Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MIMH tnrr t'aXM Except Sunday Uy THE WOCATVn DEMOCRAT CO tocorporwfbd Entered at the Dwcatur, Ind.. Poet (MOM M Second CUsa Matter. J. M IteDwr PrawldaM A. R RalUouae. Bwcy. A Bui- Mffr Dtok D. Heitor — Vlco-Proetdent •übscnptlon Rates Stngla Oaplaa ——• •©< One week by carrier .20 By Mall In Adams. Allen, Jay sod WeUt counties. Indiana, and Mercer and Van Wert artmties, Ohio, S 4 »0 per year; 12 58 tor six mon the. |l:8t tor three months. ID cento for one month KlsrwLers. |i.6v per year, IS.Oo tar six montoo; |1 U for three moat ha. 40 caota for one month. Man and woman to the armed farces M M pnr year oi >I.OO tor throe month* Advertising Rntso Mode Known on Application, National Roprsosntatlve SCHSIRSR A CO. 11 Lexington Avenue, Now York. M *. Waekor Drive, Chicago, 111. Yep man can make an atom bomb but he sIUI can't make a tree. -O Watch the Are tha»e cold days Many heating plants and stove* are old and not in the best repair. -0.-0- - It you can't decide what to give for Christmas. remember that a Victory bond will fill the bill and bring a lot of cheer now and later. —o Get your Merry Christinas sal* utatlons ready. Leia make this the happy one we have been wishing for the past several years. —o Get your New Year resolutions ready and make the first one that you will smile, spread happiness and help others as well as yourself and forget the war days--0-0 Decatur stores are open evenings this week to give those who are busy throughout the day the opportunity to get some Christmas chopping done. Farmers iu fifteen southern slates are going into the business of growing cork oak trees and In a big way More than 2.500 have already signed up. The first crop will be due in IMS. — -o—o A record breaking cold wave for HUd-Decemiier locked the northern half of the country in a tight freeze that brought shivers to milUons, caused a number of deaths and created a serious fuel situation -■O-0 Good Jobs where the pay is fair end just and where the treatment to human ere worth hanging on to. During the next year or two thia will probably be more noticeable then it has been. The main thing Is to be contented and that largely up to each of us. —o The new premier of Greece is eighty nix years old and his uamc to Sopaouiis }fe to probably surprised to be living to that ripe agefa a land where war has brought suffering and death to so many and be must be a courageous soul to tackle such a job as rebuilding his beloved land. Younger men have failed. __o—o If you can stand the war tax business another couple of weeks, you should begin to get relief. Effective January Ist. there wUI be a reduction on both the wage and salary withholding tax. In other words your take-home check should be Iffrffffr* The new tax law will also give corporations and individuals unite a little reducflow Those * however will not effact the taxes for 1845.

There oan be little defease or soft punlsbnseui for drunken drivers of motor vehicles if the tragedies of the past few months are to be lessened and the resolution adopted at the recent session of the Indiana Prosecutors Confer once la to be commended. They should each see that the proposed flues and prison sentences tor violation of the laws for such ofl enses are enforced. The officials and courts will have to get "tough ’ if drivers realize they cannot operate cars when indulging in their cui»s They just don’t go together. Then* arc sonic things iu which Americans might profitably imitate! the British. Ex-Gov. Charles Edison of New Jersey calls attention Io one. "Among so-called intelligent and educated Americans.'' hr says, "there has been almost a cull of indifference to politics. In their eagerness to make money or get ahead iu their professions, they have convinced themselves that politics Is too tiresome and dirty for them. If it is really so. tbeir disdainful indifference is greatly responsible. —o— Buyers' resistance can mean something. The United Fur Brokers report that the price of miuk coats has befit forced down at least five percent because customers won't pay prices asked for these Items. Hbowu in current ads as costing upwards of 32.000 apiece, it surely is a great comfort to know here is one article- of clothing that wou't cost so much! The Little Woman, however, hud better not set her Christmas hopes too high. Ninety-five percent of 82,000 plus twenty percent tax is still quite a lot —o—■ Jap Reading:* The Japanese are not so well 1 educated after ail. Before the war the government had told the world that 88.8 percent of the population could read and write Now American army surveys indicate that this statement like a good many others made by the Japanese, to about tive-sixtha off. Only 14 per* cent of the people can read the newspapers with any ease Th difficulty to in the script. The writing, taken from the Chinese, has 56.000 characters That would constitute a good piece of memorising for anyone. Even the 1.800 most necessary characters are oeyond the range of the average Japanese who does pretty well it he knows 1,000. Newspapers tried to help their readers by print* Ing phonetic spellings of the Chinest characters alongside Paper shortage hit this Japanese newspaper enterprise just as It lias hit American papers. Our Big Test:- , The more a historyuii'idcd Am- , ericau broods over the resent two headed war against Germany ami Japan, now under scrutiny at Wash ington. the more likely he may I* to conclude that it was the sup reiue test of our Western civilization The Japanese particularly were engaged in a bold plan to seize and loot the world. The very audacity of the enemy's undertak lug seemed so foolish and incred tide in its scope that it had pul Americans off their guard. Thus the Don Quixote of oriental nations almost succeeded iu grasping moat of the world's wealth, land and strategic points. The western nations, particularly the United States, had been apparently hypnotized into Inaction, from which they were saved only, like ancient Job, "by the skin of their teeth." In olden days men or nations thgt permitted thefnselve/' to be caught in such perilous plight were regarded as "bewitched or eneorceled." Indeed, looking back now to that almost unimaginable peril tn which our nation was cangbt

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uud brought to the edge ot destruction. it almost »••«» a* If our supl»oscdly keen and clover Uncle Sam himself were the victim of sorcery, and only saved from dcst- ' i ruction by a new marvelous inven- . tion known as the Atomic Bomb. Well, five him credit for a little < gumption and enterprise, too, when once awakened from the dark spell I -Q .— • - ”♦ Modern Etiquette ' ffy ROIIRTA L.H q What should a woman chose when she is invited to an evening entertainment, and is uncurtain i whether to wear a decollete evening dress or a longaieeved frock? A. It would be better to wear 1 the long-sleeved frock, if uncertain. Q. l»o the same rub* apply for Mpgraving names on Christmas card* u* for visiting cards? I A. Yea. [ Q. Is it really obligatory to give , UPS? A. No; one is not obliged to do ■ so, but it is customary when one . can afford it. 1 * g • . I Household Scrapbook I | By ROBERTA Lid • 9 . « r Hardwood Floors a To prevent scratches on the faardw'MHl floor, from the castcPs OH heavy pieces of furniture, remove the caster and roll pieces of adhesive tape around the outside of each one. H will act as a rubber casing and will nut mark (> the floor. Linen Goods *" If the »<edi« persisU in rutting d the Hmm fabric, when stitching it, t rub the seam to be stitched with hard whit" -*Oll e Oily Skin > A spieedid tonic for an oily skin in tin: us« of fresh water contain- * lug a little lemon juk-e. y o o •— I ♦ y Twenty Years Ago i- Today i- ♦ — 4 I Dec. 19—The flood Fellows fund k js up to gate today. The Yeomen will hohl a Christmas party Monday evening. 8 Mm. H. F. Callow breaks her J ankle in a fall. The treasury department Issues II orders that whiskey iannot be >1 used as medicine. Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Colter visit their daughter. Miss lx.ah. at Ox--1 fold. Ohio. t IX-ane DoHrtlt i» h >me from • Franklin collage for the holidays. O— — — " The first application of anti8 friction roller bearings to artillery 9 wagons war. made by the French curly in the 18th century. In the period between the two » world wars, eight percent of I American orange shipments were exported, hut three-fourths of this 1 exported fruit went to Canada.

Indiana Blanketed By Heavy Snowfall Traffic Is Snarled Under Heavy Snows By United Press The heaviest snow iu more than! six years blanketed central Indiana today to a depth up to eight inches. Planes were grounded, trains and buses ran hours late, and vehicular traffic was snarled by drifts. Snow continued to fail 1 throughout the morning. The state highway commission reported that all U. S. and state routes were open after a busy night of road-clearing by full crews of highway department subdistrict*. Heaviest snowfall reported at the Indianapolis weather bureau was at Terre Haute, where eight inches of white covered the ground at 7 a. m. At the same hour. Indianapolis had a seven-lneh blanket of show. The depth of snow ranged downward from a central Indiana belt. At Fort Wayne and ICvansville, at extreme ends of the state, the depth was four inches. South Bend reported two inches. Tin- Wednesday measurements included an earlier blanket of snow which fell last week, averaging a I >out two inches over the state. The weather bureau at Indianapolis reported that the snowfall there was the greatest since 1939, when a depth of 7.2 inches was recorded. Temperatures were moderately cold, ranging from In above at South Bend to IS almve at Indianaf«olte. The falling snow and overcast skies prevented Hoosiers from viewing a rare total eclipse of the moon last night. State highway department crews and equipment were placed on a 24-hour emergency basis throughout the night, clearing highways with snowplows and scattering cinders on Icy grades. k The weather was considered a contributing factor In the fire death yesterday ot one-year-old Charles Delton at Newcastle. The baby was burned fatally when a stove In his home became overI heated. The child's death was the 14th . to occur In Indiana in eight days of anow and cold temperatures. More than half the victims were young children. > — Berne Student Named President Os Club | Mm. Phyllis Stogdill of Berne ' has I>ecn chosen fur the 1915-1940 school year, prcsldcui of JGirh Clkfe ap organization for all the ' girl students on the campus ot Ball State Teachers College, Muncie. Mrs. Stogdyi was formerly vice president of the group. A junior, Mrs. Stogdill la also active In Y.W.C.A. and student executive council and Is secretary of' Omega Sigma Chi sorority

OPA Boards To Close For Holiday Dates OPA boards will be closed on Monday. December 24 and Tuesday. | December 25. in observance of I Christmas. The boards will be open on Saturday. December 29, but closed on December 31 and January 1. 1946. for New Years, the state director has announced. After the holiday season the QPA office* will be open the first ffve days ot the week and dosed on Saturday, the district director announced. British Traitor Is Hanged This Morning Propagandist Hanged In British Prison London. Dec. 19 —(UP)—John I Amery, broken in body and -vlrit, ■ was hanged in Wandsworth prison today for broadcasting Nazi propaganda in betrayal of his king after a death-cell reconciliation with his famous politician father. Leopold H. Amery The 33-year-old son ot the former India secretary went to his death about 9 a. m. in the drab southwest London prison barely a mile from his father'* town house At 9; 68 a. m. a notice was posted on the prison gate. “The judgment or death was this day executed on John Amery." Amery had pleaded guilty ou Nov 28 to charge* of broadcasting from Germany during the war and trying to enlist British prisoners of war in a “free corps" to fight beside the Germans against the Russians. The traitor's father and mother I visited the death cel! last night and bid him farewell. This morning, shortly before the I execution hour. Amery's younger i brother. Julian, visited the death , cell with a tearful young woman I believed to be John's actress wife. . Una Wing, whom he had married j in Athens before the war after ( a fight with his family. I Julian and the woman left the . prison shortly before 8 a- m. Their 1 car broke down 50 yards from the . prison, but Uiey remained parked at the roadside until the execution 1 notice was posted. 1 The man who sprung the trap . on Amery was Albert Pterrepont. 1 the man who executed Josef Kramer. “btast of Belaen," and 10 other Bolsen concentratton camp officials In Germany last week. Only a handful of soldiers and six civilians, all men, stood in the roadway outside the prison gates when Amery died. No public witI neaoes attended ' Amery had been estranged from • hte family tor years while he wand- : eyed the conUnept, from escapade r to esdapade. They sought to save hts life by baying Julian, his broth- ' er, seek evidence in Spain that John had become a Spanish eitix1 ex. The evidence was never brought Into court, * -—y— — Trade In a Good Town — Oesatw -

Big Three Ministers ! In Lengthy Session Fourth Meeting Is Planned For Todoy Moscow. Dec 10—(UP>—The big three foreign ministers conference gained momentum today with the return of Generalissimo Stalin 1 to toe Kremlin. The talks were known to be proceeding In an atmosphere of cordiality and earnestneas. There was no mistaking the zeal with which the conferees were attacking their problems so that the big three can attend the forthcoming meeting of the united nation assembly with substantially uncoufllcting If not identical views. With a fourth session listed today, the foreign socertaries have spent more than eight hours In intensive round table discussions In the marble-lined conference room of Splridonovka palace- Not a word of their progress or topics has been revealed. Secretary of state Janies F. Byrnes and foreign minister Ernest Bevin looked a bit worn out when they emerged from the Tuesday afternoon session with Molotov which lasted three hours and 20 minutes. They had lust tackled the first concrete problem The news blackout will be continued. all parties having agreed that they can seek a more effective understanding without a preliminary public airing. During the Londou council of foreign ministers in October. It was recalled, the Soviet press was highly critical of foreign news commentators, whom It charged with helping to complicate the Issues. Byrnes and Bevin are in daily touch with the white house and Whitehall, either by radio or direct telephone. British sir couriers make dally flights to London, weather permitting Bevin has been keeping the dominions envoys folly Informed, while the French and Chinese ambassadors enjoy free access to hoth him and Byrnes. Secretary of state James F Byrnes and Bevin were expected to call upon Generalissimo Stalin on or before Friday, his IS th birth i day. Stalin returned to his desk in the Kremlin yesterday after a Black Sea vacation lasting tnoie than two months —■■ . o —— Time spent in pitying oneself is the worst kind of idleness.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE When they came dowuatairs, Ag- , ffee, Howard aad Lueiaaite won having eoektalla on tta tonaca, L»•tonne wm lying on a bamboo chaise. She had changed to a green linen alack suiL yet a 1« of white shells around her slender nerit. "Ob, this fseto gowr sm sighed. "Om of the nurses told me to soak my fast is salts aad wm it a godaaad.” “Whst kind of nurse has tamed out to be?” Howard acted anil. •An excellent one," Gail said. "Os course. ata’s tad * of atsrss. There was the time she washed a tbenaeawter ta tat water, and almost fainted when eta took a eaam-logly-norraal child's temperature and found Ha hundred and 5ix....” They heard the tingle e< the teieffhwe. take It," Ueienne said swiftly. When ata returned her face wasl defneaet “Dorter Kraaesr Mde meta it for supper, Agnes. Bra tied up until alne.“ »•«* Pttekered, «! daft hits havmiryett sag so much at bta. ■pywsy, Lueienns. He's mack toe old feu you—" sa,y ' f WltaMO replied crowly. "He's wy litsle thar Bunty or Mark or Toni, and he’s tete more intsnsthgl* When taey had helped ttamsehex at the brfet UewartZ down sear Gall. “Bow's the Springdale jab working out?" he asked. “Pm quite optimistic about it," rite replied. "Cousin Howard, yon tavo eensideraNo property in Springdale. Docs it include a vasaet hou» that could bo need tv • day nursery?" a •Why, I don’t know, GaiL I’d have to see about it* •I wish you would," ate said. "It •earns to me that the moat crying need in Springdale right now tea day nursery fu tie young children of mothers who are working at the war faotarim. It hu't fair to the youngsters who are left atone, end the mothers are toes eßdeat if they •re worried. That's important te with oe many of them in year plant,* be more than you ean tackle." Her eyes darkened. "I don’t ego Why,” she said stubbornly, "if 1 gm Kramer ord and Agnes with the proper amount of deference, nodded to BeynasEd Gail, and turned ku bold, aaamptic smile on Luctaßnß - “Did you got jammed up?" she asked, nnabto to keep the hoppy, BMHosins note out of tar young about some dessert and colit* ?" niao-thirty, Howard Thayer •

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COURT HOUSE t — Real ffalate Transfers Samuel E. Whitright to William I O Smith, west part out lot »« i In Decatur. Arthur Foreman to Fern M. Me- I Donald. Inlot Dll In Decatur 1 Jacob J. Longenbergei to Otto W. Lougentrerger. 55 acre* in Waahlnglon Twp Arthur C. Kettig to 11. Hain Spills, 403 acres In Wabaoh Twp ■ Omur A- McMauana to Orpha Mc.Manana. inlot 818 in Decatur. Rosa Wahii to Christian C. Burry, Jr., Inlot 112 in Berne Edward L. Arnold to Lowell 11. Arnold. 50 acres In Kirkland Twp •Edward L. Arnold to Paul E. Arnold. B<J acres in Kirkland Twp Aherman Ottie Shoemaker to John It. Smith. 40 acres in Hartford Twp. William Goeto to Roland F Grote, 55 acres in Root Twp. Roland E. Grote to William Goelz, 55 acres In Root Twp. Harlan P. McGill to Calvin D Amick. Inlot 27 In Decatur. Ernest It. Rvicheld rff e r to George Tapp. 101 acres In Twp. Lincoln Housing Corp, to Anna A. Dague, inlot 817A in Decatur, j Berkley Walker to Ralph W | Snyder. 88 acres in Wabash Twp for 39.000. E. latnman to Wayne E lleusser, inlot 723 in Berne. Milo Habegger to Kenneth J . Neuen-tchwandcr. In lot 728 in Berne. Jesse H. May to Pearl May, 47 acres In Root Twp. Juanita Bonfigllo to Geraldine Heimann, inlot 81 in Decglur. Edward Arnold to Richard L. Arnold. 80 acres in Kirklaud Twp Edward L. Arnold to Geraldine, Heimann. 43 acre* in Kirkland ’ Twp Geraidipe Heimann to Edward L. Arnold. 43 acres in Kirkland Twp. Fannie I. Severance to Dale K Newcomer, Inlots 31-41 and 42 in Geneva for |l,ooo George C. Worthington to Oscai L. Jones, inlot 287 In Geneva. Clifford G. Essex to Ross M.l Guilder, .25 acres In Monroe. Brice D. Roop to Melvon Kohler,! | south part iniot 226 In Decatur, i Thurman I. Drew, auditor to Charlotte Ladd. Inlot 17 In Decatur for 138.22 Richard C. Perry to li<?b«?rt Maines, iniot s in ueextur. Harry Frit zinger to Giles V. Porter. east part inlot 21 iu Decatur. Thomas O. Lehman to Leßoy

left for an air-raid wardens moethsg. After he had gone, Lucienne aaid, "Ralph and I are gotag dancing, Gail. Why don't yoe come with u*T" Her epos Mid clearly that anything would bo better than upending the root of the •vening with Agneo. -No, thnata darling." "Oh, oeme ent” Lmeienno wm persuasive. "We're going to the Bunrteo Pavilion. Itll be fan, darting. Ton eall aemowo " 1 don’t knew whom to eall,” Gail confessed. “Bartas tied up thio evening"Okay, then we’ll got you a beauBalphp* Lucienne e<Nmm*dM your Tta Swriee Paviticu wm atop the Palisades nereeo the river. Ludanne’o ewn young crowd never went there because of ito stiff cover charge, its rather sedate orchestra devoted to "sweet" mesic only, and the fact th«t their tao-obaervant Parente made it a faverite refttevTonight they sat at a table for four, from which they eould see the riser &nd the town. From open windows, the night air danced in, ®M the music, bat with an exhilaration, the winy tartmm ot early autumn. Gail sipped her tong drink, watching Lixitnne and Ralph Kramer who were dancing. Lueienne's pert face glowed with satisfaction. Gnil thought : If Lily Uuahan lease art, if Lnetaua mantos Raloh ~. it’s none of my buslMss. Yet it depressed her. And any hint of a teetaa lovo affair invariably to mind her own situation, was the future for tacoelf asd Burke? Stephen McCormick broke into tar thoughts. “Will yo« take a chance on dancing?" •Os course, J will." She got up, slim and straight. Reyna's moonstone cite flashing at the lapel of frack. “Tell me, hew soon before the shoulder'll be entirely wellT “Father says three months at the most I hope he's right. I'm going mad, hanging around.” •And when it’s well—?" *1 think I stand a chance in Army Intelligence.” They moved easily together, despite Stephen’s elumsy shoulder. Yes ofamye to my heart . . . the music rose to a clear, poignant Pita- .. r SAlvayo mmy aeort... It should be Burke dancing with her, singing wwirsoftlj In her**r. tar eyes. Her ptooeeupatioa work and tar earner seemed to melt *wav like enow under a ttaa was sta eemplote.

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What is the matter with afß thought. I m thinking iti MV; Gentry. '* She ws* fratefsl let of Lucienn«> a»<i R»lph dancing eheek te <-hcrt "Having fun?" Raipb ptoasaatly-. it *■> St# > tau ever b«n mor* than her. Was he warning tir "Don't interfere ;n my io« Gail. . . .” HI They -'asewi wt U th* overlooking th* paliwdesstand here * mornnt." Gat! gested to Steve. The music blurred S#£ away Gail lurn-td te 6*l e ~ isg at her In a iw ta would kiss her. And ste reooot iL rhe night a»4 t*« and the me***. ■ ■ • am She aaid qnickly, trymt WtaM the charged intensity rs tu ment, "Im worried about Stephen undeiatoud »»r taosd to <t '‘That y®” l ’**’.™ look out for herself, mm pretty practical, th * Now, you—" h<' added. different. You stride your head in the elouda. your head against a it were so- a cause you bene* M •Am I that—dull . “On the contrary, hesaidJ’Wi are a moat glamorous "«g cause of your terrific talent for being your,?: ,»■ "Suppose I took you “You should. rflteU J*"?® about yourself s', '-h* f c day." Js gta tarr.*d back toward floor. "W. should tataW What's happed te Um«ss« •W - mK “Perham they is **** ” atari, teo." "Steve, when I said I »•*’ about Lucienhe, P. ,»-■ tor Kramer Is prettf volved with one of the ™ ■ nurses.” , "Sacred and profan* ■ Stoptaa tea»«d tar. B “ft Isn’t fl ! nny ' ’.‘Xsrt »’r*B •The girl is taking >t to what I’ve heard at ‘h« * ■ Kramer’s stuck to herfoof yeare. and I suppose saw .■ SJovontMllyth«ym‘J* ,n ; j .| pcrianced enoußh to k** | frandte a rival, he ■ - I way m Ste made a face., . men stick Cail , te> I Bo laughed * hjr ., u«a I femtame of ‘Jt? .«* I you can t flght Mi"" ■ £S^rsr.'sn- ,, "’| " (fa bo j