Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Erexjj Evening Except Bunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Cla* Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthotue, Sec’y. ft Bus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates Single Copiesl.o4 One week by carrier. .20 By Mall In Adame, Allen, Jay and Wells c unties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, <4.50 per year; 12.50 for six months; 11.85 tor three months; 50 cents for one meat*. Klee where: >5,50 per year; 13.00 tor six months; >1.65 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women In the armed forces >3.50 per year or >I.OO for three months.

Advertising Rates Made Known . on Application. National Representative BCHEERER & CO. II Lexington Avenue, New York 2 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. -t your old papers and magaziMee and tin cans and turn them in. . They will do a great service for-Uncle Sam. —o dead leaves in the yard are excellent for the garden and many are spreading them before spiding or plowing. —o The average housewife, realizing the scarcity of help, is starting her spring house cleaning early. It will take a little longer but it's not so bad for a war year.

Last midnight was the deadline for sending in your 1944 income tax report and remittance. Those who failed to do so will he required to pay penalties and these increase ns payment fa postponed. o—o Adams county, two-thirds of the way over the top for the $16,700 Red Cross quota, will continue to make good. Each day, the total leaps up and a few more days slioulxl complete the job. j,' —O—O The only German soldiers who ere still confident of winning and who display considerable spirit of bravado are prisoners in the camps this country where they are well cared for. They are luckier than they know. —-O—O Military leaders believe the war in Europe will end in two or three months, probably by early summer. They do not expect a general surrender but the Reich is falling aifirt as groups of soldiers, some times consisting of as many as 3.090 or 4.000, tire of the hopeless gaSie and hoist white flags.

Cigar manufacturers explain that the reason for the disappearance from the market of the popular priced 6-ceut cigar is that cigar makers get paid more for higher priced smokee so naturally prefer to work on them. Since the smoker is glad to get them at auy price, the cheaper grades are just about obsolete. O—O Governor Gates has appointed an entire new conservation commission. Milton Matter of Marion succeeds Hugh Barnhart as director. New members of the board are Ira Henning, South Bend and James Carr, Indianapolis, Republicans and Benton J. Blboin, Columbia City, Democrat. One more Democratic member its to be named. —j O O~ — The Allied forces are getting well organized on the beachhead across Uie Rhine from Cologne. It For a copy of the Decatur Daily Democrat go t o The Stopback each n «Sning

is now some ten miles inside and is being increased hourly as troops continue to cross the river, carrying with them tanks, guns, munitions and other supplies. The war in Europe isn’t over but its sure approaching a climax that can anti will conclude it before many weeks. —o The state has accepted the gift of 47 acres of land in the city of Terra Haute to be used as an athletic field by Indiana State Teacher’s College. The ground, considered very valuable, was given by Anton Hulman, Jr., a prominent manufacturer of that city. By a special act of the legislature, the land was accepted and an appro priation of >50,000 provided for improvement of the grounds.

o—o The early spring weather this week caused many to start preparing their garden tracts, indication that there will be more Victory pitches than ever. Every one who can is urged to grow a garden this year. It will provide vegetables for your own table, avert a serious shortage and hasten thte day when strict government rationing can be modified and that’s something we all want. —o

Baseball will be played this summer and managers of the big league teams are busy getting together the best organizations possible under present, strict man regulations. Presient Roosevelt believes it -should continue and has promised to attend the opener at Washington, April 16th and toss out the first ball. It will provitje relaxation for millions not only in the stadiums but in camps all over the world.

O—O Disabled veterans of the war will have a splendid opportunity to prepare themeelves /or earning a living and more in the future. Guidance centers have been set up in fifty educational institutions and several hundred more are to be established. While undergoing courses, disabled veterans are paid pensions of $92 a month if single and $103.50 a month if married. Additional allowances are made tor dependent*. The government pays for any course for a maximum period of four years. O—O Former President Hoover was one of the early boosters for Thomas Dewey for the Republican nomination for the -presidency last year, but something happened and the former leader dropped him. According to Drew Pearson, Mr. Hoover made this remark the other day, indicating he is gtill off: "Every Republican candidate has had a personal following even though defeated. I did. Gov. Landon did. Wendell Willkie had a great personal following. But Dewey Is the one exception. Reople voted for him merely because he Was the Republican candidate."

Liberal Japanese: Keep your eye on Yukio Ozaki. He is the nearest approach to a liberal Japanese in public life that Japan has. He has been a member of the Japanese Congress since 1890, and has been sentenced to eight months in jail for criticizing the government. Only his popularity saved him from a worse fata. Ozaki either Is not very liberal or very bold, or he would not be alive today. Also he is over 80. But as American arms draw nearer, the Japanese may try to win mercy by discarding their most notorious leaders and substituting (some one who might be called liberal. Just now Ozaki looks like their best bet.- C'n Werl Times-Bulletin. o , '** i • fl i> i V Twenty Aqo ♦ — « March 18—iBy a vote of 4C to 39 the United Senate again rejects nomination of Charles B. Warren to be attorney general.

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(Farm lands and Improvement* are \being revalued for taxing purposes -at about SIOO per acre, a reduction''of ten percent. Mrs. John D. Nidlinger. 65, of Union township, die? after long illnetfs. E. A. Beavers announces he will not be a candidate for reelect ion as councilman. .Paul (Edwards purchases the Charles Sullivan residence ju*t west of the Decatur laundry. Ulelber lluinlbarger and Boh Krick are recovering from the electric chock received a few day* ago.

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♦ ♦ I Modern Etiquette | By ROBERTA LEE ♦ » Q. When a woman who hasn't the facilities at home entertains a party of friends in a public dining room, would it be all right for one of the men to offer to nay the bill? A. Never. Q. Who nhould cut the wedding cake, and when? IA. The bride should cut the first piece during the last course, but the rest it? cut by on-.* of her attendants. Q. What ie the meaning of boeuf

a la jardiniere when on a minu card ? A. Braised beef with vegetables. 0 ♦ 4 I Household Scrapbook i By ROBERTA LEE | « * Bread and Cake Always keep bread and cake in tin boxes, as wooden boxes, unlese well seasoned, are likely to give a dteagreealble taste. Wrapping in brown paper should be avoided for | the isame reason. Rugs To prevent rugs from curling at I the corner® eew to the wrong side

GIVE NOW GIVE MORE + Previously reported >11,091.86 Jr.-Sr. High School teachers 123.00 Arthur Blakey. 8 Union. 22.00 Arthur C. Reher, 25 Washing. 23.50 J. Ray Duff, 18 Jefferson 14 00 Elmer Stiber, 20 Jefferson .. 15.25 Vernon Miller, 29 Jeffereon.. 15.00 Ralph Christy, 34 Jefferson.. 10.00 Andrew Hackenjoe, 13 Freu. 17.00 J. J. Kauffman, 25 French ... 17.25 Ray E. Moser, 26 French 22.50 James E. Fox, 36 French 18.30 American Legion Auxiliary 50.00 Mrs. Harve Shroll (partial) 1 Decatur 11900 Tabea Society of Friedheim Church 10.00 Zion Evan. & Reformed Women's Society 20.00 Mrs. Wesley Lehman, 8 Decatur 67.20 Chester D. Bowen, 4 Union.... 5.00 Irvin Sprunger, 36 Hartford 7.00 Boyd Stepler, 30-31 Washing. 16.00 M. Stoutenberry, 35 Root 17.00 Ervin Fuelling, 6 Union 24.00 Decatur Industries .... 89.50 T0ta1,...>11,814.06 | of the corners a small triangular piece of corrugated rubber. Prunes A few slices of lemon, or a few epices, cooked with prunes, adds a delicious flavor. o _ Food Locker Law Olympia, Wash. —(UP)—The 433 refrigerated food lockers in Washington state now have to toe the line. The state department of agriculture announced a regulation providing for installation of thermometers which will record on a chart the temperature of the lockers each hour. The state law allows a maximum icebox “warmth” of 12 degrees above zero. o Cotton yields in recent years have averaged 100 pounds above what was considered normal in the early '3os.

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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO Jack was staring. “You can’t prove it!" “No,” said Aggie, “but you better eome along with me and let the police talk to you.” They were perhaps ten feet apart —when Jack threw the knife w ith a whiplike motion of his arm. It struck Aggie in the chest; his hand went up to the place with the swiftness of a reflex. But the knife did not penetrate Plum’s hearL It made a hard sound and Aggie caught it as it bounced away. In doing so, he cut his fingers. Jack froze. “I don’t need any more proof now, do I?” queried Aggie. “Why didn’t you get me, when I carried Hank out?” Jack was straightening up, slowly. “Mrs. Drayman cornered me,” he said huskily. “Talked and talked. And I hadn’t put the rug back—so I had to stand there.” “Well,” went on Aggie, “I dropped into the club to check up—on you. I’ve got on a sort of waistcoat. A rajah gave it to me. Water buffalo hide. It’s supposed to be bulletproof. And it’s turned spears in its day. Will you come now, Jack?” For another second, Browne leaned toward Aggie—his face as white as plaster and as rigid. Then he spun around and started for the gun on the bureau. The knife caught him between the tendons at the back of his knee and drove deep into the joint. He staggered and screamed. Aggie was on him, from behind. • • « * Windle drove the station wagon, which Sarah used for transportation, from the cement highway to Indian Stones, and stopped at the side of Rainbow Lodge. The springs genuflected to deposit her. When she entered her living room, where her nephew was whistling a popular air, her maternal smile faded to a look of consternation. Aggie, in trunks and sandals, was staring into a mirror which lay fiat on the center table. Beside the mirror was a round tin of brown shoe polish. He dabbed his left thumb into the tin and applied the polish to his chin, which was shaved bare. Then he wrinkled his nose. “Smell,” he said. “No good. But it’ll look like Sam Hill till it’s sunburned.” Aggie’s chin —the Plum chin — was pronounced. Not massive, but sharp and belligerent. It was also pale in contrast to the rest of his face. Sarah repressed a desire to have hysterics as he solemnly wiped away the shoe polish. “John’s idea,” he said. “I didn’t have much confidence in it, anyhow.” "John told you to shave off your beard!” “No. John told me to use shoe polish till I got a sun tan. How’s Hank?” Sarah settled in a chair—carefully—so as not to burst into laughter. “He’s fine. He made a statement.for Wes today. Jack put Hank in that dungeon and then tried to

Lenten Meditation] (Rev. F. ’ll. Willard. First Evangelical | “The Patience of Unanswered Prayer”] “Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do th I not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.” John 137 l< " 6 *w| “Why doesn’t God answer my prayer" is a I raised. Any answer here must be incomplete p ra S un 80 o||J ency bn a wisdom higher than our own. g Z Pr is dogmatism of a church is no guarantee of wisdom W e ,y w M best. Prayer acknowledges law and order. While all ti laws of the universe may not yet be discovered ttiisir and subject to his rule. God may accomplish hi. through us by adherence to the laws hi' has estal 1 than by answering our finite desires. Prayer is tr r ” l( t God as a father. He is concerned for our own ) ; lll) '] IS,llll ' le8, in drein. In his heart, as a wise parent, he has no f as . Wa has the other members of the family to consider He prayers should not be like those of a “spoiled" or inumr 11 ' °® God answers prayer in ways that we do not exm.m BVt chltJtimes do not like. We pray for a virtue such as kiudn aW sends the opportunity in some way for being kind w,> ani k « jiect prayer to be a substitute for intelligence and work are necessary. Since intelligence may require years t N study and thought; since the results of work are at hi patient day by day effort; why is it not reasonable tai. M should also require patience. Ie ' hat Hint

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worm out of him where the gold t was hidden. When he was satisfied t Hank really didn’t know—he just— i stopped seeing him. Left him with I the tinned food, a few candles, and ] some solidified alcohol. He’d have ; gone away and let Hank die.” . i “He isn’t a nice fellow,” Aggie said, rising. “Bright — but in the : wrong way. Has Wes found where ; Jack put the gold, yet?” Sarah was some time in replying. 1 “There isn’t any gold. Calder stole i it all. Ralph’s checking his records — and they show it — indirectly. Nothing left but my platinum. Jack buried it on the green at the ninth hole —where they’d just done some resodding. It’s a strange thing that Jim Calder would rob Byron and George—but not me." “Human nature,” Aggie said, “is strange. Well —” He gestured a sort of salute with his right hand, which was bandaged. Sarah shuddered slightly at the sight of the bandages. “Every time I think of you going after Jack—barehanded, that way—” “I was in a hurry and mad,” he . answered. “If he’d had a gun in his ’ pocket—and used it—l might have been able to close in. That buffalo , shirt has several layers. Tough as . metal. But I figured that if I sup- ‘ plied him with a little less penetrat- , ing weapon—he’d use it. And the ; hide is ideal for knives. My fingers are okay.” He grinned. “I thought ' you didn’t want to hear any more, ever, about my prowess at analysis and deduction.” "I don’t,” said Sarah. “Where are you going?” , “Swimming. You ought to be ■ able to dope that out. Trunks—and > sandals. And*—speaking of deducs tion—about Beth.” i Sarah started with such force 1 that the chair cretked. “Beth? > What about Beth?” : “She isn’t engaged, is she?” I The effect of that question was remarkable. Sarah’s color waned i and she opened her mouth twice bet fore she spoke. “Do you think, Aga- : memnon, that a girl like Beth — 1 handsome—but rather prosaic—?” t “I think she’ll make Ralph a swell : wife! He told me last night he was 1 going to propose.” . Aggie walked innocently toward t the door. His aunt stared at him • with hostility. “You beast!” “Am I so naive that it is neces- . sary for you to force one woman t into my cognizance in order to draw , attention to another?” 5 Her stare began to melt. “Just , what—?” 1 “When we first rode up here,” > Aggie went on, “you vouchsafed you . had a bride picked out for me. Now, you have always known that I shy from females. You are much too adroit to do anything so obvious as to name a woman and expect me to 5 rush after her like the fire on a sky- * rocket. So I said to myself as we rode along — I said, ‘What’s her - game?’ And I answered myself, - ‘There must be-?’ ” “Rubbish! You were interested t in Beth.” J “Well, I will admit Beth had

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something. Ebony hair, ivory skia, turquoise eyes. Stirring. But I »M never really baffled. You see—that first night—when you sent n»t# Dr. Davis —you did not tell me to phone. You told me to get the bfl and take the car. At that time,at Davis phone was working perfectly and the Plum car was running Dj a top. I subsequently thought I that I decided that your agitato that evening was real—but that Jli had also decided that if I happtM to rouse my quondam chuoto® playmate —it would make a nice, running start for one of those mer flirtations that lead to so muj new homes in suburbs.” “You’re a rat!” exploded Saru, "and you’re wrong.” , “Knowing me,” he continual “you might judge that I woola.P» * sue this maiden as a sortof im«n to you and your selection. Needlesi to say, I did no such “You slapped her,” Mid Saras “You bawled her out and orders her around.” She looked at his f« a moment and sighed. All right, give up! I’ve always thought tai of all the girls Indian Stones e»‘ produced, Danielle Davis best suited to carry on and aoera> Plum line.” . Aggie’s brows lifted thought and with sympathy. Danica very much impressed, to r “with my executive force. » a good education in biology. be a help keeping my anthropo cal notes. I said I hadn’t chMedffl woman. But... she came ba. New York the other night enWW on my account.” ■ • Sarah’s eyes were suj'W “Don’t kid me! Danielle ord®£ men around. She <Joesnt . Her mouth popped open agaim gie! Is tkat why you’ha™ your beard? Did Danielle teC J" tO?” M .J .1 / He flushed. “Well, she hm« it" Then he spoke severely. Sarah—and mark this, well - after I had got her promise to nOT me—bearded!" Her mirth was being rtWgl a new expression—an exp amazement and joy — an d tuan sentiment. , .c Aggie fled. When he reac boathouse, he saw Dan.eUe J* beach chair on the gr ’ distance from the othe ujj| of their line of view, on ■ back in the chair, relax ®fcei eyes closed. The sun ® 1 in the relief of black sha 0 glittered on her red-gold hair had poured itself smooWo«r a back of the chair. w hen to pinken the tender - u thi Aggie’s beard had been. hand to the spot and the austere whiskers him authority_ no long frowned. Danielle open and said lazily. “Come over idiot!” p|un Agamemnon T e^cniac a ii v surrendered unconditional j THEEfiD Coorrlllit. IH3-•”* DuttxDutwi w ami rMuli” 1