Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poat Office u Second Clm* Matter. J. H. Heller Preaident A. R. Holthouae, Sec'y. & Bua. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vlce-Prealdent •übaorlptlon Ratea Single Coplea 1 .04 One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adame, Allen, Jay and Wells e unties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, 14.60 per year; 12.60 for six months; 21.36 for three months; 60 cents for one mont". Elsewhere; 16.60 per year; 33.00 for stx months; 31.66 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and woman In the armed forces 33.50 per year or 11.00 lor diree months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative •CHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 2 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Hi. 'Sj , , . President Truman ha- proclaimed Sunday. May 13th a Molhei'v bay and we all will second the motion —o It's a good time to plan that Victory garden. Tile early ones are beilig delayed considerably by tiiej cool snap. —o The weather man says the temp- . cratnre will be better now for a wiijle ami its hoped that Old Jack , Frost lias made hie final appearn ice for tile season. ( , o—o can you spare :uat they r can wear. Take your used garments . to tin Decalin Auto Paint & Top Shop on First street or to the Lanion building on South Second street.

o—o Tile automobile industry will speed up now with a priority that permits them to spend fifty millions for machine tools and thirty-five million for construction of n w buildings. —o Huntington lias <<>nt a shipment of «<ix tons of used clothing to th*' government warehouse at New ('tittle. It wa packed in -’l7 cartons. The campaign is still going on there and will continue until the canvas is completed. —o The Indiana Democratic Editorial Association will hold a business sesrdoti at tile Claypool hotel in Indianapolis at noon on Saturday. April 28th. Under order- from the department al Washington only fifty outside guests can be taken care of. O—o President Truman may find the honeymoon period over. Members of congress and the senate are pr •- paring to discuse the proposed reciprocal trade agreement law and Republicans evidently plan to line up against it. The fur may fly before its over. —o There are many dogs running loose about the city. Until a dogcatcher can be employed and arrangements made for a pond they may be safe, but if something happens die dogs and owners will be in real trouble. There is a quaran tine on you know. —o A jury of eleven women ami one man has decided that Charlie Chaplin 1h the father of Carrol Aim Berry, eighteen months old daughter of Joan Berry. That may not prove it but it mal es Charlie pay support and gives him a headache. For a copy of the Decatur Daily Democrat go to The Stopback on sale each evening

!t «as Ju?! throe years ago ye*,terday when Jimmy Doolittle led hin band of skymen over Japan to show them that they could be bombed. Impossible as it seemed Since then they have had mont convincing evidence that it not only can > be done but is being done daily and will continue until they have been ; taught the error made when they ■ attacked Pearl Harbor. —o We see where Chicago soldieis fighting m Germany have heard some recordings of their home town's famous Loop traffic, subways, elevated trains, hockey game.and bowling alleys. It'll not only help their homesickness but also refute those rumors that all is quiet and complacent on the home front. Frankfort Times. —o President Truman is trying Ins best to keep the ship of state moving smoothly over troubled waters and to avoid any thing that may caune turmoil. For the present at least there will be little change in the program and the brown-out. the ban on horse racing and the itrfew orders will continue until the wa- department feels they are no longer necessary. The people tie supporting their new president. —o Thirty million people in the war torn countries of the world need clothing badly. Boys and girls almost naked, new born babies are wrapped in newspapers ami even these are hard to get. We don I ■ realize how important it is 'hat we send our discarded garments, suits - coats, dresses and underwear, shoes, hose, any thing that we can spare to relieve them. School boys ami girls here will assist ;n gathming the articles and they will be shipped as rapidly as possible. —o Ernie Pyle, beloved Hoosier

newspaper correspondent has fallen a victim of the war. In the midst erf battle mi a little island off Japan a machine gun bullet ended the career of thie brilliant young nit'll. A native of Indiana and a graduate of I U . Ernie was recognized as one of the really great newspaper men of the world. He bad visited all the battle fronts, and written miles of interesting stories, widely read because of the human touch he put in them. Some months ago his nerves got the better of him and he quit the European theater to rest and recuperate. Only a few weeks ago he left for the South ! Pacific and his stories have been most interesting as he reached the scenes of the war with Japan. He was a real guy. a regular fellow, loved and admired by millions ami his reports of the news of the world will be missed. .His death io deeply regretted. —o Check Your Brakes! Traffic accidents have taken the lives of more than three quarters of a million human beings in th" nation during the past 25 years, have crippled countless others, ami have piled up economic losses running into billions of dollars. Traffic accidents have achieved the distinction of being one of the leading causes of death in this country. The condition of the vehicle does enter into the matter of traffic accidents, And today, with cars nearly twice as old on the average as they were in pre-war days. it is high on the list of those causes which contribute not only to the frequency of automobile accidents, but to their severity. Brakes that fail to hold at the critical moment, steering gear failures, blow-outs, faulty lights — all these help to swell the accident total. Loss of manpower through accidents, coupled with the treniendon.' problem. of conserving motor vehicles, has prompted the international Association of Chiefs of Police to launch a nation-wide brake-check program. It began April 15 and will end June 1. During that time, traffic officers throughout the coun-

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try will check pa-.-enger ears in-’ voiced in accidents, those in traffic | violations in which are moving, and vehicles operated in a ' manner indicating faulty brakes, j Goshen News-Democrat. ■ — ■ ■* * ■ ~"0 -—- 1 I Twenty Years Aqo Today April 17—-Jack Wolfinger causes disturbance on an Erie passenger' train and is shot wnen he leaps: from a coach here and tries to I escape. His injury is noi serious I and be is being held in jail. () ; ho Ldbcnstein is held up by three bandits mar the Haines school house south of town and robbed of 82.50. Albert Roth has leg broken in a fall from his .plow when horses run away in the field. C. 1). Lewton is improving slowly after a very serious illness. County Clerk John Nelson is distributing the acts of 1925. Plans for the 500-mile race at Speedway are announced. o — ♦ « I Household Scrapbook I | By ROBERTA LEE 4 ♦ Q. When calling for a girl at her home, isn’t rt al! right for a young man to sound xhe horn of his car as a signal to her that lie has arrived?

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\. No; it in ill-bred and not com I Itiideraie of the neighbons. and, would indicate that he is too lazy, j to walk to th. door and ring the: I ’bell. i (.}. How should the engagement ' ring and the wedding ring be worjl I on the finger? j 'A. The wedding ring should be I placed on the finger first, the en- | gagement ffig over it. Q. Is it proper to use <s. rvice iilaten at the breakfast table? A. .No. —o I Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE | Piano Keys To clean and whiten piano keys, I rub rather hard with equal parts of alcohol and peroxide of hydrogen. This also removes any stains ilia: a>'e on the keys. Velvet Colla-s To clean velvet collars .scrape a small quantity of French chalk ’ over the '.soiled parts' and then bi ush with a stiff 'brush. All soil will l> removed with the chalk. Removing Paint To remove paint from glass or , porcelain, try using coal oil. It is cheap r than turpentine and oftenI times as effective. I 9 The foreign commerce depart- ■ inent of the Chicago Assn, of Com- : merce reveals that during Febrnary it received 139 inquiries from • I firms in 43 countries, seeking trade connections with Chicago firms.

Ration Calendar Processed Foods | Blue stamps C 2 through G 2 valid through April 28. H 2 through M 2 valid through June 1 N 2 through S 2 valid through June 30. T 2 through X 2 valid through July 31. Meats T 5 through X 5 valid through April 28. Y 5 and Z 5 and A2 through D 2 valid through June 1. E2 through J 2 valide through June ■ 30. Red Stamps K 2 through P 2 i valid through July 31. Sugar Stamp 35 Tblid through June 2. Shoes Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 in ■ book 3 good indefinitely. Always present book 3 when making puri chase as stamps are invalid if re moved from the book. Casoline 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 fol- : New stamp to be validated May 1. I lowing values: I unit, 10 gallons 5 units, 50 gallons; 25 units, 251 | gallons. All change-making cou pons and reserve coupons are now good. New periods 1,2, 8, 4 coupons also valid now and gooc throughout the heating year. Stoves All new heating, cooking an. combination heating and cooking 1j stoves, designed for domestic use, •: for installation on or above the floor and for the use of oil, kerc-

activities of ADAMS COUNTY 4-H CLUBS £ ■ ■ .■■ -r- — — — 1 1 Leaders To Meet Lenders of the girls 4-H club projects will meet at 10;30 a. m. Saturday at the home economics department of the junior-senior high school. Miss Irma Winkleback. of tile state 4-H club office, will meet witli the group and help with a discussion to determine standards for workmanship in tlie girls projects for this season. Coming county activities will be discussed. Luncheon will be served at noon. All leaders should be sure to attend and have their clubs represtnted. Busy Bee The Monroe Busy Bee 4 11 club held its reorganization meeting in tlie annex id the Methodist church. Monroe. Eileen Graber, one of the junior leaders, called the meeting to order and conducted the business. During the business meeting the following officers were elected: president, Coleen Wagner. vice-president. Shirley Striker; secretary. Loren Nussbaum; news reporter. Mary Alice Stettry; song leader. Eileen Graber: pianist. Dianna Crist; health officer, Norma Jean Funk; and Rev. Kegerreis will he the recreation leader with tile help of various committees lie will choose. Miss Until Doddridge. adult leader, announced that sin will be at the school house from 11 a. m. to 6:3n p. in. to assist girls witli their work; clothing 1 on Tuesdays, advanced clothing on Wednesday and baking on Thursday. Miss Anna K. Williams spoke on tlie values and objects of th**

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 1 Lying in darkness, Daphne found that sleep had deserted her. She began to think of Alan. The congressman’s daughter would proba- ‘ bly get him. When a man is in a marrying mood, almost any smart girl could land him. But if he isn’t... And with that, Daphne’s rambling thoughts recalled that moment under the mistletoe with Steve. If ever there was a man who was not in a marrying mood, it was Dr. Stephan Fenwick. "Uncle Steve!" | On him and his matrimonial prospects, or lack of them, she ruminated until the clock on the Town Hall chimed twelve. The conclusion was that the status quo remained the same: Daphne would go on the victim of unre- ! quited love for the rest of her life as far as Steve was concerned. Then she wondered what he’d really think, or do, if she said she was considering going to Washington. I Steve was teaching Juan to whisi tie. The piece de resistance of the two musicians was Yankee Doodle, and it was this tune, off key, that woke her the next morning. “You’re doing fine, darling!” Daphne called out from her open window. ‘‘Am I! Hurry up down and I’ll tell you.” It was Steve who answered, ami he was ebullient as a college boy with his first car. “Well, for heaven’s sake!” she said a few minutes later when she’d got into negligee. “What brings you around at this hour?” “I don’t know what time of day it is!” Steve exulted. “For at last I’ve got it! Clear as crystal. Eureka, Daph!” “The serum?” “Yup!” “And I’m the first to congratulate you. Oh, I’m so glad!” “I know. Os course, it’s only the first step; my serum must be actually tested in life, but...” t “Oh, Steve, what are you going , to do now?” > “There's more work on this. I’ll ? have to kejp doing it over, testing, making sure. Besides, I’ve got a couple of other things I’d like to finish up. Then ...” “Then?” she asked tensely. “That’ll take a few months. After that, I’m going into the Medical Corps, if they’ll have me.” “Os course they’ll have you,” she said woodenly. “There'll be work for me there. Os course, I’d like to go on with my own stuff, but this is hardly the time to put my preferences first.” Daphne felt like crying. He was so happy. Couldn’t he see it meant the end of their working together? Did he have to be so glad to be going out of her life? “Maybe they’ll send you to Washington. I hope so,” she said-with a kind of prim gaiety. “Good Lord, why?” ■ “Oh. because I may be going

i 4-H club program. Parents of the 4-H members and the Monroe I township 4-H adult committee I were guests at tlie meeting I After tlie business session Rev. ■i Kegerreis led tlie group in vari ions games. Tlie next meeting j will be held on May 1. at 7:30 p. m. Smiling Juniors Tlie Smiling Juniors 4-H club ' of the Si. John's Lntlieran cliureii > met at the home of the senior ! leader, Mrs. Edward Sulking, i Monday evening. i Officer-, elected were as follows: president, Elenore Meyer; vice president. Carol Bultemeier; ’ secretary. Delores Bultemeier; ' treasurer, Marlene Auniann; song j leader. John Bultemeier; recrea-

--V _ I w H II- t I I f i I fell• Ji I ® I .. v JBhF JH PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN is shown leaving '.lie executive o£j et the White House on his way to his present residence, Blair horn for lunch. Accompanying him are Fred Marks, foreground, Kmi City, Mo., who was best man at the president s wedding, and Cd Harry H. Vaughan, military aide, on Marks' right. (InterMtioail)

there," she was elaborately casual. “I was thinking of asking your advice today.” “Why should you go to Washington?” “Y’ou remember Corinne at the New Year’s party, saying she wanted me to go back to work for her?” Steve scrutinized the toe of his boot. “I remember that Pembroke chap said something about it.” "Alan does want me to go,”; Daphne emphasized. "It’s . . . it’s an inducement naturally.” “I see. You want to go.” “Well, it would be interesting to see Washington, but . . .” He frowned at the toe of the other boot. “Can’t see any reason for any ‘buts’ then,” he observed. “I like it here,” she said desperately. “I love the country, my work. It’s better for Juan.” “Juan, of course. He’s ... he’s all you have here, and you could take him with you.” "Yes,” Daphne said hastily. “It’s always a lady's privilege to change her mind.” “Change her mind?” she asked blankly. “About wanting to lead a simple life. You’d like to see the excitement in Washington. Why not?” Steve’s voice was definitely cold. Hers was warm: “As you say—why not? After all, my work will be done here. 1 shall need some stimulus. After all, it’s the same routine here, day after day: housekeeping, Red Cross, and ...’’ “Working with me?” “Working with you,” she nodded. “I’m very grateful for all your help,” Steve said formally. “Please don’t mention it. You see”—she swallowed a lump in her

throat—“l’ve practically made up 1 my mind to go; in fact, I’d like to 1 get started today.” 1 “Today?” “The sooner the better.” Daphne ! almost bit her tongue, trying to ( keep her teeth from clicking. “Well, I’d better get out of your 1 way.” 1 "Don’t hurry,” she said, backing i ! out of the door. “I want you to ; 1 know I’m happy for you and the ... i ! the experiment. ■. . and glad about j' ... everything.” Then she gave him a smile and ; ; ran upstairs and into her bedroom 1 and threw herself down on the bed where she remained until she could : get herself together to tell “Gatesie” to begin packing. And all that : , time, Daphne was telling herself ’ that the thing that made her the ' gladdest was that Corinne had offered her a chance to get away from , her house! ’ What was a house? What was a gt "den? She could leave them a lot easier than she could sit around in I > them seeing Stephan Fenwick so | , much—Steve, who just minutes ago, had urged her to leave town! I Steve couldn’t have said more i plainly that where she went or; | what she did was not the slightest, I concern of his. * * • « 1

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The telephone rang as if the operator were angry. Daphne pother elbows on her desk, dropped her I moist face into damp hands, anc ;rt it ring. She was suspicious that® caller was Mrs. Perkins to •st again when her Chippendale sideboard was arriving, and Dap® didn’t know the answer. _ She glowered at the phone, ™ packing case and bed—over wmea she would have tc craw! to reach it—and decided it couldn’t ring forever. The packing case was only part of the overflow from the drawing-room which shed has turn into a workroom for the p pie she’d brought down fro® . York: Upholsterers, seamstresses and a mural painter. . The thin silk in which she sat at her desk » ™ bedroom clung to her damp. • “That’s wartime Washingtonshe murmured. “No dellTer ®h SI room, no cool air, and the s ahead!” I She considered tearing » II her calendar—June 15—but ■ fort was too much. Her thong . - ran ahead to the next day, ', . day—the beginning of the veek J ' Alan had promised her. It be his first leave since she darn . almost three months ago. I were going to spend it at . Chase with Alan’s sister. . In j ust n ineteen hours — P . . counted them—she dbeou * cool country, away from the pn* irate clients, complaining . men. tattles with m-nfj ■ and long distance cal . 0 w thousand and one details o , decorator's life. t '. erß

was a bright xutu.e x . rt he was right—if she could weatw present. ... r r jday Meanwhile it was stil H and she had to get 1 clothes, ’phone„ tw ‘ ce L OSS -j« house in New York, r ffa! city to see h ° w foreign atuche'i getting on at a { ° rc en mee st tne apartment, pick up f < * drapef y refinishers, drop soriue swatches at a congr ■' ■ rl) p assure a senator t . atl( j would arrive by the’, b ' ‘ he nl ght spend a good parof catching up with co -P Mrs. Gates brought # . aj from the park whde . having her shower, a problittle face gave her another P ake lem to consider. •“J’e t j n g h® some arrangement lor ge , bri . .out of the city. C amP ]-21 like the otis answer. but * h ,- ff t-%7dP« b ’ idea, so , it . loCt . ably cry himself to „ Ga;e . liness. She c ° uld " * P u lt h him. sie.” to send her a'la,.' Daphne thought. n» tin g cause of Juan that ’ Alan’s invitation., Juan- -* r ‘j until he said 1 ( ’?^ f tnnll? hts vf?rw as she dressed, her t-.ou more and more to Alan • • (To be coiitin'-'f”’ H t.T MW' l ’ u; ‘\,;,te,» 1 DUtn^bxKiarr-^' 6