Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Erewtax Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Intend at the Decatur, Ind, Post OMcs aa Second Glade Matter. J. H. Heller President A- R. Hblthoww, SecY A Bu*. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates Single Copiesl.o4 One week for carrier .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen, jay and Wells o unties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio. 34.60 per year; 82. W for tlx months; |1.36 for three months; 60 cents for one ment'. .Elsewhere: 15.60 per year; 18.00 for stx months; fl 66 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women th the armed forces 18.50 par year or 11.00 lor jiree months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative tCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New Tork 2 E. Wacker Drive. Chicago, IU. While the bond campaign will not officially open until May, those you buy now count on it, so keep UP your purchases. —o—o It’s plenty early but many are planting their Victory gardens this week and with a break in the weather will have early vegetables ih a few weeks. —o When Allied armies reached points half way across Germany there was no longer doubt even in the rtinds of Hitler and Himmler that the famed Siegfried line bad been "busted" wide open and the jig was up. -0 Keep working, saving and buying bonds. We are nearing the end of the strenuous part of the war but any let up now will only prolong the happy hour when we can really say the big test of a democracy is over and we made good. O—O The first and third and seventh American armies and four or five others are racing across Germany now as the enemy forces flee in a wild rout. They don’t know where they are going or what is going to happen when they get there. O—o Regardlese of what Mayor LaGuardia or officials in other cities think about the curfew method, the treasury department is proceeding to check all violations and to collect license fees and taxes. It’s difficult to oppose the majorities. O—O The war in Europe nears an end and it can’t come too soon to please the civilized world. There will be many weeks of clearing up and perhaps another year of the Pacific war, so don’t let down now just when a great victory is in sight and when our actions now will decide whether a third world war will come in another twentyfive years. O—o The seventh bond campaign quota for Indiana is the largest yet, $167,000,000. Os this amount the E bonds quota that must be sold is $104,000,000. Plan to buy all you cau for regardless of the status of Che war in Europe we must still taise the money to meet the postwar situation in Europe and to continue the war against Japan. -E • O_O Kg industry has learned something during this war which will fijßult th a degree of prosperity far smaller plants throughout IndUaa. To Meet production scheduled big industry was forced to

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Lenten Meditation "THE BASIN AND THE TOWEL” "For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you."—John 13:15. "Which shall be greatest?" argued the disciples. Jesus, their Master and Lord, gave the answer as he took the basin and towel and proceeded to wash their Met; the menial task of a servant, which had not been performed as they entered the guest chamber. It was a lowly service, but it taught a great lesson. What a rebuke to the disciples’ selfishness and strife! What an example of self-humiliation! Nothing that He could have said about humility and service could have cut the truth so deeply into their hearts as this simple act. Surely the Master's example teaches us to be willing to layaside every thought of personal superiority, if we cau do some good to our humblest brother. If a brother needs it. we are. even literally, to wash his feet. But. whether it be by washing bls feet. qt filling his hands, or bathing his fevered brow, or drying his tears, or binding up his wounds, or covering his infirmities, or forgiving his faults, or praying for his soul, we are to follow our Lord’s example of perfect lowliness and perfect love To serve is Indeed to reign. Great are those who serve.

farm out a lot of its work. This system has been found to be economically successful. An illustration is the 140 Indiana manufacturing plants contributing parts to the making of the B 24 bombers at the Ford plant at Willow Run.—Maurice Early in Indianapolis Star. O—O "Forever Amber" has unexpected rivals. Some of the country's best eellers are not at all what might be expected, according to Charles B. Shaw, writing hi the "Publishers' Weekly." In 1942 Charles 11. Nissley published a book of which nearly 600.000 copies have been sold. While the author's name may not be familiar, his book is known to a great many people; for its title fe "Home Vegetable Gardening." O—o An organization composed of "eight influential citizens of Japan" is announced, the purpose being to carefully plant a twentyyear war against America and Britain, hoping that during that time the Allied leaders will grow

too old to continue their work. At the rate of punishment administered to them since their attack on Pearl Harbor, there will be little left over there in another year or; two and no one can figure what their advantage will be. We have an idea that there is another large number of "influentlate" who would like to quit right now and they may soon have such a majority that they can influence the war leaders. o—o Easter Sunday is always a very sacred period of the year and now . when the world is at the peak of' the most terrible war in all history , and when every one is tense with the hope that the conflicts may soon end, the thoughts of most people turn to the church and to the beautiful lesson taught by the i death and resurrection of Christ I Jesus. In almost every church i special services are being conducted with attendance large and interest intense. These will conclude Sunday and you are invited and urged to attend the church of your choice at as many meetings as is possible. If the Word of God prevails in the days to come, we are safe but otherwise chaos will stalk the world. -0 It must be remembered that both Japan and Germany started the ware with the idea of conquest. One can obtain an idea of the compassion they would be showing us if the Allies were on the run by reviewing their reeord of atrocities in territories they conquered. The terms of unconditional surrender are clear and more humane than a negotiated peace which would allow Germany and Japan to rearm. —Fort Wayne JournaJAiazette. O—o There will be many rumors of peace, most of them without foundation, during the next few weeks but not until ofllcial word comes from General Eisenhower can you depend on such itiforuiation. Many are guessing on the outcome but no one knows. The situation in Germany is not similar to any previous termination period of war. They are disorganized and there is no one with sufficient power to conclude an arrangement. It

1 will go on apparently until the ■ Allied armies have control of the i country and can take over. Don't ; get excited over wild and unsound- > ed stories from any source. Your > newspaper will herald the news as . soon as it is authentic. O—O Perioically an outstanding book appears which shows how the individuality of some, man had an irresistible influence •on persons ' ~ who came in contact with him. The ■ J United States has been built by' , i such individuals since the first' ' landing at Plymouth Rock. ■ Bobbs-; i Merrill has just published "Firm I with the Most" Forrest, a work by I 'I 'I Robert S. Henry, which reviews i the life of such a man. He became a legend during the Civil War I Nathan Bedford Forrest. Unlike I i the phrase which Prime Minister Churchill coined, “too little and too late," Forrest is known for his military maxim, "first with the most"—often misquoted, “Get their fastest with the mostest men.'' —— 0 _ Trade in a Good Town — Decatur <'• ■ ■ i

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GIVE NOW GIVE MORE + I Previously reported J 21.766.67 Wm. M. Adang, 28 Jefferson 8.00 John Halterman (additional Decatur business) 5.00 Kirkland Ladies Club 25.76 Total 821,805.43 o Special Services And Meetings Os Churches In Area hh|sS Q / 0 First Evangelical Holy Communion will Ire observi ed on Thursday evening at 7:30 at j the First Evangelical church for J members and other Christian ■ friends. Other services are being

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held on Wednesday and Friday evening at 7:30, to which the public is welcome. Calvary Evangelical The pastor will be present at 9 . on Easter Sunday for an haslet message and baptisms. Zion Lutheran A special service will be held at the Zion Lutheran church on Good Friday in the evening at 7:30 o’clock, the sermon will be by the pastor of the church, the Rev. Paul W. Schultz. The church choir will be present the selection: "Could Ye Not Watch With Me One Hour.” The Easter sunrise service will be conducted at • the Lutheran church on Easter morning beginning at 7 o’clock. During this service holy communion will be celebrated. The church choir will have a leading part in this Easter program. A special collection will also be held Easter morning for the benefit of Valparaiso university. 0 Northern Peninsula, White Cedar Posts — Cash Coal, Feed & Supply Co. 1t

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—yigjf-fri.aflb' C'MON, JOE — THl< ’ I POOR FELLA MAY v Twenty Years Ago Today < iMarch 29. 1925 was Sunday.

| TRADE IN A GOOD CITY From where I sit... Zy Joe Marsh I L° ses ar | Single-Handed |

' Bert Childer’s house burned down last week, and the only good thing that came out of it was it cured him of swearipg. Bert just couldn't think of words'to fit the occasion, so he just gave up. Bert admits it was his own fanlt. Started with a field fire which he thought he had under control, and when he turned his ■ back a minute for a breathing ► spell, the fire sprung up twice as fierce. By the time fhc firemen arrived, there wasu t much that they could do.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 29

From where I sit, th eie ', I moral in Bert’s experience Ali I of us feel we've gotthefirnj this war under control, tu we can relax a little, maybei* tip on buying bonds, dona blood, or fighting inflation. Just like Bert lost his u, against the fire, we can fight against our enemy if down now. Because war, u, fire, is never over till the spark is extinguishei