for cash at not teas than the themselves. "Plans for public works, to be ready if needed " Mr. Baruch go»» on in detail and shows just what he thinks should be done and how. His program should be considered seriously and carefully by those In charge and carried out as ta practical.

'''g~'ir,7 ■*’*■"*■ ■ ■* •** > **v”*>'**'t*iy r “• i * .~,..- • “ ? ' I fICIDMM TO A nor ta * stoud of is* and flam*, an American Liberator makes a crash-landing at its base ' to England. The big atop, piloted by IX Claud* E. White, Tushka, Okla, earn* to on on* wheel and started to burn, but th* ground crew quickly doused th* fir*. Official Signal Corp* Radiophoto. (International) umifatos .- _ HnBBSFz • r w s <»# > — INVASION gWAwr manned by coast guardsmen and marines bead tor their objective to th* Jap-held Mar. ZUwmSJa (bow in foreground) gives clom-rang* fir. support. In thia photo th. Yanks wers tended ’or Kwgfalato—<h* gtatl to to* barkerxmd. Astmflar eperattes,asenedtoff tea*asmeamcamant by JUfaTcteotorW.«taSta.hte taken place at Enlwetok, westernmost c< tos in ManhaHs. U. S. 1 1 aLauit MB have landed ted ostabUr J*d boarhbeart* Coast Guard pbotejflMtMUlnteriiationfllJj

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appi*ai«ement. , 1 Set For Trial A suit tor divorce filed by EliI aifbcth Briggs against William L. Briggs and venued here from Allen county has been eet for trial on April 4. Marriage License* Issued Ralph G. Conrad, Preble, Fort Wayne Wire Die employe, and Selma O. Htiahm, route one Decatur,! G. E. employe. William F. Baker. Decatur, machinist. -and Mildred I. Blythe, Decatur, G. E. employee. Eugene F. Nugle. Decatur, G. E. employe, and Marie E. Morgan, Dtr catur, G. E. employe. Twenty Years Aqo Today < ——• Feb. 21—J.AIM. Adair announces he will l>e a candidate for < ongresa In the Democratic primary in May. Mr. and 'Mn*. W. A. Klepper and Mr*. John Carmody leave for French Lick to attend Rotary convention. Car owner* in Adams county will receive a total of 35,500 for robatea , on excessive license fees paid in. | Albert Yordy resign* as postmaa- j ter at Linn Grove to accept a job a* a meat cutter In Detroit. Mra. E. B. Adams elected president of the Ladies Shakespeare cltsbJudge and Mrs. J. C. button attend funeral service* for William Shepherd, an old friend at Geneva.

1 Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE A remedy for warts i* to wash in water, in which a quantity of washing soda has been dtaaolved. Let the hands dry without -wiping. Repeat this frequently, or until the warts disappear. I Table Decoration* If candles are to be u*ed for a table decoration, select some pretty apples, polish them and hollow out I to receive the candles. The color of I the candle* can ’be selected to match the desired color *cheme. Cooking Odor* To avoid the odors of cooking from permeating the house, ! sprinkle a Httle cedar sawdust on the top of the Move. o I Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE Q. Isn't it 4>ad form for a dinner gueot to talk to one neighbor more thant to the one on Ute other side? A. A gueat who to Btctful will I show no discrimination and ViU try Ito divide the conversation m equally aa be can. Q. What tbouid a beaten* say if a young man whom ahe has invited to a party aaks to bring a certain pirl? A The hostea* should tell him that ahe would be glad to have him bring the girl, and she should obtain the girl's add res* and luvite

Smith Challenges Wallace To Debate America Firster Issues Challenge Chicago. Feb. 21. — (UP) - VicePresident Henry Wallace has been challenged to a debate by Gerald i L. K. Smith, the head of the America first party. Smith offers to de-. bate on the necessity of the United States taking suggestions or philosophical help from Ruwia on its post-war problem*. Smith issued the challenge in a telegram to Wallace last night. He offered to meet him at St. Louis. Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland. Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. Each man has spoken recently at all of those cities. Tlie America first leader say* he will take the affirmative side cf the question, the affirmative being: "Resolved that we can meet the problem of post-war America without any suggestions or phiioso | phical help from communist Russia." Smith adds: "If Wallace and his pro-communist element are not ashamed of their expressed viewpoints, Wallace will meet me in debate." The America firster also announce* that the national America first ially is scheduled to be held at St. Louis on March 20. RUSSIANS OPEN (Continued From Pax* 1) lery and aircraft against the partisans. So far, the Russian guerrilla* have wrecked German trains, killed more than s«>o enemy soldier*, wounded 250 more and captured large spoils. On the diplomatic front, former Finnish Premier Paaslklvi is expected to return to Helsinki any lay now. He will report to his rovernment on the progress made ,n extending peace feeler* to Russia. The peace envoy has ter to the party. Q What is the proper way to invite friend* to a christening? A. These invitation* may be by informal notes or by telephone.

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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE Elson earns over to the pavilion, fiddling with his cap. "Why, that's jest it, Inspector. Nothing hapCned. And 1 can’t understand it,” said unhappily. "1 done my bounden duty, so help me. Watched that there cottage like it araa full of gold. Can’t guess how the lady could walked out of it again, without me aeeing her. She com* homo—from over to Mr. Loring'*—ten, fifteen minute* after the theatre let ouL Them two young men who help with the scenery was with her. I heard 'em tell her good night at the door. And then the light went on in her bedroom, and she pulled down the shade. After a bit she turned out the light and I rare thought she was put away safe for the night So I atarted walking up and down on guard. From the gat* of thia place to Mr. Loring’s and back. Passed her cottage time’s time again, with hot a sign of her coming out” The Inspector made a sign for the man to go, and turned back to Loring.

“Se*? She fooled the deputy with that business of pulling down the shade. They’* nothing but trees around, to sm her. She wouldn’t don* that, to change, except she knew I’d put a guard outside and wanted to give him th* slip. Likely hao a date with the murderer. Or the murderer took the place of the man she had th* date with. But you ain’t fa it a-tall, and I wouldn’t tet it bother me too much, Mr. t«nng." I don't know if these argument* convinced Burna luring. Hi* assistants had returned with a omping , s was helping them lift Sondra s body. I have only to elose my eye* to •te that process ion—the two young men carrying their silent burden away.... The coroner was following the inpn»v»ed bier, black satchel fa band. Burns Ix»ring was walking beside him, staring unseeingly. And Sergeant Hatch wa* trailing them at a respectful distance. With the removal of Sondrat body the general tension snapped Alden and Vickery became noisyta their f«ar-mixed horror and flooded th* Inspector with their lament*. U<ma. “W* had to And her! On our ln «wu»d*l' wailed Alden. b*h.7 , y V v i^ r T n * d: "I? >“* o«n*r. Everything happen* fa away that mates It task as if I had had a hand in it! The attack oa Miss Baroll* fast night, and now poor Sondra', BBt d, rl j tor! I swear I’m Innocent!" Inspector Pettenadl ended their bombast with a curt order to go tert tothHrhouM.r.d and th* sharp comment: “I ain’t ao auro a-tall you got nothing to do With Mis* MarahaU's death. Likely on* of you a.ked her here, /.r th* murderer. And anyways, you witi childish plot against Mrs. Turner , pfay" Pett-rB mw pushed tte jabbering P | a — vigta* aside r® 4 asto iag sternly; “Hew teag yw. tern tert?"

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t been In Stockholm for more than a week. T *>■ CLIFFORD TOWNSEND (Con'tnuad From Pag* 1) position, as well as state commissioner of agriculture, under Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Mr. Townsend was elected governor in 1936. serving iron* 1937 to 1941. _ Immediaiely after leaving the governorship he was appointed to an advisory' position with the department of agriculture, and since that time lias h»-ld several positions of responsibilFy having to do with the war time production and di'tribution of food, including administrator of Triple A, and director ot food production with

“Since the coroner said she'd been killed with a soft blunt instrument—” No matter how I tried, I couldn’t achieve coherence—“l was afraid it was Linda. And then it was Sondra Marshal! who’d said she might be in danger. Remember, I wrote it down for you? And I thought she was crazy. But she wasn't—" “She was erazy at that. Crazy to think she could know who the murderer was, and him not kill her,” the Inspector said bitterly. "You—er — didn’t UU anyone she been killed?” I shook my head. “1 was right on thia spot all the time.” “Good 1" exclaimed Pettengill. And, after a moment’* thought, the decision: “Go to the theatre now, so you're there when they bring your pooch. But act as if you seen nothing." “The theatre? You—you st-etill want me to—to go th-there?" I stammered. He misunderstood my reluctance. “Ayah! It's safe as can be. They’s guards all around it, and the two best shot* of North Harbor hid upstairs in the balcony, one each side of the stage,” h* reassured me. "Then—then you atill mean to—?” Pettengill understood at last. “Ayah, 1 still mean to,” he nodded grimly. “Got *’! I need now, to make the arrest stiefc. The Information '"mie this morning from Washington.” “From Washington?" I gasped. “Ayah! Bureau of Statistics." he said briefly. “Rim along now and play your part.". “But—but just what is my part?" I asked lamely, stalling for time. _ “Why—just to be you, the author. Go fa. Set in that orchestra like you always do. Watch what goes on and —writ* H down for me afterward*. Only—as 1 just said: don't let on about Miss Marshall being murdered. If they'* talk of her. act like you know nothing. Go now—hurry!" How did one act as if “nothing had happened." when one had just seen the dead body of • murdered associate? My feet carried me reluctantly into the darkened theatre. I dropped into an aisle seat of the last orchestra row, my knees shaking and my stomach threatening to leave its place—and sat for a white with closed eyes, lighting against the nausea, because th* Inspector might need me Sondra'* name, spoken on the •tage, jerked me out of th* dared numbness into which I’d fallen. Lin--Wh"’ .. , R,he,r **l h »d been going on when I d eom* ta. I soon got up and. my eyes on the .tag*, groped my way from one row of mate to the other. They’d been working on the second set. I saw from th* position of J R * M F r **e- And the grouping of JJ ells Colby, lon* Welland and Ome Paulsen—with l.fada and Bill Par-

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I’d come all ths front »b r i pat; n-':. At-,;, •hi-M!" 'rcottsrtvtsjtfl tu cal! her, Steve'" 9 “Snr. I'm «'jre’TWffiß nr. r • •,.n»2ftalM of sciTiirv with s’.dljß f J'-l! t'W. quite a t.n;- before faS ovi r. Tnc maid M» goni-.” . B "The maid? He* Linw >o,l !erc* "I I in. up and the l*<! manat” r ■ rirr - !B look Tor her agfeß- J 1 almost cried out: member.rz j'J’t :B t3> , to act a-it?'r.ot’ir.eM*H« and so rat d >»« of th- next wst 1 roo-’Ri I felt better eided, with a rcr:r.e«WM skip her scene. Os 61 Linda and Bill." Then the r-he*r«d«2 Linda wa takm? of »=«| coat. Throwing it Explains to ter '"’•’J she had lun -hed w.u»"| cepting his ir.nuuwsg] cruise with him. WJJ’M up .. . And thst mare r«t//y starts* I I saw the latte in back sliding ** 51 just far enough form"* haired man to «!** CJ one bothered about ing was too fw.rr "JI visitor to arouie J ment. He w*W ately, step for «*?• do** behind the W his left band 00 * J them. ... a. Mifl Only th*n * J take notice of bin ■ja nsarnes* ‘" ! 5, Only then did -wh- 1 ‘•'hXiStji Bum* didni g very .ilence created* of ur.e**y .**l Linwood *»k«l J “Whati*it?AnrW*. ) ,d M an afterthought Sondra? Have y* “Yes. I h* Tt *•„*/' •You did’ diractor got *P< aside and walked “ring “Why Loring , raised The hu»h into scattered damations of ncon*movedJ««f l( Mj hadfromnth*® they were Pams’ hand *» . Again CWe"V“'