Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 13 November 1944 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by H!E DBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated ritered at the Decatur, Ind.. Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller Preeldent A. R Ho thouse. Sec’y « Bus. Mgr Dick D. Heiier Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies .™ | .04 One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen. Jay and Wells countle*, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio. 24 60 per year, 12 50 tor six month; fl 35 tor three months; 60 cents for one month. Elsewhere: 15.60 per year; 1300 for six months, fl 85 tor three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women in the armed forces 13 60 per year of 61.00 tor three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative •CHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York ’« E. Wicker Drive, Chicago, 111. Buy an <xtia $D*" bond tlsi* month You can't do any thing better for your.si If or your country —o Christina*' shoppers are ting ready now by picking up th.- gifts for their loved on-* The Decatur -tores are well supplied Th. early 1 birds will find the choice monelo—o .Michigan joined the Roost volt list a the aO.uoii misplaced ballot-j were finally found and counted J boosting the president s total of I electoral vot- ’o 43.’ Not bad for a tired old man. —o It's time to be looking for cranberries. oysters and other side dishi* to complet, the Thanksgiving Day feast. These things go We|| with any meat dish whether its liver or turkey. -0 Tin- state tax board has ord' red a seventeen cent tax rate reduction in Wells county end made further reductions m -even of the taxing units of thi county Tin rati in Bluffton for next year will be nine cents under that for this year. O—O The 11*45 Indiana iegis.aturc will bi heavily Republican us will the entile state administration. The responsibility for government will be entirely theirs It will lie the tir-t time sinci 1930 that they hav ( had full control O—O The polls ,-ure misled it in i lot of -tali - thi- y< a .M j luc ill New Jersey. Maryland. Oregon AtiZon.i ; Illinois and oth'-rs that were label-1 ed for Dewey wound up i the Roosevelt column and otm oft them rather strong in their plm-l allty decisions. O—O The exact total popular vote in the national tleitliiii will not be arailabli until the soldier vote is counted which in -ome state will not be until next month. It Is how ever sufficiently in to show that' the president received a plurality exceeding three million. O—O If you can't think of any thing else to be thankful tor how about giving appreciation for the fact that the "telephone pole" bombs have not yet traveled more than a few hundred miles? There i*. no great danger of them reaching even the borders of this country and none that they can reach far into ItU-' interior. O—O Adams county cast H. 804 votes for governor, indicating that the IHtople here voted whether you think they voted right or wrong. In For a copy of the Decatur Daily Democrat r io The Stopback on tuile each evening 4*

other parts of the state, according to reports, the rural vote was light. Democrats accepted the claim that farmers were against their ticket and devoted their time to tbe cities W 11. it was quite an election t O—O From Thanksgiving Day until 11 Christinas will be ‘Nationwide . Bible Reading Time with Decern- ‘ her 10th as Universal Bible Sunday I Millions of men and women in the j armed forces are turning to the Bible these d.iytt us an inspiration J and guide The Great Book will r bring comfort to all who turn its > pages » i 1 Governor Dewey and his family are off for a two or three weeks I vacation in Florida and the country feel the, art entitled to it We <an t imagine a more tiring strain than that they have had the past 'w.i months The only campaigner who didn't seem to fee] ill effects from such a campaign was William pfenning- Bryan who out distant d ‘and outspoke them all. lost con--i.tintly and wu*. back in the lecturing harm -- the next day after election. O—O The V 2 bombs now falling in England and Fianie an called | "tt lephone pole- by the Yankees Th- y weigh ter. tons but airy only <>m l.oiiu.pound bomb which is hurl'd into tbe air many miles and i coim - hurtling down at a rate of i speed exceeding sound, striking the ground before the report is heard. So far they have not done much damage becauat the nose of the bomb go.-, into tile ground and tiie -hrapnel doe-n t spread as it dots when th* other bombs thgt explode at contact an- used. This is the secnt weapon with which the Nazi hoped to i ausi great damage in Amerh a. O—O Tin- bond campaign t- on in In ! diana and will continue until we have again proudly met the quota Over the nation the drive will etart the 30th but in tins alate we began Saturday. Armistice Day. Adams county has a 11.253,100 quota. ' lightly less than the fifth ram paign assessment Mr. Graliker achairman has completed plans, assisted by the same men who have made such splendid records previously Th-se will have the h*dp of many solicitors and every one will have the opportunity to put-t-hate bonds. LetM go at it with all the vigor we have, let's do it aa quickly as we can anil let's help "tiiei wr i ' Very way we can to win : ths war. All else is chores. O—O Honesty In Baseball: A -.ports writer, working through ..irly baseball guid**. discovered ! that not -Ince 1*75 had there been a dishom-st umpire. One such was dismii -i d in that yeat for selling his decisions* No other case is known in organized baseball. The same 70 years have seen i few dishonest play is Three Were black-listed in the late '7o's for taking mom y to lose games Fans still remember the 192" xrandal of the Chicago Black Sox. when seven men on what is often calleci the greatest ball team of modern times were proved to have been crooked. A few more Isolated cases were revealed in the next few year- Since the appointment of Judge Kenesaw Mountain latndis as baseball czar, the game has been free from su»* picion. Considering the number of professional ballp'ayers in 70 years, these instances of crookedness are few indeed. The umpires beat even this record. What other occupation can show 70 years without a blafk sheep?—Van Wert Bulletin. - — —a— I f Modern Etiquette I U By ROBERTA LEE | Q If a woman has* a suite at a hotel, 'with a private aitting mom. but she is traveling alone, would It l*c all right tor her to euterta.u a tnau caller In tbk> room? »*. Hr-»doul< ut■ar do •o it ska the c utility ana

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• • I I Twenty Years Aqo Today • • N 1 : Tie- D. .■ . -II in'iii- - .oad i« add. I to he - a'- i.ghway syst<-:ii a d aHI unproved II V.mon Aurand is < tia man of :iie annual R- d Cro.» roll call w r h op. ns today William .M Butler ..ppom*. i to I ■ ut. * *-*! late S' li t'o Hemv Calio: laldg' More flian 15" fath-re and sun- ; • tljoy a i>ar q.|o- at the Methodist! < hurch. Son Born to Mr and Airs Fred Mahan of Monmou'h Mr and Mr- It Earl Peters of Fort Wayne visit in De.-atur 0 I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE • ♦ The Skin Tiie sunet way to make tin- -km sot: ie to apply o guia ly i healing asirmg'tit cream. In this way. ■ happed dry skin and b’emtashue ■'re nealed. and tin ai- ringent closes tin po.i-- and makce the .-km ailken am >otli. Rice A 'easpootlful Os lemon J'la • add ed to each quart of water when boiling lice will help k>vp th grains separate, and make the rue ■w bite. Stubborn Doors When the doo. W.cks at he top rub over the swollen portion with a little yellow eoap and the annoyanc <• w ill ' ease. r >om. Q la i: collect to uate initials wlien addressing a formal iuvi’a tiotl? A The full name should be ueed. if known, to corre-pond with tiie formality of an invitation (hat a* in the third peicon Q. When should the finger ix>wi be removed from tile breakfas’ ta.ble? A. A: the aame time tiial the grap.-fruit plate j« removed. Q Should tin- huxiiand or the wife send out informal dinner invitations? A. Tiie wife should send the invitational for her liuatlMtid and herself. o Trade tn a Good Town — Decatur

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COURT HOUSE Marriage Licenses Edwa 1 Diaz. < h. ago ’o Mary Flat.e of Berne The wedding waa ? rformed Sunday at the Mexican rimteh in Blue Creek township. , Alber: Amstutz. Geneva farmer jto Rosemary J lUbexger of Monj roe. I tih-n B. Haliegger. I S. Navy of: Berne to E.vlia M Ward. Decatur :'l E • mpi ye. Estate Caset in tiie «*ta e of .Nancy B Baker, the tn.cter of determining inherit•ax wa,. referred to the <<»UHy a--- --or I .- petition ot Alva D Bak- r. administrator, to .sell per--ona property at auction, wa* ap-' proved by court. j Final ieport in the Hat lie Jack

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■ -‘ate was filed by Don Rauden-bu-h .ind notice was ordered returni .'lile I" i 2 The licit value of '--‘ate 87355 Final i"p. t in <s.tate of John I .'liner <s‘.ite was filed by Syiveu A Tomi'-r notice ordered returnable Die. I Net value |M>42.3" - o Reminds Os Increase In Special Delivery Decatur citizen, were reminded tcd.iy b> Leo Kirach. postmaster, of the increased rate for special delivery mail, which became effective November 1. The < ost of special delivery is now 13 cents, instead of the former Ifbcen’ rate Many per'aon- have overlooked this increase | m sndiug mail by special delivery, l the pistmaet'i revealed

Chinese Closing In On Jap Burma Base Heavy Fighting In Progress At Bhamo Southeast Asia Headquarters. Kandy, Ceylon. Nov. 13 —(I'l’i — Chinese troops closed in from three sides on Bliaino today and a communique reported that heavy lighting was in progress on the approaches to that Japanese I North Burma base. One Chinese column presum , ably part of the force that crosscl I the Irrawaddy river la.-t week at Shwegu. 27 miles to tiie west, fought its way into the Bhamo area against increasingly stiff enemy resistance, the communique said. A second Chincsu force was reported attacking in the Motuauk >'•' tor. eight miles < ast of Bhamo. Taping river to an unidentified and a third moved down from the village seven miles northeast of Bhamo. In tiie Chin Hills area, farther southwest. British imperial forces drove east along tin- Tiddiin road 17 miles beyond Fort White to j within two miles of Japanese-held I Kalemyo. Other British units' moving down the Kabaw and Kale valleys brought Kalemyo under artillery fire from the east, the i communique said. INITIAL ONSLAUGHT (Cootlnawa rrom rage It bruck'-n now stretched from Hernieiing, 12 miles northeast of | Chateau Salms, to the BenestrotT area and on to Samy-Sur-Nied. seven nnl'-s southeast of Metz The Germans launched several small but fierce counterattacks against I‘. S troops a mile northeast of the < I eared Chateau Salins forest, but they were repulsed. I’atton's forces were fighting in | the worst weather of the European ■ invasion. Snow and ruin fell along 1

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CHAPTER ONE HAITI opened the door XJk and at the name time, for “ “ me, opened the door upon murder. Naturally. I didn't know tha’ and take to my heela. Her solid figure was a sharp black and white against the baroque richness and color of the hall behind her She wore a white cap, as crisp and fresh as her apron. Her face was round and shone; her light straight hair was drawn tightly backward. But what I really saw was the look of frightened recognition in her china-blue eyes. She was not looking at me; she had given me the barest glance. She was looking at Drue, who came with me. I said, "We are expected," intending to explain that we, Drue Cable and I, were the nurses Dr. Chivery had sent for, but I didn't, for I had to follow the maid's look and 1 turned to Drue who stood beside me. As I turned, Drue took her hand from her mouth and said on a queer shaken breath, “Anna! Oh, Anna, how is he?” That — and the look in Anna's eyes—were my first indication that Drue Cable had ever seen or heard of the Brent family in her life. She had been extraordinarily silent and a little pale in the train that February morning; she had been extraordinarily determined that the second nurse (for they had sent for two) should be me, Sarah Keate; but she had not, that morning or ever, so much as mentioned the name of the Brents or the town of Balifold in the Berkshires—and 1 knew her extremely well. Neither Drue nor the maid looked at me. Drue's words seemed to g've Anna a kind of confirmation that she had, bewilderedly. needed. She dropped an old-fashioned curtsy which billowed her full black skirt around her solid ankles. The look of fright, however, sharpened in her eyes, and she looked over her shoulder. backward into the depths of the house, and said in a low and distressed voice, “Oh. Miss! Oh, Madam, you oughtn’t to have come here.” “1 know. Anna ..Drue put out both her sturdy little hands in her pigskin gloves and caught the maid’s hands. ‘Anna, tell me quickly. Will be live?” “He—he—l don't know, Ma'am. It only happened last night. Miss—you’d really better go. Before they know.” Drue took a long breath and said, “I hoped you would come to the door, you or Beevens. Anna, I'm coming in. What room is he in?” “His own room. He, oh, but, Madam—” said Anna, on the verge of tears. Drue stepped inside the hall. I followed and closed the door behind me, for Anna was too stricken to move. There was a quick impression of a massive hall and stairway that was all dark wood paneling, and a floor made of squares of black and white marble; of high-backed chain and long Italian tables; of rich but subdued color in the tapestries and ruga. Anna wrung her clean pink hands together, and Drue said, “It's all right, Anna. I’m a nurse, you remember; they sent me here to take care of him.” She too gave a quick look along tha depths of the great hall; then were qoon solid rlabe of dark carved wood, but bare was a kiad

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most of th>- front and a low cold ground haze prevented air *upport : and limited visibility to a mil,- oi ■ | less i'nited Press war <orri-spondent Robert Hi. hards ii-porii-d from the 3rd army front that Pattons armor now was advancing at sue ti speed southeast of Metz that it lias disorganized and prevent.-d a counter-attack which had b.-.-n ' planned carefully by Gi-rman pan zi-r groups. German artillery now opposing tiie 3rd army is hor-e-drawn. Richards said, and tiie enemy often has been forced to withdraw his guns long before the Americana actually w.-r<- upon them in : order to esc ape. "The enemy's situation apparently again is becoming slightiy

of thickness and padded quality in the place that made me feel n<» one was likely to hear our voices. She went quickly to the stairway and stopped and seemed to listen, looking upward Her soft, green tweed suit was sleekly tailored to her slender, erect figure; her profile against the dark wood paneling was clear and white, and her crimson mouth was rather set, yet obviously it was held -o only by the strongest effort of will. Just then something happened that threatened it. For there was a tiny scamper of sound somevvh' re near, a pause and a silence which had a quality of the must intent observation.

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We all looked at the bark of the hall; at the entrance to some passage stood a small creature in a veritable agony of watchfulness. Stood there for only a second or two, then Drue said with a break in her i voice, “Sir Francis,” and with a | tiny rush of feet, a throbbing sound I in its throat, the little thing hurled itself across the great hall and toward us. Toward us? Toward Drue. It leaped into her arms and strove frantically, almost sobbing, to lick her face and her hands. It was a Yorkshire terrier, a tiny thing, his long forelock hanging down over his glistening eyes. Anna said, “He's never forgotten, Miss.” Drue held the little terrier tight and put her face down against its little frenzied body for a long moment. Then she looked up the stairway and put her hand to her mouth again. It was no longer the firm resolute line it had been. She look a quick breath, and, still holding the [ little dog, started up the stairs. The maid made a futile, prohibitive move forward and stopped. Drue did not look back. So again i I followed And Anna finally followud me. As i turned at the wide , landing and looked back, I saw her

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