Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Clsm Matter. J. H. Heller.— President A. R. Holthouse, Sec'y. A Boa. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies $ .04 One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, 14.50 per year; for six months; 51.35 tor three months; SO cents for one mont'. Elsewhere: |5.50 per year; >3.00 for six months; fl-65 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women In the armed forces 13.60 per year or 41.00 for three mouths.

Advertising Rates Made Known t on Application. National w Representative SCHEERER A CO. IS Lexington Avenue, New York 3 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago. 111. 91 (PThe Eastern Star sent in the first contribution for the Red Cross, a $25 donation to start the campaign off. It's encouraging. j—o Get ready to cmiie at the Red Cross solicitor when he calls and tyj.ck it up with a liberal subecript*»ti. The big campaign starts tomorrow and those in charge hope to complete it wiiihlu two weeks. O-O—--This is the laat day for securing automobile licensee and tags in Indiana and unless your car carries the 1945 plate you are liable. And judging from the number of old tags still in use, a lot of car owner® will have to hurry. A thousand Americans who have! been prisoners in a German camp for sometime and who were recently released when the Russians took over the territory are being sent home. They are due to arrive at Odessa today and the names will be made public soon. —o—o The midnight curfew is being, enforced over the country even though there are howls from those who like to linger over their late cocktails. In communities of the midwest we can't see where it is ■so important or will make much change. I c—O This and every town and city in Indiana and the midwest will nee 1 a good cleaning when spring comes. The streets and walks are dirty and there will be some pick- , lug up and scrubbing at about, every yard. Old Mau Winter wi'l Wve us with a dirty face. .—o—o— The Manila campaign is virtually over with, only a handful of Japs lurking around the edges and occasionally breaking out in some suicidal attempt. The Yankee® have completed a great job, include ing the liberation of many thousand prisoners. It has been a great month in that territory. O—o The G OP. leaders have rjived for years and are still at it over the granting of wartime power to President Roosevelt but in the Indiana legislature they are passing numerous laws to give Governor Gates more authority for i>oliiical purposes. They seem to be overlooking the fact that -after all the people are still in control and resent such tactics. O—O Boys who take paper routes and realise that they are “email For. a copy of the Decatur Daily Democrat go to The Stophack on sale each evening 4c — ~~

merchant#" secure a business training better than any other education they can obtain. Besides that they earn several dollars a week and without doing hard work. Many of itbe best business men and leadens of the country etarted with t newspaper routes and the field is still open to eiiterpirieing youngt eters. O—O The need for more men in the armed- service continues and a new call for deferred mon between the ages of thirty and thirty-three has • been issued. Those who are physically fit and who are not necessary to an essential industry will be- sent to the army or navy. Ji effects a million and a half men. it has been estimated. —O—O Berlin and 1 Tokio no longer ridicule the danger of bombings by the Allies. They are being destroyed

from the air and the assaults will continue until the white hag of ; surrender is hoisted. It would seem wise if that cohid come soon ■ but the leaders have not been convinced of that and cling to itlie idea . that if they must die they will take . as many of the enemy with them as possible. O—O Republican leaders in the state [ senate chai r ed their minds at the . | last tnomen and decided to pass . the skip-election bill which they did and sent it over to the house where the skids were greased to ram it through. As a result, provided 1 the governor signs the bill as it is supposed he will, the city election will not be held here and elsewhere over the state until 1917. It will cost some extra money but law makers generally do not seem much interested in saving money these days. O—O 9 The birthday anniversary of Thomas Jefferson will be observed in a dozen or more Indiana cities April 13th. Former Congressman Eugene B. Crowe of Bedford has been named 1 state chairman for the program and is urging as many meetings as possible. President Roosevelt plans .to give a radio address that will no doubt be featured at the dinners all over America. Thomas Jefferwn was the first champion of the common man mid his fight for the protection of the individual are the foundation of -the Democratic party. O—O No one is “reading” Henry Schricker out of the Democratic party far no one can. He. believes in its principles and always will ; nd more than that he will always. , be ready to answer a call when his party needs him. He lias stated that he does not expect to be a candidate but will always, he loyal and faithful to Ihe party -that has so often honored him. If at some future time his party desires him as a candidate and he feels he can best serve by complying, you can bet every blue chip you have that he will be. there with his usual .» smile and sound argument. —o—o Postwar Boxcars: A prevue of possible postwar developirientri in railway freight transportation was given I<>o railroadexecutives who were shown the first all-alum in uni boxcars. They were constructed on a steel framework with aluminum superstruoture. The cars had the same capacity as ■the traditional type 1 now in service, but weighed about 9.oth) pounds leas. Additional cars are under construction for several rail systems. ’ If their use becomes general they ! will play an important part in maintaining production of aluminum for the future. The crying need for the light metal at the outbreak of war lod to construction of, several huge planta in different parts of the country. A major outlet far huge aluminum stock piles will be provided I if the lighter freight car eventual- , ly replaces the type in currept use.

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A huge reduction in the over-all weight of a freight train should permit higher speeds and less fuel consumption,—lndianapolis Star. o I Modern Etiquette i | By ROBERTA LEE ♦ _ -♦ Q. When extending a telephone invitation to dinner, whait should one say? A. “te this Mrs. Smith? This is Mrs. Wilson epeaking. Will you a n «i' your husband dine with us Wednesday, at seven o’clock"? Q. When is the proper time, for a > bride-to4be to acknowledge a wedd-j ing gift? A. The preferred time is to mail a note of thanks on the very day - the gift is received Q. Where ehsuld the individual butler knife be plat-id? ■A. The only proper place is on I rhe lunter plate.

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COURT HOUSE In the Eli W. Steele estate, the I claims of Jeree A. Swartz and Benj. ; W. Teeple has been set for trial on March 7. 1; A motion by plaintiff to dismiss : the cause, was made in the case of Pauline Halberstadt vg Thomas ! Halberetadt, divorce. 0 ■4 # | Twenty Years Aqo 4 Tod'ay i —’ i ! Feb. 2S —©eea-tuD’ will meet Monmouth in their first game of the sectional baeketiball tournament here Mareh 6. •President Evert of Germany died i this morning. He favored a strong republic. Nicholas Longworth elected' i speaker of the house, 140 to 85.

E. L. Austin of Purdue-speaks at high school. D. D. Coffee and-E. D. Engeler appointed deputy assessors for Washington township by Assessor Jay Cline. 'Sixteen candidates receive the Maud Muller degree at Pocahontas lodge. 0 Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE | I Varnished Floors i Varnished floors should be rul»bI od once a week with a'woolen cloth ' dampened in a solution of 1 pari turpentine. This is also good for liuoleu-me. Always burn the rage to avoid fire. Corned Beef Sandwich Chop cold corned beef very fine, using a little of the fat of the meat. Season with a little French musof whole wheat bread. Cork

To remove a glass l^at ■ . seeing difficult, try wrapping a sept , dot'll around the neok of the oottie and holding it for a minute, — Road To Berlin By United Pres® The nearest distances to Berlin from advanced Allied lines today Eastern front: 31 miles (from Zaei'kerick). Western front; 294 miles (from Rhine northeast of Kleve.) Italy: 530 miles (from north of Ravenna). o ; —— Love would put a new face ou thia weary old world. T 't f JklMilMß BLONDE Chili Williams, Hollywood starlet, shows you the ensemble she will wear when she goes on tour tn a few weeks with a group of film lovelies in conjunction with the motion picture industry’s Red Cross War Fund campaign. They are scheduled to appear at rallies all over the nation. (International)

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CHAPTER THIRTY Each inhabitant of Indian Stones who kept a private stock in that cellar had a key for it. Most of those keys were in the possession of servants, who made occasional trips for their employers. Old John had turned over Sarah’s key to Aggie. He fitted it, now, into a heavy door at the end of the passage and turned a lock that was stiff with rust. The hinges of the door creaked awesomely. The flashlight showed a narrow flight of steps, carved in stone, winding down out of sight. With a thought that an unarmed man was pretty helpless in that cool, dry spiral of carved, purplish rock, Aggie listened again and went ahead. The stairs made a complete revolution before debouching on a vast room that was crowded with bins. Two of its walls were raggedly cut from rock; the other two, from hard earth. The low ceiling was shored up by venerable timbers. Names were burned over sections of bins; Waite, Peters, Calder, Drayman, Sommerfield, Plum, and so on. Faded labels above the gleaming bottles denoted types of wine, vintages, and chateaux. Aggie read a few, and reflected in a hasty aside upon the luxuries of the rich. His childhood recollections of this place were not reassuring—now. t He moved past the long racks of almost-level-lying battles to the far end of the room. There, the bins were built against the wall. A portion of that space—a large portion — was devoted to Davis. There was not a bottle in it. The timbers supporting the Calder shelves were massive, for they also served to hold up that part of the ceiling. He played his light full on them; they seemed too ageless and too immovable to permit even the thought of disturbance. They had been there from the beginnings of Sachem House —a century ago and more. A man. Aggie thought, might spend a week—or a month—in the wine cellar—even in search of something—without ever considering the possibility of getting behind those mighty beams. That was why Sarah said nobody would find the hiding place. It simply was not suspectible. And yet — the shelves themselves were bolts, and the paneling behind them was a door, hinged on the back of one of the beams, where it appeared to be buried in hard earth. Aggie inspected each shelf with his light. The dust had been agitated. But whether that had been done by somebody getting wine, or by somebody using the passage, he could not tell- One by one, he then slid eaeh shelf to the right an inch or so; they moved along rusty iron brackets in which were the heads of corroded screws. Then he pushed hard against the whole thing, and it swung inward. He stepped through and closed it Ahead was another passage, another deer. Thu door also was

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Lenten Meditation (Rev. C. R. Moser, First Baptist Churcht “LOVE IN THE HOME’’ Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Ch also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” J ri!l ' It is difficult to think of a home without mutual affecti tween its occupants, Indeed, love should be the true iv/ h . '* marriage and the continuing bond, uniting the whole fanm' 8 01 happy fellowship. Strange as it seems, the real issues of m in these trying times are on the home front. Unfaithfuin divorce, the certain forerunners of demoralization and ,ik haye ruthlessly invaded many of America’s homes. \\- v need a new appraisal of Christian morality, beginning at t | Sure ' l ' of our society and reaching down to its least tnembei ti l '' ll false, heathenish and anti Christian philosophies of lite with th attendant lust and uncleanness must be disavowed and t (l r r removed, if our homes are to be spared the agonies of >..,1 * VM heretofore undreamed. 11111 The miseries of war might be slight compared to ( Sfl which has erased God ami His laws from its couscietnt and'| ly come as Sodom and Gomorrah. 1 “ c ' Yes, unselfish, devoted love, so beautifully exemplified t our Lord, must again become the basis upon which we buill worthy Christian community. 11 a

Berne Nurse's Aide Given Service Bar Completes 500 Hours Os Volunteer Work Al ns. Letter Lehman of Berne has been awarded a service l>ar for 500 hours of volunteer work as a nurse’s aide at the Adams county memorial hospital, Mrs. Roy Price, county chairman of the Red Cross nurses aides division, announced today. Mrs.' Lehman is the first person in the county to receive such an award having completed her 500 j hourfe of service up to January 31. i The nurses aides have donated a ' total of 3,499 hours of work since the progrann was started in the county in 1942, Mrs. Price explained. Up to the first of February, service ribbons for 150 houns oif work were awarded to Mrs. Weldon Soldner, Mrs. Max Schafer and Mrs, Evelyn Fairchild of Decatur, These women w-ere gmduated last August Previously, similar bars for 150 hours of work were awarded to Mite. Howard Sprunger and to Mre. Lehman, both of Berne. 'Four women who were in the first class in 1942. also hold set-1 vice bars for 150 hours of work and are accumulating time toward the 1 550-hour goal. They are. Mrs. John !

locked, and the keys for it belonged to four persons, only. He put in Sarah’s key. The edges of the keyhole glittered slightly. Wag that because it has been scratched by another key? The lock turned. The door opened—in, again. Aggie stood in the secret vault of the old hotel. It was not a large room. It had been cut from the underlying, ferrous rock. An old, battered mahogany table and two chairs stood in the center of it—furniture condemned to that use, manifestly, after it had served its time upstairs in the Sachem House. The safe had been set into one wall. Its iron facade was taller than Aggie. He shut the door behind him again—and the lock snapped. He was not afraid—intimidating though his surroundings were —but the darkness and subterranean aspect of his adventure gave him a feeling of urgency. Sarah had written down the combination of the huge old safe. He fished out the paper and went to work on the dials. It took him five minutes to get the ponderous thing open. He could hear nothing of the world above him — nothing from the club—nothing from the roads, where sirens ululated, and the ambulance had come with a winking red light. The safe was empty. Its interior was some seven feet in height, about eight feet deep, and four feet wide. If it had once contained pigeonholes and strong boxes, they had been removed. There was nothing in it. Nothing at all. He amended that. On the floor were sprinklings of sawdust. Wisps of straw. A few chips and fragments of pine—bits that might have come from boxes. He had finished his journey. He was startled by his discovery, because it was dramatic. But it was not altogether unexpected. He swung his light once more around the interior of the safe, then he was stabbed by a desire to get out—out of the safe, the hidden room, and the wine cellar. He could imagine the great iron door closing on him. He leaped from the place. That relieved him, partially. He closed the iron door and spun the dials. His hands were shaking. He switched off his light and listened, realizing that his rigidity and concentration were less far good hearing than for recovery. “Claustrophobia,” he said soundlessly to himself. He hurried to the door, unlocked it, stepped into the passage, closed the door, and started toward the back of the wine bins. His sense of agitation returned. He had thought of the cellar in terms of a forest, or a jhngle, where he could hide and watch without being seen. Only when he had started down the winding stairs had he begun to consider his own exposure. He hesitated, before pulling open the bin door. Finally, standing bchirfd it, with his light out. he drew it baek. Jt squealed dolefully. The wine cellar was black- Holding his

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torch at arm> length, and shielding his body, he pushed the switch. There was the vinous, moldy aroma. Nothing else. If someone were crouching behind the tiers of bettics, then Aggie had only to cut off his light and he, too, could so conceal himself. He would have as good a chance as the other person o» making a run for it. He shut off his light. He would stand there, in the blackness, behind the movable shelves, until he was ready. Then —a flash for a bearing and a rush into the vast, low chamber. He could feel sweat on his lips and inside his hands as he prepared himself. There was not a sound anywhere — except one: his heart was audible in that absolute silence. He came around the door and stood in front, without closing it He aimed the flashlight. He turned it on. Instantly, he shut it off and dropped to his knees. The light shooting down the aisle toward ths entrance, had touched something that filled him with horror. Ini the center of the aisle along which he had come, stood a bottle of wine. A tall, thin, green one. Hock. The bottle had not been there before. Aggie was scuttling along soundlessly on his hands and knees — away from the Calder bins— away from the bottle, toward the far wall. He expected a light, then, at any instant. A light—and a shot, ns swore at himself for not bringing gun. He agreed with Danielle— in » savage effort to right his senses oy self-condemnation — that he was mere professor and no man t 0 sK “‘ through the night on the trail ot murderer. Somebody had fohow him. He stopped and listened frantically—as if listening could be extended by passionate effort, somebody had put that bottle in the an to let him know he had been followed. To scare him'-’ Panic him • make him race through the room—a perfect target? But anyone who wanted to kd him would not put out a warn: g sign. Such a person would mere , hide, and wait for him to come ba —walking upright— silhouetted by his light. That would be the tilingThis bottle on the floor, then, v merely to let him know that he naa been observed. . , He reached the opposite wall and felt along it until his hands t ur ‘ the corner of the stairway entra ' He was trembling from head to and moving with more regar’ speed than to silence. As he w his way up the stairs, however, reversed those tactics, tor ha minute, he stood at the top ® flight, mopping his face, and n ing. There was no sound at • Nothing. He opened the door a push. He had not quite c.'* ' The same awesome squeal assa the night. A wink of his electric torch showed the corridor empty. . (To be continued I y <«><rUbl. ISIS. b» IM ’ UUUib«rtll» kUW rwluiM