Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 21 May 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evenixg Except. Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office aa Second Clau Matter. J. H. Heller Preildent A. R. Holthouae, Sec’y. * Bui. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vlce-Preeldent Subscription Rates Single Conies - $ .01 One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells «• unties, Indiana, and Mereer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, $4.50 per year; $2.50 for six months; $1.85 lor three months; 50 cents for one monf. Rlaevhere: $5.50 per year; SI.OO lor six months; $1.65 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women in the armed forces $8.50 per year or SI.OO for three months. Advertising Ratos Made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER A CO. II Lexington Avenue, New Tork I E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Di. JBl’Y THAT EXTRA WAR BOND THIS WEEK. —o Money talks much louder than words — when its put into war bonds. —o How about a U. S. war bond as graduation present? Nothing could be liner or more appropriate. —o A week of sunshine and nice weather will go a long ways towaids correcting damage done by the rain and frost. Here's hoping. o—o The Reich is under strict military rule and will so continue until a proper government is established Looks like a good chance for some young German to see the possibilities under a democratic form of power and get it started. —o The Bluffton boy who though but fifteen years old. committed more than 500 thefts according to his own confession, was certainly getting well along on a criminal career. He admits stealing about efre> - y thing he could get loose from petty items to automobiles. O—o Fritz Kulm is going back to Germany, labeled an “undesirable citizen." He has had a checkered career in this country, including a prison sentence for embezzlement of Bund funds. Over there he will he held for a hearing by the military forces to whom he may have a hard time explaining some of his acts. —o The Ellwood high school has changed its name and will hereafter be known as the Wendell L. Willkie high school, in memory of the former Republican candidate for president whose last years were devoted to campaigning the world for maintainence of lasting peace. The dedication services recently held were attended by 3,000 admiring friends from over the country. O—O Thirty-seven Deca'ur boys, members of the Scouts and Cubs, have qualified and will receive SeoutGen. Eisenhower waste paper campaign medals. To get one each lad had to gather 1.000 pounds of waste paper and they did it. The lads may well feel proud of their recognition and their thedals tfill bb

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coveted souvenirs, marking their effort and success in aiding to win the war. Congratulations, Scouts and Cubs O—O As every body knows there is a meat shortage and according to Mr. Vinson, war mobillzer director, it won’t show much improvement for several months. Plans are underway to relieve the shortage but It takes time to produce beef and pork, so it looks like we will just have to tighten our belts for a while and hope the war with Japan will cease 'ere long. To do that buy bonds and help the mighty seventh campaign. O—O Plans are now being made for a big state fair in Indiana in 1946. It is believed that the beautiful and spacious grounds at Indianapolis will be turned back to the state by the war department soon and work to prepare for the fair will stat t immediately after that happens. For many years the Indiana state fair was recognized as one of the best in the .United States and it U expected that the reopening will be the best ever held. O—o A report from Tokyo byway of other countries is that five leading merchants, representing much of Japan’s wealth, are now Seeking some means of securing a peace that will “save face" and can therefore be sold to the war leaders of the nation. It's any thing now to prevent complete destruction which they realize is coming. And white it is not probable they will be given any compromise it is encouraging because it shows a weakness may portend early capitulation. O—O Tommy Bosse is mad at the weather man and so are a lot of other boys and girls his age. They insist the bureau went entirely too far when it failed to provide a little sunshine and a dry field for the circus that was advertised for here and had to be called off. Its tough kids and we think something ought to be done to bring you a circus soon, for life without a few clowns and elephants and ponies and the peanuts and pop that go with them becomes very drab. Let's take it up with the Chamber of Commerce.

——o—U The thrilling story of the U. S. carrier Franklin and the heroic action of the survivors,. is of keen interest here because Dick Colter of this city and Lieut. Commander James L. Fuelling, formerly ot Hoagland, were aboard the big ship at the time of the disaster. Commander Fuelling has returned to his present home at Indianapoliswhile Dick is at Pearl Harbor where he was taken after beihg rescued. The Franklin will be rep? red Immediately. it is said. and return to finish her work in the South Pacific. —o A capacity crowd attended the baccalaureate service of the ttecatur high school held at the JuniorSenior auditorium last evening. Rev. William C. Feller, pastor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church of this city gave the sermon, his well chosen subject being, ‘'tracing the Mystery and Adveiiture of Tomorrow." He told them Os the adversities and obstacles to be met but emphasised the thrill of success that comes to those who meet the future bravely and properly prepared. Rev. McPheeters gave 1 the invocation and Steripture lesson and Rev. Marshall the closing prayer and tfenedictiori. it was an impressive service. —oThe state oflice of Civilian Defense as it has existed will be abolished, according to announcement by Governor Gates. The bulk of the work left to be done in this field will be cared for by the Adjutant General. The Governor reminded the citizens of Indiana, who are working in Civilian Defense ■

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that President Truman's statement to congress announcing termination of the Federal OCD urged that our citizens continue the fine work they have been doing in all the states and the communities of the country. The Governor has no intention at this time, he said, of relieving as leaders of civilian defense ing as leader of civilian defense activities in their local communities, as mandated by the Indiana State defense act of 1941. o 4 ♦ Twenty Years Aao t Today May 01—Frank Armanftrout bf Geneva resigns as county truant officer. Central i-iohool publishes annual “Deeds and Misdeeds." # 'ftev. G. B. Work of Circleville, Ohio, former pastor of the Decatur

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Methodist church, is visiting here. Babe Ruth is improving and will rejoin the Yankees in a couple of weeks. .Eddie ißickeiibacker will pace the 500-mile race at Speedway. Mses Madge Hite is improving from a serious illness and operation at the Adams county 'Memorial 'ho'o'pital. ———o « > I Modern Etiquette | 3y ROBERTA LEE « 4 Q. When a young woman has Ibcen introduced to an elderly woman, is it all right for the younger woman to walk away after talking for a minute? <A. No: the elderly woman should make the first move to leave. |Q. What fe the correct way to serve wine at a (buffet supper? A. Arrange the bottles on tihe sideboard. The host Should then fill the gla-'J-'e's, which are taken by the guest to their places. Q. Would it J bc all right to use tinted calling cards'?

A. They are not in good taste. The cards should be of white stock, good quality, and engraved in black. o— I Household Scrapbook I | By ROBERTA LEE | ♦ ♦ Spraying Trees ISpraying fruit trees while in (bloom is not advisable. Some states even prohibit it by law. It not only kills the honey bees 'but interferes ■with the pollination of tihe blossoms. When Scrubbing (Fold two tcwels "into small •squares and •stuff them into the knees of the stocking's. There will hhe no sore knees 'by the time all the floors are scru'Ubed and cleaned. Curtain Rods (Cover the end of tihe curtain rod with an old glovp finger and it will ■not catob when running in the hems of scrim net curtains. 0 — Trade in a Gocd Town — Decatur

MARINES EMPLOY (Continued From Page One) gested Shut! might be taken within a week. Casualties mounted by Ihe hundreds in close-quarter fighting as the Okinawa campaign entered its 51st day. American dead, wounded and missing through Friday totalled 30,526—m0re than 10,000 greater than casualties on Iwo. Japanese dead alone for the period totalled 48,103. Q Special awards for 10 years of ac-cHent-free driving have been made to 1,500 operators of Railway Express trucks, while 10,000 others of the 15,000 truck drivers of the Agency hold no afeident record for from one to 10 years, and some individuals have been free from accident for front 1 20 to 30 year*. o / I C/t o BY I FRED W. BRAUN © Wie'&ifrty iDo you know that all major catastrophes in the United States since 1895, including the Chicago fire, the Galveston tidal wave, floods, and others have kill d less than 25,000 Americans? When such catastrophes with their high death tolls are flashed across the front pages of our newspapers, the public is apalled. However, it seems that until sohij shocking tragedy occurs the general public is indifferent to existing hazardous conditions. iFor instance, the Boston night clulb fire in 1912 caused a wave of building inspections which produced salutary results. Many fire traps wtere eliminated. Many improvem nts were made in existing buildings. The astonishing thing albout ev-

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' SYNOPSIS HELEN MILLER is an attractive young woman ot 26, who has been , jilted by a playboy, PAUL WENTWORTH, a southern plantation owner, who married ZOE NORRIS. Helen lives in an apart- ! ment with war plant trainee AGOIE JONES, a pleasant, 30-year-old self-confessed "old maid,” who urges i Helen to try to mend her broken heart by dating PHILIP BROWNELL, foreman and manager of the war plant owned and l operated by Helen’s l AUNT MINERVA, a shrewd business woman who drives a hard bargain and i hopes to match Brownell and her niece during Philip’s stay in New York on vacation. • • • YESTERDAY: Helen returns to Lakeville escorted by a sailor, an airman and a soldier, to find that the home town has changed a great deal. Aunt Minerva meets Helen and breaks the n«ws to her that she is expected to take charge of the plant’s office. Philip is invited to the Miller’s for dinner and appears looking just as attractive to Helen as he had looked in New York. CHAPTER THIRTEEN “WELCOME home,” said Philip. “Thanks,” said Helen, “It is good frk Vtn TiqpV ** Philip kissed her, held her against the rough tweed of his jacket. She relaxed—felt that she had indeed come home. She liked the clean, tobacco smell of him, loved the strength of his arms, adored his nearness. “When,” she wanted to know, “do I meet Dick?” “Right after dinner,” Philip replied. “I told him he could sit up and wait for us.” Miss Minerva returned. “A very charming picture,” she said. Helen quickly stepped away from Philip’s embrace. “We do make a rather fetching picture, don’t we?" fshe said with an effort at lightness. “I wouldn’t ask for a ‘fetchinger’ one,” Miss Minerva smiled. “Dinner’s ready and I’m starved.” ’ “So am I,” said Philip. “Had such a heck Os a time getting a production hitch straightened out, I didn’t take a lunch hour.” “Nothing to eat since breakfast?” said Helen. ! “A sandwich and a glass of milk, that’s all,” Philip said. He took Miss Minerva’s arm and Helen’s, and the three of them went out to the big, cheerful dining room of the rambling old house, i What a beautiful place it was, Helen thought, as she saw the spring sunshine, still bright with silyer at 6 o’clock, touching the heavy old mahogany table. There were flowers in a shallow yellow I bowl that had once belonged to her | great-grandmother Miller—jonquils rich with color, and a conglomeration of old-fashioned blossoms whose names she had forgotten. The well remembered candlesticks and Martha Washington —which had belonged to the Burnett side of the family, had been brought out and polished. The crystal pendants caught the light and turned it into bits of green, blue and red. tlncle Zeke, combinatipn chef and butler, had done himself proud, preparing all the things he knew Helen liked. He had called in his granddaughter, Verbena, to serve. She was as black as her grandfather, (but with hair ajl non-kinked, and touches of red upon her nails. Lipstick, too, accentuated the whiteI ness of her teeth when she smiled. “This room,” said Philip with genuine admiration, “is America. Every time I enter it I find myself thinking that it symbolizes all that ' we’re now fighting to keep intact.” ■ “Thank you, Philip,” said Miss : Minerva. She glanced up at a porr

ery-day accidents is that they kill approximately 90,000 to 100,000 people annually. In 1941 alone, 91, 000 people were killed by accidents. Without blazing headlines wiih out fanfare -but just as eff otively — these accidents occur and the American publie goes serenely on its way. Why don’t you .start your own Personal Safety Campaign today by resolving to drive carefully in order to preserve your own life and health as well as thinse ot others? o Ration Calendar Sugar Stamp 35 valid through June 2. Stamp 36 valid through August 31. New stamp to be validated September 1. * Processed Foods Blue stamps H 2 through M 2 valid through June 1. Blue stamps N 2 through S 2 valid through June 3D. Blue etamps T 2 through X 2 valid through July . 31. Blue stamps Y 2, Z 2 and Al through Cl valid through August 31. Meats, Etc. Red stamps Y 5 and Z 5 and A2 through D 2 valid through June 2. E2 through J 2 valid through June 30. Red stamps K 2 ‘ through P 2 valid through July 31. Red stamps Q 2 through U 2 valid through August 31. I ■ Shoes Stamps Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of air- . plane series in book 3 valid indefenitely. Coupons interchangable between members of the same fa- . mily. Gasoline No. 15 coupons now good for four gallons each, through June 21. B. . and C. coupons good for five gal- ; lons each, through June 21. B and C coupons good for five gallons. > , Fuel Oil Periods 4 and 5 coupons valid throughout the current heating sea- . son. New periods 1,2, 3 and 4\cou-

trait, dimmed by age, mellowed by time, that hung above the mantel. “Old Daniel Miller —the founder of the family and the builder of this house —would have been pleased, too, to hear you speak like that.” She smiled. “Go on, Philip, talk some more! Maybe I can get some pointers for my speech.” “Which speech?" said Helen. “The one I’ll make if and when the Miller plant is presented with the Army and Navy ‘E’.” “You mean you’re actually going to get it, Aunt Minerva?" “Some rumors are afloat,” said her aunt. “We deserve it, I’ll say that much. And I reckon I’ll have to stand on a platform or something, with a flag around me, and do a Churchill or a Roosevelt.” Philip laughed. “You can do it, too!” he said. “As a speaker, Miss Minerva, you—you make the silvertongued Bryan sound like a tinkling eymbal and a sounding brass.” “What do you know about William Jennings Bryan?” said Miss Minerva., “He was before your time.” “I read,” said Philip. “Besides, I’ve heard older people tell about him.” “Well, let’s forget him,” said Miss Minerva, “I’d rather you talk about the present. As I said, you may give me some good points." “I’d rather eat right now,” said Philip, grinning. “I’m ‘hongry’.” Helen said: “When are you two going to have a job for Aggie?” “Does she really want to come home?" Miss Minerva wanted to know. “Does she?” said Helen. “She’s talked of nothing else since Philip was in New York. She’s clever, too. Philip saw how she handles assembly work.” “Very well,” said Miss Minerva. “I’ll discuss the matter later —at the office.” Philip said to Helen: “How about you? You were also going to the defense school.” “But I wasn’t nearly as adept as Aggie,” said Helen. “And sometimes I think I took up the work more to keep from being left at home alone on class nights than for any other reason.” “Never mind,” said Miss Minerva. “You’re going to do brain work in the office. There are plenty of women who can don overalls and work in the factory. What I need is a capable secretary, someone who can take over a lot of detail office work that gives me a pain.” There was the sound of a plane overhead. Helen, about to lift her fork, held it suspended mid-air. Her aunt glanced at her, so did Philip. Then they both looked away—and the sound died far off into the distance. “Mail route?” Helen inquired, trying to assume a sort of conversational tone. “No,” said her aunt. “Paul Wentworth.” Aunt Minerva, true to character — dragging everything out in the open, getting everything all cleared up. "Anyway, he’s flying for a good cause.” "What do you mean?” said Helen. “He's a member of something he calls the CAPS.” Philip said: “Civilian Air Patrol. Wentworth got back yesterday. He’s been somewhere taking some sort of l raining.” “He doesn’t run the plantation any more?” Helen asked “Sure he does,” said Miss Minerva, “and doing it. darned well, much as I dislike admitting it. Fly-

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ing for the CAPS h a W: soniithh.,:, I to aD i feel lie 2 So’ Bea Helen w. nt on with ‘ 0 , Tin,, ('..nv. ing .-iboiu tiie in LiVitiis at plant. 11. ■ ■ its share nttiniiei'.. A I Then had eofiee in the f large, sminre room with clod walis, Hl paintings, O 'or.s. At a little . n 8 o’clock . up. “I’m all said. woman gets to be my a. : ardtlMp a world war. she. has eight hours. If youii excuse i ii me me tn my two feather Philip, smiled “Good ymi!" la her hand. ‘Tli.mks for the sleep tieb.t. be sure , 00i the clock on time.” s 14( Miss Minerva chuckled. who’s tcllina what!” she 6 "Or is it Aim's tdlins ■rfi®!^» uni b never can ivinernl'i r.” She !■ Helen a. k I"-" foreman up too late.” V “No'm,” said Helen. "I When Hek Ib-P" :r '^Bext i -. alone, I'liilm “Shall we out now and Dick?” “Yes,” said Hikn. "Let's. mean you a far ' “Have to.” said riulip. “ “I thought wd a,Sol^K a a horse'” bea "No. I live iwetty far use gas sparingly.” Helen tlir. a lieht wrap m( her shoe' i' cli a 2; danna ab ut r hair. » < went out to Halm's sm>H of the It'.'o \iam.,e,'’ he « “But 11/ .irnftmind. hek “Os course I don't,” said to “When tlie '•wi's & said, "aim fac'-orilv. T f (M that will k'i“'k year eye cm. “What sort of car is „ K! ‘'A'ea>’” said I'ln’ip, sneedy and strictly up ute. The sort ot enough to dn.mantr Helen got in besme sped out of P’"/' I ' c 'iKat. aged trees street ano M P““. -f been built. y countless vic'“’-y "'"''i 1 '" M c u , ,r i ih" born. the process of i she sensed im'i mohad now taken | easy-going. :". in ; pleasant-rut v.m ■ • had once l- n , ~‘l in« J! Lakeville ami tm ;L ™ act country. She ‘Tt’s all v..ur a"' Philip. ”SDe determined mm. 1. ■ ‘■>7 "" i'm.o *. r fort-and J" , L , v ,, l3 ii in she’s got ev rv ■ child in Lakevdle ' ; Ire ami doing Imvr :>'■ . liaS K sq "She has been th she?” said H’bn w-' • : “And if t!' l ' in st a monument to middle of V" 1 ," Philip, “tbe towns ■ | nor appncm'mn. “ A Sf-t'K'."*,; ' -■•Ki g Helen, “wan ° 11 ■'Bl n

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