Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1945 — Page 3

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*ARR!SON CARROLL r Syndicate Writer ■^•tVOOD— Last summer it ScNSiShat almost wiped out Lon Cin.'s-.yW ranch and now it’s a |eod.Jße place was marooned for < three days, a

mile of fence was destroyed : and the walls of ■ a reservoir ' upon which i Lon is dependent for his ! water supply, : were washed ' out. The star and his two boys dash up to I aid in repairs as | so on as thel movie, “Strange

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is finished. I KajOyou think John Garfield’s *:r-Br-old daughter, Kat h|tnne, ■'t the envy of the other |tes neighborhood. For a her father bought her 8 b; -' ■Beil's former portable |-~:srBroom at Warners. Bill I'Jiea ißfcfore Katherine was born. I. Gl trancing: Ann Miller and ewmesßj Cassidy, who'll produce ■ “Green Mansions.” Ann wttnt Fotre have an agreeto go out with other the star marries Fotre, IWtold there’s honestly no : it won’t be before ; ‘ November. ’-i g ß tTlip Finks (he’s the news got an added boot Sfißeir fifth wedding anni’^s^t elebration at the Mo.r‘^S® ien Emil Coleman struck “BComes the Bride” in their the crowd, jumping to , i f w ßg conclusion, rushed over Ulate Edgar Bergen and -’WftOWesterman who were at aa ~Hall-Tommy Dorsey wT-tMt tlave P etered out in the the fans haven’t forAt a preview of ; 'W a scene of Hall and Tur■.rtJiwl. hackin S at each other .;^‘ got a big laugh from . ; ,*^f nce -••• Silly: in Lucey's, up to Bing Crosby 'Z.I, !s 9' “ Oh > Mr. Crosby, you X»* e so much °f a friend cf Hoffman!” # ( . In case ,e£rW nts at La guna think the jjjiallv is niittinir im v

the month by Mia. Charles Nytfler ' and Mrs.’ R. IT, Everett. Prayers were offered by Mrs. Laura Davis and Mrs. -Scott. Mrs John Davison and Mrs. Joe Hannert are new members of the club. Delicious refreshments were served at the close of the meeting by the hostess, Mrs. Ehrsam. There will be a patriotic program given Sunday morning at nine fifteen o’clock.in the Junior department of the First United Brethren church. Opening song, “'Onward Christian Soldiers;” prayer; poem, “The Shepherds Psalm,” Lester Myers; “Lincoln, Father of Our Country,” Kenneth Strahm; solo, “There’s a Star -Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere,” Jim Fisher; taps; last verse of “America,” school. Mrs. Jess Williams is superintendent of the junior department. The monthly rtieeting of the Kum Join Us class will be held Tuesday evening at seven thirty o’clock at the home of Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Willard, with Mr. and Mrs. George Roop assisting. The Historical club will meet at the home of Mrs. S. E. Hite Wednesday afternoon at two thirty o’clock. Eta Tau Sigma sorority will meet Tuesday evening at six thirty o'clock at the home of Mrs. Cal Steury for a pot-luck supper. The social meeting of Psi lota Xi sorority will be held Tuesday evening at eight o'clock at the home of Mrs. Bud Townsend. o The Girl Scouts of troop II opened their meeting with the pledge to the flags and the roll call. After the 'business meeting, they made plans for the world wide badge and played games. The meeting was adjourned with the friendship circle. Betty Rose, scribe. JESkJOCMS The Misses Eileen Hess and Roberta Slamp are spending the weekend in Chicago.

lighthouse on their shores, 'tain’t so. It's a set for Bette Davis’ picture, “Stolen Life.” Pretty cute of Bette arranging a location at Laguna where she and her mother have a house. . . . Sally Blaine and Norman Foster have sent their daughter, Gretchen, up from Mexico to go to school. The youngster is getting plenty of watching over from her two aunts, Loretta and Polly Ann Young. Incidentally, the little girl is beautiful like all the women in the family. , . « Maestro Joe Reichman, of the Biltmore Bowl, will be a papa in April. Add to close friends among stars and standins: Adolphe Menjou and Victor De Linsky. Three years ago De Linsky was a mute after an operation on his throat. Now he has learned to talk with artifical vocal chords. When he is not standing in, he is in Menjou’a dressing room on the “Man Alive” set teaching the star Russian. It was a nice birthday for Kathryn Grayson—23 red roses (one for each year) cabled by Husband John Shelton and, better than that, 12 letters from him. There also was a little party at the studio where Kathryn is getting ready to start her new picture, “Two Girls From Boston." A letter from Martha O’Driscoll says she has met Will Price, Bob Crosby, Dennis Ray. Bob Stack and Jackie Cooper, so at least we know she’s in the Pacific. HOLLYWOOD HI JINX: The Beard (Monty Woolley) will sing, no less, in “Continental Summer. , . Must be a nice feeling for Orchestra Leader Sonny Dunham to go into the Capitol theater for five times the salary he was paid at the Palladium here five months ago . The Bill Hollingsworths cut’together but it’s supposed not to mean any patch-up in their rift. Tragic misfortune for Joachim Boeris, head waiter for the second floor at the Players. One day, news that his son had been decorated and, the next, the boy had been killed in action. . . . Sandra Lucas and Alan Curtis a , TroC ** dero twosome. . ■ ■ Special t Geraldine Devlin, Philadelphia youngster stricken with heart disease: Ycur idol, Spike Jones, is trying to fix it so he can visit PhUadelnhia, and .YOU gn

. CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Monday St. Mary's society, school hall, 7:30 p. tn, Pythian Sister Temple, K. of P., 7:30 p. m. Corinthian class of Christian church, Mrs. Harmon Kraft, 7:30 p. m. Decatur Woman’s club, Library, 7:45 p. m. Tuesday 'Psi Idta Xl>Mrs. Bud Townsend, 8 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma, Mrs. Cal Stuery, 6:30 p. m. Lincoln PTA, Lincoln school auditorium, 7:45 p. m. Rum Join Us class. Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Willard, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Historical Club, Mrs. S. E. Hite, 2:30 p. m. Home economics club, Mrs. Alva Buffeubarger, 1:45 p. m. Thursday W. S. C. S. Circle I, Mrs. John Tyndall, 2:30p. in W. S. C. S. Circle 11, Mre. John. Nelson, 2:30 p. m. W. S. C. S. Circle TIT, Mre. Lowell Smith, 2:30 p. m. W. S. C. S. Circle IV, Mrs. N. R. Steury, 2:30 p. m. 'So Cha Rea, Mrs. Tillman Gehrig, 7:30 p. m. Friday Red Cross Knitting Center, Legion, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Red Cross Knitting Center, Megion, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. CHURCHES Decatur Missionary Church 164 S. Second Street Charlee V. Glenn, pastor Sunday, 9:30 a. m.—Sunday Bible study hour with classes for all ages. Bring your family and study with-us. 10:30 a s m. —Rev. Paul Hartford, “the Flying Preacher”, is ministering in both the morning and evening services. Rev. Hartford has experience as pastor, evangelist, and missionary, keeping his engagements by flying his own plane to his place of ministry. He was on the mission field of the West Indies at the time of Pearl Harbor, has recently returned from a flying mission in the heart of Mexico.. At present he is the founder and president of Victory Sky Pilots, a flying school for ministers and missionaries ait Warsaw, IndSunday evening Rev. Hartford will be showing pictures taken on his missionary tours. Come and get a glimpse of post-war missionary work to speed up world evangelism. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. —Mid-week prayer service. o Zion Lutheran Church Monroe and Eleventh Sts. Paul W. Schultz, pastor Sunday School and Bible class, 9 a. m. Holy communion services, 10:00 a. m. “Lutheran m. Church choir, 1:00 p. m. Lenten services, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Adult classes, Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Saturday catechism school, 8:30 a. m. Beginner’s Pattern \\\4WW 9414 sizes 12-20 m 30-44 : it' y-rl ft MARIAN MARTIN Send for Pattern 9414 NOW! Stitch up in no time at all. Youthful neckline, soft bow, a dress you’ll practically live in. Side closing easy to iron and wear. Pattern 9414: 12, 14, 16. 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44. Size 16, 3% yds. 35-in.; % yd. contrast. Send Twenty Cents tn coins for this pattern to Decatur Daily Democrat, Pattern Dept., 155 N. Jefferson St., Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly Size, Name, Address, Style Number. JUST OUT! Send Fifteen Cents more for our Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book! Easy-to-make clothes for all. Free Biduse Pattern printed right in the book. Send Nog.

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Mar ba ugh Brothers in Country’s Service WS i - i' * Bobbie Gene Marbaugh Billy E. Marbaugh The Marbaugh Brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Marbaugh. 1203 N. Second street, are serving their country in the army and navy. Following a nine day leave home, after completing hoot training at Great Lakes, 111., Bobbie Gene Marbaugh, seaman second class, has reported to Shoemaker, Calif. He entered the navy last November and is a former carrier salesman for the Daily Democrat. Billy E. Marbaugh is now stationed at Lowry Field, Denver, Col. He entered the army last November and is attached to a medical unit. He is a graduate of Decatur high school and formerly was employed at the Schafer Company in this city.

Agronomy School Here Thursday Afternoon George Enfield will assist L. E. Arohboid, county agent, in conducting an agronomy school at 1 p. m., Thursday at the American uegiotr home. In this school Enfield will give the results in the proper placement and amount of fertilizer for the various crops and he will also diecuss the importance of the new varieties Buch as: Fairfield wheat, Vicland and tama oats, Lincoln, EJarlyana, and Richland soybeans. Any farmers having any questions in regard to these matters is urged to be present. o Democrat Want Ads Get Results T r will 'W" ‘‘ jw THIS is Mrs. Grace Weber, wife of Pvt. Henry Weber, the soldier who was sentenced to death by an Army court-martial at Camp Roberts, California, for refusing to drill as ordered. Weber’s sentence later was changed to life imprisonment “at hard labor.” With Mrs. Weber above is Wayne, 3, the Webers’ son. They live in Vancouver. (International) ® IMS MORE THAN 42 persons are dead and hundreds of others injured in a tornado which cut a path of destruction from eastern Mississippi to central Alabama. At Montgomery, Ala., Mrs. Essie Cox and her two children stand In the wreck* age that was once their home. At least 26 persons died in this state capital. (InttrnaiioMl),

Sharp Clashes On Italian War Front Rome, Feb. 17 —(UP)-—Allied patrols were in close contact with the Germans along the fifth and eighth army fronts and engaged in a number of sharp clashes, headquarters said today. German artillery fire decreased generally along the fifth army front, but Allied patrols encountered strong defensive fire in attempts to probe enemy positions. Clashes occurred near Monte Belmonte and Monte Rumici, southwest of Bologna. A German pajrol infiltrated eighth army postions on the east bank of the Senio south of Fusignano after a heavy artillery barrage but was repulsed. Another German • patrol attacked an outpost opposite Cotignola and was driven off after a sharp fight. o Woman Is Fined For Public Intoxication Mrs. Alpha J. Andrews, of Fort Wayne, wa* fined $1 and ccwts by I Mayor John B. Stulte in city court i Friday afternoon after sne pleaded guilty to a charge of public intoxication. She was taken into custody 1 by city police Thursday night. o Hospital Expresses Thanks For Favors Officials of the Adams county ■ memorial hospital today expressed ' appreciation for Valentine favors presented to the institutions 'by Mrs. Nellie Price, teacher of the Winchester school in Monroe township. The favors were made by pupil* in the Winchester school. 0 Natural Historl Aid Chicago. — (UP) — The Chicago Natural History Museum press has published a Jxioklet to acquaint Chicagoans with 5:2 kinds of neighbor who slither in and around the metropolis unbeknown to most of them. 'The booklet reveals that there are that many types of reptiles and amphibians in the Chicago area and tells how they can be identified. o Democrat Want Ads Get Results

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— "MBT * ™ ■-■■■ ■■> I I ••■ - A GENERAL VIEW of the fire-ridden business section of Manila is i shown in this photo taken from the 10th floor of the Avenue hotel. Evident U the destruction harvest reaped by the terrific U. S. |

HM ‘ j lll L! Sgt. Louis Bleeke and Cpl. Lorenz Steele met in England sometime ago, the first (time the boys have seen each other since the first part of 1942. They have been buddies for a number of years and both are members of the Immanuel Lutheran church and also classmates of the school in thait parish. Cpl. Steele lias been in England since 1942 and Sgt. Bleeke arrived the latter pant of 1944. Both argue there is no place like U. S. A. Cpl. Lawrence E. Hilton has written his parent*, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hilton, Decatur route three, that he was confined to a hospital somewhere in France due to an accident which occurred sometime before Christmas. The last letter which the parents received from their son was dated January 9 and although he was still in the hospital, he said he wan feeling some better. Now A Captain Mi«. Myrtle Jones received word by V-mail Friday from her son, Miles, stating that he had been promoted from first lieutenant to captain. Capt. Jones, who was 21 years old yesterday, is recovering in an English hospital from wounds suffered in action. The captain is a pilot in the army air force, Capt. Wendel Mann of Fort Knox, Ky., is visiting here with relative* and friends. Capt. Mann is an executive officer in the army's laboratroy at Camp Knox. Before entering the army, he was employed in the local laboratory of the Central Soya Co. 'S.t. Lewie Smith, stationed at Newport News, Va„ is spending a 10-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith of North Third street. Mrs. Byrl Hunt has received word that her husband, seaman second class Hunt is under quanantine for scarlet fever in Norman, Okla. Surprise for Rail Men Teague, Tex.-(UP)—The Burling-ton-Rock island railroad’s streamlined train doesn't have a licenee to hunt deer, but neverthless it has one to its credit. Shortly after the train left Houston for Dallas and Fort Worth it struck a ninepoint buck that leaped on the track. The carcass was not badly damaged and railway employees had a venison dinner. o Because of WPB commitments of paper book and penny-box safety matches to the armed forces, Americans are being forced to use oldfashioned kitchen matches and, inincidentally, is saving money. Paper book matches cost 1/60 nt each; safety cost 1/40 cent while the kitchen match cost but 1/72 of a cent each. The pulp and paper industry in Washington tate has grown from a payroll of $4,855,526 in 1927 to more than $21,000,000 in 1913. The steamship and electricity—in 100 years—have multiplied the world's commerce to 30 times the amount that the sailing vessel developed —in 3,500.

, Five Adams County Men Meet In Philippines S 4 VP S Boa Jk, * ■ Five Adams county men hive stayed together throughout their army training and during three years of service in the armed forces. Recently they had the above picture taken in the Philippines. Previously they were stationed on New Guinea. Rading from left to right, they are, Technician Lowell Noll, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Noll of Pleasant Mills; Cpl. Robert "Red” Bowman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bowman of this city; Cpl. Glen "Fat” Bunner, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bunner of Bobo; Pfc. Luther Sovine, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Sovine, Pleasant Mills; Sgt. Vernon Edgell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Edgell of Decatur rural route. The five men were employed in local industrial plants before entering the armed forces. They hope to remain together and all return to Decatur after the war. They are attached to the 38th Division of the army.

Five Persons Hurt In Railroad Wreck 'Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 17 —(UP) 1 — An eaetbound Pennsylvania railroad passenger train from St. Louis to New York crashed into the derailed cars of a 28-car express and mail train 12 miles east of here today. State police reported that five persons were injured and removed to the Lancaster general hospital. Police said all the injured were from the passenger train “American.” 0 - The biggest sailing vessel ever built was the 375-ft. Thomas W. Lawson, which wag wrecked off the English coast Dec. 13, 1907. A seven master, this proud old New England vessel carried 42,000 square feet of canvas, and in a brisk breeze it was not unusual for it to overtake and pass steamships of its day. The Pacific Northwest, contains 1,100 sawmills. 120 of which can saw 10,000 board feet an hour.

w wmBII * - $ AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York, “Shielings Signature,” a Scottish Terrier owned and handled by T. H. Snethen of Allison Park, Pa., was attested “best in show” by judges at the -69th annual dog show sponsored by the Westminster Kennels. (International)

(aerial and artillery bombardment necessary to drive the Japanese from the Philippine capital city, In the background are government buildings. (Inttrnationtl Soundphoto) j

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Mr. and Mrs. Vilas Orville Bollinger, Rockford. 0., route 1 are the parents of a baby girl, born Friday morning at 11:37 a. m. at the Adame county memorial hospital. weighed 7 pound*, 14 ounce* and has not been named. din'.' Mr. and jVlre. Herbert Fravel of South Fifth street arc the parents of a )>aiby boy, born last evening at.-i 7:5'5 p. m. at the Adams county hospital. He weighed 7 pound*, 4 ounces and hae not been named. o • 4 I Adams County I Memorial Hospital : 4 4 I — Admitted: Miss Bertha Johns, 422 West Adame street. i Admitted and dismissed: Miss Lois Jean Gooley, 316 North Second street; Harvey Waltke, route 3.