Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Eveilng Except Sunttay By THE) DBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Ittoorpmted ■ntered at the Decatur. Poet o®ee m Second Claw Matter. J. H. Holier ProeMeat A. R. Holthouoe, Sec’y. * Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller —Vlco-Preeldent Subeonlptlon Rateo Bin<te Coplee — | .04 Oae week by carrier..™____ .JO By Mall la Adame, Allee, Jay and Welle o uatibe, Indiana, and Mercer and Van.Wert counties, Ohio, $4.50 per year; $2.50 for elx mon the; *1.16 lor three months; CO cents for one mont*. Hteewhere: *5.60 per year; 12.00 lor six months; lI.CS for three months; CO cents for one month. Man and women In the armed forces *1.50 per year or 11.00 for Jiree months. Advertising Ratos Made Known on Application. National rteprewntavi vw SCHEERER A CO. IS Lexington Avenue, New York 2 B Wavier Drive, Chicago, BL LaGuardia finally decided he couldn’t oppose the rest of the and New York City is back on the curfew system. —o Goebbels apparently can’t believe all the signs he sees around hfin these days for he is still telling his people to keep on fighting until the Allied nations start quarreling.

Japan fears more assaults from tIM; air and landings on their own island and if ever a rfktlon had cause to he scared they certainly should. The bravado spirit seems to have been well subdued. —o The Hoosier Sentinel, a newspaper published under supervision of the Democratic state committee will suspend publication temporarily on April Ist. It is expected to resume operation after reorganization. —o Nearly all the counties in this part of Indiana have exceeded the qyota for Red Cross considerably md if the rest of the nation makee as good a record the $200,000,000 will be over subscribed by from thirty to fifty percent lii. o—o Agricultural experts advise early gardens this year. They fear another dry summer and that might mean a shortage of vegetables if we wait for the regular season. They say it is smart to plant two patches, one early and one later, bo you will have the best of it regardless Os the season. —o It is said that Africa has a tree produces sap that tastes like fine wine and has the effect of brandy. Now there's something that LaGuardia ought to transplant to New York City. That’s the place where they stay up late and require plenty of alcoholic fuel and hesitated to pay any attention to government requests for regulations to help win the war. —o

Three cases of rabies in Wayne township, Allen county, has caused quite a scare and brought a quarantine against dogs. The cases havo been sent to Indianapolis for tests. All dogs in the area must be confined to the premises of their owner or. be killed. The territory adjoins the city of Fort Wayne, starting at the Baas road and running south to the Wabash railroad and from Lindenwood Avenue west to the county line. —JO—Oi— The proposed guaranteed annual pay check for labor after the war

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-lias its good pointe but perhaps depends upon the need for help. lif many industries, locking ahead a year is quite a gamble. On the other hand the employee Is entitled to the security Os knowing he will have an annual return that will enable him to meet his obligations. It's encouraging to know that efforts to meet the situation in the manner best for every one, is being made. —o—o—- — and girls who detest train rides will find the cars of tomorrow vartitablc Amuderlands where they can enjoy all kinds of entertainment while mom and dad snooze. The Pullman Standard Company announces plans for junior chib cars, equipped with a cave, a slide, piano, puppet shows, toys and every new gadget that comes out. They also plan to have a dahoe car for the older travelers as well as club

cars that equal any thing Mayor LaGuardia can offer. —o At a meeting of the Democratic state committee this week, Fred Bays, chairman, accepted a cut of salary from $7,500 per year to $5,000 at his own suggestion and Charlee SkiUen, secretary, took a cut of $1,400 on his 15,000 wage. A subcommittee recommended that a rule he adopted permitting the retirement of national committeemen and women by a two-thirds vote ci the state committee and replaced by a majority vote. No action can be taken on the pro-

posal for al least fifteen days but It is possible it will be approved. —o Only three pieces of property in Adams county are on the tax delinquent list this year, a remarkable showing that cannot be excelled much in any county in Indiana and few will equal such a record. The three properties include one at Berne and two in Decatur, with only one of any consequence, that being one of the Decatur properties for $65.93. The assessed valuation of all three properties is but 1294. The law makes it mandatory that a tax sale be held. Otherwise it would be unnecessary this year. The sale will be held at ten o'clock the morning of April Sth. Not A Utopia: The perfectionists in the United Stales and elsewhere will be taking a short-sighted view of things if they permit their desire for a Utopian world lead them to oppose the United Nations organization plan which is adopted at the San Francisco conference. That plan is not going to p’ease everybody and it is not likely to exactly please anybody.

Our Federal Constitution did not suit everybody al the time It was drafted. Its framers did not regard it as a perfect document. They did not think as highly of it as we do today. They merely ftgarded it as the best Job they could do under all of the circumstance 1 ?. It represented a compromise between the large states and the small ones aud bewefeu many confl’eting interests. It was adopted amid much grumbling and many misgivings. It turned out to be the best charter of government tn the history of the world. It is hard to imagine what might have happened If the Constitution had been rejected. The plan drafted at San Francisco is not likely to be perfect. But, at least, it will be a start in the right direction. If it is rejected, it is probable that no other start will be made until after the world is drenched in the blood of another World War. Certainly no one can Wish that sort of catastrophe on the next generation. We know the personnel of the American delegation to the (Solden Gate conference. They are all highly intelligent, conscientious and patriotic citiaeus. They all poMeft the highest tbaratder. We

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believe that they can be trusted to try to do as good a job as is humanly possible.—Fort Wayne JournalGazette. — o * ♦ • Twenty Years Aqo Today * (March 24—Coach Comer and his fighting basket ball players return from Chicago and receive an enthusiastic reception. They made a i fine showing. 'The city 'council will receive bids : April "th for an addition to the' city power and light plant '

CONGRESSWOMAN CLARE BOOTHE LUCE of Connecticut takes her turn at billiards as Pvt. W. Bell-Chambers watches during the representative's recent visit at the Robertson club in Florence, Italy. Mrs. Luce Is touring the Mediterranean theater of war. This is a British Army-radiophoto. (Internttipual Sowdphoto)

k. < I# • t n m i——iiGjst w* xr i JsssifS OB L*. ’ Hfe. I ML. A <CAM picnftE tSTEVA, ritht above, is shown in the Palais de fice S iJ M paS* where he h&3 teen Bentenced 10 life f*? ImiXwatin* With the Natis when he was commander-in-chief Mediterranean fleet and resident general in Tunisia, st the trial was Andre Mornet, left above, who World Wat 1 cpy. • ' ■ - **'* l L* V ,

A. R. iHolthouse elected president of Decatur Rotary. George Miller ie a candidate for the Democratic nomination for councilman from the second ward. Local Red Cross sends first SIOO to the storm relief committee and the campaign continues. ■Sam Brooks of Bluffton leases the Dierkes building and will open a general store. • • I Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE | [♦ * i -—-—— j Q. What kind of shower can be ! given for a bride-fo-lbe, other than 1 customary kitchen or lingerie

showers? A Something different would be a vanity shower. Gifts could include toilet articles, makeup articles, bat'll salts, toilet water etc. Q. Is it Obligatory that a girl .be introduced formally to a young man when at a party before they can talk to each other? (A. No; it is not necessary. ; Q. What is the meaning of champignons when on a menu card? A. Mushrooms. —I o 'A horse and buggy were parts of the equipment first purchased by the Oklahoma Geological Survey after i*s establishment in 1899.

Br'.. «■ w kIBL' -mV - t jf>' J ; ' HERE’S a new Lily Dache creation that is expected to make a hit in the coming Easter parade. Made of burnt straw with a softly - flared brim, it has a wide band of brown grosgrain with chinces in the crown and falls in tailored streamers down the back. (International)

ONLY CHINESE WOMAN theatrical producer in the world, Hoholulubom Li Ling-ai hits demonstrated her versatility again. Despite a regular routine that includes broadcasts, lectures, and the direction of affairs connected with China Relief and the Allied cause, she found time to write and have pitollshed a book for youngsters, “Children of the Sun in Hawaii." She is known for her work as co-ptoducer of “Kukan," a documentary film of China which received a Hollywood Academy award. (International) 1

GIVE NOW GIVE MORE + Previously reported 121.001.40 City Industrial Basketball League (additional 2.50 Mrs. N. A. Bixler (additional) 10 Decatur... 1-00 Mrs. Harve Shroll (additional, 1 Decatur 81.75 Eion Young People Society of Friendhelm 5.00 Cnester L. Adams, 21 Jeff 10.00 Albert Ruinschlag (additional) 1 and 2 Wabash 2.00 Adams Theater, box collec. 172.41 Total $21,276.06 -o I Household Scrapbook j •By ROBERTA LEE « ♦ Discarded Shirts The backs of otherwise worn shirts can be made into neat little aprone if the straps over the shoulders are made of contrasting materials. Glus After glue has been used, mb Vaseline jelly or cold cream on the cork. The cork will not stick and break when the glue is to be used again. Green Peppers in baking green peppers, if they are oiled finst before baking they will not turn brown in the oven. o_ —.

i Aa BY n*" I I FRXp W. BRAUN <- I Q d'Jhe iln Omaha. Nebraska, on December 16, 1944 a little boy was killed when the sled on which he was sliding collied with a delivery truck. The picture seut in oy the Associated Press is a tragic one. The mother stands weeping silently. A policeman moves from the ambulance to cover the body of the child. In the background ifi the crushed sled on which he had been so hap-

BYNOPSIS Daphne Willoughby Abruzzi, ' married when 17 and a widow at 25, returned to her home town, North Wintridge, after an absence of twelve years, eight of which were spent in Paris, London, and Naples. After her husband’s death, she worked four years for Corinne Hollis, a New York decorator. On the train Daphne thought of the many fanciful letters she wrote to her friend, Kate Dennison, describing the romantic Carlo, her musician husband... concert tours, villas, gay bohemian affairs. She also thought of Alan Pembroke, a young architect, whose orchids she was wearing. At the station she met Kate Dennison and her husband, •Tommy,” and went to their home. Later Daphne told Kate that “Cousin Ella left me a house and a trust fund” of about $3,000 a year. Daphne says that she has no intention of remarrying, but Kate is skeptical. Soon Daphne is busy renewing old acquaintances and starts remodeling Cousin Ella’s former hbme assisted by ah adoring subdeb, “Buff” Turner. While weeding the garden, Daphne saw that she was under the observation oL a strange man end his dog. She tripped over a vine and wrenched her ankle. After the stranger bandaged it, she asked him if he knew of any available gardener. He offered to work five hours a day and when she asked his name, he said, “Steve. Just call me Steve.” As she left in her station wagon, Daphne kept thinking: Steve who7 CHAPTER SIX The way to find the answer was simple: She drove her car straight down the hill, instead of turning back to town. This way she would pass the metal mailboxes on posts at the road edge. There were three boxes in the row which obviously belonged to the three rustic cottages. Daphne leaned out of the car and squinted at the names painted on them. The first one read Li... pg; the second •ne, 0. Pulaski; and the third, in faint letters, proclaimed Its owner to be S. W. Bronner. “I’ve got my gardener,” she told Mrs. Gilson over tea-cups, later. “They’re more precious than tires. Is h* under ninety, Daphne?’/ asked Laura Loughlan. “Considerably. About thirtyfive, I think.” “Then he’s either the village idiot, or completely unreliable, and you won’t get any work out of him,” someone Said. “I think I will. I hope hell be a good worker, because he certainly isn’t a talker,” Daphne remarked grimly, as she turned to listen to Mrs. Russell. She could catch only snatches of her chat. “... we’re not going to have paid help now ... We kept her on because she needed the money . . .

Lenten Meditation

(Rev. Robert J. Hoevel, St. Mary’s t’allmih. C | |(|r & “WHAT IS TRUTH?” "But when he, the Spirit of Truth has come Hb.ii you all the truth.” John XVI, 13. What is truth? Rather ask "Who is Truth?” ti, *l ‘‘God in the Blessed Trinity." From the lips o f'jeßii//'!?* , !OH: . absolute statement, "1 am the Way, (lie TRUTH an ,r,. ll ’*t|^^B un John XIV, G. Thai God the rather is also Truth is evia the Words of Jesus, “1 and the Father are One" John Xi text for today, spoken by Jesus clearly indicates (;„,i ?' Ghost, is Truth. 'HK It The words of our text for today were fulfilled wh« n 1 Ghost descended upon the Apostles on the first c llri .* R cost. The faithful eleven, who voluntarily loeked them H an upper room to hide their fear and to protect theni Se iv the fiendish designs of the blood-thirsty mob responsjhi , passion and death of Jesus Christ, were changed entireiv descent of the Spirit of Truth. Their intimidation he ( . a „ their fear became courage, their hatred for falsehood intense love for truth, armed ami equipped with these " weapons, no threat of punishment regardless of its hrutalitv'S^^W’" cause them to cease preaching the truth about Jesus crucified. Now. do we re-echo the ridiculous words of Pontius N "what is truth?" Well might he ask, because he certainly Zpß know. A shameful admission for a ruler and j U( ] ge B , more shameful was his insincerity, for Pilate hm>iP f mN T^MWsu ! Jesus without waiting for the answer, in order to thus smothevS^BiS 6 '’ voice of his conscience. How insincere lie was. And how there are who imitate him. Just like Pilate, they refuse t o ?Kfi about God, refuse to listen to his teaching, lest their point an accusing finger at them.

py a few minutes before. Neigh bors and friends line the sidewalk to iwatch the sorrowful • spectacle. This same tragedy is re-enacted too often during the winter months. It is a problem for the parents and local traffic bureaus alike. Parents must constantly and repeatedly warn their children against coasting in the streets. Cities must set aside special streets for coasting and divert traffic to other ections if it is at all possible. iCowting and playing on unprotected streets leads to tragedy. Keep your children out of the .Streets 1 >——»—o v—- * C OUNTY AfiENT’S * COLUMN ♦ 5 * If you want to ibe sure to eat grow your own. Home gardens are in 1945 as important or more so than in any year since we have been at war. The food needs of our own service men, those of our allies, the many hungry people of the liberated countries the growing number of war prisoners we are taking and the

and we’re so sorry for that poor child.” i Persia Goodhue said, “You’d love i the child, Daphne. So sweet 1 A i Spanish refugee, you know.” Mrs. Gilson coo’d, “He doesn’t i look seven. Those great big eyes of his, and that scrawny little body.” A little boy with big black eyes. That description seemed to etch itself into Daphne’s consciousness, but just then she didn’t want to hear anymore about that little boy. She put her cup down with a tiny clattering sound, and said, “You ought to see my new hired man. He looks something like Ronald Colman.” “Who is he?” someone asked. "Steve...” Minnie Fiske picked up her last remark and called across the room to Callie Welch, “What was the name of that man who was at Gresham for a little while? You know the one I mean. He lived at Mrs. Moody’s." “Fenwick,” Callie shouted back. "Eric, or Michael, or something like that. It wasn’t Steve because I remember it began with a G. Why?” Minnie said he, too, looked like Ronald Colman. “But it couldn’t be the same man, because he left right after that dreadful affair, and anyway he wouldn’t be a hired man ...” “My man’s name is Bronner," Daphne announced. “Oh, Bronner,” Kate’s mother said, and then everybody began at once to tell Daphne about the Bronners. There were several of them scattered over the township. There was a Fred, and a Louis, and a Richard, and it wouldn’t surprise them if there were a Steve. Then someone was quite sure there was, and said he, undoubtedly, was handsome and lazy. All the Bronners were. They’d come from a good family around Corinth, but they’d lost their money and gone to seed. The party broke up with everyone telling Daphne to put her ankle in water as hot as she could stand it, with salt, etc, etc. So Daphne went home and put cold compresses on it, strapped an ice-bag to It for the night, and woke in the morning feeling nearly fit, i and in a rare mood for a fine after- ' noon'of “slave-driving.” Through the open windows of - Daphne’s house came the sound of young voices arguing pleasantly in > the yard back of it The May sun I was summery hot and it intensified ' the perfume of budding things. Daphne was sure that she could > distinguish the separate scents of ■ dogwood, and violets, and arbutus, - above the pungent smell of fresh > paint and newly cut wood. I And she did like to paint, she assured herself while sticking a I broad brush into a pail and wiping a hand on the seat of her over- . alls. Then she viewed the outdoors

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decrease in available i»i.J tion for civilian foot! are <g3 the reasons gardens ar® soJ ant this season. Those wlionj for themselves are the kind 3 zens we want. In hand with this adranuJ ‘“growing your own” are the M factors of money saved anil convenience of a near-by sml fresh produce. More and more of our n county families are becomiujl trition conscious. The family! den, if properly planned, wiiifl vide for a thrifty family, the tJ ables so important in meals the whole year nMij Un planning the garden, iiitj a sufficient amount of eatlj duct to supply the table sci the garden season ami sent I canning and freezing. Care bi ection of varieties and tiinoku of planting will help ta make: home garden a success. —_o — Add postwar pictures: Eieelr manufacturers are ready ti duce a device after the ward! will regulate shower bath ail in water temperatures elect! cally by dial as a radio is uo» ed.

framed by her window. The Mt K seemed to have a pictorial ■ golden specks against the bluest# ■ skies. The dogwood was a m»M» ■ pink and white against the dm ■ green of neighboring hills. ■ She leaned out the window ■ shouted: “Buff! How about t» ■ sandwiches you were going to get ■ A vibrant young male ■ called, “Hey, Sprig! The bosl ■ wants you.” _ . E Miss Elizabeth Van Druyta ■ Turner (better known as Buff) ■ peared from somewhere m ■ slacks and sweater, teased a gj lap-sack at Daphne’s | man, and retorted, “Don t call ■ ‘Sprig’, you amateur garoew* ■ you! You ought to know youem ■ put chive plants in the ... , ■ The second hired man remora ■ the sack from his face when ■ accurate aim had landed n, . ■ thundered, “Pipe down! On»BW,| Word out of you and I’ll. •. • I Daphne put an end to it. starving. How about it. ■ “Okay,” Buff answered, dn«W ■ the sack. “I’ll be back mil*| Coming with me, Perry. „g. ■ Daphne answered for him, | is not! That young man »Pg | cold, hard cash to help me F 1 la paint job done.” _ I “I’ll be seeing you. Buff I starting her car as if it ' I pelled from a cannon. I Concern wrinkled Daphn peß » I head. Buff wmM be seeing W I Dawson. In fact she I ing him as often as po»>b« I that morning ten days bef°- I that ingratiating young ma > I a thatch of red hair and I®J I of freckles, turned up and I Steve had told him Mrs. | could use an extra hand * I paint job. I It was Buff, as Daphne, bered it, who’d engaged himi« spot. The results re sis ■ factory and unsatisfactory paint job was ge ting double-quick time (satis and Buff and Perry were J™ each other’s company entirety much (unsatisfactory)Daphne was beginning: » ■ worried about Buff. It u i well for the girl to work from t # i to dusk on Daphne si ho • > was not all right that s is • doing it because of her ■ Perry Dawson who 7® jj o ttbrt ' of the village dressmaker. ! Daphne was snobbish a , ■ matters; but, after a , the d* i ter of the richest citizen I son of the poor dressmakeri . “whX’liw i brush in hand again, M Th en Steve around this m ■ she remembered she ‘ him yesterday. ; , (To be continued) CWsrUM II pwMiri waw le,u “