Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1945 — Page 3

wINESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1945.

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THAMES KESSLER TO CLASS aKM|?nHnF Workers class of the BM Methodist church met at of Mrs. James Keasler <\nH with ninp nietniberc and present. ' yJßblu 'Mitchel, class president, during 'he meeting, and / ■‘Take Time to be Holy", . by the cla«ss. The de"ere given by Mrs. Kero- ■ MO Eliza iiahnert wan elected reporter, and Mrs. E. W. 'uschAwus appointed to write a '■u«H» pa< "l’ ot the SPrvi< ’ p men. ie a member of the . John Crist had charge r’ and Mrs. E. W. , ue Mrs. John Floyd gave . readings. Mre. Alma Esof the singing conrequired each member jial a verse of iter favorite I.id Hendricks was judgbeet singer. The song >u«J* Birthday" was sung t.o Mrs. wars assisted 0»y Hahnert and Miss Esther 3R,JbT'C department MONDAY EVENING deparnnent ot the Woman’s club met Monby -.Sting at the home of Mrs. ■U»M,..\riliiir Vogiewede. viceWfßn. presided during the busiafter which a very inreview of the play. "The Wind.” by Lillian Hellgiven by Mrs. Bryc - Thoby Mrs. Carl Get her. jggHfr the social hour, delicious were nerved by the by Mrs. Gerber, .jrßMwtird Huck and Mns. Joseph *BK Correction story of the George Ogg dinner, the names of Mr. Woodsou Ogg and eons ami Mrs. Rufus Roop and were unintentionally MK. M. A. of the Nut tman .•.gJBCm:<-d Bt e; In c-ii <.liiir.it will evening at eeven idHto’c'.ix-k at the home of Rev. adßlletty Tricker v.-jt] be hostit.- members et Eta Tau SiMißfimority at the heme of at _———

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HARRISON CARROLL V'BKg Features Syndicate Writer MLYWOOD.-In the first days after Pearl Harbor. SS-sal bought 400 yards of S«jß®sateen to make black-out There were no air raids, SsKgM and this week the matgs terial went to

costume 32 dancers for “T h a t’s the Spirit.” The thieves who looted Martha Raye’s home for furs, jewelry and perfume have an even blacker mark against them. One of Martha’s dogs,

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®9®a mutt but she loved him, h*H»een missing since the robYesterday, the star went igOhe garage and found her pet. been hit over the head and 'pfiUlette G °ddard comes home fs W.the hospital but must take *tßsv for several weeks. To her up, Buzz Meredith her the trained Welch terwas used in “The Story *®. Joe." Red Skelton is a strep victim in an Army hospital ' are even worse than that ’’MB Alan Hale’s son, Alan, Jr., been with the Coast Guard fi 'Bcepshead Bay. He’s seriously (‘“•h scarlet fever. as if Donald O’Connor’s ft *Q” ri de. Gwen, may be career- ' She’s taking tap lessons. , 1 ambition of Mercedes is to get to Honolulu a ?W a uso unit- Her big mo ' Orchestra Leader Claude is there. . . , It’s pracdriving Xavier Cugat mad ;! ® he can’t learn the trick of nC ' ng * earn > the Garcias — :f ßp° a rumba while balancing °f liquor on his head. The night he had to send him j.'Bmotl’-cr tuxedo. Spilled bour'Bf' 1 over himself. . . . That new ‘hnw coat of Virginia Weidler’s is from ber mom. And Virginia for not smoking. . . . When ZB 811 Wynn went to «J1 Centro .'‘_B^ er tain the Marines, who do was his partner in a • B~Tytone Power. . . . Claude sported er. route here from

Mib. Forrest Lake Tuesday evening at eight o’clock. ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY HAS MEETING The St. Vincent DePaul society ‘ met Tueaday afternoon at the K. of i C. hall. During the business meeting the following officers were elected: 'Mrs. Doy Lhatnon, president; Mre. Henry Braun, vice-president; Mrs. ‘Paul Briede, secretary; and Mre. 'Charles Miller, treasurer. Games of | cards were played and the prize for bridge was won by Mrs. Lhatnon, and Mns. Elizabeth Costello was awarded the prize for 500. The Ladies Aid society of the Christian church will meet Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock at the home of Mrs. Henry Leichtensteiger. The W. 6. C. S. of the Monroe Met’hodint church will meet Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock at the church parsonage. Following the regular meeting, there will he play rehearsal. o Mrs. -C. D. Teeple is in Fort 'Wayne today attending the executive meeting of the Fort Wayne Presbyterial at the First Presbyterian church. The will of the late Mrs. Grace Vesey, who died January 24, has been admitted for probate in superior court at Fort Wayne. Stock in ’ the Thompson avenue Realty Company is given to three etep-daugh-tere Miso Margaret Vesey, Sally V. Max and Catherine V. Kampe. The estate was valued at sl'l,ooo. A sister and tw 0 nephews were given personal effects and named an residuary legatees. o Adams County Memorial Hospital ♦ ♦ Admitted: Milton Det'tinger, route 2; Mrs. Lawrence Shoaf, route 5. 'Admitted and disunited: Miss Hazel Prophet, Monroeville route 1. 'Dismissed: Mre t Lawrence Jones, Willshire, O. — o

his farm in Pennsylvania. And is he going to take a kidding about that terrific salary paid to him in London? . . . Judy Garland’s new lapel ornament is very appropriate —a little gold trolley car. Ralph Blaine, one of the writers of “The Trolley Song,” gave it to her. Hear that Leo Gorcey’s 23-year-old soldier-brother, David (he worked in “Little Tough Guys" series) will be married Friday in Missouri to a 17-year-old beauty named Dorothy Jacher. Don’t be surprised if Greg McClure, star of “The Great John L” and the first Hollywood celeb to be inducted in 1945, is out of the Army soon. He was assigned to the medical corps at Fort Louis, Washington, and he’s already in the hospital with a dislocated leg -••the same recurring injury that kept him out of the service for so long. Lots of her Hollywood friends didn’t take it seriously when Joan Woodbury opened a dancing school. But she's good. Selznick has hired her to coach Jennifer Jones for two numbers in “Duel in the Sun." Joan’s been working at her acting career, too. She just finished at Columbia in “Ten Cents a Dance.” HOLLYWOOD HI JINX: Arturo De Cordova has such a bad cold that Paramount Is postponing love scenes with Dorothy Lamour in “Masquerade in Mexico.” . . . The boys at Birmingham hospital will have Lucille Ball to m.c. the opening of their new bowling alley—a present from the bowlers of southern California. Lucille will work as a pin-girl, too. She’d better jump fast and protect those shapely pins of her own. . . . The Veloz and Yolanda tour of the midwest and south starts at Madison, Wis. . . . The songs for Eddie Cantor’s next at R-K-0 (an untitled western) will be written by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson. They've gone to the desert to get into the mood. ... Did you know that Eddie Horton’s mother has been saving his stage costumes foi 40 years? . . . James Dunn at the House of Murphy celebrating a 76 on the golf course at Rolling Hills. John Cox (father of John Howard), one of his guests. . . . After hearing his father on the radio, Ricky, four and one-half year old ton of Ozzie Nelson, said: “Gee, Dad, you can sing higher than Sinatra and lower than Crosby!"

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Wednesday Church Mothers study club, Methodist church parlors.. 2 p. m. Red (’rose Serving Center, Legion, 1 p. m. Ladies Shakrepearc club, Mrs. Vance Hudson, 2:30 p. m Historical ciub, Mrs. Judson Panswater, 2:30 p. m. ■Cub pack and parent*, Lincoln auditorium, 7 p. m. Nuttman avenue . United Broth-, ren prayer meeting, Floyd Arnold, 7:30 p. m. Thursday ■Monroe W. S. C. S. church parsonage, 7:30 p. m. Christian ladies aid society, Mrs. •Henry Lieobb-nsteiger, 7:30 p. m. Nuttman avenue U. B. W. M. A., Rev. Van Gundy, 7:30 p. m. Men's Union Prayer Service, ground floor public library, 7:30 p. m. U. B. Ladies Aid society, Mrs. Roy Mumma, 7:30 p. m. Women of Moose, Moose home, 7:30 p. m. Rainbow Girls, Masonic Orris, Masonic hail, 7:30 p. m. U. B. Ladies Aid society, Mrs. Roy Mumma, 7:30 p. m. Mit Box opening of Presbyterian missionary society, Mrs. Huber DeVo®, 2:30 p. m., spiritual life group, 2 p. m. Ijadiee Missionary society of Church of God, Mts. Guy Aiglet, all day. Union Chapel ladles aid society, church parsonage, l;30 p. m. 'Evangelical missionary society, church basement, 2 p. m. Friday Red Cross Knitting Center, Legion, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Methodist Ever-Ready class, Mrs. Leigh Bowen, 7:30 p. m. Heidelberg class, church parlors, 8 p. m. Nuttman avenue U. B. Y. M. 8., Betty Hill, 7:30 p. m, 'U. B. Work and Win class, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker, 7:30 p. m. Sunday Zion Lutheran married couplee club, 6 p. tn. ■Wom'en’s Guild book review, Zion Evangelical and Reformed church 3:45 p. m. Monday Pythian Swter Temple, K. of P. 7:30 p. m. Decatur Woman’s club, Library, 7:45 p. m. Tuesday 'Eta Tau Sigma sororoity, Miss •Betty Tricker, 8 p. tn. Dwelling Rentals Must Be Reported All rental*, of dwelling accomodations, houses, apartments, rooms, trailers, or trailer space must be registered with the area rent office, 238 Utility building, Fort Wayne, within 3 days after beihg so rented, John E, William*, director of Fort Wayne Decatur rental area, explained today. 'Further, Mr. Williams said, ‘‘failure to bo register conptitu-t® a' violation of the federal rental regulations. Any change -tn tenancy in any living accomodations, except those registered on hotel and Morning house, forms tntfstt be reported to the area rent office' within five days after the new tenant ha* taken possession.” - •.. ; ■ • • Today’s Pattern 9404 Wf SIZES WNJZ /iftr 10-20 10 M JaSL.oJ br-A \*_|J I I /fewi JB Wl Paw Ms SH A ■ .311 Marian Martin New Spring Pattern! Wear this smart two-piecer now. Make with separate skirt and a sundress. Pattern 9404, flattering waistline, sophisticated contrast. Easy to make. Pattern 9404 in sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44. For yardages see pattern. Send Twenty Cents in coins tor this pattern to Decatur Daßy Democrat, Pattern Dept, 156 N. Jefferson St, Chicago 80, BL Print plainly Size, Name, Addfess, Style Number. JUST OUT! Bend Fifteen Cents ' more for our Marian Martin Spring ' Pattern Book! ' clothes tor sD- Fret BifftlH F»fr tern printed right In the bosk. Bend Nev.

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Was Wounded el it ** ''i fl.-, / ZX / . _ JiF Pvt. Charles Barker, 18 year old son of Kenneth Barker of Decatur route three, was wounded in action in France on December 17. He entered the army last. March and went overseas in October, landing in England, then going Immediately to France with the combat infantrymen. I , Nation's Death Toll 94,000 In Last Year Near Ten Million Reported Injured Chicago, Jan. 31.— (UP) —America paid a huge toll —94,000 lives—for accidents on the home front !n 1944, the national safety council reported today. In addition to the death toll, 9.750,000 persons were injured and the mishaps cost $4,850,000,000. Fatalities dropped five percent below the 1943 figure, the council said, which meant a saving of 5,000 lives, and the death rate of? 0.4 per 100,000 population was the lowest since 1922. With the exception of 1921 and 1922, It was the lowest on record. nitely encouraging,” council president Ned H. Dearborn said. “It proves that the nation’s wartime safety efforts are producing results. This is especialy time in Industry, in the home and in military personnel.” There were 2,000 lese home deathe in 1944 than in the previous year, 1,500 less public deaths, a deof 1,090 in military personnil deatbs and of SOO in occupational fatalities. Traffic deaths nunv bered about the same. Dearborn said management and labor are to be commended for cutting the occupational death toll in a year of peak wartime production, when the “constant demand is more—and faster." Nonetheless, he pointed out that the t|mc'lost' : through accidents to workers, cm and off the job, equivalent tm a one-year shutdown of war plants employing a total qf 1,000,.090 work' ers. ■ Home accidents' again took the most lives —30,500—with niotor. vehicle fatalities, Numbering 23.500, second.' Other tolls were: occiip*-: tlonal, 17,500; public .- (not mbiqr 1 vehicle), am| military personnel, 11,500. ’ - The total of 9,750,000 persons ln« jured last year was three percent lower than in 1943. One in every 14 persons suffered a disabling injury duridg the year, the council said. The dollars-and-cents loss covers all acidente and includes wage losses, medica] expense, overhead costs of insurance, production delays, damage to equipment and property damage from traffic ace? dents and fires. Deaths of children under 16 years decreased four percent. Other decreases were five percent for the ' 25-to-44 and 65-and-over groups and nine percent for the 45-to-64 group. — —o — «_ To Import Workers For Indiana Farms Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 31.—(UP) — J. B. Kohlmeyer of Purdue university, state supervisor of emergency farm labor, announced today that Indiana farmers will be aided with their crops this year by 800 Jamaicans and 200 Mexican nationals. He said the imported workers would be placed chiefly where facilities were available for feeding and housing groups of 10 or more, but that smaller groups would be placed where suitable quarters could be provided. Farmers may apply for the workers to their local county agricultural agents, Kohlmeyer said. o South Bend Woman Burned To Death 'South Bend, Irid., Jan. 31 —(UP) —Mrs. Lena M. Boger, 40, was burned to death today when Are destroyed her four-room frame home. Fireman said the blaze pro-bartriy was caused toy a defective oil stove. Her huebaad, Oscar, i war was absent from home #h«a tbb Mr* occuvpaM.

Ihl'liMbibl I H^llniHilip <null ll ‘L 1 Ora Mil I iiii aiMiSi! il 'pfc. Robert L. Crorwnover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Crownover of Decatur routr six, is confined for the fifth time to a hospital in Egypt suffering from tropical fever, according to a letter received by the parents. Pfc. Crownover is a mechanic attached to the army air force nt a B-29 base. His letter was dated January 11, In which be enclosed Several pictures taken In the war area. First Lt. Harry Orossnickle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gorman Grosstrickle of North Manchester, is spending a 30-day leave In this city With his wife, who resides at 424% Clo-ss street. Lt. Grossnickle has spent over two years in Iran as a medical administrative officer. He entered the army in February of 1942 and received his commission in September of that year in Abilene, Tex. Lt. Cassiue Keller of the U. S. Naval Reserve is vteiting here with •his wife, the former Helen Hain of North Sixth street. Lt. Keller recently returned from the Southwest •Pacific where he served for over two years. 'Mrs. Keller met him in Washington, D. C., and they proceeded to New York before coming heme. First Lt. Ruth E. Schwartz, who • is home on leave, was recently advanced to that rating, Lt. Schwartz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. R. Schwartz, Berne route 1, is stationed ar the Nichols General hospital, Louisville, 2, Ky. o Slate Democrats In Session Today Bays Forces Issue As State Chairman Indianapolis. Jan. 31 — (UP) — The Indiana Democratic state committee meets today to formulate a program, for the 1946 elections and to decide whether Fred F. Bays of •Sullivan shall continue as party chairman. Bays, facing opposition after the overwhelming defeat ot the Democwitic state ticket, last November said that he would force the Issue before the committee and that he Vas confident of the outcome. ,‘T will insist Upon hill and free expression on iny tenure hy tlie ■ committee,” Be said.. ' . " . ;C)pen' opposition against Bays developed while the’chairman was in Washington receirily to attend the inauguration of President Roosevelt and tq Confer with Democratic national chairman Robert E. Itanne,'A special meeting of the Indiana Democratic editorial association tWa£ held’fit that time to demand a \ greater voice for the editors in state party affaira. A resolution demanding Bays resignation, however, •was turned aside. 'Upon his return, Bays announced the committee meeting and said that a group of four Democratic editors would ibe invited to attend. They were Marion Ayres of Shelbyville, Toney E. Flack of Indianapolis, Walter S. Chambers of New Castle, chairman, and Herbert Harris of Greenwood. 'Bays said that the committee would discuss plans outlined by ■Hannegati to coordinate closely the mate party campaign with the national program and the suggestion of the editors to establish a research and publicity department within the committee. The chairman also will report on his request to congress for continuation of the federal investigation into last fall’s election. — o_ Request Abandonment Os Interurban Line Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 31.—(UP) The Indiana Service corporation requested authority to disbandon the interurban electric railway line between Fort Wayne and Garrett, according to W. Marshall Dale, presidept of the ISC, today. The application was sent to the public service commission in Indiana and the interstate commerce commission in Washington. This 18-nrile long line is the iemainder of 213 miles of interurban railway operated by the company in northeastern Indiana 15 years ago. The ISC claimed that the high costs of operating the short service were not balanced 9y the earnings. — 0 _ Tobias Knight, colonial secretary of North Carolina, was tried for complicity jn the maraudings of BUekbeanl the plrata, but was absolved by tha provincial council.

Report Churchill, Eden Leave Britain — Date For Big Three Conference Nearing London, Jan. 31.—(UP)—Prime Minister Churchill and Foregin Secretary Anthony Eden have left Britain, it was learned today as the date for the “big three” conference approached. In commons, deputy prime minister Clement Attlee and foreign undersecretary' Richard Law answered questions addressed to Churchill and Eden respectively. A German DNB dispatch yesterday said a “high British personality” had passed through Paris by plane en route to the Near East by way of Rome. “One considers it not Impossible ■ that this personality is Eden, who I , is said to be on his way to the place where the ‘big three’ meeting will I be held.” ■ (A French broadcast reported by . BBC said Harry L. Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s special representi ative, was expected to leave Rome for Moscow soon byway of the ■ Near East.) —— o — Poultry School To Be Held February 8 Joe Sicer, extension poultry specialist of Purdue, will assist with a poultry school at 1 p. m., kt the Lincoln school February 8. Mrs. Margaret Price will be chairman of the school and she • states that the program will start with 15 minutes of instrumental and vocal music by the Adams county Hot Shots. The local feed and hatchery Interests: the De- i catur Hatchery, Model Hatchery I of Monroe, Cash, Coal and Sup- | ply Co., Stiefel Grain Co., Deca- j tur, Burk Elevator of Decatur and ■ Monroe, and the Farm Bureau I Co-op of Monroe, will assist in I putting on this meeting. They j state that most of the flock in • the county are under the care of ' the women so they are particu- I larly anxious to have women | attend this school. , Mr. Sicer will explain ways to . increase hatchability of eggs and ■ ways to cut the time in the care | of the poultry flock.. He states j too, that some new work has been j done on the control of leukosis • or range paralysis, and the use I of flowers of sulphur as a means I of control of coceidiosis. At the | close of the session, doughnuts . and coffee will be served. 0 I Bunnell Resigns As Soya Co. Official \ David J. Bunnell, a former vice-11 president of the Central Soya Co., J with offices In Chicago, has resign- | »d his position io become president ; and general manager of Victory I Mills; Ltd., in Toronto, Canada. ;■ He is a director of the national j Boyhean processors association and ■ a member of other affiliated organ-1 j izailons." 1 1 The pirate Blackbeard had great • g pensomri courage. It took five pis- | tol wounds and 20 sword wounds tor ! Lt. Maynard to down him in thejl historic fight off Ocracoke, N. C.

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Mr. and Mrs. George Daniels are the parents of a baby boy, born Tuesday at 9:47 p. m. at the Adame county memorial lioepiUh- 4I p weighed 7 pounds, 10% oufices and •haa not been named. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer T. Scott, 438 Mircer avenue, are the parents of a baby girl, born at the Adams county memorial hospital Tuesday at 11:10 a. m. She weighed 7 pounds, 15% ounces and hue been named Marilyn Sue. I Sgt. and Mrs. Harry Dale Habeg- • ger, Berne route 1, are the parents ■ mMENMI'i Are You Embarrassed By HOT FLASHES? If you, like ao many Women, between the ages of 38 and 52—suffer from hot flashes, nervous tension, irriÜbllity, are a bit blue »t times—*ll due to the functional middle age period peculiar to women —try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to relieve such symptoms. For almost a century thousands upon thousands of women—rich and poor alike — have reported remarkable benefits. Many wise women take Pinkham’s Compound regularly to help build up resistance against such annoying distress. Lydia Pinkham's Compound helps nature. It also has what Doctors call a stomachic tonic effect. Follow label directions. Worth trying! LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S MAS

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|of a ba'by boy. born Tuesday al .• 3:20 p. m. at the .Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 15% ouacre and bus been named Ijirry Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Walters, 153 North Second street, arc the parents of a baby girl, bom Tuesday at 11:11 a. m. at the Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 8% ounce and haa been named Helen Marie. Mr. and Mns. Frank J. Grice are the parents of a baby girl, born Saturday at 12:03 p. m. at the Adams county hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 8% ounces and has been named Karen Darlene. I e— S Red Points! : are as valuable as money. SPEND THEM WISELY! Rejjardless of the QUALITY of Meat you buy, the point value is the Name. GET THE BEST FOR YOUR POINTS. Be sure of Quality by buying cuts from cattle selected from Adams County’s finest herds. Gerber MEAT MARKET