Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evenim Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Clast Matter. J. H, Heller - ....Preaident A R. Holthouae, Sec'y. &. Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies $ .04 One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and .Van Wert counties, Ohio, $4.50 per year; $2.50 far six mouths, $1.35 for three months; 50 cent# tor one month. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 for six months; $1.65 for three moiths; 60 cents 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 BCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. *>Both the state supreme court and the federal court have held the Hoosier beer bill is constitutional, so it looks like that’s it. —o ..The average person is not as jjittch interested in buying furs as getting some good underwear. Alices and sox and pajamas. « o—o County and street fairs will be booming next year if the war ends Mi time to permit them. In many places plans for such events are already under way. O—O a The soldiers are coming home from Europe rapidly these days. Last Friday more than 28,000 landed in New York and the boys are hurrying home for furloughs before being reassigned or discharged. O—O The United States will invest six billion dollars in the international Sank and stabilization fund as proposed under the Bretton Woods « j>lan. The U. S. senate passed 't jith only fifteen dissenting votes jfter a rather stormy session led tjy Senator Taft of Ohio. O—O *< 1 statistics show that the second world war has cost every person in {Be world an average of SSOO. We ijave a chance to get ours back SDme day by careful planning, thrift and wise effort, but it will take Japan centuries to catch up <m the net. losses they have sufAred. O—O t Shoe rationing is easing up. according to the dope from Washington, and ten million more pairs will Jje made for civilians the last quarter of this year than in this, the third quarter. Looks like we may be able to keep our feet warm even if we can't get all the fancy items for the tabla we would enjoy. O—O—— There are still some cars that do not carry the new Car Us?r Stamp on the windshield. In the meantime, federal officers are checking in every county. If you find a slip on your car, follow instructions, for it meant you have been tagged and that the check will be followed up until you have j complied. O—O Price ceilings on a hundred items Including furs and jewelry will be suspended soon, the government

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announces. That will be appreciated and may be the start of a plan that will include many other Items. As soon as the goods can be produced, regulations for distribution that will give everyone a chance to obtain the things they need, will prevail, we are told. -- Former President Herbert Hoover is urging ratification of the World Charter. He said in a r>ceut speech that while it had weaknesses, it is a step in the right direction. The altitude of today s leaders in this country io greatly changed from a quarter century ago and the efforts now being made here and over the world to prevent future wars, are most encouraging. O—O “Prepare for Winter" campaigns are being urged by Harold h kes, national fuel director, with special emphasis as to Indiana ami Illinois. Every precaution should be tak'U now. Get your home in as good condition as possible, see that your heating plant is cleaned and repaired, if necessary. You will be fortunate to get eighty per cent of the amount of fuel you usually use, so the great savings must be made. We may be chilly, but we

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eral countries. O—O —- In one college at least, returning veterans have created less of t problem of veterans’ adjustment than one of civilians’ adjustmen*. R. L. Lewis, veterans' counselor at Colorado Springs Agricultural college, reports that student veterans generally are determined so make the most of their educational opportunities. They are, he say.-., studious and industrious, and there are far fewer tailures among them than among the students with no military background. — Huntington He raid-Press. O—O It its an obvious fact, but it will bear repeating agaiu and again and again—American business is just as interested in the better wot id after peace comes as anyone Businessmen want no ceiling on jobs, no ceiling on national income, no ceiling on the standard of livin,. This is not a ceiling country, by the way; we've always been a people resentful of being fenced in. But businessmen are practicaleven if that quality does seem a bit out of style. They know—and the rest of us may very well accept their gospel—that the standard of living in the postwar world is going Io depend on being able to divide income into the maximum number of things—goods and services. Every extra cost that does not result in better production subtracts from the chance of a belte. living for the American people.

Industrial Newe. —o Tolerance: “Temperance in all things is an ideal of human conduct that few of us reach in daily practice writes Dr. Angelo Patri, internationally famous American educator, in his column widely syndicated in American newspapers. “The one who smokes too much but does not drink at all has something cutting to say about the drinker and the one who eats candy by the pound is smug about his neighbor who is a chain smoker’ points out Dr. Patri in his plea for reason, tolerance in all things including temperance in judging the desires and likes of others. Commenting on the use of alcoholic beverages. Dr. Patri says: “Prohibition did not help us. Men were meant to live in the middle of the road. Never too much of anything is their first law.” "Some of us” says Dr. Patri, have no difficulty in being temperate in the use of our tongues, eonio never achieve that control.” That, be points out, is as bad as being intemperate in other things. Good health, good self-control, tolerance, understanding and restrain from

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excesses of any kind, is the way to good health and good life.—Reprinted by special permission of the Bell Syndicate Inc., and the St. Paul Dispatch. 0 — t • | Modern Etiquette i | 3y ROBERTA LEE I « « Q. Who should begin first to call the other by his or her first name, when .1 man and a woman have been introduced? A. This is the woman's privilege, though quite often the man will call the woman by her first name, then apologize; if the woman then grants him the privilege, he may continue to do so. Q. Should a young girl offer her hand when “he is being introduced to an elderly woman? A. Not unless the elderly woman offers her hand first. Q. Is it proper for a person to > cut lettuce leaves with a knife? A. No; lettuce should be cut with | the fork, even if it is at times a! little awkward. — 0 — I Household Scrapbook I | By ROBERTA LEE I « 4 Cleaning Windows After a summer rain, when the water has spattered through the screens and spotted the windows, wipe the glass first with newspaper and then wash. The results will be more satisfactory. Aunt* If garden ants come into the kitchen during warm weather, when the back door is open,

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sprinkle some roach powder over the crack that is their entrance and they will soon disappear. Pressing Sleeves When a crease in the sleeves of a coat U not desired, fold a newspaper and slip it into the sleeve before pressing. o — « 1 Twenty Years Ago Today July 23—Rev. O. E. Miller of St. Paris. 0., accepts pastorate of Decatur Baptist < hurch. Lemuel Fisher. 65, dies at Paw Paw. Mich. Funeral here Saturday morning. Hodges and Couley, expert tree surgeons, are” trimming the trees in the court house yard. Mrs. Fred Smith and sons Clark William and Lewis are visiting in Chicago. Herbert Fullenkamp of Chicago 1- visiting his mother and other relatives here. o Legion Executive Committee To Meet Indianapolis, July 23 — (UP) — The national executive committee of the American Legion meets Thursday at its national headquarters. The Legionaires will select a site for the 1945 war-curtailed national convention, elect a new national treasurer, establish a national division of public relations and formulate the organization's program favoring congressional action of laws for universal military training.

Further Pullman Cut To Civilians Hinted Hearing Is Opened On Railroad Tieup Washington, July 23. —(UP)— The government's limitation on use of pullman sleepers may be extended to rail schedules up to 750 miles if the present 450 mile ban doesn't suffice to meet army needs, it was learned today. An office of defense transportation official said it was not yet known whether the 450-mile limit and other emergency steps would till army requirements for sleepers. But if they don't, he said, there will be no hesitation to take more drastic action. “We may raise the mile limit on sleepers from 450 to say, 700 or 750 miles," he said. His statement came as the Senate war investigating committee opened hearings to determine whether the current railroad jam had been aggravated by improper war department planning of toop redeployment. ODT director J. Monroe Johnson was called as first witness to discuss congressional charges that the army failed to tell the ODT, the railroads or the navy how many troops it was bringing back and when. Sen. Harley M. Kilgore, D., W. Va., said Johnson and the ODT got the required information only last Saturday. The Senate committee had made representations to war mobilizer Fred M. Vinson against the army's past policy.

Sen. Homer Fergueon. R., Mich., said that in the past the ODT had not even received notice of troop landings, making it necessary tor johtfton to get it from other sources.” “The army knows how many men are in Europe, how many ships it has and how many railroads are available,” Ferguson said. All that has to be done is to coordinate.” . . Ferguson suggested that the bu - den on railroads be eased by carrying redeployed men to interior points by plane. Chairman James M. Mead, D., N. Y„ has suggested that the olhei United Nations chip in with ships to speed redeployment. Meanwhile, other steps were being taken by the army and ODT to conserve sleeper space and discourage civilian travel. The army is presently trying out an experiment of “rotation sleeping” on a troop train enroute from Camp Kilmer, N. J-, to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Soldiers will alternate sleeping in the pullmans and sitting in coaches. Two soldieis will sleep in a lower berth, one m an upper, and three will share a pair of double coach seats. The ODT further discouraged civilian travel over the weekend by prohibiting organized group travel and the sale of railway tickets qr 4iace on railroads to travel trgaucies. o Col. Jock DeWitt On Adams Screen

Os interest to many Decatur people will be the short subject, “Target Tokyo” on the Wednes-

ady and Thursday program at the Adams theater. Seen in the film is Lt. Col. Jack DeWitt, grandson of Mrs. Minnie Teeple and nephew of Jack Teeple of this city. Lt. Col. DeWitt, who has often visited in Decatur, is shown entering a B-29 bomber for a flight over Japan. “Target Tokyo'* portrays the first land-bassed bombing of Japan's capital from Saipan last November. It follows the journey of a squadron of B-29s from the time it leaves Grand Island, Neb., through its various stages to Saipan. its preparation for the bombing raid, the raid itself and the return to the island base. Narration of the film is by Capt. Ronald Reagon. The short subject will be seen on the same program with “Bullfighters,” starring Laurel and Hardy. 0 Nearly three-fourths of the hospitals polled by the National Poll of Hospital Opinion believe hospitals should be licensed to protect patients from sub-standard care.

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CHARTER TWENTY-FOUR AFTER THE driver picked up the shoe she had kicked off as a clue which rescuers might follow, Agatha lost hope. The huge redwood trees seemed to close in behind the car like sentinels of a' tremendous, gloomy prison. The old automobile twisted and bumped through thickets of low hanging branches, across half-ruined bridges, past loggers’ cabins fallen in decay. ‘‘You might drive slower!” Clementine suggested. “Do you expect us to stay in this seat —with hands tied and no way of hanging on?” The driver did not turn his head, but Agatha saw he was watching them in the mirror. “You won’t tall out,’’ he growled. “I’m not too sure of that,” Agatha informed him testily. What she really was worried about was that ridiculous hat on Clementine’s head. It bobbed precariously, perhaps because of the extra weight given it by the radio tube concealed in the crown. Twice the man stopped the car, climbed out, walked back and, with pieces ot brush, erased tracks left by the tires in sandy places. Most <of the road was packed hard and covered with redwood needles that left no record of travel. Another peril to Cleznantine’s hat was the low-hanging branches unfler which it was necessary to duck because the car had no top. ’ At one duck Agatha exclaimed, “Be careful!” Clemantine gave her a warning look and whispered, “Hush! I’m doing the best I can!” •fever since they had left the main road Agatha had been trying to think of some way Clemantine might shake the hat overboard at some place where it could be found again. Trouble was, always when she glanced in the mirror on the windshield she saw the man’s eyes watching them. The road bordered a creek which under any other circumstances would have inspired “oh’s and “ah’s!" over its beauty. The water rolled and churned in 'wjhte trails among the' rocks, and in deep .’pools •reflected the overhanging ferns that gave shelter to wary trout. The great trees stood with their feet among the dewy azaleas and reached for the sky, feeling the first warm sunlight in their top branches and breathing out a perfume that tailed for romance

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“Dead Man's Gulch!” announced the driver. Agatha shuddered. What a horrible name! The car stopped with a squeak of brakes in front of a dilapidated building. "Here’s as far as vse go,” said the driver, switching off the motor. “Good grief!" exclaimed Clemantine. “You're not going to take us in there? Why, the place must be full of rats!” “Scared of rats?” “They aren’t as bad as some humans,” declared Agatha. “Call your gang.” He looked surprised. “What gang?” “Don't tell us you’re alone?” The man grinned. “Think I can’t handle a couple of women?” He sat sideways in the seat, rustled some papers and produced a sandwich he began to eat. “Gotta finish my breakfast!” “Arc you going to leave us tied?” asked Agatha without hope. “Are you going to starve us?” The fellow shifted a bite into his other cheek. “You don’t think I’m goin’ to untie your hands, do you?” Clemantine widened her eyes toward the elder woman. “Do you suppose it is true that he’s all alone?” Their captor leaned over and adjusted something on the dashboard with his left hand. “Just me and the rabbits,” he mumbled. As if to illustrate his words, a fluffy-tailed rabbit scampered across the clearing. “You're not alone!” Clemantine accused him. “I hear someone talking!” Agatha recognized the voice. “That’s the radio he’s just turned on. More police news. Imagine—a radio in this rattletrap!” “Oh, we had it put in special,” their captor said. *And this ain’t the rattletrap it looks to be.” He leaned back and relaxed, one elbow on the steering wheej, and lifted his feet onto the door opposite. “Handy, these police broadcasts.” “What good is a police broadcast going to do'you in this forsaken hole?” Agatha wanted to know. “The police, believe it or not, are goin’ to tell me what to do with you •next.” "You mean . . .” “If my friends find what they’re lookin’ for in your room, I’m -to bump you cff. If they den t—l hold you here till they corns and nuke

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you talk. The polk” 1 will the signal.” hut) “He’s lying.” said “What he probably I,l(?a " 3 ®Ky he’ll find out on '• <• ra '/'W' or not the police arc M trail. They already have t'PP'Sg off once.” ■ “It seems so senseless to formation like that served Agatha. Hut to lien was wondering if perhaps telling the truth. The wanted the radio tube at nothing to get it. ■ “You’re all wet. wet,” declared the rufua" ■ listenin’ for a signal. Ar-i worried about the police safe here. Nobody'. W-■ not even if they fly over us ■ airplane!” _ ( Agatha had to admit that he was right. 'l'm' trees<■ a perfect canopy anyone trace them io 11 Sire wisher he his food. Also, she did:o-■ ■ way he kept staring at J “Sa-ay, that’s an awful B hat.” J Agatha’s heart missed *■ She heard Clemar.line gasp. ■ “Funniest hat I’ve eve the kidnaper said. 4 “There —there’s nothing about this hat!” “Lady, it’s a riot!” He stopped eating. APP there were no more sandui■ eyes narrowed and he lean. - ly over the back of the s'. , closer look. “What’s tha front?” , u.k “It’s nothing. All these made that way.” , “You’ve got somethin there!” He made a ( l l ‘ !t ” r M cli fore the girl could had the hat gripped .n “Ouch!” she cried. , He pulled, and the hat j head, mussing her ham . know girls still wore said. “Let’s see. I amt • this.” He turned the ddwn and looked into linin’s’Tipped!” ll)in!: it “Yes. I-I tore it Clemantine lied. r ftei “Sharp cerners on > His big, clumsy i»"f cr ; ut the the lining. He pulled tening radio tube anc • in his hand. His I 0 (I. B* <*»* B * d '