Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1945 — Page 2

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Wtt, sun-back print track in zebra assign; cantar, mid-riff drass; right, print with black jacket. IT you are planning a later vacation, and must shop for clothes, you will be glad to know that outfits that were fascinating at the beginning of the season are still available, and they capture the spirit of youth, yet are keyed to the wartime need for practicability. Three of these models are shown above. The first is a two-piece suntan model in a shantung weave of spun rayon with rav whffSJand striped zebras on ground shades of light blue, coral and beige. The halter-necked midrib frock. center, is knotted in the front cf the bra top and gt the waistline of the skirt which has a plgfit Sows the front. It, toe. is a shantung weave spun rayon. The outfit light eeniir* -cf a sleeveless, shoulder-strap dress in a figs basket weave of spun rayon and cotton and it ha« a little jacket of the same fabric in black.. (lattraatioaal)

IK - W1 i ffl : fflfl i h ' ] l/\ >w ® Ok fli i ■RagTCji " * '■* x QB I BHR-fli SELF-STYLED ‘‘curmudgeon,” Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes ii soon to start for London to renegotiate oil treaties. Ickes had bee# reported recently as a possible Cabinet casualty. (International)

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■ TIGHTENING GRAIN ■ | (Continued From Page (me) I: finm in H' fl. I Ariiih' from the threat of tile ill ■ I fine meal program. Hie July vro) ■ iii'poii painted a Hither optiiulMh Ii picture on oilier agricultural pio I duetion The wheat crop promise! |,io be the largest ill history, al I though Ilie amount available foi I feed i- eXpe’ led io be ler- I hall *aSl I year The oat crop will be the iarg I j < st in 25 year-. | Domestic sugar production may I be 25 per cent above 1944. Com I mer.tal vegetable production pro I, liably will lie 20 per cent greater I th.in las: year Above averagt I; yields were iudica'ed for potatoes I -wee p.lldlotn, iye a 11.1 bai l* y. Fruit production, except *"lruI may be eight pei ii’tit le.-6 than a , year ago, however. I Total uiip acreage is <be second 3 largest since 11132. Tin- department I called this planting “a remarkable iai complfabment" in view of the mm -mi'- adverse weather. I Some farming areas have not * recove ed so well, however. W* ath- *■;■ in 'he last month brought litelief from excessive rains in I'M, -ouri. mirtherti \rkali-as, eastern Kansas ami Oklahoma, south rein Illinois and Indiana and western Kentucky and Tennessee. ■ <) — . JAPANESE i (Continued From Page One) i way. or ehoo-e to attempt a break i through on the Kan river all the way to Xanchang on the south 11. shore of Lxike I’oyang in nrotherti , Kiang-i. The communique said that Japane-*- troops in the arm 1! miles northwest of Kaheien drove north-jea-tward yesterday while a second , column pushed northward from ■ Kahijien engaging Chinese forces along Hie Kahsien-Suichwan highway. Indications increased in southern [ Kiangs that the Japane e are pulling northward out of the Kall-Ten I area. FINNISH MISSIONARY (Continued From Page One) ipaj'i' huts in the city had been reduced to ashed and only the bad-ly-damaged modern center of To- ' kyo was still standing, he said. Despite the growing war strain, however, there was no sign that the Japanese had exhausted their manpower resources, Kren reported. “I saw quite a lot of young men working in the fields and factories, although they very probably were in the military labor service,” he said Karen said Japan's living standards were dropping rapidly, to the point where even the normally patient Japanese were becoming worked The daily rice ration for the average white collar worker was only 327 grams and men engaged in hard labor got 370 grams a day. "Meat doesn't exist." Karen added. "and there is milk only in small quantities for babies under in months" The missionary said the food sit-

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'Negro Confesses To Si. Louis Slaying War Worker Admits Attempted Attacks i- - ,r St. Louis, Mo., July 11—'(UP! i£ [A’an l*ee Ramsey. 35-year-oid negro ’• war worker, wars held by police today after he confe«>sed that he fatally stabbed one woman and vi i- '' tically wounded another after he J ’ Hied to attack them. r Chief of Police James J. Mitchell e said Ramsey had signed a written c j tateinent admiiiing the knife slayI lug of Isena A. Davidson. 19-year- '■ I old waitress, last May 1. In addia i Hou, Ram-ey reportedly told police he had inflicted near-fatal inpuries two weeks later on Mrs. 1 Opal Schellenger, 21. a war widow. ' Chief Mitchel said that Ramsey ' broke under a H-hour grilling and confeissed to knifing the women £ when they reeisled his attempts ! o '■ attack them. Several other wo- " men had reported being accosted 1 by a negro here in the past two month-. Ramsey, described a*s an ex-con-vict, was arrested yesterday after a taxi cab driver reported seeing a man in an old-model automobile following a woman. Police found a butcher knife on the front seat of the car. ? Although the car's -description tallied with that given police by j Mr*). Schellenger. the attack vic- ! tim was unable to identify Ramsey as her assailant. Mitchel] said Mr-. Schellenger would be asked to view the defendant again in the light of hfe conI fesaion. AUSSIESDRIVE j (Continued From Page One) the Indo-China coast sank a barge and lugger and destroyed a locomotive and 12 cars. A small force of thirteenth airforce and RAAF Liberators hit five I airfields on Celebes, while other | B-24's fired oil tanks and ware- , houses in the Bajoe area of eastern Borneo. 35,000 JUBILANT (Continued From Page One) corps detachment, the 334th, 33(>th and 912th field artillery battalions. They had as fellow passengers 3-3 Japanese diplomats, for whom the I New York skyline promised no welcome but internment. The QQueen Mary had a passenger list, of more than 15,000, including the 7.1100 Canadians who will be on their way to Canadian redistritjution centers a few hours after their arrival. Among her 8.642 American troopis were -the 103rd general hospital * and advance units of 10 other general hospitals. Eighth air force unite altoard the British liner included bomb groups 466, 4-67, 440, 455. 446 and 491. air service groups 374. 375. 37*6. 377. 378 and 379. The transport John Ericsson brought 7,493 soldiers into New York, including the 4r4'h and 415th regiment; of the 1014th division. The 22nd infantry regiment of the fourth division was among the 3,011 soldiers on the transport Jame*s Parker. Four smaller transports carried 1,502 troops into the harbor. 0 GOVERNMENT (Continued From Page One) the last two years of the Hoover Administration. All the remainder of debt was incurred by the late | President Roosevelt, most of it after we began to prepare for war in 1940. The peak of war spending now is pa-sing, although it may not be substantially reflected in treasury nation varied in different parts of Japan because of the ban on shipments of food between provinces i and the lack of a country-wide supi ply organization. i Prices on rationed foodstuffs were still low when the missionaries left, but Karen said a widespread and flourishing black market was promoting inflation. » Japan's transportation system' also was in bad straits, with most civilian railway travel abolished completely apd express trains run- ’ ning only between Tokyo and Kyosho. Horse Sale at LA FONTAINE, IND. FRIDAY, July 13 DRAFT HORSES at 1:00 P. M, SADDLE HORSES at 7:00 P. M. C. W. Speicher, I Mgr.

CIVICK look I SHBKix z*. |U||klk»7 j-A 1 This car may have > disappeared by the time , t . » V • / j- i ing by to help you. Because he has a you finish reading! special Tire . Saving and Car-Saving Plan for motorists like you. If you’ll take your Every 17 Seconds (much less car to him regularly he’ll check your time than it takes to read this ad) an- f *res look out for cuts, bruises, and other vitally needed car breaks down—so nails; warn you when re-capping is necfar beyond repair that it is gone forever. essary; see that the air-pressure is right. This wouldn’t be so serious if all of He 11 take a regular look at your I us lived within walking distance of our battery, cooling system, and air filter. Vfl 1111 II J jobs. But we don’t. And all you have Hell help discover the little troubles to do is look at the acres of cars parked before they become big ones. And your /f I outside any big war plant to realize how Phillips 66 Service Man will tell you // jBWh i much America’s war effort depends on it s a mighty good idea to have a com- If automobile transportation! plete lubrication job done regularly 1 1. ■„, ><: : ( , ~ rnnn , for it’s often those unseen parts of a\w ' fl That s why »>th 5000 cars a day K .j going into the scrap heap, all or us • "• n.-. have plenty to worry about. That’s why So for complete car-saving service, Uncle Sam says, "Care For Your Car stop at your nearest Phillips 66 Shield For Your Country!" • • • the sign of famous Phillips 66 Gas- . ~ , , j j ■ii oline and Phillips 66 Motor Oil. CARE FOR YOUR CAR— And it s not hard to do—especially r with your Phillips 66 Service Man stand- PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY FoR YOUR Cov^TRY

figures immediately. In fiscal year which ended June 30, 1945, the < treasury spent $100,404,596,685.54 1 (B). The -pending trend generally was up during that 12-inonth period. Here are the figures for the last six months of the fiscal year . just ended: « January $8,201.000.000 February 7,459.00.0.000 ( March 9.432,000,000 ' April 7.9618.000,000 c May 9,284.000,000 ( June 9.641.000,001> j At the iate of spending estab- t lished in the first week of July, the - c treasury would lay out about SB,- j 1)00,000,000 (B) this mouth. Trea- ( sury exper’s have estimated that | , in the 12 months of the current sis- 1 I < cal year government spending will i t aggregate $83,600,000,000 t'B) compared with more than $100,000,000,000 (B) in the fiscal year just ended. Wheat Crop Insurance Available In County Farmers can get all-risk crop insurance on wheat this year for the first time since 1943, according to Winfred L. Gerke, chairman of the Adams county AAA committee. Every wheat farmer in Adams . —

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RETURNING FROM A STRIKE at the Jap homeland, where it was bad V shot «rp, a B-3S makes an emergency landing on I wo Jima’a . Seventh Fighter Command base. Damage to hydraulic systems JHKUk .

Macklin Super Service Madison & Third Sts. 4 county will have a chance at this non-profit insurance, offered by the federal crop insurance corporation. He can choose between two contracts —one, covering up to 75 percent of the average yield, the other, 50 percent. Both contracts are for a three-year period, premiums payable each year. However, applications must be received from at least 50 farms before crop insurance will be approved for the county. Contracts will be written by AAA committeemen. 0 Park Flavor To develop rich juicy flavor, cook pork at a moderate temperature aft- ; er the meat has been seared, say , home economists. All pork must be thoroughly cooked. Hams, shoulders and loins have sufficient fat on them : to baste the meat if the cut is placed in an open pan with the fat side up. ! The addition of water is neither nec- , essary nor desirable. To prepare i chops, brown them, then cover and [ continue to cook at a moderate temperature until done.

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Knapp Service 2nd & Jackson Sts. 67,000 Hoosiers Fail To Buy Stamp Autoists Facing Possible Arrest Indiana polls, July 11.—(UP) — Some 67,000 Hoosier motorists facelT the possibility of arrest toI day. That’s how many auto drivers in Indiana have failed to purchase the I federal auto use stamp, according ! to internal revenue collector Will | H. Smith. The collector said that he had > ordered 250 deputies to scour the I state’s 54 counties for cars lacking i the stamps, and to make arrests ; if necessary. I Smith said that the deputy col- : lectors, aided by local law agencies, : would tak every vehicle he’ing driv'en without the stamp. Driver.-;

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Milton C. Werlii Preble will be ordered into revenue to buy them. Motorists will be realesd purchase the stamp. Smii but continued failure to w punishable by a fine of J2> day imprisonment. The wide gap between)! 586 stamps sold in Into l year and only 556.157 tin .j prompted the crackdown said. A similar drive fc netted more than 25i).'W0 '■ Smith pointed out that t use regulation applies to at vehicles used on highways. : ing scooter bikes. trucks and even tractoF. o Restore Nitrogen Legumes, like alfalfa and are commonly used W i nitrogen supplies. Nitrogen bacteria live on the roots • plants and perform their of transforming atmosphen gen to a form that can be -, plants.