Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1945 — Page 4

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Hitler's conference seems to li?ve resulted in a decision that its time for “every one and for himself and the devil to take the hindmost.” O—O—It’s Easter week and millions of Americans will give more serious thought to this sacred occasion than ever before. That's the best sign for the future of the world. o—o The new liquor bill seems Io have some stiff paragraphs that may make some of the tavern keepers wonder what's coming. Several of the items provide that violations mean they can never hold another permit. O—O It’s bond buying time and by doing your best for the Seventh Campaign you can aid yourself materially while helping Uncle Sam complete his job that a year or two ago seemed impossible. Buy some extra bonds the next month or two and hang on to those you have. O—O "Bhe Red Cross fund is now approximately $22,000 and is expected to exceed $23,000 before it closes. If you haven't subscribed to this fund and wish to, please get in touch with one of the solicitors or call Mrs. Ilolliugsworth, the county secretary. O—O When fifty-two Jap planes attacked an American task force Sunday, only seven of them escaped destruction. Forty-five were shot down. Al! but three American planes that took part returned safely to base. Little wonder the war lords over there are worried. While that was going on eight Jap warehips were destroyed. O—O The War Food Administration has increased allocation of hurley tobacco to manufacturers and dealers to 120 percent of the amount used in the year ending last September 30th. Since hurley is the major cigarette tobacco and since the crop last year was the largest on record, it looks as though lags ought to coon be more plentiful. O—O The statement of the First State Bank continues to show the excellent condition of that institution and the financially sound status of the community. With total resources exceeding seven and a half niiflon dollars, the growth that has •been so 6teady the past several jeaas continues. O—o Gather up some used clothing you feel you can spare and have it ready for the collection next month. This will go to those parts of the

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world where the people are suffering and whore it will be impossible for them to provide against next winter uulese they receive aid from the outside. Mr. Ziuer, assisted by Phil Sauers and L. L. Hann r.re in charge of the drive which Is to be couuty wide. o—o The plant of the Evening Transcript at Susquehana, Pa., burned last January and the loss was so noticeable that within a few days the people of the community held a mass meeting and worked out a plan so it could resume. Money was subscribed and most important of all, carpenters and mechanics helped in every way possible. Within two months the paper was published again with a modern plant and the publisher, U. G. Baker, in his first editorial after resuming publication said, “the type talks again.” -0 A selective service report oil draft rejections shows that Indiana has a better than average record among all the states, according to a paragraph from Congressman Gillie’s weekly letter. Out of a hundred men examined during the six months following February Ist, 1943, thirty-six percent were rejected. The average for all states was 39.2%. The general showing of course is not good and as the congressman says provides an opportunity for a post war projectimproving the health standards of the nation. o—o David Lloyd George, who as prime minister of England was one of the four big allied leaders of the first world war and who as the champion of the common man, became one of the greatest world leaders of his time, is dead at the age of eighty-two. He had been ill several weeks with influenza. He devoted his life to his people, rose from obscurity to an earldom and led parliament because, of his great ability. He had courage, vision and the ability to sway an audience and he was honest. Great Britain has lost one of her really great statesmen.

o—o Voluntary retirement of perhaps millions of industrial workers, now employed primarily because of the war, will open up jobs for huge numbers of veterans, according to studies just completed by the National Association of Manufacturers. Os the present work force, 6,700,0D0 would not ordinarily be working in normal times. The list includes: 3,000,000 boys and girls of school age; 1.500,000 married women over 35; nearly a million men 55 and over; and an additional 1,200,000 who for various reasons would not hold jobs in ordinary times. —Industrial Press. o—o During 1041, $60,000,000 worth of freight was lost or damaged in transit in this country —a third 1 more than in the year 1943. Consequently, shippers and transport agencies are preparing to put more drive than ever before into the ninth annual “perfect chipping” campaign to be conducted during the month of April. Every shipping agency, shipping employe and the public will be reminded of the tragic waste of wartime effort which results from poor packing and improper handling of freight. This year, the canjpaign will also have the additional object of improving packaging technique in the preparation of shipments in the postwar period. O—o A Road Program: There is one type of public construction that does not put government into competition with private enterprise—roadbuilding, which all the people can use. Thoce w-tho think they have no interest in an adequate highway system because they do not use it extensively, should revise their opinion. Even in peacetime, good roads are ail

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essential part of the transportation j machinery that keeps the country going. Accoriug to the American Roadbuilders Association, 75.000 miles of the nation’s -115,000 miles of main > state highways, are worn out roads of 20 or more years of service, which must be rebuilt. Another 47,000 miles should be widened for safety's -sake and to eliminate congestion. Highways that should be relocated to save time and distance, total 37,000 miles. Nearly 160,000 miles, or more than onethird of the main state highways, require major improvement. Some 30,000 unsafe bridges must be rebuilt or widened. In addition, several hundred thousand miles of the more than 2,400.000 miles of couuty and farm-to-market roads require improvement, grading and draining or light surfacing. Thousands of miles ‘ of city streets need reconstruction • or new surfacing.

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All of this work should be done by competitive bidding by private contractors. In this way, it would be done at minimum cost, while at the same time stimulating emp'oymcnt and the expansion of private business both directly and indirectly. An intelligent road construction program is an activity in which the Federal government can cooperate without competing with its own citizens in business. — Industrial News Review. — o ♦ ♦ I Modern Etiquette I I By ROBERTA LEE | ♦ ♦ Q. When setting the table in what position should the spoons be placed? 'A. They should be placed to the right of the plate, and to the right ot the knives, with the hollow-eide of the spoons upwards. i Q Is it .good form for a man to , smoke in a puiblic vehicle? i A. Yes, unless there in a rule fori bidding it, or the smoke is blowing into some other passenger's face.

Q. la it necessary to acknowledge gifts and cards received during an illness? ■A. Yes. If one its too ill to write the notes personally, some member of the family can do so. o « i Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE | 0 —.—.——— * Rinsing A garden hose used to rinse heavy article®, such as blankets, is v*ry handy and makes the work much lighter. Blankets rinsed in this way avoids wringing and they will dry without wrinkles. The nap is not crushed either, as no ironing is required. Indelible Ink Stains 'Most persons think that indelible ink stains cannot be removed, but most of them can if soaked in strong salt water and then washed with ammonia. Potatoes iSoak the potatoes in cold water for tiwo hours before boiling and they will 'be white when cooked. — o The museum of art at the-ilni-versity of Oklahoma contains objects of art from China, Tibet, India, Persia and Nepal.

irjisr^ s ’ I * V hwlsS 1 v - . ? / -y WAITING 80 years to join up, Orrin Mallette is inducted into the G. A. R. at Los Angeles at the age of 97. His delay in joining is attributed to years of residence In places where there was no post r'lnternatio:ia/J

Democrat Want Ads Get Results 0 0 — ♦ I Twenty Years Aqo I Today ♦ ♦ LMarch 2S Ray Coiner acquitted of rolbbery charge by jury at t an Wert, Ohio. Tlie Union township school in Wells cou'iity closed because of three raises of smallpox among student. Marie Burdg of Geneva wins couuty high school spelling contest. The Citizens Telephone company is resetting poles on the DecaturFort Wayne road to the county line for the highway improvement Charlea Mowery goes to Lansing. Mich., to accept a position in the office of the Durant Motor Car company. •Miss Victoria Milin -el cled as one of four to represent Indiana University in a national collegiate debate at Cincinnati April 21.

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SYNOPSIS i Daphne Willoughby had thrilled North Wintridge when she eloped at 17 with Carlo Abruzzi, a concert violinist. For eight years, until his death, she' lived abroad. Letters from her to Kate Dennison and other friends back home were masterpieces of romantic imagination. After Carlo’s death, Daphne worked for four years with Corinne Hollis, New York decorator. Then she returned, after an absence of twelve years, to the old home town where many welcomed her as a glamorous persinality. She remodeled the house willed her by a cousin and is detcrmiKed not to remarry. She hired a part-time gardener called “Steve.” A vivacious subdeb, “Buff” Turner, and the latter’s beau, Perry Dawson, are helping with the gardening. One day Corinne Hollis arrived with an auto-load of gay spirits from the Big City, including Alan Pembroke, architect and Daphne’s ardent suitor. The hilarious rout lasted but a few hours and they departed merrily, threatening to return. But the only one who did was the comparatively quiet Alan who interrupted a talk between Daphne and Steve. When the latter left, Alan lost no time. She protested his kiss but there was no annoyance in her voice.

CHAPTER NINE It was going to be an emotional day. Daphne had away of labeling her days. It wasn’t just that it was the Fourth of July. It was a sense of excitement peculiar to her, a kind of restlessness that was the opposite pole of that calm inner peace she desired. Putting on her green-and-white checked gingham, slipping her feet into moccasins, she ran over her program-for the holiday, made a mental note-to take her thin w-hite dinner dress and velvet sandies with her, and to check on the arrival of the train on which Alan Pembroke was coming to Kate’s supper party. | Alan. Maybe it was the thought of Alan that disturbed her. Definitely it was that. It was disturbing just to realize she was disturbed about him. Putting him out of her mind the way she’d thrust something into the back of a closet, Daphne slipped an apron over her dress and went downstairs to frost the devil’s food cake she’d made the day before. I She ran downstairs and out to the kitchen, not pausing to linger with an overseer’s gaze on her other rooms. She hadn’t yet got over her fresh delight in what she’d , accomplished in “Daphne’s House.” Everything was neatly laid out on her kitchen table. She got out » bowl and made butter icing for the cake. While it was setting she made a gallon of lemonade. Through the pantry, window she jould see the half-finished outdoor nreplaee-and-oven, which Steve was building. He said he ought to have it finished today. He’d come 1 to work even on the holiday. I

COURT HOUSE A suit on account has been tiled by the Adanrn county m morial hos- 1 pita! lor S2tiG.SS agaitiist blank Hamrick. The e<uit of complain* on lease [ of Joseph Kaplan vs. George .1. Mar- j tin, vomit'd here from Allen county, j has be n set for trial on May 9. Claim,s against the Eli W. Steele! estate will be tried by the court on April 5 and Ulai'ino C and 7 filed I by Adeline V. Harp will b heard on April 5 and those of Thomas Andrews, .lestse O. Trit ker and Jesse Franklin on April 6. I „ — Trade In a Good Town — Decatur Closed 'lhurs„ Fri. & Sal., for redecorating. Open Mon- i day, April 2.—('tuner Grill. !

i| Ml wl 11 i 1- wl ■ . Ja yJ •lai ‘s Jwfll IT’S SWING AND SWAY on the deck of a Coast Guard-manned tat| transport somewhere in the South Pacific as two members of th j Marine Corps Women’s Reserve don the boxing gloves to keep a trim and entertain their sister Leathernecks. Pfc. Natalie Siad I left, Frenchtown, N. J., uncorks a left jab above in the gened direction of the chin of Cpl. Doan L. Stidham, Huntington, IVVi This is an official U. S. Coast Guard photo. (Internatioii

| Daphne cut a generous square from a corner of her fresh cake, wrapped it in wax paper, and then —following a sudden impulse—she went to the ice-box and got out pieces of fried chicken, and some crisp, cold bacon. (There was always too much food left over when a woman lived alone.) She made bread-and-butter and bacon sandwiches, and wrapped them up with the chicken, put them—and the cake—on a plate. Tearing a sheet from her kitchen memo pad, Daphne wrote: “There’s cold milk and beer in the ice-box.

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Help yourself. Happy Fourth of' July!” She signed her initials, stuck the note on top of the plate, carried it down to the cellar, and put it on a bench where she knew he’d see it. “Just doing my Girl Scout deed for today,” Daphne explained to the inquisitive cat who lived with her. She was to hear more of good deeds, deeds in the realm of sacrifice, that morning. The speeches, from the village bandstand, after the parade, were stirring. Daphne, wedged between Kate Dennison and Tommy, Junior, let her thoughts drift backward to other Fourths, and she was aware of the changes time had wrought. Now they talked of war and sacrifice, as once they had spoken of peace and prosperity. Here and there she saw men in uniform; there were comparatively few youths in mufti. She hadn’t realized how many of them had gone into the I services. I The band struck up the opening

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! I notes of Th' Star Spttnclcd ß”* ■/, . i and Daphne rose to her feet. Son* By 11 tiling caught her eye, fomethinf ■’ : that made her blink. It was s»H», Adam’s apph—that of young j Gates—and it was working - fully. 1 Roy was staring straight : not singing, becau.-e his mouth-J K. ■ puckered fiercely. Instinctively,™* 1 knew that he. like herself, was cl* i to tears. Why, she wondered ta passing, was he so deeply i The anthem was over and&»«^B u . 3 saying, “It’s stirring, isn’t it; . come from the ends cf the world*

• hear it... It» S oin 7 0 s trwl day for our picnic. I omro. . up all the lanterns early t' ■ (o( ing, and put out card UO the food. I was go. ng to ... You aren’t listening, Dan “I was just won^ j r ffbsentiJ' something,” Daphne . • in tW “Kate, did you ever v> axeu (J| , morning with a ec inR , es{** was going to hold something tl ally important for you. “Umm hmm,” nlul » co®- ' “Maybe it’s because A a ing tonight. get away from his Hem ustli ke spend the day with u.~. . . aVC beci> being here, or he wouldn t lh9 up almost every, week-end , last two months. aa nt “It’s just as well. 1 ‘” ra nted. , Alan to take 1 () p a pbn* or feel that I expect. ■ • broke off. (To be continued) CopyrisM W M.nH ’ M Distributed bj Kim r«' ul "