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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evenin* Except Sunday By i THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur. Ind., Post Office as Second Clast Matter J. H Heller —President A. R Holthouae. Sec’y. & Bus Mgr. Dick D Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies I -04 One week by carrier .20 By Mail in Adams. Allen. Jay and Welk counties. Indiana, and Mercer and • Van Wert counties. Ohio, 14.50 per year; $2.50 for six months; $1.35 tor three months; 50 cents tor one moot'. Elsewhere. $5.60 per year; SI.OO for six months; $1.65 for three months; 60 cents for one month Men and women in the armed forces $3.60 per year or SI.OO for three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National * Representative BCHEERER A CO 15 Lexington Avenue. New York J E. Wacker Drive. Chicago. 11l ! «■,- . - — The general assembly of Indiana ! has just another four weeks and a Jot of work must be done in that time if they expect to do much. o—o What a lot of difference there is when the temperature registers at 20 or 25 degrees above zero and when it drops down to ten above. O—o The Jape continue to win cam-1 paigns in China, indicating that they have no idea of quitting even . If we wipe their island off the map. Help Uncle Sam conclude a great victory and treaties that will! assure i peace and prosperity without in-1 flatiou. To do that every one can; help by buying more bonds. O—o The highways are dangerous, these days. You may get hung up ■ along the road if you have even a slight accident. Travel only when you have to and be careful. O—O The March of Dimes campaign; will continue to February 15th, it;' has been announced. In many territories the severe cold weather and icy highways have prevented the drive so the time has been extended another two weeks. —o—o_ It’s groundhog day and marks the second half of winter. The next six weeks will probably not be as severe as the past first half but it will probably be that long before you can expect any real and dependable signs of spring. O—O It’s time to get your seed catalogue and start planning for the biggest and best Victory garden you have ever grown. Many are doing’ it and the old timers tell us that half the fun of gardening is planning for it. The question of how to turn the liquor business in Indiana over to the Republican politicians without creating a far reaching battle is the biggest problem the state leaders are engaged in. This problem will never be settled by politics and -wise leaders know that. O—O While many farmers doubt that they can beat their records of the past two or three years in production of crops or even tie them, will do their best. Shortage of men and machinery will be handicaps but if the seasons break just right some of the loss from those sources may be made up. included in the river and harbor For a copy of th« Decatur Daily Democrat go to The Stopback on sale each evening 4c

bill which has now passed the U. S. senate is a provision for a preliminary survey of the St Mary’s river as a part of the general postwar program to improve streams. It may develop into one of the most ‘ important improvements this tert rilory has known in many years. Keep an eye on this project as it t progresses. If a “time” bill now up to final reading in the legislature passes it ' will require all clocks to be set back an hour April let and then advanced again during June, July and August. It is fostered by representatives from the Calumet disstrict who want the time there to conform with Chicago time. They sure bump this question around. O—O General MacArthur is marching on and as he does so thousands of troops from this country are being landed on Luzon to assure a complete victory in a short time. The advance on Manila te being ca.e- --! fully and wisely made. Reports are , that many Hoosiers are included I in the divisions now being landed there. The Philippines will soon be free again. —O-0 i Buy your February bonds and hang on to them They will help you carry out any plans you mayhave for the future. They are the . best investments that can be made i as is evidenced by the fact that ' billions of dollars of them are being held by life insurance compani s. banking institutions, railroads and other great corporations as reserves. They will be redeemed with interest. O—O Unless the snow goes off gradually look for some terrific floods in the spring, so warns a number of engineers who keep informed on such things. In many parts of the country there is seven feet of enow and lee on the ground and the average for a dozen states in the midwest and east is said to be over five feet. If that goes off with spring rains flood controls are not expected to prevent serious damage. O—O Give Hitler credit tor having ■ nerve or courage or something.| How he could make a speech under present conditions and tell his people to tight on to ultimate victory is beyond the average person. ■ He did It on the thirteenth ann.versa ry of his rise to power in Germany, surprising even his own • people. In the meantime the Rus-; ■sian armies march on towards Beilin and are only forty miles away and the other Allied armies make gains iu the west even under the most terrible weather conditions. The fuhrer evidently is sincere in hie expressed determination to fight on to the end and wants all his fellow countrymen to do likewise. However he is being deserted by many of his leaders and his pooltion becomes more critical each hour. O—o Get Ready to Fly: Few industries will eater the postwar era with a wider field of operation before them, than will air transport For increased businfess, the world is Its market. No longer will it be confined to one country. This fact however, will create problems because the companies will become subject to a multiplicity of regulations by various governments. In spite es the hurdles that lie ahead, the industry plans to keep the United States in the lead in the field of air activity. Air cargo transport will accelerate the entire tempo of post-war merchandising, in fields of fashions, specialty goods, perishable foods and exports, in the opinion of Major Benjamin H. Namm, first vice-president of the National Retail Dry Goods Association. Mr. Namm visions en tlrely new markets peued up. The coordination of airplanes

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with existing methods of transportation, including trucks, express,! railroads, steamships, and storage, warehouses, is essential to give; our nation the last word in transport service. The people of the I United States are such great travelers and shippers that it will take the combined facilities of every agency to meet their needs. The airplane will add the last link to give the super service. — Hartford City News-Times. —o~ — Twenty Y ears Ago Today «,— —■♦ Feb. 3 —lndiana house parses the Wright “bone dry” bill with only j one dissenting vote. ; JMary Lyon Lee, a native of China ■ gives an interesting lecture at the Evangelical churoh. Harold Mattax of Geneva appointed county coroner to succeed hia I father, the late L. L. Mattax. , The fathers and mothers of the I Decatur Catholic high school bas-

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ketball -players give reception for ! I them at Knights of Columbus hall. 1 C. E. Magley. county road superi intendent, filed report showing ; average cost of maintenance of I I highways in county was slsl per! [mile for last year. ! Radio campaign closes with ! $513.66. — o > -• Modern Etiquette ! By ROBERTA LEE | » —♦ Q. If a ■woman who is traveling alone and is seated at a table in the dining car with strangers, should she speak to them? A. Yes, as it is never out of place j to be pleasant. Only a few words are necessary. Q. Is it correct to have one's address printed or engravtd on the fla-p of the envelope, for social cor-. respondence? A. No; this is al! right for business correspondence, but not for social. i Q. Should a woman retain her hat I while she is attending an afternoon i reception? A. Yes.

I Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE | — Olive on If the hands are sensitive and roughen easily, try rubbing olive oil into them every night and then sleep with an qld pair of gloves on them. A week of this and the hands will be soft and white. , Electric Light Bulbs When washing electric light bullxs. care should be taken to wet only the glass part, as any water left in the metal section might cause a short circuit. Creaking Doors The creaking of a door can be stopped immediately by rubbing the hinges thoroughly with a piece of soap. o _____ ,1 unique, loading device operating on the escalator principle is now employed in the airports of the country to raise air shipments from the ground to the nose of the airplanes, or the reverse operation which reduces the average time of I handling cargo planes from 20 to 10 minutes.

I The General Electric Co. at i Schenectady, N V.. has developed' I a “refresher" training progiam to assist sales engineers returning) from Army, Navy or Murine corps | service to readjust themselves in the company in the sthortest l>os-1 sible time. —o— Ration Calendar Processed Foods Blue stamps X 5 through Z 5 and A2 and B 2 valid through March 31. Blue stamps 02 through G 2 val. through April 28. Meats Red stamps Qo R 5, S 5 valid through March 31; T 5 through X 5 valid through April 28. Y 5 and Z 5 and A2 through D 2 valid through June 1. Sugar Stamp No. 34 valid through Feb. 28. Stamp No. 85 valid Feb. 1 ana remains valid through June 2.

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t! SYNOPSIS t “Aggie” is the familiar name for r! Dr. Agamemnon T. Plum, 34, pro--11 fessor and bachelor, whose Aunt Sarah has dragooned him into coming with her to Rainbow Lodge, , | the family summer home at Indian Stones. Upon arrival, Aggie found ' Henry H. Bogarty’s card impaled -by a hunting knife on the front door frame. “Hank” had wired Sarah, an old friend, suggesting “a new grubstake.” “Jim” Calder, a broker, called. After a clash with » Aggie, he left. Old John, the fam- ? ily butler, told Aggie that Calder s had lost lots of money for Indian » Stones investors. The knife, left , on the porch rail, is missing. Late , that night, Aunt Sarah became very ill, and Aggie motored to Dr. ’ George G. Davis at Medicine Lodge, nearby. The doctor’s daughter, alluring Danielle, escorted Aggie to where her father was work ing in his photographic dark room. Dr. Davis returned with Aggie. While the former examined Sarah, Aggie from the porch saw a dog or fox. Next morning, Aggie calls on his aunt who was quarantined for mumps. Sarah says that Calder’s son, Bill (whose marriage to Martha Drayton was one of Sarah’s matches) seems unduly interested in Danielle Davis; and she tells Aggie to keep tabs on them. She also reports that Jim Calder did not return home last night. At the club, Aggie meets its manager, Jack Brown, who was a boyhood playmate. Jack has just told Aggie of a family tragedy. CHAPTER TEN Aggie looked with sympathy at his one-time playmate. “It’s too bad. But none of us turns out to be —just what he’d imagined. I wanted to fight Indians and cannibals and explore the Poles—” “You’ve come pretty close to it, haven’t you?” Jack’s eyes, resting on Aggie, were envious for a moment. “Seer, the works! Plenty of jack! I’d—” he chuckled—“l’d swap—beard and all! V/ho do you want to meet? What do you want to do? The golf course is in swell shape. Ralph Patton’s in there playing table tennis with Beth Calddr. You remember Ralph? He’s a bigtime accountant now. Does all Calder’s work — and blast Calder, too! He’s the guy who wrecked Dark-” “I know. Beth’s in there playing, eh?” Aggie frowned. “I’d like to take a look at her. Sarah says ■he’s a rare flower.” “Up to her old tricks, huh? Beth’s all right It’s only her dad. Incidentally—he’s missing.” “I should think Beth would be out looking for him.” Jack shook his head. “If word went around that Jim Calder was drowning, hardly a person at Indian Stones would reach for a life preserver. He probably barged off on one of his confounded errands. Not merciful ones. And he never does leave an itinerary. He goes where he pleases when he pleases, and he likes to be secretive. He’ll turn up. Unfortunately." “Sarah was worried. He called on us last night She’s also worried about why a chap named Bo-

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garty hasn’t shown up htre, too." 1 “Bogarty?” Jack shook his head. I “Bogarty. Name’s vaguely famil- I iar. Don’t know anything about him. Bogarty.” They had been i walking slowly down the foyer. Now, Jack pointed through French windows. “Beth.” Beth’s back was turned. A figure, Aggie, thought, like a fashion model. She said, “Eighteen-four-teen?” and Ralph Patton, a squarish, serious man, stopped to wipe the moisture from his glasses. Beth’s voice was deep and delicious. Torch singer’s, Aggie told himself. Wavy, long black hair, parted in the middle. She saw Ralph’s attention lift from his handkerchief and she looked around. A strong, appealing face, with no sign of her father in it. Large eyes, very dark Sensitivity in her lips and in her Ion?, thin, curved eyebrows. “Hello, Jack.” she said. “Introduce Exhibit A, will you?” Aggie sat on an ottoman at Sarah’s feet, late that afternoon. He was making his report. “I feel as if I’d been pushing around in things that were totally inconsequential. I bought a lunch for Beth and Ralph, He’s obviously nutty about her. Or else—trying to worm his way from being Father’s accountant to being his son-in-law. Both, maybe. After lunch, I watched them play tennis and I talked to as many of your cronies as I could. No sign of any Davises —or of Byron Waite. I dropped by the Davis house on the way home —but they were out. Nobody else seems to know that Hank Bogarty was expected. Most people don’t even remember him. Nobody’s worried about where Calder is. It seems he’s liable to shoot off on a business trip at the drop of a hat He likes to hike around the woods — too. Likes walking in general. He might have walked clear down to Parkawan and taken a train to New York, for example.” “Without saying a word? Without any luggage?” “He has an apartment in town, hasn’t he? Search me. Beth says . that if she doesn’t hear from him , by tonight, she’s going to do some- . thing about it. I suggested that he [ might have gone for a stroll and got t hurt. Jack Browne sent a couple [ of guys looking along the principal paths. I scurried around myself, a . bit. But the paths haven’t been used . —everybody just got here — and i those people are so darned afraid Calder will turn up and make any . excited effort look silly, that they . won’t bother. I’m beginning to feel that way myself. I talked to Bill , Calder. He’s worried about his father—but he’s a lot worse worried [ about Danielle.” } “How do yo« know that?” Aggie grinned. “Once I get going > I’m shifty—and I’m enterprising. I f decided maybe the State Police—- . they’re apparently the law-ea-f forcement guys for this area — j ought to know about our possible , problem. Just a short while ago, 1 I was sitting in the club library. I picked up the phone io call—and it 1 was in use. Danielle was cajoling - Bill into a date this evening before «■ .dinner on Garnet Knob- Quiet

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Ute-t-tMe was her idea I balked and she pushed him. ( know where she was He agreed, finally, and I sitting with the phone on syMMjg; when Bill came out of the ofcßg 1 *■® where he’d been talking. both of us. He realized listening—didn’t know wholn-. and bawled sin out cf me. very embarrassing. I trade it. hadn’t heard much—he hadHMMK : fidgets — and we talked a ant about his missing father. like a nice chap. The DanieilsiOK this world should r.-.t be communicate with married ma W “You then called the State h «w ‘ a lice?” , ™ff “Not yet. I then came dcvt-toM'' e to see my inquisitive auntie, hisl “You’re going up oa Gist etf3 Knob, of course?” eg3| “To watch a lovely creature!)» si JS her illicit attentions on a halt* married male? Nix!” “But you’re going, neverWH He opened his mouth to He said, “Exactly. I'm going. ertheiess.” ' jj Aggie went through the like a ghost. At the club, b W uncomfortable and unsure o.®|* self. In the forest, he was at « He moved swiftly, keepingnarw. ua trail that led up the peak. HeM the sound of a car laboring hm distant lumber road and knew Danielle and Bill were oa way. He took a short ent manded a climb over a steep® ledge and he came out, pres® on the Knob itself. It sand feet above the two lato* W afforded a fine view of tM> water, the surrounding hut tree-girt cottages, and the sW gt sun. He found a place to hidew" m| some wind-fluttered poplars. g After a while, Danielle and j came up the trail, panting j stood on the eroded rock, w-ic- .j hob-nailed with true but va® garnets. Bill looked at the sR to avoid looking at the blonwP ■ Danielle looked at Bill- , £ He spoke first. “Whats i! S about? I can’t just rush off 3 pertime and leave Martha se m you insist on it. That wow. Plum guy heard you talking » g! too. He was listening on a In about forty-eight hours it U all over Indian Stones thatp| up here.” I Aggie smirked at the indid® g of his tact. When he thoupi g Sarah’s penchant for gossip. -3 smirk subsided. . ® Danielle said, “You told t>> J New York—that you were | forward to the summer, beta ■ be hei*e ** 1 Bill grunted. “Yeah. As« cocktails. And—in New ror ■ more I drought about it the ,H| worried I got. I was crazy a fa you. That’s no lie. Any man |H wasn’t —if he had a c! ’ anc U. wouldn't be much of a man , I’m happy. Martha’s a fine could do without her that’s the handicap for M ar ‘ ■ high score. You’ll just make “"I ble—(To be continued' i . I