Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR r DAILY DEMOCRAT — Published Bvery Evening Eleept Sunday Ry THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Clasa Matter. J. H. Heller. - -...President A. R. Holthcuae, Sec’y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Coplea — I -<N 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 tear; 12.50 tor 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 months; 60 cente for one month. Men and women tn the armed forces 13.50 par year or SI.OO for mouths. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National Representative BCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. ' These arc tough days to push a lawn mower, but you won't have to do it so often if this is the start of a dry spell. —o At Van Wert where the water situation is serious and where the city hall has been condemned, there are signs of a political campaign soon that will stir up the voters of that community. —o Congressman Gillie will be at the local postoffice Thursday afternoon to confer with those who have problems or desire information. He will visit Berne and Geneva earlier the same day. o—o ; Summer has arrived. It was a little late in arriving but seems to be making up for lost time by turning on the heat. A month or six weeks of the ninety in the

shade brand will prepare us for the cool breezes in September. o—o g ijiarriages of Australian girls to servicemen have aver--<eged nearly 40 a week for the past •-■three years, totaling 5,957 through the end of 1944, the Melbourne radio, heard by United Press in San '4'rancisco, eaid today. «? o—o The public has been warned not to take too seriously the surrender warnings given Japan by Captain I, E. M. Zacharias of the navy. It was just a part of the cominunica•6 J.ion plan to weaken the, enemy by .telling their people the truth. —o ji Lt. General Jimmy Doolittle, •who made the first plane attack on Tokyo is back on the job as the head of a new superfortress air force. It may be his good fortune to give them the last blow as the first one. Anyway, the Japs will soon know he and his aides are in the South Pacific.

O—o I Fred M. Vinson is now secretary of the treasury and in his speech after being sworn in called on the •people of the United States to “preserve a sound economy without which we cannot have a stable world economy.” He is right and he will have the sincere support of every citizen who hopes for that. O—O Police and probation officials in Huntington have decided that the 1945 curfew law as adopted for In-

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diaua by the legislature, should be enforced. Judge Glenn and Prosecutor Gollehon have approved it. The new law provides that “a delinquent child is one under sixteen years of age who wanders about the streets without lawful business or occupation between HI pm. and 5 am.” It will be interesting to learn whether this helps to prevent delinquencies. —o The new order which withdraws Pullman cars from use for civilians on trii>s of less than 450 miles gives the military about half the Bleeping cars operating in the I nited States. This may be turned over to the armed forces more exclusively by increasing the miles for which ordinary travelers may secure sleeper service to 1,000. More than ever it becomes important to ask ourselves, “Is this trip necessary?” -0 Adams county people are grieved over the reported death of kii.o Lieut. Janies 11. Baumgartner, former Berne man. He was a star athlete in high school and was well known here. His death occuried when his C-47 crashed over China. James had been in service three years and had won many decorations and honors for his brilliant work. He was a son of the late Grover Baumgartner. The sincerest sympathies of the community are extended the bereaved mother, wife and other relatives. —o Fats and oils are needed mote now than at any time and the American Fat Salvage Committee is

making a vigorous effort to secure more from the kitchens of rural and small town and’ city housewives. it’s a tough job for many report that they do not have any oils or fats that they cannot use themselves. With a shortage of meat, lard, butter and other items, the reason for dwindling of grease and fat is apparent. That makes it necessary for those who can to do more along this line to do so. Uncle Sam needs these products to win the war against Japan. —o According to recently published figures, bituminous coal production in the first five months of 1945 was eight per cent below the 1944 figure, white anthracite lagged 23 per cent. It te estimated that this fuel year's coal requirements will ex-

ceed production by 37 million tons. Bituminous coal needs are estimated by the Department of Commerce at 600 million tons for the fuel year which began April 1. Production is not expected to exceed 575 million tons. Anthracite requirements are set at 55 million tons. Output will probably not exceed 43 million tons. —o Victory On Indiana Farm: Hoosier farmers once more have answered the call of world need to produce abundant crops. T.ie drive to fill the nation’s granaries will score another substantial victory on the agricultural front, barring setbacks from weather and damage .from plant pests. Forecasts of yields above last year’s totals and the 10-year average have come from Purdue's department of agricultural statistics, co-operating with the Federal Department of Agriculture. A predicted wheat crop of 36,720,000 bushels is 139 per cent of the 1944 crop and 135 per cent of the average from 1934 to 1943. Much of the gain is due to an indicated yield of 22.5 bushels an acre, which is 5.4 bushels above the decade's average. Corn is scheduled to show an upturn over last year’s crop in spite of adverse weather conditions, including heavy raina and unseasonable coolness. Growth has been retarded by lack of the warm, hunvd July nights and the steamy days—that usually uncomfortable stretch

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which Hoosiers accept as “good for corn.” The biggest production of oats since 1932 is expected. Rye an.l barley follow suit with crops likely to exceed the average by comfortable margins. Indiana farmers have “come through'’ as tliey always do when an emergency confronts the land. Operating with a serious man power shortage and often with lack of sufficient machinery, they have enlisted on the food front to speed victory on the fighting front. The state salutes the patrioic tiller o' Hoosierdoin's fertile acres. —Indianapolis Star. o — I Modern Etiquette I | 9y ROBERTA LEE I ♦ — ♦ Q. When one receives a wedding invitation or announcement is one obligated to send a gift? A. An invitation carries with it this obligation, but an announcement does not. When one receives a wedding announcement, a gift is entirely optional. Q. Should a hostess always serve tea on her at-home day, or when a chance caller drops in? A. Tea should be served on the at-home day, but it is not necessary to do so for a chance caller. >Q. Who should be the first guests and depart after attending a dinner party? A. The gusts of honor should be the first to leave. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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I Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE HOUESHOLI) SCRAPBOOK Milk Bottles Always wash the outside of the milk bottle before placing in the refrigerator. The bottle is handled by different persons before the housewife gets it; and the brim should be cleaned before pouring milk over it. For Picnics A good receptacle for holding bottles in the picnic hamper can be made out of a cardboard box with circular holes cut in the lid. There will be no more worry about losing the liquids. Cutting Goods When cutting material along its wake, if a thread is drawn before beginning it will insure a straight line to follow. o Twenty Years Aqo Today « July 25—Lose Brothers installed a liquid mechanical soda fountain. Henry Harting, 59, dies at St. Henry, Ohio. He was a brother of William Harting of this city. Many from here attend the races at Montpelier. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nichols go to Akron, Ohio for visit with relatives. ,E. B. Williamson of Goshen, manager of the Great Northern Indiana fair is here to complete arrangement for the big show. Mrs. J. W. Tyndall entertains at luncheon for her sister. Miss Bertha Heller of Indianapolis. August 15 will be date for the next gift day in Decatur.

V-5 Progam Open To Youths Os 18 The naval aviation V-5 pilot training program has been opened to 18-year-olds, it was announced today by the naval aviation cadet selection board, Chicago. Previously only 17-year-old men have been eligible for this popular “fly for navy” instruction. In order to be eligible for the V-5 program, 18-year-old youths must not reach their 19th birthday before November 1, they must be classified lA, and must not have received notice of induction into the armed forces. In addition, applicants must be high school graduates or be graduated before October 1; this educational requirement also applies to 17-year-olds. Young men who meet the age and education requirements and are interested in this pilot-officer program, should write the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board, Room 301, Board of Trade Building, Chicago 4. ill., for an application blank and instructions. On returning the application and other required credentials, they will be informed as to when to appear for aptitude and physical examinations. Successful applicants will be processed into the navy and placed on inactive duty until called for training. Naval aviation V-5 pilot-officer training includes preparatory college instruction, pre-flight school, and flight training. On successful completion of the V-5 training, cadets are graduated and granted an officer’s commission as Ensign. o — Democrat Want Ads Get Results

Newspaper Contempt . Ruling Is Upheld Miami Newspaper To Continue Fight Miami, Fla., July 26—(VP) — The Miami Herald and its associate editor today prepared to carry to the United States supreme court their contempt case HP* upheld by Florida courts. In an opinion yesterday, the state supreme court upheld a Dade circuit court ruling against the newspaper and John D. Pennekamp, associate editor. Earliei the organization was fined $1,250 for editorials and a cartoon published last year. Circuit Judge Marshall Wisehart and Paul D. Barns of Dade county had themselves brought the contempt charges. Tn a statement issued after yesterday's opinion, Pennekamp said “the point here involved is simply whether a judge, displeased with what a newspaper says, has a right to gag that newspaper . . it is unthinkable that in a democratic government any court should possess this power. “In going to the highest court in the United States we, therefore, stand upon our right to bring the conduct of our courts to the attention of our readers at all times.” The supreme court opinion, which held a strong dissenting statement, was carried by a 5 to 2 vote. It declared that: “If the editorials had stated the facts correctly, nothing but a correct conclusion could have been deduced and there would have been no basis for contempt, but here they elected to publish as truth a mixture of factual misstatement and omission and impose on that false insinuation, distortion, and deception and then contend that freedom of the press immunizes them from punishment. . . . “It is utter folly to suggest that the object of these publications was other than to abuse and destroy the efficiency of the court. “Freedom of the press is not a symbol of the ‘big stick’ that one may flourish with impunity. It is one of the vital elements of democracy in which the public as well as the proprietor has a vital interest. Justices Sebring and Buford dissented from the majority opinion. Buford wrote that “the edi-

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX i AS THE kidnaper reached in to 1 grab at the radio tube on the front ’ seat Clementine suddenly threw the , car into gear. It leaped ahead with a jerk that would have stalled a i cold engine. Agatha was flung back against the rear cushions. She saw the man stagger, lose his footing and fall as the car swept past him. "Duck!” cried Clemantine. •'He’ll shoot!'* There wasn’t any need of the order. Agatha had bounced to the floor. Rolling helplessly because of her tied hands, she saw the trees and sky rocking overhead as though they had gone mad. But it was the car that had gone mad. She heard no gun explosion. The car was making too much noise. But she saw the windshield shatter in a neat pattern of cracks with a round hole in the center. The bullet must have passed close to Clemantine’s head. The car swerved sharply as it rounded a bend. No other shots followed. “Clemantine! We’re going the wrong way! There’s a dead end to

nay. Aueica u, ueau en<» io this road!” She saw the girl fighting the wheel on the crooked road. Agatha braced her feet and twisted to a sitting position. “Clemantine, we’ve got to turn around!” “The road’s too narrow. I’m watching for a wide place." Agatha prayed that the gangster, or whoever he was, wouldn’t find any big logs for a barricade. If he blocked the road before they turned around they’d be trapped. i Probably he’d depend on his gun to stop them. He could do it, too. That one shot had been wild because hed been knocked oft his ' feet. i Clemantine was doing her best to stretch out the distance between them and the man who by now : probably jwas on horseback in hot ; Suddenly the bottom of the car seemed to drop out from under Agatha. There was a terrific clat- . tering that told her it was crossing i a low-hung bridge. Then it leaped ‘ tip again, climbing steeply. | The engine labored. Clemantine t clashed the gears shifting back into ■low. Agkthafheld her was left of It. The engine’was slowing down. The car was stopping! i Clemantine announced, "It’s just a trail, but here’s a side spur! I can back into it and turn around!” The car suddenly shot backwards, did a crazy turn and crashed

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into the bushes that clawed at it like things alive. Agatha was safe from the thorns, but Clemantine had to throw herself flat on the seat. The engine died. Silence dropped on them, so sudden it was frightening. There was no sound Os their pursuer. “He's at least a couple of turns back down that road,” said Clemantine. “I’ve lime to untie you.” “Gracious, child! Don’t worry about me. Are we turned around?” Clemantine had climbed out —a somewhat difficult feat under the bushes that pushed down thick above them. She opened the rear door and worked swiftly at the ropes that held Agatha’s wrists. “We’re turned around and headed downhill, ready to give a surprise as soon as he appears,” the girl explained. ‘There! Now you can at least hang onto something instead of taking a beating." Agatha moved her arms gingerly. Her wrists hurt horribly. Her right knee hurt from something it had struck—she couldn’t remember what But she didn’t seem to have any broken bones. She roso up, holding onto the front seat, and

peered over the top as Clemantine climbed in behind the steering wheel again. “That man’s no foreign agent,” Clemantine whispered. “He’s merely some ruffian who was hired to bring us out here. All he’s interested in is money, and now he knows the value of this radio tube.” “Is it safe?” “Right here beside me. Sh! Listen!” The horse’s hooves were beating a skittish tattoo on the loose timbers of the bridge. “The horse is already frightened," said Agatha. “Thai man ’ doesn’t know how to ride.” “Hold tight! Here we go!” The horseman rode into view. He did not see the car behind the screen of bushes. He was having all ■ he could do to handle his mount, , which was snorting and full of spirit after its long wait for a rider. Clemantine lifted her foot from ’ the brake pedal. The car rolled ■ ahead. She pulled it into high gear and turned on the ignition. The mo- , tor sprang to life. They leaped for- - ward, bursting through the screen, ’ Straight for,the With her tand hard ph the horn Clemantine blasted the moun-i tain peace. t ‘ The horse shied in terror. The 1 man, wide-eyed, made one attempt to aim=*his gun, then fought the - horse’wildly to save himself as his 1 steed jumped to one side.

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The car raced past dcred over the bridge. On UM beyond it went into a .-M. skid. Clemantine eased theM 1 The whirling landscape setUM.; into place. ■' They slid safely turn, and under control , past the deserted hvuse« . down the canyon road ' ization. r Agatha let out • m, c£:;;'ne P grinned. “You're a b-' * ; been in the back •-■■-•'- 1 r W have fainted.” j Clemantine < . heroic. Her hair vva> o i was scratched byte nJ*-, ■ t had torn at her clothes- J i Agatha knew she didn roic either. Her fur c( ’ _ was full of burrs and ch-- - ■ r mind was confuse... t “We’re going j r dent Hill and deliver J c tube! The men who ha « >, get it will be d have it—just out yr

look ’guilty “ * longer. We can jus. it —which is true. Agatha say we took u ■- fW We certainly look had!” 1() o’clock* It was not y et1 11, 1 C cal( p* they rattled onto t. Western college htM : their appearance- !)Otfe iS managed to im P\ h ’ v ieft‘<* the home slrfctc> ! rn i,,; g trit'® l< in front of the adn - {or t)i ing and headed fctrai o flee of the P>* sld fZionist» i There was no r t . „ $ the r re » d “ ajar, came thc jc a rgun’men in non-acad in didn’t look like a i inl « Clemantine too l A?3 fti marched in ah' ' c i a itrf laid the umphantlym fro> o d educator. He . with his goatee v throat. , d “is tl> a ‘ “There!” she you’re looking ° , pje * I -Dr: Hill i then dropped his . lon his desk. ' d o yd* picked it up. ' . this is the : Why, this is J- 1 -' tf js J mercial tub- oU<> 9 ,1