Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1944 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PHBliabad Evary Evening ■acept Sunday by THE DffiCATUR DEMOCRAT CO lacorporated Patsrsd at the Decatur. Ind., Poet Office as Second Class Matter i. H. Heller President A. R Ho thoass, Sec y A Bus Mgr Dick D. Heller Vtce-Preeiden-Subscription Rates Single Copies < .04 Dae week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams. Allen, Jay and Welle counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties. Ohio. <4 50 per year. <2 50 for sis month; <1.25 for three months; 50 cents for one : month Elsewhere <5 50 per year. <3.00 tor sis months; <1.65 tor three months; 60 cenu for one month Men and women in the armed forces <3 50 per year of <I.OO for hree months Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative BCHEERER A CO 5 Lexington Avenue. New York 2. E Wacker Drive. Chicago. 11l Colonel Elliot Roosevelt evidently believes in a third term. He is again engaging in a new matri-; monial term. " ■ O—O—— I Put away another <IOO bond this | week or plan to give some <25 , Issues for Christina* gifts. It will. be appreciated and will help. —o An extra bond buy* an extra tomb and a million of them means much towards winning the war and bringing the boys home. Don’t quit now. C—O We can help win the war 100 by keeping the supplies going and to do that we must meet the bond quota. Let's add a little to it so those at the front will know there is not let-down at home. O—O Do that Christmas shopping now and get your packages off a.- soon as you can. If yon deJay you and your loved ones may be disappointed It's only three weeks away. O—O The Army and Navy have settled their football differences for another year and will now proceed to work together to win the war. They are both wonderful and America appreciates the men and their officers. Now that the first touch of real winter has conic and gone we may expect many repeats. It’s the time of year and any thing but cold breeze* would be unseasonable. So all st can do is to prepare the best Wf can to meet it. O—O We are just about at the half way mark on the bond campaign in Indiana with less than two weeks remaining. It will take some fast work on the part of the solicitors and some real patriotism on the part <>( all of us The people of Norway and Denmark are getting ready to express Chrbtmas greetings for the first time in several years. They hope to be free from all Nazi control by that day and they won't care about ordinary gifts if they get that one O—O Reconversion to peace time manufacturing has been halted in . this area for three months in order to improve the production situation in war plants. Until the last shot is bred in the war we must continue to produce the materiels n> ided. -0 Want to buy a good monkey or chimpanaee? The government has

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eight rhesus monks and a full grown chimp at Cincinnati that can be bought if you can show you can take care of such a pet. They were used in the medical laboratory at Wright field to determine effect of high altitudes. o—o They are still counting ballots from the recent election in one or two states and as the.returns come in the popular vote of President Roosevelt increases, it may reach In excess of twenty-five million and his plurality will he In the neighborhood of four million. In ordinary times that would be considered a landslide. —O—o- — Japan is winning in China and | it may mean prolonging the war a long time. However when her industries are stopped from producing they will find It a very difficult Job to hold the territory they are now taking And the days are near when they will be busy trying to save their own little island O—o Senators Ball of Minnesota and Stewart of Tennessee will conduct an investigation of election irregu iarites in Indiana, meeting at Indianapolis after adjournment of congress which is expected by the 15th. They will examine witnesses and otherwise pro Ge the charges that have been made that many eligible voters were denied the rights of suffrage O—O It looks now a* though Mackenzie King will be able to save his place as premier of Canada but the scare was sufficient to make him • use every thing he bad to hang on and the opposition may show greater strength when the war is over. I Government is difficult these day* in every country in the world. Let s . have unity in our country and hold it together. It's best for every one. regardless of political affiliations. O—O

The politician* all admit that Edward R. Slettiniu*. Jr., is a wonderful man. a Rood executive and just the right man for secretary of state but a few of the columnist* can't resist the opportunity to point out the fact that hi* father was in business on Wall atreet. We have au idea that even some of those in business there are alright and any way Mr. Stettinius has proven hi* right to the confidence of every good American. —o The lluesian drive doesn’t s-sein to be as forceful as it was before the western invasion started to ease up the strain against them. Perhaps its naturally to let down a little and perhaps it* necessary after tb<-ir long, hard pull alone. Much depends on their eSort the next th r re or four months for the more effort on one front the easier it is at all other points. A good hard punch every where now will eud the war months sooner. —o The army and navy board of inquiry has reported that while there was error of judgment at Pear! liarl»or by Short and Kimmel there were no grounds tor court martial, it was really a tough break for these two men who had each shown great ability aud whose services have thu* been denied their country. They have suffered much. They were responsible for the acts of those under them and it there was carelessness any where down the line, it rebounds to tebm Military rules are hard as they have to be. —o Home time duilng the next year the war in Europe should be over and the war In the East well alone towards it* end. Then what? Will we go into another merry decade like we did in the twenties when we ran wild in every way or will we be sensible and prolong prosperity by using good Judgment preventing inflation and enjoy good times for many years to come? It will bo up to u* all—business hadar*, labor, tanners and every one else And iti Huh, t 0 gjvo it w* iou« thought

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• -, — q I Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE • • Q If a dlvorc-t I man and woman are still frh-ndly. would I; Im* all right for the woman to invite her former huaband to her second wedding? A. No. it would not only be tact-I lewi to do so. but would be «ttiie io | cause much unpleasant common’ Q Is it proper to tend Christmas card* to persons with whom one is not peronally acquainted? A. It Is considered good form to send Christmas greetings to public personage* that one admire*. <J How long a time should Ike bread and 'butter plates remain on the table? A Until the dessert ie served. Twenty Years Aao I Today I • ■ 1 * Dec. 5 — President (Vrolldßv ?.peake at the international stock •show. In Chicago and urges a reduction in farm production. •now storm gripe mid-west with damages to wire*. Ail trams are running late. Daughter born to Mr. :-.ud Mrs. Theodore Graiiker. The Lima 1-eadetw win a; basketball over the Decatur G. E. team. 3S-M. (Mrs W. P. Schrock entertain* bridge club Mrs. William bowers has the high score. Licenses were issued to •school teachers in Indiana in IM4. I Household Scraobook I I By ROBERTA LEE | ♦ ♦ Pancakes ttinuke can 4m.- avoided when frying pancakes, and the work lessened. by putting one rounded tablespoonful of lard into the pancake batter Nor will it be necessary to grease the pan. as the cakes will not stick. Windows ■A rag dipped in paraftin will dean window* perfectly aud give a brightness Impossible to ob'ain with water. Never use soap on window gtana. Scorched Spot* If scorched clothe* are boiled in milk and turpentine to which soup has been added, and then dried in the sun. the ocorched spots will disappear. *u.'~3L. -77"? wWijiJ •* 11 * MAUN * I Laiit" year In our homes 15AO0 people were killed becaus? qf falls There were 5.400 bunted to death. 1.400 died of poisoning end 1.100 ■ died from firearm* Total accident- , al death* in hemes mount d to 12 . s<Hi. an increase of 7 por cent over 1042. I <lxwk aruund your home right . 4vw. Mr. Bonder took for moan accident causers—cluttered stall* ’ ways—toys or household equipment! ■ xslkM About the house and under lu*l— improperly suarik.-d poisons—

loaded firearm carelessly stored ammunition — defective electrical appliances. Investigate the accident ■’producers" in your home and correct them. Make your home safe for your family. o A blacksmith at Brandon, Vermont, Thomas Davenport, attempted to build an electric railway as eaxky •• 1835 —— -o —1 —!

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LT. JEROME GEIMER (C»«U»»*! VrMB ng» l> extended for his safety and eventual return to his company. Last evening's message shattered those hopes, the word being that he was killed in action six days after he had been reported on the missing list Lt. Geirner joined the array on July 15. 1942 and took training in this country in various camps, the last being Camp Phillips. Kan. He went overseas in June. 1*44 and followed the army into France shortly after the invasion. He was born in this county. May 3. 1916. Lt. Geimer was with the 317th infantry regiment, goth division, in which at least six soldiers from this county have been killed in action. Besides his parents and brothert. he Is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ed Geimer of near Celina. O. His wife, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spangler, resides at 108 South Tnird street In this city. A daughter, Margaret Ann. died Feb. 12. 1042, a few hours after birth. His father is manager of the Steifel grain company here. — O ii— Fort Wayne May Obtain New Veterans Hospital Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. i.—(UP)

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN It was just then, by the way, that i Delphine entered my life—and the bedroom. I felt something soft brush against my ankles and on suppressing a sharp cry and looking down- < ward I discovered an enormous Maltese tomcat, with biasing green eyes and battle-scarred ears who Stalked to the hearth-rug, turned around twice, eat down and looked At me. He had apparently drifted silently along the shadows of the hall under chairs and tables and near the wall, so I hadn’t seen what was a habitually stealthy approach. And I couldn’t get rid of him. I held the door open invitingly and whispered, “Kitty, kitty,” and he merely looked disdainful. I went to him and swished with my skirt and be was only slightly entertained. I started to take him up in my hands and he simply lifted one solid gray paw and planted it upon my hand and Irmly put out his daws. He didn't scratch or dig them in, but he Save me to understand then and iere that he had little if any scruple*. So in the end I let Delphine stay. He took a complete bath, paused to stalk something that was not under the couch and went to sleep in a tight gray ball. I moved to a ehair, to the sofa, to the bed, to stars down at Craig, and then back to a chair. The trouble was, of course, I knew too much and still too little. It was an uneasy kind of night, wakeful, somehow, and troubled. But nothing happened. Nothing happened really, although once in a lull in the wind and rain I thought 1 beard quiet footsteps in the hall. The bouse seemed to sleep, yet there was a listening, sentient quality about it, too. The cat didn’t move. My patient slept heavily. The wind creaked the shutter outside and sighed down the ehimxey. Twelve o’clock came and Drue didn't come with it Twelve o'clock and twelve-ten, and still she was not there. At twelve-flfteea two things happened. Delphine opened his ejrsa, opened them all at once without blinking, sat up and stared fixedly at the blank panels of the door to the hall. Just stared at It, for a long time. Then soarething bumped, hard and sharp, against the door. A long silence followed. I must have got up, for I remember standing very still, listening. There was no other sound, no retreating footsteps, no movement, no voice. Because of this, or because of something less easily accountable, a m-jment (perhaps two or three) elepead before I went to the door and opened it No one was in the hall; it strMehed emptily away en either hand with the ehairs here and there making heavy shadows But no one was there. 1 believe — indeed I know — that several momenta passed, while I stood there. Long enough, st least, for me to discover the rather queer i thing I did discover and that was a hind of dent, small and not deep but still a dent, in the waxed gleaming Krfaee of one of the panels of the 4oor I still held epen. —

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It was as if someone had been carrying something (a ladder, fireplace tongs, perhaps a hammer) along the hall and had accidentally bumped it against the door. But people don’t carry hammers, or ladden. through sleeping houses after midnight. 1 was looking at that little dent, touching it with my finger, when a woman somewhere screamed. It was a short, breathless little scream, cut off before it was more than begun. But 1 knew somehow that it was Drue. I knew too that it came from downstairs. But I don’t remember moving, although I do have a dim memory of clutching at the banister on the stairs and of the slipperiness of the marble floor in the hall. The door to Conrad Brent’s library was open and there was a light Drue was there, her face as white as her cap. She had something in her hand and she wa* bending over Conrad Brent, who lay half on the floor, half on the red leather couch. He was dead; I saw that. Drue said in a strange, faraway voice, -Sarah—Sarah, pvt kiUed him!" Then there were footsteps running heavily across the marble floor, toward us. Drue heard them, too, and turned; the bright thing in her hand caught the light and glittered. In a time of shattering emergency, action is altogether instinctive. It’s only afterward that you question that action and then it’s too late because it is already accomplished—for good or bad but certainly forever. 1 reached out and took the shining thing from Drue’s hand. It was a hypodermic syringe; the barrel wa* empty and a needle was in place. Drue was staring down at Conrad Brent, her eyes wide and dark in her white face. She said, in that queer, faraway voice, *T didn’t mean to kill him. I was trying to help him. But he—he died....” I couldn't put my hand over her mouth, for it would have been seen; the sound of the footsteps had abruptly stopped at the door. 1 thrust the hypodermic syringe into my poeket and said loudly, to cover whatever Drue was trying to say, "Don’t be frightened; we’ll get the doctor ...” and turned around. It was Peter Huber who stood there; at least, it wasn’t Alexia who might have heard what Drue said, or Nicky which would be the same thing. Drue shrank into silence; I hoped it was prudence but was afraid it was not. Peter uttered an exclamation and camo quickly into the room. “Biek?” he eriod. "Good heavens! He looks horrible....’’ He Hupped beside me, clutching his red dressing gown over vividly striped pajama*. “He’s dead—isn’t he?" Well, I’ve been a nurse for a long time; I know death when I see it But 1 made sure while he watched " bo’s dead," I said at last “wnat was it? Heart?" “I don’t know. Yoe, I suppose so " AU throe of us stood there for an

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