Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR I. DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller -..President ' X R. Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller. Vice-President Subscription Batea Single Copie* — I -04 One week by carrier ....,._ -20 By Mali In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert countiee, Ohio, |4.50 per year; $2.50 for six months; $1.35 for three months; 50 cent# for one month. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 for six months; $1.65 for three month*; 60 cent* for one month. Men and women In the armed forces 13.60 per year or 11.00 for three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative BCHEERER 4 CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. The dog days approach, and it s time for everyone to be carei"! about what they eat and wear. -0 Congress is adjourning for eleven weeks They plan to return October Nth to settle such prob leins as may arise. —o Don't let July pass without adding another bond Io your collec tian. It's being thrifty, wise and patriotic. O — O Be careful that the weed* don't go to seed Let's slop this bus: ness of Indiana having more hayfever patients than any other state. —o President Truman is acting a* chairman of the Big Three meet I ing. He is right in taking the altitude that the early end of the ■ war in the Pacific is the first and most important problem. With j that disposed of. the world can settle down to rebuilding its losoes of; the past few years. —o Lt. Dick Sheets has been recoinnfended for the Distinguished liyitft cross, one of the highest awards the navy can make. He ' has served more than three years and has seen many hours of thrilling action in the South Pacific and oyer Japan. Congratulations, Dick. You have earned the decorations. —o r Governor Lausche of Ohio has vetoed a bill passed by the legis- ' Jature requiring payment of a min- 1 inium 60 cents per case deposit on ’ beer bottles, both by retailers to ' breweries and by consumers to re- 1 fallers. The governor said the 1 bill “seeks to utilize the broad police powers of the state to, freeze a purely commercial or. trade practice already in existence.'' -0 Indiana now has a eash balan ■: on hands of more than $83,000,000 with fifty-four million of that amount in the general fund, according to Governor Gate*. That’s a gain the past year of eleven million dollars. The state has no debts and is an enviable financial position. It is doubtful if any state in the Union can compare to old Indiana. -0 > The war lords of Japan can confer all they want to and the Mik-

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ado can bluff to his hcai't deahe, hut no nation can long take the terrific pounding they are getting day and night now and have been for weeks. They are a very fool Ish bunch of people and ought to , be sensing that before long. They want to eave their faces, but in the meantime they are losing everything else. —o The controversy between the Typographical Union and the Publishers Association is becoming very serious. From the little we have heard about it. we can't understand why a settlement isn't reached quickly, but there are probably some reasons that have not been made public. Anyway, we hope and we are sure the public does altso. that agieements will soon be reached. —o Those who study fuel production (ell us that there is greater danger of coal exhaustion than of gas or oil. So it's interesting to learn that Borneo, one of the islands now being saved from the Japs has a rich supply of coal. From that field Australia has secured her greatest supply. Coal is not reproduced and while m w fields are found occasionally, it is doubtful it that will fill the demands of the future. So serious has the problem become that producers are thinking of utilizing the Antarctic. What a job that will be for the ininersO—O Mrs. Knapp Resigns: Concluding mote than nine J years of excellent public service, Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp has resign ed as director of the Adams county welfare department, effective August 20th. Her frank statement that she doe* not wish to serve under the new laws as enacted bv | the recent legislature leaves no room for doubt as to her reaction. I She prefers to retire rather than to carry on under regulations with which she does not agree. Under her guidance the Adams county welfare board has ranked high in the state and nation, being recognized a* one of the best. Mrs. Knapp has also solved as juvenile probation officer for the county from 1931 until last January when a new law made necessary the appointment of a full time officer for that department. The state accountants and others in authority have praised Mrs. Knapp'* work and her retirement is regretted. The county board will select her successor from a list of candidate s to be submitted by the personnel division of the state merit system. Mrs. Knapp has concluded a difficult work with credit and deserves the appreciation of the public in general. O—O The Soviet Example: The Russians celebrated the defeat of Germany with a great victory parade in Moscow. Standing beside Marshal Stalin in the reviewing stand. Marshal Zhukc.v said: “After four years of savage battles wc have entered a period of peaceful development. The Soviet state has emerged even more mighty from the grim struggle we waged, and the Red army the most, modern and powerful army in the world.” Then he added this note of warning: “But for us it is unseemly to become conceited or complacement. In the future, too. we must strengthen the economic might of our country, unceasingly perfect our military skill, study the abundant experience of the fatherland war, and develop our military science." Obviously, the Russians are not among those who believe that' weakness points the way to peace. For the present, at least, they are going to look to their own security and it behooves us to do likewise-. —Washington Star. 0 Often the voice of inclination is calling in the opposite direction to the voice of conscience.

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t « I Modern Etiquette | By ROBERTA LEE © Q. When serving tea is it required that all the china on the tea table be of the .-anie design? A. No; thi* is not essential. Q. What is “sauce veloute"? A. .A white sauce or stock made by boiling down ham. veal, fowl etc., adding soup stock, thickening, etc., and again boiling and straining. Q. What is the preferred calling time for men? A. During the evening. 0 « < I Household Scrapbook ! By ROBERTA LEfc I < < The Bread Knife Sometimes the baker is blamed for bread that is not thoroughly baked when the trouble is that the knife is not sharp enough. If it is sharpened oftener there will be an improvement in the slices of bread. White Stockings If you have some white stockings and wish to change them to a tan' or brown, boil them for a few minute* in strong tea and then rinse in clear water. Egg Stains Before laundering egg-stained linen. soak it in cold water. Hot water will set the stains and make them difficult to remove. 0 When we look through the glasses of appreciation wc forget the faults of others and see only the good.

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» © ♦ Twenty Years Aao ! Today » 9 • July 21—John Thomas Scopes is found guilty of violating the antievolution law,, at Dayton. Tenn., and is fined SIOO. He will appeal. Bank bandits get $2,000 in a raid e on the Larwill bank. b Hail causes much damage to corn ’■ in Kirkland and Preble townships. *' City garbage contract is let to Charles J. Roop for $629. s The city will install a new 3,000watt turbine at power plant. Win-field Maddy of Detroit is visiting here. F -oDo not draw back from any I way because you never have passI i d there before. — .SHIKOKtJ ' I ■■* — ~ KAGOtHIRuSMT . ■ — ■-— > K S -- 17 - •T - ppjT 1 E|r~l~tsßyulcvLi k j HANGCMow 5—- i h 11 _7- —- r — A ' ' * 7 - QIWFNCWOW r 1-- - : Statute AMes Foocwow 0 JOO 200 300 400 -V- - - OKINAWA-BASED bombers started raging fires in Shanghai (1), most important Chinese port held by Japan, and hammered the Japanese industrial city of Kogoshima (2) on south Kyushu in the latest air blow. (International)

f { IJ by nf I I FRED W. BRAUN it X © Wie'Safdy Some weeks ago 1 wrote r.n article in this column urging the authorities in all communities to provide playground activities under proper supervision for children during the summer vacations. Playgrounds keep children from playing in the streets. While parent- have a definite responsibility to see to it that their children do not play in the streets, yet through heedlessness or carelessness, many young-tens are injured by motorist*. The saving of one child's life or the prevention of one accident to a child in any community is enough compensation to warrant the expense of providing supervised playground activities. Those communities already engaged in providing playgrounds for their children, let me say "Well done!” o In Between Fares Indianapolis — (UP) — Policeman Charles Ford, a former deputy sheriff, thought he had seen everything during his many years as a law enforcement officer. Then he saw a woman taxicab driver parked at the curb, reading the Bible. 0 More than 15.000 employees of the Willys-Overland Motors Corp., now have an average of $G66.66 each invested in war bonds. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

— ♦ activities of ADAMS COUNTY 4-H CLUBS 4 1 • — Rural Youth A group of Adams county rural youth attended the second of the 1915 quarterly meetings of district No 1 rural youth of Indiana. The meeting featured a picnic supper in the pavilion of the Welle county state park. A tour of the 1,039-acre park was enjoyed before the business meeting. After the supper. Rex De Haven led the group of -17 rural young people in recreation. The Adame county group included; Melvin Werling, Marian Backhails. Enid Ripley, Max Crownover. Vaughn Meyers, Lester Backhau.-, Clara Lengerich. Vera Heiman, Eugene Heiman. Anna K. William-, and Mrs. Ervin Lochnei. Smiling Juniors The St. Johns Smiling Junions met July 12 at St. John Lutheran school. The members answered the roll call by relating the most embarrassing moment in their live-. Delores Bultemcier gave a talk and Jame* Bouman a demonstration. A number of game* were played after the meeting. Merry Maids The Monmouth Merry Maids 4-H club held their sixth meeting July 12 at the Monmouth school. The meeting wa.s called to ordei by the president, followed by the roll call. The song leader then led

the member* in singing songs. It was decided to have a picnic July 25, at the city pool. (After the meeting wa< adjourned members .spent an hour in baking and rowing. Later refreshments were served by Carol Kirsch, to the eleven members and two leaders present. Jolly Juniors The Preble Jolly Junior- held their seventh meeting of the season at the home of the health leader, Margie Menter, July 13. The : meeting was called to order by the 1 president, Marilyn Ruth Koeler. ; The reading of the minutes followed and the roll call was answered with a favorite flower. The 4-H pledge was repeated and the 4-H song and other songs were sung. Members should have their towel's and apron* finished by the next . meeting and bring them in at that . time. Members present at the meeting . were: Mary Ann Ewel, Marilyn Kiefer, Virgene Selking, Margaret Selking and the hostess, Margie ( Menter. One guest. Deloris Werling. attended the meeting. At ’he close r of the meeting the hostess served , lunch. , The next meeting will be Tues- . day. July 24. at 1:30 p. m. at the home of the president, Marilyn

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE I WHEN THE truck hit the first down-grade curve at reckless speed Agatha clutched cut wildly at Clemantine. They both slid off the bench and onto the floor of their careening prison. The girl helped the elder woman to her knees. "Are you hurt’" "No. It’s lucky they took the milk cans out of this thing!" "He’s trying to get to the end of this main road before anyone sees him.” ; "Do you call this a main road?” "Os course it’s a main road—for the mountains.” , "Do be careful of your hat! It looks like it’s going to fall off.” Clemantine straightened the precious headgear. “Thank goodness (they didn’t throw a sack over my head, or I wouldn’t be wearing this now.” "At this speed you may fall against something and break it. Wherever he’s taking us, it looks like we’ll never get there alive!” She grabbed the bench as they lurched around another curve. Clemantine stood up, held onto the heavy screen in the front of the panel body and peered out the little opening beside the drive. “The sun is high enough above the horizon by now to shine on top the mountain to the south of us,” she reported. "I think we’re on the Coon Creek road.” The driver overheard her. “Sit down, lady! You’ll get hurt." i "Yes, do!” Agatha urged. The sight of that bobbing hat kept her nerves on edge. “I feel more secure here, where I can hang onto something,” Clementine told them, raising her voice above a sudden grind of gears. The drived had thrown the machine Into low as they descended a steep grade among the redwoods. I The road narrowed. Past Clementine's head Agatha caught glimpses of a steep bank to the left, where the trees overhung. She imagined the sharp drop off to the right, With spires of redwoods rising un out of the thick foliage of the canyon slope. She and Otto Halder—a different Otto Halder In those days—diad once traveled this road to a picnic. Clemantine’s mention of Cooh creek brought back those memories tn a torturing rush. Agatha Stood up and clutched the screen beside Clemantine. Yes ah* was right. It was the old, famihar country. The early tnorwing

Rulh Koeiei Cloverblossom The Geneva Cloverblossom club met on July 13. in the home economics room of Geneva high school. The meeting was called to order and the 4-H pledge and motto and the pledge to the flag were repeated. The roll call was answered by giving “Your favorite movie actress." After the business meeting refreehments were served to those present by Phyllis Hofstetter, Phyllis Riggin. and Maxine Pyle. All members are urged to be present at the next meeting to be held in the same place and at the same time on July 27. when the club will entertain the Hartford 4-H club. All members are asked to bring their record books. Peppy Peppers The French township Peppy Peppers 4-H Club met at the Well’s County S'ate Forest Sunday for a picnic. After the dinner a short ! business meeting was held. Roll call ' »6a» answered by naming favorite I recreations and by introducing the I guests. It was decided to have another meeting in July. This meeting will he held at the home of Arveda Schaefer. 'After the business meeting, ice cream and cake were served. The following mmbei's and their guests were present; Arveda Schafer, Ada Frauhiger; Beulah Bertsch. Doris ' Dick; Pauline Seesinglith, Alice ’ Dick; Maxine Erhart, Nilah Hackinjos; Eloise Smith, Arline Hirschy: Ardena and Rebecca Hirschy,

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[sun had not yet penetrated down i here. Dew stood on the leaves of ’ the thimble berries. Wisps of fog ' clung to the deeper places of the i wood. ! They met no other vehicle. It seemed impossible two cars could ] have passed if they did meet. Aga- 1 tha held her breath at each curve, 1 because the driver did not use his i horn. The grade flattened as they 1 neared the canyon bottom. The truck slowed, then with a squeal ! of brakes and a sickening sideways slide in the deep dust, came to a ' halt beside a ruined barn. ‘ "You’re late,” said a nasal voice ■ from some source Agatha could not ' see through the narrow window. “Never mind that!” replied their driver irritably. “Help me tie up these dames and get them into that jaloppy of yours. I want you to take this milk truck down the line and wreck it. It’s hot!” “I told you that trick of changing cars wouldn’t work.” The truck body recoiled as the driver leaped down into the swirling dust. “These dames oughta be gagged. Suppose they holler at someone goin’ by?” “No one will hear ’em in Dead Man’s Gulch!” Agatha stepped back from the little window. Tire rust was choking. She heard sounds of men talking as they moved away from the truck. A bluejay called raucously. A chipmunk sent his short, sharp “cheep!” through the morning air. “What are they doing?” Clemantine asked in a trembling voice. Agatha looked out again. The dust was settling. “They’re getting ropes out of an old car. It looks like a wreck. Rusty fenders and no top.” “I don’t like this! They’re going to take us to some hideout where we’ll never be found! I’m going to try the door»” Clemantine pushed against it—banged with her fists. “No use,” Agatha told her. "I heard them lock it when they put us in.” “They’re likely to search us.” “You mustn’t give them that radio tube!” I don t intend to. And for goodness sake don’t keep staring at my ha i when they get us outside!” ‘lt’s likely to fall off.” ' a y b e 111 a chance to get nd of it before then—throw it into the brush or something, where we can find it later.” “Hush! Here come the mfen!” A key scraped in the lock of the

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door. Half ti o rear !«"”'•*■ The same datk. with no attempt at scowling at ttiem. "'■'kd'.jwj a time, and make it Agatha stepped down, pounding. The •! • r behind her. "Th/ is told their driver ar.d his panion, who had masked ■■ with a bandana. “You for this!” “Cut it out, sister. hurry!” , The taller man hands from bel in i them together at Iter M II other tied her wrists They both clutch, i v r.oM J arm, and hustled her iW>®B cient vehicle standing barn. "Remember, 1 ’ the ■ warned her. “if you farmer going by, we 11 ■ They hurried back to I for Clemantine. 3 Agatha thought, "If ’ were some way I eouid nal— something I could J show they’re taking us ■ road! ” . IrnJ She thought about handkerchief, but there of getting it into her ■ had nothing but her feet. That was it! A shoe. | She stood up in the to? ■ The men had left the door was a simple matter shoe off by catching I the toe of the other “'.JI kick and the shoe w® r out into the middle °Clemantine was P ““Lady,” the tall man f j£ “you’ll never n 5 ;usS p you’ll never see cith< r v t “What do you w > You—you’re not g trclJ j us?” She was pale a" al) i They almost had to w her in beside Agath.*- 5i “Okeh, Joe.” d ' r, ' ftt ' trUC i ! I set man. “Take th; where in a hurry. 1 month in—you knw # . s i •: “Right.” The ta’l 01U ■ toward the milk t e j trot. Suddenly he •, ‘ das t reached down into : picked up Somethin,. ‘ > back at his mate who i . into the driver's “Here, you keep tn-s. ■