Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1944 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, lud., Post Offlcs aa Second Class Matter. I H. Hsll«r.~_ President A R. Holthouse. Sec'y. * Bus. Mgr Pick D. Heller——. Vice President Subscription Rates Single Copies — * .04 One week by carrier .SO ■y Mall In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, *4 5u per year; *2.50 for sis months; 1135 tor three months; 50 cents for one month. Elsewhere: 15 50 per year; 53 00 for sis months; fl 65 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women In the armed forces 13 50 per year or *I.OO for three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative •CHEERER A CO. 15 Islington Avenue, New York 25 E Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111 An extra bond or two put awiy now will provide funds to start Mary or Johnny off to college some day. —• u Poik loin;;, hain ami fi-li are hack on the ration lists but steaks can now be secured without points, giving us a variety menu that will be appreciated by many. O—O " The w< i k end toll of accidents again evidences the need for the iltmo- t care. An automobile cts- ■ glue Is a powerful piece of machinery and should lie handled as such. —o I Then- Is no epeclhc quota for bonds this month hut that's the more rea-ou we should keep up our averages. Buy .is many as you can. It’s for your good as well as Uncle Sam's. O—O Rural schools of Adams county will reconvene after the summer I holiday on September sth and trustees are busy now employing teachers, bus drivers and comphMl:tg other plans. —o President Roosevelt is hack from visits to Hawaii and the Aleutians < and has reported to the people. He keep* in touch with the situation and knows what is going on In ever theater of the war 111* talk was most intcrostlDg. —o Political headquarters are being opened in most of the Indiana cities and within a imsuth the campaign will be off to a good start. It will not have the red flares of previous ones but it promises to be plenty interesting for a war year. s —o Taik all the politics you want hut if we hadn't had ceiling prices and the OPA we would have been having a tough time right now. Control of prices on necessities must be continued until after the postwar period If every one la to have his share at prices he can afford I I ■* The little rod school house is on it's way out Five more have been clawed In the county this year and more will be closed as time gtoea on. The pupils are conveyed by bus to schools better equipped to provide the children with education equal to that obtained in the towns and cttlos. -o The contract for rebuilding the rond between Coppess corner and Borne on 27. has been awarded to th* Fort Wayne Paving Company For a copy of the Decatur Daily Democrat «r> to Lmw Bron. Kefitaurant The Stopbaek on aate i each eveatof \

on their low bld ot *34'3.226 The Improvement will take care of the 7.09 miles and work is expected to start soon so it can be completed before winter. —o The city of Decatur plans to Install a water softening plant after the war and have already contacted authorities at Indianapolis us jo ptoceedure. It would be a splendid improvement. With this, an improved sewer system and a tewage disposal plant, we would really be making progress. —o They say that pineapples sell in lamdon for *27 75 and grapes for seven dollars |»-r pound. We can see how a few people could afford them at that price but Hie average worker in England who doesn't make mar aa mucli ns in this (OUiitry must have to just look at th- pictures and smack his li|> —o After Paris, what? The Nazi lorccs will probably continue to make stands as they fall backward but the Allies will have the French at my now in Africa and millions of other natives of France who have been under the Iron heel the past three years. With this added strength, it would not take long to rea< h Berlin. - — First models of new electric lion , ruthorlzcd recently by Wl’B. wII appear in retail stores tn September. General Electric -ays quality of Its two automatic mod els In production in Its Ontario, t'alif.. plant, will be pre-war. with a slightly diffi rent external finish. Prices will be *8.55 and *5.70, including tax. Tin- Adams County Memorial Hospital which has been operating without a budget, will continue to do so next year. No tax levy will be needed it Is announced. It In- ( dicater, good management and i those in charge deserve commeii- 1 dation. Operating coats of the in- i stitution total more than *90,009 per year, this being slightly more than balanced by the income. —o In recent years the United States has had the worst accident record of any country except Chile. The last report from Germany was In 1936. when accidental deaths per 100,000 population were 43.4. Jap- , an, which reported as late as 1938, had a 44.0 rate. In comparison, the United States rate per 100,000 the last year was 72.3. according to statistics by the National Safety Council. . —o Even the experts like Frank N Wallace, veteran state eutomolo gist, cannot figure out why there Is a scarcity of flies and other insects this year. Even the gnats that usually interfere with painting at this season have not appeared. Those who give much thought to such things says the spring moisture should have produced a big , crop hut something seems to have happened. Too bad they can’t bud out what II was so it could be used every year. —o Teachers of the county will convene here August 3<»th for an allday Institute. L. L. Hann, county superintendent. has planned an interesting program which Includes a morning and an afternoon address by Rev. HI men Davidian of Lima. Ohio. The Rev. Davidian was born In Armenia and knows much about the conditions In every country of Europe. He Is now a naturalised American and recently spoke here at a Rotary meeting Thia as well aa the rest of the day's program should make the day one of the most valuable the teachers have had In a long time. r j Q If one has unintentionally dose xomutbiog discourteous to-' Mrdy soO'Wr ptyapp. would'it H correct to My “oxetioa »**'? A No, not If one desires to ask

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Mary Klopfenstein Is Taken By Death Lifelong Resident Os County Is Dead Mrs. Mary Atnstutz Klopfenstein. 71. native and lifelong resident of Adams county, died Sunday morning at the home of Iter son Henry. In Monroe township, seven miles northwest of Berne. She had been Ix-dfast four weeks. The deceased was lairn Jan 5. 1870 in French township, the daughter of Christian and Mary Ann Nussbaum Amstutz, la>th of Switzerland. On Feb. 22. 1890 sinwas married in Vera Cruz to Peter Klopfenstein, of French township. For 45 years the couple live<| at their present home west of the Winchester U. B. church in Monroe township. Surviving are the following children: Henry, near Monroe; Noah. Tucson. Arlz ; Mrs. Emma Mailonee. near Decatur; Mrs. Tillie Ehrsam. near Monroe; Mrs. Ida Egly, Monroe; Mrs. Mary Mertz, near Bluffton; 35 grandchildren, another's pardon. "Excuse me" should Ibe used only when one is aeklng (s-rmiMslon io leave tlu.room, or go Homewhere. Q U an usher v< al the entrance of |he aisle when a iwoman and her cm-ort are -titering a theater, which would In- first to follow the usher?” A. The urther goes flrut. then the wtTUian, and la«t her Mcort. If There is no usher, ibe man should go first. Q What would lie a good methor for indicating to the wa.’er that you have finl«bed a cour* '! •A (place Lhe knife on the plate, (blade in. alung«ld>- the fork.

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one great grandchild; one sister. Mrs. Cary Tcm '.a, Berne; and two brothers, Amos Amstutz, (Irabill, and William Amstutz, near Monroe. Preceding her were the parents, five brothers, four sisters, the husband, two sons and three daughters. Mrs. Klopfenstein was a mem- • her of the Winchester U. B. church in Monroe township, when funeral services will be held Wednes- , day afternoon at l:3o o'clock following a brief service at the lien ’

ry Klopfenstein home. Thu pastor, Rev. L. A. Middaugh, will officiate. Burial will lie In the Ray cemetery west of Monroe. The l«»dy will be returned to the Henry Klopfenstein home Monday evening from the Yager mortuary. —— o *" Nazi Germany produces about 40 million ton* of ir»n and eteel per year, and Japan almut a million Production in the It S. Is ostiinat- ’ cd at islmut 88 million tone.

New Secret Weapon Claimed By Nazis 'Completely New' Weapon Is Claimed dxmdon. Aug 14 -(UP) -A German apokiwmati told neutral corres-l»uid«-nts today that Gprnmnyis new secret weapon. "V 2." had been completed and would be used by the German army, nalby and uir fores at "the supreme tactical moment.’* The wpokeemana remarks were nrported In dispatches from neutral capitals as the German botmbardm<‘nt of Ijondon with "A'-l” JloJxrt immibH neared the -nd of the second month -without sign of slackening. Th<- r<pok>v*mau said the new weapon was not a variation of tire robot bomb, but rather wax "a completely new and atbsolutely secret weapon" which can Im- fired even by shi|M< at sea and over long dislance*. Another dirtpatch reaching London said the Germans -were planning to use rdbot incendiary ixrmtrs against England British sources attributed the increasing numiber of reports of German secret weapons to a Naxi desire to spread alarm among the Allies and to lessen diMurtisfaction on thr- home front with the setbacks on the eastern and western battlofronln 'London had a r-rtpitc from reflrot bomta tn daylight yrwtr-rday, 4>ut the assault was resumed on both the capital and other district* of rt<niih<-rn England whorlly Diefore midnight and wa« continuing in daylight today. — Q_„ \ Household Scrapbook I | >y ROBERTA LEE | Ink Stains For ink stains on white faArric keep the following solution on hand. On - ounce <-ach of sal ammoniac and rtaJts of tartar, d’ut in a quar’ Itottle half 'full of water and Khake ■well for several sninutM, then. Dll -Irottie -with water, whake again mid cork. Soak the goods in this solution and then wash. Corns A rv-medy for corn* U to bind a small piece of lemon to the corn and change daily for threy or four days to loonen ft. Then soak the foot in warm water and the corn can 4m- easily removed Jewelry A solution of one half ammonia

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CHATTER THIRTY-SIX t TWO OTHER girls, with An- ' drea and Beth, were staying on at the rooming house for Christmas. < Andrea said she couldn’t bear rattling about the big house, and J couldn’t they go to Pennington to ' share Christmas with the Halls, 1 who were distantly related? The 1 baby wasn't coming until early summer, and by then they could 1 make up the money they’d apend 1 in railroad fare. But Beth was 1 adament about spending the money. There were to be greater sacri- < flees than this one ahead for the I two of them. I Andrea pouted a little, but gave I In and began to make plans for the i i day. They were going to have ' Christmas dinner with the Blakes, I but were spending Christmas Eve 1 in their own place. I Mrs. Eichel did her best to make the rooming house as cheerful aa she could. There was a big overtrimmed tree in the living room, and wreaths in the windows, but nothing could disguise the fact that the house was a rooming house, not a home. Andrea, handing up shining glass balls to Beth, who would not let her climb the ladder by the tree lest she have an accident, whispered, ’’lf I had a rooming house, it wouldn’t be full of Iron beds and make-shift stuff. If you took everybody out of this house and let a stranger In, he’d know it for what It is at one®.** Sifting lead snow over the branches. Beth said, T sm in complete accord. It would be just aa easy and eheap to paint beds and use lota of chlntx and have bookshelves around, and something a little more cheery than these piano lamps. . . . Have J enough Icicles on this side?" * ’•Remember last Christmas?" Andrea said, looking so wistful that « la ' l • he ' d bou < ht the quilted bed-jaeket aa a surprise They had agreed to give each other dollar presents. "You and I are not going to look at the past, Andy. We look to the future, as of last week.” ’’Sure." Andrea said as two bls tears rolled down her cheeks "I think i’ll go and see how the cookies are comipg along." I trall * d •”* h»to the kitehen ' n1 J* " ,ce ** ®' ch *’ to •give us the run of the kitchen and let me prepare (he buffet supper P’ "It certainly was," Andrea •greed, crying a little harder. “If I had a place like thia, rd feSKSAeszs pass and ask the girts ts tßsy-d 14s

'T Jr **"■ '"•H‘ \ ‘8'4? A J A J I \ a ) ,NPO UNITED STATES Alff FOWEff hau converged on Japan s xtoka mK from three separate theaters of war and haa left In Its wake ing ruins at Davao (A) on the Island of Mindanao In the at Nagasaki (B) on the Japanese homeland and at on the island of Sumatra. B-29 Superfortresses wer* rrxpouuh iXj the last two actions, while B-24 Liberators from Gen. Doughiikß Arthur's Southwest Pacific theater flew to the Philippines <a successive days to execute the first bombings of Jap position since the battle of Bataan. At the same time, the Navy nounced the end of organized resistance on the Island of Gum jK and the establishment of Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly TumefiiM phibious force headquarters on Saipan Island (E).

Two Burned To Death At Ordnance Works ; I Operating Building Destroyed By Fire Charlestown. Ind. Aug. 14. — I (I’tT’i Fol. Kelly H. Lewis, comI mandlng officer of the Indiana ' ordnance works, said today that two persona were burned fatally and three others injured In a Are last night in an operating building at the prawllng Hoosier war Installation. Im-wls saki tne cause of the first was undetermined but that an In- - 1 vestlgatlon has been launched. The Ave victims were the only occupants of the building in which < the Are occurred, he added. The commander said the dead ‘ were Joseph H. Bruner. 28. .Mitchell, Ind., and. Cleo H. Buslck, 27, Marengo, Ind. ■■l - ______ and one half water Is excellent for cleaning Jewelry, Then polish with a chamois.

to prepare their own special dishes t sometimes." | “It’s fun, isn’t it?" Andrea said dolefully. 1 "Yes, and . . . and even though 1 . . Beth sniffed and swallowed I the lump in her throat, "... to- I morrow won’t be like other Christmases, well enjoy it, won’t we?” I “You bet!" Andrea fell Into her ■ arms and they cried for about ten 1 minutes until they smelled the cookies burning. ’ < Wakened by the lovely sound of 1 church bells on Christmas mom 1 ing, Beth remembered the first 1 time she had heard them in Wash- 1 ington and how glad she was to be , away from Andrea and the things of her past, and now they brought her back to them, and the know)edge that nothing of which one is ever a part can be put from one if It is meant to be. They were going to church on Christmas morning, she and Andrea. She dressed and made her bed and moved their presents from a chair where they had left them to a table where she'd "ut up a little tree. It was a private affair between them that this was for the baby Nylon stockings from Andrea to Heth. A white jatin, flower-unrigged T»i«ed bed-jacket for Andrea from Beth. Six detective novels for Andreaand a beautifully-bound copy '< The Oxford Book of English Verse for Beth — from Dennis. Notepaper and woolly mittens, a wooden terrier with a chain to attach to a lapel, an oiled silk kerthese were Andrea's gifts from girls In the house, who had given Beth bridge cards, notepaper, handkerchiefs, a tittle pillow tor her bed. other gew-gaws, ashtrays and the like. Andrea’s shop hM glven her, in Heu of the money Sj;..*” 1 ' *° r ’ a •'•Msome brilliant clip. Mr. Slade had prosaltally presented Beth with a very welcome brand-new |2O Mil It reP«*d with her EMX) ln the t« * slipper on a shelf In her “I iSL’tZ c,0 “ ,0 ~m’ " Andrea OMt ot 'torch. •nd so Beth hadn t the hear*, to tell her they couldn’t afford a taxi to |«>e them to the Blakes. “ JJfiT'.T ®* rt *•*" marrt ««*. not about the baby who was coming. bedroom and tried to say how sor?.wT? y , but Andrea, busy

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The Injured ln< iud<«j kcp-|B ley. 39. Austin Ind w|iuv lt qß burned and taken to 8t hospital, lamisvill-. Ky W|B Zolmsn. 16, chai ;>■«! >»n was taken to lxini»vll> hoqS alid Michael MH'li-i y |., Ind . who was tak< n to ha IwM o H COURT HOUM In the divorce suit >< son vs Orval Johnson, the M ant was ordered o> ;>iy pljirs'f'O a week, begiuuillg AuXU-t ~nM like amount each Saturday qM further order of the court MM ant was also ordered to ;>.y yM tkfr'rt attorney *6tt. a* foll-nufl -within 30 day. and 1.*5 cretMß days, said paytnetrts to b- a«teH county derk. H PERMANENTWM Unit ymmrlt I' V I,T J Ml At M LOUMWIMiIHr w«v< Klt E io«CMw-Krtrl Fqw»s«sLl«Ji«JW JCuhnSs alid al! 4rus star*

to have It hard, rm sfnM I4l|K go on as if It hadn't MppenriM Visibly relieved. Mar.nn to chatter about tt.Hr plans. BM had, she said, invited Hany to dinner because he was al'**«M| she hoped Andrea wouldtft «*|W "Mind? I’m delighted I'm Fja® to need Harry for » beau Jim wanted me to have a time, you know." Beth, powdering her now, MH de red -low Andrea could talk beaux. At least, she tivight a good idea that one of th»m feeling too low in spirit She she could be more Ilk* her. The day was something Thanksgiving Day that to belong to a remote P Mt were Bert, mixing mrktuk. Harry, fiddling with th* rx ho. Marion. bustling from the to the living room with fork In hand, and Andres, on the floor listening to the come over the air. Only a month ag > '-hT making clothes and fixing * ■ for Andrea to take away. Something hot burned In’’"’■j eyes and would have spiled aw she not got a grip on heraeih year ago they bad been drea and Jim and herself year they would b* three. tne.wjj| and Andrea and th* baht where would they nil b* Dinner was at four and there was an early winter Marion had lighted tori taper”-™ flickered over the tahl* P~? TH rosea, like dusky red v*l'"’ "T'W in moss green leaves A parawn white waxen angels tra’-'n” ,D circle around th* flower Napery and silver gleamed m ■ ptaces ss Bert took his P l ’;' »'”■ head and Marion earned great silver platter besrmaj™ steaming, succulent turkey s’”» «| It before him. gfl "Remember Thankxgivb’f' aaid. realising too late that-W shouldn't have said It. r*m Ing Andrea's ’emark that unlucky to celebrate a hob l ’ ■ fore It came. .. agfl "Good old Vernon * o W than.” , _ . I’m "What do you hear from •> n someone asked. "He’s elosing up th* Marion said, ’"la’s g M » «■ with an aircraft n , s n ‘ / ’ wrote you that rildn't he. . Beth aaid. "What did ffhe was thinking the' d a home like Marion s, Anar" the baby would wlwrwya l wgi ——-ww fIK