Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evexln* Except Sunday By THE DECATDR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec'y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President •übsorlptlon Rates Single Copies 1 .04 One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells c unties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, 24.50 per year; 12.50 for six months: >1.35 for three months; 50 cents tor one mont'. Elsewhere: 15.60 per year; 13.00 for six months; *1.65 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women In the armed forces 13.50 per year or 11.00 for three months. Advertising Ratss Made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 2 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ih. That $75 per week Charlie Chaplin has to pay Joan's baby may ho a constant reminder that its dangeroils to court the ladies of Hollywood. —o—u A Michigan girl is sending her hoy friend in Germany 1,000 kisses a ‘week, but don't get excited, its paper and sold in the confectionary paper an dsold in tin confectionary stores. —o The Wednesday night frost was a hum-dinger according to reports but extent of damage is not certain. It didn't do any good but per-

Imps the loss to the gardens was slight. Just what happened to the fruit will not be known for a few days. —o Josef Goebbels apparently inlends to continue his broadcasts and speeches as long as he can find a secret microphone into which to pour out his wishful thinking. His audience however is greatly reduced from a few Iveeks ago for most of the penpie who listened to him have moved. o—o What can you epare that they can wear? Hundreds of garments have already been turned in here and more are being gathered. Take what you can spare of used clothing to the Decatur Auto Company on First street or to the Lamo'.i building opposite the court house. —o The G. O. I', in the senate has taken a position in opposition to the proposed trade agreements ami evidently will hold to their old fashioned tariff ideate How they can expect a high tariff wall to help in making a world unity is not clear but we will no doubt have it fully explained as time goes on the measure comes closer to a vote. - All Indainapolis firm grossed three million dollars in five years by the sale of baseball pool tickets. Thole who buy them know they have less chance to win than they do on a. slot machine and that s little enough, but they keep on carrying a rabbit foot and hoping. Wise gamblers have discovered that not all "rubes” live in the country. O—o It is possible this nation may hold on to the islands wrested rrom the Japs in the South Pacific battles. If we have to protect them

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and watch to keep the enemy from resuming control in the future, perhaps we might as well take them over. On the other hand It will incur considerable expense as the years go on, so it becomes a question for earnest debate in congress. O—O Many newsmen and reporters have met death at the battle fronts since Pearl Harbor, but none have caused the sorrow and regret that is manifested for Ernie Pyle. He had won his way into the hearts of millions of readers at home, in other lands and the soldiers themselves. He trudged tile weary ways with, them and wrote from their viewpoint. His place cannot be tilled. o—o Congratulations to Lt. Leltoy !> Schwartz of this city, who has recently been commissioned to that rank and given his wings after completing his course at the bomb-er-pilot training school at Frederick Field, Oklahoma. Leßoy who is a graduate of Monroe high school and attended Ball State has gotten ins wings the hard way. enlisting in

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the service in 1910 and earning his promotions. O—O Many of the large manufacturing plants, especially those engaged in the making of certain kinds ol lighting planes are reducing the number of employes as the orders are cancelled. This is to be expected of course. In most cases the employes are being taken cate of in other jobs if they want them and effort is being made to prevent any serious unemployment situation. —o A bill has been introduced in congress to repeal the automobile use tax and the ear owner* hope it will go through quickly. The law has never been popular, not so much because of the money involved. $5.00 per year, but because of the nuisance and the fact that its another tax on automobiles, based on the old idea that a ear is a luxury. They have become neces-

sities as was proven the pact three or four years when transportation became a problem. —o When the Yanks captured Princess Areuberg s 300-room palace in Westphalia recently and allowed her but fourteen rooms she made quite a fuss about it and called attention to the fact that she is a great-grand-daughter of the late Queen Victoria and seemed surprised when her pleas fell on deaf ears. She should remember that she is a war prisoner for the present and is receiving better care than was meted out to thousands of Americans held in German prison camps. O—o Statistics On Schools: Concerning teacher shortage and emergency permits for teaching granted by the state board of education, Dr. Clement T. Malan, stale superintendent of public instruction, lias released a statistical, analytical report to all school superintendents, .covering the current school year to March 1. Permits are. granted only upon request of school superintendents who certify that licensed teachers are not available to fill the position for which

the permit is requested. Permits are valid for one year only. This year 11.700 elementary and 9,178 high school teachers are employed in Indiana, totaling 20.878 teachers, of whom 2,097, or approximately 10%. are leaching on emergency permits, many of which are valid for only one. high school subject. Os the total 2,097 permits insiied. 51.2% were for college graduates or those holding additional degrees; and 83.8% were for persohs who hold or had regular teacher’s licenses. Os the total permits, 1.030 (49.1%) were for persons holding valid Indiana licenses in at Jeast one subject field; 727 (34.7%)\f0r persons holding prior or expired Indiana licenses, or out-of-state licenses; and only 340 (16.2%) were for those who qualified because of their college or university degrees.

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Dr. Malan points out that thei shortage of teachers has been acute: in only certain localities and in cer-' tain subjects, but that for the most part the schools are operating on : an even keel with well educated, well qualified teachers. "Because! many former teachers have returned to the classroom for the war ’ emergency, our schools have carried on remarkably well,"’ Dr. Malan says. 0 Twenty Years Aao I I Today j April 16 — E. B. Williamson of Elkhart leases Bellmont Park and will conduct the Great Northern Indiana fair this year. Sept. 15-19 ID. C. Stephenson .pleaded not guilty to charge of kidnaping and assault. Hugh I). Hite elected moderator of the Decatur First Presflryterian

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church. 'Tornado relief fund here ie now I 0 $290. j Ne well Banks, champion checker ; i player of the world, drops into the : sheriff’s office and challenges Dep-1 1 ' uty Dallas Hirwer to a game. Dal i 1 : called for help and Banks had a i 1 f lot of fun with them before they ; ■ discovered hte identity. ' ( (Plaintiff rests and defendant of-1 i ! feis evidence in the Fort Wayne ■ I ■•typhoid fever case” being heard : , here. 0 I ♦♦ ; ( I Household Scrapbook I i By ROBERTA LEE | !♦ —— *\< 11 Boiled Puddings I The difficulty of making a boiled \ 1 pudding perfectly round may be J : overcome Hiy enclosing the 'bag con-1 ' taining the pudding in one of the j ! globular wire lettuce drainers while I : cooking. ; < Disinfectant A room can be thoroughly disin- , * | fected Iby Iburning sulphur. Close '' the windows and the doors and , stop up the keyholes. Two pounds i

of sulphur is sufficient for a room twelve by twenty feet. Tobacco Stains When the copper or brass ash trays have become stained with tobacco, apply a little denatured alcohol with a small ibrueh. o ♦ ; ♦ I Modern Etiquette I [ By ROBERTA LEE I Q. What are the principal duties of a lady’s maid? ! A. iShe must take care of all the clothes of her mistr.-ss. and also attend to her hair-dressing, facial maosage, and manicuring. Q. ilf a girl has promised a certain dance to a man, and the music begins, should she seek him? 'A. Never; it is the man's duty to find his partner promptly. Q. Is it proper for a child to answer his teacher as “Yes, ma’am”? A. No. The correct answer is “Yes, Miss Brown”. 0 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

COURT HOUSE Will is Probated The will of Mr*. .Sophia Mankey has been protbated in circuit court and provides for distribution ol ; funds in th? Farmers State Bank of Preble at the tinie of her death and any inheritance to which uhe i might 'be entitled from the es'ate i of her (brother, Samuel Barger, whose death preceded that of Mrc Mankey. Provision is made that after valid , claims have been paid, the sum of SIOO shall he .paid to John Barger from fund* in the Prelbl. bank, such i legacy to go to his children should he die ibefore Mrs. iMankey. > The remainder of funds on de-' posit in the hank is to be divided '

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX When she’d come to Washington, Daphne made it clear that she came only for professional reasons, that seeing Alan was a pleasure, but that her feelings hadn’t changed. This, Alan had met with his usual aplomb, assuring her that he was satisfied, and had proceeded to introduce her to his many friends. And to laugh delightedly when she asked him casually about the congressman’s daughter, telling her it was a healthy sign that she was jealous! Daphne gave up then. If Alan was content to escort her about, and shower his attentions on her, there was no objection. She needed Alan. He was necessary to her new way of living. She went to theatres, receptions and cocktail parties and teas, to dinner parties and state affairs. She was popular and her invitations were many. She dressed smartly, played sound bridge, danced willingly with elderly gentlemen, and gave an occasional small luncheon. Corinne had arranged to send her five hundred a month, and told her that she was piling up profits in yet unpaid commissions. She was doing extremely well for a girl who was working for no other reason than to forget a man who didn’t want her. She was doing rather well, too, at forgetting him, Daphne thought. It was only occasionally that her heart leaped into her mouth when she saw a dark head above the Medical Corps insignia. She was a little proud that now, less than three months since she’d written her farewell note to Steve, she wasn’t even looking for an answer. Daphne got dressed finally, that Friday afternoon, in one of her sheer black dresses and a cartwheel hat, made her telephone calls, inspected the paint job, drank tea with the attache’s mother, had a glass of sherry at the congressman’s house, ran into a cocktail party at the senator’s, and got home so late, and so tired, that she fell asleep while trying to answer a long-overdue letter to Buff, her most faithful correspondent. Saturday morning Daphne woke, though still tired, and was all packed — her things and Juan’s little clothes — when Alan arrived. “No sports gear, please,” she said. “Spare me activity. I want to find a cool corner and take a nap.” “Do anything you like, m’love. Jane’s only asked a few people. It’ll be unexciting, but comfortable. Like me.” “You are exciting,” she smiled, “and you’re comfortable, too.” Alan enlarged upon the theme for some miles, and then broke off as the car entered a long drive leading to a huge white house with tall columns and spreading wings. “This is it, Pemberton Hall. Dad gave it to Jane for a wedding present when she married Jock Pemberton. Like it?” “Like it? It’s magnificent!” The house stood on the prown of the hill, surrounded with rolling lawns of emerald velvet. Rhodo-

equally among Susie .Mankey Rhodes. Forrest. iMankey, Irvin Mankt-y, John Wesley iMankey, .share and share alike. The stipulation is made that in the event any of them should die 'b fore Mrs. Mailkey their respective share should go to their children. The next item provides for the I erection of a stone at the grave of I a sister. Rose Wolf, from funds that, i may Ibe due Mrs. IMankey from th j estate of tihe deceased brother, ! Samuel Barger, such provision to become void should there be no in- ; heri ance as suggested. ■ A'll Mie residue of any sum received from the Samuel Barger esI late, if any, is to be divided, th will directs, among Grade Mankey, | Orville Barger, Floyd Barger, Glen I 'Barg r. Doyle Barger, Alta Byerly, i Lola Ehrman and Aleda Byerly, > ' with Grace .Mankey to receive one- i

dendrons, azalea and delphinium were massed in a riot of gorgeous color along the border of the drive, and tall, aged trees with lovely green lace leaves, shaded both house and sun-swept grounds. Daphne fell immediately in love with it, and with the interior of the house with its air of elegance and spacious dignity, and with Jane and her ruddy-faced husband. And with Jane’s fat little girls who took Juan off to their quarters. And with the cocker spaniels, and the luncheon served on the river-fronting terrace. The delectable food, the sky above them, the sun sparkling on the swimming pool, the flowers — and AJan, golden brown, with his sunbleached hair above the white of his uniform—all these merged into one delightful haze. z Later that afternoon, when Daphne, in bathing attire, sat on the edge of the pool, watching the children splashing in the water, she thought—as if it were a revelation: This is the kind of life I dreamed about. It was hers for two days—or a lifetime, if she wanted it. “It’s been the loveliest two days I’ve ever had,” she told Alan on Sunday night ivhen they were looking at the stars from the terrace. “It’s been quiet. A little riding, a little swimming, a little backgammon. Very simple. But you have enjoyed it?” “Love it!” Daphne exclaimed, smiling a little as she thought how she’d been enjoying “simplicity” which was the very essence of elegance. “Too bad you have to go back tomorrow.” “Yes.” “Juanie’s been having a picnic. Kit and Bets have been teaching him to ride the pony. I think we’ve got a triangle there. Os course he’s a little too young to make a choice between the girls, hut . . .” “Juan thinks he’s gone to heaven,” she said dreamily. “How about you?” “It is heavenly,” she said truthfully. “I feel a little bit that way myself.” Alan was mixing a drink for himself, and he spoke without turning. “Room enough for me in this heaven?” “Why, you’re part of it, Alan!” He brought a drink to her and proposed a toast: “To Pembroke Hall!” “You mean ‘Pemberton’ Hall, don’t you?” “No,” he said, shaking his head. “I was thinking of our house. Os course we could call it anything you like. Dew Drop Inn, if you wish.” Daphne sipped her drink. “Don’t tempt me,” she said lightly. “It could be as much like this as you wanted it. We’d have a pool, of course, and a pony for Juan and —our kids.” She could see his eyes in the moonlight, serious, intent upon her, but she couldn’t speak. A pony for Juan and “our kids.” Alan was speaking again: “Nobody knows what we’ll have when

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the war is over, but I think I coufl support us for life in this stylfl darling.” 3 “I want it, Alan,” she said. V want this kind of a life. I like kinds of life, tco. I like my litfl house in New England, and thß simple life I led there. I diw’tkno® if I’ll ever go back to it.... Perhapß the reason I like this so much is cause it's so different from... fro® what I left and 1... I can't be sure. 3 “Let me be sure for you.” 3 “How could you, Alan?’’ ■ “I’d make it always as nice ® this for you ... I know how you fetH about me, Daph; but I guess that® be enough, if you'll take a chance.® “Alan, would you understand paradox if I said I love you? I meaw that I do . . . and yet . . . I am Ml really in love with you.” S “Perhaps.” I Daphne nodded. J “Someone in the past?” Al® asked. 3 “Someone who didn’t want me,® she said. „ I “I want you, any part of you. ■ Daphne put her hand on In® “Knowing about . . . that thei® was...?” ,1 Alan paused, then said, there’s a war on, honey. It may U® three months, three years, or thirtjj Let’s skip the thirty? Suppose!® only three months, or three years® I envy what Jock’s got... his hom® wife, their sweet kids. I ,S uess '“J only human to want a little *■ before you head towards the enem® ... And I’d know that you and Juaij were in a position where you o "1 ways be taken care of .” I Daphne thought if he said anj other word she’d burst into te and throw herself into ms am® As it was, her voice was not steao® when she said, “You’ve waits ® long time, Alan .. . Will you I a little longer?” . .J He took her in his arms, and his cheek against hers kiss her. He murmured, i you, Daphne.” Jock drove back with t^era Washington in the morning, they talked about the headlines, an sports, and the raising of y children. Juan had been left to spend the week with Kitty, a Betty Pemberton, and it " a , til Alan stood at her said, “How long does it take y to make up your mind. “A month?” M ( “How about the Fourt ’’’ ” u t that I expect you to rememher, it was last Fourth of July that first proposed to you. “I remember,’’ Daphne deria«4 and walked into her membering the plate of f be . left in the cool cellar for Ste fore she went to the picnic that a year ago. . There was a pile of mai o desk and she flicked thro g en idly, her heart sk>PP in £ a J*’ th her she saw a long envelop ’ writer , name addressed on a ty > and a North Wintridgc po>tm in the corner. * « (To be continued) Cenyriiht bs M« le I* DlstribnUd by Kln»