Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR : DAILY. DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening ■Except Sunday By TILE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office aa Second Case Matter. * - Heller ......President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rate* Single Copies I .04 One week by carrier .20 By Mall Ip Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells comities, Indiana, and Mercer and Vafr Wert counties, Ohio, $4.50 per forlthrtm months; 50 cent* for one mob th. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 for six months; $1.65 for three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women in the armed forces Jj3.50 per year or SI.OO for thrcV months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative BCHEERER & CO. 15 Jjixlngton Avenue, New York. 2 Wacker Drive, Chicago 111. ' timers predict a long, dry summer, but sometimes they miss it. r* , —o The B-29s are. softening Japan in for invasion, in the opinion of many. Aircraft plants and other war production factories are being bombed daily. —o Senators Vandenberg, Republi-canp-and Connally, Democrat, will leauthe fight for ratification of the United Nations charter. These men served as delegates to the conference, know ail about it, are able amtrshnuld prove capable leaders in the approaching battle. Z*. —O—O Men ftom Adams county who are in the armed service have bought more than SIB,OOO worth of Seventh War Loan Bonds, the Federal Bank of Chicago has announced. If boys who ar.e offering their lives also turn their money into bonds, we ought to back them to Ute limit. / o—o Brooklyn and Detroit lead the National and American baseball leagues’ in one of the most interesting contests in many years. The standings swing from one team to another, and it will take the last half of the season to decide what clubs will meet for the world series. • o—O Mopping up on the Pacific Islands is not as simple as it sounds. The defeated an d unsupported Japs hide out in caves, trees and other places and continue to pick off the Yanks as long a« they can hold out. It will take a year to Vi • clean u* the Philippines and weeks to clear Okinawa. It’s a tough war, make no mistake about that O—o General Eisenhower is not only a great fighter. He is also a wise and sound economist. He believes in the>future of America, but he also realizes that we must be strong enough, to cooperate if we are to be happy and move forward. Few men have uttered- wiser statements than those spoken by this great American. ■ ’ o—O General Stilwell, who is known ae "Vinegar Joe” byhis -soldiers, is back on the job he likes. He has been appointed chief of the U. S. armed forces to command the vic-

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torious tenth army in the battle of Japan. He knows the territory and the tactics of the enemy and will lead his men to a glorious victory, it is believed. O—O With only six dissenting votes, Claude Wickard, a Hoosier who is retiring as secretary of agriculture, was confirmed by the senate as rural electrification administrator. It’s a big Job, last* ten years, and pays a better salary than his cabinet place. Mr. Wickard is a capable and hard working public servant, who will continue to make good. The changes will occur July 10th. O—O Nearly a hundred thousand men are on strike in the United States now. and more are threatening. It would seem advisable if plans were made to reach general agreements on the controversy between labor and capital. The war is not over and the regulations, some of which will have to continue several months after the last shot is fired, make it difficult for each side. Strikes affect the public seriously and the fewer we have, the better it will be in the long run." O—o An invention perfected in a home laboratory means SIO,OOO a year and a commission in the Navy for 18-year-old S. Jerome Tamkin of Los Angeles. He is the Navy’s youngest officer. While working in a rubber factory, Tamkin solved the problem of detecting explosive vapors before they became dangeroil*. The Navy adopted the electronic device to prevent accidents at sea. The young chemist was sent to Annapolis to work on jet propulsion. O—o The allied forces have struck oil in Borneo, and it’s a rich capture. They have taken the Sarawak fields, richest oil producing section of the South Pacific. It is claimed the wells there can produce twenty per all the oil necessary to keep the Pacific fleet going, and that will be a great help. It weakens the enemy just that much also and that’s perhaps the more important. The lack ot gas and oil was the most serious blow for the

Germans, and it may have much to do with winning the Pacific war in less time. In thie modern age, it's difficult to win battles without gas for the tanks, planes and ships. o—o Summer finally came and everybody is glad. The past six weeks have been the coldeet and v ainiest on record. The rainfall the first twenty days of June was about foven inches and that’s a lot of water. Now that we have completely passed the spring periid, we may expect some nice weather, and we need it. Some corn and beans must be replanted, and there is much work for the farmer to catch up with his daily chores and to help make this the greatest productive year of all time. s —o The world charter will be adopted next Tuesday, it is announced. All details have been completed and President Truman will make the final talk tomorrow. The battle for ratification by the U. S. senate, necessary before this nation can become a member of the new world organization, will start Thursday and it is believed the charter will be speedily approved. Efforts to keep the question out of politics have been made and the delegation to the San Francisco conference was non-partisan, so it is believed the difficulties of twen-ty-six years ago when the League of Nations proposal was up, tvIH be avoided. O—O— Americans are not aware of lu- ■ diana’s importance as a producer of hardwood timber, is the conclusion of a feature article by Roy C. Brundage in the American Foreste Magazine. "Our Remarkable Hoosier" Hardwoods” is the title of the survey article. From (Indiana)

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forests, the existence of which largely has been ignored, have been coming each year upwards of sl,000,000 fine, big logs to be sawed into lumber, sliced for veneers, or turned into handles,” it is related. Moreover, in the 800 sawmills and allied industries there are employed 26,000, or about 5 per cent of the total number of Hoosiers working in industry. o ♦ — ♦ Twenty Years Aao Today June 25—D. C. Stephenson is refused bail by Judge Hines. J. ‘C. Patterson, 69, died suddenly last evening. Democratic editorial association is holding its .summer session in Terre Haute. Greece fa torn by bloody revolution and a new government is 'being set up. Rainfall of 1.7 inches brings crop

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relief in this section. IBabe Ruth’s legs go bad and he is benched, perhaps out for season. Banks of the St. Mary’s river are being cleaned of all debris. o « « I Modern Etiauette I | Sy ROBERTA LEE I » < Q. If the bride is a very young widow, in whose name are the wedding invitations sent? A. In the name of her parents, or exactly ais the invitations to her ’ fiiis t wedding were sent. The only exception is that instead of using the name ’’Mary” the invitation should read“ Mary Smith (her maiden name) Wilson (her first husband’s name).” Q. Is it all right to use the office telephone for social purposes? A. No. if one can possibly avoid l it. Jt is far better to use the home L telephone for this purpose. Q. Is the dinner plate or the service plate the larger in diameter? , A. The service plate is usually one or two inches larger in diameter than the dinner plate.

I Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE Protecting the Curtains Sometimes the curtains beat against the window screens and become solid. To prevent this, slip them through a wire coat hanger and place the hanger on the curtain rod. Stains Grease or cream stains should be removed immediately. Sponge with soap and water, and if this is not effective wash in a baking soda solution or use a cleaning fluid. Cold Soap Before adding water, when making cold eoap, add 1 tablespoon each of powdered borax and ammonia to the dry lyc. The soap will be better. 0 LOR HAW-HAW (Continued From Page One) America in 1909.” The man who turned Nazi propagandist said he lived in Ireland

until 1921, when he moved to England and throughout the period he was "treated as a British subject.” A German military passport found in his possession listed Joyce as a naturalized German "formerly English.” Joyce said in his statement that he was brought up as an extreme conservative with strong imperialistic ideals “but early in my career in 1923 became attracted to fascism and subsequently to national socialism." Jovce said he was “profoundly disgusted” with British policy and "I was greatly impressed by the constructive work which Hitler had done for Germany,” Joyce was held over until Thursday, when he will be committed for trial at the July session of the central criminal court at Old Bailey. 0 Hoosiers Suspended For OPA Violations South Bend, Ind., June 25. —(UP) —Suspension orders were in effect today for seven northern Indiana persons charged by the office of price administration with the violation of rationing regulations. Commissioner Dennis F. Dunlavy, Cleveland, 0., announced the penalties after hearings Saturday. They included: Russell E. Burt, Goshen, 30 days suspension; Morris and Sam Linkimer, Valparaiso, 30 days; C. Fay Bell, La Crosse, 60 days; E. M. Culver, Bluffton, five Carol C. Manley, Bluffton, 90 days; Albert J. Crees, Fort Wayne, 30 days. 0 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 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. 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

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READ THIS FIRST: Everyone thought Agatha Brown was an old maid, but in reality she had been secretly married for 25 years to Prof. Otto Halder of Western college. She had left him in World War I because she learned he was a traitor. Now. in World War 11. she discovers he again is going to sell a defense secret to the enemy. Still loving him, and hoping to save him from himself, she boards a train for the college town. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER TWO AGATHA FELT a twinge of conscience as the 4 p. m. train drew out of Bardsdale. She had told her sister she was going to visit a sick friend in Braxton. Now she suddenly remembered that the only sick friend she knew in Braxton had moved away. Luckily Agatha had a reputation for t.nithfninosfl, and no one was likely to suspect her of deceit. But could she visit Professor Halder without the knowledge of his students, or without being seen by anyone who might recognize or remember her? She hadn't been back to college for years—perhaps his laboratory had been moved. It would be awful if she had to make inquiries. The sun was still high in the afternoon sky, thanks to War Time, but shadows of the coast range reached farther and farther out across the valley toward the speeding train as the hours passed. Agatha’s fears grew with them. What would Otto use as an argument this time? Would he say he would be a different man now if she had stayed with him? Was she partly to blame? Could she have made a good American of him ? No. He would not use that argument. He would not excuse himself. He would see nothing reprehensible in what he had done. i Otto did not believe in the American form of government. Oh, he was willing to bask in the benefits of the system of free enterprise, ibut he felt that he was above the common herd—that the uneducated millions had no right to share in the richer life won by the great minds of the world. - j Why did she still love him? It was a question that had tortured her all these years. Why couldn’t she drive him out of her heart? Why not go to the Federal Bureau of Investigation now and tell what she knew—let Otto suffer the disgrace he deserved — perhaps see him executed for treason? I It was because he was part of her. In those months of courtship, 'when she had been an adoring student in his classes in chemistry and electricity, she had found in him her ideal. He was handsome, polished in gentlemanly arts, kind to those in his favor, and with a mind so brilliant she could not under-

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io Jtsstno"! GrP > >t7 < t ~ ' NORTH —2 "' ~~~ 7 -y > SO" j y W KUCl^G^^’. k -*« NETHERLANDS |®|B A rowi »NA«® BORNEO ■b>® KZW: f[y TA ™ g o ML ® si piEMKyv I 300 MILES ■ t - -—. ■ ’”■1111 ■ WITH THE RICH LUTONG oil refinery area, in the Brunei section Borneo, seized during new landings and with Balikpapan, Coast, being primed for invasion, the reconquest oi this rich Pacific is well under way. The above map shows the areas where rubber, gold, coal and diamonds (indicated by symbols) are found in abundance. Before World War 11, the Sandankan plantations providdKL great quantities of rubber; so did Sarawak and Dutch Borneo. Bauj.®' jermasin, in the south, is rich in all four products South of rich gold fields and gold flecks many a river bottom.

stand why he v.tir not th? ’;ead cf some great scientific !ns.iri.l'oi: instead of a more ter :h:r cf undergraduates. He had queer ideas on government—-perhaps the college held that against him but wasn’t freedom of thought ant speech the privilege cf an American? When he sold out to the enemy, and she learned about it to her horror, he explained, “But that is my homeland. Haven’t I the right to be faithful to her?” Yes, Ctto was a great man. His world and hers were not the same —that was all. Now again these two worlds were at war. This Lme the war was just beginning — not ending, as when he sold his invention before — and this time his new weapon, whatever it was, might be put to use against America. The sun was down by the time the train drew into Braxton. Agatha had to change at the union depot to a local train for the remaining 40 miles, and she almost missed it. The gray-haired conductor smiled as he collected her ticket. "You’re lucky, ma’am. We’re late tonight. Usually these trains don’t make connections.” “Gracious! How long would I have had to wait ordinarily?” "Five hours. Nothing else out of Braxton until almost midhight. We don’t get much night passenger business from that other line except folks who go to the theater in the city.” He was very pleasant, and about her own age, but Agatha regretted attracting his attention. He might remember her, and she didn't want to be be remembered. When she finally stepped down from the train on the outskirts of the college town it was almost 9 o’clock, and dark except for a crescent moon and a street lamp shaded by tall trees. The years dropped away from her. She felt as though it were only yesterday she had been a student here. The train pulled away without depositing any other passengers. Less than a block distant, the college buildings loomed up among the eucalyptus planted on the campus. The trees had grown, and she realized with a shock how many years had passed. A quarter century! How things must have changed. Would Otto be changed, too? She had seen him several times in the 25 years, of course, but not? for more than a few minutes at a time. She had noticed a few more gray hairs, a few added wrinkles, but the years must have aged him mdte thah that. He was considerably older than. she. * The familiar gravel path led hey away from the street ihto the shrub-crowded garden that surrounded East Hall The three-story

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brick bui! iing was ’ j, r growth r OW . time, but not recently, the color the wuibow trim bad been to ■> darker tone. She could cgnize the coh r in the but she tlr-.-uj.ht. how like ’.lit iege trustees it was to make old building even gloomier bad been! 9 The upper floor of East Hall been the mens dormitory, judged from Otto’s letters it was used for that purpose. The sej9 end floor was tilled with class® rooms. She had studied matics there, enduring the because it was necessary in Pro® fessor Halder's science course. Th® lower floor still was used for so® ence laboratories, and here sh® should find Otto at this hour. Tt® chemistry lab was not used hours, because vile n<lnr» drift up to the sleeping qtiirta® but there were no restriction! o® experiments in electriJty. ■ Agatha halted. She saw a ma® standing outside the lighted wii® dows she guessed belonged t® Otto's laboratory. The man was n® college student. Even the fain® light of the moon was enough tij show he was of heavy build, at® with too much of a “bay window® for college age. ! He walked along the side of tn J building a short distance, thi® came slowly back. As lie turnedsh® noticed a bulge on his hip. He w® wearing a pistol at his belt. B She had forgotten there would ® guards. Otto was working ° nanl T| vention which the federal goyem® ment expected to use. .Mtu.- !»■ precautions would he taken, cially because spies had snatched® Halder secret out of that law*® tory during World War I. ■ Agatha felt a stab of fear I perhaps the federal g° vl ' J suspected the truth--did n I her husband. . tt | What a strange fear for n ■ feel! Whose side was she o ■ husband’s or her country’s. J Despite her patriotism she j to confess to herself tha I band came first. He must n discovered— disgraced. In 1 she knew he really did n ’I the opportunity she was g S I give & -the honest with this land ~ . tbstl But she had to give ium I chance. ~. . , vha t s m| She did not dare think I might have to do if he . rc J rin Zvi.Jt| 1 As.,ghe ■l lc^ t f^ d t ’ : f 0 aouuM move to make ne -'‘ ti f , * a mini ed on'the gravel behmd h • M was *PP rM J= hi "%he%ould not rebeyond the bend, -h fon ... ar i treat. She could n £ guardwithout being seen bn. fc o{f thd Agatha stepped of «! path into the deep shaaow