Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1945 — Page 3

rD aY, APRIL 21.1945.

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red CROSS StMHAS MaJry Tied ||g|B® c, ’’ l,, ’ r> . |t home ™' 6 - 111 '•vvedner’My evening. sp- >« spirh l^B ,W, i l '> !i soeial <k’ licioUfi aSB’ ! ’ were e- v-<1- Those / •Erne: Worthnun, iidi Wort'hman, Mis’ in rt W Flor, ‘"'e, 'Mrs. Otto Bieberosear Biedreridi a nd c^ lld ‘ “•itatW; Robert Koh--Ssßnex. meetins "’ill bo at the Mary hW ' Mb. CLASS HAS - recently I*V B claw es the First • iiiiiiv!l me . re . S3 W;‘ it ' J thirty members and S,® FtojSath. president, had to of I° l ‘* ljrc? . the group in "1 Mre . Charles Hakes tad , llnin W of ,’ne devotion.., with Mrs. W pasawater leading m praye calle were reported The yt»*^ dwi,htheLo -■ Homer Bittner and Mrs. ak ,. had charge of the pronst followed. were Mis. I,ia Luht, '„| a:i Mltie Collier and Mrs. Jess us. MB ,t“■ HUGH ANDREWS WITH SHOWER Ralph Tyndall 01 Bluffton, log | Saylors and Mrs. Holthouse united in enterto Wednesday evening at the —•MI tome with a handkerchief 'al for Mrs. Hugh Andrews, r- ei^^B e]ltP! .[ a jning rooms were beau"ci’ii^Ry decorated with spring flowthe gifts were placed on a t jatbie. centered with a bridal of dolls. The luncheon was al 6mall lalW, ‘ s ' centGred “""^■pinkcandles in crystal blocks, place wae marked with a corML ttrbhs of bridge were formed were awarded to Mrs. SHry Knapp. Mrs. Ed Bosse, Mrs. i , Fogle and Mrs. Leland A „ ift froin thi , ] loetesses the guest of honor. |H Ray Renollet of Bluffton was guest. aMOEBE BIBLE CLASS " TIBetS THURSDAY EVENING Phoebe Bible class of the |K Evangel ■'■"al and Reformed me: in the social rooms of Thursday evening. Mt Glen Oswalt had charge of She read a poem enQuit." and had an inpaper on “blow to read iJho. Fred Fruchte played 1 selection. Mrs. A. R. Ash- . president. conducted the

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for the pair to sing a duet. It will be an old Swedish ballad, as yet unselected, and it will be sung in Swedish! For the sake of the record, Olivia De Havilland says It’s all over between her and Maj.

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.BL. John Huston. CBun! Sai{l ®°° db y in August,” she ® e ’ " There W3S a slight epiSW" 5 ® il!i December but I don’t ex•f ■■ another.” SB n° 8 trip to Florida is to see ! l. l en Lyon ' the flight nurse n,. aperoned her trip through ’■ I goes t e '^ ans ' Afterwards, she SBELe W York and then t 0 ««on to consult a specialist. ■Bj Rteen ni at Work on “ original !Hl !1 g !1 toF ay , about the V-2 bomb- ■ w ho-i/ and> They dictate for 8 •tostU^K 1 Mas divorce suit 9 tow ’k/T any time » Mation.! u property settlement neM Papers uneventful and the W already are signed. /J siting arm* and Yolanda are '' j to Septet. ther baby ’ their third, 111 ate t • • ■ A Chinese theS WI S to"* S hm. th !, wea “Secret A ? e J Bni yersar s serial, •-3 * tat y of the n c ’ 9 ’” which is a klb ?ence s ervi S ' and Chinese in- ; -'W Florev^ 3- ' ‘ ’ Direct or 9 his £ h “ been notified Os-!'’ 6 a Z which was to IM’?* o , win b f Saed ln France in prcss within 60 * seen any mention

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phonea 1000 — 1001 Sunday District 4 of national council of Catholic women, Monroeville, 2:30 p. tn. Monday Men’s Union Prayer Service, auditorium of First Evangelical church, 7:30 p. m. Pythian Sister initiation, K. of P. 7:30 p. m., pot-luck, 6 p. m. Corinthian class of Christian church, Mrs. Elmer Darwachter, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Stated meeting of Eastern Star, Masonic hall, 7:30 p. m. Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p. m. Root township home economics club, Mrs. Herbert Banning, 1:30 p. in. Delta Theta Tau, Elks home, S p. m. Civic section, Mrs. Wfn. Clouse, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday St. Mary’s township home economics. cluib, Mrs. Fred Hilton, 1:30 p. m. Church Mothers study club, Methodist church parlors, 2 p. m. Thursday Presbyterian ladies aid society, church parlors, 2:30 p. m. W. S. C. S. Circle I, Mrs. Clifford Saylors, 2:30 p..m. W. S. C. S. circle 11, Mrs. Walter Krick, 2:30 p. m. W. S. C. S. circle 111, Mrsl Frank Krick, 2:30 p. m. W. S. C. S. circle IV, Mrs Ernest Uhrick, 2:30 p. m. Friday Red Cross Knitting Center, Red Cross headquarters, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. short business meeting, after which games were played and prizes awarded to Mrs Albert Fruchte, Mrs. C. L. August and Mrs. Fred Heuer. Lovely refreshments were served during the social hour by the hostesses, Mrs George Mac-Lean, Mie. Hensel Nash and (Mrs. Glen Oswalt. GECODE CLUB HAS MEETING “ApriT Shower” was the theme of the Gecode Cluib party, held Wednesday evening at the K. of P. home. The tables were arranged in a: triangle shape, centered with potted plants, with each place marked with a tiny green and white sprinkling can. .The supper was served by candlelight. Door .prizes were awarded to Gladys Walters, Eloise Noli, Mary C Hain and Mary A. Johnson. Miss Eloise Noll, who enlisted in the army nurses corps, was presented with a gift from the group. Entertainment was furnished iby the “'lslanders,” composed of Howard Foreman, Roland Stuckey and Marcus (Foreman, and their dancer.

that Song Writer Walter Samuels accompanied Elia Kazan and Eddie Moran on that Pacific junket. He’s still over there and his piano playing is a big hit with the boys. ... < M-G-M Writer Bob Andrews will have a 200,000-word historical novel, “Burning Gold," coming out in July. It’s a story of a doctor in Queen Anne’s time. . . . Bob’s younger brother, John Paul Andrews, also has a new book on ths way. About private flying after ths war. The brother of Republic Stai Vera Ralston is driving a tank with the Ninth Army in Germany. When last heard from, Vera’s father was still in Prague. He elected to stay when his family fled to this country. The jeep accident that cost ths life of Lt. Jean Pierre Aumont’s commanding general in France and very nearly resulted in Jean’s own death, happened when the general, who was driving, swerved to avoid a mine on a bridge and the jeep skidded on ice and plunged into the water. Jean Pierre also was trapped under the jeep, but managed to fight his way to the surface. According to Aumont, he saw only one of Maria Montez’ pictures while overseas. It was her first Universal film, “South of Tahiti.” HOLLYWOOD HI JINKS: Turned out to be bread upon the waters when Marjorie Reynold’s secretary, Sis Caldwell, Invited the star and Capt. Jack Reynolds to share her apartment. Secretary was injured in an auto crash and now Marjorie is taking care of her and doing all the house work. - - • Columbia Actor Ross Hunter is t quite an interesting guy. He has , helped to found 50 corrective 1 speech clinics around the country. ■ . . . Betty Newling and Alan Cur- ’ tis back together again at the MoI cambo. . . . Audrey Totter with » Peter Lawford at the Trocadero. » Vocalizing of Billy Usher in one i Tommy Dorsey recording, “Any • Old Time,” got the young singer a L Mjt fa a Universal picture,

June Zinnel of Fort Wayne, a trio, Minialn Appel,man, Marjorie Meyer and Mary Ann Baker, sang several selections, accompanied fit the piano hy Clarice Rumschlag, iwho also presented a piano solo. Miriam Appelman sang “There’s a Song in My Heart,” accompanied at the piano hy Marjorie Meyer. The committee in charge of the meeting was Eileen Morrison, chairman, Verena Meyer, Charlotte Fephart, Lillie Barger, Alice Baker, Chariottie Schafer, Doris Shafer, Frances Unite, Leota Braun, Alvera Vian and Miriam Moore. — o—— TO CONSIDER BOOST (Continued From Page One) to the sheriff and his deputy. The deputy’s per die is 55 cents per day for seven days a week, plus 85 cents a day for auto expense. The sheriff, likewise, will receive 85 cents per day for auto expense. The deputy’s per diem allowance is estimated at $151.25 and the auto expense for each official, $233.75 for the balance of the year, A “floor and ceiling” is placed on the annual salaries of deputies, which may increase their monthly wages, depending on the range approved by the council. The minimum for deputies is sloo' and the maximum $175 per month. Deputies here are now paid sllO per month. Office clerks are now paid $83.33 and under the new law, the “floor” is SIOO and the “ceiling” $125 per month. Deputy township assessors now receive $4.50 per day and retroactive to April 1, their per diem will be increased to $6. The county commissioners come in for the smallest increase. The law specifies that their per diem should be increased 50 cents for each day they are in session, which, based on the average number of meetings in a year, will give them a boost of about sl2 a year, or less than $lO for the balance of the year. Their annual salary is S3OO, plus nominal mileage. The members of the county council fare better than any other public official, in that their per diem pay is doubled. However, their job is not a lucrative one, as the annual salary of a councilman is only $lO, plus $lO for each special meeting. Hereafter, they will receive S2O a day, not including the day on which the annual meeting in September is held.

The county health officer’s salary also is doubled. This (salary is fixed pn a per capita basis. Under the old law it was three cents per person of the county’s population (1940) exclusive of Decatur’s 5,861. This compilation figured $462 annually. The new law increases the per capita to six cente, boosting the annual salary to $924 and the extra to December 31 to s3s9, q total of SBOI for the year. An increase will be given the county coroner when the laws are promulgated, no emergency clause being attached to the specific measure covering that public official. At present the coroner receives $5 for each inquest and $2.50 for each additional day devoted to a case, plus mileage at five cents per mile. When the new law becomes effective his inquest fee will be doubled.

Special salary acts cover the prosecuting attorney's and county surveyor’s salaries. In the case of the prosecutor, the extra allowance of S4OO, heretofore paid, is increased to S6OO a year. The county surveyor’s salary was left at the present scale, the law governing the salary being extended for two years. In this county, the salary payable to a registered engineer who serves as surveyor is $2,137.50. No increase was voted to the elected township assessor. In this respect there is only one such official in this county, the assessor in Washington township, which includes Decatur. Although his deputies receive an increase, the assessor himself is skipped in the cost-of-living increased wage scale. The general assembly took the position that basic salaries could not be increased during the incumbent's term of office and the increases were voted as per diem allowances, as a matter of adjusting public officials’ .salaries with the wartime cost of living. The increases and allowances will be paid from the county’s general fund and since they will also apply in 1946, they will be included in the budget which is compiled next August, covering governmental expenses for the following year. — -o - — FLYING FORTS (Continued From Page One) the eighth air force and RAF had reduced over-all production in the Berlin area by at least 40 percent. Overcome Handicaps If you have the idea that physical perfection is necessary to success in your chosen field, take a look at this even dozen of famous men and the handicaps that failed to slow them: Lord Byron had a clubfoot; Robert Louis Stevenson and John Keats had tuberculosis; Charles Steinmetz and Alexander Pope were hunchbacks; Admiral Nelson had only one eye; Edgar Allen Poe was a psycho-neurotic; Charles Darwin was an invalid; Julius Caesar was an epileptic; Thomas Edison and Ludwig Beethoven were deaf, ana petw stuyy i yffdiafe*

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR. INDIANA.

Gets Bronze Star w r ? f . w ■ • * ■ ■ * 1 . WITH THE “ALL AMERICAN” 82D AIRBORNE DIVISION—For heroic action during the battle’ of the Ardennes in Belgium, Pfc. Julius L. Lengerich, son of Mr. i and Mrs. August Lengerich, of Decatur route four, has been' awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Pfc. Lengerich is a machine gunner in the 504th Parachute Infantry, veteran regiment of the 82nd “All American” Airborne division. The Decatur paratrooper was wounded while exposing to enemy fire in order to place his machine gun in a more suitable position. He refused to be evacuated and continued to operate the gun until his platoon leader ordered him to the rear. Major General James M. Gavin, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, personally dcorated the Decatur soldier.

r> | y > jrw-■ » ’.iabjl IMPRESS HERMINE, above, wjdow ,f ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Gernany, has been captured by American doughboys at Schloss Rossla, along \vith a half dozen jther Hohenzqllerns and fonder royalty. The empress had come to her present dwelling just two months ago when the Russians were approaching her castle in Silesia. (Internationa!) One simple way to receive and give the greatest joy in life is always to be glad when others are glad.

U JU Illi III—L-. JMIJIIIJIIIUII. I .. ".I ? ' mW— W ’"I, 7.. *7 a, u ... KOS E^- ; ■ r * ’W > ■’j ■ ■ ■ , 9 «» » , - , I ' ii ' te • ' — Lt . r< .Ty|H ~ ' ■fe' ■ •Ji tuc fnd OP A JAP ESCORT VESSEL Is shown in these two pictures taken when B-24 bombers of the Fifth Air Force attacked the Nippon ship off the China coast near Amoy. In the top photo a spectacular hit has been scored, wlUle in the bottom photo the vessel is shown sinking with Japs clinging desneratelv to her side. Other Sons of Heaven can be seen bobbing about in the turbulent sea. These . .gfflXt Air Force, photos.

566 Surplus Planes Are Reported Sold Five hundred and sixty-eix of the 3,000 surplus primary training planes placed on sale throughout the country fby the reconstruction finance corporation beginning April 6, were sold in the first nine days they were offered to the puihllc, the RFC announced today. RFC ie handling the sale as a disposal agency designated by the surplus property board. 'Priced at from $875 to $2,400, ,the planeis brought an average of approximately >l,lOO each, and returned a total of $017,840 to the Government. ’ o Juvenile Delinquency Drops In Fort Wayne Fort Waynp, Ind., Apr. 21. —(UP) —A drop of 19 percent in juvenile delinquency in Fort Wayne and Allen county has been shown on reports to the children’s bureau, U. S. department of labor. The children’s bureau reported that for the first time since the beginning of the war, a sizeable number of courts has shown a decline in the number of juvenile cases disposed of. — o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

111 - • ■ , sap il wi» —’ * s ■ -'* ' NV'..y. . ’ ' ’ ' -- ' l rIII j ' -•.- r ' / . ■ 1 fH2 JAI» CRUISER shown above had been hit and had limped into Singapore where a fake bow was installed to permit it to proceed to Jap home waters. It was located in the China sea by Lt. George R. Schmidt, Gooding, Idaho, in a B-29 ot the Air Apaches group, and it ivasn't long before the above scenes took place. A Yank bomber tomes In, top, for the kill, and leaving direct hits in its wake, the ihip starts sinking, bottom. The Navy later verified the cruiser’s Jemiss. Fifth Air Force photos. (International Soundphoto)

Lancelot Perry left last evening for Rochester, Minn., where Mrs. Perry is a patient at the Mayo hospital. Mrs. J. H. Heller visited in Fort Wayne last evening. iDr. Pat Burns, of Montpelier, was a visitor in Decatur Friday afternoon. IMrs. Richard Jenkins of New Castle and Miss Marguerite Cralidal of Hagerstown are spending the weekend with Mrs. Robert Bumgerdner in this city. • o Mr. and Mis. Harvey Carl Hileman of Willshire, 0., are the parents of a baby girl, born Friday afternoon at 1:24 p. m. at the Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 10% ounces and has not been named. There are few problems that will not yield when men get on the job in earnest. Blessed are they who know the power of love; they dwell in God, for God is love.

rai'BW ilMinll The new address of John Edward ’Lammert, S 2/c, is Gunners mate school, Cl. 8 D-45, Sec 427, Brks, 117 U„ Bain Bridge, Md. East of Rhine WITH THE 35TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN GERMANY — As Task Force Miltonberger moved across the Rhine to take up positions on the east bank of the river, Company A of the 110th Medical Battalion became one of the first collecting companies to operate on the bridgehead. Previous to their arrival, temporary loading posts had handled all casualties.

Pfc. Warren Schladenhauffen of route 2, Decatur, Ind., was in the first group to make the crossing. Speaking of the 360-foot pontoon bridge, Schladenhauffen observed: “Such a bridge must be an engineer’s dream. I never expected it to be so solid.” Pfc. Schladenhauffen, who has participated in many river crossings with the 35th division, is a litter bearer with his medical unit. Previous to his crossing of the Rhine, he participated in the. speedy drive across the Ruhr Valley. Wearing three battle stars, he also was recently awarded the unit citation badge. iS/Sgt. iW. H. ißlak-y hae heen transferred from Yucca, Ariz, to 3018 A. A. F. B. U., Sec. B, Kingman, Ariz Awarded Bronze Star First Lieutenant Harold E. Blythe has been awarded the bronze star medal for meritorious service in connection with military operations against the enemy in Belgium, Holland and Germany, November 18, 1944 to March 7, 1945. His wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Blythe, reside at 410 South Thirteenth street.

Pfc. Kermit O. Hocker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis O. Hocker, nf Monroe, has been assigned to the AAF redistribution station and convalescent hospital, Camp Davis, N. C. He had previously been stationed at Miami. Fla., Ft. Logan, Colo.. Nashville, Tenn., and Richmond, Va. Before entering the service Pfc. Hocker attended the Monroe township public high school and Western Michigan college in Kalamazoo. Camp Davis is the newest installation of the AAF personnel distribution command which handles the redistribution of all air force returnees and- controls all convalescent hospitals and overseas replacement depots. Remove Wax To remove candle wax from linen, lift off the excess with a dull knife. Place white blotters or absorbent tissue on both sides of the fabric, press with warm iron. Sponge off excess grease with cleaning fluid, and launder. Fingered Wings < The boaetzin, found in Venezuela and British Guiana, has fingers with claws on the forward edges of the wings when very young. It uses wings like a second pair of feet. As the bird grows older, more feathers develop and fingers and claws gradually disappear until they are merely little horny knobs.

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Special Services And Meetings Os Churches In Area S&mTOi jr “Youth For Christ” There were 102 young people at the “Youth for Christ” meeting last evening at the Methodist church. The meeting was opened with group singing. An octet from the group, directed by Miss Helen Haubold, sang two selections, “The American Prayer” and "Navy Hymn," after which Dr. M. O. Lester led the group in prayer. During the short business meeting, it was decided that the meetings will be held on d Wednesday evening instead of Friday evening. Sylvester Everhart led In the discussion on “How to Keep These Meetings Going,” and how to keep thd young people interested. The closing prayer was offered by* Rev. R. R. Wilson. o ♦ • Adams County I Memorial Hospital * 1 t-G Admitted: Owen Carrier, Dixon, Ohio. Admitted and diemissed: Miel#- 1 Judith Louise Fuelling, Monroeville 7 ® route 1; Steven Burl Gibson, ford. O. 'Dismissed: Miss Olive Journey, 815 North Second street.

I. O. O. F. Regular Meeting • MONDAY, 7:30 p. m. n and every Monday thereafter, ,J corner Monroe & 2nd Sts. (Second Floor) A«■ o i -> isL msKEwI What better way to give your home fresh, coloi ful charm than with Imperial Ilhsft.iWe Wallpaper? It docs so much —costs so little—lasts so long and it’s in our sltowioom right now! I Smith Drug Ca.