Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY. DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR MLMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller _.Pre«ldent X R Holthouae, Sec'y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President •übeorlptlon Ratee Single Copies. $ M One week by carrier —. -20 By Mall Tn Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert countlee, Ohio, $4.60 per year; >2.50 tor six months; $1.35 TBf three months; 50 cento tor one month. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 tor six months; $1.65 for three months; 60 cento for one month. Men and women in the armed forces $3.50 per year or SI.OO for three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. Please call this office, 1,000 or 1,001, and give us any news items you have. During these days when help is a problem, we will sure appreciate your cooperation. o—o .Cal E. Peterson will serve ad president of Decatur Rotary the coming year and assisted by an able corps of assistants will continue the excellent work of this sjtfendid service club. •: o—o * The new shoe stamp. Airplane 1, .will become valid August Ist, just 4n time to fit the boys and girls for school. This is the first ■pew shoe coupon authorized since •last November Ist. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are also still good, if you happen to have any of them. it O—O That typhoon in the South Pacific did more damage to American ships than all the Jap suicide planes so far used. More than a score of American ships were dam-, aged, several of them severely, as they were torssed about by the wild waves. Only one life was reported tjost, however. £ O—O X Clifton P. Anderson, the new w 'Secretary of agriculture, believe* In feeding Americans first and will Work along that line. He is right In declaring that we cannot feed the world, even if we send them everything we produce. Other na lions will have to help themselves except for surpluses in certain 'fines. O—O ; A Jap officer, captured in Luzon, expressed the hope that an American bomb would end the. career es .Emperor Hirohito. He believes it. ’ Would save millions of Japs and be the best thing that could happen to this country. That may not please the dictator, but indicates that at least one of the Japanese fighting men has his eyes opened. O—O In New Castle the Chamber of Commerce is selling stock in a company that proposes to build a modern hotel. They tell the buyers not to expect large returns in the way of dividend* but to provide a needed convenience that will help the city grow and prosper. It will be located in a city park a mile from the business section. PLEASE! Aft* moding thu paper pJmm sov* it far your Pap* Salvage Drivo. RIMIMBIR— * PAPIR IS A #1 WAI' MATS Bl AL SHOITAGII

It's hard to understand what Senator Capehart is driving at In his insistent claim that Japan has made overtures for peace. These rumors are denied from the secretary of state’s <>ffice and Acting [ Secretary Grew says they are put out solely to create disunity in this , country. Everyone wants peace as soon as possible, but we cer- ’■ tainly do not favor any terms promoted from Tokyo. O—O Opposition to the world charter during the senate hearings last week were so slight as to indicate almost complete accord. Senator Hiram Johnson, who was one of the leaders in the fight against the League of Nations, made some little effort to inject politics into the hearings, but so far as is known, failed to get away from home plate. It may be adopted this week. O—o The lid will be off new automobiles next January, in the opinion of Henry Nelson of the WPB, director of conversion. Cars are now being manufactured and manufacturers are expected to have sufficient on hands to meet all other requirements and provide some for the public. This doesn’t guarantee you can get a new car, but it does put the companies who make them in a position to go as fast as they can. And it’s safe to guess they will lose no time in catching up with the demands of the public. O—O Butter, that table luxury we all feel we must have, is reported to be plentiful in the warehouses over the country. The OPA has reduced the requirement of points from twenty-four to twenty, but that is still prohibitive to most families. This commodity cannot be held too long in storage without becoming rancid and worthless. It seems to the average person that the large surplus, if it exists, should be distributed right now, and if it = "pointe” that is preventing it, why not remove them entirely for a month? O_O Six million volunteer workers, serving without charge, assisted the United States Treasury Department in making the Mighty Seventh War Loan Campaign a (success. Against a fourteen billion dollar quota, the people of America purchased bonds totalling $26,313,000,000. It was the most magnificent showing of its kind ever made and indicated how unanimously the citizens of this great liberty loving country are supporting those who are making such a wonderful showing on the battle fronts. O—O Teacher Tenure: An official opinion was recently requested from Attorney General Emmert by Dr. Clement T. Malan, state superintendent of public instruction, concerning the tenure status of a teacher who teaches four consecutive years in a city school corporation, and at the clone of the fourth year of teaching, receives a three-year contract which she completes, thus teaching seven I consecutive years for the same school corporation, but under two successive contract*. i In reply, Attorney General Emmert gives his opinion "that .... the teacher referred to in your question became a tenure teacher when she began her sixth year of teaching for this city school corporation. which would have been during the second year of her last three (3) year contract.” The statute cited by the attorney general, governing such cases, reads: “Any person who has served or who shall serve under contract as. a teacher in any school corporation in the state of Indiana tor five (5) or more successive years, and who shall at any time hereafter enter into a teacher's contract for further service with such corporation, shall thereupon

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become a permanent teacher of such school corporation. . . ”• 0- — # -♦ Twenty Years Aqo Today ♦ July 16—Mr. Bryan makes a “fiery” speech at the Scopes trial. J. W. Rice of Columbus, Ohio, purchases the Murray hotel from D. W. Beery. Fred Rohrer of the Berne Witness calls on friends here. A large concrete reservoir is being constructed at the sugar factory. Mrs. Frank Christen leaves for ' her home at 'Muskogee, Okla., after i a pleasant visit here. The clock in the county auditor’s . office is a real antique. If has tick- j ed continuously on the walls there I .since I'B7B. o > I Modern Etiquette I | 5y ROBERTA LEE | « • Q. When is the proper time for the groom to pay the minister hiwedding fee? A. The groom does not give the fee to the minister personally. He should place the money or cheek in j an envelope and give it to his best 1 man, who wil lhand it to the min- 1

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INCLUDED IN THE NINE-VESSEL AMERICAN TASK FORCE that struck the Jap home island of Honshu in the first ! heavy surface-ship bombardment of Japan was the U.SS. South Dakota which is shown at top. The target pf the warships’ guns was the industrial city of Kamaishi—pictured at bottom after the garth quake of 1933— which is located 275'niilea northeast of Tokyo. Three battleships, two heavy cruisers and four destroyers took parti* the daring Attack on the steel-producing center. U. S. Navy photo at tags (International) ~n -■>. ■ . . - —- ...

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’ ister following the ceremony. Q. What should one do when a finger bowl and doily are placed on the dessert plate, and one te through using the bowl? A. Place both the finger bowl and the doily to the left of the dessert plate, Q. What is the longest time one •should wait before acknowledging an invitation? A. A week is the maximum, but the invitation should really he acnowledged within one or two days. 0 I Household Scrapbook I | By ROBERTA LEE | ♦ ♦ — Flour Sacks Empty flour sacks can be u ed : for various purpoisee around the I home, and the colored letters can ; be removed as follows: Rub pure i lard throrughly into the letters and I I figures, soak in lukewarm water for a few days, then put in boiler with soap flak&s and boil. If lettering is not entirely removed repeat the process. Linoleum •Linoleum or oilcloth should not be washed with hot -oap suds. Use tepid water, then wipe with a cloth dipped.in equal parte of cold milk and water. Making a Cork Fit When the cork is just e trifle too ! I small, -oak it for a few minutes in ’

boiling water and it will expand. o Vv* i J o BY 1 J FRED W. BRAUN Wj/ tL It’s summer — vacation time! School’s out and children are out-of-doors playing. This is your cue to drive carefully', Mr. Motorist. You have a definite obligation to look out for these children. Schools have emphasized in their safety education programs such safety precautions as looking both ways before crossing the street, not crossing the street in the middle of the block, anti not playing ball or any other game in the street. In epite of these teachings, children, in the excitement of a game, are heedless of danger and may run into the street and into the path of your car. 'Drive carefully wherever children are playing. Be on the alert to avoid injury to them. 0 California has received the largest allotment of any state in the Union this year of federal funds for community service under the Denham Act. Second largest allotment was to aWehington State, i The money is allowed war-swollen communities for aid in schools, hospitals, recreation, etc.

B-29 'Ghost Plane' Speeding Westward Entire Crew Bails Out Over Minnesota Grand Rapids, Minn., July 16— (U P) _ a B-29 airplane from which 11 crew members parachuted to safety to escape gas fumes probably crashed many miles west of here at some uninhabited spot, one of the officers said today. Second Lt. W. C. Memke, Ottumwa, la., said he believed the plane must have come down a few hours after the crew leaped to safety after throwing an un-1 conscious airman overboard. The unconscious man was 2nd Lt. K. C. .Hudson, Thomafeville, N. C„ engineer. He recovered while in the air and landed without injury. Two other men, 2nd Lt. J. H. Davis, Ft. Worth, Tex., bombardier, and Sgt. J. R- Lomas, from Indiana, were injured slightly when their parachutes grounded. Memke said the plane was headed about three degrees north of west when the crew jumped and was traveling at about 9,000 feet. "It didn’t have enough, altitude to clear the mountains,” Memke said, "but it should have remained in the air for a few' hours, depending upon the weather it encountered. If it had landed in a populated area, we’d have heard of it by now.” Other crew members w’ere: Lt. Edward Sycher, New Jersey, first pilot; F/O L. Hoover. Los Angeles, navigator; Lt. Toposkmi, from Rhode Island, instructornavigator; S/Sgt. Roberts, whose home address was not available, radio operator; Sgt. J. Hill, South Bend, Ind., Cpl. J. W. Cox, Atlanta, Ga., and Cpl. H. L. Parker, from near Fort Wayne, Ind. 0 The Oysters G.owers Assn, has devised a new and painless (to the oyster) method of opening the mollusks. The oyster is knocked unconscious by rotation in a re. volving drum and then carbonized water is injected. The fizz watei relaxes the muscle and out pops the oyster. 0 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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READ THIS FIRST: Everyone thought Agatha Brown was an old maid, but she had been secretly married for 25 years to Professor Otto Halder of Western college. She had left him in World War I because she learned he was a traitor. The girl she called her niece, Clemantine, was really their daughter. Not even Clementine knew it Now, in World War 11, Agatha goes back to the college and finds the professor has been murdered. He had perfected a radio-controlled aerial tor- ' pedo. Estelle Blossom, a student who claims she was engaged to marry the ; professor, accuses Ciemantine of the crime as the police interview the women outside the professor’s dormitory 1 room. > Agatha goes down the hall to telephone, is taken prisoner In the dark by ah unseen man, and forced to accompany him to the basement, where he I tries to make her tell him what she has done with a missing radio tube, last vital part of the invention the foreign spies Seek. A blind student discovers Agatha and comes to her rescue. To help him she breaks the only electric light in the basement He and her captor face each other in darkness. (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORT) CHAPTER EIGHTEEN OUT OF THE thick darkness came Willard’s g|sp of relief. "Thanks! Now that his eyes can’t help him, I hAve the advantage." The kidnaper cursed. "I have a >knife. You are unarmed." ■ “But you are afraid of me now. :You feel as I felt when darkness first came to me. It is frightening. It makes you feel helpless. You think I am coming closer, closer!" ! “Stand back!’’ The blind boy laughed. "Merely a trick of raising iny voice. Miss ; Brown, have you freed both your hands 1” "Just a moment There! That’s the last rope.” "Good! Follow me, but not too closely. I’ll have you out of here in a hurry." “You will not!" the kidnaper told .them. “I am standing at the bot•tom of the ladder." j “Thanks for locating yourself for j me—although I didn’t really heed .the help?’ The blind boy walked boldly forward, and Agatha, her heart pounding with apprehension, followed his footsteps, on tiptoe. • “I know where you are, as surely as though I could see you," her rescuer said to the man who threati ened them. “And—l ndw I have the ,basin of acid in my hands! I am going to throw it!" i “No!” I “Then get out of here!” i The kidnaper’s feet clattered and 'Stumbled up the stairs. The trap door creaked open overhead. ’ They were alone in the basement, but the spy was not yet defeated, i He slammed the door shut to imprison them. Agatha heard him iVdowiL* * ““ tOP il t 0 hold

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Chennaull Assails Critics 01 China Chinese Government Lauded By General f Kunming, July 16 — (UP) — Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, commander of the 14th airforce, i prepared today to enter retire- . ment for the second time after placing on record a vigorous attack upon critics of the Chinese □ government. i, Speaking at a press conference t at which his decision to retire ■ was announced, Chennault said: ’, “I am shocked by the attacks against the Chinese government and armies made by certain irres sponsible persons in the United e States. The Chinese government ® and armies are no more without ? fault than other governments and armies. , r “We in China know the difficul , 3 ties that have to be overcome in carrying on with almost none ol the resources of modern warfare ir —starvation and exhaustion in a

“How are we going to get out?” she gasped. “Don’t worry about that Are you hurt?" 'Tm all right. Suppose he gets a light and comes back?” “We’U signal to someone first. I’ll put the bowl of acid back on the Now, where’s the little window through which I heard you talking? Luckily my ears have been developed to take the place of my eyes.” Agatha felt her way to the wall and reached up, exploring along the rough cement with her hands. "Here it is. He put a board over it. I’ll lift it off. It’s just hooked over the grating with a nail—or something." "Good! Now here’s a match. I don’t like to strike them. Light this piece of paper and hold it outside. The federal men who are guarding the building will come to investigate.” Agatha did as directed, and was surprised at the speed with which a guard appeared at the ventilaor, gun in hand. Willard, in spite of his blindness, had approached the ventilator unseen. A few breathless words of explanation—and a few minutes later the desk was being pulled off the trap door, and they were out. Ciemantine, who came downstairs with Lieutenant Larkey, met them in the hall. She was almost hysterical. “Auntie! Where have you been?” "Kidnaped— apparently by someone who is after Professor Halder’s secret I’m all right now.” ~..l ? a rs<ey exclaimed excitedly, i he i What dld look hke. My men have arrived and the , building is surrounded. He can’t get away." J* c ? n,t describe him. 1 saw him tor only a moment He was of medium height, dark eyes, I think—and dreadfully—strong.” ’ out! " cried Ciemantine. I Shes going to faint!” ■ Agatha didn’t faint, but her ‘ «yed under her . ghe col . lapsed into the arms of a student, w 80 ,? Uy ’ she sniffed against ; son^ e Wa3 enou ®b ■ chief ,,grinned ' ~Here ’ 8 a handker- ! pu !?f d away * don ’t need a handkerchief! I mus t thank the—the boy who saved me. That was the Where is he ?”" ! th^n d / ame toWard her OUt 01 ‘he tr ap do°r mom, with the uncertain step of a blind man—or was ’ , the reluctance of modesty’ ' y ’ *J i3B Brown ’ “ere wai ■ nothing so brave about it I was i scaled to death.” “ 1 t The , lieutenant seemed suddenh Ito wake up to what had happened

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■long cruel i i.'jc ■ ‘ He said hr W;i? after eight y. lU . miration for ■ Shek and t!,. Ctim.y.Wj* ‘Tt is time that ShS; ceased to !>e c n!!l .,. mote in their m ; C 'r said Chennault '.pi...H®® he was not goin; rj S stay in China until J, - the wai. Hi-. retiiyagjHjy? ’’ tributed officially t i; ■'■Wfl •' his health. Asked about t',,.,:. t-MX. ’ said: "I retired in on account of deafii-.., Mf/g Cupping his hand e added: "1 am <;il tiearW-, . p ■ Chennaull rrtminHi ; W menting on Hie real L< hind his deei.-ioii er «.?■ S command with .J.-.y.ii- H sight. d it fri "Good For 1 d New Kensington, i The cigar shor'aae .itdn'tßl L. Schmitt, real es'jtttW.2 when he aninnm, ,•<] n child. He ,f cards among !::■ : . j e “Good for one r.’.-. c - _ a the war. It’s a gi.l."

"Good grief! Did you alone ?” [ n( Willard's face was wasn’t anything. I had tage over him in the ing how to get along without “Man, you’ve got guts! IW, there were some like you ouisO" ! lice force.” “I’ve often thought . detective could do a lot.” “You—what?” 'iy’ I "A blind man’s other sensfl ! especially acute. The • touch, for example. That® • where Miss Brown was u»® ' been in use for some time, u® ■ the spies have been watchiij® waiting there, right under ■ I laboratory.” ’ 1 “How do you know ?” ■ "Because the basement hai W ■ dried out, probably with s®® ’ of stove.” , J "If you could tell that M 1 about the place, what could j® 1 about the man?” Larkey® • forward. , ..J ’ The blind student shook n® ’ slowly. "His voice—a very voice— disguised with a foiwß ’ eent—or perhaps disguising r eign accent No. If I _ hea “] 5 speaking again I might kno • J not actually come in conu a ‘ him, but from the soundsiN V r I would say he is almost ■ t tall, and heavy. For a ma J , size he is very swift in n» ments.” w ■ “H'm. What else?" » “Not much.” Willard mow 1 to the door of the room an ’• there listening. "I notice ?,,-i s sent one of your men w 8 that basement. Better . t be careful. There’s a botu » acid on the table.” . | 1 "I’ve sent no man to w • ment!” ■ “I hear one.” tin . “Oh!” gasped s. must be the kidnaper derer—gone back for somew r Lieutenant Larkey ra *A| 1- room past Willard, a , t. Pointing the way. “J°“ J t The trap door is closed s ( h Cassidy lifted the do Ciemantine, close b ellin •- herself between a st “? e "aunt” to stare in faf • ‘ a the dark hole into whic - tenant descended. e He called back to then - I. .here!” They heard h>m around on the cement. >f claimed sharply, as the (! i- found something. His ,j er a®l is pounding back up the I r ? stuck his head above , ], is "Cassidy! Stand g ua f( is There’s tunnel leading place. I hear bun y through it.” w „„»d) 1. (To Be Continue’