Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1944 — Page 3

(,fcIDAY, AUG. 4, 1944.

* ,d LtCT» OFFICI RS Ttse tadi“* Aid *«•« I"'y ”t the , Int UnJWd Hrgßr ragsraiwe<- 1,,K an ' l a!|||i'a;<a <4 off if lIW, St. O. Wya:- Tiiui ««i. y • v<hThe devotlota! program wa* preHMI by M-WL Earl Urldn. Mo WißimnDarial tbs ,« • ..n eight dl* were reported ami the work wnmiUee tarted in >20.51. Mr* U i. Wynn and Mr* D.i.i.l w>nn -tt9 re-elected president arid *eer<>ury, respective; cneulUK year at--: viceV«KMMrt,Mrs- Floyd D.-.i:'i, »**!*•■ Mm. v.w Bak.-r; eSsSarer Mrs. F 1 apMyitepMts Ja. k - ,u, < a.>. I. -. tAg Um.s«•# °f lt "’ mm-tltig. deliby Mr* Wiland Mr*. Manley fibtb-ian Mi-ei-maij . > IwM an all day meet;g « the IMlrcli Thnr-d.iy Tinny Wtl tie dWOted to It d (Ttnu Tte..W-e*»e's Christian Temper- > I’nlftß Will meet at file hums MniE-W. Bu It- i'mvd.iy afterDEEDS AVAILABLE From Fas* 1) ratted Mttoasi niion a* being' -Ml it place* in the ’afttd Bt|tt®lk t<> In- *»-!»*«• ti-<i for development will be pla<4 in tfce de*d». which the govern ~-nt Will anth-i i/e im hiding that he United stat- of America will MMhRMM<I to nil mineral*. 1,1 or un ’>er the round; that tie trai t* *hall not « Used purpose* MMiKfW •»*•”* of crop* ami IWSHHP* 0 ' which »«■- ll* *S oggMEr Homestead*. Im also to tie-

1 Hurry! Hurry! SATURDAY I • .|j,AST DAY of our sensational clearance. I Bahrams galore! Good selections still reV^ n in eae ** department. | I Your opportunity to purchase quality I Ljiierchamtise at practically give-away prices. I BUY NOW WHILE PRICES I ARE LOW! j| F. GASS STORE iHErl’ K I ’ /j S f want to experiment with those | Mpch raved-about Faberge perfumes .. . have a 1 tfcd measured to order . . . Straw Hat, W<widhue i BB^’ KresH ** * the dram, plus tax. I |g;. Smith Drug Co.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phone* 1000 — 1001 Tuesday Delta Theta Tan, called meeting. Elk* Home, 8 p. in Catholic tallies of Columbia, K of C. hull, 7:30 p. m. Pel lota XI sorority, ta*ion llosne, 8 p. m. W. C. T. U. Mr*. E. W- Busebe. Monroe, 2 p. m. Thureoay Zion Lutheran Ml**ionsry society, church, all day. Pleastflj Dale Aid, Church, all day. Men's Union Prayer Service, ground floor public library, 7:30 p. nt. Missionary society of Church of (kid. .Mr* Reirl»*n Smith, 7 JO p. m. Women of Moose, Moose home, 6 p m. Nuaurene meeting, Mr*. Aaron Yoder, 7:30 p. m. Salem Evangelical and Reformed tadira Aid, (Pariah hall, all day. Chrlatlan church Ladle* aid, churt b, 7:30 p. m Firat V. iB tadie* Aid. Mra. R. O. Wynn, 7:30 p. tn. Heidelberg Class picnic, HannaNuttman park. 6 p. m Friday Y. P. M. 8., Nuttman Avenue U. B. church, 7:30 p m. Firat U. B. Work and Win claaa, Memorial park, 6 p. m. Sunday Mount Tadwir W 8. C. S., Mra. Carl Daniel, 7:30 p. in. proper!lea. "the deed containing un option giving the aaMM-iation the firnt right to r<-purcha*e the unit any time within the year* of the date of the deed.” Thia reservation run* not to exceed 20 year*. Mimeographed letter* from Mr. Linn and Alfred Beaver*, president of the llomeHtead*. have tw-en mailed to each occupant, explaining in detail the provl*lon* of government payment and l»«u---lug of deeds. Partial payment* can lie made and payment in full mu*t Im- made by October 31 of any current year. In order to obtain a deed a* of

U N CEE MM Mr. and Mm. Hugo From, of 733 N. Third St., have received word that their kon, Cpl, Raymond C. Frans. ha* arriv-d *af<-ly in Englund Hi* addre** may be obtained from bia parent*. <'pl and Mr*. J. Franklin Halterotadt are *pendiiig a 10 day furlough vudting relalive* and friend* h re. <’p|. Haßa-r*tadt I* enroute from Concordia, Kan., to Nevada, Mo. Mr. and Mm. Eugene N. Melchi hove received word that their »on. Cpl Eugene Melchi. U. 8. M C„ who recently wa* advanced to that grade. Is now enjoying a rest at a Pacific buae after 10 month* of combat duty a* an antl-aftfcraft gunner. Karl F Johnson. 8 2/c, who recently completed lioot training aj Great laikea. ha* been assigned to the following add re**: L. 8. T. Induction Group. A. T. B. Camp Bradford. N. O. B Norfolk. 1, Va. He 1* the oon of Mr. and .Mr*. Albert Johnson of 'Monmouth. Major D. Burdette Custer, former Decatur attorney, haa been rant to Vandalia air field for special Instruction for one month. Maj. Cueter ha* been stationed at the air baee at Columbia, 8- C. for the past two year*. — -o Camp Meeting The camp meeting in progress at Monroe under the auspices of the Adame county holiness aasociatlon. will continue through Sunday, August 13. Rev. Janie* Miller, Indianapolis evangelist, I* the speaker. Rev. and Mre M. L. Morford of Berne are song leaders, with Mias Opal Sprunger of Monroe a* tbe pianist. ■Rev. John J. Moe, missionary to China for to year*, will speak at a mlMtionary rally Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Sunday evening service wil begin at 7:30 o’clock and week-night service at X o'clock. maCALS «ev- Walter D. Bauer, of Fishenvllle. Ontario. Canada, is vieiting al the Ed Bauer borne. Rev. Bauer will be the principal speaker for Iho Bauer-Dowler reunion, to be held at Convoy, Ohio next Sunday. 'B. F. Roller, formerly of this city, now living near Elgin. Ohio, la opening a law office in Van Wert. ( F. G. ChriMten of North Second street who broke a leg in a fall at hi* home six wveke ago la still confined to hl* room He hopes to have date of January I, following payment. Swim at Shroyer Keach Today’s Pattern // °/ / f 9 370 A< / / 1 SIZES // / \>B 10 20 f/ T 71 WM / I 18 > 1 11 rll ■ MARIAN MARTIN “As you like It" Pattern 8370. Makes a bareback sunfrock or Jumper; a topper you tuck-in as a blouse or wear out an a Jacket. Pattern #370 come* In misses' and women's sixes: 10. 12. 14. 10. 10, 20; 30. 32. 34, 30. 30. 40. 43. 41 Rise 10, 3% yards 18-Inch. Thia pattern, together with a nedlework pattern of useful and decorative motifs for linens and garments. TWENTY Cl NTH. Send TWINTY CENT! in colna for these patterns to the Decatur Dully Democrat. Pattern Dept. 1B& N. Jefferson St., Chicago 80, Ih. Write plainly SIZE. NAME, AD. DRESS DRESS. STYLE NVMHER Send FIFTEEN CENTS more for the Marian Martin new and bigger Hummer Pattern Book. Sl.Pages: aaay.to.make styles. Free pattern printed In book.

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Mail Specialist Vhgjr • William H. Brown, chief specialist (Maili, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brown of tills city. Is In charge of the main post office at the Naval Air Base, Penaacola. Florida. The Chief Petty Officer, who visited here recently with hl* parents, wu« one of the first young nu-n from this city to enlist in the navy. He entered the service in March 1941. following hi* graduation from the Decatur high school, of which hl* father is the principal, in .May 194<>. He was prom<>ted to the rank of Chief Petty Officer a few months ago and hi* position in the mail service entail* great re*poiiHiblllty. the caat removed soon so he can move around. S P. Bowoly-r, 1009 W<-«t Manroe street, I* seriously II! a* the r<-*ult of awveral strokes. He la a patient at Adam county memorial hospital. o — Has Perfect Rotary Attendance Record A- R. (Fred i AshlMUcher, roofing and furnace merchant of this city, lea* an enviable record for attendance at Rotary meetings. In the post 20 y<nr* nc has not mimed a meeting. When out of the city or otherwise prevented from attending the weekly meeting here, Mr. Asltbaucher attended a Rotary meeting in some other city, thus maintaining a perfect attendance score. die wa* given a hearty applause by mmritent at the meet Ing last evening. In lieu of a medal. Avon Burk had charge of the program and Ersel Walley, of the Fort Wayne club was In attendance. 1 Ml 111 IL 0 Will I lim — Trade tn a Good Town necatm

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L ©«- eAll irIAT IS UH of the famous Notre Dame cathedral In St. Lo, France, atanda laolated amid the debrto of shattered buildings In that liberated town. (International Soundphoto)

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THS FIRST AMERICAN FLAG to be retaken from the enemy In the Pacific theater of war la pictured above in the proud hands of Platoon Sergt. Donald C. Bushnell, left, of Nampa. Idaho, and CapL Louis Wilson of Brandon. Mias., Marines. The flag was recaptured on Guam In the Marianas and on f r ° und the first Jap battle banner to fall to U, S. Marines when they landed on that former £U. S. base a few weeks ago, , . (lattrottionil Suuodohoto)

Hoosiers To Choose From Four Tickets Candidates Listed For State Offices Indianapolis, Any. 4. (VP)—lndiana voter* on Nov. 7 will choose among the Republican. Democratic, i Prohibition and Socialist parties. The candidates for various (cderal and state offices, whose name* have been approved lor the genera) election ballot* by the stale board of elec lon commisMtoners: For President Franklin D. Roosevelt. New York <Di; Thomas E., Dewey. New York (II); Claude A. Matron, California <l’t; Norman Thoma*. New fork (8). For Vice-President- Harry 8 Truman, Missouri <D); John W. Bricker. Ohio (ID; Floyd C Carrier, Maryland (P); Darlington Hoopes, Pennsylvania (8). For U. S. Senator (long terml Henry F. Scbrlcker, Knox (D>; Homer E. Capehart, Washington (ID: George W. Holston, Linn Grove (P); Marion B. Tomslch. Ogden Dune* (8). For U. 8. Senator (short term I — Cornelius O'Brien, latwreneeburg (D); ('apt, William E. Jenner. Bedford (ID; Carl W. Thompson. Fountain City (P). For governor Samuel D. Jackson. Fort Wayne (D>; Ralph F. Gates, Columbia City (ID; Waldo E. Yeater. New Paris (Pl; William Rabe, Hr.. Evansville (8). For Betenant governor Floyd J Hemmer, Huntingburg (DI; Richard T. James, Portland (R|; John T. Chappell. Marlon (Pl; W. H. Richard*. Indianapolis (Hi. For Secretary o f state Charles F. Fleming, Hammond (Dl; Rm- J. Alexander. Pine Village (R); Frank W. Lough. Winona take (Pl; Walter O. Nehrlng. Gary (Si. For state treasurer taster E. Holloway. Muncie (D); Frank T. Millis, Campbellsburg (ID; Omer F. Smith, Hagerstown (P); Roy L. Farr, Evansville (81. For State Auditor—Ernest Weatherholt. Cannelton (Dl; A. V Burch. Evansville (ID; Fred W. Knott. Auburn (Pl; Myrtle Cole, Indianapolis (8). For Attorney Genera) Hubert E Wlcken*, Greensburg ilti; Janie* A. Emmert. Shelbyville (ID. For State Supt. Public Instruction Robert B. Hougham. Franklin (Di; Clement T. Malun. Terre Haute (ID; Milton W. Schowe. Col-

umbus (SL For Supreme, Appellate Court Rigiorter Mrs. Clara Ward, Indianapobn (Di; Mr*. Fern E. Norri*. ' Indianapolis (ID; Florence Penrod. Marlon (P). For Supreme Court Judge. Grat district John W. Baiiinunk. Braxll (Dl: Frank E. Gilklson, Washington (It). For Supreme Court Juifge, third district H. Nathan Swaim. Indianapolis (Dl; Howard 8. Young. Indianapoll* (It). For Supreme Court Judge, firth district Michael L. Fansli r. I*e | gunsport (D); Oliver S arr. Gary (ID. For Appellate Court Judge, first district Warren W, Marlin,! Boonville (D); Frank M. Hamilton, Terre Haute (it). For Appellate Cours Judge, second district Frank B Russell. Tlptofl (Di; Dan C. Flanagan, Fort Wayne (ID. G. E. Union Meeting Sunday Afternoon Robert Cole, president of tacal 924, V. E. R. W. A„ today announced a m«‘«»tln« of all G. E. emi ployes will be held at the union - hall on North Second street Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The union's application for a 17-' : < ent Increase will Im- explained and dlscurMcd at this meeting. All G. , E. employes are Invited to be preoent. o ; Annual Moose Lodge Picnic Here Sunday 1 The annual picnic of Adams lodge 1331. |»ya| Order of Moose, wll Im- held at SurtHet park Sunday. • Wives and families of ;n>*m4>en< who are in aervlce are specially 1 Invited to attend ti.e pi.nlc- - o Army Service Garage At Ottawa Destroyed r Ottawa, Aug. I —PUP) A flash flr» of undetermined origin raxed the huge army aerviee corp* garage today, destroying more than SO military cars, exploding gasoline drum*, and causing damage estimated at 11.C00.000. There wa* no loss of ' life. ( a Jackie Cooper Faces Serious Moral Charge .1 __ ’ >• South Bend., hid, Aug. 4 (UP) -1 Jackie Cooper, former film atar

and a naval V-12 trainee at Notre Dame, wa* charged today with contributing to the delinquency of a 15year old South Bend girl by furnishing her intoxicating liquor and inducing here to remain overnight in a hotel riMwn he had rented. Prosecutor Arthur F. Scheer filed six affidavit* agaltMt foui jMirson*. including the 22-year-o)d Hollywood star, charging them With the delinquency count. He said the charge* came from an Investigation of a "wild party thrown at a South Bend hotel July 22." - o— — ———— Nephew Os Decatur Woman Is Wounded Pfc. Robert Sullivan. 19. son of Mr*. Elma Sullivan of Berne and a n- phirw of Mr*. Ralph O. Gentis of thl* city. I* convalescing in a hospital. somewhere oveiweM. presumably from wounds received in action with American troop* in France. The mother did not receive full details, the letter from her son merely staling that he wa* in a hospital. He a leu spoke of a battle, did not say w9i<-n or how he was injured. Mrs. Sullivan ha* another non. Marine Rkcbard thilllvan, some, where in Guam area in the Pacific. Local Lady's Father Is Taken By Death Orval 1,. Fisher, 70, of Bluffion. father of Mr*. Lloyd Cowerm of this city, died at the Methodist hospital In Fort Wayne Thursday evening, a ftiw houn* after being overcome by fftw heat while driving a truck for the Clinic hospital, Bluffton, where he was employed. Former custodian of the Wells county court house from 1927 to 1941, the deceased is survived by the widow, Iona: and two daughter*. Miw. Ciiwena of this city and Mr* W. F. <'owen* of Petroleum Funeral service* will lie held at 3 p. m. Sunday at the First Methodist church in Bluffton. o Westfield Canning Plant Is Destroyed Noblesville, Ind.. Aug. 4.—(UP) The Westfield Canning factory wa* destroyed by a Are of undeternjlned origin today and the lo** wa* estimated at 115.090 Mr*. Anna Booked I*. Indianapolis, owned the property. Company official* *ald a crop of 200 acres of i tomaloe* wuld he traii*ferred to . other factories. o •- Nazis Resume Robot Raids On England tandon, Aug. 4.—(UP) — The Germans resumed their robot bomb assault against southern England toilay, sending salvo a-fter salvo crashing across the channel after British aviator* had broken the back of a night attack in one of the moat Htrlking defensive action* of the war. The Brili*h air command threw squadron* of the latest type Tempest and Spitfire lighter* into an

NOTICE G. E. Employees An important meeting will l>e held Sunday, Aug. 6 2 o’clock P. M. UNION HALL North Second St.—Decatur The application for the 17c increase and piece work will l>e explained and discussed. VWWWWVMAMWMMWWWMWWVWIMRAMMMNVI* I You are cordially invited to be present. | It will Im* to your benefit to attend. < MMMMMMMNMMMtWWWWtMWiMMWWM U. E.R.&M.W. A LOCAL No. 924

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all-night battle In which the speedy planes, droning ba< k and forth under bright moonlight, sent the greater part of the power-iiomba crashing to earth before they had spent their power and exploded. o ■ ■ Ration Calendar (War Price and Rat ton Board Office, corner Firat and Moan* ■lx, closed Tuesday and Tburwday.) Processed Food* Blue stamps A8 tbruogh Z 8 and Z-5 good for 10 points each Indefinitely. B-5 'hrough F-5 become good August 1 and remain good Indefinitely. Meatu Red tamps Al thruogb Z 8 good for 10 points each Indefinitely. A-5. B-5 and C-5 become g<M»d July 30 and remain good Indefinitely. Sugar Stamps 30. 31 and 32 in Book four good for 5 pounds until further notice. Stamp 40 In Book four good for 5 pounds of canning sugar. Application for additional canning sugar must be eent to board accompanied by one spare stamp 97 for each applicant. •heee No. 1 "airplane" and No. 2 “airplane" stamp In book 3 good for 1 pair each until further notice. Stamps Invalid If removed from book. Oa Milne Stamp A-12 good for 8 gallons through Sept. 21. 83, C-I. B 4 and C-4 good for 6 gallons until further notice. T. (tnird qtr j good for 5 gallons through Sept. 30 E. and E-l good for 1 gallon. K and R-l good for 5 gallon*. R and R-l not valid at tilling stations but consumer may exchange R tor E at bia local board if he ekshea to parchase non-highway gasoline at tiling station. A. B, C. D and T coupons are not valid until they have been endorsed in Ink. pencil, •tamped or printed with the automobile registration number and state. Motorists should write 1944 number* on book and on coupons. Tires Passenger car tire 'nspectlone are no longer required, but inspection records should be retained for obtaining supplemental rations and tire replacements. Next Inspection r due: Commercial vehicles every • months or every 5,000 miles. B * bidders eligible for Grade 1 tires but must show absolute need to carry on essential activities. All f A holders may obtain certificates f for Grade 3 tires, but only after » they have found tire* which may be purchased. reel CH Period 4 and 5 coupons valid through Sept. 30 and have the following vaiuee: 1 unit, 10 gallons; 5 unite, 50 gallons; 25 units, 350 , gallons. All change-making con- , pons and reserve coupons are now I good. Used Fats Each pound of waste fnt to good for two meat-ration points. > "■ " o • •“■■■■■ Prado In a dooc 3 own — Decatet o FOR SALE—MaKNcy-HarriN corn binder at Leo King -sale Tuesday. 1H432