Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR I DAILY DEMOCRAT I, -I Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DBCATVB DEMOCRAT CO. <- incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office aa Second Clasa Matter. J. H. Heller —-President A R. Holthouse, Bec'y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller. Vice-President Subscription Rate* Single Copies 1 04 OnAareek by carrier -20 By Mall in Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and Vast Wert countiee, Ohio, $4.50 per year; >2.50 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 month*; 60 cent* for one month. Men and women In the armed forces $3.60 per year or SI.OO for three months. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. National 7 Representative • SCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York. 85 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. Send in your news items. Please call 1,000 or 1,001 and tell us of eveSts that will interest the public. —o Bg,y your August bonds and hang on what you have. That’s the advtee of the wisest financiers in the eouutry. o—o There seems to be a difference of pinion as to whether we ought to occupy Japan or cut off their supplies and let them fight it out amopg themselves. « —O-O— Perhaps there are just too many fish-'in the river for the amount of Water. Looks as though the fichermen have been neglecting their duties. O—O The corn outlook is not as good as was hoped for and unless the wea ( ther man holds frost off. until October, the yield here will be much below average, according to thos* who have surveyed the coudty. I I f O—o K&g Leopold has evidently decided that his trip home to Belgium isn’t* “really necessary." Indication* are that such a journey would resist disastrously for he has been told’Jn plain words that he isn’t wanted. J —O-O— Rspcid butter is being used to Increase soap production. Well, accoßMing to all reports, soap is also-tbadly needed, so if the butter is fiP for use, why not convert the material into a commodity that can be Utilized?

o o Senator Capehart is evidently mor*interested in politics than in aiding Uncle Sam. At every opportunity he gives out interviews on ajjjout everything from fixing a date- when the war will end. to how to manage Germany. -0 The United States senate has concluded one of its busiest and most successful sessions and members are now on vacation until October. The fall session and the next year's program will be exciting if not so important, for politics will enter largely into the discussions. —o The Nips not only appear to be small of stature but pigmies m mind. They thought they could

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whip the world by tricks and schemes but have never in the present war ahown any great ability as fighters. O—o D. C. Stephenson, former head of the klan in Indiana, is asking a new trial because he says at the time of his hearing twenty yearn ago at Noblesville, he was afraid to testify for fear of mob violence which he plaims was threatened. He has made eleven previous attempts to have his life sentence set aside. O—O— The United Nations Charter will be adopted, the Big Three policies will be put into effect and enduring peace may result for a long time if the people so want it. We must not fail to be watchful for trends in the direction of war. Once darted, these grow rapidly and finally burst into all out war. Let’s hope and work for the best. O—O There were 11,160 traffic deaths in the United States the first halt of this year. That was one percent less than in the same period last year, but still far too gieat a sacrifice to carelessness. What will it be in two or three years when cars are again available and when the world starts on its contemplated vacation? O—O Pierre Laval, who sold France out to the Nazis, is back in his home country to face trial for treason. He will be called as a witness in the Petain case and will then be called before the bar ot justice himself. He either felt that Hitler was right or that he would win the war. He guessed wrong and now must pay for his bad judgment. O—O If the Japanese war lords ever had any doubt as to the outcome of the war they should be convinced now when we are “calling our shots.” Warnings are being given the people in those cities that are to be bombed and they have the opportunity to escape to safer territories. We are not trying to kill people but to destroy their munition plants so the war will end with less loss of life. O—O Only twenty cases of polio have been reported in Indiana so far this year, an unusually low record. Seven of the cases came from Tippecanoe county and all reported were in the northwest section of the state. The division of rhe state health board in charge of communicable disease control, is keeping a close watch and making every effort to prevent the disease

‘ J . - -- r as well as aid the victims. —o Predictions are being made that there will be less meat next year than this, which is not very encouraging. However, that depends on whether or not the army is reduced. At present we are al the peak, but a few months after the war ends the armed service will no doubt dwindle rapidly. Experts also predict there will be less corn this year and that will affect the ' production of meat considerably. ■ The situation is rather serious and 1 will require careful rationing in ’ every household. o—o In Paris the lights may soon be ' dimmed. In the huge textile mills 1 of Lyons, the spindles are idle. In 1 Belgium the great steel mills in Liege, Charleroi and La-Louviere • are shut, and in many a European village there is ample food, but no way to get it to the hungry cities, says Time magazine. Why is the economy of Western Europe still paralyzed? It has a coal famine. Like a wagon without a home, it lacks the pbwer to start. Until the coal shortage is solved, there is little chance that Europe's shattered economy can be rebuilt or that any sizible trade with the United States can be revived, says Tima. A

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♦ I Modern Etiquette 9y ROBERTA LEE ♦ * By Roberta Lee Q. When is it all right for a man to tip his hat by merely lifting it slightly in front, instead of removing it? A. 'He may tip his hat to a woman he does not know, when he has done some courteous service for her. Q. For what reason should one send a prompt answer to an invitation to a week-end party? A. So that if one is unable to enjoy the hospitality, the invitation may be extended to some other guest. Q. In what way can one overcome self-consciousness ? A. The very best, and really the only method, is thinking less about one’s self. I Household Scrapbook i | By ROBERTA LEE | _« — ♦ 1 By Roberta Lee f Garbage Pails 3 Place a few drops of a strong disinfectant in the garbage pail every few days during warm s weather. It will keep it smelling , sweet and will keep away prowling cats and dogs. B

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Sewing < A lot of sewing to be done on i the machine with a boot tread will ’ not seem so tiring if a piece of i carpet is fastened to tne tread. s Rugs 1 Try sewing a piece of heavy cardboard or rubber to each of the i corners of small rugs. This will I keep them from curling and per- t haps causing a bad fall. t I ♦ ♦ ' Twenty. Years Ago < Today 1 Aug. 3 — The Rcppert auction < school opened this morning. i Donald and Alton Hower pur- i chase the West End restaurant. The General Electric plant has 150 employes and Decatur Casting has 120. Bryce Thomae, scoutmaster, and four assistants leave for Hamilton Lake with 28 scouts. They will enjoy five days in camp. The church of the Nazarene will lopen evangelistic services in a tent at east end of Madison street, starting tomorrow evening. COURT HOUSE I . Seeks Divorce ; Attorney H. R. McClenahan has filed suit in the Adams 'circuit!

court entitled Alice Ailerson, in which the plaintiff seeks a divorce, custody of three children and SI,OOO alimony. The complaint says that they were married June 2, 1934 and separated August 1. 1915 and charges the defendant with failure to provide, neglect of family and other cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs. Ailerson asks that she be given custody of their two sons, aged nine and 10 years, and daughter, aged five. asks the court to require the defendant to immediately pay $25 for the support of the children. Motion Filed in the William G. Bollenbacher estate, a motion was filed that the estate be referred to the assessor to determine the inheritance tax. Marriage License Adell Kirby, Denver, Colo., U. S. army, and Vera Louise Myers, of Monroeville. o Pleads Not Guilty To Assault, Battery George Pond of Homewood, arraigned before Mayor John B. Stults in city court on a charge of assault and battery, pleaded not guilty and trial was set foi 2 p.m. Monday. The charge against Pond was filed by William Felton. I Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Spain Fears Results Os Big Three Meet 'Tougher On Spain Than On Germany' Madrid. Aug. 3- (UP) -^ g aids feared today that tbe ® S Three’s denunciation o th co government might be by economic sanctions and ulti mutely a break in diplomatic reU U '’’The Big Three has been tougher with Spain than with one Spanish newaperman summed ” Tim Spaniards fear immediate economic reaction to the Potsdam statement may be the shipment of lesa coal from England, less gaso line and cotton from the United States, and less wheat from Argentina. ... Most Spaniards in responsible positions took the news with seriousness, but none expressed panic. All were fully conscious of the gravity of the situation, but it must be remembered that Madrid

governmental circles for the past few days have expected some sort of Big Three denunciation of the Franco regime. . When Winston Churchill their last hope—left the Big Three meetings, virtually every Spanish official conceded that an inevitable Allied denunciation was forthcoming. DeGaulle Triumph Paris, Aug. 3 — (UP) —The Big Three’s announcement that France will participate in the new fivepower foreign ministers coupcil was considered in Paris today as a triumph for Gen. Charles DeGaulle. It was considered a concession to DeGaulle’,s demands for France’s recognition on an equal basis with the other major powens in future world re-organization plans. To the French this announcement was regarded as the Big Three’s most important decision. It was believed to have brought France one step nearer her goal of complete rehabilitation as oue of the world’s leading powers. 8,600 Japs Killed In Escape Attempt than 8,600 Japanese have been killed in frantic attempts to break out of ,'the trap between the MandalayRangoon road and the Sittang, river in southeastern Burma, a southeast Asia communique announced today. More than 65 prisoners were taken. Allied patrols continued to mop up stragglers. / Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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I 7, CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO I AGATHA KNEW that blind Willard Bacon was sincere when he Indicated his puzzlement about the microphone. Clementine, too, was watching the blind student closely. She leaned forward in the bedside chair of his disheveled room. He sat on a corner of the bed, turning Die microphone over and over, as his fingers explored it like the antennae of an insect "How could anyone get into the laboratory to steal that?” Clemantine asked. Agatha thought, “Strange, how we look at his eyes when we talk to him—although he can’t see us.” Willard explained, "Remember the baAement and the trap door? That basement extends under the professor’s workshop and laboratory. There is another trap door under the cabihets in one comer of the workshop. It was cut by the men who made the basement their headquarters. It was easy for them

to get into the laboratory any time they wanted, in spite of the men on guard outside the doors and windows.” “How did you discover all this?” Agatha asked. 11 “I found the trap door when I was exploring the basement. I even entered the laboratory that way myself, just to prove it could be done." | “Why didn’t you tell the police?” Clemantine inquired. I He was bending over the microphone, frowning as he felt it He raised his head. He didn’t know it, but he seemed to be staring right through Clemantine. "You should have told them whac ybu discovered,” Clemantine repeated. "Perhaps. But it would only have thrown them onto a Hew track that would have confused thfem. Lieutenant Larkey has a one-track mind.” Clemantine agreed. "But was that the way the radio tube was Stolen—the real one?” He nodded. “There’s no doubt about it.” "But the plotters in the basement didn’t get the tube," Agatha protested. “They thought I had it—or Clemantine.” “You’re right They had been waiting down there, watching. They

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intended to let the professor perfect his invention, and then it from him.” Agatha was confused. “I thought —that is, why would they steal it ? Why not try to—bribe him?” “Perhaps there were several groups after it They may have tried several methods. Miss Blossom, for example, was trying to obtain the secret by making love to 1 the professor. She may have had no connection with the would-be thieves.” i “She didn’t get it, either. She’s

• in jail.” “There’s someone else involved in ' r this,” declared Clemantine. “Some- i t one else has that tube!” ’ “I hope you don’t suspect me.” r His ability as a mind reader was ? amazing. Agatha admitted, “Franke ly, Mr. Bacon, I did think you - might have put that microphone in r Clemantine's room.” f He seemed amused. "I give you e my word. I had nothing to do with r it. What gave you the idea?” n “The wires led in the direction of

this building.” * “Oh-h.” ! "Someone is spying on me!” Clemantine told him. He laid the microphone down. “I was afraid of that. I wish you would go to a hotel.” Agatha observed, “Surely they must have learned by now that she doesn’t have the radio tube. They will stop bothering her.” He clenched his fists on the bed beside him. “If I could only do something to protect you!” Clemantine softened. “You’ve done well so far.” "What have I done? Nothing! If only I could see what is going on!” “Don’t feel that way. You have a sixth sense.” “What makes you say that?” ' “You walk across the campus, ; avoiding trees. You never walk into . buildings. You do things no one else t could do —in the —dark.” “I have no sixth sense. My ears 3 are my eyes. For example, have you 3 ever ridden in an automobile speeding past fence posts alongside a t road?" “Why—y-yes. They make a zip- • ping sound as they go by.” ei Agatha said, "It’s the echo of - the automobile, coming back at you.” a He nodded. "And you know that y your voice sounds differently in a

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- -Xk Sir' imF ! I X?’ ■ ; W' : .' s SMILING Mrs. Kiyoshi the former Esther with her twin babies in i i Wash., hospital. The babie-vB is in Federal prison for report to a conscientious S'B camp. The J:ip-A I nerica n L'’B®o in July of last year gained interest , t|Bti

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Agatha rose. 1 was becoming tro P iasstf ra didn't want to en s/ | „ ••Since you can I about the microphone . ff; M. .- keep you from already made too muci pcc. you.” , „ rntPS t "(0B~ r He rose, too, m prof I want to help you 1 f "Thank- you-X I’* 1 ’* in r ene»M tine told him. that!” , ~,i n. pn Agatha smiled at ll ~ Oiro-ettinC lw eoulJ n°

iput, torgeiuiib | smile. , .-Thank Clemantine sad, w again. I’m terribly l» «•«<• ’“Sitba accepted It stretched hand. hin j As the door shut Ut Clemantine a sk^d ’ he is we do? I can’t believe FJ There’s someone > -- fI ««B “Who? You Hans, is i nno ? en L,?, when standing beside y J lice were chasing > of that basement. JH who remains? o pie,'iM "Not very . " I ‘ l , y 4stel’ e J.. mantine admitted. I jail. We know no one,, ■ except President Hm- „ ' “Except — clf ind ” ‘‘‘ .-of B gripped the girj i . i president Hiu“But—" . thattb'lH ••We took his n ijL t tube was just a • thc(il Belzer wouldn t kn . when we showed I Willard couldn t sec. __, ™ f “Oh, do you suppb- wcK >JW ' “ we ; v \ go if we have to oa-& t a ued)