Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1945 — Page 3

JULY 17 z 1945.

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■K* y T 0 attend MIPBjBRD MEETING Keller lelt today O. 'to attend the a ' meeting of ’lie of the Catholic The first *wiH Ihf at one ,hir,y ”■ wedneeun one } i| O'hor impieme the meetHelen - M - Doyle ’ president; Me-. I u Cleveland, <).. vice -B* s Mary 1.. I.etc ‘TnSflewW- 1--< re;;iry; direr i®>ia Harkin. Newark. ( ' l ' ps,li " ’> ° ■ celebrates jSSß nniversary i'.. prisffick Striker en:e:a:nJjjy'iKdav party Saturday T"i r^5a daughter. Karen. ■,,..K>l: l y.'d and (leliciiiunerved. | Sharleno Leh'"•JMMfralver. Karol Elzey, tri ' mf 1111 Beverly Lister, ih&chKand Marilyn .Jaberg. &A. A MEETING .BSMSevening \ e y. AML ot tlle Firet l lnitetl Thursday home of Mrs. Mel- >, Drake, leader, dks;e3 theHff. “A Time for Great ;.,oHds Fredecm for All.’' rteen fßl'mia were discun.-ed

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KhFnd the Scenes

JMKrRISON CARROLL J Kftf IHtures Syndicate Writer i UGLlKoOD— After 11 months t th 4 iKroyer squadron that 1 * ixoo-Kiction at Ivvo Jima and 1 iuowsKt. (j. g.) Richard Ney 1 i'.ere may stay long enough i

to celebrate his r second wedding 4 anniver-I sary (July 24) i with Greer Gar- I son. However, • he’ll have to 1 share her time. 1 She is still 1 working with Clark Gable in "This Strange ■ Adventure.” < 1 Olivia De 1 Havilland has 1

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wal ■jert (and considers herlf in a guest house on a w®t®lill3 estate. Place has ’ small living room and K ki - chen - No phone. -RMB° red maid tried to cook * a ®*B ctric Plate and blew the ‘ Wlth BUCh a bang that 'sH»- e P ar ““ en - arrived and more cooking. So, after teftMay’s work at Paramount ' ..{gjach Ills Own,” Olivia has a **'<Kr dinner in a restaurant. iron y- She’9 paying to store her furniwfre is to rent the house. Atwills are expecting ■nSw 1 late September or early She’s the former Paula singer and writer, to Las Vegr 3 July 7, at last for Mrs. Mildred 73-year-old aunt of Pevto come nere from ' and make her home with Pev. The old lady leaves Must be a wonderful bec ause she has written lnda to get her a defense Hutton confirms to her ? a S’ she is craz y about TheoTtw iskin ’ owner of a Chicago ‘? u supply house. They marriage two days met! ... Marital bark ® Welle Craven and Agent H y d e Is rocking danger- ■.’ • Ch ums will bet you it’s r^BP OU3 between Florence tJjr* and Bob Walker. Did you used to run a charm yy®n New York? . . . Kay X W W, an d Groucho Marx will be ■“ a ®i on the 21st, not the 15th. . l . j ; *® e Capt. Bill Atkinson, who p g B en squiring Sylvia Sidney, II » W ise Lattimer’s ex - groom. f lflf aticined at Santa Anna, refrom an air ciash, , , .

by Glennys Arnold, Blanch Mumma. Allien Johnston and Melvena Reed. Special prayer was offered for missionaries and the boys and girls in service, after which a short business meeting was conducted by the bice "president, Mrs. Zella Baker. During the social hour, delicious refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Marie Wynn and Mr. Viola Weitfeldt. The Pocahontas lodge will meet at the Red Men hall Friday evening at eight o’clock. The St. Ann Study group will meet Wednesday evening at seven thirt yo’clock at hte home of Mrs. Ed Keller, 1116 West Monroe street. o aftJJJCALS Mrs. Chanes Hite left early this morning for Miami, Fla., where she will visit her husband, who is with the U. S. navy. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shirk and daughter, Miss Libby Macy, and Mrs. Robert Shirk left this morning for their homes at West Palm Beach, Fla., after a pleasant visit with relatives here. Mrs. J. H. Heller and Mns. Dick Heller accompanied them to Indianapolis, where they caught the South Wind at 11:15 this morning. John W. (Jack) Meibers, well known resident of the* city, suffered a heart attack while attending to business in the county auditor’s office Monday afternoon about 3 o’clock. A physician was called and soon revived him sufficiently that he could be taken home. Glay Porter and family of Kokomo are spending the day at the H. M. Crownover home on route 6. Carl Baxter, well known local barber, is reported to be recovering from an operation for removal of his appendix, performed at the Adam,s county hospital. The attack came on suddenly and was quite severe. His barger shop on South Second street will be closed for a

June Preisser arrived from South America on the same day as her brother, Eddie, from Europe. He had 33 months overseas. . . . Bob Haymes’ property settlement with his wife, Dianne, is the biggest in income percentage in Hollywood memory. She and the two kids get 40 per cent of his gross income, plus $40,000 insurance and a furnished house. Haymes, a Columbia player, is Dick Haymes’ brother. . . Arthur Murray’s definition of a meat counter: “An object you lean upon while you buy 15 cents worth of cheese.” Peggy Ryan’s sergeant brother, Michael, due for an Army discharge as soon as he gets out of a European hospital where he is suffering from a terrible case of trench feet. Poor devil had his shoes on for 45 days straight. The seven-year-old daughter of French Actress Micheline Cheirel and John Loder has been offered a movie role by Universal. She 11 be the fifth generation of Cheirels to don grease-paint. Her mother was just signed by R-K-O to play opposite Dick Powell in “Cornered.” The day that Director Jean Renoir started "The Diary of a Chambermaid,” he received news that his 22-year-old son, Alain, has won a field promotion from corporal to lieutenant, for gallantry on Okinawa. Boy also saw action in Normandy. HOLLYWOOD HI JINX: Lois James gives up her screen career when Husband Bill Tracy leaves the Army. . . . Major Thornton ' Freeland (the former director) here for 10 days. . . • Colt expecti ed by one of June Storey’s mares i will be screen-tested by M-G-M for I a re-make of “Black Beauty.” . . • l Mrs. Rian James, accompanied by . Attorney Milton Golden, goes to court Monday to seek a divorce from her writer husband. . . . • Army bomber flew Emil Coleman s . band to Wichita Falls, Tex., for a > camp show and had them back the r same night in time to go on;at the 3 Mocambo. . . . Lawrence Tierney t (the screen’s Dillinger) at the t Trocadero with Milly Trunnels.... - Carmen Miranda and H. D. Hover, 3 of Giro’s, a new twosome. •••"!- 8 bum of the first records ever made i by Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hiii Hard as a team waa , dl . s “^® d . Paris bv Pvt. Elwood Anthony... • l (the singer) at the Bc^ er J y 3 Tropics. ... Dan Duryea, the per- -, fectionist, visited Sing Sing to.pre. u pare for his role in Scarlet - Street” and even sat in the hot . seat, sans current, of course.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000—1001 Tuesday The Catholic Ladies of Columbia, K. of C. hall, 6:30 p. m. Decatur Garden Club, Mrs. H. L. Koontz, 2:30 p.m. The Loyal Daughters Class of First Evangelical Church, Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, 7:80 p.m. Happy Home Makers Club, Mrs. Dwight Schnepp, 8 p. m. Psi lota Xi picnic, Boy Scout Cabin, Hanna-Nuttman Park, 6:30 P. m. Kum Join U,s class of First Evangelical church, Hanna-Nutt-man park, 7 p. m. Tri Kappa sorority, Elks home, 8 p. m. Wednesday St. Ann Study group, Mrs. Ed Keller, 7:30 p. m. Decatur Home Economics Club, Mrs. Kenneth Small, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Women of the Mooee, pot-luck supper 6 p. m. meeting 7:30 p. m. Better Homes Club, Mrs. A. D. Crist, cancelled. Phoebe Bible Class, Picnic, Han-na-Nuttman Park, 6:30 p. m. Blue Creek Township Friendship Village Home Econocic Club and 4-H Club, Lehman Park, Berne, 1:30 p. m.

Ladies Aid of Evangelical church, Church parlors, 2 p. m. St. Paul's Ladies Aid, Mrs. Kermeth Parrish, all day. St. Luke’s Ladies ifiuild, Church, all day. Rainbow girls, Masonic hall, 7:30 p. m. Pleasant Mills Methodist W. S. C. S., Mns. Clyde Jones, 1:45 p. m. Friday Pocahontas Lodge, Red Men Hall, 8 p. m. couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Coppeiss and children, Jean and Dick, of Coppess Corner are spending two weeks at their cottage at Lake James. Harry Kershner will manage their business while they are gone. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Champlin and their youngest son, Jimmy, of Ames, lowa, arrived here this morning for a visit with old friends. Mr. Champlin formerly operated a wholesale gasoline business here. Their oldest son, Charles, has been given a medical discharge after serving in the army nearly two years and Bob, their youngest son, is now taking his midshipman training at Miami. Mr. Champlin is making a quick business trip but stopped off here to look up his old cronies. Miss Hattie Kern and Russell Kern of Toledo, Ohio, visited with their uncles and aunts yesterday, being at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kern at noon and at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Garard in the evening, They also, visited-with other relatives later in the evening. Miss Secelia Noonan and Miss Helen Roop visited in Chicago over the weekend. Mrs. A. J. Boelens of Detroit, Mich., Mrs, M. B. Miller of Middletown, 0., and Mrs. M. A. Harding of Miami, Fla, have been the house guests of Mns. Charles Camp the past several days, at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mns.

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TnTnT TTnTnTTjTnnnTnTT UNC'IIE; IWM Unit Is Cited Cpl. Carl C. Moellering. husband of Nadine M. Moellering, route one, is a member of Company B of the 134th ordnance maintenance battalion which was recently awarded the star to the meritorious service unit plaque by direction of the president. His battalion, which is commanded by Lt. Col. Paul H. Wood, of Lancaster, O„ was awarded tho etar tor the period from December 1, 1944, to May 31, 1945, and was the first unit in the 12th armored division to receive such an award. The 134th was also the first unit in the 12th to be given the plaque. Maj. Gen. Roderick R. Allen, of Palestine, Texas, commands the 12th. According to the citation accompanying the award, it was made “for superior performance of duty and outstanding efficiency of operation in supporting the 12th armored division during the .campaign in Eastern France and Western Germany.” The address of Second Lt. Eloise Noll has been changed to Thayer general hospital, Nashville, Tenn. The address of Cpl. Arthur L. Braun ha,s been changed and may be obtained from his mother, Mrs. Martin Braun, 222 North Seventh street. The new address of M/Sgt. Harold G. Sauer is Sqd. W. Box 6'13, A. A. B. Alamogordo, New Mexico. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Sauer. Cpl. David Terveer arrived home Monday to ispend a furlough with his mother, Mrs. B. T. Terveer, and other relatives and friends. Receives Book Mrs. Emma Reusser of Berne has received a copy of Hitler’s

“Mein Kampf” from her son M/Sgt. Omar Reusser, who is with the seventh army in Germany The copy is more valuable as a souvenir because it came from the safe in Hitler’s own residence at Urinzregenten Strasse in Munich. It is a special edition, printed on egg shell paper, with beautiful binding, and was published in honor of tho fuehrer’s 50th birthday, Sgt. Reusser also visited Bergerbraukelleller, the famous Munich “beer hall” where an attempt wis made several years ago to kill Hitler. Gladys M McAtee, WAC, daughter of William R. Smith, route 1, has been promoted to the rank of Technician Fifth Grade at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Tex., where she is a medical technician. T/5 McAtee has been in the - service four months. Aboard New York Herald F. Mclntosh, fireman, first class, brother of Mrs. Nina M. Barkley, Monroeville, route two, came through the battle for Okinawa aboard the USS New York without a scratch, helping fire more than J. W. Calland. Brice Butler is at Indianapolis today to interview R. Earl Peters of the FHA regarding priorities that will permit him to build a new residence on John’s street, just west of his present home. He has the plans and has completed all arrangement if he can get the “green light” from the war board.

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Speaks Wednesday

J 1/ * I -Ji I ■ IJ- f V I \.\ J Chaplain Mark R. Moore, while oveAeas a member of the lOGih division, will tell his experiences and account of the battle ot the Belgian bulge, the stand of the 106th division, box car ride and bombing, his capture on December 19, 1944, and his liberation in May of 1945, at the Decatur Church of the Nazarene Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. Other high lights in his message will be the terrors of a German prison camp, death under American bombs, 36-day march through Germany, liberation and recapture, final liberation by brother’s unit, a member of the 86th division as chaplain, dedication before the Statue of Liberty. The public is invited to hear this man and his message. His personal and first hand information will be of real interest to all who hear him. The church is located at North 7th and Marshall Sts., and the Rev. Trueax is the pastor. five million pounds of shells at enemy targets. This tonnage exceeds that fired by all ships combined during the invasion bombardments of Tarawa or Makin. RoiNamur or Eniwetok. One of the grand old ladies of the fleet, the NEW YORK celebrated her 31st birthday during the battle. The only capital ship to stay on the job without relief, she kept her 14-inch and 5-inch guns firing salvos at island targets steadily. Mclntosh entered the navy from Adams county April 7, 1943, and was assigned to the USS New York June 11 of the same year.

Pvt. Chester “Bill” Porter, son of Eva Porter of 815 North Second street, who“was recently inducted into the army, is now stationed at Company A. 6th Battalion, Fort McClellan, Ala. Eugene Carroll Bassett, S 2/c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Basset, 750 High Street, left for Shoemaker, Calif.,' Where he will take amphibian training. He was transferred from Pontiac, Mich., where he was attending advanced gunners school. Seaman Bassett recently spent five days with his parents. He entered the navy ,in November 1944 and received his'boot: tracing at Great Lakes, 111. Staff Sgt. James F. IlarklesT, son of Mr. and Mie. Samuel ftarkless of this city is spending part of a 30-day furlough visiting friends and relatives here. Sgt. Harkless, who entered the service Feb. 1, 1941. has served overseas for the past year. — o Be Considerate Do not make things comfortable for yourself in such away as to make them uncomfortable for otl> ers.—Chinese Proverb. NEURITIS Sufferers! Try Reiner’s Rinol! Comforting relief from pains of rheumatism, arthritis, neuritis, lumbago. FREE BOOKLET. Ask for Reiner's Rinol. $1.50 (4 botI ties for $5.00) Kohne Drug Store.

Adams County Memorial Hospital | o o Admitted: Daniel A. Miller. Monroe route 2; Miss Doris Wagner, Monroeville: Miss Beverly Kay Thieme, route 5; Mie. James Downing, Bryant route 2; Russell Dwens, 322 North Fifth street. Dismissed: Marion Tinkham, route 6: Raymond W. Heller, 122 North Fourth street; Miss Karol Anna Baker, Rockford, O. Mrs. Robert Swoveland and baby boy, route 5; Mrs. Ranca Wolfe and baby girl, route 5. —_ o Committee Approves Vinson Nomination Washington. July 17 — (UP) — The senate finance committee today approved the nomination of Fred M. Vinson to be secretary of Treasury, succeeding Henry Morgenthau, Jr., resigned. The committee also approved John W. Snyder of St. Louis to succeed Vinson as director of war mobilization and reconversion. In the same closed meeting, the committee approved the nomination of Arthur J. Altmeyer, Wisconsin, to be a member of the social security board for another eix-year term. o Vision in the Sky According to the accounts of several hundred residents of Ipswich and neighboring towns in Suffolk county. England, a vision of Jesus on a cross appeared in the sky during an air raid alert, April 27, 1944. The vision was said to have lasted for 15 minutes, then disappeared. o Iron with Grain Iron bias cut garments with the grain of the fabric, rather than from neck to hem, or sagging may result.

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Compulsory Gasoline Meeting Thursday The Adams county war price and ration Itoard announced today that there will be a compulsory gasoline supplier-dealer meeting at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in room 307 of the Decatur junior-senior high school. Mr. Lehmann of the district office will explain the ceiling price of gasoline ami its products. A price specialist will also be present to

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explain regulations R. M. P. R. 165 automotive repair services. o Lack Resource! France and the Low Countries, like most other nations of Europe, do not possess adequate supplies of each of the essential materials needed for the making of iron and steel. France has large Iron ore reserves and is an important exporter of iron ore, but it imports about one-third of the coal and coke it uses, ordi narily getting most of the imports from Germany.