Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Erasing Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Clast Matter. J. H. Heller. President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies I One week by carrier — -20 By Mail In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, |4.50 per year; $2.50 for six months; $1.35 for three months; 60 cents for one mont'. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 tor six months; $1.65 for three months; 60 cente for one month. Men and women in the armed forces $3.50 per year or SI.OO for three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York ZjJE. Wacker Drive, Chicago, HL Plan to do your share for the Red Cross when the campaign op&is March Ist. o—o A bond today is worth much more than it costs for if you hold it a few years you can cash it at a jpflt and your money will buy uiijje than it will now. Haug on , to and buy all you can. - -o—o — ( The Hoosier state basketball . tournament will be held this year wish 777 teams entered for the

sectionals. Local sane are looking forward with pleasant anticipation to opening of the event. —o A lot of rivers will be cleaned, widened, deepened and otherwise improved as a correction of stream pollution after the war, if conservation leaders are successful in their plans. Few things are more important than taking care of the water streams. —o Republican and Democratic leaders in congress agree that President Roosevelt did a great job at the “Big Three'’ conference and approve the results of that meeting almost a hundred percent which is the best sign for a happy future we have seen in a long time. —o Meatless days in this country will be a reality before the summer

is over with the peak expected 1 about August Ist. The average t ration for the year will be 120 1 pounds it is estimated now. That's 1 27 pounds less than last year. Os ‘ course we can and will take it but I we hope it doesn't continue too 1 long. 1 —o 1 Our piaues and battleships are attacking Corregidoi and the island I of Iwo. The former is just off j Manila and the latter is but 750 miles south of Tokyo. That, circle of attack is being drawn tighter aaeh day and the land of the Rising Sun will soon be the island of diepair. They were very foolish to permit themselves to be drawn into the world war. —o We probably can’t imagine the situation hi Berlin where*a state of siege exists as army and civil authorities try to maintain some form of order and prepare for the attacks they know are coming soon. It would seem so much easier and better for the people if they admitted what they know is true that they cannot win but evidently they intend to go on to complete destruction. For a copy of the Decatur Daily Democrat go Jo The Stopbaek on sale each evening 4c *

The 1945 session of the Indiana legislature is uearing the end with less than three weeks to go. Up to Monday only four percent of the bills had been Anally acted upon and" most of those that have pass- ’ ed are unimportant. The grand ; rush is on sow and will grow more intense as the days slip by and most of the time is taken up with political “ripper” measures and platform bills. Any way it will soon be over. , The skip-election law designed to postpone city elections next year will probably be sidetracked. While most of the members of the Municipal League favors such a law, G. O. P. leaders and present mayors of the larger cities believe they will have a better chance for reelection next year than a year later when the issues would be divorced from state elections. It may develop Into a battle on the floor of the general assembly but just now it seems to be stalemated. Purdue is concerned about the 1945 food production program because many farm trucks are failing and it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain repair parts. To help relieve the situation and to locate truck parts, farmers are advised to seek relief from then county agents or their AAA chairmen. In addition the office of defense transportation is prepared to assist in finding parts throughout the state or in adjoining states. Maurice Early's Column. O—O Using the wartime emergency as _

an excuse the Republican pauy leadership in Indiana has come out in the open with efforts to repeal the state’s merit system and put all state employees directly into the political spoils system. A bill, completely wrecking the met it sys tern, which has been built up and extended a step at a time undet the past twelve years of Democratic state administrations, was passel . in the House of Representatives last week by a 66 to 23 strict party line vote. —o Tne V. S. senate finally confirmed the promotion of Elliott Roosevelt from colonel to brigadier-gen-eral. The vote was 53 to 11, indicating the delay had been solely for political reaeons. Had Elliott not been the president's son his nomination would have been promptly O. K.'d but the boys

couldn't resist the opportunity to talk about his dad, his dog and his family. From all repots the newgeneral is a brave fighter and aft able leader and deserving of the high honor. Seventy-seven other recommendations of promotion from the same source —the war depai •.- ment—were unanimously approved. —o A Job Weil Done: President Roosevelt. Premier Churchill ami Marshall Stalin were in session eight days and wrote history that should live eight centuries. They charted the course for the world and will invite all free governments to participate in carrying out a program designed to bring peace and prosperity to the world. They met every issue and disposed of each in a manner to show they were broad enough not to permit minor 'problems to get in the way. War efforts will be stepped up with the hope that complete surrender of the enemy will come eoon' and in the meantime plans for such a world power as will control affairs until the various countries are deemed capable, will be arranged. China and France | have been invited to participate and the proposals will be announced as soon as representatives of those countries- have been consulted. ' It was the most important conference held in all the world in modern times. With proper cooperation of the people and the leaders of the world, a great advancement in civilisation sseuu | , assured. 1

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Twenty Years Aao Today « Feb. 14—(President Coolidge noun-1 inates Frank B. Kellogg of Minne-1 sota as secretary of state and Wil- s lia.m M, Jordin of Kansas as secre-1 tary of agriculture. •Sheriff John Baker arrests two • Poles near Monroe for operating . whiskey stills. Coffee drinkers at Warsaw start ■ boycott when prices are increased, i Yellow Jackets defeat Portland! 29-27 and Decatur girls win 37-6. • Kirkland defeats Hartford at has- i ketlball 45-44 in overtime games. I 'Sugar company pay.- $2.57 per I ton bonus to ’ ,eet growers. o ♦_— — j | Modern Etiquette I | By ROBERTA LEE Q. ff a woman is staying alone at i a hotel may she wear lull evening ‘

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dr eee? A. Not unless she has an escort. Cftherwitee she should wear the i 1 most modest and least conspicuous i • diass, appropriate to the hour of | . the day. Q. When should the coffee be; I poured, if it is served in some room j • outside of the diningroom? •A. The coffee is poured into tiny j | cups before bringing it in, then | I served from a large tray. Q. Is it obligatory for a godparent j ■ to send a gift to the baby? •A. Yes; this gif' may 1» sent I I upon receipt of the invitation to act ' I as godparent, or on the day of the j christening. • 0 Z- ♦ — ♦ I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE | ♦ Grease on Wool | iA good remedy for grease spots i on woolen fabric is one ounce of pulverized borax in one quart of ; boiling water. Bottle and keep in • a convenient place for use when

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CHAPTER NINETEEN 1 “How was it at the summer- • house?” asked Aggie quietly. “Spooky,” Danielle answered.... • Then, realizing she had admitted being there, she gasped. “That’s mean! Tricky. All right. Dad is worried about something. He won’t talk. Somebody’s dead. 7’m worried. This person — Bogarty —is missing. I began to think that he might be hanging around here somewhere. Hiding. I thought over the places to hide. I remembered that summerhouse —good shelter — and nobody’s been there for years ! and vears. I decided to look at it. That’s all.” “You’ve got nerve—going alone.” i 1 “I generally go alone in this ! world. And I sneaked up, besides. There was nobody in it—and there i hadn’t been—forever, just about.” Aggie paddled among the islands near the beach. They could hear voices and splashing. But they were still out of sight and the islands were very quiet, as was the water between them. He was thinking about what she had said. Up ahead, a hundred or more yards, he saw ! the bow of a rowboat. As he took 1 another stroke, the boat’s occupant came into view. It was Dr. Davis, i He was making a long, minute ; search of the region opposite to theirs. A quality of furtiveness was

so evident in the stare that Aggie < ' automatically stopped the motion s of his canoe with a silent backthrust 1 of the paddle. He expected that the i ! surgeon would search in the other direction and see them, but Dr. ] i Davis had evidently assured him- j ; self of privacy in that quarter. , Beside the doctor, on the seat, , was a tackle box. A casting rod lay 1 i across the boat’s gunwhale. He 1 ■ opened the box hastily, took out a i tray, peered ahead again, and then ; j lifted something else. As he did so, i I Aggie saw Danielle turn along the : line of his gaze and look. She I opened her mouth. Her father lifted i the object —or objects —it looked j like two—and hefted them. Hethen ■ raised them to throw them overboard. Aggie was watching intently, because he felt sure that he could identify the things when they were in the air. But he had no chance. Danielle saw his acute scrutiny and overturned the canoe. As he felt himself arc toward the water, Aggie kept looking at Dr. Davis. He thought — but only thought—that the things thrown were shoes. Then the water closed over his head. He came up, swimmgig hard. He looked for the girl—and she rose near by. “Sorry,” she said, treading water. “I saw Dad—and lost my balance.” The surgeon, startled by the splash, had evidently spun around, seen them go under, and manned his oars. He coasted up to them. He looked shaky to Aggie—but Aggie’s position in the water made accurate observation difficult. The doctor was certainly smiling, in any case. , Ha said jokingly, “Service de

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the time, qn a French woman and her three half Spanish children. This keeps the story from becoming too bulky and involved—the usual fault of novels covering more than one generation—but it also cieates a curious loreshortening of the years that makes the coming of the first steamboat to New Orleans seem but a few years after the early French settlement. "The authors have neatly succeeded. too. in packing in all that is significant in the history of Louisiana under the rule of France and Spain, and finally of the United States. But the? historical setting serves chiefly as exotic background for some turbulent love affairs, and does not burden the reader with details more fit for textbooks. "It’s a large canvas on which , the authors chose to paint, and the colors they use are strong and vivid. If you like piquant love stories with a ‘foreign’ background this ought to please you. , It's well done; not mushy or overloaded with romantic extravagances—altogether a good spedI men of its kind. '

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_■ I'* 1 -»— J-a------' luxe! Rescue before you send out ; an SOS.” Danielle grabbed one of 1 his oars as he went on: “Haven’t ! you been taught better canoeing than that, girl? Don’t you know that when you wheel around like a dervish in a canoe—it tips 7 Or are you as absent-minded as your old man —who’s just thrown his anchor over without remembering to tie a rope on it? “I saw you,” Danielle said. “It was the old anchor, anyhow. The rusty one. Stupid!” Aggie glanced from one to the other. Then he swam to the canoe which had not been dumped. He scrambled aboard, over the boW. They were covering each other nicely, he thought. It hadn’t been an anchor. Brown, low shoes, he was almost certain. But, ninetynine persons out of a hundred would have believed it had been an anchor, after that exchange, no matter what their first impression had been. Quick thinking. Too quick for comfort. Aggie said, “Maybe we can persuade you to row the derelict over to the beach, doctor? I’ll take Danielle aboard for another trial—or—if she’s afraid — : she can go with you.” Danielle climbed into the canoe i the way Aggie had. The doctor took i the towel painter. They started.

Danielle said, “I hope you aren’t going to tell any of the stuff—you gathered from me this afternoon. It isn’t really evidence, at all. Just nonsense.” He did not reply. She looked at her father for a moment and her face became paler. It was the paleness of anger, and of fear. “You wouldn’t,” she said, as if to assure herself. “You’ve got manners. And I’d cross you up! I’d deny I’d heard chopping the other night! I’d make you look like a fool—again! It’s easy, you know. You wouldn’t dare try it!” It was a kind of moral cheating—an exercise of illegal, feminine force — and a threat. She was frightened because of what he had seen her father do. In her fear—translated to wrath — she was insulting. He looked at her until she looked away. “I would,” he said, “if I wished. And you know it.” When he reached Rainbow Lodge, he found Sarah bursting with news. “Wes stopped by,” she said. “He asked for you. Had to go on. Hank Bogarty is dead.” Aggie’s face was surprised and, in a moment, blank. He waited. His aunt seemed curiously relieved —and more like her old seif. “Some youngsters were fishing in Upper Lake — beyond here on the main road. They fished up an automobile headlamp — and it wasn’t rusty—so they told the state troopers. They grappled for the car and got it Washington State license tag. They telephoned about it—and the car was Hank’s, all right He’d bought it quite recently. The road there is a sharp curve —and the lake is twenty feet deep where the

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road bends. People have iris before. There’s a new cable fa but it’s evidently too stat went off beyond the endofkj marks were clear enough-f they looked for them. Notafl noticed until they did.” “Maybe now,” Aggie said qa "you’ll tell me about Hani." I watched her consider that, be' on musingly, “Bum way it Drown in a car. Givesmethesi Or was he cracked hard “They haven't found his i yet,” she replied absently, dll have been thrown out. Thayw ing now.” She made a stidM* She looked at her nephewits dread. “Suppose they wwr» Suppose there — isn't W • Suppose he — walked amy that wreck and—l” , “And what?” Aggie sail’ voice that was blistering?! “I’m waiting for you to tellß Sarah.”

Aggie Plum stopped his» station wagon at the * road and scrutinized upper' It was a typical two miles long, possibirj into an extensive sphap® On the end near the nwa® there were miniature £• water below them had »»' nosity that indicated depM far side were several cotta® large rowboats were upon the lake surface. >PJ over their sterns. A parked under a maigin £ red pines and beside th a ear that had been in Its wheels were wracked#® A headlight was had been bashed. fence that bordered stood several persons watching the sce " e ’ u, as Aggie stepped from ■- spotted Wes ‘ ckm ? ’ men came together a « distance from the “Found anything ■ ln»sked - ■ .Unnkfe 1 The state trooper sW ••No—body. Not yet. • Bogarty’s car, all righthe is. Or was.” t 4( Aggie nodded. on Sarah about him-J 8 but I can’t learn anj.tb‘WJ| somebody - son", doesn’t want to till “Waite and Dav’s«« way. They had so ( about how little th er ® y that I know there s n> ot6 ta Aggic lifted §| “I need you. Ph®' came. There were - , the car.” “Bones!” “Yeah.” •» “What kind of ' ,o " c ‘j trt |l “That's what I tell 'us. Bones— ar® 5 —hunh?” L . (To be CwintM. IJIS BUttituuc W fu