Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1945 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ‘ PuWtahed Every Fr«nln< 1 Europt .Munday Hy THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incorporatud Entered at the Decatur, Ind.. Poet ' Office as Second Class Matter. ( I. H. Heller President A- R Halthouse. SecT. * But. Mgr 1 Dick D Holier Vice-President ; Suhsselpiton Rates tingle Cuptaa —1 .04 1 One week by carrier ——.2o 1 By Mall la Adame, Allen, Jay and Wells omiatiea. Indiana, and Mercer and Vm Wert eomatlea, Ohio, 14.50 per year; 12. M for alt uooma; 11:35 tor tares months, SO cents for oue month. Elsewhere: 15.10 per year, 13.00 , tor eii mon tbs; 11 .to for throe months; 10 cents for one month. Men and women In the armed torete 33 W per year oi 1100 for three months Advertising Ratos Mads Known on Application, National Representative BCHECRCR A CO. IS Lexington Avenue, New York, M K. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. Two more big shopping day* left and yon can still fill the bill tor Christinas. O—O Slap several of the attractive, Christmas Seals on those packages. They really help -0 This to that shortest day of the year Prom now on they get longer' and its always surprising how' noticeable it Is after a couple of weeks. —o “If winter comes, can spring be far behind*'* sings the poet and these mornings we feel like replylug. “you bet It can." March 15th seems a long ways off The radio stars who have been singing for months that they want a "white Christmas" will surely be satisfied with the coating dished up by the weather men. lite one of those we have read about but seldom seen. -0 In the years to eome you will be proud to have been a charter mefober of the Utnberlost Conserration Association now being formed. This group have plans for a wonderful improvement and hope to realize them the next few years. O—O While candy seems a scarce art-' icle this year manufacturers of that always popular product announce that the production during 1946 has been the largest in history, notwithstanding the shortage of sugar —o Tire rationing may end with the year but it won’t help much until the shipments begin rolling. So tar dealers have not been able to obtain enough to meet the ration requirements. However they are hopeful of soon being able to fill mar of the orders. ■■ O -O — The boys who spent last Christmas season out in the middle of the Pacific where the temperature was about ninety and who are now getting the reverse recording of mercury as they wade through Adams eouiy snow perhaps favor a compromise with the weather bureau. I Labor and . management could give the people of America their most appreciated gift it they would broodcast the announcement that all difficulties have been Ironed out and that the New Year will etart with a determination to produce the goods «o badly needed Peace on Earth should Include our domestic bottlenecks. ——O '"O Old Santa is on the way and according to reports has discarded his modern airplane and streamlined automobile equipment sad returned to the old fashioned sled and reindeers so he can skip right ( over the top of the snow banks and glide up and down the roofs of bonces. Boon you will be bearing bis “Merry Christinas to All" Mhe finds his way over the world. ,

Hundreds of Adams ooufity boys u« home for Christmas thia year ind others are enroute. They are leroes. Many of them have faced lesth oti numerous occasions and he others stood ready to do so. >Ve are glad, we hope they and heir families have the Merriest Christmas ever and that by next 'ear all of the nearly 2.5UU from his county who served their coun;ry in its time of need will be tanging up their stocking at home We believe they will. —o The- .March of Dimes has started I ind while Frailkill D ILmsevelf will uot receive this outpouring | if good will as he did so traditiondly for twelve years, the work sill go on and the president who itarted the crusade to help those • fflicted with the dread infantile paralysis will always be remember- j ><d fur his part in the inundation. It was oue of the many acts he l*erformed that will make hi.- name Ive forever. O—O The eclipse of the moon is .-aid Io have occurred but the cloudy blinds were so thick and pulled iloun so tight that the phenom enon was not visible through this lection. —o The cold waves are coming rather close together these days. Just about the time we can lot up a little on coal .-hoveling tit*' i wind changes and the wintry blasts blow In again and this is just the first day of winter. A few suits i r»f woolen underwear for Christmas , would be gratefully received by those who have to toll outside or battle the frigid temperature in j hug walks * -.• k o—o Mothers and babte:. have a better chance to survive now than ten rears ago The Children's Bureau i»f the Department of Labor says' I hat while 58 of every 1.000 babies ilied at birth in 1933. only tn died In 1943. in 1933. sixty-two mothers tut of every 10,000 died in child-1 birth as against 21 two years ago. The year 1933 .-aw the lowest birth rate in the nations history while In 1943 births, as to numbers, reached the all time high of 3,000,■OO. -0 The Best Seller:Perbapa the world isn’t the god- , css place pessimists seem to think At fi-ast Bibles have been in such demand during the last four years ihat they have reached an ail-time high in popularity. The American Bible Society during this period published and distributed 50.000.000 copies of the Holy Scripture, a large percentage goiug to the armed forces. Os these, 2,000,000 were in German. and there are calls now in the society's headquarters for more than a million to be used by missionaries in Japan. Getting the Good Book printed I and circulated is something. But ■ it's a fair question to ask, are the books being read? Perhaps that's the next step ■ _.o—O— The realty situation in this country seems to be growing serious. Il is one of the aftermaths of war. At such times there Is usually 3 real Miaie ijoom. which may run to dangerous excesses. And so the government itself Is evidently preparing to take a hand in it. The mere suggestion seems rather startling, in a country where realty operations have long operated freely, and on the whole honestly in spite of occasional excesses. The business now comes under federal scrutiny not so much because of current evils as to avoid the development of serious inflation. If this seems to make need-' less trouble in some cases, its controls on the whole are likely to save a lot of people a lot of money, ind to sharpen their real estate udgment. o— — Many Movie Houses There are 205 movie houses in Philadelphia and «58 in New York City at the present tune.

&** ? ffrorty-WUI I B Virgin*. your little fnrads art wrerf. They affmetf fvjg-jj flg J Ay tbt scepticism of t sceptical age. Tkey do not keWeve ***** Z/ hensible by theft little minds All mini*. Virginia. whether they BeL/M >* «*"« •' cfoldreo's. are little. In (fits greet universe •! •••'« thf bounllfu »orM about turn, as tttunrtA by tfie tfHtllilfntt yT ’ captble ol t'Wng tbt wWt o/ trutk and knowledge. Kes. Vug/nie. tkere is a Santo Claus Me eaiote to tbttynly nt love and generosity and devotion eaist. and you know tnat t ry tbound and give to our li/e its highest brauty and ioy Alaa Mnv dreary would be the world il tbete were no Santa Clataa. It would be at dreary as il there were no Virginias There thildhhe laub then, no poetry, no romance, to maha tolerable tbit eaittente We rbould bare no enfoymtnt. oecept tn sense and wgM. The eternal bgbt wttb wbitb th. Id hood blla tbe world would bo fs- estinguished . . Not believe to Sente Clauaf You mttbt at well not believe •• f- luriesf You might get your papa to bite men to watch in all tbe b.--. thimneyt on Chnttmat eve to catch Santa Clam, but even it they yi did not see Santa Clam coming down, what would that prove xjm w— Nobody tees Santa Claus, but that it no sign that there is no Santo JL.I Clous. The most teal thinga in the wotld are thote that neither v ■ children nor men can tee. Did you ever see lairiet dancing on tbe lawn* Os course not. but that's no ptoof that they ate not there. By Nobody con conceive or imagine all the wonders there ate unseen ■ end unseenable in the world. H Z - ’ You may tear apart the babys rattle and see whet manes the I, noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which jv lb” / not the strongest man. nor even the united strength of all the ark-***** strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart Only faith, fancy. ■Up- poetty. love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and t?=-* 7' picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond Is it all teal? Ah. . vjp' Virginia, in all this world ihere is nothing else real and abiding, No Santa Claus' Thanh God' he lives, and he lives forever. A h&'g' thousand years from now. Virginia, nay. ten times ten thousand years horn now. he will continue to mahe glad the heart of childhood SsSL VIRGINIA'S FAMOUS LSTTSI to the New York Sun on Sept 21, 1897. and that papers equally famous Jetler to Virginia, reproduced here, have been printed in 20 foreign languages during the past 40 years. Viigmia Is now Mrs Edward M Douglas of New York City The Bun's letter was written by the late s'rancis I hsrctllue Church, although this fact was not disclosed until 1908. </uteraotioaal)

I Modern Etiquette | ' Sy ROBERTA LEE * — * q What i.« an appropriate toast to otter a bridegroom? A. "Here’s to the health, wealth, and happißeua of the bridegroom He Is leaving us for a happier life, but so shall never leave him. y What is considered tne most popular entertainment tor young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty? A. Deming. Q la It all right for a man to give .1 woman an article of wearing apparel, as a gift? A. Not unless the woman is his mother, steter, or a close relative. | o ♦ • I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE • - 1 ■>'•** ’ ' ' — ♦ The Christmas Tree Try planting the Christ maw tree In a pail of dirt and keep the earth moist. It will keep the medics from falling -o soon. To make the pail more attractive, wrap red and green crepe paper around it. Curtains To jnake the ceiling of a room I look much higher, hang the curi tains from the top of the window 'to the floor, instead Os stopping at the bottom of the window. Coffee tr a email cork is fitted into the spout of the coffee pot. or the tea kettle, it will hasten boiling. Treaty Tears Ago Today Dee. 21 The striking hard coal miners ate suffering from the cold. Rev. A. W. Hana resigns as pastor of the Decatur Lutheran church to accept a call to Cleveland, Ohio. Heavy snows again blanket entire midwest. A syndicate headed by Waiter Htrrmg buyu the Chicago Daily News for 5t,26#.573. Premier .Munsolini of Italy gave a settlement of his hopes for an empire Fred Schulte escapes injury ' when his cur b struck by a Cloverleaf freight engine. - — -7° JENNINGS SEES H —ilaaaS rtem F—• O—> fereonville area. Jennings reported that labor arcus which showed net Increases in employment on Nov. 16 over the same date the previous month Included Columbus. Connersville. Furl- Wayne, (Jary lUmmoud, Indianapolis. Kokomo. LaFayette, Ix>ganaporl, Mariou, New Castle,

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I Richmond, Suuth Bend • Elkhart, Terre Haute and Andereon. Losses were reported for the same period In B1 u o liditgton, Evansville. La porte-Michlgan City. Muncie, Vincennes, New AlbanyJeffersonville. Tne only labor area with a net employment gain un Nov. 15 as compared with May 15 1945. as reported to the VPES. was the Columbus area, where 706 more workers were listed on payrolls. Al' the other areas showed losses ranging up to 29,998 in the New Albany-Jeffersonville ana. RESTAURANT IS (Turn To Page 8. Column t) jstauranl had a good supply of food, including a few hundred pounds of sugar. It was fc-ared that this valuable commodity became water sorted. The Ehlers opened their restaurant in March. 1943, and were catering to hundreds of patrons daily. In addition to the uew equipment, an attractive neon sign had just recently been erected and Chief Stults «a» of the opinion that the electric line* were overloaded, causing a short circuit. The building, formerly the Moose home, was purchased by Mrs. Ehler from Edgar Mutschler about a year ago. The walls of the structure were not damaged. Chief Stultz, said. .Monday in cash register and currency placed in a boa ana cookie jar under the counter was not damaged by the fire, Mr. Khler ~ said. Firemen rescued the caches land turned it over to the owners. .Mrs Ebler stated that the restaurant would be reopened as soon as the place could be restored to normal condition■> and equipment obtained. AAA COMMITTEEMEN 1 __ (Ceetlawed Frew Fwat Oae> cushions and also presided at the . Mwaion* when the 1948 program . was dbcussed. General discussions were ln->d , both thia morning and afternoon at , which time al! member* participated. County agent /.rchlmld also , took part in the dbcnMions and . explanations of the new program. The county committee Includes Mr. Gerke, chairman: Homer Arnold. Kirkland townoblp. vlce-chalr< man and Harve Ineicheu, Wabash township, the third membe*'. There are 36 members of the regular committee Including three . farmers from each township In , Adams county. ———o i nnln«3 aousdwa «l 41®uj . -utsiw UMO4 p»Auas sepoy jo poujt ftjtjf *m*u you «| siearn pus mn . -qalM riiruj p lujwarj tpn& PIO oommj vtnb

CONGRESS ENDS (Turn To Pass I, Column 4) agreements act and continued leudkare. since terminated by President Truman. On tbe death of Mr. Rooaclvelt, Democratic and Republican meinbens of congress alike pledged full support to Mr. Tinman to win tbe war ax quickly us possible. On surrender of Japan, however, the socalled "honeymoon'* between tbe executive and legislative branches ended Since rtepping into the white house, president Truman has sent i ten legislative messages to congress covering a comprehensive 21program on administration policies as well as recommending specific IcgiHlution. Thia included universal military training, labor dispute fact finding boards, a public health program, armed forces merger, vsa 6|6 6 COLD PREPARATIONS Liquid, Tablets, Salva, Nom Drape Caution use only as directed. ' It —I ■s. ,| |

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' domestic uwitroi of atumk uuargy. VNRILA, presidential succession, oaocutivo agWM.w» reorganization and unemployment compensation. Congress gave some attention to the 21-polnt program, but need on only three of the special rt quests—funds for UNRRA, ffiivemment reorganisation and surplus property administration. Speaker Bam Rayburn, comment Ing ou the year's legislative work, Mid congress had acted <m most of the "must'* requests Others which have been deferred or await final congressional approval will be taken up early in tbe next seasf ion. he said Rayburn listed unemployment compensation, universal military training and a tabor dispute factfinding pttngram among the first on the coming agenda In the first session, congress also: Appropriated 166.000.000.000 <B)

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f) BY AUTHVtft orurwrewnu CfIAPTBB TWBNTT-THBM i On her way baek te the hatl ta rejoin Burks, Gall was Mopped by j Reyna Thayer, who called to her from the head of the stairs. Her black eyes were sompiM with fury--Wait a minute, Oaiir aba oeta* manded, -I want to talk to you bofore you leave." She wu halfway down, holding on to the rail, when she caught eight of Dr. MeOormisk and Stephen, making their farawelta. -You there—" she to a Slowly Dr. McCormick came over, until ho wan just below her. Hla long El Greco face was expreaaioylore, his tone formal “Toe, ReraaT" Reyna leaned ea the rail. In the soft light deoeondtng from tbe crystal chandelier, her noa woo distorted with anger. “That outramoue bill you oent me. A thousand dollars—for vAatr 1 “That la my price for a consultation.- ho answered eoldlr. **A consultation I" Reyna aereamed. "You'd have killed mo if tt hadn’t boon for Gall Ronton I” The crowd in tbe drawing reooa sought the echo of her high voice and moved toward the hall, to listen. "Reyna,” Dr. McCormick said, -you are a greater fool now than yon wore years ago. I have seat you a bin. Ton will pay to” Seeing these two mi ddle-apd people who had oaee loved earn other, their faces now blighted by hate. Gall thought wildly: It isn't her illness, it Isn't the bfll. It’s an excuse to dig up the hatchet and slaughter each other! -1 won't pay itl” Reyna shouted. -Your diagnosis wasn't right any- • way!” I Then she warmed to her subject ”/ didn’t call you in for consultation —my fool alster-in-law did! I was satisfied with my doctor. I had confidence In her. The proof of her abll- ■ ity Is this, Cassius. She ignored 1 your orders, she treated mo her own way with my permission. fAat'o > why I got well!” Dr. McCormick turned his chill ■ gase on Gait She wanted to ery: Reyna doesn't understand, Doe- ! terReyna looked down s', her audi- , ence and her vMee west higher. She was pay ing Cassius McCormick back for all her pain and humiliation of 1 thirty years sgo, and enjoying it -Medicine's a pretty good racket, isn't it? But this time—” Agnes pushed her way through the crowd. The newspaper photographer folfswed her until Stephen intervened and took the man to the door. But not before Agnes' piercing wail cut the tense air. “Howard, 1 make her stop! Make her stop—j she's ruining say party!” > To Gail's relief, Howard showed > np. He spoke quietly to Reyna,

for the fiscal year wading lulls 3». 1946. cancelled |s3,Ooo.uW,teu (Bj Iq unused war appropriations and authorisations. Authorised increase of the national debt to 8300.000.009.000 (Hi Exteuded the draft to May 15, 1948 Continued price control and wartime rationing acts. Reduced excise and personal Inuomo taxes effective dan. 1. Created a single surplus property administrator. Amended the GI bill of rights to broaden veterans benefits. Continued U. 8. employment service under federal control for 100 days although Mr Truman requested that the extension bo un- : til June 30, 1947. — 1 ' 0 Fire Fatallttee Every year burns account tor from 9.000 to 0,000 home fatalities

wv Bnvw a mounting the stairs, talking soothingly aa one would to a cantankerous child. Finally, he persuaded her 1 to return upstairs. The party dissolved in a buns of conversation 1 that promised ample gossip In 1 Beauchamp tomorrow. Helping Gail into his ear, Burke 1 asked, “What's wrong with the old 1 gifir* 1 “She’s just prejudiced,” Gail said. She explained the situation briefly. 1 Burke pulled the rim of his brown felt ever his tanned forehead. His ' blue eyes regarded her quissieally. When they reached her house ho asked: “What about the aoovtoe this evening?” 1 -I'm sorry, I’ve got a dosen chores,” she replied. “Okay, I don’t believe la interfering with my girl’s professional life.” His lipa found her soft ebeek, her mouth. After a moment he said, "I'm sorry I won’t see you tomorrow.” “I’m used to it,” she answered Burke wss never free on Sunday. That was ths day he devoted to hie mother. Usually he played golf in the meraiag, came borne for a addday meal, took hie mother to the moviee in the evening. Sunday was a perfect day. The sen made a golden floodlight for the blue sky. The air was warm with Indian summer hase. Gail padded into the kitchen nnd had a cup of coffee, “hine o’clock!” She yawned, stretching her ana. “I haven't slept 00 late ia ages.” -You needed it,” Kato eaid tartly. “As if your own patiento aia’t enough trouble, you got to become a health officer! You got to tree* all that scum in Sp: mgdale.” "Katie—" Gail pushed her curly black hair over her ears, retied the belt of her white pajamas, “where's your tolerance?” “Right where it should be! But I use it only once in a while.” Katie llneu the picnic hamper with a fresh limn doth, put in thin bread-and-taittor sandwiches, the routed chicken, the luecloue, walaut-ctad* ded cake. Gai! went into the pactry to telephone. It took a few memento before she wu connected with Reyna Thayer. “How’s everything, Reyna?” she asked brightly. "Terrible,” Reyn* reported cheerfully. "You know how Agnes loathes any suggestion of a scandal, unless she herself hu instigated it And she’s worried for fear Cassius McCormick will cut her dead.” “He won’t do that,” Gail Mid soothingly. “You eaa patch things up.” “Oh I can, can I? Well, I wenX He’s going to sue me, Gai!. He told Agnes that before he loft last night.” “Oh, Reyna, war -Yes!” She ehucklod. “And la he going to be oorryl”

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M gB i 4 ?Oi M " ail Sv “ nl,l ' -tW P.„. r ); . H , ' -j 1,.; •-■■l S ' • h ‘ r " " K.l, and baby girl Hr,,-. „ ’WB' t Elliot ~a , t blli> r street. Mr. R , r . ~ :■ b»»>y l«.y r, r ~O l-ant minute sure to visit VO.

“What do you treat” |R 1 m g'Azg to let it u I m going to fight it“You ran': do that. Rm*’ v- SI get your»<lf into 1 plicate all i>! us—" “You haven’t ■ thiat to wK about, Gad. Ut Braucluap bjß what a emart young a-x--f are!” "Well, I hope it ronn wt right," Gail eaid unhappily, while, eome ,n for that .-Mg will you?" aa “Good heavens, how un * H need?” ■■ “Just one mors. I an eye on you. You Lad doses of ths drug." M Gail hung up and bedroom to dress. Her «leasant anticipation wu rhat did it ma-ter if ihedidtaS a nice day? The enadow d diatorted revenge hung mu dH head. S The cat Beluha wu rurtt her pillow, purring “Scram!" she ordered out into the garden. The rang. M But it was not ar. ener|tuyiß she feared. One f Mrs SptrtiltiS innu-.rat.. . miruH ir.g io announce mere wen pwM and spaghi tti and vine today nfl the doctor was invited. ■ “I'll be there later in the itoH noon," Gail promised, but the yo-tng -nan who liked pun. ufl thought. 9 Stephen arrived shortly is hfl father’s big car. He came s; hfl walk eagerly. 9 They were dressed almost iirtH eally: gray slacks, and wcitss:.rs9 He wore a beige cashmere iwa«9 and she earned a short, iarleth>9 nel jacket. ■ “1 like your hairdo," he sa.d hrl provingly. "Sort of a G-crgeWuhß iagton getup, isn't it?” 9 “Yes. It was my hotukupcM ide*. She tells me I use no ingecaM ity about myself.” I She indicated the hamper d kd| and a steamer blanket and be ttoffi ried them down to the ear. | “Thanks," Gail said, "w taffi you think itl! be warm enouyb • swim?” I “I hope so. 1 brought tranb ■ "We’d better stop st the Mtl Store," she said. “I want to pus til some sunton lotion. I tint sk:»W| rod every time I go swimffirjearly or late in the season. “Weil, I'd wager a good bus’s the tanned beauties would r« thing for your white skin Her smile was grateful. rtMi* the most consoling person*Buty Sunihine hertelf • it today," she ssid r* fully. “I talked to Reyns over the phone this learned what happened later IM night’’ (To be eontiauedl