Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1945 — Page 3

LidNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1945.

Bty^7 lc Ulman and S-Sgt. Robert Keller This Morning In St. Mary’s Church ■ ■ ■Hit'll) anil impressive ceremony, solemnized this morning ■ln * '. St. Mary's Catholic church. Miss Virgene I'lman, B*®* ft to I'lman, 424 Marshall street, and S/Sgt. Robert E. Kfiiit't of ' " ,yj rs . Ed Keller. 11 Hi West Monroe street, were Eet.W 111 The Rev. J. J- Seimetz officiated at the double Ked «’ , " a ' l before an altar’banked with white palms 1 ~,, 1 w ith white snapdragons and carnations. .Jhtv vas‘ s * l ll

R"R'/ <, ivmony. a ten .Elna-'ale was presented i'.ariiia. lIIP ■' .L.!,, : ..ell ill marriage KJfii'n.T. "'”' p a gown ° f ■ 1 , i;i ! satin m classic style. K.. m . llin " ril1 ’ a molded bodice, Mt,'-', panel design in front full ii .on was attached Btlielo'' i"" 11 "' lim< A pPall ’ tiara held 8.,X ";■■■. tier veil of illusion. She wore EgXi.md e' pearls, a gilt of ■ R.". ,il:d w 'etc lillies, E iltli gardenias. I'on.dd .iticnJed as matron of honor in Khartriice gown of chiffon, with p.-ei, and a long neckline El,j.,| 'A i'll a bow of chiscarried a hand bouquet .iiiuime violet color■K.q„.: is, centered with yelEftdbii t’ ll ' ye'h’W daisies, and sterling stiver locket, a K fro 1 the bride. Betty Keller. Miss MarKe Jo:tt,.->>n and Mrs. Fred Brov bridesmaids. They E e gowns of hyacinth marqtiiKfe, with low necklines and Kg’ r I sleeves. Motifs Os Lice trimmed the bodice Kil 4 long full skirt. They carE (1 jpnii bouquets of flame colEedKwee’ peas, centered with tulips and daisies. The and bridesmaids "S'"'* ’■ l i )s °f matchLittle Miss Judith ParK a t'Twer girl, wore a white Krtjgi to gown with a fitted square neckline and puffed The long full skirt was from the waist. She Kre ,n gold bracelet, a gift from and carried a bouquet Spink mses and white daisies, Ed Bi h white satin streamers. K|- Petty Officer Herman served his brother as best

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i By HARRISON CARROLL. gHKiig Features Syndicate Writer MfcLLYWOOD — a St. ChristoHB's medal, the gift of Barbara BiHwyck, saved the life of Private Kin the Battle of the Buldge. A Nazi bullet went through the medal, y pierced the | b°V's chest and MRiB & lodged 4 quarKK| ... ter of an inch J from his heart. BSKfeiwA/ Bernhard MMfe writes the film I star. E ’*t for the medal absorbing part of ■wrtsotj Carroll the force of the K bullet, he says B* would be dead today. were talking the other about what we were fighting adds the soldier, “I came to conclusion that I was fighting freedom of religion, of the of speech and for people you who send little guys like medals to keep them safe.” is one of the boys from Maybe somebody ought B cell Noel Coward about him. ' aS t acc ‘d en t, his second ■®th the same car was too much ■L 1 , ! ark Gable. He is selling the E? a clnne. B&rol Flynn, who began his B een career as a corpse in “The the Curioua Bride,” will People in his next film, “The B.. ve ? tures of Don Juan ” Au this w ugnter, including four men in ■g scene, is for love’s sake. B?°p *•, now whether you rememKrL b ? le Coleman , who was a Bz‘ er ln the 20th Century-Fox ■rahu SSa f y ’ then beca me Betty ■ted intn tan^' in and finall y graduK J a ctl ng on her own. Last Bombs qC°u bie married Lt BUI Beath . She bas just lear ned of his BenHn . a fu tion on Iwo Jima - He Bid use v-n the flrst assau lt wave Bhedavf kllled . j,lst six monlhs to Bme M r ° m b ’ s and Bobbie’s wed■sed t? aUr ! en °’ Hara bas promlee i f tO hB Write Lt - Will Price and ■her detail^ 11 get B ° bbie any fur ’ Biet Bon\ aC i fic ’ Lt ' Bob Stack Kith a cn^ ar ° ff who was touring ■id Uce» Pa ma ° f “ Arsenic and I — —— Though they both

i 1 man, and S/Sgt. Harold Keller ‘ and Pvt. Richard Reed ushered. ' The groom’s mother was attired in a black and white outfit, while ! the bride’s godmother, Mrs. Leo f iMyere, wore a navy blue suit. Both • wore consagee of white gardenias. ■ iMre. J. E. Ulman, grandmother of > the bride, wore a black dries with Iblack and white accessories and a ' corsage of white carnations. A reception for approximately I three hundred guests was held from four to seven o'clock at the 1 Elks home. The T-shaped table was centered with a white tier cake, and a long bouquet of white ' snapdragons and Easter lillies. ’ Tall white tapers in crystal candelabra lighted the table. I Out of town guests at the wedi ding included Miss Marilyn Havi elka of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. ; George Kauffman of Bluffton. ' Immediately following the re- • ception, the couple left on a short : wedding trip of unannounced des- • tination. For traveling, the bride wore a black dressmaker suit I with black and white accessories : and a corsage of gardenias. Mrs. Keller, a graduate of the . Decatur Catholic high school, is ■ employed at the General Electric • Co. in this city. She is a pledge . of the local chapter of Psi lota I Xi. S/Sgt. Keller is on furlough ’ after nearly three years in the > southwest Pacific. 1 SAM BUTLER IS HONORED ' ON BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY A dinner was served Sunday at. . Bonnie Oaks in Fort Wayne in hon- ■ or of Sam Butler, who celebrated [ hie seventy-seventh birthday anitii versary. A beautiful two tier birthi day cake was the cenicr-piece on ■ the long tatbl > at which the guests i were seated. Following the dinner the guests returned to the Butler , home, where Mr. Butler received many, lovely gifts. i Gueits other than Mr. and Mrs. 1 Butler were Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Pet-

worked at Universal, Bob says Karloff didn’t remember him as an actor. Mistook him for somebody he had seen playing Rugby. . . . And, speaking of meetings, Mickey Rooney ran into the nephew of his partner, Sam Stiefel, in Germany. Nephew’s name is Irving Epstein and he used to manage two theaters in Baltimore. . . . First visitor to Ida Lupino’s new home was her estranged mate, Louis Hayward. . . . Gene Raymond’s brother, Bob Marlowe, has been upped to a captain. And, of course, Gene himself is a major and not a captain as I mis-labeled him the other day... < Director Leslie Fenton wants 21-year-old Patricia Joe, Chinese actress-secretary from San Francisco, for a role in his and Fred Mac Murray’s “Pardon My Past.” Patricia never has worked in Hollywood but she has made a number of Chinese language movies in San Francisco. >■ I George Jessel spent his birthday (his 46th, he says) with his mother and little girl, and with Eddie Cantor. Esther Williams becomes an aunt for the fifth time with the birth of a baby girl to her sister, June Sherwood. Youngster will ba named after Esther. Pretty lucky for June Vincent, Having sold her house in Beverly Hills, she was able to find a place in San Diego to be with her husband, Lt. Bob Sterling, until three months after her baby is born. Oddly enough, June’s picture, “That’s the Spirit,” coming out in August, shows her playing a mother for the first time on tha screen. HOLLYWOOD HI JINX: Lon Chaney thinks he ought to be twins. He stays here and his ranch catches fire. He goes there and his home here catches fire. . . . Did you know that Adolphe Menjou used to be a crack second baseman for Culver Military Academy and later for Cornell? .. . N ow it’s Margaret Whiting with Huntz Hall at the Trocadero. . . . Everybody at M-G-M raving over Lucille Ball’s drunk scene (and over her performance generally) in “Early to Wed.” . . . Biltmore Maestro Joe Reichman has a hobby of raising Dachschunds. . . . Singer Georgia Gibbs will be the Fourth of July guest of honor of her home . town, Worcester, Mass.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Wednesday Red Croce Sewing Center, Legion, 1 p. m. • Women’s guild of Zion Evangell- , cal and Reformed church, church parlons, S p. m. Business and Professional Woman's club, K. of P„ 6:30 P. m. Church Mothers study club, Me- : thodist church, 2 p. m. Presbyterian World Friendship guild, Mrs. Betty Heiser. 7:45 p. in. t St. Jude’s study club, postpon- ; e dZion Lutheran Walter League, church Ijall, 7:30 p, m. Thursday Men’s Union Prayer Service, I ground floor public library, 7:30 P m. t So Cha Rea, Mrs. R. C. Ehinger, ( 7:30 p. m. ' W. S. C. S. General Meeting, 1 Methodiet Church, 12:30 p. m. Zion Lutheran missionary society, ' cjiurch parlors, all day. Presbyterian missionary society, ■ , church parlore, 2:30 p m. Mt. Pleasant W. S. C. S„ Mrs. ( Milton Fuhrman, 2:30 p. m Union Chapel W. M. A., Mis. , , Glen Roughia, 1:30 p. m. Happy Homemakers dull), Mrs. 1 Jane Bollenbacher, 7 p. m. Baptist Women's society, Mrs. I Norman Kruse, 2:30 p. m. Friday Adams County Federation of ( Clubs, Mrs. E. W. Busche, 1 p. m. Red Cross Knitting Center, Red Cross headquarters, 2 p. m. to 5 , p. m. Ladies aid and midweek service of Calvary church, Mrs. James i Darr, 7:30 p. m. American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p. m. U. B. Victory class, Mrs. Charles 1 Barkley, 7:30 p. m. Sunday , Union Chapel Otterbein guild, i ( Veda and Frieda Williamson, 1 p.m. ! Our Lady of Victory study club, Miss Rose Steigmeyer, 7:30 p. m. Monday Lincoln P. T. A., Lincoln school, 7:30 p. m. erson and children of Terre Haute. Mrs. George Schug of Roanoke, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Butler and son Charles of Columbus. 0., Mr. and 1 Mrs. Ross Tyndall and daughter Marjorie, Mr. ami Mrs. Ora Tyndall ' and son Jerry, of Van Wert, ().. Ar--1 thur Butler, and Mr. and Mrs. John ■ A. Brase and son. of this city. . I The Dorcus class of the First Evangelical church met Tuesday . evening at the home .of Mrs. Mattip . - Zimmerman. The president, Mrs-. 'Earl Butler, presided. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Sue Cook and Mrs. Della Parrish. The W. S. C. S. of the Methoddist. church will have a pot-luck dinner at twelve thirty o'clock Thursday afternoon. The rolls coffee and cream will be furnished by the hostesses. The lesson study and business meeting wil begin at two o’clock. Beg Your Pardon The name of Mrs. Irenaeus Gase was erroroijeously listed in a social item of the W. F. M. S. of the Nazarene church in 'Monday’s paper. We regret the mistake and willingly make this correction. Today’s Pattern iff 9341 ■*l ’ . 1 i SIZES *l. 34 - 43 • I 4 fl W 1.1 'M a• 11 M gW a F I ril • H.|\ JU ti.lt I’ll MARIAN MARTIN You’ll look slimmer and younger in this dress. Pattern 9341. Lengthened bodice and pointed waist-seam flatter your figure! “Weskit” front, and collar can be contrasting fabric. Pattern 9341 comes in sizes 34. 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48. Size 36 takes 3% yards 35-inch fabric. Send Twenty Cents in coins for this pattern to Decatur Dally Democrat, Pattern Dept., 155 N. Jefferson St., Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly Size, Name, Address, Style Number. JUST OUT! Send Fifteen Cents more for our Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book! Easy-to-make clothes for all. Free Blouse Pat, tern printed right in the book. Send No®. _ \

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A Crew Chief • « Serving as crew chief in the engineering section of his B-25 squadron, Sgt. Harry B. Drake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorwin Drake of route three, is a member of a 12th Air Force Mitchell bomber group which is fighting over the Italian Alps in the greatest aerial campaign in the Mediterranean theatre: the Battle of the Brenner. Every day when the weather permits, this group plasters the key Brenner-line targets, severing the German artery which has been supplying the enemy troops opposing the American sth army. Prior to coming overseas in November, 1942, he attended aircraft mechanics school at Keesler Field, Miss., and furthered his training at North American B-25 school in Santa Monica, Calif. He is entitled to wear the Euro-pean-African-Middle East theater ribbon with five battle stars. The Victory class of the First United Brethren church will meet Friday evening at seven thirty o'clock at the home of Mrs. Charles Barkley. All members _are urged to be present. 0 10,000 Americans Freed From Nazis Liberation Os More Prisoners Imminent Washington, Apr. 11. —(UP)—Allied armies in Europe have released nearly 10,000 U. S. prisoners of war fronj the Nazis, according to the best estimates available today. Liberation of others is imminent. The Germaii* inarched Allied prisoners away from threatened fionts in an effort to prevent their liberation. This has caused great congestion and confusion in central Germany., and the Nazjs. no longer are able to jnoye prisoners, as desired or feed them adequately because of transportation difficulties and food shortages. "Conditions will get WOhte for our prisoners before they get better,” Brig. Gen. B. M. Bryan, army assistant provost marshal general, said. He recalled one repatriated American who said prisoners were glad to put up with their growing hardships because they were a sign liberation was near. Meanwhile, the International Red Cross is attempting to supply prisoners in Germany with food packages provided by various national Red cross organizations. Nearly 1(1.(1(10,000 food packages, each containing rations for one man for one week, have been provided by the American Red Cross for American and Allied prisoners, and are now in or near Germany awaiting delivery to prisoners. Several hundred Red Cross and Allied army trucks have been admitted into Germany to transport the Red Cross parcels to prison camps under International Red Cross supervision. — o ODT Field Office At Fort Wayne Is Closed The Fort Wayne field office of the office of defense transportation, highway transportation department, has been closed. Roy W. Carlson, field representative, will remain in Fort Wayne and work out of the Indianapolis office, where all appeals and requests for certificates of war necessity will be handled. Requests should be directed to 1142 N. Meridian street, Indianapolis, 4, Ind. Forms for changes in gasoline allotments may still be obtained through local war price and ration boards. _Q Forest Fires Threat To Southern Indiana 'lndianapolis, April 11 —.(UP)’ — T. E. Shaw, acting state forestry director, said today that fires threatened nearly 1,000 acres in southern Indiana. ISh'aw said that his office had been informed of seven fires yesterday. South of Buffaloville in Spencer county, a 20-acre blaze raged in Woodlands. Due to tihe fact that new vegetation has not come up to cover the dry net over fields and woodlota, Shaw warned that fires still could spread rapidly. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

I n Wi fuffnfflHi® UNttE lew Kitchen Promoted James Burwell Kitchen, ARM 1/c, has been advanced to that rank recently, according to word receivrd by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kitchen. Jim is a radioman, turret gunner and bombardier on a torpedo plane and his aircraft carrier fe part of the first task force which bomibed the Japanese homeland. He was also a memiber of the group which started from Luzon in the Philippines on a number of bom'bing missions which included the China toast, Cameron Bay, Cape St. Jacques, Hianan, Hong Kong and Formosa. Another son, Ernest, AOM 2/c, radioman and turret gunner, also serving in the Pacific area, recently saw Joe Hazelwood but due to some military reason was unable to talk with him. His Fifth Bronze Star (Cpl. Carl M. Kiefer, son of Mr. and Mis. Charles Kiefer, Decatur, route two, serving as a glider mechanic with the 435th troop carrier group in Europe, recently received his fifth bronze service star, indicating battle participation in five major campaigns within this theater. The campaigns in which Cpl. Kiefer and his unit, have played a key role, include the battles of Normandy, (Southern France, RomeArno, Northern France, and Germany. Commanded 'by Col. Frank J. MacNees of St. Paul, Minn., the 435t.h group has hauled over 20 million pounds of supplies to forward strips on the continent, at the same time evacuating thousands of wounded. The heroic stand of the 101st airborne Division at Bastogne was aided immeasuralbly with vital supplies dropped from the air by C-47's of the 435th. With Engineer’s Battalion iPfc. Anthony F. Murphy, has completed 31 months of overseas service with the 825th Engineer Aviation Battalion which has just been released from the censor's secret list along with other units of tile IX Engineer Command. A construction technician, iPfc. Murphy is serving with the battalion on the western front where it is now building another airfield for the U. 'S. Ninth air fores. IPrior to coming to the contingent.! thq-825th was statioped in the United" Kingdom where it. built liases for American heavy bombers a nil escort airt'TSf t;. 1 1 v aTrlV*-<l in England in August 1942. Pfc. .Murphy was formerly employed 'with- the General Electric company before joining the in May. 1942. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Murphy, reside at 618 N. Third street. Cpl. Ed Boknecht has returned to Cowan Field, Boise, Idaiho, after spending a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boknecht. Pfc. Ricnard C. Myers, son of Mrs. R. D. Myers and husband of Mrs. Emma Myers, both residing on Winchester street, has been advanced to his present rank. Pfc. Myers new address is 4511 Base Unit AAB, Stinson Field, San Antonio, Texas. Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly If you luster from rheumatic, arthritis or neuritis palu. try this simple Inexpensive homo ■ectpe that thousands are using. Get a package of Ru-Ex Compound, a two-week supply, today. Mix It with a quart of water, add the lulce of 4 lemons. It's eaay. No trouble at »U and pleasant. You need only 3 tahlespoontuls two times a day. Often within 48 hours r- sometimes overnight — splendid results are obtained. If the pains do not quickly leave and If you do not feel better, return the empty package and Ru-Ex will cost you nothing to try as It Is sold by your druggist under an absolute money-back guarantee Ru-Ex Compound la for sale and recommended by Kohne llrug Store and diug stores everywhere.

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D-Day Veteran I saJW Cpl. William G. Artz took part in the invasion of France last June and has been in combat duty ever since. He enlered the army on Oct. 19. 1942 and went overseas in February 1944, going first to England. He is a member of the 30th Division, known as Old Hickory. He took part in the battle at Mortain. France and from August 4 to 10th, was with the group known as the Lost Battalion. His outfit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. Before entering the service he was employed al the Central Soya company and General Electric company. He is a brother of Mrs. Adrian Girard of Dierkes Street. Mrs. Lyman L. Hann found a billfold containing about S2O late yesterday afternoon on the west side of Second stnel. It belonged to Miss Vera Homan, who was directed hy this newspaper to the Hann home. Mrs. Hann reporting the finding at this office. 'Mir's Homan was grateful for the recovery. o— Coast Guard fliers have scanned more than 9,000,000 square miles of sea on anti-submarine patrol since Pearl Harbor.

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i Over 5,000 Japanese Killed By Chinese Chungking, April I'l — (UP) More than 5,000 Japanese, including a divisional and regimental commander, were killed in the battle of th" Neisiung district of south■west Honan, a oommunlqite announced today. The communique also said the 'Chinese were conterattacking along the Lunghia railway in western Honan near the stations of Linhpao and Shenhsein. In th ■ Wishing district the Chinese also destroyed 21 Japanese tanks and 12 mountain guns. They captured four guns, 34 machine guns and 858 rifles. — 0 ; Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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