Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Eveilng Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office a* Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Ratos Single Copies 1.04 One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, $4.50 per year; $2.50 tor six months; $1.35 tor three months; 50 cents tor one mont’. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 for six months; $165 for three months; 60 cents 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 BCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 2 E. Wacker Drive. Chicago. 11l We always expect most any and ettry kind of weather iu March and usualy get it. —o The scrap paper and tin can harvest Saturday was very good but we cam make the next one better if we start today to save for it. O—o I 25-word advertisement. in our classified section will bring results ami it costs but fifty cents. Try j it if you want to buy. sell, rent or trade. -0 Now the fans,will guess on the ' semi-final basketball games to be »

~ . — played next Saturday. The list is I getting small as the season nears | its end. | o—o If the prediction. that a shortage of pork will continue the next six months is correct the guy who can ‘‘bring home the Iracon" will be more a hero than ever. —o A VICTORY GARDEN will be the best investment any one can tfcke this year if he has the ground and the time to work at it. Vegetables will be scarce unless we produce them ourselves. —o The Red Cross campaign is moving along rapidly and reports are that the people are almost uiiiiimous in their support of this good cause. Get your name on the honor list. —o Picturee of President Roosevelt, taken as he delivered his Crimea report to congress show him quite thin but his physicians say he is in excellent health and intent on completing ills job to help make this a hotter world. O—o Somewhat surprising is the result of a poll taken by the magazine “The Nation’s Schools" on how' the students feci towards the. proposal to give eighteen year olds the right to vote. Seventy percent of the boys and girls voted “No," indicating they did not care to assume the responsibilities that accompany such a change. —o That the war on Iwp Jiiua Island is a ti£ht to death is evkk-need by the report that only twenty-seven Japs have been taken prisoner sinop the land digs were made ten days ago. Os these seventeen were taken in one day. They don't seem to realize that surrender would be easier qr perhaps they prefer death to th# disgrace of being captured. For a copy of the Decatur Daily Democrat go to The Stopback on sale each evening £

Factories will provide jobs for 3,000.000 or more returning servicemen and still retain therr prewar forcer ot 11.000,000, according to j Ira Mother, president of the National Association of Manufacturers.' it "If all segments of our economy do as well there will be the 55,000,000 t postwar jobs which good econ- '. omis is predict necessary," Mr. 1 Mosher declared. —o * The next big world conference will convene in San Francisco, ’ April 25th and almost every nation ! in the world excepting the Japs i and the Nazis will send represent--1 atives. President Roosevelt will i open the session which is expected to complete further plans for the prevention of future wars and for rebuilding the world. We scarcely realize the importance of these sessions but they are making history that will live throughout the ages. O—O This is the final day for the 1345 | legislative session and the ÜBital I flurry is on for this period of the assembly. It will probably con- | tinue through the night as the members await final disposition of the flood of bills. A special session is quite probable during the year since numerous emergencies are expected when the war in Europe concludes and the lawmakers preferred to wait for developments before getting into the various phases of that era. O—O It is the hope of the people of America that mediation between John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and the operators w'ill be prompt and satis- —

factory. With a shortage of coal i for fuel now and predictions that j production will be less the next year, the situation becomes alarm-! ing. It may be that the present I curfew, designed to save fuel, may j have to be extended to every user of fuel for next winter. Cooperation : amt unity are needed right now and we should have it. —o—o — Indiana had forty-nine deaths from traffic accidents during the month of January as compared to eighty for the same month last year, a reduction of thirty-nine percent. There were more accidents due to the ice and snow this year but drivers apparently used greater caution and the results were not serious in many cases. According to Austin Killian, state chief of police, moist of the fatal accidents could have been avoided. —o—o A recapitulation of the 1314 ac-1 complishmeuts of Indiana 4-H Club boys and girls showed they grew and harvested 30,000 acres of food and grain products in addition to raising 21.965 head of livestock and 334,681 head of poultry. Club members also preserved 210,244 cans of food, prepared 65,000 meals, collected more than a million pounds of scrap and purchased or sold approximately half a million dollars in War Bonds. Henry A. Wallace, former’vicepresident, has been coufimed and sworn in as secretary of commerce. The fight was long and bitter, representing the conservative an 1 liberal factions of the senate and he assumes his new office without the. lending power belt] the past several years by Jesse Jones, the retiring secretary. Mr. Wallace is an able man who has lurd much experience in public office and who is supported 4>y millions of Americans. As secretary of commerce he will advocate a continued business volumu that will assure employment to discharged soldiers ■ and provide a national income that will meet the postwar needs. o — — Twenty Years Aao . Toefay 4 | (March s—Mayor DeVoss returns I from a months vied in Texas. The sectional basketball tourna

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nient opens here tomorrow. First! game will be Ossian vs. Jefferson. | E. F. Gass and son Raymond Ibuy ladies’ ready to wear store at I i Huntington. Raytmond will manage ! i Governor Jackson signs the bone dry bill. The bouse kills proposed “blue (Sunday” (bill 48 to 44. Mrs. Mary Clark. 95, oldest resident of the county, dies at home of her son in Blue Creek township. 0 ♦ * i Household Scrapbook : By ROBERTA LEE | A Fire Extinguisher IPut three pounds off saft in a gallon of water and do this add lie lbs. of sal ammniae. This liquid

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should 'be (bottled. When a blaze is ■ discovered pour the solution on it. Scratches on Furniture i IM arks on dark oak furniture may ibe removed 'by rubbing iwiled lin!eeed oil on the scratch, ttubbing until the marks disappear. ail Spats on Carpet Cover spot with past made of fuller's earth and (Water and let it remain for twenty-ifour hours. Kit is oil from oiled streets, scrub with benzine. o COURT HOUSE Marriage Licenses Simon Gilbeon and Sarah Hudeon, (both of Decatur. iDaurina Bertsch, Adams county >U. S. army and Lillian Kaenr, De-

I catur route 4. ‘Paul J. Hiffimeyer, York, Pa.. U. S. army and Betty JJane Ladd. John W. and Clara E. ’ j Webb, both of Lima. Ohio. Dehner D. Girod, Adams county and Virginia Brough. Geneva. ! | WOMEN'3BuS2 f 1 are you emuarrassed by 1 I HOT FLASHES? I I 40E?Llf you suffer from hot flashes, ***teel weak, nervous, hlghstrung, s bit blue at times—due to the functional “middle-age" period .Peculiar to women—try this great medicine—Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to relieve suvh symptoms. Pinkhams Compound helps natoss. It’s one or f the best known medicines for this purpose. Follow label directions.

Mrs. Sprlinger Dies i Laie Sunday Night Aged Berne Woman Is Taken By Death i.Mre. Ulrich Spruirge:. S 3, died at 11.05 ip. >m. Sunday at her home in Berne after a three months illness of colitis. She was Dorn in Wayne county. 0., Decdmlber 2a, 1861, the daughter of Jacob and i.Mary Llechty tbut had lived In Adams county practically her entire life. lHer husband died March 4 1923. She was a nienxber of the First iMennonite church at Berne. Surviving are six children: Miss es Dora and Frieda Sprunger, at home; Os .ar. Eldon and Marcus, all of Berne, and Joel, of Berne rural route; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. (Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the church iwith Rev. John I’. Budernian officiating. Burial will be ill the Al. R. E. cemetery. The body was removed from the Yager funeral home to the residence this afternoon. Road To Berlin By United Press The nearest distances to Berlin from advanced Allied lines today: Eastern front: 31 miles (from Zaeckericki. Western front: 291 miles (from outskirts of Cologne). Italy: 530 miles (from north of Ravenna). PETITION SURFACING (Continued From Page One) the chapel room in the basement of the building. These recommendations were previously made by the state inspector. The commissioners will receive bids within the next 30 days for furnishing a power grader to the county highway department. The county council approved the appropriation for $9,100 last Saturday to purchase the new equipment, along with S6OO to pay the additional cost on a new truck Cor the department. The council's action must be approved by the board of state tax commissioners before the county can expend the funds.

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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE 1 Aggie yawned and started to- : ward the stairs. “There’s somebody in this vicinity so clever, and so in- 1 tuitive, that the less I think about ' it the better I’ll sleep I” He called ' down, a moment later, “Incidentally, Sarah, have Windle get me about three dozen steel traps, will you? I was serious about that Fox triips. And good night!” On a day in early July, a dazzling day, of the sort that makes people who cannot swim wish they had been braver, and people who can, hasten to the nearest lake, river or pool, Agamemnon Telemachus Plum, A.8., 8.5., M.A., LittD., Ph. D.—and Phi Beta Kappa as a matter of course —sat on we edge of Lower Lake at Indian Stones with his feet in the water up to the ankles. Two weeks in the mountains had made changes in the em- , inent paleontologist. The most readily discernible change was superficial: his skin was now as brown as a filbert, instead of the academy white which it had been. His beard was neater and shorter. Another change was in his social station. That is to say, as he sat on the tepid margin of the pond, people spoke to him amiably and in such away as to suggest esteem. A child, aged about six, threw itself on his shoulders and shouted, “Dive in with me, Aggie!” Aggie laughed ahd said, “Soon. As soon as I go overboard.” Mrs. Drayman busied herself with her knitting in away that suggested 'she had a problem in her mind rather than in the stitches. “I—l under stand Sarah has asked Beth to keep house for you?” Two weeks ago, Aggie would have blushed and Stamntered. Two weeks ago, the fact that a young woman had been invited to move in with himself and his aunt would have Caused him to depart from Indian Stones. Now, his embarrassment was only moderate. “Why—yes. Company. Someone to run the place for us. Sarah’s better —but convalescing slowly. And after all, Beth’s at loose ends.” “Hunh!” hunA’d Mrs. Drayman. ■f Meaning, Aggie thought, that Mrs. D. is onto the fact that Sarah will go to any lengths to arrange things between Beth and me. Mrs. D.—and the rest of Indian Stones. He lei the insinuating syllable hang in the air for a while. He had almost packed up when Sarah suggested it But not quite. He was uncertain why he had stayed. Perhaps out of scientific curiosity—to see how a young and very handsome ’ .woman behaved, from a proximate viewpoint "Os perhaps because he had grown somewhat more blase, owing ’to the fact that he had recently been interviewed by reporters, policemen, detectives, coroners, and the like—the fact that the papers had been full of his name and his statements—and the fact I that Indian Stones had changed its oninion of him. He was no longer

Lenten Meditation ■ (Rev. J. T. Trueax, Church of the N UZIU ., HQ j “THE COURAGE OF JESUS” ■ Scripture, John 2:15-16 There can be no doubt as to the courageous way j out His plan for saving lost men. Perhaps the c le»u,k , ,' Wrt ® temple would appear to demand, on the part of Christ 01 amount of courage, yet it appears that He went about’ o“ with the same authority and courage He exerciser! ministry. This was but a part ot a great plan th; • niUst i , ed. Purity of purpose, a pure motive, a clear vision of r al,i ®l task, a clear vision of the Heavenly father, dear vision* men, the joy and blessing of perfect obedience to the I n.J , ,U <H of seeking the lost, in fact, what ever He may have to wjiat did it matter. He. was here to fulfill‘the will of ... Witli His heart firmly fixed to do Hie will of n le F . (tl e l ' a was tpo great for Him to face. Like Paul He could do with the courage necessary to accomplish tin- end i n vj „' t “ ll blessed thought is that His courage can be duplicated in and life today. uur

♦ _ • I I Modern Etiquette i By ROBERTA LEE I * ~ f| Q. How long after refreshments are served should a gueet remain at a Ibridge party? IA This depends upon Jio’w early ' in the evening refreshments are served, ibut proibably about thirty I minutes after ’finishing Is the usual i tice to leave. iA at any affair i should never “eat .md run". Q. When introducing a relative, is it proper to use the posseseive pronoun? A. Yes; one may say. ‘IMy father, any tnokher, my sister, my uncle.” Q. If there is no reason financially. for postponing a marriage, w.hat is the maximum length of an engagement? (A. Six months. How To Relieve Bronchitis Creomulsion relieves promptly be- i cause it goes right to the seat of the I trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature I to soothe and heal raw, tender, in- 1 flamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you | a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds. Bronchitis

regarded as a bearded, bookish, an- i achronism. He was thought of, rather, as : something of a fireball. The sort 1 of man who would ingeniously and calmly break in on a dead body in the middle of night, using an auto- i mobile jack. The sort of fellow who : would barge into a secret cellar all i alone and without a weapon, when . there lurked in it a dangerous thief. A man in whom a captain of the State Police had implicit trust A ! man,-moreover —according to testi- i mony of numerous wide-eyed kids —who could tell the greatest stories ' on earth about Indians and Eskimos and African natives—every one of them'true. Aggie yawned. It was very restful. No more horror or alarm. Jim Calder buried—and his family trying to forget Danielle gone. He saw that Mrs. Drayman was about to cluck some more, so he overrode the topic. “An extraordinarily lovely day," he said. She veered reluctantly. “Quite lovely. Quite.” “The lake,” he continued, “is especially—vivid.” “I prefer Upper Lake,” she replied, still wanting to hear further items about Beth’s prospective residence with the Plums. “It’s more private — and nearer our cottage. Still —since the bay water’s been spoiled—we’ve had to swim here’. It’s turned quite brown, you know. Algae—or some sort of weeds, I presume. Very nasty and nothing , like it ever happened before. Where . is Beth, by the by?” “Changing her clothes,” he ansI wered calmly. “Going in with me.” He looked at the other bathers. . “Us.” His dark eyes defied the upraised stare of Mrs. Drayman. J “Extraordinary, too, the way ■ things have settled down,” he said. Since Mrs. D. was the mother-in-law of the son of the deceased Mr. Calder, her interest in the drama at Indian Stones was second to ’ nothing else. “Isn’t it? I was terl ribly upset for days. Our Bill’s prec dicament was so embarrassing! He ’ did disapprove of his father, you know. My Martha, too. And that • Davis girl—practically forcing Wilt liam to go up on Garnet Knob that 1 night—Jim—was fpund! It was 5 providential that you followed them • —and listened! Otherwise — what • could my poor daughter have > thought?” ’ “The worst,” answered Aggie solj emnly. . ■ Mrs.*Drayman did not know she > was being kidded. “Yes! Exactly! » As it was, she's kept Bill in the dog- > house practically ever since!” > ' “Hmmm,” said Aggie. “She t ought to let up, about now. By- . gones. I find Bill Calder an ex l . tremely likable chap.” “I disagree,” Mrs. D. responded. ! “Not about Bill. He’s generous : enough, as young men go. About ; Martha letting up. DahiClle will be i back shortly—” Aggie sat up straighter. “That’s

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news. I thought she stay>nj»B New York. She wrote me a note-B after the funeral—saying she didaW feel like a summer here, any tooraro Understandable.” m “Then she’s changed her mind-ro as usual. Really! There ought to some way to get leaal protection against a woman of that sort. 1 tolM Martha—” “Oh, come,” the professor Mid* “Danielle’s gaudy—but not She’s unmanageable —but that • teTO cause she’s spoiled. The Bills this world spoiled her. I thins sneTO quite nice— and I've missed her. “Nice!” said Mrs. D. “Any but— nice!" ■ “Who's nice?” , M Aggie turned farther or. the bania Beth was standing behind him in ■ magenta bra and shorts. Her ..an ■ were full of dark hair which was twisting up so that it cou.i covered by her cap. She was a oar ■ er'tan than he. Her posture her mannequin’s figure an unavoioo able —and admirable— spectacle ■ remembered he had once sai Sarah that Beth was the sort V girl you found yourself ge ■ mixed up with when you least »■ pected it. Now he found bimsej reflecting that such an would have its merits. He grm “Danielle.” ... .» I Beth was startled. ' D ,r lL el ‘ e ’ 4 “She’s coming back. Ben™ up reasons. “Hot in New ‘ She’s lonely. Sat in the ar’™ e , n getting morbid. Can t blame • Beth’s face lost the animaM that had marked her luffing wr swim, Aggie. Il must be nin-ty the shade.” „ .. u “Oke,” he said. He raised . voice. “Hey! Bugsie If yo« to dive on my shoulders your chance!” a A juvenile chorus took up ■ offer. ~ w . It was perhaps four o clock , sun was casting a blue shad , Garnet Knob - when Beth. ng« . ing a canoe which she and ■ ■ . the children had deliberately o’d . turned, spotted Aggie in the w I near by. “Take me for a ride, ■ said. “Sure.” . .. ~n 0 ; He assisted in towing the « I to the dock. He heaved b J ( ashore, drew up the boat 1 out the water, mopped the nb . > a towel, and invited He found a backrest andions for her. They sta fl the islands— througn a „ boats. Two teams ticing rowing for a rac . were doing lifesaving. ’ of the fish spear be a in s g Bi lh ' pelted along thei shore by, a* fl{ 1 boy. Fred stood in th b boat, taut, re ad y-’ r s,g bec tles. B!td ace to frogs, . b coVf , Byroa small fish. In a distant c Waite was J“ U cii WS 11 ’ noy cd, no doubt, at ter and sound. { (To be continued) .. DiitnDuwd M