Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1944 — Page 3

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HI l< HARRISON CARROIL Writer 'f'U —An elaborate |V sits next to the tennis " Ann Miller's back yard ■F star ’ guests can't use it to their tennis togs or as «pot to play gin nim-

my. The trailer is the new servaats* quarters at Ann’s house. She turned the old onea into a rumpus room, then found that all the available help wanted to live on the place. While Bing Crosby was spending the night in his

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to make an early |Bta th * "Here Come the (.JrV C( >P heard a HK Crosby snoring), UHL p 1 } h * switched on »d stood there with gun ,tiu ,r *ing to get IM** to quiet down. CO. author of K> ft * "ere Young and ■u *J n * Philadelphia IBbL. n< Kathsrine c ° r - J hen her theek began The mumps! HB&j > J * the wor,t rnse ever woman. bon **'" ’’ on - Rodion, H h> . J* Orient, is now with Mfe,,*,' ln England. Ilia Mb, new, O s hlm ln flve jM1h.i,.,... Inn ‘» Ha™** heading ■*Cu .T* M,ke Frank °- EB* v„ lk , he ran get reaer.nK t 0 tn °* e rumors BC u u p 0 L her bftby - **** l. v F ‘ olt »- winding up IB hul ’L 11 gOM ,nl ° the 1111 vaudeville revue ■•tto JL '' ****»<« O'Connor Bt lx,n K Beach. Mfa., lGn,! collaborating on K* and w' Z * tth hfr sUter L ‘ Jeanette Mao ■Vtat H»7‘* r *‘companiat, flMhua „1 Paula's writing “W uher glr * Uie ® mlc '

CLUB CALENDAR •oeltty Deadline, 11 a. M Phonee 1000 — 1001 Sunday United Christian Missionary ,oc lety, Christian church auditorium z:3V p. m. Monday • Adams county Nurses picnl Hanna -Nut, tluan park, 8 p. m Pythian Sinter Temple, k of I* Home, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Evangelical Kum Join 1 „ r i aMM picnic, Hanna-Nuttsnan park t; SO p. m. Otholle Ladle, of CohimH.la. Hanna Nuttman nhoher house i; jq p. m. Garden club, Mrs. G«org* Rente 2:30 p. m. Weonesday Decatur Home Economics dub John Metzger, 1:46 p ln Thursday Presbyterian Ladle. Aid. Church parlors, 2:30 p. nt. Methodist Circle on*, Mrs. W. E Johnson, 2:30 p. nt. i.MothtMlist Circle two, Mrs J m Miller, 7:30 p. m. i.Methodlst Circle th-ec, Mrs. Ague. Andrews, 2.30 p. ni. , Methodiet Circle four Mrs. O. (I. Baughman, 2:30 p, m . law, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Franke of Bahhnore, Md. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Wagner, of Grand Rapid., Mich., arrived Ihbt morning to spend several days vlaitliig relatives here. They are gueats at she hosne of the former's nephew, Joe A. Hunter A ear load of white mind from the dunes near Gary has been used to carpet the beach <4 Pine Lake, near Berne. Bathers are now enjoying It. The Rufus Hlrschy farm between Geneva and Berne ought to be a hunter's heaven neit fall About 200 quail and I!*X pheasant* have been placed there by the conoenvWtion clUi> and will be cared for until they can fly. pliTs •Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Richey of Ossian rout* one(, an* the parents of a M>y girl, born at the Lutheran luaspiial In Fort Wayne Thursday evening at 8:30 o’clock- The Ittdby weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces and has heen named Evelyn Ann. Mrs Richey was fonmerly Miss Margaret Poling of Decatur route four. Petty officer and Mm. Lester

. ■ . Who says movie ranches don’t pay? Vera Vague is renting four heifers to Republic for a western. The Marilyn Maxwell-John Conte engagement announcement can happen any minute though Marilyn still insists she hasn't made up her mind. Job In “The Master Race” won’t stop Osa Hauen's work for the Red Cross. She personally has signed up over 2,000 volunteers for the Blood Bank and has been three times herself.... Her way of pay. Ing back the organization for get* ting messages from her mother, sister and brother in Denmark, Inside the regulation flight jacket he'll wear for "Airship Squadron Four," Waliie Beery found a note from a girl garment worker. She asked the wearer to write. Will she be surprised to get a letter from Wallle who vows he’s going through with it I HOLLYWOOD HI JINKS: Phillip Dorn temporarily out of the cast of “Strangers in Our Midst," Fell off a ladder while trying to paint his house. . . . Bob Crosby got the nod from the Marines (he'll be a second louie) while at Columbia recording "A Fellow on a Furlough." ... Jack Carson and Byer Relnlck, designer of men's hats, will be partners in a rabbit ranch. . . . Sergt. George Reeves (he played opposite Claudette Colbert in "So Proudly We Hail”) back in town with the "Winged Victory" troupe. . . . Bill Fields turned down an offer to appear in “Alaskan Stampede," spectacle headed for the Chicago Colliseum, but will be interested if it’s made into a picture. ... Jimmy McHugh concentrating on Mary Meade the 20th Century Fox cutey. ... Hats off to Georgia Gibbs, radio eanary and soon to make a picture for M-G-M. She records a weekly 15minute program of songs from which the Navy cuts 700 rscords and the Army another 700. They are sent to the outposts. .. . Anna Lee still in Palm Springs finishing her book. Perry Como sold a car to a recent arrival from Mexico and was paid off entirely in two dollar bills.

In Radio School ’t. Tfl Forrest E Hawkins, seaman second class, is In the radio train. Ing sclkmil at Evanston, 111. His address is: Co. 25, Sec. 1, NTS. Radio, Evanston. IL- is the son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hawkins <>f Decatur route six. He is a graduate of Pleasant Mills high school and entered the navy in April, taking his boot training at (•re.at Likes Naval Training (’enter. Mitchell. ;.16 Short atreet, are the parents of a baby boy, born at the Adams county memorial hospital this morning at 7:30. He weighed 8 pound* and 5 ounces. The btsby's father is serving alward the battleship Texas With the French invasion fleet. FINNISH MINISTER (CostlUMd From rag* k> the surprise action and declined to discus* she "inimical" activities with which the Finns were charged. Some quartern believed they had "talked out of turn” by exprem'ng unfriendly views toward this country. The four officials and their familiea will leave the country as r.oon as transportation and safe conduct can be arranged. That may take several iweeks. Meanwhile, they must rwnafn In their homes except for purposes of exerctee or other reasons approved by the state department. Police will guard their homes and all their telephones will be disconnected except that the minister will be able to telephone to the state department via direct wire. 0 r Adams County Memorial Hospital I Admitted: Mrs. Edward Peck, N Second; Mrs. William Kleine,Hoagland; Rudolph Koiter, Decatur route 2. Dismissed William W Mesel, Geneva; Mm. Donald Freis*. 1239 Master Drive; Mrs. Darrel Williams. #ls Nuttnsan Ave.; Mrs. Raymond Evans and baby ls>y, 611 N Second; Mrs. Robert Riimsrhlag and baby boy. (M 2 Mercer Avenue. Whether you want a Shave or Hair Cut. Child’s Hair Cut or Trimming I .adies Hair, you are cordially invited to call at Frank’s Harher Shop, 112 Monroe st. T Today’s Pattern 9084A'^f//< W T S'ZES L’ \f r F, t2-2O yI. 11 J I * 44 /T iL-W. MARIAN IHARTIN Everyone loves a shirtwaist frock! Pattern 9081 adds a fem. (nine touch with a ripple of ruffles on the* flattering yoke and pockets. Pattern 9084 comes in misses sizes* 12. 14. 16. 18, 20; women'ar 30, 32 34 36 38 40 42 44. Slxe 16 takes 314 y“fds 35.1 n. Thia pattern, together with a needlework pattern of useful and decorative motifs for linens and garments. TWENTY CBNTB. Send TWENTY CENTS In coins for these patterns to Decatur Dally Democrat. Pattern Dept.. 156 N. Jefferson BL, Chicago 80, HI. Write plainly Else, Name. Addrese, Style Number. Send FIFTEEN CENTS more for the Marian Martin new and bigger Summer Pattern Book. 32 Pages, easy to make styles. Free pattern printed la book.

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" num wiunjinTT Tnnf UtiCILE isW Karl Fr-<derkck Johnson. 17. son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Don Johnson. Decatur route one is -ecehrlng his initial naval Indoctriim'.lon at the IJ. S. Naval Training Center, Great Ixikes, HI. C.’pl. Amsbrc** A. Meyer has returned to the army air base a*t Nctwark, N. J., after spending a 12-day furlough with his mother, Mrs- Anna Meyer of North Fifth St. His address Is: 410 ft Base Unit B, Newark A.AF, N««wark, 5 N. J. Ixiwis M. Smith, S. 2/c, son of Aix-hle Smith of route three, recently completed boot training at Great latkes and is now assigned to duty in the South Pacific according to word received by relatives here. Captain Ornell J. Stauffer as far a* ie known Adams county's only pilot on a B-29 snuperfortresa. may have been in th* raid on the Japanese homeland last Thursday. Capt. Stauffer, Zlrat pilot on a B-29. and stationed in the China-Burma-India theater, s'a ted in a recent letter to hi* wife, the former Mary Eichenlterger of Berne, that he had been flying heavy cargo** at supplies to China, but would likely be In comflmt soon. He is a son of Mr. and .Mrs- D. D. Stauffer of Berne, and went oversea* March 31, after attnding a 8*29 combat school at Salina. Kan. 0 10 PERSONS KILLED (Continued F.om rnffe I) were Rex Houghton. 36. Roy Eaton. 36 and Elwood Bauder 39 driver of th*ir automdbile all of Warsaw, and Rusnell Coveratone, 31 Columbia City The men employes of a Warsaw motor firm, were killed when their car crashed into the rear of a trail-er-truck on U. S. higlrway 30 and careened headon into an approaching truck. They were returning from a company meeting .when the accident occurred. Drivers of the two trucks were injured slightly. William Overhol•er of Troy, 0.. was driving tha fl mt truck, and William Schrock. Dover, O wax the driver of the seconds BITTER CAMPAIGN (Continued From Page 1) South Bend, the permanent chairman, used the words, “sinister j power,” in reference to Gates' term : as state GOP chanman. Speakers bandied about the name of Lyons, <hain store attorney and former treasurer of the Indiana KI Klux Klan. U. S. Ben. Samuel D. Jackson of Fort Wayne, Democratic gubernatorial nominee, painted a picture of a "return to the ’2os" under the present GOP leadership. "Intolerance, race hatred and bigotry sAffl the good name of Indiana Into shame once before beneath the dome of the statehouse —that time under a trade-mark bearing the names of Ed Jackaon and D. C. Stephenson," Jackaon

•■> Sunny Italy, 1944 Version Ltat./■ wiurw v wr. B K ' Ba,. \ ifa af' .MF<BFWw [i we— <i< American Infantryman to given first aid [man in the Micn.no Hector as the Halton battlefrenl Swin hr will to. len hto way to a towe beepitol that yeur War Bond dollars madr possible BBL— ... _ V- >■ Tttuuii

said. According to expectations, how ever, the Republicans will return to the attack shortly. Campaign material Indicated that they will do all possible to tie the new deal label to Schricker and Jackaon. saying that a vote for either would be a vote for the new deal. URGE TRUCK -CnatlsitM er*a 'nr, II * and Van Wert in Ohio. According to the ODT official, the operator or his agent Io required to personally show bis latest ODT certificate of war necessity to bis local rationing L-jard. Orders for new "T" coupons will then tie eent to the central mailing office to be mailed direct to the truck owner. Thus it Is a matter of "must call, will mail” throughout each district. Second quarter "T” coupons now in use will not tie valid after June 30. A new style third quarter "T” coupon will become valid July 1. The district office of the DPA has Informed its rationing board* to recover the excess second quarter coupons if the applicant has them with him and notify ODT of such recovery. If the applicant does not have the coupons with him. he should be instructed to surrender them to his district ODT office. DOUGLAS N El DIGH lUonusaed From Paco 1/ won’t be too long. Somehow or other I know and have that feel. Ing that we shall and will b«- to. gether again In the very near future. There isn’t much more to write, but If you can possibly do it, will you please send me a food parcel? You can And out all aliout It at the local Red Cross. They will tell you what you can send and what you can’t. Don’t fret too much about it. I am getting plenty to eat and Just thought that a little variety from home would help my morale. That's all for now. Give my regards to everyone you see. "Lovingly yonrs, "Doug." Pfc. Neldlgh entered the army on April 7, 1943 and prior to donning the uniform was employ, ed at the Schafer company. He is a former Daily Democrat carri*r boy. o Tokyo Claims One Superfort Downed By United Press Tokyo radio claimed today one of ueven enemy bomlbers which was shot down by Japanese interceptor unit* In the count* <>f a raid on northern Kyushu island Friday morning (Jatpari Time) was a B-29 supenfortrem. The broadcast, recorded by United Pres* at Han FrantUoo, said tlrat a group of Japanese army and ' navy aviation experts had definI itely Identified the bomber a* a superfortress. The plane was brought down a: Takaou village, a’lffiut three mllro north of Orimuachi. the broadcast said. o East Chicago Child Is Drowning Victim Jlanmond, June 17—(UPi -Ronald la-nick, 9. East Chicago was drowned yesterday on the first day the loving Park »«witmning pool was opened officially for the «ea«on. 0 Picnic in Shroyer Lake Park.

SHHBHBHKS • W OF ' n. 1 ■* * i JVBMr 5® ejL g£ • A wflf MT - J HUk Jrß k _/l ill jQ left, plnafere ever striped chambray; center, cattan blouse, flannel skirt; right, polka dot cotton pinafore. 1 This year the 'teen-age crowd ta reaping the greatest benefits from the thrifty hobby of sewing. They •re also keenly conscious of current style favorites Generally speaking, the juveniles like the suspender frocks come next The pinafore, right, la made of scalloped-border polka dot cotton, with deep heart-shaped neckline and full gathered skirt. The scalloped skirt border Is repeated In the patch pockets. Cotton eyelet embroidered ruffles match the cotton blouse beneath. The other pinafore, loft above, is the crisp and starched variety worn over a striped chambray dress. The pinafore's narrow ruffle is trimmed with three rows of rick-rack, and the full gathered skirt repeats ths same trim. In the center of our illustration is a suspender frock consisting of a cotton blouse and featherweight flann<) tailored skirt with clip-on embroidered suspenders. The blouse drawstring neckline and sleeves givo f- mininity and softness for a contrast to the tailored skirt. • ilttternttional/

FRENCHTROOPS (Continued From Fag. 1) The oeizure of Grossefo had been announced yesterday. It is on the coastal railroad and highway. Pending further reports, It was assumed that the use of the word “successful" in th* special announcement of th* French landing on Elba mean that a flrm foothold had been seized. (Berlin said the first troops land ed from 60 barges at the southern end of the island, and soon afterwards others went ashore qji the i north coast west of Portoferraio, Elba's capital and best port. The Nazis said “violent flghting is raging. particularly for battery positions.” The Germans reported that American and British troop* were in the landing force, which included strong Anglo American tank units. The landing followed a violent bombardment by several him-' dred planes. Berlin reported*. Gen. De De Taasigny. Hie I French commandttr. attempted a military revolt In southern France! when the Allies Invaded North! Africa. Captured and imprisoned l by the Nazis, he c*<*ap<*xl and fled , to North Africa.

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NEARING WEST (Continued From rags I) constantly were rolling toward Coutances.” he said. "Tanks and armored vehicles, however, still were deployed along roads and fields with guns toward the enemy as If preparing to cover a retreat." Gorrell reported that Montbourg.

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■ 14 miles south east of Cherbourg on the main east coast highway to 1 Parts, wax recaptured by the Americana yesterday after a street battle, but a headquarters spokesman said the Germans still held part of the ruined town. —■■■■■— , ■ .Q— He wno deserves happiness is not likely to be denied the pleasure.