Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR I DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THKIWCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decat ut, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R. Hothouse, 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 countlee, Ohio, $4.50 per 4or three months; 50 cente for one month. * Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 Jtor six months; $1.65 for three .months; 60 cents for one month. *" Men and women in the armed forces $3.50 per year or SI.OO for months. — *” Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National * Representative -> BCHEERER & CO. Lexington Aver Hie, New York. g 2 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago 111. Jipi Cooper, 101, still works at 5* .his Trade as a tree trimmer and .next Saturday is marrying for the ,4 hi rd time. What a man? -0 c *"• • _ Adams county people have purchased $807,000 of the $1,294,900 quota. Looks like we ought to put Hhat final one-third over the next rtf. «>■ week or two. -r o—o R. • Frozen fruitc and vegetables are ■quite the thing these days and if (the weather man isn't, careful we can get them right out of the •4 • gardens or orchards. Io '* O—O The war has cost the world J trillion dollars and is still going on. Try to count to that figure. It ought to bring sleep to the most -♦e e tie sc soul. —o *lJJrdue experts say there is still “time to grow a good garden that will provide many vegetables for use during the summer and onions, potatoes, turnips and carrots for next winter. Every Victory garden j|ilfhelp solve the food problems. —o •" Wal'da Winchell scooped her dad, fatftQus New York newspaper man, Nrhen she eloped with Sgt. Bill Yawless. Walter admitted surprise and sending congratulations added: “Good luck Bill, you are the first to scoop me in a long time.” —o Dig a little deeper, buy another 'bond. They are the world's beet investments. They will return you interest and protect every thing you have including the boys who »re- at the battle fronts. Adams Bounty must meet her quota. And she will. Help. O—O "Russia believes they have found the body of Adolf Hitler, black and charred and only recognizable by certain records of teeth and body acai®. There may be doubt in the fninds of many for a long time but any way he seems to be out of circulation. O—O • Tomorrow is Derby Day in Louisville and that's always a top sport ing occasion. The old town is jammed* with people who enjoy th? apprt of kings and odds favor Jeep and Pot o’ Luck. It will be on the air about five o'clock and you can get a two minute thrill by tuning in.

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Even after the war is over this nation will have a huge increase in expenses. Think of the thousands of veterans who will need hospitalisation for months and perhaps years, think of the cost of getting ten million men back to normal lives, think of the cost of demobilization. Buy more bonds and help finish the job. O—O Herman Krueckeberg will serve as president of the Decatur Lion’s club the ensuing year, with John Halterman. Robert Gay and Francis Ellsworth. vice-presidents, Thurman Drew, secretary and Harry Knapp, treasurer. These with other officers will continue the organization as a service club that will continue a forward looking policy in this city. They can and will. O—O The city swimming pool is open and the boys and girls are happy It will operate throughout the summer. excepting on Sudays and as in previous years, will be well patronized, especially if the weather man turns on a little extra heat. It’s a fine place for children and it will be wonderful if after the war 16 over, we can have a couple of more pools. O—O According to reports an occas-

ional paper balloon, sent out from Jap sulks, are seen in the northwest part of the country. They carry bombs designed to start tires oi otherwise do damage hut so far results have not been serious witn the exception of the one instance when children found one of the bombs and were killed when it exploded. Those Nips are apparently not overlooking any thing. o—*u Germany, now under control of a four power council, has been trimmed down to the same size it was in 1937. All the effort made by Hitler and his aides have come to worse than naught for that once great nation has been reduced to impotency. When capable of taking care of their own affairs, or in other words when a free government hae been formed and is functioning, it will be returned to them. q_O A Tough Job: “Os all the civilian tasks imposed by war surely the most thankless must be that of administering the Office of Price Administration. To many shortage-ridden business men and consumers, the OPA is some yionstrous punishment devised in Washington, a scheme to prevent the merchant from making a living, or the housewife from hav-

ing plenty of sugar. It has become

the logical whipping boy for civilian complaints against wartime conditions. It has become the target, too, for selfish pressure groups seeking to amend controls for their own profit. “Since Congress passed the Price. Control Act in January. 1942, there have been three OPA administrators. First there was Leon Hendererson, who was succeeded by Prentiss Brown. The third and current administrator is Chester Bowles, the New York advertising executive who took over the job at President Roosevelt's insistence, thinking that he would serve temporarily. He has been on the job now for about two years and we hope he is going to see it through until the war is won and our postwar reconversion is well under way. Mr. Bowies is not running the OPA because he needed a job; the job needed him and he felt it his patriotic duty to respond, despite the heavy personal sacrifice. Those who make his acquaintance are as favorably impressed with him as a personality as they are with his outstanding record. “As Mr. Bowles emphasizer., the most difiicult stretch of the road lies ahead. Victory in Europe will heighten impatience with controls at a time when they are needed

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moet. The trying period ahead calls for Mr. Bowles’ continued energy and courage and for the most cooperation of all Americans who would avoid the disastrous inflation following the last war. If Mr. Bowles continues to exhibit the qualities that have marked his administration to dale, we are confident that when the time for the summing up of the nation’e war effort comes his service in holding the economic line will stand out as a major achievement.” — Dayton Daily News. o— Efficient Rollers The most efficient window shade rollers are approximately H to iy« inches in diameter. Smaller rollers cannot accommodate the length of spring needed for highest working efficiency.

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R « Twenty Years Aao Today • > June B—i The heat wave took 605 lives in 16 midwestern states. Father Leonard Deininger conducted hie first mass at St. Mary’s church here. Thirteen people killed in a C & O train wreck at Converse, Ind. The ckse of Zoe Zehrback vs. the City of Decatur and the Citizens Telephone company, demand sl6, 000 for injuries received when car strikes guy wire on North Second street, opens before a jury here. 'Rains help the crops in Adame county considerably. Ed Ashibaucher and Cecil Mel chi open South Side filling station. o Roller Skating every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday nights. — Sun-Set. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

I Modern Etiquette I i Sy ROBERTA LEE I 4 < Q. If a girl has several friends in a city where she ie visiting, how should she notify them that she is in their city? •A. .She can mail her visiting card to them, hearing her temporary address. Q. How should one address a woman physician who is married, as "Doctor Smith”, or as “Mrs. Smith”? A. She should be addressed as, “Doctor Smith”. Q. Isn’t it proper for a wife to enter her husiband’s private office unannounced? IA. It would be more courteous to have herself announced. He may be dictating letters or talking with someone on something of importance. Add Fragrance Herbs are used for fragrance and 1 flavor in cooking.

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the OLD JUDGE SAYS... w •r rfs/Sh tttRSrA I JrTWi /VWL - KJI WsEsrm Rh® 11 7 ” H TOM: “It’s mighty nice to receive a com- OLD JUDGE: “Simply this... can you pliment like you’ve just given us, Judge. We think of any other business in which the do take our responsibilities very seriously seller is responsible for what the buyer does and try to do the right thing with every- with his merchandise? If a person eats too body. In spite of it, we get criticized now much cake and gets indigestion, the baker and then.” isn’t blamed. Nor is the coffee merchant .... . xx criticized if someone drinks too much coffee OLD JUDGE: I •• • y ou Y® got . J° and can’t sleep. But the seller of spirit bevtake the bitter with the sweet in tunes hke er ages gets blamed plenty if one of his custhese. Speaking of criticism, and I mean tomers overindulges. Doesn’t seem quite really unfair criticism, reminds me of the f a ; r j t T om ?” sprit beverage business J;jdgc FRANK: “How is that, Judge?” never looked at it that way before.”

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX PAUL PUT his arm about Zoe ■ and they walked over to a deep chair. He sat down and pulled her into his lap. "And so,” he said, "the lady wanted fun —and she gets it She doesn’t even have to go to Washington.” "Who is it that arrived yesterday?" Zoe wanted to know. “Aggie—Aggie Jones,” Paul answered. "I forgot you only heard one side of the conversation. You remember Aggie, don’t you?” ! "I do,” said Zoe, without enthusiasm. “She's homely—and she has a sharp tongue. She always looked at me as though I were something that would bear close watching.” "Aggie’s a swell person,” Paul said. “Not homely, either—just plain.” “And 1 how,” Zoe added. "Oh, well, there’ll be others there. She’s having Philip Brownell, of course.” “Why ‘of course’?” "She’s falling in love with him, that’s why. And he’s mad about her. It’s written all over him.” Zoe got up, moved to another chair. "I hope Miss Minerva will talk about something besides that old Miller factory.” "You don’t have to listen." “Miss Minerva expects you to listen when she talks.” "Stop crossing bridges—unpleasant ones," Paul said. Tm not crossing bridges. Tm sonly—” ( • “I have an Idea It’s going to be a very pleasant evening," Paul went on. He arose, yawned and stretched. "Besides, you shouldn’t complain about having to listen to Miss Minerva, after all you made me listen to in Washington." “At least the conversation sparkled,” said Zoe. "With personalities and nasty cracks,” said Paul. “When it wasn't monopolized by the Roark woman and the Waterman guy, one discussing husbands, the other discus'sing money. God, it was like a nightmare." ‘The trouble with you, Paul,” said Zoe, “is that you’ve listened to ! small-towners like the Lakeville ' people talk so much, you can’t appreciate what others have to say." ■ “No?” Paul yawned again. '“Speaking of nightmares, I think I I’ll turn in.” “What? At this hour! It’s only 9 o’clock.” “But I have to get up early.” Paul leaned down and kissed Zoe’s | cheek. "See you at dawn." F "Not if I see you first,’’ Zoe re- ■ torted. She watched Paul leave the room and climb the stairs. Then she walked over and sat down at a desk in the'corner. She | drew out some mail, selected a letI ter from several others and opened it She had read it many times be- • fore, but that didn't matter. She read it once more. It was’from Mrs. Roark. It told her a lot about what was going on among the people she and Paul had met and circulated with—people with social contacts, and high-salariad jobs— people who reflected glory and importance, and others who edged into the glow. But what interested Zoe more th “ wything els* was what Mrs.

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Roark said about Mike Waterman. “Mike's house is almost ready for occupancy,” she wrote. “It’s a perfect dream. Early American from cellar to attic, and filled with the most exquisite things you ever saw. New York’s most expensive decorator did it for him.” And farther on, she wrote that Mike was planning a house warming—a party to last for a whose week-end. "He’s counting on you and Paul coming up, and he'll not take no for an answer. You know Mike!” Yes, Zoe mused, she knew Mike. She also knew Paul And knowing her husband as she did, she was afraid he would never consent to go back to Washington, especially upon the strength of an invitation from Mike Waterman. She got up, switched off the desk light, found a new novel and dropped into a low chair to read. But the book lay closed in her lap. Well, what if Paul did refuse flatly to become a guest of Mike; that didn’t mean she had to refuse, did it? No! She closed her eyes and tried to visualize the house that Mike had bought—the house that was an Early American dream. “That,” rfie told herself, "is the sort of house I should be living in.” And she hoped that Mike Waterman’s invitation would come soon. Paul called down from the head of the stairs, "Don’t forget to put out all the lights, honey. Dimout applies to us, too, you know.” “Yes, I know," she said. "Oh, yes,” Paul called out again, “I forgot to tell you that Helen said the gals were going to doll up. Yon can go the limit, if you wish.” “Thanks,” said Zoe. “You mean I can doll up like a Christmas tree. I heard you.” • “You’d make a cute little Christmas tree,” Paul said, "if anyone should come along and ask you.” ‘'Thanks again.” “And since you're being such a good little girl, I’ll blow you to a new frock for the party.”. Zoe. brightened. A new frock! One she could take up to Mike Waterman’s housewarming. "No kidding?" she said. “No kidding." “You’re a darling, Paul. I’ll go to Wilmington on the first train tomorrow and see what I cAn find.” “Why not buy the frock in Lakeville?" “Good heavens, Paul, there’s nothing there I'd wear.” Zoe stepped to the door. ‘Trot along to bed now and get your rest. I’ll be up presently to kiss you and tuck you in.” “Better not wait too long,” Paul said, “or I’ll be dead to the world.” • « • Paul was right about the evening being a pleasant one in the old Miller homestead. It was that, and more. The dinner was one to be remembered, Zeke having turned out one that was nothing less than a masterpiece. There was interesting conversation, laughter, a delightful feeling of complete camaraderie — in which even Zoe joined. And, Paul thought, he had never seen Helen look lovelier. She wore a gown which he especially admired—something with a bodice of some sort of soft white material, and a long, full skirt of flowered material. There was a sash, too—and he'd always had a weakness for

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sashes. It was hard for him to k« his eyes off her; and more thanew he wondered if he had made th wrong choice. He’d often hea about men who showed amazing in telligence in everything but the se lection of their wives. Maybe h was like that—not that he’d show any particular amount of wisdoi in other things, but—“No, I’m not certain yet abou the 'E' award,” Miss Minerva wa saying. “But if we don't get it I won’t be the fault of Philip and th workers in the plant” “Nor your fault either," sa> Philip. He smiled at Miss Minervi “Which reminds me, you look a darned attractive you give me pal pitations.” "Pishposh!” said Miss Minervi “Black velvet,” said Helen, "give you an almost regal look.’’ "Queen of the Axe Handles," sal Minerva. “No,” said Aggie. "Baroness c the Tank Parts.” "And plane gadgets,” said Philip “Eat your dinner,” said Miss Mi nerva, “and stop picking on mt After all, I’m just a defenseles old woman—” “Wrong,” said Philip. “You'r neither defenseless nor old.’’ Paul said: “And you’ve certainl put Lakeville on the map.” "Speaking of maps,’’ said Mis Minerva, “Helen tells me you tw have the county pretty well niappe out in photographs. Not a plac where a saboteur could hide." “Not a place!” said Paul. “We'v taken pictures of every nook ahi corner a saboteur might try ti use." “Good!” said Miss Minerva "No I feel better about my niece spend ing part of her time up in the air. Zoe turned to Aggie. "How dw it seem to be home rgain after sucl a long time in New York?" st asked. . “I was hoping somebody woul ask me that,” said Aggie. Hereyt sparkled, and Helen, watching™ thought she was not the ™ homely; hair neatly waved, a close fitting brocaded gown that trots" out all her best lines, and she h quite a few! “I’ve been wanting chance to make a little speec ■ Aggie went on. “I want . to .*L everyone here to stick to h This business of dashing off to » a success somewhere else is 1 plain stupid. Time and again n asked myself how in the home towns can prosper and gw if we all rush off somewhere ew “And what answer did you g 1 Philip asked. « ‘The answer,” said Agg l . that they couldn't. And I hop when this dratted war is over, an the boys come home, they home-take up their noma W among their own peopl their own part of the cotm “You’ve got the right idea® (| Paul. “I once thought wander about—settle i perhaps—anything to g, ution from Lakeville and the P I feel differently about it i • “What changed you. )ux nerva wanted to know. . B “A lot of interviews I na Washington.” »r. nP rva, “tha ( “Wen,” said Miss shows that some