Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1945 — Page 2

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improv'4 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON ■■■ By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D.D Os 'Tile Moody Bible Institute of Chlr.igo, Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for September 9 Lesson subjects and Scripture t®**® lected and copyrighted by Council of Rtligious Education; used by permission. A NATION GOD USED LESSON TEXT—Genesis 41:46-57. GOLDEN TEXT—He hath given meat unto them that fear him; he will ever be mindful of his covenant.—Psalm 111:5.

Conservation of natural resources —that phrase has a modern touch to it, and yet we would do well to turn back to the story of Joseph in Egypt and learn anew die importance of not wasting what we have if we are to be fed in the days of shortage. Certain it is that we should face at once the shameful record of waste in the manufacture and sale of intoxicants. This is temperance Sunday. Let us not fail to stress this truth. Joseph recognized the provision of God and made use of it for His glory and the good of the people. I. Food—God’s Provision (vv. 46491. As men work with God in the cultivation of the land they are apt to begin to think of themselves as producers, when they are actually only the servants of the Lord in the orderly care of that which He provides. We need to renew our sense of complete dependence upon God lest we become proud of our own supposed attainments and forget Him. Then He will have to withhold His bountiful hand and we shall stand with empty measures. Remember, too, that what God has given to feed the nations cannot with impunity be used for the manufacture of intoxicating beverages which are designed and used for no good purpose—only for destruction. Let’s not forget that God could send us a famine, too!

The manner in which Joseph cared for the gathering of the grain is worth noting. He did not sit in his royal office and send out an edict. He went throughout the land building storehouses, seeing that the grain was properly conserved. We need more of that personal touch in government. Too much of life is controlled by “directives" and “rules" with too little of the touch of human kindness and a personal knowledge of the needs of the people. Observe also the wisdom of storing the food in the place where it was raised and where it would eventually be needed. No shipping and re-shipping, no undue centralization, and no temptation to form a special “grain bureaucracy.” 11. Family—God’s Gift (vv. 50-52). From among the Gentiles, Joseph took himself a bride. While it is not indicated, we have reason to assume that she was a believer in the true God. One cannot imagine a man of Joseph’s character and spiritual integrity marrying an unbeliever.

The sons which came into the home were recognized as God’s gift. Note how God was counted into the life of these boys and of the home. We spoke above about the nead of conserving grain. Think now of the infinitely more important con- I servation of boys and girls. The liquor interests have used this ■ war to create a taste for beer on | the part of millions of young men and women, both in the armed serv- , ices and in our war plants. They | have broken down the objections and ' the religious principles of many and I we are almost at the point where | one who objects is regarded as a ; foolish fanatic. If America cannot with impunity J use her grain to make do you- think God will hold us guiltless ■ if we stand idly by and let the I rapacious breweries and distilleries I take our boys and girls? It is high I time that we awakened to our responsibility and stood up for our convictions, come what may! 111. Famine — God’s Opportunity (w. 53-57). Now the time had come when i God’s word to Joseph was proved to . be true. When His loyal servant I stood before the world as the one who was in touch with the infinite One, he had the food to give out because he had obeyed God’s command. It is in the crises of life that the things of God prove themselves. When man's hand drops in weakness and despair, God steps in and does the abundant thing; that is, if we are willing to recognize Him. There is another sense in which the coming of famine was God's opportunity, for it gave Him the chance He wanted to speak to men. In the days of plenty and prosperity mankind is self-sufficient and too busy to listen to God, but when there is no food to eat, he has time to hear God. X3ne wonders, with a wonder that is almost agonizing at times, whether America is going to force God to bring hunger of body to her children in order to make their hearts hunger for Him. Will we wait to cry out to God until we have felt the sharp pangs of hunger, or will we iy our obedience and gratitude of heart encourage Him to continue Hi? ,hi indance toward us? Reader, how do you feel in your own heart?

| RURAL CHURCHES | • * Antioch M. B. C. Church 9:30 a.nt. Sunday school, Homer Brubaker, supt. 10:30 a.nt. Preaching Service. ( 7:30 p.m. Evening Evangelistic service. 8 p.m. Wednesday, mid-week prayer and praise service. You are welcome to attend any or all of these services. . St. Luke’s Evangelical & Reformed, Honduras H. H. Meckstroth. pastor 9 a.in. Worship service. 10 a.m. Sunday school. Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church Homer StudabAker, Minister I Church School 9:30 a.m. Norval I Fuhrman, supt. Evening service 7:43. Put God ! First. Willshire Circuit U. B. Church L. A. Middaugh, Pastor Willshire 9:30 a.m. Sunday sfltool, Fred Myers, Supt. 10:30 a.m. Preaching service. 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, prayer meeting, Chas. Samples, leader. St. Paul 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, Eddie McFarland, supt. 7:30 p.m. Christian endeavor, Dick Martin, president. 8:30 p.m. Preaching service. 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, prayer meeting and Bible istudy. Winchester 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, Merl Essex, supt. 10:30 a.m. class meeting. 8:00 p. m. Thursday, prayer meeting, Fred Zurcher, leader. Monroe Methodist Church E. O. Kegerreis, Minister 9:3;i Morning worship. Sermon, “Christian Responsibility.” 10:30 church school. Lesson. “God's Hand in Progress.” 7:15 Youth Fellowship. Bible quiz. 8:00 Evening Service, Sermon, i “A Title.” Wednesday evening 8:00 midweek service. Choir rehearsal at 9:00.

ADM. McCAIN DIES (Continued From Page G’.c) he recommended “killing them all —painfully" to teach them a lesson. McCain, whose 20 years at sea evidenced his indisposition to become a “swivel-chair” admiral, gained a reputation as one of the navy's toughest fighters in the early days of the war when he commanded all land-based fighters in the Pacific. He played a major role in the fighting at Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Under his command, carrier force 38 routed the imperial navy in every great sea battle between the Philippines and Formosa. In recent months, the battlehardened task force struck heavy

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» blows against the enemy home I islands. During these operations, McCain from the bridge of his flagship, lambasted the Japs with • verbal Weapons which probably no man in the navy but Halsey himself could equal. ■ Although long convinced of the importance of naval aeronautics, L it wasn’t until 1935, when he was ;51 years old, that the ruddy, ■ freckle-faced navy commander earned his wings. McCain studied flight training at the naval air slation at Pensacola, Fla., and learned to fly every type of mod- : ern plane. “I was stubborn about it,” he . admitted. He remained a staunch support , er of naval air power until the end. “If anyone's in doubt about what won the war outside of the atomic bomb, I- can tell them it was the fast carriers,” McCain had boasted. "In fact,” he'd added. “give me enough fast car- ! riers and you can have the atomic bomb.” In August. 1943, the navy recogI nized tlie importance of combined sea and air power and McCain was appointed to the newly-creat-ed office of deputy chief of naval operations for air with the rank of vice-admiral. He left the post a few months later to go back to sea and win honor after honor for his direction of the mighty task force which in the last few months of the war destroyed or damaged 6.000 Japanese war planes and accounted for 2,000,000 tons of I enemy shipping. In addition to his widow and brother, survivors include two sons, Gordon, Pasadena attorney, i and Cradr. John S. McCain, Jr., ' now serving in the submarine I service in Tokyo Bay, and a : daughter, Catherine, a Red Cross’ worker in France. He also leaves another brother, Joseph McCain of Teoc, and two sisters. Miss Katie McCain of Teoc, and Mrs. Luther Spencer, Carrollton. Miss.

Former Decatur Man Retires As Jeweler 11. H. (Harry) Jeffrey, who learned the jeweler's trade here I 30 years ago under the late D. M. I Hensley, has sold libs jewelry store in Durango. Colo., and has retired, i the newspaper published in that j city relates. Mr. Jeffrey opened his store in Durango a number of years ago and his first sale was to a person ■ who wanted to buy a dollar watch. ' The Jeffery etore was opened early that morning and Harry made the sale. Mr. Jeffrey’s mother, Mrs. John W. Jeffrey, resides at 31S W. Creighton Avenue, Fort Wayne. N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST HOURS: 8:30 to 11:30 12:30 to 5:00 Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135 Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted

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Unknown Soldier 01 World War II Urged Submit Legislation As Tribute To Vets Washigton, Sept. 7 — (UP) Congressmen raised the question today: will there be an “unknown soldier” of World War II? And if so, where will he be permanently laid to rest? Across the Potomac river from the capitol in a white marble tomb in Arlington cemetery there sleeps a soldier of that other world war, an American boy killed on the battlefields of France whose name Is “unknown but to God.” Legislation ha<s now been introduced to have brought back from one of the distant battlefields of World War II a second unknown American soldier. He would be buried nearby in tribute to the nameless Americans of this wat who lie in nameless graves in AL rica, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany and the Pacific islands. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Melvin Price, D., 111., who was a G. I. before he became a member of the 79th congress. In the house, colleagues of Price like Rep. John E. Rankin, D., Miss., chairman of the house veterans of this war, agreed that such a Memorial “would be a splendid gesture to those who died in World War II" o—

Vidkun Quisling's Trial Is Concluded Blanket Denial Is Made Os Charges Oslo. Sept. 7 — (UP) —Vidkun Quisling, fighting desperately to escape a traitor’s death, closed his own defense today with a blanket denial of the state charges and threw himself on the mercy of a Norwegian patriot jury. The trial ended abruptly at 2:3b p. m., after the accused Nazi puppet had been speaking for almost four hours, and the judge and jury adjourned to deliberate their verdict. Court observers believed the al-most-certain death sentence would be announced early next week. The hulking defendant appeared on the verge of panic as he began speaking in a low, halting voice. He regained his composure quickly, however, and his voice rose to a high pitch as be described himself as an “apostle of peace" who collaborated with the Nazis only to save Norway from communism.

He dismissed as “pure imagination” the state charges that he sold out Norway’s military secrets and gave the Germans detailed information on Oslo harbor’s fortifications, paving the way for the German invasion in Ajiril, 1940. “Could 1 have given information about Oslo harbor —1 who know less about the harbor than any harbor worker?” he demanded. Then he returned to his familiar theme that he had only warned the Germans that Britain was about to invade Norway and that such a move would be followed by a Russian invasion. “If the Germans had not come on April 9, the Russians would be sitting here today, plundering." he said. “There wouldn’t have been five years of peace in Norway.” Quisling charged that Britain had notified the Norwegian government of its intention to invade Norway and march an expedilionary force across Scandinavia to aid Finland — then fighting the Red army. “It was not on my direct re- | quest that the Germans came

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here,” he shouted. "Foreign Minister Kohl told the people on April 6. 1940. that no pressure was being put on Norway. He lied. He must have had ’in his portfolio a British note saying Britain would send troops through Norway to Finland.” Quisling protested that the Norwegian people never had understood his motives and had ignored his warnjings against communism and the danger of war in Scandinavia.—o

GOP Prepares For Fight On New Deal

Truman's Message Assailed By Solons

Washington, Sept. 7 —(UP) Republican congressmen were squaring off today against an old foe, the new deal. There was a disposition among many Democrats too, after hearing President Truman's 18,000 word message to congress yesterday, to believe that the President had no intention of letting the new deal die. although its founder, the late President Roosevelt, had passed from the scene. The House Republican Steering Committee met after the message was read but Republican leader Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts declined to comment until he could study the lengthy document. Others were less reluctant. “Now we have the answer,” said Rep. Clarence Brown, R., O. "The country has been wondering which road the President would travelleft, right or down the middle. It looks as though he’s going left.’; Brown said Mr. Truman's message advocated more new deal policies than any ever eent to Congress by Mr. Roosevel?. Similar views were expressed by other republicans, including Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana, chairman of the republican congressional committee, who said the message was “a shock to those who believed that Mr. Truman’s succession to the presidency would mean a reversal of some of the new deal policies.” Sen. Alexander Wiley, R., Wis., complained that the message did

not call for "demobilization of the over-expanded bureaucracy.” Recommendations which provoked the “new deal” remarks includ-! ed those for higher unemployment benefits, the full employment bill, higher minimum wages, development of river valley authorities and others. There was nothing to indicate that the renwed request for increased jobless benefits would smooth the path of pending legisla'ion on that subject. Congress probably will reject bis proposal to use federal funds to raise state payments to a maximum of $25 a week for 26 weeks. The Senate is expected to pass the full employment bill in some

form, although it may attach dfas- i tjc amendments to the version now j pending in committee. The House | has given the measure no formal consideration, but members of the committee to which it was referred have indicated hostility. Mr. Truman can expect a friend-; ly reception of his request for cau- j tion on legislation to lepeal war-1 time controls and the draft. Members of the Senate and House Milt-' iary Affairs committee indicated willingness to let the draft continue, at least for a time, but some insisted that youths under 20 should be exempted. Administration tax recommendations also probably will receive favorable consideration by senate finance and House Ways and Means committees. Truman proposed a •transition" tax bill offering only limited cuts next year. St. Catherine of 'Siena was the youngest of 25 children.

EXPECT DRAFT TO —— 1 (Continued From Page One) _ , with The president th7t the voluntary enlistment program could be made so attractive that it would take care of occupation needs and. the draft could be ended. Others however, said that no matter what is done about Ute draft at this time it will have no effect until next July on men now in service. Me: "e the war department annoui.v,;; a new point discharge system for commissioned officers in the army which will make some 200.000 of its 800,000 officers eligible for immediate discharge. The “critical” scores, computed on the same basis as scores for enlisted men. are: colonels, lieutenant colonels and majors, 100; captains and Ist and 2nd lieutenants, 85; warrant and flight officers, 80; nurses, 65; Wac officers (all grades). 44; physical therapists and dietians, 41. The army said the critical score would be progressively lowered and that approximately 600.000 officers would be released for all reasons by next July. No provision was made for generals. Officers with lower critical scores than those announced may be released at the convenience of the government where there are no suitable assignments for them. The army air forces will continue its new plan to discharge officers with lower scores. In Paris officials announced that all soldiers with 70 discharge points on V-J day would be out of the European theater before Christmas, bringing approximately 1,300,000 more troops home by the end of the year. And filling in another blank in the rapidly developing post-war military manpower picture. Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced that 18 American combat divisions plus service and other troops, a total of 400,000 to 500,000 altogether, would occupy Japan and Korea.

Trade in a Good Town — Decatur MORTGAGE BURNING (Conttn’ied Fvnm Page One) throughout the evening. Elks from Van Wert. Ohio. Fort Wayne and Bluffton attended the anniversary affair and mortgage burning ceremonies. Harry Fritzinger, a char ter member. read the minutes of the first meeting of the lodge. It was instituted on September 6, 1905, by the Bluffton lodge. There were 56 charter members and their names were read by Mr. FritzingFRETFUL CHILDREN Many mothers rely on easy-to-JjPWL take Mother Gray a Sweet Powders when a laxative is needed by the TLa A little ones. Equally effective for KL/ grownups —has 45 years of coun-try-wide approval. Package of 16 easy-to-take powders, 35c. At all drug stores. MOTHER GRAY’# SWEET POWDERS ' Get 5 1 ly** l *"* * A DELIGHTFUL DRINK A HEALTHFUL PICKUP Bottled By Sjtpury Bottling Co. Bluffton, Ind.

■ Inviting You To TJie VICTORY RALLY SUNDAY, SEPT. 9th - - 9:30 A. M. VICTORY JUBILEE QUARTET WILL SING. “Out of appreciation for the victory our boys have won let each person bring at least two others with t 0 Sunday School the Sunday School.” Supt. —j REVIVAL MEETING p Nightly—7:3o P. M. IM Rev. Paul Todd—Evangelist Victory Jubilee Quartet—Singers. ■ CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE i Marshall & No. 7th Sts. B Decatur, Ind.

Mr. Holthouse read the names of the 47 members who entered the armed forces in World War 11. Dr. Roy Archbold, also a charter member, reminisced on the meeting 40 yea re ago. Vocal selections were given b) Carl Sheetfl and Elmo Smith. The lodge acknowledged the gift of a large birthday cake from the Stewart bakery and bouquets from the Loyal Order of Moose, Adams Post 43 of the American Legion and the Delta Theta Tau sorority.

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