Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1945 — Page 3

RDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1945.

SOCIETY

LEGION MEETS j.-an Legion auxiliary flf pvening at the Legion || le regular business w;i,; aauounc il t ll.it I lie iC jMfciii drive would eml April ’ 'v|B ! ' -a ,-hin ;to >in tlie auxM,. asked to contact any \ first prize of ten dollars ||H ' lne!l| her who in ’i; JgWu-ii a ilie mast nv-w jnem- ; second prize will lie PdlHng the business me. ting, "■■oMh.eir was enjoyed, (lames Zi ami izes .v<“ a a ard- , fl,. vimeiit Bormann. M in. and Mrs. Homer ,j3jfl.A' [lie close of the meet„4„‘jfli. ions luncheon was eerv?3fl\,iij tt!| ite napkiius with tsraflary emblem • pgraved in >|fl r , used. Hostesses Were |flflj.. eh.ii’ man: Mn- ElflflraT r. Mrs. N'lson Doty, Mfl : .i Hid Ml*. meeting will be held iifllfl l ' hegiotl post 82 it’ Fort iajftfll 1 dmiartm.eHi p e,e ( | nt ami all chairmen to have their vporta in meetin -"- l»8fll-E D. MOSES IOS®S 0 SOCIETY ladies aid t-me->iy ttflr in redo V afternoon at ill*- '■ I,illp ” XIl >'er, with mt present. ijfMg£. <’• Teeple had charge of followed by a short uiSeiW meeting and current mij.ivaible rime wae had minion. held during hour. flgßi.-:uli*'i>- Os the February Mrs. .Moses in delicioue llinell. 'l’ll, next he the third Thursday i % I CT® ND NAOMI tIWyBIWEETS and Naomi Circle of 56 Ev.iiizelical and Reformed utttflte: Thursday rfternm n in room of the church. s llrodib-ek was the leader, and her topic was Beineke gave the de(Mh- ■ forth., afternoon were Meyer ami Mi*. Otto - •J dinner was held rethe home of Mrs. Martin

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ly HARRISON CARROLL r Features Syndicate Writer pLYWOOD—More good, fun in the Twentieth Cenpx commissary. Mack Sen-

nett would have loved it. Betty Grable and her dance standin, Agnie Blue, both plastered Assistant Director Artie Jacobson in the face with pieces of pie. Then Angie let Betty have one. Let nobody say that La Grable can’t

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take it. She Id as loud a~ anybody. Later, n Angie donned welders’ and went down to the "Junes’’ set to effect a truce with i of Olivia De HaviHand’s cunt picture, “The Wellied Bride,” certainly doesn’t to her clothes because the iof the story takes place in ty, and all Llvvy wears is Itfits, an afternoon ensemble 1 evening gown. to June Allyson, she |ck Powell haven’t even disi marriage. less there’s no hurry. Powell be free until July 18. Jane Ball's recent deiintimates aren't sure she marry Monty Preser. And it happen any minute. He’s out k>w. . . . And speaking of |ge, did you know that Derates (Roscoe’s adopted ihter) took herself a new j in Chicago on Jan. 16. He ■ Peter Insul. on leave after tiths in New Caledonia. Dorreturned to Hollywood the Say only to be stricken with Jicitis. She enters the Queen Angels soon and will be opon by Dr. Joe Zeiler the ing day. . . . Louise Allbritptest interest is Lt. Robert him of Bosto'h. . . . Bobby I. ex “Dead End" kid, may I of the Army soon. He’s it the Birmingham hospital png time. . . . The name of breey’s intended bride is a I even from his ex, Kay

Miller, 821 West Monroe street, the occasion (being the birthdays of Ed Miller and Harold Murphy. A carry-in-dinner .was enjoyed. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. E(| J. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Deitac-h of St. Marys, O„ Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller of Wolcottville, Mr. and Mrs. David Adams, Miss Marjorie Miller ot Indianapolis, (Miss Susie Reppert, and onnie, a Terry and Timmy Murphy. The Ladies of the W. M. A. and the Ottertbein guild girls of the First United Brethren church will have their book study Monday evening in the church basement. A potluck dinner will be served at six o’clock, after which Mrs. Harold Hitchcock will give the book study. The ladies and girls of the Union Chapel church will be guests. Members are asked to bring sandwiches or a covered dish. There will be a joint meeting of the Presbyterian Woman’s Home and Foreign missionary society and the World Friendship guild Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock in the church parlors. The executive committee of each society will he hostesses. Interesting films pertaining to the iwork on the mission fields will be shown. The Decatur Garden club will meet Tuesday afternoon at two thirty o’clock at the home of Mrs. Paul Felber. 0 JKMLOCALS IMiss Kathleen Foreman, 1210 West Monroe street, a student in the Indiana university training school for nurses in Indianapolis, twill receive her junior (bars at exercises to be held Monday. She will be graduated in March of 1947. Mr. and Mi% Elmer Miller of •Wolcottville, formerly of this city, have gone to Camden, Ark., where Mr. Miller will work on an electrical construction project. Mrs. Walter Deitsch of St. Mary’s 0., who has been caring for her mother, Mrs. Martin Miller, will return. to her home Sunday. Ferd Klenk and T. D. Schieferstein were business visitors at Fort Wayne yesterday. IMr. and Mrs. John S'tuits, Fred Mills and Mrs. Walter Deitach at-

Gorcey. Their divorce is final June 21. . . . Hitler’s West Wall was all right as far as it went, says Arthur Murray. The trouble is he didn’t read the handwriting on it Instead of having Brenda Joyce to himself on his furlough, Capt. Owen Ward had to share her with Universal and the movie, “Strange Confession.” He has to return to camp the day before the picture is finished. Just this week, Frances Rafferty got her Christmas presents from her husband, Maj. John Horton, who is stationed in the Mediterranean. The packages were nice opening, though — an antique leather jewel case, a compact, a brooch and three hand-knitted wool scarfs. Sergeant Ben Gage has written and dedicated three tunes to Esther Williams. All indications are that the tail, good-looking sergeant, formerly a radio announcer, will be the M-G-M star’s next groom. HOLLYWOOD HI JINX: Photoplay’s Gallup Poll acclaim of Greer Garson as the most popular star in America is the 12th award handed to the red-headed actress in three months. . . . Ralph S. Peer back from Cuba after signing deals to publish about 98 per cent of the country’s music in the United States this year. . . . Buddy Pepper spent the last night of his leave with Bonita Granville at the Mocambo. . . . Elsie Anderson (the ex Mrs. Huntz Hall) with Mickey Leffert at the Beverly Tropics. This is getting to be a steady twosome. . . . Cugat takes the whole band to Palm Springs after his Trocadero closing on the 21st. . . . Wait until you hear Miguelito Valdez’ first recording in English —a Calypse tune called “Good, Good. Good.” . . . The party that Ted Saucier and the WardorfAstoria tossed on an M-G-M sound stage drew a big turnout of stars and celebs and ended up with M 7 alter Pidgeon serving as one of the bartenders. Saucier «and his missus return to New York on the 26th. . . . Never can tell what an air show will do. Rutgers’ college alumni annual has changed its listing on Ozzie Nelson from an orchestra leader to a comedian.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Sunday Bobo W. S. C. S„ Bertha McMichaels, 7:30 p. m. National Council of Catholic women, school hall, after Holy hour. Monday ( U. B. W. M. A. and Otterbein guild girls, church basement, Gpm. Needle club , K. of P., after Temple. Literature department of Decatur Woman's club, Mrs. J. F. Sanmann, 8 p, m. Research club, Mrs. Walter Krick 2:30 p. m. Father and Son Banquet auspices Methodist Men, Methodist church, 6:30 p. m. Music department of Decatur Woman’s club, Miss Eleanor Reppert, 7:30 p, m. Dramatic department of Decatur Woman’s club, Mrs. James Burk, 7:45 p. m. Tuesday St. Vincent de Paul society, postponed until after Easter. Root township home economics club, Monmouth high school, 6:30 p. m. Delta Theta Tau, Elks home, 8:30 p. m. Kirkland ladies club, high school, 6:30 p. m. Loyal Daughters class, Mrs. Arbie Owens, 7:30 p. m. Decautr Garden club, Mrs. Paul Felber, 2:30 p. m. Wednesday Methodist Church Mothers study club, church parlors, 2 p. m. St. Mary’s home economics club, Pleasant. Mills high school, 7 p. m. Red Cross Sewing Center, Legion, 1 p. m. Thursday Union township club, Mrs. Frank Gleckler, all day. Joint meeting of Presbyterian Woman's Home and Foreign missionary society and the World Friendship guild, church parlors, 7:30 p. m. Men's Union prayer service, ground floor public library, 7:30 p. m. Friday Red Cross Knitting Center, Legion 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. tended funeral services for Walter McCoy in Rookford, .0., Thursday. Mr. McCoy was killed instantly Tuesday morning while he was on his way to Berne. Funeral services were .held at his home, with burial in the Rockford cemetery. Mrs. James Sasser and children will leave next week for Long Island. N. Y., where they will reside for the present. Mr. Sassen is located at Camp Raleigh and has leased a furnished apartment there. O. lA. Krugh of Wren is installing a food storage and locker plant at Willshire, O, Rev. William H. Schaffer has resigned as pastor of the Bethel Brethren church in Monroe township to accept a pastorate of the First Brethren church at Spokane, Wash., effective April 20. Mrs. Schaffer has been a teacher in the Jefferson township high School. Jack Heller of Fort Wayne is visiting here and enjoying the basketball tournament. J. A. Kalver has returned from St. Petersburg, Fla., and will Coverall Apron BiflSIW iwor A 9399 g sizes MARIAN MARTIN Apron Pattern 9399 gives you complete protection; wide bib; long length; non-slip straps; note fabric-saving yardages; wide size range. Pattern 9399: small (14-16); med. (36-40); large (42-46); ex. large (48-52); large, 1 yd. 35-in.; % yd. trim. Size 40, l>/ 2 yds. 35in., all one fabric. 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 Blouse Pat tern' printed right in the book. Bend Noi. _ _

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A Marine - fx-O fe I I HHbI Pvt. Gerald E. Vian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Vian, 417 Line street, is now serving with the U. S. Marines abroad. He entered the marines last April and took basic training at San Diego. He also attended the tank gyro school at San Diego. He is a graduate of Decatur high school and was employed at the General Electric prior to entering the service. manage the theaters here while his son, Roy Kalver and family join Mrs. Kalver in the south for a few weeks visit. They will leave next week. o Science has made great strides in tne utilization of wood economically as well as in the perpetuation of U. S. forests through tree farms. Under modern methods the amount of wood used in Abe Lincoln’s log cabin today would build four houses of the same dimensions.

, 400 Miles fa-.'JMKIBB , =J yZZZ. V‘'xJ T? « <Shonghai JtWhina — CHINA Miles' E? AOCA *»AyoNNAist\r == gr «««•• y ~ t ~ 1 * V~ ! - — ■ \ 7 - 1 ——— =;i. : .MUKO \ ■ ■ • XT ' .KITO ~7"pu11 ippiKicc™ S l ’4cific — .— - j |y AS THE U. S. MARINES battle to wipe out Japs on Iwo Jima and seize airfields within 750 miles from Tokyo, the clearing of Manila bay for American ships continues and the pattern of a two-way thrust on Nippon grows steadily clearer. Many observers consider the thrust up from Iwo Jima, as indicated in inset map, to be the quick way, but others insist that after Manila must come a smash to the South China coast and the occupation of Formosa, indicated on large map. Important action in the latter plan will be the one that can be taken against the Bonin islands and the mainland by planes operatin' from Iwo in the Volcano island group. (Internation

ffagfraFw w -tsr- ;~-5r - ’ if'" cl S I flB •» It TT I < p 1 i 4 8 MEB k v« * -1.. .-. x Y HHi i s w® .W ■" V II fl 1 * BMB BflMMm \ it I % ' WSi . flfll M - left, coral tweed suit with powder blue and coral blouse; center, royal blue cardigan; right, navy wool suit After a long and gloomy winter, spring is coming, and the dress designers have dreamed up some brightly colored suits to celebrate the season. Three models are shown above, the one at the left being a bright coral tweed by John Walther. The soft bow blouse in a distinctive cathedral print of powder blue and coral tops the slim, fly front skirt. In the center is a spring number by Maria Krum. It is a royal blue cardigan with cape sleeves. The accents of the sleeves and floppy bow of the floral printed [blue and white crepe blouse give it added charm. Miquel Demay of Philadelphia predicts a swing to ’capes of many colors, and shows the suit, right, a smooth navy wool with and silver gray Uflppcfe 'pife cape may be worn or not, at the^ owner’s x (InterjQfional)

Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wagner, 316 Stevenson street, are the parents of a baby Ixry, born Friday at 10:68 a. m. at the Adame county memorial hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and has not been named. am. 0 ♦ 4 | Adams County > | | Memorial Hospital | < « Admitted: Miss Betty Hill, 117 South (Fourteenth street; Mies Lois D. Gooley, 316 North Second street; Raymond Brorein,, Rockford, O.; Mies Dorothy Johnson, Monroe; Mrs. Boyde Booher, Geneva. Admitted and dismissed: Glen Achiel Colpoert, IDis'miesed: Theodore Bulmahn. route 2; Mrs. Raymond Shoaf and baby boy, route 2; Mrs. Wm. Bultemeier and baby boy, route 1; Mrs. Paul Conrad and baby boy, Wm. Roger, 417 Fornax street; Carl Warthman, Rockford, O„ route 3; Mie. J. Arland Krick, Dixon,; O.; Mrs. Gaihino Neri, Rockford. O.; Mrs. Henry Cross, Decatur route 3; Mrs. Eugene Bonifae, Bryant. O' In 1900 66 percent of a tree was considered as “waste.” In line with scientific practices which insure a continuous crop of trees, new processes now utilize 97 percent of each tree in wood products, making each tree go almost three times as far as its 1900 predecessor. , 0 Have your Shirts laundered by experts at Decatur Laundry and Dry Cleaners.

TO nnwiinWnTmnm ’ UN C'EE MM Marine Visits Here Maitne Cpl. Wiliiair»Cornthwaite, who recently returned from 28 months service in the Pacific, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Corthwaite of 'Springfield, 111., are visiting here with relatives. / The young marine took part in the battles on Guadalcanal and Bougainville, as a member of a communication outfit. His company won the presidential citation for services performed on Bougainville. Mr. and iMre. Cornwaite former ly lived here. Mr. Corn’hwaite was employed as a linotype operator at this office and since moving from here has been employed at the Journal and Register office in Springfield. Their marine son will report to Great Lakes at the end of his 30-day convalescent leave. Geneva Soldier in Italy With the Fifth Army, Italy,—Pfc. Calvin N. Beery of Geneva, route two is fighting in Italy’s Apennines before the Po Valley with the 362nd Infantry Regiment, which broke through the Gothic Line iu one of its highest and best defended sectors. The 362nd is part of the 91st “powder River” Division with the Fifth Amy. His regiment broke across the Sieve river in the strongly defended line and attained the top of Mount Calvi, 2225-foot-high mountain in which the Germans had emplaced artillery iu tunnels running 50 feet underground in rack. At the entrance of one of these there had been seven enemy guns emplaced. The outfit captured 400 Germans and killed and wounded many others within 1:1 days during this part of the drive. 'Pfc. Robert 11. Schmitz, son of Mr. Frank Schmitz, is stationed with the 32nd general hospital in Germany. In a letter to his parents, Pfc. Schmitz stated that he was getting accustomed to sleeping on a mat'trcss again., The correct address of S/Sgt Eugene E. Knodel is Section C, Flight 2 2132 A. A. F. Base Unit, Box 159, Maxwell Field, Ala. ISgt. Robert J. Laurent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Laurent of Jackson and Third Streets, has informed his parents that he has been transferred from Italy to India. He is attached to a rescue squadron. Rvt. (Brice (F. Sheets recently' spent a week with his parents, Mr. and Mns. C. A. Sheets, Decatur route tiwo. Pvt. Sheets was transferred from Camp Fannin, Texas to the following address: Company O, 2nd Regt. A. G. F. 11. I). 2, Ft. Ord, Calif. •Pvt. Bill J. Dixon, son of Mrs. Pauline Dixon, 347 South Line street, has been trainsferred from Fort McClellan, Ala. to Company

D, F. A Mtr. Pool, Det. F. A. S„ Fort Sill, Okla. iPvt. Donald J. Affolder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Affolder of 204 S. 16th St., is now stationed at Barracks 2141, Troop O, 2nd Regt. C. R. T. C. Fort Riley. Kan. IPvt. Leo Merlin Feas* 1 !, tormerly stationed at Ypsilanti, Mich., has been transferred to 3502 Army Air Field, Base Unit, Squadron 11. Box 1080, Chanute Field, 111., Pvt. Fea-

BUB I Mik 4JI > < ' 1 fl - I 1 Mil I fl B 1 DR. JOHN O. BOWMAN, left, will take over as president of the Uni-( versity of Pittsburgh, a newly-created post, July 1 He is pictured above on the university campus with Dr Rufus Fitzgerald, vice chancellor, who succeeds Bowman as chanceUorJ xj. ji , —•—— . •- Y1 itfiMMWffi! flflß Ft I t fIH? 2 ’ y WPM SSRiBI •:<. -s'-* * > -..- N,. ■ * - • ' y ■- ■ - ■ ?. ■ ' • ••.? <■ • .. fa. ■ . ■ 1 IW* -... X. — . AS THE POWERFUL RUSSIAN offensive continues to roll onto Berlin, the above radiophoto is mute but concrete evidence of how the Russ.an forces overcome the vain resistance put up by the enemy. Dead Nazis litter the streets of Muelhausen (one body in foreground is completely flattened) as a tank unit commanded by Lt. Col. Tumanavskv passes througli the town. (International) % IWO JIMA ONI Mill Kitano Point rA A «4nco<v' •■A ./r ? «CC» JU-’ •*' J > MOTO ■ wk ■■■'■ j ,•« Y* Ytt— OSAKA; * •/. — „. . : - V. w N ? Tachiwa «<x. * Poin ‘ . OCK ■'/ 1 r r—W ' i ;Z SVwshlfloLs**Z Zr -\ ■ ;7-» — x .. Futafsune iUtifACHI r 09 Tobiishi Point THOUSANDS OF MARINES of Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt’s Fifth Marine Corps “are taking Iwo Jima island” in the Volcano group, according to Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, as they continue to push from their established beachhead shown in the white area above. Driving across the eight-square-mile island, the Leathernecks have isolated Suribachi volcano at the south and have captured the air base, shown above, one of two on the strategic Tokyo "lookout'* island, 815 miles Jrw JihMBTWHRML ißiHilan A,—■— A*MPU

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sei ie the eon of Mr. and Mrs. Heber • Feasel 115 N. Fifth street. The correct address of Felix T. Braun, son of Frank R. Braun, route four, Decatur, is Company 204 I'. S. N. T. C„ Great Lakes, 111. iLt. (jg) Milee Parrish, USNR., is visiting here with hie parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parrish of Jefferson street. He wae recently promoted to hie present rank and ie stationed at Peneaeola, Fla., with the naval intelligence department.