Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1944 — Page 3

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BHTs has ■ UU AR MEETING gE ;■ M S and th'-ir fa H** . N. ( zar<-m- . liirHi met R t ,', l ||,. „f Mr anti Mr*. Jease Hl!'' Thu.'“la?' •■V' , nini< for their K, r meeting. , n -.'uix *«■< »>r ,h * ■ lb •‘•’tie the PerishR 1 E',,'l;,.- offered prayer and ■ i,■ a.i- i-ad by Note H H, . J T Trueai ->anx a onio R ,| U . ■ ’Unz by Francos ■ 3 nd M.. ‘-y' l '- Ma, y M “ l ' Be i .study. The ofR^ a foi the coming year were in- ■ . .old i 'nielli' 4 * mee'inx folK pn-aent were Mr. and Mr*. Kr Heard. Mr. and Mr*. Aaron R, Mr and Mrs I-co iloe. Mr. ■ M "I'- 1 ' Sudduth. Mr*. Sola ■ Mr- A Lihv. Mi*. Hamilton. R Jaim* I. orelette. Mi*. Artnan- ■ Ward. Mr*. Swaggart Meyer. ■ Mary Mattox. Mr* Gerald R Rev Trueax and daughter ■ ij.-i,. 1-i- l.invh was *erved by ■ Ed.;i - ed by Mrs. Doyle BL. Pythian Sinter Needle club R.i„...- Mondav evening at the ■of I’, home after temple. The will be Mrs. Fred HanK Mr- Martin Worthman and Marr Hower. Zion Lutheran Walther learn will meet at the church hall ■dti-eday evening at seven thirty Kck ■hr Zion Lutheran missionary ■r-y wilt meet at the church ■ an all day meeting Thursday.

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ly HARRISON CARROU Bi*t traum Hyndlenta Writs* I HOLLYWOOD—Newest casualty »how business la Author Mona part. He suffered a fall on hia ■arm in Newhope, Pa., and broke

a bone In hia | right foot. ProbI ably will have I to cancel hia I trip weat to reI hearse the air I corpa’ “Winged I Victory" troupe 1 for their new l tour. | Ella Raines I also bedded for I four days. ComI plications ra • suiting from her

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u * nJur y m F,oria while horseback riding. Univertoi shooting around her in “Ar*ne Lupin." J?*!.?”’ ,ur PrtM Hollywood: ““AMrewa I. a*id to have been v»£*' t 0 A,Untlc at y b ? Lu r* (2S at “ boy friend. Arturo De furniture ha* Z to unuauaj situation. Little Juiid,u“hl,r of Benita ««*>• Md Ronald Colman, la aleepy«irw?». Cnb p J evioua| y u »«'d by the te u# Bo*™** iUr.h.n «° K ** fM and Herbert With h .n " Why nOt adorn tb * crtb hIL» n na meplatee of all the »£U}• Bh ** nnM ®*“ w (while m.^. C *’l ,rom Lana Turner Av* h**”* flxed * t 0 driva . •CT"' ,round lha '«»• »P<>U •Mdmr F h P,y, ‘ Bam Farbaa postponed until be b«k fr*" Fr,nc “‘ brolh,r *«» eettu. ,rora ownwaa Hee also O'Hara'. J : * remon y- • - ■ Maureen " ow b “ • middle Wfot* fmm d st t ki. MaUr * ,n '* P arenta *J^’ n DbbHn that the youneft** » - bam «u'J Wtaut **ntlne. who haa "Witt ’J** now ea l er, y ‘wSl for Beymou ' Boyer roll m .V* formar Charlee in the re-make ot "MayJar'. n.l • • * ,ry amual n« on the ,r Wi wava broadcaal

CLUB CALENDAR •eclety Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 — Sunday Harvesters of the Nuttman Aventie T. B. church. Mrs. Jack Gray, 2:30 p. m. Monday I Adam* County Home Economic* chorus. picnic, Lehman Park 6 p m. Fireman’s Auxiliary, Mrs. Francis Riteworth. 7:30 p. m. Pythian Slater Needle dub. K, of I P home, after jempic Tuesday DorcaV class of the Evangelical church, Mrs. Tom Cook. 7:30 p. in. Rebekah Ixidxe. Odd Fellows 1 Hall. 7:30 p. in. Delta Theta Tau, Elks Home, 8 p. m. Wednesday Zion Lutheran Walther League, Church. 7:30 p m Red Cress Sewing Center. Legion 1 p. m. Thursday Zion Lutheran Missionary Society, Church, all day. Zion Lutheran misalonary society church basement. 9 a. m .Men’s Union Prayer Service, ground floor public library, 7:10 p. in. ' Eastern Star pot luck supper. Masonic Hall. 0:30 p m.. meeting 7;28 p. m. starting at nine a m. A topic study will be held and the day spent In Red Cross sewing. RUTH AND NAOMI CIRCLE HAS MEETING THURSDAY The Ruth and Naomi circle ot the Zion Evangelical and Reformed 1 church met Thursday evening at the country home of Mr*. Henry Grater for their regular monthly meeting. A delicious chicken dinner was served to the twenty-five members and guests present. The afternoon meeting was opened by the reading of the devotions by Mrs. Lltterer. who also offered prayer. A short biMiness meeting held and plans for the fall bazaar were discussed. The meeting closed with the Mlzpath benediction The Delta Theta Tau sorority will hold a business meeting at the Elks home Tuesday evening at elgh' o’clock The opening meeting of the Decatur Womans club will be a sixthirty o'clock dinner at the K. of C. hall October 2 Mis Judith l.vwe Michigan City will be the speaker and will use as her topic “Vaga-

introduced Benny as the husband ot Mary Livingstone. . , , Geoffrey Massey, eon of Actor Raymond Massey, a visitor on the 'God Is My Co-Pilot" set He’s with the Canadian infantry and Is here on his first leave in more than two years. . . . Betty Grable brought Daughter Victoria Elizabeth on her first visit to the studio. Almost stopped work In the wardrobe department M-G-M surprised little Margaret O'Brien on the "Music for Millions" set with a miniature portable dressing room—everything made to Margaret's size. Life of Virginia Wefdler Is In a turmoil. Her sister’s baby is 10 days overdue; her brother, Warner, is in a San Diego hospital with yellow jaundice and another brother. Jack. Is about to be operated on in Texas. A Quebec fan has sent Charles Boyer a 1918 Sarah Bernhardt re- 1 cording In which the famous star denounced the Germans for their aggressions. Disc will go into the archives of the Boyer foundation. Just as the horse-racing picture. "Salty O’Rourke" goes Into production, Paramount discovers that Gail Russell, the heroine, is allergic to j horses She’s taking shots and they'll spray the horses. As rumored, Alsn Ladd got a stay of Induction to make the picture. HOLLYWOOD HI JINKS: Hoagy Carmichael’s “Star Dust. ' composed In 1913, is selling bigger now than during the first two years after It was published . . . Tense moment at the Trocadero when Pat Dane dropped her gloves snd they war. handed to her by Jane Churchill sitting at the next table. Jane was the girl who came back for her purse and started the famous brawl on the Dorsey balcony. . . . Iris Adrian at Charley Foy’a with Lt. Larry Kelly. Iris now a raven-haired brunette ... Add twosomes: Mercedes Msrlowe and Paul Brooks; Corinna Mura and Eddie Sllton. ... As a result of a New York radio Interview, Crooner Andy Russell got 3.79 S requests for gictures in a single day’s mall. ... uth Warrick followed a hit-and-run driver 10 blocks and managed to get his license cumber for the

bonding around the World.’ The Adame county homo economice chorus will have their annua! pot-luck supper at the Lehman park in Herne Monday ev-ning at six o’clock. Mi a Lettie Kintz of Toledo. Ohio ' arrived here yesterday for a visit with Mr, and Mrs Fred Smith and frit nt’.t. Mr. and Mrs. Waveland Fisher land daughter Cynthia of Wau-aw. Wte.. are visiting relatives and friends in thU city. Mr Fisher recently recejyed a medical discharge from the army. The Fort Wayne Presbyterial will meet at the First Presbyterian church in that city on September 20, and local member* are planning to attend The district meeting will be held October 16. at a place to be announced later and member* of the local society are urged to attend. Mtes Marjorie Ix>u Wood and Mrs. John Joseph of Lincoln. Neb., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sanmann of the McConnell Apnrtment*. Mt*. Roy Taylor and daughter l*hyllls and Mrs. Frank Carroll and duuirter Marilyn, spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mervln E.I Taylor. S 1-c, who hi stationed at lambert Field. St. Ixjuls, Mo. Mtes Phy lite Beineke, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Albert Beineke, left recently for Bloomington to enter her sophomore year at Indiana University. iMlss Marjorie Low Woods and Mrs- John Joseph of Fairbury, Neb. are the guest* of thef ormer's aunt, Mrs. J. F. Sanmann of Third Street. Miss Woods and Mrs. Joseph will leave Tuesday for a visit ire Chicago. <Mr. and Mrs. Pat Costello and family had as their guests, Major and Mrs. Guy Parker and »on Gerard and Mm. Walker Bohannon of Louisvlile, Ky., Mis* Maine Rave of Cincinnati. 0.. and Mrs. C P. Meehan and daughter Rita and sons Pat and Mike of Fort Waytie Everett Schug and Mr. and Mt* C. H Musselman of Betne and John Kranor from Ceylon were among those who attended the Democratic meeting here last evening. Ben Eiling has been called to serve as a federal grand juror at Hammond the IVh but expects to be relieved because of the work that must be done on his farm More than luo case* wll be considered by the jury, it is’said. Charles Werllng, former resident of Prcible. now located at Granado, Miss, to visiting here for a few day*. Charles i Dutch! Wise, former resident here, now located near Warsaw, visited here last evening He owns a 4<t-acre farm there and i is getting along nicely Hto younger slater live* with him. 'Mis* Fannie Hite will go to Detroit tomorrow to attend the tuner* al of Mrs. Robert Hite. 'Mrs. Walter Dietsch of St. 'Marys. Ohio I* visiting her mother In this city. o — 'ltaly’s iosstlin< is about 2.150 mile* In length. Today’s Pattern \ Vs V-l /Z 9365 Z- / H |2 20 Ii w / 1 J ° 4B ’/ // fl r i // ■! A n / j I f I N iv. /_ ] /■ \ MARIAN MARTIN Fall perennial! Jumper with a button-down front, versatile as it's comfortable. Pattern 9365 is easysewing: becoming to size 12 and 4*l Pattern 9365. misses’ sizes: 12. 14. 16. 18. 20; women’s. 30. 32. 34, 36. 38. 40. 42. 44. 46. 48. Hlze 38. jumper. 3Vs yds. 39-In.; blouse. 1% yards 35-In. This pattern, together with a nedlework pattern of useful and decorative motifs for linens and garments. TWENTY Cl NTS. Bend TWENTY CENT* In coins for these patterns to the Decatur Daily Democrat. Pattern Dept. 185 N. Jefferson St.. Chicago 80, Ri. Write plainly SIZE. NAME. AD. DRESS. STYLE NUMBER Bend FIFTEEN CENTS more for the Marian Martin new and bigger Bummer Pattern Book M.Pages. easy.to.make styles. Free pattern printed to book.

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Fairchild Brothers and Sister Serve Their Country

oßk Walter L. Fairchild

Three children of T L. Fairchild. 12“ .South T.-nt'i street, are serving their country in uniform In the army, navy and maritime servi. .• Wilier I. Fairchild i* a seaman first > lass I S Navy He entered the service last January and took boot training at Great latkes. He left for overseas duty last April Second Lt. Catherine E Fairchild was commissioned as an army nurse last month and entered training at Fort Benj Harrison She is a graduate of Pleasant Mill* high sr-bool and of the Epworth Hospital Nurses rralnlng tMhool at South Bend, where she was employed three years prior to entering the army Ric hard A. Fairchild. A It., of the Merchant Marine, entered service Nov. 17, 1942 and ha* made eight trip* overseas He tm>k land training at Bheepshead Bay. N Y. The brothers were employed in this city prior to entering the armed services.

II t ! UMCI'KE h ; Cpt. and Mrs. R. S. Gill of Palo Alto. Calif., arrived in tlite city Thuiwday for a visit with Miss Esther Bower* They are enroute to Atlanta. Ga . where Cpt. Gill will report for further alignment with the medical corps after spending several months on the Regie Island* Mr*. Gill Is the former Mtes Ruth Bower* of this city ■' T-Sgt. Pau! Herman and S*Sgt. Ixsw-rence tPardyi Mora nd. who have heen overseas for two years, arrived at their homes in Berne recently for 20-day furlouglw S-Sgt. Moratid is a nephew of Clifford Steiner of Dierkns street. Wm. Archbold. S 1-c stationed at Point Reye*. Calif., is spending a to day leave at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mm L. E. Archbold •of Eleventh street. Pvt. Edward L. Walter*. 15359949., formerly aationed al Columbus. O ' has teen transferred to the follow-1 ing addre**: Drawer |«»»»| A Yale Station New Haven. Conn. S44gt. and Mm. Marton L Drum! returned to Paris. Texas Friday. | after enjoying a !5-day furlough at the home of the former’s parents, l Mr. and Mr*. Itorphus Drum of For-> nax Street, His addreM te: S-Sgt. ‘ Man on I. Drum. 15i>550.-,n. :’id A F. 163 Liaison Sqd.. Cox Field. Paris Texas. 0 Trade In a Gow Tc-.-" OwtAtUi

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left, blue wool date drew; center, checked lumberjack Mil; right, bow-trimmed Kelly green wool drew.

• • Faahion-amart junior buaineaa women are wiae to take advantage of the college ahop collectiona. for here the junior-alxe girl who haa left achool for buaineaa may find her properly etyled, aized and coordinated wardrobe all aaaembled for her individual choice. In the trio of college ahop clothe* ahown here today, it * the date dreaa which can go to the office which la atreaaed. Accaaaorie*. added or aubtractad, accompliah the metamorphoaia. Pearl embroidery at the neck dreaae* up the light blue wool jeraey ahown at left. Stunning contraat with it ia the new 25-inch topcoat In fuchaia wool which the model holda. The trim checked outfit ia a auit-dre** of lumberjack cut to be worn with or without a blouae. Made of fine ahepherd check in black and white wool, it ia faatened with black bone buttona. Girl at the right chooaea black acceaaoriea to aet off her bright Kelly green wool. The drew features a big Windsor Ua al self fabric and peplum suggestion of self-ruffling at either hip. (lntttn»tion»l)

' II Sec. Lt. Catherine E. Fairchild

i g # Adams County 11 Memorial Hospital | I - I ■■■■ -Admitted: Mr*, temr* Mi CuiI louxh. Monroe; Mrs. Mike Blaber- | stine, 1121 Elm Street; Mr*. Pearl Riker. 231 Rugg Street; M-s. Paul Wendel, Bryan’. Dl*mte*ed: Mr*. Edwin Schaadt and baby boy, Cellua rou'e 1; Elundo Brunner. Geneva route 2; Mi*. Richard Ross. 104 South Thirteenth Street; Mm. Gran! Lyons. 730 Schirmeyer Street; Mu. Robert Alir and baby girl Sandra Sue. route 3. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Augabtirger of Monroe are the parent* of a baby loty. l»orn at the Adams county memorial hospital this tnornin? at 12:o.’J a. m.. He weighed 6 pound* and 13 ounce* and ha* linen named Ivan Edison. Jr. .Mr. and Mr*. John E. Meyer of 246 North Sixth Street are the parents of a baby boy born thte morning at 12:12 a m at th< Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 9 pounds. I’j ounuw and ha* not been named. i . o - i WARNS WARFARE <Conttn**d From Fags I) | simply that the Japanese war will last long after tin- European war 1 is over. Armchair strategist* attempting ■to judge the approach of Geri many’s unconditional surrender should consider these factors: 1. Except in the south where the port of Marseilles is open and relatively undamaged, the vast Al-

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lied armies in France are being supplied through Cherbourg, an inferior port, and "over the teach.” The Allied thrust In the west urgently requires the capture of Brest and its c learance for traffic. Next in importance to Brest would lie the port ot Antwerp. in Belgium, which could supply the British armies liglil'ing their way toward Germany through the lowlands, la- Havre is believed to have- teen wrecked ' beyond quick repair 2. Consolidation of the- Allied position in France requires a firm joining and amalgamation of the invasion forces which lilt France from the- south and speeded up th" Rhone valley with the invasion forces that hit from the- west ; near Cherlmurg 3. Any German collapse within the- next three or four weeks would almost Inevitably have- to ’I lie accompanied l>y substantial ! - i destruction of German armies in | . | Italy and by a major Red army ' • offensive In the vicinity of War-1 I I saw. | : Given those conditions and fav- ! oraldc- breaks in their develop- ■ ment. tin- soundest judgment here f is that organized resistance- in . Gc-rmany might lie crushed by . Oct. 1. It is suggested that those i , factors lie kept in mind when , "gtiinating the full significance- of I new bridgeheads ae ross the Mo■elle. the capture- of Liege and what appears to In- the collapse of organized German resistance I before- the American Ist army In I southeastern Belgium Christian Church I' Bilde school 930 a m. John ’ I Reinhard, supt 1" 3u Rev. Ronald Cochrin. of : Cincinnati. <>.. will io- our guest ■ speaker for the morning services. r 1 Communion ll:oo a. m i hour in dining room of the church. Basket dinner during the noon I Every member and friend Is wel- - come to hear Rev. Cochrin

STRONG FORCE From rags I) new American liai.es in the Marianas ’’i (Tlic- war department at Wash inglon announced that six Japanese lighters were shot clown, nine probaldy destroyed and II damag'd l>y tin- It 29’* which apparently esc aped without loss i Anshan. site- of the second largest pig iron center In th'- Japanese empire. Drat was hit Icy lhe ciiperforiiesses on July 29 AMERICAN TANKS iContlsuwi Fro* Fogs H ! Liege to within 18 miles of the 1 Nazi frontier, crossing the- Meuse I and taking the town c,7 Romaee. Tiic Americans also forced a n>-w hrldgeh'-.id over the- Meuse- just west of Liege, and captured Neu-ville-en-(’ondroz. Fatton's 3rd army forces, mean-

" HERBAL CLBANSIN6 CREAM a’ : SMITH DRUG CO. PUBLIC SALE WELL IMPROVED 93 ACRE FARM AND ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 10:30 A. M. Farm will sell at 1:00 P. M. LOCATION: l' t miles East of Pleasant Mill* Indiana on River Road, (b, zb. miles Northwest of Willsldre Ohio cm state Line or. 5 mile*. Southeast of Decatur. Ind DESCRIPTION: Good 8 room Brick House. Slate Roof. Full Basc-m -nt. DELCO Light System. Good Cistern and Driven Well Water piped io barn Some fruit HANK HARN 4"XS" Tile block silo Cldc ket house. Brooder house. Garage, and other buildings. 15 Ac res blue- gras* pasture, balance under cultivation. Land is good productive soil, has been well farmed, is in good state of cultivation. Well drained. AN IDEAL STOCK and GRAIN FARM with ample barn room to handle a large- dairy herd LIVESTOCK: Grey Team, smooth mouth, wt 15oti each, A GOOD WORK TEAM 34 HEAD CATTLE: 12 Good Milk Cows from 2to 7 yrs old These- are all high producing cows and have been well c ared for 13 Heifers, 18 niontlis old I Steers. IX month* old HOLSTEIN Bull Guernsey Bull. Guernsey and Jersey Bull 35 HEAD HOGS: White- Sow 9 pigs. Red Sow will farrow soon. 2 Hampshire sows will farrow soon 4 Duroc Gilts, eligible to register. Red Sow. 5 pigs eligible to register lacrge Duroc Boar. 24 Feeder Pig* from so to 14" Il>* MACHINERY and FARM EQUIPMENT: Farmull Tractor. Rubber in front Trac tor Cultivators. .Mower. Diac Binder Corn Planter with fertilizer attachments Good Drill RUBBER TIRED Wagon McD. Cream Separator. ELECTRIC, No 2 And many other articles TERMS: Farm 15’3 day of sale, balance upon delivery of good title when posseKSioi) Will Ice- given Personal Property -Cash Charles Boring, Owner .1 F Sanmann Auctioneer. Sab- conducted Icy Midwest Realty Auction Co, Decatur. Indiana. Lum li served Icy Ladies of Methodist Church, Willshire Ohio. Attention Merchants...! START YOI R CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING OF GIFTS FOR THE ARMED FORCES IMMEDIATELY! Gifts Going Overseas Must Ik Mailed Between SEPTEMBER 15 - OC TOBER 15 I'l BLIC— - M NOTICE TO THE f A If you intend to »end more than f | V one gift to the same person, buy ■? and mail gifts before the last ARI “'"‘l week. Only one packsge. not ix/W / , z / more than 5 pounds in weight, Z7 / 15 inches in length, and 36 in- \ i ches in girth and length com- I bmed, may be mailed during any ' ** one week to the same addressee. fr A RECENT SURVEY OF SERVICEMEN S WANTS DISCLOSED THAT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE MOST WANTED BY THOSE IN SERVICE: Cigarettes, regulation socks, regualtion wrist watch, stationery, writing equipment, shoe shine kit, wallets, slippers, moccasins, pen and pencil sets, regulation shirts, portable radios, underwear, handkerchiefs, pipes, tobacco, cigars, candy, identification bracelets. hair brush, clothes brush, sewing kits, furlough bags, regulation gloves, books, magazine subscriptions, pocket album, sunglasses, regulation ties, stockings, beauty kits. Decatur Daily Democrat

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while, prr>*«<-d their alow, slugging buttle against strong German covering i<nite holding the heights east of the .Moselle, deepening and strengthening five bridgehead* across the river above and teinw Metz and just west of Nancy. Headquarters spokesmen reveal- , • I lor ilic first time that Patton'* , mechaniz'd army was teing supI plied by air with gasoline and oil, I to get liis huge array of armor ■| started again on the road to the I Kb'neland ENROLLMENT GIVEN (Continued Frv® r«f« 1) five and six; Mr*. .Neva Ross, grad<* seven and eight: Mr*. Agnes Yager, commercial; Mr* Kiotee ' Andrews, English: Mr*. Ixs'ira Huff. mathmutics; Albert f'oppess, businee*. physical education, coach and 1 agriculture. Mr. Foley, principal, ■social studies and science, and Mr*. Margaret Price, sutetitute ■ teachers for St. Mary'* township.