Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1945 — Page 3

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i - ■■ — nEShiITF BOX HELD mite box opening of ‘ i-. missionary so<at the home of Mrs. BKoss Tiiureday, with Mrs. 'e ol son - " ,s - r- . ..'ftuj Sourer and Mrs. Sheras assisting hostesses. ’.>* Ssitlent. Mrs. J. F. Sanj the meeting with an talk on the history and '.,e„ <Bhe world day of prayer. . , (j thie year on .np-j®'' 111 Ht ‘ven thirty o'clock church. Mrs. Jaime furnish the music for church. The devo''A conducted -by Mrs L. who read eig)lt vei ' s, ‘ s chapter of Romans, led Sprayer. She also gave an article, "The Rehabili--turned Service Men." Bonnell. «;«. Bit. Teeple, a delegate to -r of the executive board ..- at Fort Wayne. ? it sftßi®her report, telling of the ih« coming year. The will be held a: the church April 20. Mrs. >hurte®n.il»p conducted the study as her subject "Social and iWißthe social hour, delicious were served by the taitVß GRACE EDDY WEDS t wtBaRRY LEHMAN Grace tEtddy, 114 nmanKavenue, Dayton, O„ and ; Allen Lehman. Payne, , united in marriage at Sunday at the home c parents. Rev. and Sb Eddy, 111 South Thlr-gJjHK-et. The 'bride’s father ofthe double ring cereTheßde was attired in a street of blue crepe, and of black. Her M|BKoi«age was of purple orthe ceremony, a weddj|Kr was served to a few Mol the immediate families. ! .jfg|K!itnan is a graduate of rhe payntH. high school and of the bool of beauty culture. For the past two yeans Bbe a®»een employed at Dayton, 0. is also a graduate high school and atat Bowling Green. O. pHMßtiioting in rhe marines in He recently returned Sjuimßi Pacific He will report to S. C. February 18, and

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■By LOUISE ALBRITTON wEIyWOOD — People keep ante* me how I manage to get the m °vies, being so tall. .’*■ of five feet, seven and onehalf Inches tall,

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chance to say my little say • l 'W well-wishers who have been me up, so to speak, so fully since I began in pics®» two years ago. _Jgsed a newspaper reporter’s • fnethlng. I mean, I went out yfyterviewed people around the u®rsai lot, getting material for ; "g earth-shaking blast which aptly be titled, “Don’t Sell fpirls Short." 3H«t I went to Rosemary Odell, /■feught to be in pictures herself, is Vera West’s ace deof ladies’ garments in the wardrobe department. The Miss Odel’ said as fol-. ,~S? s a Joy to fit a tall girl. We .W no fi g ure problems in the de’’’•’g of prints or stripes, for exC!o - hes drape well on tall J® and they look better groomed ’■shorties, always. jf’e tall gals don’t have to wear ■ c °lors all the time, as the ‘‘■f ones do. and tall gals can bulky furs, where little bitsy ■can’t furthermore, the tall gals can big picture, or floppy hats, •■also can wear tiny hats that '“f gals wear, too,” continued the f erful Miss Odell, who can ..S'* on me as her friend for life. f what is also important, we .f* 48 ” up excess materials on a a gal like you, so that it 'Mr't He arcund as moth bait. ’ .Bj we can Pui" al! kinds of jew‘.frfifi jeweled embroidery on tall Mi<l tlle stu ® helps to balance ’•body lines, something we can®do with the ponies." f laugh (Qi clothing angi«-

the bride will join him-there In the - near future. FINE ARTS FESTIVAL TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 9 -The Adams county Federation of . Clubs will hold its annual fine arts festival and silver tea at the Atnerl- . can Legion home Friday afternoon. [ February 9, at two thirty o'clock. Mrs. Walter Krick will present a short song recital, and Mrs. Leonard -Saylors wil review the book, "We Live in Alaska,” by Constance Helmericks. ’’Nearly everyone dreams of exploring the world’s last frontier. Nearly everyone has imagined himj self a pioneer in the wilderness. While we dreamed, the Helmericks acted-. They went to Alaska, to live. Alaska is, to countless Americans, a new land of opportunity, awaiting development after the war. The Helmericks represent the advance guard. In ‘We Live in Alaska’ they give American readers now what they might have had to wait for j until the end of the war, the story of a young couple, already settled in Alaska, and of how they got acquainted with their new homeland." All club women are invited to this program. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB LEADERS MEET WEDNESDAY 'The Adams county home economics club leaders held their first meeting of the year at the juniorsenior high school Wednesday. Mns. E. W. Busehe opened the meeting tfith the club song and creed. Roll call was answered by thirteen clu'bs present and the secretary’s report was given, after which Mrs. Busche introduced Mrs. Maud Hoilenback, war emergency worker. Mrs. Hollenback gave the lesson on foods in difficult times, and her discussion was divided into two parts, “satisfying meals for the family,” and “getting meals quickly and easily.” She stressed the necessity of fne-al planning, using the seven basic foods needed each day, and demonstrated two one-dish meals, one of a meat extender and the other a meat substitute. Later in the day, the ladies were given servings of these dishes. At noon a pot-luck dinner was enjoyed by the club memlbers and their guests. Guy Brown, Miss Mildred Worthman, Miss Anne Williams, Miss Clara Lengerich, Mrs, L. E. Artth'bold and Mrs. Hollenback. i At the close of the afternoon session. Miss Williams presented a

I went next to John Grant, who is producing my current Universal film, “Bowery to Broadway,’’ and this is what he told me: "Tall gals are getting bigger play than ever before, in all the studios, and the little bitsies must keep on their toes or get lost in the shuffle. I understand some of the short snorters are trying to stretch themselves to keep up with the times. "Most leading men are around six feet tall, and we have a couple of swell six-foot-six 4-F“s under scrutiny who may be signed here soon, so really short gals will be at a disadvantage. We’ll have to provide them with pogo sticks .'or love scenes,” said the wonderful Mr, Grant I then traipsed over to the portrait gallery and broke up a gin rummy game by taking Ray Jones, ace still photographer, aside for some grim questioning. "Gimme a tall kid any time,” stated Mr. Jones, who could make a silk purse out of a goat’s horn, with that camera of his, and has done it "You will notice—or your boy friend will—that the artist, Petty, and most all artists, for that matter, draw long legged babes. Those artists know their onions, and torsos, lady. When it comes to putting clothes on a gal in the gallery, gimme a tall "girl. She can wear anything—or nothing, equally well. I insist upon tall gals for fashion sitting.” Mr. Jones got a dreamy look in his eyes as he went on: “A short torso and good long legs—ah, that’s the stll man’s dream, Louise. A short torso and good long gam—l mean legs.” I thanked him and rambled out, to meet Hal Mohr, our topnotch movie cameraman. "I’ll take a tall gal for a love scene —I mean to shoot her in a love scene—every time, Louise,” said he with great sincerity and feeling. “It’s so much bother, lugging step ladders and boxes around for the short gals to stand on. For close shots, particularly, yes, we of the lens and blimp squad prefer the tall ones.” Mr. Mohr squinted at the sun, then at my nose, and as if to put a clincher to the whole thing, he added solemnly: “And we don’t have to lower our cameras to the floor and lie on our stomachs on a hot day so we can shoot up at ’em to make ’em look tall.” Any arguments, folks T

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Friday Red Ctoss Knitting Center, Legion, 2 p. m. to 5 p. tn. 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. H. Work and Win class, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker, 7:30 p. nt. Sunday Zion Lutheran married couplee club. 6 p. m. Women’s Guild book review, Zion Evangelical and Reformed church 3:45 p. m. Monday Pythian Sister Temple, K. of P. 7:30 p. m. . i, Decatur Woman’s club, Library, 7:45 p. m. Kirkland P. T. A., School Gym, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Eta Tau Sigma sororoity, Miss Betty Tricker, 8 p. m. Psi lota Xi, Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg, 8 p. m. Tri Kappa sorority, Elks home, 8 p. m. ’Catholic Ladies of Columbia, K. of C. hall, 7:30 p. m. ’Methodiet W. S. C. S. executive committee, Mns. Leigh Bowen, 7 p. m. Wedneeday Catholic Ladka of Columbia, K. of C. hall, 6:30 p. m. Thumay So Cha Rea, Mrs. Dan Zeser, 7:30 p. m. Zion Lutheran missionary society, church parlors, all day. food chart showing tho foods “we should eat and the food we do eat.” The material for this chart was taken from the sunvey taken of the school children in the county. MRS. ALICE SHAFFER HONORED AT PARTY Mrs. Alice Schaffer was honored recently when her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren gathered at her home to celebrate her eightieth birthday anniversary. A delicious pot-luck dinner was served at noon. Those present were Mns. Walter Beltz and Mrs. Silas Beltz of Berlin, Wis„ Mies Velma Beltz and Mrs. Arthur Beltz and dauhgtere, Mary Louise and Ruth Ann, of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mns. Wm. Keljy and Barbara Jean of Berne, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Butler and eons. Tommy, Joe, Paul and Jackie, Mr. and Mns. Elmer Wagner and children, Mr. and Mrs. Rolin Miller' and children, Mr. and Mrs. David Myers and son. Mr. and Mrs Martin Bienz and eon, Mr and Mrs. Carl Bucher and son, Wm. Beltz, Mrs. Katherine Bucher, Mr. and Mie. Wayne Gaunt and children, and the honored guest, Mrs. Shaffer. I . (Mrs. Shaffer hae four grandsons serving in the armed forces/-they are Richard Kelley in the marines, Sgt. Arthur Beltz, port Sill; Okla, Bertram Beltz, id the air forces over seen, and hte Rev,' Eugene Beltz; a, cfia.pla.in i? Sowfih Dakota, Who celebrated bls - birthday the same day'as. his grandmother. ' . t A six o’clock supper s/wed Tuesday eyening at .the hom|-"of Mr. anjj Mrs. Orvai Barger of ville in honor of Pfc. Max'W, BowToday’s Pattern r lit ■ f /i/L Full-cut Apron For kitchen-glamor, Pattern 9111 has embroidery in easy beginners’ stitches. Generously fullcut. ONE YARD ONLY of 35inch for sizes 14, 16, 32, 34. Easy to cut and sew. Pattern 9111 — small size (1416; 32-34); medium (18-20); large (40-42). Medium, 1% yards 35inch. Send Twenty Cents In coins for this pattern to Decatur Daily Democrat. Pattern Dept, 155 N. Jefferson St, Chicago 80. 111. Print plainly Size, Name, Address, Style Number. JVST OUT! Send Fifteen Cents more for our Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book! sasy-to-make clbthra to ,aH. Rw BIoUM Pattern printed right In tho book. Send Nov.

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In Italy gk jpn ■ ■ ■ ■ B Pfc. Preston B. Thatcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Thatcher of Decatur route three, is now stationed in Italy, serving with a Quartermaster corps. He has been overseas since August 1942, first serving in Africa and then crossing the Mediterranean to Italy. He entered the army in March of 1942, took basic training at Camp Lee, Va., and motorcycle mechanic training at Atlanta, Ga. His brother, Pvt. Delbert R. Thatcher was killed In action in France on July 9, 1944. He attended Pleasant Mills high school and was employed in New Haven prior to entering the ar man. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bowman, 'Mns. Robert. Winer of Sturgle, Mich., Marcella and Phillis Barger, Mr. and Mri. Ruse Bowman and son DeLane, Richard and Wilma Barger, Gene Bailey, and C. W. Bowman of Detroit, Mich. •Mr. and Mrs. John Hocker of Monroe entertained with a dinI ner Sunday, honoring Mrs. Dan Roop and daughter, Mlse Gienhys, of this city. Other gueata Included the Misses Madge and Fan'Hit®, end Mrs. Adrian Burk if thie city, and Mr. and Mrs. ®. J. Meyers of Mo«roe. . ' 'The Zion Lutheran miastonery society will have’ an all day meeting at the church Thursday, starting at nine o'clock. Red Cross sending will l>e done and all members are urged to attend. The Methodiat W. S. C. 8. executive committee will meet.Tuesday evening at eeven o'clock at the home of Mrs. Leigh Bowen. AH offioejw are urged to attend. The Catholic Indies of Columbia will, have a business meeting.Tßegday evening at seven thirty o'clock at the K. of C. hall. The Kirkland township parents teachers association wijj meet at the ’school' gymnasiuili Monday evening ati.seven thirty o'clock.• / . . -•■t' ' •. . • r • ALLIED ARMIES . . :-I t J-.-J ’ s-J f(Contiuuad. Fagp 1) ‘ 35-mHe -ffwt. ? " ' ’ Supreme headquarters-’annoudc-ed that Eisenhower and* fats' staff Had conferred with Lt. Gen.'• Omar N, Bradley, 12th -anuy .group coitr mander,, t|u( Jittle sped-, ulatioh about. th» gathering. The conference Was helcl against the significant background of a Russian drive to (he approaches of Berlin and American penetrations of the Siegfried works. Its importance was indicated by the fact that it was announced at all, for the usual meetings between commanders go unheralded. The announcement specified that the principal members of the supreme commander’s staff were present, another indication that big things were cooking. Field dispatches said the Germans were abandoning entire sections of their first-line Siegfried defenses and pulling back into the main fortifications three to four miles farther east Without a struggle. The withdrawal, apparently dictated by the need of reserves -to meet the Red army push in the east, was reported most pronounced noftbenst of Monschau, where the Germans were known to have built a double wall of defenses covering the Cologne plain. In those sectors, advancing doughboys found many pillboxes abandoned, along with the guns and equipment of their garrisons, indicating the Nazi retreat had been hasty and perhaps panicky. At other points, however, the enemy was reported fighting stubbornly along the outer fringes of the Siegfried line with mortars, machine guns, .and riflez. German mobile field guns behind the west wall were maintaining a sporadic fire all along the front, While giant American; 165-mllll-meter long toms opened a heavy barrage in support of the attacking doughboys. ■ ■ l ' '.*■» Americans have the lowMt per capita cost matches in tho World. The average eerpehditwe l» Itoe U. B. ts I tame a week or M.B a year for matebw.

JMssHl ■afwl Lt. Holla Overseas Fifth Air Force, Souibwest Pacific—(Second Lt. Donald F. Hoile, 38, husband of Mre. Aldinp Hoile and son of Mr. and Mru. ixmls Halle RFD 1, Hoagland, Ind., has arrived oreraeas to join the bomber unit —ike Jolly Rogers of the Fifth Air Force—in its day-after-day assualt against 'the Jap enemy in the southwest Pacific. A pilot, Lt. Hoile will be at the helm of a big LlbeartOr bomber of the Jolly ogere, oldest and bestknown B-34 outfit in the theater of operations, in future operational missions over Jap-held territory. A graduate of Monmouth High School, where he played on the school’s basketball team, Hollo hae been in the Army two years. He was employed by the General Electric Co., before entering the service. Awarded Philippine Ribbons Somewhere in the Philippines— Pfc. Robert H. Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Meyers, who reside at 616 W. Marshall St., Decatur, Ind., has received the Philip pine Liberation Ribbon. A member of a well known infantry division, Meyers was in the central Pacific and New Guinea before coming here. He graduated from Decatur high school and was associated with bls father in the auto repairing business in Decatur. He entered service jn Fort Wayne, Ind., in Aprif 1941 and holds the American Defense Ribbon for service before Pearl Harbor. • 1 tS/Sgt. Martin D. Habegger, who Is stationed at The Dalles, Oregon, Is upending a 10-day furlough with hie mother, 'Mre. Dan Habegger, of near Monroe, and his brother, Milo, Who recently returned to the states after having served with the army in Hawaii. . o— —.—. —_ House Approval Os George Bill Likely ■ '• j ♦ ■ ' ■ ' • ■ I i- J _ Improves Prospects For Henry Wallace Washington, Feb. g—(UP).— Early , faolise approval Os. tbp George bill, designed'.to divorce lending 'agencies from the oommorco ■’ department ' appeared ’admired today* with' coueedue’nt fwpiijwement ■iw prospects, lot cjdffrmatioß of: Henry A. Wu-M.WV*; M secretary of coinmere.e. ' ■ ' - •■ ' 1 t ' > Although opponents of th* U!>mlßa.Upn. declared, .they l.wouJi. continue .their figfat jo, block eppfirmation When It te taken up it seemed dpubtftH they again could muster the vote by wklcli they almost forced a decision op the nomination yesterday. : Widespread eontlment among Poth Republicans and- Democrats Indicated that the house would follow the lead of the senate in Passing the George bill to remove the Reconstruction Finance Corp, and allied agencies from the commerce department. The senate passed the bill yesterday by a vote of 74 to 12 following the pattern adopted by Wallace supporters once they became convinced that, the former vice president could not be coofinned if the loan agencies remained in the department. Pro-Wallace forces averted an immediate vote on the nomination by an etttemely close division and senate then passed the George bill. After senate Democratic leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky read a letter from President Roosevelt announcing he would approve a divorce of the RFC and the department of commerce, the senate adopted Barkley’s motion to postpone the nomination until March 1, to give •he house and the president time to act on the George bill. Chairman Brent Spence of the house banking committee said the group probably would begin considering the George bill late next or early the following week. Both he and ranking Republican member Jesse P. Wolcott of Michigan were confident that the bill would be passed by the bouse. Similar sentiment was evident among Democratic leaders. o An analysis of the air shipments •hows that machinery and hardware comprise 23 percent of all abipmenta, printed matter 15 percent, store merchandise 13 percent, valuables 8 percent, motor parts 4 perteut, fllnz 4 irtrwut mH jsvrblny 9 pfcretmt.

XfaJJCALS PdnEM ii *■■■ Otto Scheuihatin of Fort Wayne called on friends here last evening Ray Rum pl er,-plane pilot at the Van Wert air port committed suicide yesterday by inhaling acetylene gas at the airport. He attached a hose to the gas tank and placed it'under his head. He was the sth oldest civilian air pilot in the United States. He was known by a number of Adams county plane, enthusiasts. — TO —— — •I . ’ Contest Sullivan's War Case Opinion Chicago, Feb. 2. — (UP) — A charge that Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan erred in 29 Instances; in ruling that President Roosevelt lacked authority to order seizure of Montgomery Ward & Co. pro;e erties was on file today with the U. S. circuit court of appeals. In an appeal from Sullivan’s ruling of last Saturday, U. S. attorney J. Albert Well contested Sullivan’s opinion that powers of the military extend only to military zones and said the court erred In falling to determine the mail order firm’s properties “production" plants. In a statement listing 12 “errors” in evidence and 17 in the judge's conclusions, Woll also disputed a finding that Ward’s-labor disputes did not constitute a threat to war production. — —• • ■ - The nation's air express service celebrated its 17th year of operation by handling 31,000,000 pounds of cargo, much of which formed a vital contribution to the war effoffrt. • GIVES FINAL LECTURE (Continued From Page 1) put not in indolence, active and energetic hut not mutually hostile, ambitious to construct, not to destroy,' intolerant only of wrong, eager to conquer not their fellows but. the ancient evils of the world, .greedy for knowledge rather than material wealth, concerned with the secrets of nature rather than those of their neighbors. . , , ■t “It is here that North America can play an outstanding role in the world. Our ancestors have won and bequeathed to us a territory of great extent, limitless wealth, and varied character. It is still to a great extent undeveloped. Canada In particular has 1

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half a continent with only twelve million people in it. The climate Is good in its variei| range. We have escaped most of the old prejudices, old enmities and oM feuds that haunt the old worlds of Europe and Asia, ffeose divisions that we have can be healed if we face them fairly. Wfc have evolved social and political systems, which In spite of their faults as systems and our faults as individuals, have given us a measure of happiness) security and ordered, tolerant, efficient freedom perhaps as great as or greater than those possessed by any other society in the history of the world. There are weaknesses and dangers but there are great merits and means of protection. We do not heed to tuke our fellows’ territory to supply our needs. If we need as outlet for our vigorous energies, we can challenge the deserts, the swamps, the barriers of distance, the rigc~B of climate. We can make war on disease, on crime and lawlessness) on cruelty, greed and ignorance. We can show to other nations the example of our success, if they care to follow it. We can avoid trying to compel them to accept our authority over them, of boasting of our superiority to them. We can make this continent of ours a good land from which others will be glad to learn willingly, not one which they will be forced to obey reluctantly. “So doing, we can turn back the challenge not only of Gen J t ■..g.W'LIW

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many and Japan, hut of all the forces which now would stop the advance of civilization in the fullest sense. Perhaps never in history has so much been at stake as now. Perhaps never has any nation been ottered so great u chance as is now offered to North America. If we accept that role . and play it as it should be play- ■ ed, the dark tragedy of today inay in its later scenes become the happy comedy of tomorrow and its curtain may fall on a world redeemed." COLDS,’, Relieve misery, as most mothers do. Rub the a throat, chest Ba" -Ba V vapor ub Buy ond fry! . NYAL ASPIRIN For prompt relief of headache, neuralgia, cold symptoms—bottle a* •• of 100 tabs* VC Hohhouse Drug Co.