Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 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., Post Office as Second Claw Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R. Halthouse, Sec’y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller. Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies $ .04 One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties,' Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, |4.50 per year; $2.50 for six months; $1.35 for three months; 50 cents for one month. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 for six months; $1.65 for three moathe; 60 cents for one month. Men and women In the armed forces $3.5Q per year or SI.OO for three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative BCHEERER & CO. 16 Lexington Avenue, New York. 2 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago 111. The eale of war bends is lagging a little. Help put'the big campaign over. This is no time to let up. f o—O Detroit went a whole day or two without tt single strike which is as startling news as when the "man bites a dog.” O—O The Bible school is in full swing 4 now with a large enrollment and with much interest being manifested. Mrs. Russell Owens is the dean has a corps of capable assistants. O—O General Mark Clark, one of the heroes of the war in Europe is enjoying hfs visit home in the midwest. He has a great record as a soldier and a citizen and deserves the honors now being bestowed. O—O The war has cost the world a trillion dollar’s. Just think, that’s a thouJhrd billion. The world could certainly have Veen improved in many ways if that vast sum and the millions of lives that have been lost could have been diverted to constructive purposes. * O—O The Yanks trapped thirty thousand Japs in North Luzon and they are being annihilated. That would be quite a blow to any other country but Japan keeps on hurling her men in and telling them to fight until the last man is gone. What a nation? O—O Judge Sherman Minton eays he is not a candidate for United States senator. His name has been frequently mentioned and he could no doubt have the nomination if he wanted it. He served seven years in the senate with a good record aqd is now a federal judge on the Court of Appeals in Chicago. ——Q—© The war prisoners who started and continued the riot at Fort Harrison,, resulting in the death of a guard, serious injuries to three prisoners and the destruction of seven barrack buildings, will no doubt learn to their sorrow that they haven’t beaefitted their position any/ __O_ Cpl. Ralph Peterson is back in the states' after some harrowing exDemocrat Want Ada Get Results ■ll 1 —" I—l ' ■ ■ PLEASE! After yeodw P a P er please ware it for your * * MMIMBfR- ‘ I W«B W A #1 ** B MLATIIIAi. SHOBTAOff |

periences in the European war He was a captive from December 17th until April 9th and has been in the armed service since 1942. His parents and othpr relatives and many friends are happy over the news of his safe return. O—O Wounded twice within a year, Pre. Dwight Arnold, is now a patient in a hospital at Hawaii. He was last injured April 22nd on Okinawa and has been in the service since October, 1941, and overseas more than three years. His many friends are hoping for his speedy recovery. o—O Why should any one tire of buying bonds? They are the beet investment you can make. For every three dollars you put in you get back four in ten years. You won’t have to sell bonds at a loss, so pile up all of them you can. That’s what the banks and insurance companies are doing and they are managed by smart business men. O—O I “There is no necessary reason in the logic of geography, or in the logic of economics, or in the logic of national objectives why the United States and the Soviet Union ever should find themselves in conflict with each other, let alone the kind of conflict that reckless and irresponsible men have begun now to suggest.”— Archibald MacLeish, Assistant Secretary of State. o—u President Truman evidently believes in a cabinet composed of men from various parts of the country. Under the late President Roosevelt, five members were from New York State, two from Pennsylvania and one each from Indiana, lowa and Illinois. Now half the members are from west of the j Mississippi. They are Wallace, Hannegan, Clark, Anderson and Schwellenback. " 0-0 Senator LaFollette says we may be heading for a truce and not for enduring peace and of course that's the pessimistic way to look at it. If People think that way, we won’t have peace very long. The world is big and the people speak many languages. Few countries have had the educational facilities provided for the people of America. Problems come thick and fast and unless they are solved promptly and in a spirit of justice, the world will continue in an uproar of war until mankind is liquidated. On the other hand if we look forward a genuine desire to make things better, it can be done, not all at once, but eventually. o—O For Church Support: Much of the chaos and war in 1 the world is traceable directly to utter disregard of the simple principles set forth in the Golden Rule, Ralph E. Kiare, department chaplain of the Indiana American Legion said in calling attention to the poster that is going up in streetcars and public places throughout Indiana. “For God and Country," is more than just a slogan in our preamble,” State Chaplain Kiare said. In connection with the desire in every heart for an early end of the Pacific war and establishment of lasting peace, the State Legion Chaplain urged public support on a universal scale of the churches in each community. He said: “The American Legion urges its member’s and the public to attend church services of their choice to pray and work for an ending of the war and for estabment of successful machinery among nations to prevent future wars.” Department Chaplain Kiare called upon Legionnaires and the public to contribute liberally financially in support of the church with which they are affiliated. He said: "Not infrequently W« hear an individual who will not pledge cash to his church. Without pledging iri the business world and the conduct

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of the home we would not be credited with gas, water, electricity and other necessities for the month.” Carl J. Suedhoft of Fort Wayne, state chairman of the Legion's outdoor advertising committee, outlined the poster. Many of the posters are being placed in street-cars and places of business throughout the state.—Hartford City News-Times. —o * e Twenty Years Aao Today June 4—/A large crowd attends ■the St. Joseph school commencement held in the auditorium of tine new school building. (It’s 98 in the shade here this afternoon and no signs of relief. The Sunday schools of Adams county will hold a picnic at Lehman’s grove, near Berue July 4. The first gasoline coach runs over the Erie and will start a regular schedule tomori’O'W. Six candidates are initiated jn the Elks lodge. ißalbe Ruth is in the Yankee lineup but failed to get a hit in six trips to the plate. — 1 o man’s life proclaims his worth. When you warm up at the enemy’s fire you are going to get into trouble. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Stand Up and Take It Easy In Cultivating Garden

! The easier you take the job of cultivating, the better it is for your plants. A lazy gardener will never ’ wait until tire weeds grow big enough to see; it is so much easier to kill them in the sprout stage, by stirring the soil before they come to the surface. This stirring should be done with a delicate touch; if you work hard at it, and dig deep, it will do harm than good. Deep cultivating, which stirs the soil several inches deep, is definitely out for garden crops. Experiments have demonstrated that deeply stirred soil dries out faster, and that this form of cultivation, which is very hard work, is likely to disturb the roots of your vegetable plants, and do more harm than good. The right way to cultivate is to keep far enough away from the vegetables, so that you do not even disturb the roots which lie close to the surface, for these are the oldest roots and continue to play an important part in nourishing the plant, even when it grows large. And cultivate just deep enough—an inch or so—to break the soil crust and uproot the tiny white sprouts of weeds, which are just beginning to grow. In normal times you might choose your cultivators from' a great variety; some gardeners used to have as many cultivators as a golfer has clubs. Nowadays, you use what you can get, and it, is good to know that the old fashioned goose-neck hoe is a most satisfactory tool for all cultivating tasks. If you need a hand cultivator, to use in the vegetable row or in small comers where a big hoe cannot function, then a putty knife makes a good one, if you cannot get a'fatter. —■ y-

I Modern Etiquette | 9y ROBERTA LEE ♦ ♦ Q. May the bridegroom mail some of the wedding invitations to hie intimate circle of friends? 'A. No; all the invitations should 'be mailed from the bride's home. The (bride’s fiance should of course furnish a list of his relatives and friends to whom he wishes invitations sent. Q. Is it considered good manners to crook the lit'tle finger when lifting a glass or a coffee cup? A. This merely affectation. Q. Which one should enter first when a mother and daughter are entering an automobile? A. The another. —o — I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE | ♦ O Muffin Tins 'Greased muffin tins will be found convenient for baking apples, stuffed toma'oes, stuffed pappers, and individual meat pies. Many other combinations can be cooked and held to their shape better in this way. Perspiration Stains •Perspiration stains on garments can usually be removed by mixing one part of oxalic acid to twenty parts of water and applying with a Trade in a Gocd Town —Decatur

Bl ... ’ Hoeing Is Fine for Developing i Ccrrect Posture. Cultivate after every rain, when the soil has dried out enough to crumble. Begin cultivating as soon as your crops appear above j.the surface,, and there is no reason why,’; a weed should ever .grow in your garden which . requires’ to be pulled by hand.-Except of course in the vegetable row itself. Here, a few hours’ work on your knees, pulling up the weeds, usually when you are thinning out the crop, will usually clean up the rows for the entire season. £

small brush. Deodorizer (A bottle of lemon juice left uncorked in the bathroom will make an excellent deodorizer. Q_ Corpus Christi Feast Is Celebrated Sunday The feast of Corpus Christi was ■celcibrated in St. Mary’s church Sunday. Procession with tae Blessed Sacrament took place following the high mass.’ ar HW<'» 'I.!"'JI .3WJIH! !=JA “gjg I i mTWI HUNDREDS OF AMAZING I NEW FEATURES THIS I ! YEAR, Including sMULTITUDE OF | TRAINED HORSES, I PONIES, DOGS, MON- I KEYS, BEARS, GOATS R WITH BILL VOCE S REAL WILD WEST, Presenting Hollywood’s Art Mix IN PERSON —O--TWICE DAILY 2 and 8 p.m. June 15 Show G ronntls on Highway 224. The greatest combination of Circus and Wild West ever presented. In Huge Arena patterned after 101 Ranch.

COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN i ♦ ♦ Announcement was made today that again this season a telephone market for surplus vegetables and 'fruits produced in farm gardens will be in operation. Telephone calle for Decatur and vicinity will be handled by Mrs. H. P. Schmitt at their estalblishment on Second St. The telephone number is 96. Here is how the market works: Mrs. Decatur Housewife wants to Can or freeze peas and she has learned that for best results vegetables should be processed as soon aa possible after picking so she wants to get her peas directly off the vine. She will call Mrs. Schmitt and tell her name, phone, approximate quantity of the vegetable she wants and if she can go to the truck patch after it. Mrs. 'Rural Route, whose peas have turned out especially fine, calls 96 and tells Mrs. Schmitt that she will have about a bushel more peas than she needs and would like to sell them. She says that she lives two miles south of town on the ”Mud Pike.” IMrs. (Schmitt looks over her list and sees that (Mrs. Rural Route’s supply will be just right for Mrs. De'catiur Housewife, eo she phones Mrs. Decatur Housewife, who in turn phones Mrs. (Rural Route and they arrange for the transaction. This season, if vegelaibles and some fruits are as abundant as they promise to be, the telephone market should have many calle. Already Mrs. Schmitt knows' of an a(bundent supply of radishes. dt is at 'the request of the Adame county garden and food preservation committee that Mrs. Schmitt Is giving this service. o What you consider important depends upon the kind of company you keep.

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CHAPTER TWKNTY-THRKB PHILIP STEERED the car into 1 a well-kept road that bordered the I Wentworth land. In the distance, at the end of the road, stood the Wentworth home. It was like some- 1 thing out of an ante-bellum story— ’ standing there, white and calm and * inviting, with its two-storied pill- ' ars, fluted, graceful, and topped by carved leaves and acorns. “That,” said Helen, “is the South. ’ It’s what makes southerners dis- ‘ liked by a lot of Yankees —its tra- . ditional background, culture and , beauty. It’s something forever in ’ the blood of a southerner —some- ' thing no northerner could ever un- ' derstand.” “It’s you, my darling,” said Philip. “All that’s lovely, unselfish, and forever desirable." "Thank you, Philip,” Helen said Simply. And as they drew nearer and nearer, she said: “Only people (with generation of culture and background and kindliness could build a house like that—and plan the sort of life the Wentworths and the Millers and the Brownells love, and—” “And are fighting to preserve,” said Philip. And then Zoe Wentworth appeared upon the veranda. She saw them and waved, a doll-like creature standing beside a towering pillar. “Our hostess," said Philip without enthusiasm. “And a bit too cute for such a setting.” Helen did not reply. But all of a sudden she realized that Zoe was the only jarring note—that she didn’t belong. Helen despised herself for thinking such a thing, and yet she could not help thinking it Zoe was an outsider, someone who did not and who never could understand what all the beauty around her meant. “Hello, darlings!” she called to them as Philip brought the car to a standstill. “I’m thrilled to death to see you!” "Hello, Mrs. Wenthworth,” said Philip. "Nice of you to include me.” 1 "Goodness gracious,” said Zoe, i “of course I’d include you! Nice | men are terribly scarce nowadays.” “That,” laughed Philip, “may be ' a dubious sort of compliment, but I it’s too beautiful a day to argue the I point.” Helen said: "I’ve always loved I this place! I used to sit out on this porch and listen to Mr. Wentworth’s marvelous stories. He never seemed to run out of them.” Zoe gave her a quick look. “Come out on the side porch,” she said. “Paul will be here presently. He’s out tending to a sick cow. When he’s not playing animal doctor he’s planting. And when he isn't planting he's flying. Honest to goodness, I seldom ever see him." She led the way through the deep, cool living room, in which still stood the fine old pieces of mahogany furniture that had been in the , Wentworth family for a forgotten number of generations, and out to the small porch that looked over the sunken garden. It had beta enclosed in glass since Helen was out the last time, and—she gazed in astonishment—furnished in strictly modern porch style. Black-framed chairs with pale blue upholstery, things that were as uncomfortable as they were cold and unfriendly. “I simply had to have something up to date,” Zoe sqid, pleased with herself, “so Paul finally told me I could furnish ttys place as I chose.” “Very pleasant,” said Philip coldly.

ACTIVITIES OF ADAMS COUNTY 4-H CLUBS ♦ e Decatur 4-H iMi.-s Mildred Worthiman has outlined the following summer program for the girls of the Decatur 4-H club: Monday: 8:30 a. m. baking 2, 1:30 p. m. baking 1; Tuesday: 8:30 a. m. baking 3; 1:30 p. m. food preparation 1; Wednee--3; Thursday, 8:30 a. in., food preday 8:30 a. m„ baking 2, 1:30 p. baking 1; Friday: 8:30 a. m., baking 3. The meetings will be held in the home economics room at the junior-senior high school, and all girls are asked to be on time for their woOk periods. o Ration Calendar Sugar Stamp 35 valid through June 2. Stamp 3G 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 30. Blue stamps T 2 through X 2 valid through July 31. Blue stamps Y 2, Z 2 and Al through Cl valid through August 31. Blue stamps D, through Hl valid through Sept. 30. w 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. Red stamps V 2 through Z 2 valid through Sept. 30. Shoes Stamps Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of airplane series in book 3 valid indefenitely. Coupons interchangable between members of the same family.

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"Quite & contrast to all that oldfashioned stuff inside, isn’t it?” said Zoe. “Yes, it certainly is,” said Helen. The porch, modernized in such a fashion and so close to the charming living room, was like a candid camera snapshot stuck in the frame of a fine old masterpiece. The place was horrible. It was enough to make all the dead and gone Wentworths turn over in their respective graves. “We might as well have a cocktail,” Zoe was saying. “Paul can have his when he gets here." She called a Negro maid, had the shaker and glasses brought out As she poured she said: “I hope you two are ripe for some bridge?" "I am,” said Helen, “although I’ve done very little playing of late. In New York Aggie and I stuck to two-handed rummy." “I’m out of practice, too,” said Philip. "But it’ll come back to me.” “Os course it will," said Zoe, She handed Helen a glass. “Bridge," said Helen, “is a little like swimming and riding a bicycye. It comes back to you easily.” “Right," said Philip. “You fall into the water, and you just naturally swim. You get on a bike, and your balance seems to be right there. You pick up your cards — and, lo and behold, you remember this convention and that one.” Zoe gave him his drink and picked up her own. “Here’s to a rousing good game!" she toasted. Presently Paul joined them. He was still wearing his working clothes. "Didn’t want to wait to dress before welcoming you," he said. "I’m darned glad you could get here.” “So are we,” said Helen. Paul drank his cocktail quickly. "I’ll run up and change," he said. He turned to Zoe. “You can tell cook to start things toward the dining room." “Don’t take forever to dress,” said Zoe. “Everything’!! be cold.” “A quick shower,” said Paul, "and I’ll be back in three shakes of a sheep’s tail.” The dinner, typically southern, was perfect—all the things Helen particularly liked, and cooked as only an old Negro woman knew how to cook them. There were wines, too —from the Wentworth cellar that was cool and deep. “I opened some of Dad’s 1916,” Paul said. “He was saving it for a special occasion. And this is it" The 27-year-old wine was bloodwarming, delightfully mellow and nutty of flavor. It seemed to go with the beautiful dining room, which, like the Miller dining room, was oak-paneled to a height of six i feet; there were some rare old paintings, rich and warm of color, that had been brought over from Europe by the Wentworths who had lived in the house during the long, long ago. "Now for some bridge!” Zoe said, ' when the meal was over. She spoke i to the maid waiting upon the table > and said: “Serve our coffee on the ■ side porch, Jtyia.” “Yas’m,” said Julia. Zoe arose, and the others with i her. 'Hiey moved back to the mon- ’ strosity, where they smoked their I cigarets and sipped their coffee. , There was a pleasant drowsiness in i the air, and Helen wondered if she could keep awake long enough to ; get into a bridge game. i “Get the tatye set, will you, i Paul?’’Zoesaid. Paul brought out a table from in- ' side, together with cards and score pads. . “Are we playing for any-

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thing?” he asked. I "That’s up io you two," saifl Philip. | “Let’s make it a twentieth," saifl Zoe. “That too steep?” ] “It’s all right with me," saifl Helen, | “Me, too,” said Philip. He smilefl at Helen. “Only you know whal these husband-and-wife conibinal tions can do to their opponents," I “Don’t let that bother you," sail Paul. “Zoe and I aren’t so hot al partners. Getting our signals mixel is our strongest point.” ! “That,” said Helen, “gives ml encouragement. Shall we draw fol partners? Or shall Philip and fl take the two of you?” | “Let’s draw,” said Zoe. J Helen drew Paul and Philip drel Zoe. J They settled back and begai playing. The game went nicelji with Helen and Paul winning up tl a certain point. Then Zoe and I’hilii ' came to the fore. It was late aftej noon when they finally decided tl ' call quits. Helen and Paul were tfl ■ winners when the scores had heel counted up. I I Zoe said: “My goodness, Paul, I ■ you played half as well as my pari I net as you did with Helen, niays : we could win now and then.” Slj ■ turned to the others. “Up in Yasll ’ ington we played night after nighl and what Paul lost was scan dale J I He never could seem to rememM i what my bids meant.” I Paul grinned; “Maybe, honey, 1 s said, '“that’s because you wej ; never certain of their meanM > yourself.” He got up, stretched M ; legs. “Want to see the plane nol I Helen?” ] “Os course I do,” she said cage ly. “Come on, Philip, let s all I . have a look.” „. . “You three go,” said Zoe. * I stay here and straighten up. Helen fell into step between u two men, and they went ou’. to u ’ big barn. “Some day, when I can »an»l , it,” Paul said, “I’ll build me a M f gar.” He rolled Lack the oto which had been hung to acconW , date the plane’s incomings and o i goings. “There!” he said. “Lnt* 3 a beauty?” . , v r “She is,” said Helen. She walk e over and caressed one of the w> 1 as though it were something and breathing. “She loota( M • than she used to. Has she ta weight from high living or . th «Wo, it’s only because she’s I j side,” Paul said. “Grab a 3 "Philip, will you, and weH r out into the sunshine. Th® ; said: J’Shall I take you up for j ' “It won’t accommodate thr< . will it?” Philip said. ; “No. but I’ll take you up on j a time —you can draw E chance.” „ YoU Philip looked at Hetem / t ahead,” he said. “I’ll stick to ? firma a while longer. . a Helen said: “Ought we ,up gas when it isn t n . ec ' pq “ “It is necessary,” said up every day to have a t a pipe lines, the Miller P - of „ . surroundipg countr3r :„_.> r duty as a CAPS member. . “I would love l t! s £ d f .'wait ; “Okay, let’s,’ said Paul D moment. I’ll get y° u ‘ YoU c 2 of mine and some gogg L _ hai . tie a handkerchief over ywr He disappeared into 131 “Stick around, Philip, t . mind, and help me push her E the runway.” (To Be Continued)