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If frost will stay away from Adams county another three weeks or so the corn and bean crops will be average or better. And that will help a lot. —o Peace time bond buying for a few months is just a* important as was war bond buying. Hold what you have and by more to help your government. —o The American air force is to be reduced from 2.300.000 to 900,000 within the next year and this number will be still further cut to about 700,000 which is expected to be the peace time strength. Its a great outfit with a record unexcelled for achievements. —o With Rockford, Illinois the only locality to suffer a severe epidemic ol infantile paralysis, perhaps the germs can be isolated and the cause ascertained. They have had 165 cases and nineteen deaths' have resulted. It seems under control now with only one or two new cases the past several days. _ O—O «• The railroads can run excursions again if they want to but it* our guess these popular offers Will not come immediately to any extensive degree. The new order does in-’ dicate however that the travel sit-, nation is beginning to ease and ija a few weeks we may expect some special inducements. O—O Whatever happens to the time schedule it seems probable that Starting at midnight September 39th we will go back to the regular hours. Unless the old ordinance is changed by the city council we will have daylight saving again next summer starting May Ist and extending to October Ist. —o — Every few days a German U-boat turns up off the shores of Argentine and surrenders and the boats must have been cruising around the Atlantic, looking for the easiest landing. It will be interesting to learn, if possible, just who was on the undersea boat and where they got on. O—O Indiana has no fixed speed limit for automobiles but Its laws do make reckless driving a serious crime and police officers are the judges of what in reckless driving More than ever before now, drivers must be cautious and careful Tires are worn and cars are old Aay thing can happen on the high ways.

_o— o—. You may not agree on every thing done to win the war- but we are sure every one agree® we don’t want an atomic war. The destruction and the loss of life caused by the two dropped in Japan is a warning to all future generations Ju settle disputes peaceably. An w would bring total disaaMnw-

Aites Shapiro' a South Bend man killed hi* wife because *he had been ill and he did not want to sec her suffer. When he struck her over the head -she was however still on the job, standing befoie the kitchen stove preparing the noon meal. To complete his job Shaprio cut her throat. The jury may not think 100 well of his good intentions.

O—O — The Victory Bond goal will be eleven billion dollars and of th>s four billion will be offered to individuals. It will be a more difficult task than the previous bond campaigns no doubt since the payrolls will be smaller and the weekly purchases less but wc must not fail. This is the money that will bring the men and women home and start them on normal paths of life. It will open October 29th. o—o — Starting November Ist grocers and butchers can again make deliveries to the homes of their customers if they wish to resume that service as housewives are hoping they will. Perhaps it will not be possible for many of the stores to arrange that convenience at once but it is likely that by early spring most of them will again be leaving much of your needs at your door. —a —n

—o—o Indiana has 140.000 unemployed people, according to the Unemployment Security Division. Fortunately this state has a balance in the unemployment fund of 2185,000,000 which can be disbursed at the rate of $20.00 per week for twenty weeks, giving those who lose out the opportunity to draw a meal ticket while hunting a new job. Farmers, various factories and others still need additional labor so the situation is far from critical at present. O—O — General DeGaulle opened his visit to America with sincere tlwifcsr'toi' all that had been done by this nation. He declared that without the aid of this country there could have been no future for Europe and Asia but only intolerable servitude. He declared the greatest desire of France is to unite efforts with the United States for a better world in the future. He concluded with the words; “Long live the United States of America.” O—O Next week will be a busy and no doubt an exciting one for Japan and the Yanks will also get some thrills. MacArthur and his troops will arrive Tuesday and continue to pour in for several days. They will be located at important posts and on Friday on the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay the formal surrender of a once mighty nation will occur. The world will be waiting and watching for the fateful event and for a long time will have an eye on the Niponese, expecting some trick. It’s a week that will go down in history. o—o

The Japs squawk about, violations of international laws, overlooking the fact that they resorted to every thing they could think of. One of the silliest efforts was the ending of several thousand balloons this way. Only 225 of them landed or at least thats all that have been found and none of them did any damage, but it proved their utter abandonment of rules for war. They didn’t care where they lauded or who they killed. Our atomic bombs were dropped with, precision on military centers, not promiscously as the enemy would have used them if they had discovered the ingredients aud how to make them. Q— The chances are that the man who slapg you on the back, is . trying to make you cough up something. NOTICE We will be closed August 19th to August 26th, Roy H. Andreas, Chiropractor

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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT II “FIRST, LET me explain howl 1 Professor Halder was killed," their I blind host said. ! He opened the top drawer oi his! dresser and extracted a pocket-1 knife, which he opened. “This is not | as heavy as the dagger, but ft win j give you the idea. I'll wet a good-! sized piece of absorbent cotton in! a basin of water, T'-e this, lay thel knife handle on the piece of dry! ice and wrap the wet absort>ent| cotton around the whole thing, Hke j this . . I Agatha watched him, her nerves] tightening until it seemed semething must snap within her. He was doing exactly as she had done. 1 “Notice how quickly the water tn, the absorbent cotton freezes,” Willard continued. “Now ft to all frozen

fad-n one piece—the knife, the ootton and the dry ice. That was the x way the dagger was carried into the room, prepared fa advance and t concealed in a package, or, shaM j we say, a suitcase. ■* i "The killer also carried another ' wet piece of cotton. This was used ’ to freeze the prepared knife to the I ceiling, point hanging down, lake ’ this . . .* I He pressed a wet piece of cotton •gainst the underside of a shelf on the wan of his room, held it there and brought the thinly covered dry jice up against it In half a minute the whole instrument of death was frozen to the shelf. “You will be surprised how long that will hang before ft melts. And in melting it does not drip. I experimented with various sizes of dry ice. I found I could prolong the hanging period so that the knife did not drop for one, two or even four hours.” “Gracious!” Memantine stared at it. “But how—how could anyone reach the ceiling to fasten it?" "That was simple. I believe the metal waste basket fa the professor’s room must have been eet upside down on top of the dresser beside the bed. The killer, who was « fairly short person, stood on top of that, and had no trouble reaching the celling." •And it hung to d-op—while the professor .bolfdd his doors and windows and .went to bed?" ’ - “Yes. The bed was narrow. He was sure to be hit. And I understand the ceiling of the room is high, plastered white, so that the absorbent cotton would be hard to see against it Afao, UeutenMt Ufkey said the. W ba the wall MM W IM M tbs M& £

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address a woman chairman of a meeting? A. Madam Chairman. I Household Scrapbook I | By ROBERTA LEE I 8 ———— — ■ -—— —-♦ Foot Comfort One cannot expect foot comfort if several pairs of shoes are used alternately, with different height heels. The heels of all the shoes should have the same height as nearly as possible. Window Sills When a room has white or

lit was shaded, the ceiling would be a shadow.” I i “But the police said there were signs of a struggle.” ' I “The poison probably threw the I professor into a paroxysm. Perhaps ] I he tried to get out of bed. and fell and dragged the bedclothes with | him.” | “How—horrible!” 1 Willard put his hand* behind Ihlm, clasped but twisting nervously. He walked across the end of the Iroom and back. “Trouble is,” he 1 said, “that I have not been able to 1 find • motive fur this killing. There I was one good reason, perhaps, but lit did not caM for this particular (person doing the killing. I wonder lI if either at you could give me a Jclue? Miss Brown, you haven’t mid daword." __

Agatha was paralyzed. She court not speak. “The wuy you talk,” said Clemaatfare to Wilted, **a person would get the idea you thought my Aunt Agatha knows something about this! She'd have told the voliee anything she knew, long ago. She’s as glad as you are that the murderer c<f Professor Halder is dead at last Professor Halder was her husband!” “Clemantine!” “Avsntie, I’ve got to stop this suspicion of you?" Willard was Standing stone still. His lips parted. He drew a kng, deep breath. “I don’t see anything so horrible about that,” said Clemantine. “Professor Halder was a wonderful man. I don’t know why auntie ever quarreled with him, and left him. He’s a hero and —and a martyr. The college fa going to pet up a bronze plaque In his honor.” Willard reached out a shaking hand and grasped the back of a chair for support. “So-o-o. The missing link!” Agatha expostulated, "Memantine shouldn’t have told you that. It's just another element of—scandal—that ought to be forgotten!" . “On the contrary, I agree with Memandhe. It Aoes not need to be forgotten, or hidden. He is a hero. I wonder—is-it possible you st# [ Halder T* : l » rt ’ Agatfia’ff voice trembled. "That it too persohal — and beside flu i point” "It would explain a great deal.” I "Os course she still loved him!’ • declared Memantine. “She told dm > so herself!" - Willard resumed hfapaefas fr < ” /•

cream-colored window sills it is well to keep them varnished frequently to prevent dust from becoming ingrained in the finish. Polishing Cloths Save all odd pieces of velve. and velveteen because they make splendid polishing cloths. « • I Twenty Years Aao I Today ' j Aug. 25—The Decatur tax rate is cut 10 cents per SIOO by Mayor DeVoss. The Lepirk Company of Ken _ _ ~~i«

Agatha couldn’t stand the suspense. She jumped to her feet "Well, go on!" she cried. "Finish what you started to tell us!” “Perhaps—l—have—finished." “I certainly can’t >think at any more questions,” said Clemantine. “It’s perfectly dear to me. Hana froze the knife to the ceiling and then went away to make an alibi for himself. Maybe he wm in th* library all evening." * Agatha insisted. “Why don’t yo« speak, Willard!” “Your voice Indicates you are almost hysterical, Mrs. Halder Strangs about voice*. No mattei how they are disguised by emotion they always retain an indtvidua quality. The voices of a familydid you ever notice how often the; are similar ? The voice at a meth*

and ehild, for example. I can always recognize such a relatioaship." Impatiently Memantine Interrupted. “You’re talking fa riddles. Can’t you see auntie la upset?” She grasped Agatha by an arm. “Come, let’s go home.” Agatha was staring into the vacant eyes of the blind boy. They looked through her, far beyond her. They saw—everything! “Yea” said Willard, *1 know the motive now. By the way, Memantine, I hope that someday you win be very proud of your fatherthanks to your mother.” Clemantine frowned in annoyance. “Os course I'm proud of him. What’s dad got to do with this, anyway? Come on, auntie!" Agatha broke away from her daughter at the door and went back to Willard. She was dazed. “You—you tneari—” He whispered, “You are a good soldier, Mrs. Halder. You did your ■ duty', for your country and for your i family. Your secret is safe with . me.” “God bless you, Willard!" Her eyre were dim with tears so that she stumbled as she started . down the stairs. Memantine caught ’ her with a strong young arm. i “Silly!” said Memantine. "He • likes to be so melodramatic—and so mysterious. He was clever, 1 though, to solve the murder. Ist® can ffardly believe it. Why did Hans 3 need'to kill ' > * I 'Kftfha wasn’t listening. She was thinking out loud, “There are some • good men after all!’’ ’’ “Why, auntie! What a eon.-»-e sion.” She gave Agatha a squeeze, and laughed, “i’ll write to John to- • day sad tell ton yoa*vu capiba* TT •

dailville buy* the Peopto* «b° e The pMce of gasoline drop* two cents per gallon here to 28.1. Mayor DeVoss's salary in reduced from $2,000 to 1,200 because the i city drops from fourth class to 1 fifth class, due to drop In valua- ■ tions. , j. L. Ehler is enjoying a fishing . trip to Fish Lake. Mr and Mr*. French Quinn re- i turn from a trip to The Shades I and Turkey Run. Seven German War Prisoners Hanged Hanged For Murder Os Fellow Prisoner Fort Leavenworth, Kan.. Aug. 25—(UP)—The army today hanged seven German prisoners-of-war in the Fort Leavenworth disciplinary barracks for the murder of a fellow prisoner whom they had accused of being a traitor to the reich. The Germans, all members of the German navy, were Helmut Carl Fischer, 22, Fritz Franke, 21, Guenther Kuelshn, 22, Heinrich Ludwig, 25, Bernhard Reyak. 21, Otto Stengel, 26, and Rolf Wizuy, 23. It was the largest group of prisoners-of-war to be executed in the United States. AH seven went to the gallows after receiving last rites of the Roman Catholic church. They were executed for killing Werner Dreschler at the Papago Park, Ariz., prisoner-of-war camp March 13, 1944. The hangings took less than three hours. The executions brought to 14 the total number of Naei prison-ers-of-war executed at Fort Leavenworth during the past few weeks. The seven went to the gallows s without showing any signs of - emotion. They had signed statei- ments admitting their guilt. Their defense was that they read in German newspapers that they 1 should put to death any German e who was a traitor. At their trial they said Dreschler had admitted giving information of military 5 value to the United States. (Records of the trial were approved by secretary of war Henry L. Stimson and confirmed by • President Truman. The seven Germans were put into confinement after Dreschler’s >r body was found hanging from the rafters of a bath house at the n . camp. , o KSRsj Hwmoinel

The American Legion Auxiliary presents the following information based on the GI Bill of Rights for the benefit of returning veterans: Q. How does a veteran ask for the relief provided in the Soldiers’ I and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act? A. Application is made to the Veterans’ Administration, on forms which may be secured at Army camps. Q. What te automatic insurance for men called into service? A. The National Service Life Insurance Act as amended provided for Insurance coverage in the amount of $5,000 up to April 20, IM2, without payment of premiums for all persons in the .active service who died in line of duty or from disability incurred in iiae of duty, or who became totally disabled as a result of injury or disease incurred ia line of duty, in instances where those persons did have an aggregate of $5,000 Government Life Insurance and National Service Insurance in force. Q. What about Aviation Cadets and prisoners of war? A. Aviation Cadets are covered in the amount of SIO,OOO, and prisoners of war $5,090. Q. Who may be designated as beneficiary of a National Life Insurance policy? A. Wife or husband, child, (including an adopted child, stepchild, Illegitimate child), parents, (ihlluding adopted parents tr person* m loco-parentis), brother or sister (including those of half blood). a . . , . ,

DDT Successful In Corn Borer Fight Lafayette! Ind., Aug. 25 —(UP) — Purdae University entomologists today reported a successful experimentation in the use of DDT insecticide in controlling Hoosier corn borers. The tests, conducted on 13 acres of sweet corn in Jaeper end Starke counties, reduced the borer population drastically, George Gould !»f the Purdue staff said. DDT was applied four times on test acreage, in this corn, 92 borers per 100 stalks were later found, in another field where no DDT was used, there were 1.721 borers per 100 stalks, almost * ruining the crop. Gould said.

Don McDaniel Heads Nominating Committee Cleveland, Aug. 25 — Don McDaniel, president of the Decatur Casting Co., has been appointed chairman of the nominating committee of the Gray horn Founders’ Society, national association of manufacturers of engineering gray irons. Walter L. Seelbach of Cleveland, president, has announced. The committee will meet in Cincinnati, next Friday, to select six regular-slate candidates for threeyea r term post* on the trade group’s board of director*. o Railroad Operations Continue At Normal Chicago, Aug. 25 —(UP) —Illinois Central railroad operations contin-

BOOK LIST | kw ADAMS COUNTY SCHOOLS .1 < 1945-1946 FIRST GRADE BOOK LIST E" ” , Before We Read (Reading Readiness) , ■ We Look and See (Ist Pre-Primer) .g.S* We Work and Play (2nd Pre-Primer) "J We Come and Go (3rd Pre-Primer) jin the schools).. Think and Do (look for Pre-Primer Program .• * Fun With Dick and Jane (Primer) Think and Do Book for Primer ...... “ jfcaito Our New Friends (First Reader) (In the Schools)...“ * Think and Do Book for Our New Friends.l H«y Many? How Much? (Ist Number Book) ~*■ *» Child Health, Book 1 ’ ,E “ Prini-io-Script. Practice Book 1 ,1 SECOND GRADE BOOK LIST I 08 Friends and Neighbors (Reader 2’) jyH Think and Do Book for Friends and Neighbors More Friends and Neighbors (Reader 22). ’ .sßol Think and Do Book for More Friends and Neighbors. My Word Book (Consummable, Grade 2) Individual Corrective Exercises, Grade 2 jj Kw! Let’s Find Out (2nd number book) tEZ Child's Health, Book 2 Print-to-Script, Practice Book 2 THIRD GRADE BOOK LIST r Streets and Roads, (Reader 3«) I* W | Think and Do Book for Streets and Roads More Streets and Roads (Reader 32) >■ , Think and Do Book for More Streets and Roads Building Better English Step by Step .;«■ * Individual Corrective Exercises, Grade 3 JI Mx Word Book, (Consummable Grade 3) j Real Life Arithmetic, Book 1 *■ Our Little Neighbors at Work and Play -K|j Child’s Health, Book 3 liBS Health Stories, Book 3 ------.« i Correlated Handwriting, Book 3 !(■, FOURTH GRADE BOOK LIST F* , Times, and Places, (Reader 4) ll.llH’l Think and Do Book for Times and Places 1 ' Building Better English Day by Day W Individual Corrective Exercises, Grade 4 • Real Life Arithmetic. Book I *»■ ? r My Word Book, (Consummable Grade 4) r Child’s Health, Book 4 4B Healthful Ways *'-■ t The Earth and Its People, Lower Book g Webster's Elementary Dictionary Correlated Handwriting, Book 1 FIFTH GRADE BOOK LIST e Days and Deeds (Reader 5) UAH Think and Do Book for Days and Deeds 1 . Building Better English In Schools and Out I Individual Corrective Exercises Grade 5 I qjiHd’s Health, Book 5 I The Body’s Needs - I Real Life Arithmetic, Book 2 1 New Webster Speller, Part 2 1 Webster Spelling Tablet No. 444 , 1 The New World and Its Growth 'EJ J Directed Activities for the New World and Its Growth Correlated Handwriting, Book 5 B. ,

WVIJVIUVVU i lUUU W » * XJVUII V — — — _ — — — — — — - — --a SIXTH GRADE BOOK LIST People and Progress (Reader 6) ' 'E' Think and Do Book for People and Progress— New Webster Speller, Part 2 — Webster Spelling Tablet No. 444 IM Real Life Arithmetic Book 11-/'..Si The Old World and Its Gifts* , K Directed Activities for the Old World and Its Gifts* - Building Better Eaglisu fee Every Need Individual Corrective Exercises, Grade 6 Child’s Health, Book 6 The Bodjr’s Needs Correlated Handwriting Book 6 •In schools where sth and 6th grade Social Studies are combine. !l ■_ sth grade books will be used this year. , E® 1 SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES BOOK LIST »i Excursions in Fact and Fancy ‘(7th Reader) ‘ 1)( B Exploring New Fields (Sth Reader) ;<B Elementary English la Action, Book 3 sj B* Living Arithmetic Book 3 New Webster Speller. Part 2 ,ij» Webster Spelling Tablet No. 444 Today’s Agriculture .. ’ «■ Health Studies iIK Child’s Health, Book 711 l Child’s Health, Book 8 .... "I.SB Rise of American Democracy — ijß Sharing Home Life .." ” The Earth and Its People, Higher Book )!■ Living Safely ;$■ Fundamentals of Citizenship, Indiana Edition . — jE Plain Way English Exercises, Book I (Grade 7) --- Plain Way English Exercise, Book 2 (Grade 8) jll Correlated Handwriting, Book 7 ... 118 Correlated Handwriting, Book « j«1B Science in Our Lives (Note: The seventh and eighth grades are combined in and in science and health in most of the schools. The Bp indicate which of these books are to be used). I HIGH SCHOOL BOOK LIST , pnit| vsn„

Title ” il’i First Year Algebra, Schorling-Clark-Smith ' I.M ■ Second Year Algebra, Schorling-Clark-Smith . ' 111 Plane Geometry, Revised, Welchons, Krickenberger — Solid Geometry, Revised, Welchons, Krickenberger.-- ‘ ■ Social Business Arithmetic, Barnhart-Maxwell -- The Nations Today, Packard, etc.The Government of the U. S., Walker, etc — J ll*l Economic Problems of Today, Klein-Colvin !»■ Our Nation, Barker-Commager A—— ]tl World History, Boak-Slosson ——-940 '{■ Latin for Americans,•First Book. Ullman-Henry ' ijl Latin for Americans, Second Book, Ullman-Henry ]2 I’l Third Latin Book, Ullman-Henry ~ '-"I tJnits in English, Book I, Kincheloe Z, '’l Units in English, Book 11, Kincheloe — 9 I Literature and Life, Book I , n ’JI Literature and Life, Book II 1( hl Literature and Life in America-<■> hi Literature and Life in England I JI Everyday Biology, Curtis, eto.’/.-i.’, .pi’ hl Modern 1 Chemistry, Dull """11-12 >1 Dynamic Physics, Bower-Robinson -"u 1 English in Action! Course 111, Tressler Essentials In English, Book HI. Smith, etc. al Business English, Southworth ” 9 Jg | Field Crop Management, Fergus-Hammonds -' j hl Livestock Managemeat. Coffey-Jackson I Health and Human Welfare. BufSbi.rd. etc.. 193 < ba—- gssi<l iw -1 Workbooks and other texts for special courses to the teadkurs. •

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ued at normal today » Spß l * tions were resumed in .» to settle a d !flP u te , “ railroad Drm ilOl)ds ’ in government witllrt The office of t- ai > M : tion assum,.,| > . 1. C. yesterday unde, dential order to ave-t « ~ : strike Os men, hostlers and hostler J*! “SF TYPHOONS FORCE t ’ (Continue From Pag. anese mineswc-ping operstions |W« Osaka, Sasebo naval base’v WW saki, Takasu, Shanghai ■r* Hong Kong and Singapore ,2"J but it was possible lhMe J tions also would be p oSl p,* hours because of typhoon* F?