Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY. DEMOCRAT I Published Every Evenin* Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller , A. R. Holthouee, Sec’y. 4 Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller. Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies I 01 One week by carrier — .20 By Mall Jn Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert Bounties, Ohio, $4.50 per year; $2.60 tor six months; *1.35 for three months; 60 cent* for one month. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 for six mouths; $1.65 for three months; 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 & 00. 18 Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. The Nips turned down the Potsdam proposal to Quit but they may change their minds once the 6,000 planes got to roaming at will over thejr islands. o—o .'The Japs are on the run in Borneo and the trouble is they cant run far without being pushed into the sea, and it's a long swim to To Wo. O—o

One of the big tire companies announce® they will build tires in t®e postwar period that will be nondtid, puncture proof and run 100,Mo miles. Ob happy day! u O —O -♦lncreased salaries for officials, Requirements for the postwar ported and other’expenditures ordered by the 1945 legislature, will cause an increase in almost every county in the state, it is predicted by the Indiana Taxpayers Association. -0 jg*'i»olly, what a man!” was the njessage that Bob Springer of Wifcina, Minn., sent to Steward Zagtia of Laminto. Calif., when the Hitter became the daddy of hie fifteenth child. Springer had been tile armed service champ with fourtfeen kids. —o Japanese troops are reported to be discussing peace term® and they sgem happy that they may soon be ngtn med to normal occupations, in tjje meantime, so there will be no doubt as to the intentions of the forces, the air poundings continue. i. o—o ffto one will blame Mr. Churchill iffhe retiree to private life. He has Written a great page in history and Will long be honored. The recent defeat of his party leaves him free to take a much desired and needed rest from public life, but we doubt if he quits. - ...O— O— — It is claimed that a new high oc tane gas has been developed which will not be exploded by a flame. This, it is claimed, will. permit planes to be filled with gas while in tfre air and cars can take on a tank full while moving. It ought to make the Speedway races more interesting. —o It will be wonderful if plans for the establishment of a good size

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lake in the Limberlost territory ip the couth part of this county and the north part of Jay materialize as now seems possible. It would give the people of this territory access to a real place for recreation. O—O The corn in growing and if the war in the South Pacific winds up tile next few weeks or months, living will soon start to improve. A big crop will help not only to win the war but to keep tile peace and to making living more enjoyable. O—O Keichmarshal Goering, who was unafraid in furious battles, is so frightened by thunder and lightning that he recently suffered a heart attack during a storm. Now his attorneys say it is doubtful if he could stand the excitement of a trial. He was not afraid to kill but is jittery when his own late is at stake. O—O Local service (lulls ami the Chamber of Commerce are planning civic projects for the postwar period. Tlte city will also make several important and extensive improvements and the state and county will build new highways and pave, others. It looks like we wiii be a busy bunch in old Adams county next year.

—o Your Sight: Glaucoma is the name of a common eye disease, it is so little known to the public that most of the victims have never heard of it until they are told by an oculist that they have glaucoma. Unfortunately, a great many who hear this verdict for the first time have already suffered irreparable damage to their vision. And tragically, many of them have reached a stage of the disease where treatment can not help and they can only progress to complete blindness. It is estimated that there are ap proximately 200,000 blind people in the United State®. A study of the cause of blindness among adults receiving blind assistance in eighteen states indicates that eleven percent of them arc blind from glaucoma. There are, then, about 20.000 people who are blind from this disease. In the state of Indiana the records of our Department of Public Welfare show that 485 of a total of 1,821 applicants for blind assistance dining the sixyear period from 1930 through 1911 had glaucoma. Since glaucoma usually attacks one eye earlier than the other, it is certain that there are a great many people who have lost the sight in one eye while still having sight in the better eye. The number of such partiallyblinded has been estimated to be

150,000. Since sight is generally considered our most treasured physical possession and blindness our greatest loss,- any disease that accounts for ten percent o£ the total blindness in this country is a condition that should be more generally known, understood and appreciated by the public. Glaucoma is a disease characterized by an increase pressure within the eye that damages the nerves and blood vessels of the retina. With continued increase of pressure, the optic nerve is injured beyond recovery and blindness follows. Normally, there is a delicate balance between the amount of fluid entering the eye and the amount leaving the eye. A disturbance in this balance leading la an increase of the fluid pressure within the eye result® in glaucoma. The exact cause of this disturbance is not known. It is believed that there are probably many factors that may lead ( to glaucoma. \These include not only the degenerative changes within the eye that are natural for increasing age, but also the effect® of an over-tense nervous system and the disturbed action of the glands of internal secretion.

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Consequently, we must consider the glaucoma patient as one who has a sick eye in a ®ick body.—Noel S. Mcßraide in Public Welfare Magazine. o I Household Scrapbook I | By ROBERTA LEE J Camp Blankets When returning from camp, be | sure to hang all blanket® out in the air for a day or two to remove any mildew they may contain. And all clothing, linen, towels, and the like, should be laundered at once, as there may be a few unknown germs and insects that came home with the family. Care of Stove Sometimes the steel fittings on the stove become discolored with brown stains. This is catteod by heat. A cloth dipped in vinegar will often remove these stains. Bruises If a bruise is rubbed with butter as soon as the bump occurs, it will seldom become discolored. Twenty Years Aao Today 4 July 21—James Cowen is elected president of the Provident Building & Loan Association. Grant Weisell, til, former printer at this office, dies at Corning, lowa. The state tax board orders a blanket 5 percent valuation increase on Adams county lands and improvements outside corporate cities and toiyns. Wells and Blackford county drew 10 percent boost®. Decatur schools will open September. T. A. Gottschalk is at Gary, where the state is buying real estate for Dunes park. Dr. Roy Archbold and C. C.

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Schafer leave for Leland, Mich., to enjoy a vacation. I Modern Etiquette I | 9y ROBERTA LEE | ♦ -♦ Q. If a man meets a woman on the street and walks with her should he continue to smoke his cigar or cigarette? A. No; he should throw' it away, or at least hold it between his fingers, without smoking.

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Q. When one places the fork on the plate when the meal us finished, should the prongs be pointed upwards or downwards? A. The sprongs should point downwards. (J. When addressing an envelope, is it all right to use the abbreviation c/o? A. No; the words "Care of” should be written out in full. The disciplined life is the only life into which God can come in His fullness.

r activities of ADAMS COUNTY 4-fl clubs j ' Peppy Peppers The Peppy Pepper 1 Cl "'’ °J French township met at the home of Arvada Schafer. Ine meeting was called to order by the president. Roll call was answered by naming the favorite Hower. A books were checked in at meeting and plans were discussed for the 1-H county exhibit. Two demonstrations were given at this meeting, the first one by Beulah Bertsch on "baking a and the second by Ardena Hirschy on "how to boil an egg. At the close of the business meeting a delicious luncheon was served by dhe hostess. The following member- were present. Beulah Bertsch, Maxine Erhart, Pauline Secsenguth. Rebecca Hirchy, Eloise Smith. Ardena Hirschy, Arvada Schaefer and Mrs. Lochner. Preble Boys The Preble boys CFV FFF 4-H club met at Shroyer lake recently. After the meeting was called to order, the roll call was answered by all members present. A swimming party was enjoyed by all after the meeting. Members present were: Melvin and Richard Werling, Russell Kruetzman, Robert and Donald Gallemeyer, Richard Miller, Eugene Hoffman, Robert Bieberich, Leroy and Willis Bulmahn. Edwin Korte and Kenneth Scaueler, * "county AGENT’S | COLUMN | ♦ ♦ High wheat yields are being reported from all over the county and in this connection two new' varieties are often mentioned. One is the Fairfield variety, originated and distributed by Purdue University, and the other the Thorne, which is a Ohio variety. Both varitiee are good soft red wheats, the big advantage of the "Fairfield being its winter hardiness. Nine Adams county farmers this year are applying for certification of their Fairfield wheat. They are: Stanley D. Arnold, E. W. Busche, Leon Neucnschwander & Son, W. L. Gerke, Harve Ineichen, Edwin Reifateck, Lester Sipe, W. E. Smitli, and Edgar Thieme. Others who are growing Fairfield wheat eligible to ask for certification are: M. C. Blomenberg, H. L. Dehner, August Selking, Jr., Gus Scheuler, Harve Bucher and Chas. Berning.

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CHAPTER THIRTY CLEMANTINE recoiled as from a physical blow when Agatha an- y nounced that there was a micro- r phone concealed in the closet. t “The-then they’re still spying on us!” the girl whispered, as though t she feared her voice might be audi- t ble to the concealed listener, even i from out in the hall. I “I don’t know who you mean by •they,’ child. I wouldn’t be surprised t if it is the police.” * “What can we do?” 1 “We must talk as though we suspect nothing—while someone traces i the wires for us and finds out where they go.” < “Who?” “I—l don’t know,” admitted Aga- 1 tha. “There’s no one we can trust — I unless—there’s that young man, ] Hans Putnam, the football cap- ' tain.” “Ydu accused me of trying to ; make him jealous." i “Very well,” said Agatha firmly, "I’ll go after him myself! You go back into the room and talk to yourself, if necessary. Anything to keep the man-at the other end of that wire from guessing what we’re up to.” Agatha hurried down the stairs and out the front door. She didn’t know which way to go. Suppose Hans was in class? What excuse would she use to get him out? Half a block to her right, bevond a vacant lot, was the Marsh limch room. A knot of students probably would be around the tables there. Perhaps one of them would know where Hans would be at this hour. She didn’t need to ask. Luck was with her, for as she opened the screen door she came face to face with the man she was looking for. “Mr. Putnam!” He grinned at her. “Seems to me we met last night.” “Yes, and I’ve come to you for help. I know I can trust you. Please — outside where we can talk.” A young man at the table just inside the door was regarding them curiously. Hans stepped out on the sidewalk with her. She drew him away where she was sure they could not be overheard. "Someone’s installed a microphone in Clemantine’s room,” she explained breathlessly. “We want someone to follow the wires for us and catch the man who’s listening in.” He frowned. “But—why come to mle? Why not call the police?” “No, no’ Let’s keep the police out of it They suspect Clemantine. It may be the police who are doing -.the listening."

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“Suspect her? Good Lord!” Without further urging the young man headed toward the rooming house. Agatha had to trot to keep up with his swift stride. “Don’t say a w . u when you get there!” she directed him. "Clemantine and I will talk as though there is no one else in the room. You get busy following the wires.” Taking her advice to be quiet, he tiptoed up the stairs behind her. Agatha trod as heavily as she could to cover any sound he made. Clemantine was humming a tune inside the room. Agatha thought, "She’s got spunk!” She was proud of her daughter. The girl’s face colored a little as Hans appeared in the doorway, but the humming did not stop. She pointed toward the back of the closet to indicate the location of the microphone. To Agatha she said, “Did they have a newspaper at the store?” “No,” replied Agatha, keeping up the deception. “You were right. The morning papers have been sold out, and the afternoon papers haven’t come. Perhaps we can get the news on the radio. You have one, haven’t

you?" "One of these portable sets. It’s pretty good. Don’t you remember? : You gave it to me.” “Oh, so I did. Well, let’s turn it on.” The radio would be a life saver. It would relieve them from the need to keep talking. The radio sat in the bottom of the closet. Clemantine made considerable unnecessary noise reaching past Hans’ knees to get it—noise that served to cover the sounds of his moving the clothes aside as he peered up at the wire disappearing over the top of the shelf. Certainly anyone listening at the other end of the line would be confused by the dragging of the radio case across the floor. Hans poked the air with a finger to indicate that the wire went into the next room. Agatha’s heart quickened. That.was the fat girl’s room. Was it possible . . . Hans tiptoed out the door and down the hall. They heard nothing further from him for a moment — . no voices—so it was logical to assume that the fat girl had departed i farther classes at lest. i 4 Clemantine was fooling with the radio dials. “There’ll be a lot of static. It's very noisy.” i “Good! I mean —I don’t like those quiet radios you have to ; strain your ears to hear.” “It takes a minute to warm up.” ; Agatha was listening for Hans' footsteps in the next room, and

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hoping the f -t ?irl him there. Shv 1 1 a H scraping open- ?*■ traced the wm. U, \ already, she ■ It would be awiul to R. someone in this house V'fcy on Clcmantir, . The radio ce:ne to life’ die of one of th- usw. rials. There ” finding news :. ■■■■ that made a no.. • ww-» Through tin . ■> tha saw U.n stairs. He v.. her before In sight below the her guess th :, t the virinz . . ly open and ch'.. behui. . The radio an: - ‘ ; ‘ u dofl ’ a cake recm -V ’ a^r. b ' A '1« • was trembling- • ne "^ S SieW • “Mayle t. -i ■ ; : Clemantine. ’ „ eWS ‘ , tions that might have •« t The front ’’ ; 3 any attempt at quiet a t Hans came P olin,11!!: , ] rt q,

He was surpi •• •.• $ though ha had :iOl ' \,.|xrß ally large. *tj" ‘ was the football •‘No need to ' vOTr ’7’’ microphone a »’ \ sM them, not in tlr , ta iel breath, althouj.o j' 1 - steps three at a timenected.” . hiin in i Agatha stared at lief - clir ,.r> asked®? "Are you sure• tint-. .mu ttf! “I traced the v '' rcs pjowi side wall from«*® the* next room, and . tlie Ji lot between here a lunchroom. They , the dry grass,; -the lot they uere hr ever was listemn,, > • trick and pulled n Agatha S a£l)C ”’ theV pointed that ’ meO nc « been pulled ny lunchroom! ’ -..cnicio' 15 ' 111 “Right. Looks su.P it? That’s where J el 3( “Don’t be sillythere?” „ els 4 , 4 . , “I’m sure no tjj • lunchroom was ' hc;iU U*. microphone.” 4 J'-o-story j : course it's a blind w '' > Willard Bacon, tn upstairs.” e xchahr’ 1 The two women t Ued B e