Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1944 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Wbßahod Every Evening Bieept Eanday by HB DMCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated (•kfotod at the Decatur. tad.. Poot Oflfoe SO li—i Clan Matter. |. M. Holler PreoMont so H. Holthoeee, Bac'y a Bu. Mgr. Piak U Hotter Vlce-Presidoat Subvert pilon Ratee Btngle Copteo_ * •< Ono week by carrier - M tty Mall la Adams, Alloa. Jay and Walia •oaatloa, Indiana, and Matter and Van Wert counties, Ohio. |AM per par; tU4 ter six month; 1145 tor throe moaths; M canto for one month. Blsowbero: H.K per year; MOO for all moaths; ft«s for three Maths; M cento for one month. Mon and women la the armed forooa |l.io per year or |I.OO for three months. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEIRIR A CO. IB Lexington Avenue. Now York 2B I. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IU. Farmers who have not purchased war bonds In the Fifth Campaign uro urged to do so this week. This part of the quota is below the goal. Surely you don't want It to conclude that way. c—o Many will listen for the speech of Helen Douglas, stage star and candidate tor congress in her California district, at the Democratic convention this week. She is said to he brilliant and capable and very popular iu her home state. —o Perhaps a score or two of revolutions iu South America ie the only way to purify that continent Usually when the people of a state are divided as they seem to be in

most coant rie* down there. the only cure Im to let them fight It out. —o The summer school vacation la about half over and September sth will be bere almost before we know it. The season* do have a way of rolling around and in these busy days Father Time sure isn't waiting fur any man. —o— A farmer In Putnam county c laim* he spent thirty-all hour* tn bla corn held recently and hear the stock* grow. Hi* measurement* •bowed an average growth of the stocks of six laches during the dxf and a halt. B*’ieve it or not. -■O-0 The lea* you worry these hot days the better you feel. Os course that's eaaier to say than to do but the point is that we abould make every effort to keep calm, K’s much the better way according to physicians and other* who have made a study of health. —o The Democratic national convention I* scheduled to close Friday but Mome time* these meetings do not move exactly on schedule and there seem* to be several little matters and some not so little to be adjusted before the final motion ot adjournment i* made. —o Gamma glbbuliu Is the name of a newly discovered remedy for measlem and said to lie a real agen cy Jo combat that disease so prevalent among children. It is extracted from plasma or serum albumin without deteriorating the plasma. The Navy will soon release it in large quantities, it to announced. -0-0— With the national convention over soon. it will be easy to relax. There will be plenty of radio talks but you know you can switch those off if you want to. However it to

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hoped we won’t lose too much Interest in the coming election for we never had the opportunity to take part in one more important. —o Can any one phyoically able to donate and with a relative or friend in the Armed Forces fall to understand and respond to the call of the Red Cross? For that mat ter, can any fit person in America be too blind or lax to help?—General Electric News. —o Carl Mote, who wan a candidate tor the Republican nomination for U. 8. senator in this state, doesn't like Dewey or Capebart or Gates or Lyons or Lauer or Roosevelt. Fact Is be doesn't seem to like anybody and the world is all oat of tune but Carl. He publishes a little magazine called America Preferred and the latest copy Is filled with attacks on about everybody and everything. —o Congressman Gillie will be at the Decatur postoffice Friday afternoon to confer with those who have fed to confer with those who have fed eral problems that they wish him u> assist them in. Heis touring the entire district between now and the end of the month, spending three days in Fort Wayne and about one day in each of the other counties. He will be at Geneva Friday morning, at Berne at noon and here in the afternoon. —o Maury Maverick, chairman of the small war plants committee, is out with a proposal that the government build nine six-lane highways in this country after the war to provide employment and to keep |he ball rolling. He estimates it will cost ten billion dolars. He probaby U exenasive in his hopes but no doubt there will be the greatest road and airport development the world has ever seen. —o

The Democratic national convention will hold a part of the headlines this week, regardless of the war new*, for after all 130.ff00.000 people are sincerely interested in what the program will be for the next four years and who will carry it along. Samuel Jackson ot our own fourth district will be permanent chairman and I* scheduled to deliver his address, one ot the important ones of the convention. Thursday noon. How many ot these courageon* men owe their live* to the help of people at home who made the small sacrifice ot giving blood donations will probably never be exactly known, but to those who have been faithfully going to the Blood Donor center*, the aaUatactlon must be very great. And If one were a donor and one’s own son were among those saved, it must be a delightful speculation to wonder whether that particular contribution might by ehance have been the crucial one. —o Home canning has done more for Mrs. George F. Bishop. Temple. Texas, than provide food for her own larder. Specialising in chicken. she ba* sold an average of 1000

cana yearly tor eight years, realising enough to educate two suns. Now that both are in the service. Mrs. Bishop pats nil her earnings in war bond* Hbe cans culls and old rooster*, marketing the flnlahed product under a 4-H label to which ahe attrlbuton her aalea record.—The Pathfinder. O O K We Need Blood V If there ever was a lime when blood dooora were needed. It to now. In the words ot Tom Paine, •■these are time* that try men* souto." In the firat two weeks of the invasion ot Fortress Europe. AnMMTtcaß caaußltuiß aloue amounted to 47.000 uaen. Os theee. H»« greater number were wounded, and a large proportion ot them wore given blood aorum traantu-

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sipUH to ease shock and replace blood volume Jost. I Modern Etiquette I I By ROBERTA Lffff. 1 Q. la it all right when a group o» friend* of both xexes are at a tabic in a nigh'club. for one of the inen to dance with a girl who Is sitting at another t stole? A Not if be leaven » girl of his group alone at the tstol»Q I* it permtosible to use office or business stationery for social corrt’pondence ? U. No; the perion ot good ’aste will not do ao Q. How full Mhould the wineglass be when serving wine? A Half full. o Twenty Years Ago July IS—The national committee of the Progressive party w’ll select a running mate for Lafoliette. who wax limited for president. Mrs- A. D. (Schmitt will leave Monday for her home In Los Angeles after a visfft with her parents here. Ty CoWb says thia is his last (teason as a player but he hopes to continue *a manager ot the Tigers from the liench. tplans for the Great Northern Indiana fair here are complete. It opens Tuesday (Price of wheat to >146 on the Chicago market. Decptur Rotary club is panning a district meeting to be held at Bellmont park August 14.

Filling Stalion Man Is Murdered Monday — Soldier Sought In Indianapolis Death Indianapolis. July 18 —(UP)— I Police today *ou«ht a soldier for que*iiotiing in connection with the murder last night of an attendant at a tilling »txt ion, Albert Lee Goffinett. 48. Mhot through the head. Goffinett was found near death in a rent room of the station In weat Ind. lanapoito. He died later in the receivins room of City Hospital. A money chaining belt containing tobout 830 was missing, Police said. Detectives considered the possibility that a soldier was Involved after information was given them that a man tn uniform had keen seen frequently around the station during the past two weeks A man living In a trailer near the ststloji told autborittou that he beard Goffinett and a soldier arguing and tiiot be beard the soldier soy: "We bad (better got rid of yon.” India is Britain a second greatest producer pt iron. Her stool ingot production amount* to about 870.IMX) ingot* per tear eaem

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Corn Crop Increase Indicated In State Corn Crop Average 8 Per cent Higher Lafayette. July IS The July 1 estimate of corn acreage in Indiana indicate* an eight percent increase above that of last year and 10 percent above the 1933-42 average. A 45-bushel per acre yield Is expected. with total production estlmated at around 2tiß.7lo.WMi bushel*. The latter figure is slightly leu* than % year ago, but 37 per cent greater than the 1933-42 average. This report was made today by Puittue University agricultural ■tattotletana cooperating with the U 8. bureau of agricultural economic*. However, the condition ot the cqrn c rop July 1 wu reported at 79 percent normal. Hot. dry weather

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combined with chinch bug damage were factor* Influencing thi* condition. Total estimated winter wheat production i* 27,874.000 bushels, which is 031 iioo bushel* above the estimate given June 1. Th to is 184 percent of last year’* production and about the same as the 1933-42 average. Total soybean acreage for the state i* estimated at 1.990.000 acres, which to six percent greater than the acreage a year ago and nearly twice a* great a* the 1933J 42 avarage. The acreage of oats or harvest thi* year Is estimated at 12 percent less than the acreage a year ago and six percent les* than the 10-year average. Total production is estimated at 34.425.000 bushels. , which i* four percent larger than ( last year's production. Tnree-fourths of the world supply of commercial bristle* normally come from China. ( i •- —- ■ - Square and Round Dance every Wed. night. Sun Set.

f Household Scrapbook I f tty ROBERTA LSI • Warts To remove marts dissolve a liberal quantity of washing soda in a pan of water; wa»h the hands in this solution aud then dry them without iwiplng. Or. castor oil ruMred on the warts often causes them t< dry. Prickly Heat lA remedy for prickly heat is to •ponge with equal parts of vinegar and water. Dry the skin thoroughly and then powder with one part of boric acid to Hfo parts of cornstarch. Scorching To prevent scorching of clothea while ironing, <wipe the iron on a cloth dampened in kerosene. ~ —o " ACTIVITIES OF - * I ADAMS COUNTY 4-H CLUBS Busy Bossie The fourth meeting of the Bu>y Bonnie 141 calf chib wan held on July H. Each menfoer answered the roll call by giving their grain ration. The minutes of the lard meeting were read by Bill Arnold# Muelc was furniahed by Wavelene and Barlmra followed by a talk "How to keep vlob members interested in club work - ' by Bill Arnold. Stanley Arnold, leader, gave the proper grain ratior. to feed a calf. A<fter the Riusiness sesaion, songs were sung and games played. Member present were; Billy Lhemau. Roc Alien Lehman, Wavelene la-hman, Edward Dick. Raymond Worden, Chester Habegger. Junior Arnold. Bill Arnold and one visitor. The next meeting will b» held at Kirkland High School on August 1. a* 8 p. mo Card of Thanks In thio manner we wish to thank our many friends, relatives an 1 neighbors for their word* of sympathy. floral offering* and assistance rendered us during the sickness and at the time of the dearth of Mm. Wechter. John Wechter and Family - —- <»■ - -!■■■■ “ Panama hast 787 miles of coastline on the Pacific and 177 miles on the Atlantic.

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SYNOPSIS Roommate* and cousin*. BETH KIN NAN. serious-minded and trusting, and ANDREA BARNES, rather etlf-een-tared and settish. find that the tanao- ■<■«» accompanying America * ImKndlng entrance Into th* war is ginning to effect their Ilves. For three year* Beth has been gvtag with JIM RONALD, who still has not been 100 succeaeful in getting ahead in th* world, whit* Andrea has been attracted by DENNIS ARCHER. 15 year* her senior, but wealthy and intarsstlng — and also married. YESTERDAY: Beth get* more and mor* worried about Andren’s intention of staying tn th* capital and tries to think ot some way to persuade her to leave. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN BETH’S ROOM In the boarding house was on Ute third floor, and when she took herself home that Tuesday night, she went up Ute two flights of stain with heavy feet and a heavier heart Telling herself that she loved Andrea and that they'd have lota of their old good times together (as they did before it bad been Andrea and Jim) hadn’t helped very much, because reason triumphed. She opened the door to her room, saying, "Hi!'' She was greeted with silence. The room was neat as a pin. There were three yellow chrysanthemums and a cluster of shining russet lean* in a low bowl on the dressing table, which was bare of Andrea’s things that had made a litter from the moment ot her arrival. Beth took a deep, ecstatic breath. Andrea was gome. No matter that she hadn’t left a note. It would be line Andrea to write her when she got home. Beth took off her coat and hat and dress and put them away In the eloset where Andrea's suit and three dresses had hung, and got her sponge bag from the shelf. She slipped on her housecoat and went down the haU to the bathroom. Luxuriating in her bath, enjoying her pwc« off mind, and promising herself to make up to Andy some day. she realised she'd have to hurry and drew if she were to get to dinner before it was too late to be served in the dining room. Bhe had no date for that night, but it was enough for her to look forward to a good book and an early sleep. She would sleep more peecefully this night, knowing she’d just snatthed back her found peace. She opened her bedroom door. Andrea wee sitting ea the bed. wearing a brawn drees. There was • huge pom-pom pinned to her shoulder. “Mow’d you tike the flower*. Bethler They’re from mo to you with love.” Beth set down, all weeds running out with her breath. But Aadrea ws*«t »«?•« fts words. Tye a Jok” she Mnowced,

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By ANN BAXTtt HOLLYWOOD—As a guest columnist who has just finished a picture called "Guest in the House," my cue to to talk about guests—- * some of the fa-

mows ones who have been entertained by Hollywood. I love the story of the grand vizier of a French African protec t o r a t e who visited these shores rome years ago. Being the only real live grand vizier to reach Hollywood in all

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of its much visited history there were various attempts made to serve the guest well, and one studio in particular caught this social lion. The grand vizier was conducted through the studio and visited the sets, each wonder to him being greater than the first. His interpreter—be spoke French—foltowing the end of this studio visit informed company officials that his excellency was now prepared to await his gifts. Gifts? What gifts? The interpreter asked if the company officials weren't aware of the protectorate's custom of loading gifts on visitors, and if the ceremony wasn't performed, the grand vizier had a right, according to a treaty with France, to declare war on the offending territory. And what did the grand vizier want? Seven of the company's loveliest handmaidens, including Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, Frances Dee and Dorothy Lamour among them. That is why this protectorate to technically at war with Paramount studios. But then as Groucho Marx said on leaving a particular dull party to his hoetesa. “I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it.** The coldest reception on record In Hollywood was that given to Vittorio Mussolini, son of the former dictator. He received untold boxes containing a single red rose. He had written In a book about the Italian conquest of Ethiopia,

"You’ve a job?" Beth echoed. "Cungratulate me? Am 1 a gogetter, or am I?” ’’You certainly are," Beth said bitterly." Are you secretary to th* president, or Mrs. Roosevelt?" "All in good time,” Andrea said blithely. ’’Although I’d rather be secretary to an unmarried man. A girl gets farther that way.” "You seem to be doing all right. Is it a secret?" Andrea laughed and said no. “I’m working in a store. Or I will be as at tomorrow. Look, Beth, It’s very exciting. I was wandering around the stores, looking at ' things, snd 1 saw some grand pins In one of those specialty shops— Chen Pomeroy, to be exact—and I got to talking to a girl back of the counter about Washington and all, and I asked her to go to lunch. So after lunch, she took me to meet the manager and he gave me a job. I hate being a clerk, but the girls are awfully nice and . . Beth had some idea of what clerks got in the way of salary and she had a very good idea of what it cost to live in Washington. She ■aid. “How do you think you can live on what you’ll make7“ Andrea busied herself with repairing a scarlet fingernail. "I’ll live," she said easily. "I told you I had a little money." "Well have to look for a place for you to live. I'd keep you here, Andy, but we wouldn't be able to sleep in this narrow bed." She thought. "Maybe Marion can help me to find a place for Andrea. In another part of the city." Andrea got up, looking at her watch. "Come on, honey. Get your clothes on or we won't get any dinner. I’m living here now. The Coster girl has moved out of'her room, and your landlady has rented it to me. It’s the little one on the fourth floor, but I won't mind. I'll be here with you most of the time. That is." she added laughingly, “when I'm not having dates." Beth began to get dressed Mke someone having a dream, not too pleasant, but better than weiring up from It. On the way downstairs, Andrea said, "You’ll be glad I’ve come. Pm Vernons all right, but he’s only Vernon. Ye gods. Beth, how you waste your opportunities! Here you are in Washington where there are donens of men and you'vj had only one beau for three months!" Beth reminded her again of the disproportionate number of males and females in the nation's capital, but Andrea laughed that one off. Most of them haven’t got what you and I have." ■Arent’s you sstisfied with having Jim?" • Andrea surprisingly, t L e,!T P ‘V. 1U get the boys for you." .?**:”** *• «y W "On «Bfi M*» uuy* you want tor your••R, but give JUmbMKte met *

TUESDAY, JULY 18,

that bombs dropped « J natives, when they hit th. *IW opened like beautiful w * I blossoms. 1 * 8 When Vke President o. U Curtis and his sister, visited Hollywood in l»3i. * Academy banquet of that 2 there was a great stir abw, siding positions. Dolly may remember, mxo, M . sue of who should be , and why, so that th. . lem in Hollywood tecaa/.’S plexing one. Hollywood »***„ were a-dlther, and even-rfZ ‘ sure that some of the gre*u»vJ2 * be offended—as indeed ther* J because they were not sett*. °* r ’ enough to the vice pmvkc t 9 ** his society-leading Mstw i_tafo Dressier saved the day. Wl«>ala received her statuette that y«<amt said, “I think Dolly Gann osg earl get up, 1 feel so proud, tr.;VM me her seat.'* The good krs that remark saved the day t, one laughed heartily, and « malcontents stifled their fas -I in laughs. Albert Einstein was a * I several years ago. The tw,,. " telligenteia turned out topw } Nothing un-highbrow permitted to meet his vm. - intellectuals, the experts sorts of everything w tn places around him, so tteffW Einstein would get nothing w best impression of Hollywood jIU ho was asked, "What wvak>•’ like to see, Mr. EtnsteiC’fßß which ho answered, “Tu. I where they make Mickey Mu ? Randolph Churchill, son «ti ~ prime minister, was a vtates " era! yean ago, as the gw Fo Groucho Marx, Oscar Lew. *Li' a number of others One nlgi . He group decided to play a public amusement place Chit dl was assigned to retnm fO-l ping-pong balls as his fosUI being taught the game bv coq. Levant He spent the night a R ing. Amused, he wired his rtu--tial New York friend. F » * Bayard Swope, teffirg vteiJ™ happened. Swope wired »r" "DONT FORGET YOt'P.BF ONLY REPRESENTING 71 u EMPIRE — YOU'RE ALSO U RESENTING ME" . J®

She knew how lmpo»*ibh ' . was. J The next morning, Beth at the office because Andntf. borrowed her alarm clock tt: * ’ had forgotten to stop in ud Beth was awake. So Beth another clock for her»elf sal *• Andrea that night, when tot > Bi bathing Andrea’s tired !«<’- < ■he could have the other. m i Andrea’s feet were just u Tlk Thursday night, but she »u to go to the movies with fir Cole, and to join Beth and Ve on Friday night when they; - to take one of their long wan"* Beth loved walks with which began tn the twilight ” ’ walked miles, finding er.’.ekfl ment tn things their eyes fell talking about books they’d ton’ and the news tn the papen '- V *>OS celerating atmosphere of Wetofiol ton. the shadow of thing* to eßg| Usually they stopped in *an»*JJq and got a small supper. * cigarets over coffee, snd nt®, about Bert’s efforts to g«t into hto office. The walk with Andres ru ss lived. Andrea was not Interros’ news events, and her feet tired. They dropped Into » and later went straight home- xl Saturday, Andrea said toe *° going straight from the »"*? »RI o’clock to the station. She wutßls teg Jim for ths week-end. I’ only * two-hour train trip C* : ta back Sunday night m But she was not back on night Beth didn’t see her : Monday night at dinner. A’ \n was flushed and gay, but for \ said she was tired and tfrto she’d turn in early, having wmore to say to Beth, other the" ask wher she could bars ,ar films developed. Beth asked her about th**" tures a few days after and A'"* got them out of her hsndW*’* 1 gave them to her. Jim’s face leaped at Brt» *2 the glossy paper. Jim. *ithj| radiant, remembered ami!*casual, Jim's height stan-WI Andrea’s shoulder It was li**’ teg him tn person. Beth said, “He hasn't chaff much, has he?* “How do you like the plctur* me. Beth?" Andrea asked * fully. "You always take a good P : - Andy." “Notice anything ptr* about these?” Andwa ask* an odd note In her voice. Beth looked again and xb™ 1 head. “With that corsag* ° a ’ ’ look like a bride.” 4 Andren laughed uncertain 1 ? THAT!" she exclaimed. Then what did you rather than anxtoty in be: »• Bo CinW-dl >