Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR r DAILY. DEMOCRAT t Pablfnh*d Bwrr Kveoln? Except Sunday R y the decatdr democrat co. Tncorporatsr Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. j. H. Heller President A R Holthouse, Sec'y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Copies I One week by carrier <=*’ By Mail Tn Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells countiee. Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, $4.50 per vear; $2.50 for six months; $1.35 for three months; 50 cents for one month. , Elsewhere: $5.50 per year; $3.00 for six months; $1.05 for three months; 60 cents for one month. K Men and women in the armed forces $3.50 per year or SI.OO for £hree months.

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® Start September off by buying Ri bond that will help bring the Rwye home and prevent inflation, all to the good. * _o-o—---3 g Summer will be over in a coupie Os weeks and about all we can say ’fs we had a lot of nice spring weather. It was all too short. I —o-o— Watch the live business men. >They will advertise and it's always * safest and best to trade w:th whose who thus invite your bust-1 nees. —o »» The Japs are getting several different kinds of thrills out of the t visit of the American forces. They begin to understand why they couldn’t win. —o Hallow'een is two months away but remember there is to be a Calitbumpian parade and you are invited to get your costume ready. You might win a nice prize. 'A o—o

The Bluffton city tajc rate as jjroposed is 70 cents, same as this .years aud the Huntington rate Adopted is $1.04, an increase of ten scents. Guess we’re not so bad off. —o •j” The twenty-six cent proposed ftax increase is not so bad but the Treview boards may decide that of the levies are a little on l}he heavy side. We will soon know. o—o •> The only trouble with too long ♦ 4a loafing period by those released ifrom war plants is that some one T [tee may pick up the very job you 'ant, Vacations arc one thing but lain loafing rarely is a good thing. —o Japan is the first nation that. ver surrendered after a bitter fwar and made the event a national iparty. They are evidently trying as •hard to subject themselves to all s-s terms as they were to win by suicidal methods. Il’s beyond the average American. O—o ;So far the arrival of peace over the world has not caused a slum;) in the stock markets in this country. For a few hours it slowed down and fell off slightly. Then came a steady increase and a rise in prices. Evidently the reconversion period had been considered in advance. O—O Points and prices are on a downward trend as various raw materials are released. Used cars, butter, bath towels, rubber goods and other articles are on the list recently published and will soon pc available. Toys for Christmas wHI be handicapped this year because of the scarcity? of tin. —o General Wainwright will share honors with General MacArthur and other leaders when the surrender terms are signed in Tokyo. The man who remained at Corregidor and was held capllve three

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yeare by the Nips is on hand to watch them sign off. A great soldier and a great American, the General will soon return to receive the appreciation of his countrymen. o—o Unemployment compensation is not just •something to draw out and use for a good time. It is insurance against real want. Those to continue work or "who decline jobs offered them, are not subject to the benefits, according to those in charge. There is an ample fund to take care of needs but perhaps not to take care of prolonged vacations and loafing periods. —o Labor Day will be observed Monday and for the. first time in several years many industrial plants will close. During the war they kept right on going to keep the supplies flowing to the fronts. Now

First Pictures Os Allied Prisoners In Jap Camps .. mwiiui JhkH <- mH JSmS EF £ \ ~ X - S ■ ikv.W w' tb ASfclO. ~HiSgj n mm ISiiSh r !S SMS S |l *JwF‘‘ ■ ww’ * 'z T*.... ~ \ * : 3M B |Slii 9ffiSßSfluß|B ‘ jR . w BB * 1H BL |T~ - ■ ’ **",**♦ v I ww • 1 L : IB i I ' jSLk | vfc, RELEASED by the War Prisoners Aid of YMCA, these pictures are among the first to show Allied prisoners'iti Jap camps. The Jap POW camp was in Shanghai. Au unidentified American colonel talks with an uuidesjtlfied Jap commandant in top photo prior to a baseball game. In lower photo, a baseball game is in progress in the camp. ' _ 1

the employes will have their day off at most plants. Business generally will suspend and the double holiday will give many an opportunity to go visiting or enjoy a couple of days at the lake. —o The polio epidemic in Rockford, Illinois fe one of the worst on record. The peculiar thing about it is that the record thie year generally is an improvement over the average for the past decade. In the Rockford area there have been 225 cases reported with twentyfive deaths. Perhaps the germ can be discovered as a result and great efforts are being concentrated there by leading physicians and scientists. —o Mayor John B. Stults is leading the battle against inflation in this community. He has endorsed whole heartedly the campaign now getting started by the price panel

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committee. A similar effort is being made in every town and city in the country to prevent soaring prices that will lead to inflation and disaster. Its a wise movement that should have the support of every one for we can lose much of what has been gained by the j coming of peace unless a control is continued on foods, clothing and all other necessary items. —o Oversea Mail: Instructions for mailing Christmas packages to Army and Navy personnel overseas have been officially issued through the Office of War Information. The military’s Santa Claus job will be more complicated this year despite the cessation of hostilities, officials claim, because redeployment of millions of men and women means less shipping space for gifts. In addition, greater distances complicate

Of Adams County Pl a<xi On Sale Today By Post 43 Os The American U

To begin this story we must take a quotation from Sir Walter Scott’s immortal poem, ‘ Love o Country”. Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! French Quinn's, Short. Short Story of Adams County, which was placed on eale Today by Adams Post 43 of the American Legion epitomizes Scott’s patriotic fervor for homeland, which in the case of the local author and historian is aptly applied to his beloved Decatur and county of Adams. The American Legion has acted wisely, patriotically and unselfishly in sponsoring the publication of the book and placing it within the reach of everyone at only 50 cents

per copy . . . which factual statement eliminates the necessity of explaining that it is offered to the public at printer’s cost. Enriched with pages of County history and homey anecdotes of its people, their tribulations and achievements on the unending road of progress, Mr. Quinn has succeeded in making reading of history enjoyable, for he deals with common folk and incidents, names and personalities. Not claiming any literary genius, Mr. Quinn with his

inimitable swing of prose, writes deary and with an expression which intrigues the reader, for his vivid description brings forth his unbounded enthusiasm for things locally and conveys his warmth of heart for neighbor and mankind generally. It was Ernie Pyle’s easy style of writing about common things that made the lovable war correspondent famous. The 55 chapters of the book first deal with county history, dating as far back as 1794, when General “Mad Anthony” Wayne’s army traversed this county. Events prior

delivery problems. Here are the overseas Christmas mailing rules and requests set up by Army and Navy postal authorities: 1. Mail gifts between September 15 and October 15. This is the only time you can mail a parcel oveiseas to an Army person without a written request from him or her. Don’t mail a package if your sol-

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STNOPSM i Terry Arnold, * young vtnnsnt i newspaperwoman, has written a fair- , ly successful navel. To gather mate- . rial for a second book she has gone 1 Io the Argentine, her subject matter : Io be th* wealthy playboy set of that Latin-American country. fESTERDAY: Though she believes her idea for her novel a failure. Terry cancels her piene reservation back to the States, deciding to remain in the Argentine a little longer. She encounters three Argentine newsmen, Who mistake her for a Mi» Atasworth, a Boston heiress, and before the bewildered Terry can cateh her breath, she finds herself installed in th* finest hotel in Bueno* Aire*.. CHAPTER THREE TERRY WAS still gazing at the racing form when the elevator Xx/j stopped at her floor and the slender Argentine attendant smiled

tack at her. “Your floor, Senorita.* He picked up her bag and led the Way along the richly carpeted ball. Terry fdtowed meekly, asking herself in silent exasperation what in the name of everything holy had prompted her to say ‘last chance’ when that nosey newshawk asked for a tip on the races! The boy had stopped at a door. He unlocked it and swung it open with a proud gesture. Terry went in to stop a few feet from the threshold in humorous dismay. This was no hotel room—this was a royal suite! Those newsmen had fixed her up all right! The sitting room was spacious with high decorated ceilings and done in the gilt magnificence of Louis XIV. A fireplace with lions rampant over its marble mantel dominated one end and French windows partly covered by heavy satin drapes opened out onto a balcony. In the bedroom beyond was a canopied bed and ai: enormous lace-flounced dressing table. “Some hotel,” Terry muttered. The slim attendant was following her anxiously. He wanted to know if tfip accommodations were satisfactory to the senorita. Terry wandered back through the opulent luxury of the sitting room. “Well, as we say in North America, for me thay’re in the groove,” she answered. "I’ve heard that Louis was quite the plunger in his day, too.” As she tipped the attendant, she noticed- the racing form beneath her purse. She asked him about Ultimo Ventura. He was loudly apologetic. He knew nothing of this horse. But if the senorita would llkf to know the GOOD heroes— She told him she would. Any time tomorrow morning. He left and

to 1836, when the copnV wae organized and established as a unit of government in Indiana, are g en in chronological order, informative in nature and correct in deU The founding of Decatur in 1836 and subsequent incorporations for Berne, Geneva, Monroe, Linn Grove, Pleasant Mills, Monmouth and Jamestown are listed, along with stories about <t.he pioneers and men prominent in the community more than a century ago. Versatile in hte knowledge of Indian lore and legend, Mr. Quinn devotee a couple of chapters to the Red Man. Chief Little Turtle and the Indian reservation that held sway here before the White man established his home.

Preface “The best way for a community to express its individuality is to draw on its past. . . a,, Citizens should know about the origin of their community, the colorful events of its history, the local traditions and legends. A town’s history is its very own; it belongs to no other place, it is different from that of every other place. It has shaped the development of that community in subtle and unseen ways, making it the place it is today. By exploiting its own history a town or county takes on atmosphere and personality. It becomes a pleasanter place to live in, and a place that will delight visitors because it is genuine and distinctive. This delving into local history to find events and legends is fascinating in itself. Expression of them amid today’s living builds pride in the community.” That is why this little volume has been published by Adams Post No. 43, American Legion of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, as a public service with the hope that all who read may have pleasure and profit.

Mr. Quinn deals with many “firsts” in his book, which as he notes is a compilation of articles originally printed through the years, in the Decatur Daily Democrat. Hfe fine humor comes to light

dier or sailor is on the way back to this country or likely to he coming before Christmas. If there is any reason to believe your soldier may move to a new location soon, wait until you can mail your gift to the new address, even if this means asking the soldier for a letter requesting your gift.

she wandered around the faded ele-p gance of the room again, then out t onto the balcony. The late after- 1 noon sun glowed through a blue 1 mist of cloud bank, gilding the ’ trees below her. The cheerful traf- i fle noises sounded remote. She : wondered If all miscreants were as : peaceful as she. She had always been a rebel. She 1 thought of Uncle John’s face the ; night she told him and Aunt Ethel she was getting out of Vermont, i The hard thin line of his lips as he , talked, Skitting off to New York to try and get on a newspaper when she could have the school in the village was plumb weak headed! Weß—she hadn’t gotten away with her rebel tricks always, She thought now of that first awful winter, dragging around icy streets

of a strange city with that chronic appendix. That last frightful night when she had dragge* i herself down three flights at stairs to rouse the landlady and get an ambulance. It was lonesome, terrifying sometimes, this being a rebel! Why couldn't she stay where she belonged? She had thought she could stay in New York. And she had—until she’d made a place for herself on the paper and published a first novel. And then she couldn’t keep the money for security, oh no; she must rush down here on an impulse as violent as the one that sent her to New York. And now, instead of going home sanely, admitting to Fitz Turner she had been wrong, marrying him—she was burning her bridges again. As Uncle John said, she might be sorry some day. The knock on her sitting room door brought her out of her musi ig. It was the manager of the hole!, no less. A short, pink-faced individual. He frowned anxiously as ■ ,he noticed she had not removed her hat. Was everything entirely satisfactory? r For an instant Terry hesitated. ' This she knew was positively her ■ last chance. She could still say no and walk out. She could go back to i her cheap hole in the wall and may- ; be get a plane cancellation totnbri row. s ‘‘Perhaps the senorita she might i be happier if she had a personal i maid." ’ The noise that came from Terry’s s welt-shaped throat sounded to the I manager like vocal considering. It t was not that. It was a choke of f sudden hysteria. After a moment of s getting herself ia control, Terry ? murmured quietly that she preferred to do without a maid. She e thanked him and riosed the door. 1 Abruptly she felt buoyant happi-

in his homespun tales of the first picture show, telephone, bicycle, train and automobile that enlivened the lives of local people. Interstingly he relates the story of the first real estate transfer in the county and of the building of the first home here. However, as the old adage goes, “The fruit of the pudding is in its eating”, and it would be unfair to prospective purchasers and readers of the Short, Short Story, to begin enumeration of all the treats that lie in store for them as they peruse the volume. It would be amiss likewise, not to mention the potpourri of sketches of “way back when” and “do you remember" memories that dot

and glisten the pages, as Mr. Quinn follows a narraltive style which brings local highlights to focus and weaves a nostalgic theme, admitedly something new in hie torlee.

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nesfl again. Bo what, she told herself blithely, as she went into the bedroom. She might starve and die in a foreign land, but tonight the world was hers. Tonight she was an American heiress in the most famous hotel in Buenos Aires. Tomorrow she would have one last beautiful splurge. And then—well, the day after tomorrow could look after itself! . She bathed luxuriously in the old style, ornate bathroom, stretched out for almost two hours of drowsy rest on the chaise lounge and, feeling completely refreshed, leisurely dressed in her best evening gown, which had been packed so carefully to wear at home with Fitz Turner. She turned to view herself in the full-length mirror beside the fabulous dressing table before she went down. The lamp glinted on the rich masses of copper colored hair piled high on her small head. It gave the vivid blue of her eyes a look of purple pansies and accentuated the shimmering curves of her cream satin gown. She smiled at the exquisite image. She was a fake, she reflected, but as long as she was passing for an heiress it was comforting to realize she looked the part. She gathered up evening bag, gloves and wrap. As she made her way coolly across the crowded lobby, she was conscious of receiving more than her share of admiring glances. She went straight to the ticket office to make her reservation for the races. But h?re the rainbow bubble of her excitement was shattered. There wire no reservations to be had! She was turning back feeling dizzy from the blow, when a voice at her elbow murmured courteously. “At night, you are even more beautiful, Senorita!” She whirled. It was Don de Vera. He was flashing a dark-eyed smile ; at her. “I hoped you would not real- ( ize the necessity for early reserva- ( tions," he said, “and that you would, therefore, accept one from . me. Also I have a reservation for dinner. The dining room tonight t will be equally inaccessible without ] one.” He was piloting her' in the direcj tion of the (fining room as he spoke. > She gave an exasperated laugh. She t would be delighted to accept on t both counts, she told him. But it f wouldn't be cricket, even to a news>r paper mtn. She stopped and said . with Mow anptusis. "I am NOT s your story, I tell you. You're wasting your time!” (To Be Continued)

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The The appelhiioti ? historian’’ to sompihinc unsaid faS cloak him with -y .g ® endearment il; in thi> coinniuiiiiy 1 For more than ten years. (a Eavnrjt of his i he has a! personality in BS was born th,. S1II; Quinn, who served jg the Civil War. HisMS must have sw tales of th.- th.,- hj ESI through his life President ha, of kindness ant] SOplty. His eliCtl.e.'.cjM of the idealist. » • • Through years sB / tribui-'d his fin, UaE.J and above all hi, - “God and Country" man. A x ibranr civic and pattivk Mr. Quinn often dialled.' glorious a< hicrHaeii!. USfigs French Quinn, wha •- Mfr* public-spit if.-d . K, the eatnpai'.'n 'o masnjß | Givi’ War vet.'itt? isl in the erection if the meiii Iler.-, Apptedatiseiß t. good that Gene SiraisM"had .iii'iimplisM books and the flection on tins county the exploit of that Mr. Quinn succeeded iilMjS the memorial to lie neva authoress pin court house yard. In peace, war and voice lias always heft®®'" patriot and enthusiast. contribution of ins his community is liis Skis'" History of Adams County.■*’' » — .! Modern ftwwBy ROBERTA .SK; ♦ — is Q. Siionld the host carving l<n:!<‘ fowl i.s served at a &■’ A. N->: ’hi- s, tvt’i Id®? fore meat is ing sh aid he done asW® easily a- possible. Q. Which "ettid "Patti was cago," “i’a■;] - "Hi at Chicago"? . B A. The corn < !or! " letter w is dated at CM® q. in what way can an infer, stitts t A. Hy reading. ing. and practir.W- W* i 11 By JEE Crochet Bask« ■ • A crochet basket ed by dissolving warm wa’er un “ sistency of thtek - the basket in the r r 1 ? i>l When K.uead |n The dough will fingers when are rubbed wt.n before I D Hnk a tiring to s 0^ lh ’ There nothing J Thc French AcaMj 2,796 languages earth. as dried " J rarer l>Ud«. W 1 "! let , „r J Don’t mail per fl toxicants, J inflammable I matches and H-- '