Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1945 — Page 4

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A month ago southern Indiana was fighting floods. Now they are trying to control foreet and field fires that have swept over thousands of acres. O—O D. C. Stephenson is continuing to find out that its easier to break iiiXo prison than to get out. After twenty years he has lost another round in bis effort to get a new trial and be free again. O—o new Easter bonnet may get dampened this year as showore are dite and the spring so far has been short of rainfall. Regardless of the weather it should be a glorious occasion. O—o Farmers are advised to pasture their wheal fields to prevent the crop from growing rank. They cay this spring's crop is a month ahead of average years and may not turn out well if permitted to continue to grow wild. O—O Japan and Germany can stop the wfff whenever they feel they are ready to Quit and admit they have had enough and ate willing to live with other nations in a peaceable world. And surely they will soon feel that way. O—o increase your weekly payrool deduction for bonds the next three months if possible and buy as many extras as you can. This is the most important bond campaign yet made and we must meet it, heads up and smilingly. O—o

It’s been a long while since a guy had to mow his lawn in March. Lewis may be wrong and about every one seems to think lie is but the miners supported him five to one in their vote favoring a strike unless a contract is agreed upon by tonight. Q_O Don't cash your bonds now. They are growing la value aud they will buy more after while. The more you hold the more you help to prevent inflation which we must avoid if we wish to check the most dangerous part of the postwar period. —o Every church in Adams county should be filled to overflowing wilu sincere people tomorrow to observe another Eaeter. Never did it mean more to a world that is trying to find its way back to the teachings of the lowly Jesus 1.945 years ago. —o The rabies epidemic could become Quite serious and it behooves

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every one In the community to assist in meeting It by complying with the Quarantine ordeis. If you have a pet dog. keep him on the premises and watch him carefully to guard against any development of the disease. O—O Hitler's speeches now don't have the. old ring for he hasn't any means of backing up his threats. He is crushed and his advisors have known for some time that further resistance is useless. If he knows of a safe hiding place he should not delay further in getting there.

O—O Now comes the bad news that the heavy ice of the pact winter killed many fish in the northern Indiana lakes, so the Walton Leaguers may expect poor catches this season. This is particularly true in the shallow lakes where the ice became so thick that it deprived the fish of oxygen and sunlight. It will take a couple of years to re6‘ock the lakes according to the conservation department. —o Stories of the atrocities and starving of American prisoners i'J the camps in Germany and Japan are almost beyond belief. War prisoners in this country have been well fed, clothed and given medical attention but in the prison camps of our enemies many of our boys have died from starvation and mistreatment. Such reports may not help the losing nations when final settlements and adjustments are made. O—o

When the Yanks reached the much talked about Siegfried line in Germany it didn’t take long to shatter it. Now its out of the way aud the troops are moving forward on the other side so rapidly that even headquarters in Cologne can't keep up with the armies. The Siegfried Was supposed to be perfect as a defensive precaution but it's destruction shows there is no wall that can stand the assaults of modern equipment. —o Now a number of writers who enjoy finding fault with the national admiuistraion are asking whether or not we are ready for peace. Os course we are ready and the sooner it comes the easier it will be to meet the problems that arise. If we wait until every thing is perfect, we will never have peace. When it comes we will meet the requirements in the best way possible aud much better than some of the critics now playing politics are predicting. Let it come aud let's make it permanent. o—o

“Women oj America, you would give your diamonds and jewels io have your boys back from the fighting fronts, still you hesitate to give that extra minute that is necessary to prepare a tin can tor the salvage collection. Do you realize that much of the food your son eats must be packed in tin for its protection? Do you know that the equipment for war that he übcs ; must have tin in its manufacture? Do you know that his medical supplies must be encased in tin to protect them so that they will be ready for his use in case of an emergency?”—Statement from the War Production Board. O—o Don't Give Up: When Abraham Lincoln was a young man he ran for the legislature in Illinois and was badly swamped. He next entered business, failed, and spent 17 years of his life paying up the debts of a worthless partner. He fell in love with a beautiful young woman to whom he became engaged—then she died. Entering politics he ran for Congress and was badly defeated. He then tried to get an ai>pointmemt to the United States Land Offite. but failed. He became a candidate for the United States Senate and wag badly defeated. In

1856 he became a. candidate for the vice presidency and again was defeated. In 1858 he was defeated by Douglas. But in the face of all this defeat and failure, he eventually achieved the highest success attainable in life and undying fame to the end of time. — Indiana Chamber of Commerce News. o Twenty Years Ago Today (March 31-William Drew. '.(l. of Geneva believed oldest person in county dies at his home. He was a well known attorney and justice of the peace. 'Rev. Alleston is conducting a two weeks prr-Eaeter service at the First preelbyterian church here. The .storm relief fund is now $520, including $334 sent in from Berne. The Erie railroad announces they will operate motor coaches starting on this division iu two weeks. Gasoline goes up another cent per gallon and is now 23.4 cents. •A New York banking firm buys th. Dodge .Motor plant at Detroit at a reported price of $150,000,000. —— 0- ♦ - ♦ I Modern Etiquette | By ROBERTA LEE | , # * Q. Is it obligatory that a bride write a note of thanks to someone wifio has given her a check as a gift? j A. Yes. In most instances, the bride would make this letter of | thanks her most effusive. (j. What should be worn by a waitress then her mistress is giving a luncheon? A. Black, gray or white uniform, according to the season, with white apron and cap. Q. Is it proper to say. "There is no use in m writing to you"? IA. No: one should say. "There is no toe in my writing to you."

I Household Scrapbook i By ROBERTA LEE Darning 4f you hem tablecloths, save the pieces ehat are cut off. pull out the threads and wrap onto a spool; it makes the very beet thread for darning. Cut Flowers A small quantity of camphor or charcoal dissolwed iu the vase or receptical will keep cut flowers freeh for a long time. Chickens If chick' ns are washed in strong baking soda water they will not retain the usual disagreeable odor. —— o — Ration Calendar Processed Foods Blue stamps X 5 through Z 5 and A2 and B 2 valid through March 31. Blue stamps C 2 through G 2 valid through M 2 valid through June 1. through April 28. Slue stamps H 2 Blue damps N 2 through S 2 valid through June 30. Meats Red stamps Q 5 R 5, S 5 valid through March 31; T 5 through X 5

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JEaster- Prayer? ' »♦ i On L thiß i? a^ter< ' » iF. , \ 4. % - » ( For.thy, protection. ». < M ■ LThe ' J ’• Formal!^fj.hese^thmgs^do.we thank'Thecj f iMay]this*day .’set’aside K * T t LTo Resurrection’pfJHim] ; (The Peace— _ 2?. v. | May. it, be ’a* day*of renewed ’promise., I r That'from2 this .world ’ .Freehand] unfettered/ > _ _ " For, us who have left to our hearts] |To engage in a’war| f jThat k was thrust'uponjis . /.■ jßy forces*of evilT ** .'Speed r our, _ . rAnd our return.to the land. claims our, hearts; and our ’Gather, unto Thyself j .Those of us who fail; ; In the battle we wage s .To defend the good and the right? If-, , y May the peace that follows 1 Be a just one/ V Bless those at home? • *' All this we ask, WB Humbly and with reverence, On this Easter Day. ■ .£■ I > , AMEN - O ? ®J? say ß

valid through April 28. Y 5 and Z 5 and A2 through D 2 valid through June 1 E2 through J 2 valid through June 30. Sugar Stamp 35 valid through June 2. New stamp to be validated May I. Shoes Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 in book 3 good Indefinitely. Always present book 3 when making purchase as stamps are invalid if removed from the book. Gasoline No. 15 coupons now good for four gallons each, through June 21. B and C coupons good for five gallons. Fuel Oil Period 4 and 5 coupons valid through Aug. 31, 1945 have the following values: 1 unit, 10 gallons 5 units, 50 gallons: 25 units, 251 gallons. All change-making cou pons and reserve coupons are nov

good. New periods 1,2, 3, 4 coupons also valid, now aud goo< throughout the heating year. Stoves All new heating, cooking an. combination heating and cookinj atoves, designed' for domestic use, for installation on or above the floor and for the use of oil, kerosene, gasoline and gas, are rationed. Certificates must be obtained from local board. Used Fats Each pound of waste fat >s good for two meat-ration points. 0 Chipped Enamelware Enamelware and thin metal utensils suffer most often from scorching. and enamelware is likely to crack and chip when scorched. Once chipped, an enamelware pan is unsafe to use, as further chipping may mean glass particles in the food.

I A\it I I —/in4— I Wisdom > | A Child's Conception of Immortality A four-yea i-okl girl was in a i cemetery for the first time, looked 1 at the mounds of earth and asked, “What are these for?'’ Somewhat puzzled as to how to give an answer, her father finally said, “They belong to the people who have gone to heaven.” “To the angels?” Queried the child. When her father assented, the little girl concluded, “Then this is where they have left their clothes." She was right. ■ 0 Coal Used Early Coal was used early in China, but the first knowledge of 'this was not known to the western world until recorded by Marco Holo in 1275 |Mr " w HF ■ j* I MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN MILES, First Service Command commanding officer, kisses the cheek of Kay Runnels, Everett. Mass., radio station operator, after giving her a bouquet of roses as an Easter gift from her boy friend, Cpl. Ben Mitchell, with the airborne engineers in Germany. General Miles said it was an “honor” and a "pleasure” for him to do this errand” for a GI overseas. Mitchell had sent S4O to the local USO, asking them to send a bouquet to his sweetheart. (Internationa!)

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SXNUZSIS 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 1 masterpieces of romantic imagina-; tion. After Carlo’s death, Daphne worked for four years with Corinne Hollis, New York decorator. Then she returned to the old home town where she was welcomed as a glamorous personality. Daphne remodeled the house willed her by a cousin and 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 autoload of gay spirits from the Big City, including Alan Pembroke, architect and Daphne’s ardent suitor. This hilarious rout lasted but a few hours. Later Alan returned, interrupting 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.... Two months later, the village celebrated the Fourth of July. After Kate's supper that evening, Alan dances with Daphne to the end of the terrace, lifts her over the rail, and actually carries her off. ( CHAPTER ELEVEN “We’re taking a walk,” he informed her. “I’ve got to take an early train, and there are a lot of things I want to say to you.” Soon they reached a bench in front of a house on the tree-lined avenue. Alan dusted it and invited her to ■it. “I shall probably kneel,” he ■aid. “That’s the conventional pose for a gentleman about to ask for a lady’s hand.” “I’ve always thought that was a foolish idea,” Daphne demurred. “How childish a man must feel at a woman’s knee. I should think he’d remember his spankings and—” “Stop!” he growled. “You can’t put me off with palaver.” “All right, I won’t try,” she said. “I think you are simply grand. I’ve enjoyed every minute I’ve ever been with you. I hope we’ll go on—” “Being friends. I know.” In the moonlight she saw that Alan was grinning as he grumbled, “Why don’t you wait until you’re proposed to, before turning me down?” Daphne didn’t know whether she was relieved or embarrassed. “I’m a methodical man, and I like to follow all the rules. I will begin at the beginning. It began,” Alan ■aid, “that day in April when we had lunch. The lunch, aa you know,; was a plot, designed to make you ’ think I wanted a job. It was only because I wanted to see you again.”

i Lenten Meditation I (Dr. Merrill O. Lester. Fiyst .Melhouisi cii Uri .| I Matt. s:s—“Blessed are the meek, for thev E the earth.” Y Sna " "ihtrit ■ It may appear to be asking too mu<li H when the whole world seems to be committed i t) ” l! “Meekness is weakness, strength is triumpliani" us during this Lenten season the question ~f u/,, v v l ,'’ 3l9ll hß creed of aggressive self-assertion must be ;1 topi,., 7 ’'HO . Certainly J( u! is on the other side. ■ throughout the centuries have been maiked bv t, gentleness. ' “’““‘Hty Truly meekness is not weakness, but live and arrogant individual, institution or stale, the full-hearted support of the soul. Dogmatic' a Ut i] “ Ol coerciveness may for a period compel human . r.'atur e « 0 | lly submission, but soul freedom is found when on,, rei,.,.,- ° eousness and centers his life in God. Moses is de^.j.ji* meekest of men. Moses was the greatest leader () i i].,'" ' centuries. St. Francis said, "It is tile mighty «ho ar t > v will not conquer anything because always there will'b,.. inightier than they, who will overcome them But possesses nothing in the worldly sense and relies coh) '.’hß the Lord is invincible, for God stands by him." We W ji|/'’’B largest contribution in winning the world to Chrisi the Kingdom of God first and our own ambitions last. If f , ?■ war the nations, the denominations, the different r.-li.iot can together come to God m meekness. Ir.unaimy will | )e f ■ the way to redemption. “ " * * IHI 1' IWW "4 ; n:| will I BBSfe 1 EElfw I i rhEa t !-! Ami -e 5 E .'SMI INFANTRYMEN of the 64th division, U. S. Third Army, hull a elaborate Nazi banner which they captured in Buss, Germany, the front-line town where soldiers of the Third and Seventh U. S. Amies formed a junction. The Yank in the foreground appears to l» scoring a bull’s-eye with his sword on the swastika. This is 1 United States Army Signal Corps radiophoto. (InternatM),

■was tnar iignmuig x saw just! then?” she interrupted. “Heat lightning, and — kindly: conceal your obvious lack of interest in what I'm telling you. I could read | your mind that day. You thought I ■ needed the job. You knew you didn’t i need an architect' any more than you needed a cigar store Indian. But you considered ways and means of squeezing me in on some work. Didn’t you?” “Yes,” she murmured. “That was so sweet. I got thinking that over and came to the conclusion not long after that, while 1 didn’t need a job, I needed you.” “That was lightning,” she said.! J “The stars have disappeared and I you can hear the thunder—” “Os my heart, darling,” he added. “So, you didn’t really want to remodel my house? You didn’t need work?” “Not exactly. I’m blessed with a fairly good business and surely 1 ! have enough for a man and his wife to scratch along on. This brings me back to you and me, and what you did to me.” “I don’t seem to remember doing anything but eating an expensive lunch.” “Up to that day, there was another girl,” Alan interjected. Daphne quickly looked at him, but his gaze was still fixed on the place where a star had been. “I’d known her for a long time, and I thought she was the girl, but she didn’t walk, or talk, or think like you. Nor does any other girl I shall probably ever know.” “We’d better hurry back, Alan. It’s going to rain hard.” “I’ve just started, my dear, and you’re going to hear me out. That’s ■what you call the premise. Now for the case—my case.” Daphne looked at him hopelessly. A wind sprang up,.rippling the grass, stirring the trees, making Daphne shiver a little. She drew an inch closer to him. “But well I know,” Alan went on, “I haven’t got anywhere in courting you and I fully realize it 'sn’t going to do me any good to ask you to marry me now.” “I’m sorry, Alan. I shouldn’t have let you go on. I wish I could explain—” “There’s nothing to explain. You haven’t yet discovered that you love me. That’s all. But you might, you know. I don’t need any blueprints to prove you’re attracted to me, and you are (to use a trite phrase) fond of me. Right?” “Right.” “And you have no other suitors?” “Right.” “And soon absence may make the heart grow fonder.” “You’re going away?” “Yes. Washington’s decided that' j I can be of service in the Navy De- i ! partment where my mechanical ’

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urawing laieut mignt com ■ i handy. So I'm about to become al I sailor, sweetie.” I “Alan, how splendid!” ■ “I’ll not be hanging around likes I i love-sick schoolboy anymore, to I I'll write, and you can send me ■ sweaters and fudge.” ■ His voice dropped to a deeper, I graver note: “I’ll be thinking n I you up here in that house you put I so much store in, hoping you findit ■ lonely. Lonely enough to make job ■ forget its fascination and thirieof I mine. I can give you all the houses I you want, Daphne, and something I I you’ll never get in any house by I ! vourself. That’s love, honey, w I fun, and all tne other things agin I like you should have.” . I Heavy rain began to fall «» I Alan wrapped bis coat around W. I “We’d better wait on the I of the house,” Daphne said. AIU I picked her up, carried her across I ] the lawn, and set her down on tM I porch. , • I A crash of thunder shook the» I and he drew her into his arms, a I hid her face against his should ■ trembling. It was only when ® I kissed her that she was still. I “That’s what I want you to » I member,” Alan said, “Thatswl you’ll send for me.” ♦ • • He was very' small and thin. 1* the waxlike triangle of to A face, his eves were like biack'c a with diamond centers as headers the office where Daphne was , ing boxes that had been packed « shipping by the Red C She’d been at headquarter., morning, as she was mo.-t dav. Now it was dusk and she waiting for Buff "ho W t, phoned her earlier, asking. wait, that she had something portant to say. ; o!1 | Daphne thought she until she felt something her gaze, and she looked do™ , see that small face eyes, just over the top beyond the rim of th She noticed the sweat, r, " , on his face, and the shy snn« His smile d, edged away. thrus , tin Lc] ie ts. into his tiny pants P shook his head. along? “Hadn’t you better Your momnue will ce y° u -” x t,v ma 11 “I came to play“‘“Came to P la ? 7 . H 6 '®, Without answering , 5 d around tjie corner o _ o ®c* scuttled to a far corn i a climbed on a chair “• box off a Shelf, never oncer his fearful eyes fro-» (Tobe.continued’ .. Conrrujht S*®* 1 * * J tUrtribuud by Kiax