Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evanlag Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind.. Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y. A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies * .04 One week by earr!er....__.____ .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells e unties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, |4.50 per year; *2.50 tor six months; *1.35 for three months; 50 cents for one mont’. Elsewhere: *5.50 per year; *B.OO for six months; *1.65 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women In the armed forces *3.50 per year or *I.OO for three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 1 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. i~ i —-— Strickland Gilliland says: “There is no particular harm in saying nothing but you should keep your mouth sedulously shut while doing it.” —o—o Don’t forget to get an application for canning sugar from your grocer and send it. properly filled oirt, to the ration board before the end of the month. May 30th is the deadline. —o Get ready to plant that garden as soon as the sun starts giving out it’s rays again. In a few weeks you can have many vegetables that will help complete the family menu. The weather has been bad. but don't give up. —o Thfcs would have been a big corn planting week if the weather man had not soaked things up with almost continuous rainfall. Now it looks like, in many fields, it will be another week before this big and important task can be tackled. —o General Joseph Stillwell, better known among his boys as "Old Vinegar Joe” is not optimistic about the war with Japan ending soon. He Bays they won’t quit and they won’t be easy to lick. He hopes it won’t be that bad, but says it’s the way we must judge it if we are to eventually win. O—O According to cigarette manufacturers, the supply of that smoke will increase for civilians the next couple of months. They have plenty of tobacco and as the European demand lessens, the number will increase here. Additional labor will also aid and it won’t be long ■until you can step up and ask for your favorte brand—and get it. —o The mighty Seventh War Loan campaign is on, is going good and will be successful if we all keep at it. Don’t let up for a minute. We must continue to meet every requirement of those brave men who are fighting the Pacific war and it costs plenty of money. Loan all you can to Uncle Sam. -0 The city of Nagoya in Japan got a dose of 3,500 tons of fire bombs Thursday, causing terrific losses in a sixteeu-mile area. They know they can’t stop It but they can’t

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give up the “faee ssrfng" Idea. If they don’t quit soon they won’t have many faces to save. O—O The death of Frank G. Christen has brought sadness to many who knew him as a fine, capable and Christian gentleman. While more than half his life was spent away from here, this was home and he enjoyed the past few years as he renewed the acquaintance of old school mates and friends. His passing is sincerely regretted by many who join us in extending sympathies to the bereaved widow and other relatives. O—O The world conference may be over by June Ist. It looks as though the most serious problems have been compromised or adopted as "is" and now only the writing of a world charter remains. Os course something can arise at any time to delay final adoption but just now the picture looks roscy. Evidently every Allied country has had more than enough war and is honestly and seriously planning to avert another. o—o Leaders who developed into expert bandits in Japan, Germany and Italy have learned the sorry lesson that erhne does not pay. They called it aggression which was just another term for taking what did not belong to them because they had euperior strength or were better prepared. They brought disaster to their people and suffering to themelves. The rest of the world slept or loafed while these countries built great armies and navies and stored supplies. That should never be permitted again and unless we doze off again, it won’t. O—O Know The Law? How many laws does the Indiana businessman —or the returning veteran who wants to go into business —need to know something about? Well, it all depends upon the type of business, but the magnitude of the businessman's problem is portrayed by a new publication of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, “Labor Laws of Indiana. An index of some 800 items is required to list phases of Indiana laws and Federal laws and regulations covered in the publication with which one or more types of Hoosier buainess must comply. These items, it is pointed out by Clarence A. Jackson, executive vice-president of the State Chamber, deal only with employer-em-ployee relationships. They do not cover tax laws and regulations and other business problems, including the No. 1 problem— how to make a profit and etay in business. Most of the laws deal with ail employers and employees, whether a union is involved or not, Mr. Jackson observed. Eleven new Indiana labor laws adopted by the 1945 Legislature are shown in the new publication, along with legislation ut past years. The book was compiled for the chamber membership and public officials by the Personnel Relations Department of the Slate Chamber under the guidance of Wilfred Bradshaw, head of the department, former Marion county judge and former Indianapolis area director of the War Manpower Commission.

Order Os Gripers: In circles in which perfect English is spoken the word "gripe” it not yet accepted as fit company, but it is already established as everyday American and unfortunately, as a too common habit. To gripe is merely to find fault, and nearly everybody does that. The fellow next to you at work, for instance, is always griping about the boss, about the extra work war has piled on him, about the foolishness of gae rationing and paper salvage. Anything which can be criticized is criticized by the perennial and charter members of

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the Ancient Order of Gripers. The fact is, however, that griping, for all its commonness, has never yet accomplished one solitary thing worth while for the griper or for those who have to listen to him. That alone should aajA.ias Sutuaxa ou aAuq 111-w aA\ habits a human being can have griping is one of the most profitless. Once established, it is a migh’y hard habit to uproot, but it can lie uprooted if you will follow these rules: First, refuse to gripe, complain, find fault, backbite, or join a clique that talks about others. If you can t praise, keep still. Second, don’t lend a sympathetic ear to those who want to gripe to you. You can find something to praise just as easily as something to criticize. And it makes you and everyone else feel much better when you do. —Emille Raux in Your Life. o The Canton, 0., Repository frequently eliminates all advertising from a day’s edition during these war. days to conserve paper. The eight-pagb issues are solid news.

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Electric Cords The cords to all "the electrical appliances should be kept a® tight as opssible. Constant twis'ting and bending Will (soon wear out the wires in the cords. Baby’s Bath Make a loose-fitting mitten out of an old Turkish towel, and place it on the hand when bathing the baby. It is preferable to a sponge or washrag. Cloudy Glass Glass will not become cloudy ill damp weather if a little glycerine is l rubbed over it. after cleaning. 0 Twenty Years Aqo ! Today e o May 19 —The sugar company here is building a large concrete vat to take care of waste materials. A heavy frost does damage to fruits and vegetable's here. William Parent Rs 1 building a new home on Adams street. The city will light 'soldier’s monument o ncour house square at suggestion of Boy Scouts. Over 350 have enrolled in Bible school to open June Ist.

Special Services And Meetings Os Churches In Areo First Evan9elical The First Evangelical church will not have a Sunday school session Sunday because of the redeeoration of the sanctuary. The congregation will have the regular morning worship at 10 a. m., meeting in the church basement. The service will be in honor of the graduates of the high school. —o Carton Cigs Brings $62 Cheboygan, Mich. (UP) — A fag-famished Michigan man believes in getting his smokes even if he has to pay *62 a carton. It was legal, though, as the transaction took place during an auction at a chamber of commerce dinner. The same sale brought *l3 for a single pack.

I Modern Etiquette ' Sy ROBERTA LEE J Q. Would it be II right to send greeting cards to public personages, or celebrities, whom one admires? IA. Yes, but the recipient is not Obligated to reply. Q. la.lt necessary that a husband write or telegimph his wife every day while he ils away from home? 'A. A considerate husband will do

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■YNOPSIS HKLBN MMiiK is au attractive yruing wuuiau ot 2u, who Uua peen jilted by a playboy, PaULi WbINT WURTH, a southern plantation owner, wuo married ZOE MORRIS. Helen lives in an apartment with war plant trainee AGGIE JUNES, a pleasant, 30-year-old seU-contessea "oid maid,’* who urges Helen to uy to mend her proaen heart by dating PHILIP BROWNELL, foreman and ot the war plant owned and operated by Helen's AUNT MINERVA, a shrewd business woman who drives a hard bargain and hopes to match Brownell and her niece during Philip's stay m New Xork on vacation,. • • • YESTERDAY; Raul. Wentworth and his wile, Zoe, leave Washington tor Lakeville and his plantation, where lie hopes to produce vegetables and join the Civil Air Patrol. He wishes Helen could be in Lakeville, too, and he wishes that she would consent to hy with him again. Meanwhile, Helen leaves for Lakeville, with misgivings, to take up work in her Aunt Minerva s plant, and make up her mind about Philip Brownell. CHAPTER TWELVE GOING HOME . . . going home • • • going home. • • • Down the stairs, . . . Into a Pullman with a high-falutin’ name—and filled to capacity. Getting settled in a section that had been hard to get. Everybody in the world going some place. Uniforms . . . uniforms . . . uniforms. Endless military and naval insignias. How on earth could anyone memorize them all, tell which *as which, and who was who, or what was what? Out to the diner—standing in line for an hour. Soldiers and sailors, flyers and marines—all hungry—starved. Finally • table—shared with a navy man, an army man, and a member of the air corps. All eager to talk to her—laughing—kidding —having fun. Back to the Pullman. Bridge with the three men. The trip home proving to he gay and amusing—something for which to be everlastingly grateful. “See you at breakfast!” said the armv man, “Me„too,” said the navy man. "TH be there—completing the trio,” said the member of the air corps. “Making it a crowd!” said the other two. Into the upper berth—and off to Sleep almost at once. Although she had expected to lie awake all night, wondering, worrying. And then the morning—gettihg dressed — watching the southern scenery unfold outside the dressing room window. Sunlight streaming In, The diner once more. The three men already there. Helen smiled at them. Oh, God, let them all come back home safe and sound. More laughter—kidding —with now and then a serious note which the three men tried to push aside. Riding on and on, and to what? Oblivion? Death? No, no. no! Yet it was what Philip Brownell wanted to be doing—riding on and on, and to what? Keeping the world decent for the sake of his son. No more wars. Drawing nearer and nearer home. Outskirts of Lakeville. The Miller Mills. Helen caught her breath. “What’s the matter?” one of the men asked. - “Seeing r-y home town for the first time in over two years, - ' said Helen. “Hardly know the old place." The three men leaned to lock out of the window. “Quite a plant, that!” one said. i “Yes,” said Helen. “They used to

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manufacture axe handles, but now they are manufacturing plane and tank parts.” “Good old south!” said the flyer. “Always doing its bit, Never letting a guy down.” “You from the South?” someone asked. “Betchu boots I am.” “Let’s hear you-all give that that rebel yel, son." “Shut up!” The train began to slow down. Helen said she must hurry back to the Pullman to gather up her belongings. The three men went with her. They escorted her down the aisle carrying her luggage. They got off the train with her. They marched her down the depot platform. “Good Lord!" Helen exclaimed. “What now?” asked the navy man. Helen nodded toward a woman in dungarees who was carrying, of all things, an axe handle. Then she hurried forward, still escorted by the three. . “Gentlemen, my aunt!" she said. “Aunt Minerva, meet the Army, the Navy and the Air Corps!” “What the—” Miss Minerva gasped. “Mr. Anti-Aircraft,” said Helen, "Mr. Crow’s Nest, and Mr. Bombardier!” “Hello, Aunt Minerva!” the three men sang out. “Hello, boys!” said Aunt Minerva. “Welcome to Lakeville. Pile in —and we’ll all go home for potluck.” “Gosh!” said the air corps man. “An honest to gosh old canopy top.” “With fringe!” said the sailor. "And a horse to pull it!” said the soldier. “Sure,” said Aunt Minerva. “To save gas. Didn’t you boys know there was a war on?” They all laughed.’ “Where,” said Helen, “did you get that nag?” “From the milkman,” Aunt Minerva replied. “His name’s Nebuchadnezzar.” “The milkman?” “No, the horse. He’d been turned out to eat grass, like the man in the Bible—but I bought him to take the place of the car.” “What’s the milkman using?” “A younger horse.,This one’s getting on in years.” MisS Minerva chuckled. “Only thing is he can’t forget his milk delivering days. He’s always coming to a. stop in front of the houses we [pass and waiting for me to leap owt with a bottle.” She turned to the three men in uniform. “All right., let’s be on our way.” , “Gosh,” said the wish , we could.” “But we’re heading for Florida,” said the soldier. Just then the conductor called “All aboard!” and the three men turned and ran. They swung'aboard the Pullman, calling back messages “I’m coming back to marry you,’ ■ said the sailor, “soon as this scraf ends.” “Me, too!" said the soldver. “No, they’re not,” said 'the airi man. T’m going to marry you!” i The train speeded up. Suddenly 1 the sailor yelled: “Hey, honey what’s your name?" Helen laughed, tried to-call out , but couldn’t. All she could do wai . stand there and wave. Tbe trair > went on and on, and tl» threi

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young men v. itli it, out of Lakevil out ot her hie, but—she hopedw* a catch in her throat—not out the world. She wateiicu the Mi disappear aroui.il the curve ami down the track, and her hearten out, "Come back—safely—all i you!" “Well!” said Miss Minen “Quite a homecoming!’’ “Yes,” Helen said. “And ju what I needed.’’ She put her an about her aunt and held her clu “Darling, it is good to see yi again.” Miss Minerva kissed her, path , her shoulder. “Sure," she sai ■ “Same here.” ■ They started for the carria “Oh,” said Helen, “you’re limping “Sprained my ankle a couple weeks ago,” her aunt explaia ’ “That’s why I’m using a cane. “Cane?” said Helen. “I UW i it was an axe handle.” 1 “I can use it for a cane, cant I ■ Miss Minerva retorted. She caugl ' up the reins. "GidJap, Nebbie! Neither spoke for several m . meiits. Helen watched the old ! i miliar scenes as they drove M Main street. Only they wcrent I i familiar any more. The torn« grown. So many new f aces-a« , many of the old ones no M • there. Off to the war, she s«?™« New fronts on old stores also, 1 an alertness in the air whnot been there in the days g® . thrv passed the Lakeville h i with its shining coat of wW ■ she remembered Z ne i N ° r “ ! J father had managed the hote., . ing it over and bringing t date. Zoe had acted as his since her mother, who wa M ailin'*' bad to spend many * month shut up in a <“' lrl:e!tctl > on to what he thought nugW - tongue W fl:k . n, r ut sie» - But she didn’t. Instead, “How’s Philip?” Minel “Fine, as usual, sai ( “He wanted to me ' t tl T e p 18 | a couldn’t get away R"e Helen ® wearing apparel wny rces?" she asked. “Comfortable. - a said. “I hav \ to ?Xv-an<isi‘ t the office to the facto y ;. are a nuisance. •-y oVffl! n counting on you taK s d office entirely " a “Yes’m,’' Hcie«e think I can?” t t . lke e "Os course It ~ yOU long to catch on A«e h a Miller, aren t you . va didn’t wait for _ tu? tot •• take it easy today- r Jinllcl night. Philip’s d “How ’«ce! Hole n And wondering - ’ ikevi n e as d attractive to > icr •■ * . f j) C wo 5. had been in New y o- \ liorj) or j ” still be a man in o. i • p one of a million- wor jet But she needn tn> oiJlC tii He was .. out of Esquire. Helen t 0 t flannels and a sport. > j y both her hands in_h. - a j I and deep to* h %wer. searching f° r a had goW t when Miss Miner v t dim , to ihoMwhy _ ; te tMk b.