Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR I DAILX DEMOCRAT PuNUhsd Every Ev«nhK Except Sunday By THU rncr.ATLIR DEMOCRAT co. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office aa Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller -..Prealdent A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y. * Bub. Mgr. Dick D. Heller. Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies ’ ■* One week by carrier -* u By Mall ftf Adame. Allen, Jay and Wells counties, Indiana, and Mercer and VA Wert counties, Ohio, 14.50 per pjfr- fg5Q tor six months; >1.35 foTthree months; 50 cents for one month. „ nn jDlsewhere: 15.50 per year; 1300 for six months; 11.85 for three most he; 80 cents for one month - Men and women In the armed fogeea |3.W per year or |I.W tor three months. Advertising Rates Made Known en Applloailnn. National Representative BCHEERER A CO. 15: Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. —— * she Japs are sorry that they hajj to be sorry about attacking Pearl Harbor three and a half years ago.

—o It will take quite a while for the wdfkl to recover from the war but we can all help by doing our part to rebuild whatever has been destroyed and that applies to every community. The wear and tear has been unusually heavy the paid few years. —o The way to really celebrate V-J day is to resolve to continue to heip Uncle Sam that order may be re4tored every where, the men and wpnsen in the armed service retuhied to normal pursuits and a sound and workable program started for the post war period. —o The Nips must have had quite a serious week-end, realizing that to go on meant destruction and to stop meant to admit defeat and agt& to the control from outside nanons. After ten years of war the military clique didn't evidently want to give up their jobs. i —o The interest created here Sun- ■ i dayjwhen Me Comb air field was deSftated is proof that there will ■ be much activity along the air '< lines as soon as We have settled , down to peace times. Soon when , you wish to get some place quick- , ly, you will be looking for a plane. , —o A daily newspaper in Jersey N. J. announces it wil start ■ publication under a new process ■ some time this week. That will ( beMihteresting if it te successful . but wc doubt that any plan can be*''devised that will have the ( speed of the old method or produce as good results. —o The Chamber of Commerce should and no doubt will immediately get busy on plans for the future. Os course we can t go too fast but we certainly should have a program and get going as soon as possible. There are many projects that can be sponsored for the benefit of al the people of the community. o—o War did not let up during the lull when the messages regarding surrender were being exchanged. Oar air forces and the Russian armies continued to ,’pound and PLEASE! I *IMS pim ww it far yovr ftptr Sthuqt Drivti i % ♦ SIMIMBIK-* < ( FAFIt If A #1 WAI' f MATERIAL SHORTAGE! t " 1 I I'

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THIS EXCELLENT MAP shows the Japanese empire (black shading) before the occupation in 1931 of Manchukuo (formerly Manchuria, a Chinese province), and the farthest extent of Japanese penetration after Pearl Harbor. Included in the Jap land (shaded area)

even a Jap suicide plane or two got through to cause damage to one or two of our ships. This nation did not use any atomic bombs while waiting a reply however. 1 —o Two blows by atomic bombs seem to have convinced Japan that further war would mean utter destruction. Thats one for the books < for never in the history of mankind have nations capitulated so quickly. The bomb does its work so completely that the resulte are convincingly impressed on the leaders of the country under attack. —o Gas rationing may be off but that doesn't end all the troubles of the average motorists. He still must find new tires, drive carefully to keep the old bus from falling apart and hope for the day when he can buy a new car with all the trimmings for a dollar i down and a dollar a week. Its more important now than ever that we use caution and care rather than reckless abandon. —o Every college in the country is planning for industrial training where young men and women can earn the trades. If we are to have a great era of progress, some one must, know how to perform the skilled labor necessary and during the past decade few have so engaged. Many returning G. I.'s will take advantage of the opportunity to become experts in the lines they decide to follow. —o The state of Kansas often gets in the news. We know it as a great wheat producing area and the home of a famous fighting man, General Ike Eisenhower. The late William Allen White used to praise it and condemn it. Now comes Allen Crafton, a professor at the state university who says Kansas “hg.s more rivers and less water, more dry voting and lees dry living, where you can look farther and see less than any place in the world except Texas.” Well thats one way to advertise. —o— Some one pullod a joke on the United Prese Sunday evening when some way or another they got a message on the wire that the Japs had accepted the Allied proposal. They fooled millions of people l for just two minutes which is how long it required for the U. P. to deny knowledge and declare it a fake. When they find the jokster he will have to think up a good excuse to escape punishment.

It will be a grand day when all rationing can be lifted but if we are wise that day won’t come until the supplies warrant it. In numerous cases where there has been no regulations we have found it difficult to find any of the items deaired. Cigars, cigarettes and tobaccos are not rationed but try to find them. Only those who have some close contact with the manufacturers or jobbers can get more than a meagre supply and the thing would apply to other articles more necessary if all regulations are taken off. Lets be wise. —o J. Dwight Peterson, former Decatur man, was named a year and a half ago as chairman of the Postwar Planning Committee of Indianapolis. He has made his report which calls for the expenditure of 125,000,000 a year for ten years and his plan makes this possible without increasing the city’s I tax rate. The program will include a new sewer system, railroad grade separation, street widening, expansion of park system and a larger city hospital. Mr. Peterson has become a leader in the banking and civic circles of the Capitol City and his ability is again being demonstrated. o .. - .. . • —» I Modern Etiquette I Sy ROBERTA LEE » — ♦ By Roberta Lee Q. What is the correct salutation for a woman to use when telephoning to another woman of her own social position? A. All necessary is to say, “Mrs. Jones? This Is Mary Smith.” Q. Should the coffee spoon ever be left standing in the cup? A. Never; the epoon should be placed in the saucer as soon as the coffee Is stirred, and never removed. Q. What is considered the most important duty of a hostess? A. Briefly, the sole duty of a hostess is to entertain her guests, seeing that each one is having a good time. o ♦ • I Household Scrapbook I | By ROBERTA LEtf ♦ — * By' Roberta Lee Something Different Try this for a new kind of sandwich. Slice some bananas lengthwise and flip in lemon juice, place them on whole Wheat bread, spread with mayonnaise, sprinkle on some chopped nuts, and be sure to serve at once. White Silk Blouses If white silk blouses are hung out to dry they will turn .yellow. Wrap / them in Jewels ? uritJU tlfey are ironed. If they should become yellow, use a little whitening in the rinse water. Baby's Rubber Sheet Do not throw away the old raincoat. The back can be cut out and made into an excellent sheet for baby * crib.

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and island chain as shown on this map are the manadted islands of (he Marshalls, Carolines, Ladroncs and Palaus. The United Nations t<ffnsive for the reconquest of Jap-occupied territory began with the invasion of the Solomons, in the Tulagi area, on Aug. 7, 1942. — V "■ 1

• • I Twenty Years Aao Today ♦'-— ■ " ■ ♦ Aug. 14—Two bandits hold up Farmer’e Bank at Ohio City and escape with 15,000 in cwsh. Lt. Bryce Thomas leaves for Camp Knox. Ky., where he will train with the 134th Field Artillery. Miss Helen Kinzle returns from Oakland, Calif., where she has resided the past two years. Mrs. S. D. Beavers and grandsons, Jimmy and Bobby, return from a week at Winona Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fritzinger entertain at dinner for Mrs. Mary Overman of Covington, Ky. Indiana Farmer Is Electrocution Victim ! - South Bend, ma., Aug. M—Frank . Crothers, 42, was shocked fatally last night at his farm home near New Liberty. A long steel rod i touched a high tension wire as he . was tamping down a new well on his property. o I MASONIC 5 Stated Meeting, August 14, 1945, t 7:30 P. M. Fred P. Hancher, W. M. 1 r ~

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Command Setup By United Press Here is the Allied command setup in the war with Japan: General of the army Douglas MacArthur —Commander of U. S. Army Forces in the Pacific; also Allied commander in the Southwest Pacific. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz —Commander of U. S. Naval Forces in the Pacific. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz—Commander of U. S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific. Lord Louie Mountbatten— Commander of Allied Forces in Southeast Asia. Generalissimo Chalng Kal-Sh6k —Commander of Allied Forces in China. Marshal Alexander Vassilevski — Commander of Red Army Forces in Manchuria. General MacArthur Declines To Comment Manila, Aug. 14— (UP) —Gen. Douglas MacArthur declined comment today on radio Tokyo’s report that Japan has decided to accept Allied surrender terms. He had announced previously that he would not comment until notified officially that the war was over. Lesser officers and G. I.’s , yelled themselves hoarse, however, as news of the Japanese broadcast , spread through Manila.

COURTHOUSE Real Estate Transfers Edgar F. Klees to Clyde L. Toman, inlot 6 in Decatur. Elizabeth E. Hindenlang to Joseph Ward, Inlot 71 in Decatur. Elizabeth E. Hlndenlang to Elizabeth Ward, iniot I'l2 in Decat “ l '- Elisabeth E. Hindenlang to Elizabeth Ward, inlot 113 in Decatur, Lincoln Housing Corporation to Charles Wagner, inlot 904 in Decatur. Lincoln Housing Corporation to Elmer J. Wagner, inlot 919 in Decatur. • Ellen Weist to Arthur Alexander, 40 acres in Wabash fwp. Henry E. Branning, Jr., to John C. Gillion, inlot 38 in Decatur. Elizabeth Ward to Lawrence Ladig. inlot 112 & 113 in Decatur. Emil Nagel to C. August Nagel. 1.01 acres in Monroe Twp. Nathan C. Nelson to Roland L. Reppert, inlots 51 & 52 in Decatur. Mathias S. Welker to Kenneth L. Barker, part outlot 256 in Decatur. James Wheeler, Jr., to James Isaac Wheeler, Sr., inlot 347 in Geneva. * *t Theodore L. Becker to Otto W-e fel, part iniot 331 in Decatur. Virgil H. Cook to John F. Warman, inlots 125 & 126 in Decatur. Henry E. Branning, Jr., to Amalio L. Corral, inlote 100-101 & 102 in Decatur. Virgil G. Keller to Harold Rich, inlot 15 in Monroe. Orville Carrier to Orville R. Carrier, inlots 28-20 & 30 in Williams for 31,800. War Department To Release Gary Plant Indianapolis, Aug. 14— CUP) — The War Department has informed state officials it does not intend to retain control of the Gary armor plate company after termination of its war requirements. ’Lt. Gov. Richard T. James yes terday received a wire from the chief of staff of the Army Service Forces, saying that the army had advised the reconstruction finance corporation that it had no objections to preliminary negotiations for disposal of the plant to private industry. The Gary Chamber • of Commerce had sought the aid of the state in having the plant (made available to interested peacetime producers.

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CHAPTER FORTT "WILLARD WAS right,” Agatha 1 said. “It’s not safe for you around here. That spy merely followed me, 1 but if you had happened to take that letter to the mailbox, you 1 might not have come back!” "But you were the one he kid- ' naped flrat How do you know he’s • .after me?” "Who was the man?” < "I couldn’t tell. He wore a hat pulled low, and from this second- , story window I was looking down J so I couldn’t see his face.” "It must be someone who overheard what Hans said to us in the lunchroom.” 1 "What did Hans Putnam say : that would . . . "Have you forgotten already? You must be upset! He was suspicious because wo were so sure the radio tube in Dr. Hill’s office was the wrong one. He hinted we might still have the one that’s Wanted. If a spy overheard him . • .* "But there was no one else In the lunchroom. No one could have overheard —except Mr. Marsh." "Mr. Marsh! Clementine, he looks like a foreigner! And that wire from the microphone in your closet—4t led toward the lunchroom. What petter place for a spy to make his headquarters ? Why, he would hear every bit of gossip on the campus!” “Oh dear!" Clemantine sat down on the bed. "Do you Suppose that’s why he had a blind dishwasher—because there’s something that shouldn’t be seen?” "It all adds up so logically. What other answer could there be?” “But—but why hasn’t someone thought of that before? I’m sure the police and federal men have gone into all the possibilities. They’re swarming all over the place.” Agatha’s hands went to her face M she buret into tears with emotion she could not control. “Oh, Clemantine, come home with me! Pm so afraid—and you will be dragged into it!” “Auntie!" The girl sprang from the bed. Agatha felt her warm arms around her. "Don’t go to pieces now. You’ve been such a brick. You’re tired. There’s nothing to be afraid of!” Agatha drew a deep breath. She wiped her eyes with the handkerchief Clemantine handed her. "You’re right The federal men probably have their eyes on that spy. They’re probably waitihg for him to trip himself up—as they are Waiting for the murderer to trip her—himself up! But there's no need for you to stay here today. You’re not going to classes. Come home with met Clemantine. I—l needjagr

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By ADOLPHE MENJOU « (Finch-hitting for Harriwn Carroll) HOLLYWOOD— Stealing scenes, onv of the oldest arts in the ‘ movies, has been done by experts, a lot of them. Even I have been accused. i. i Best way to steal a scene is to

be a dog, a trained seal or ■ some other animal. Next to ' that, a small child. I am none of these. ( The fellow who stole more , scenes from me , than any other ( human actor, in a single picture, was a guy you < never heard of. ( He wore a go--4 I♦ n 4 Ari a

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rilla’s head and skin, imitated a gorilla marvelously. Os course, there’s Wally Beery. Try to keep him from stealing a scene from you. Just try—if Wally wants the scene. Maybe I was wrong about the gorilla. I’ve been in pictures with Wally. Beery doesn't use mechanical tricks to steal a scene as did George Raft, when a newcomer, by flipping a half dollar. Beery just uses that face of his. Closes one eye. thrusts out his jaw, or sort of folds up his whole pan, like an accordion. The first and classical gag of scene-stealing was backing up on the other fellow. That made him turn his back to the camera in order to face you. It’s rarely tried any more. An actor whose name I won’t mention tried that one on me in a recent picture. But I’m too old at the game not to know the answer. I just stood staring at the camera an 3 talking over my shoulder to him. He had to come back into position or be out of focus. The most recent scene-stealing contest I took part in was a comedy opus which R-K-0 is calling •‘The Passionate Ghost.” The pilfering contest was between Pat O’Brien, Rudy Vallee and L It may not have occurred to you, but Rudy is an excellent scene Diitribated by King F

•All right. I’ll telephone to the railroad station and find out when the next train leaves for Bardsdale.” Clemantine went out into the hall. Agatha looked in the mirror. Her eyes were sunk in dark circles. She looked so haggard she shocked herself. How could anyone look at her and not guess the truth? She must leave this place, immediately! Clemantine returned. "The ticket agent says there's no train until noon. Four hours to wait" "Is it a through train?" "No. There will be another wait of about two hours in Braxton. Remember, that’s the place where you couldn’t make connections.” "I’ll never forget!” It was that long wait In Braxton —five hours on the night schedule —that had made it possible for her to do what she had to do—that had given her* the flimsy alibi no one had yet seen through. But had they seen through it? How about the blind men? He seemed to possess a sixth sense. He did hot need to see. Was he trying to help her or trap her? Everything was so confused. She could not think. “Better lie down,” suggested Clemantine gently, “Try to get some sleep." “Sleep!” They waited. Clemantine packed her things slowly into a small suitcase, one of those absurdly light and sensible things Agatha had heard described as airplane luglage. The girls In the rooming house noisily went to breakfast and classes. Agatha, for want of anything else to do, watched them from the window as they crossed the street She noticed a man sitting in a parked car at the opposite curb, reading a paper. At least, he tried to make out he was reading the paper. From the way he turned his head at intervals she knew he was watching the house! From where the man sat he would be unable to see the rear of the house, or the side entrance. Did that indicate there was another watcher on the side street? When the fat girl was gone, and Clemantine stepped downstairs to inform her landlady she’d be away overnight, Agatha slipped into the adjoining room, whose window looked out on the side street Yes—a man was hoeing weeds along the gutter, and Agatha felt sure he didn’t belong there. No one would dare work so slowly for wages. She and Clemantine would have no chance to get away through the front door—not when the guard there had an automobile. But perlhap* they toufc trick the fellow at

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stealer. He was aided i n tw, . ture by a pair of sp eC3 he his nose They perch pre car -anything expected to fan J the audience’s attention -mJ looks very arrogant in them? “ I mug with my mustach. w eye-brows. O’Brien was rath fairly handicapped, being --J shaven in most of the against Rudy with his sp ccs « me with my galloping mustache. But they put big mustache .. Pat for one whole seouence 2 then Pat really went to tow O’Brien, Edward G. R and several other famous aZ steal scenes with their cigars n occasion. Anything that von to focus audience attention helps you to steal scenes U Tracy doesn’t need an obH p. does it with his bare ticulating! 5 Boris Karloff and I compand notes on scene-stealing the ch—day. Boris, you know, is one of tu few men who were ever able t, carry the fainting form of a fan. tiful, flimsily-clad woman off to i horrible fate without having fa steal the scene from him. “It's a distinction shared wm King Kong,” Boris explained. 1 did it by spending three hours b the makeup chair every monung, being made horrible." But now, the King of Monstm confided he was up against sow thing more formidable. A beauti. ful lunatic who finally kills him« “The Chamber of Horrors." “You know that loonies always steal scenes from anyone,” he sail “There’s a ratal fascination about them to audiences. And, in tta case, the girl, Joan Newt®, j shapely and beautiful. An unbeatable combination.” But I was able to cite a topper, even for that one. In one of n; earliest pictures, I was an African explorer, captured by the minion of a mad white princess wio thought herself Lady Godiva. I was tied to a post tightly that I couldn’t move except to wrigjh 1 my eye-brows and mustache. (M > was what taught me such est® . sive use of them.) Then in rode Lady Godiva Bit not on a horse. She came in rii? i ing a tame tiger! Features Syndicate, Inc. ———■ 111 llfci . I I

i the side entrance. If they could cab . a taxi, meet it on the run. The men might not be sp |(i They might be the police. Agatha i didn’t know which she feared more. All she wanted was to get away. ’ Perhaps the rest of her life iw , be spent in flight. She didn't W , think of that now. But she must convince Clcmantine the watchers were spies. B would not be difficult. They dark visaged men—what she cow ' see of their faces. They looked for- ' eign, as many good Americans ® When Clemantine returned Agatha informed her of their phrMThe girl paled, but she was ® coward. “I wouldn't trust a a . driver to do exactly as we waw, she said. ’TH telephone Hans W nam. I happen to know he has: - i old car—with plenty of speed M i it won't look as obvious as a w ’ Cab -’* .It MI hi five minutes it was al t ranged. Hans would dJe U P ‘ - side gate at exactly 11.30 J . t run out the side door and jump 1 hiS CaF - Mfr > Luckily he didn't ’ Ing the police. Perhaps, Agat, thought, the idea of rescu ‘ n £ ut mantine by himself appe ' „ him. He didn’t know about J I He’d be a hero in her ; one wanted to save C even the blind boy. Selfish | I tU TOe wait was almost . but 11:25 finally dragged i Carrying their light bagg g I fled down the back stairsi . into the rear garden, ' vl } ic j closed by a high, thick he g > tiptoed to the wicket g I waited. The man with the . not see them. Agatha k P f i on him through the foliage s Hans’ old car ratt ed . street. No vehicle could aro . suspicion. The watcher < , 1 1# 1 , look up until the car halted « : gate. By then he » Hans flung the door op n. » and Clemantine leaped n ' cUsW( 0 ! before they hit the to 3 the car jumped f ° r * t £ ey tun»J t grasped for support as t . 1 a comer on two whc.ls P for town. "We’ll trick him! g rl " n 1 looking back as he tc - j comer in a perilous ski ■ f across the main stree e private yard, sliding L f , “We’ll wart here a m . see what happens ” e “Here h ®, co ™ that ** e Agatha. That’s the . 1 parked in front of tne * “And he’s £ en) anti* e seeing us!” br ® at ? 1 S r s ift e Hans slipped ins g fl verse. “When he comes