Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1946 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Krening Except Sunday Ry THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller Preaidoat A. R. Holthouse. Sec y. A Rue Mgr. Dick D. Heller — Vice-President Subscription Rates By mail. In Adams and adjoining counties; one year, 0<: six months, |3.35; 3 months, fl. 75. By mail, beyond Adams and adjoining Bounties: One year, 57; 6 months, 13.75; 3 months. 33 By mail to servicemen, any place in the world: One year, 53.50; six months, 51.75; throe months, fl. Single copies. 4 cents. By carrier, 30 cento per week. Another thing wed like to know is how the human race rales now among the angels. O—O— The food that Is wasted in this country would save the lives of millions in Europe ayd Asia. -Q From 12 to three o'clock the stores and offices will be closed in observance ot flood Friday. -0 The court bouse clock will Im* turned up an hour and run on daylight saving time, beginning at midnight on April 27. This will avert any confusion and will place all docks in the city on the sum-mer-time schedule. O O — That was a big woid . . . ambidextrous . . . that tb<* sport's writers used in describing that President Truman used his left hand itt pitching the first ball in the opening game in Washington. Being president these days, a chief executive must be able Io use both hands. -0 The city fellows bad Just swept tie street and the property own ers bad raked their lawns. Everything looked clean and well kept. Along came a thoughtless person who scattered about a thousand paper labels on North Second street, changing the appearance to the morning alter the circus moved out. -0 Our natural sympathies go 10l anyone who lias had the misfortune to fracture a hip or leg An accident of this nature is the case . of .Miss Tetia Schurger. well known < Decatur lady, who fell yesterday and fractured a hip. Miss St burger has been an augel of mercy all her life, making her home the

Why the New-Born Baby Cries

By Kerma*. N. Bundeten, M.O. Every Inexiterfenced mother i» dlwturbed by her new-born baby’s trying. T<> her. it is a definite distress signal .and all b<T maternal solicitude prompt* her to rush relief. Unfortunately, »he I* often puzzled as to what to do *inuthere U no way for the infant to tell her just what is troubling him. Dr, Charles A. Aldrich and hi* co-workers of the Mayo Clinic have , made a study of crying in a large j number of babies. In order to oblulu accurate information as to. the amount of crying which occurs and to find the causes. Fifty babies were observed. A record! was kept of each period of crying! and the possible reason* tor it. Crying Varied It was found, of courac. that the amount of crying varied to a great extent. For example, the baby who cried the least, cried only (k.Z minutes per day white ths baby who cried the most, averaged Ml minutes a day or about four hours. The average for al! of the babies was about 117 minutes a day. It was found that the amount of crying increased day by day after birth until the fourth day. From the fourth to the sixth day It remained at a fairly even level and then the amount of crying gradually became less. Babies taking their food best aeentod to cry the least Among the causes for crying noted were hunger, vomiting.' and soiled or wot diapers. But the crying for unknown reasons far exceeded that for any of the known causes. Just what is the significance of thte crying for unknown rczeou. 1* difficult to say. Perhaps it way baa used Ivf

haven for orphans and those who needed a kindly soul to look after them. -——o—o —■ Gross iltcotv" taxes collected in 1345 in the state amounted to 145.503.040 That's a lot of money, especially when the state doesn't heed it. Indiana now has a surplus of nearly SO million dollars in the treasury and additional funds are being raised from a special liquor tax to provide million for post-war building, iuclud in* an addition to the state house If the income tax law Isn't chaug cd. the legislature should at least suspend collections for six months out of yeai. for unless the money received is appropriated it Just piles up in the banks. — o- o Engineers have bc*eu appointed by th<- city to make an investigation as to the needs of (he municipal light and power plant aud recommend what kind <>f equipment is needed there. The local l>lai|t produces more electric current. figured in (kilowatt hours) than any plant of its dhte In the United Stales, so it seems that good Judgment should not be confined to hr present day requirements. but with a look to the future. No matter how much power the plant is making today, ten years from now the record will be | higher. Lei's build for the future so we can take care of the growing residential and industrial expansion. It would not Im* surprising to see the town hit 10,000 population in the next few years. —o * Mayor Stultx and city officials are giving thought to the location of a iiarking lot near the tip town business district. Many suggestions may been made, but the fact remains ere still need a parking xpa< e. if we are to accommodate shogpers and visitors. The thought has occurred lo us that the parking problem might be solved If 35. or say 50 citizens. each hl veiled 31.000 and with the combined fund purchased a half or full block ot real estate and then covered it into » modern parking area A nominal cuarge could be made to defray the expense of attendants and upkeep, but without profit to the investors. At today's interest rates, 31,000 invested in bonds will yield about 33" a year, a small amount for any town booster to donate for a good cause. On the other hand, the real estate would grow in value and the investment remain safe.

fondling and perhaps it is the baby* way of getting some exercise. For the most part a baby cries because he wants something < Change of Environment It should be remembered. Dr. Aldrich point* out. that the newborn baby has undergone a radical change In environment. In the months before birth, the baby lias become accustomed to a quiet, dark, warm existence, in which he need* not exert himself at ail even to obtain food or oxygen. All at once he in thrust into independent life and finds that he must work for a living. The lung* must begin to breathe, the throat to swallow food, the stomach to digest it A* if this weren’t bad enough, Baby i» assailed by all sorts of new and strange, and hence uupleMaut. sensations, noise bright lights, cool and dry air. It would Im- strange. Dr. Aldrich concludes. if be didn't resent aH these change*. Quite naturally, then, be is goin to register protest in the only way he can. by crying. Nonetheless, it would appear that a great deal of further study of crying in babies is necessary to determine Just what are its unknown reasons. Until these are found. Mothers can follow only one rule, to do all she can to make Baby comfortable and then, it crying occurs, not to worry about it. Questions and Answers A. B.: I snore and it is rery «aDoying to other people sleeping* in the room with me. Would it stop if i had my tonsils and adenoid* removed ? Answer: There is no evidence that the reuse* al of touaila and adeuotd* would stop snoring.

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AB©OT TISDE TOWN

(Following is one of a series of articles concerning the city of Decatur, which have been written by members of the Journalism class of the Decatur Catholic high school )

A fellow with the mathematical bent of the mind has unearthed the following statistics, based up on the 19 service stations within | | the c ity limits of this fan !»»•• tropolis" of Decatur On a whole, the service -latlonar<- kept busy with Ibeii greasing; Jobs, oil changes, and gaaolinei sales. The following t sble show s, how busy a day's schedule can be: The average* number of cars to| come Into these service station* in a day's time amounts t > about 2.MSU automobiles The average number of gallons April 15. 1525 was Sunday. Modern Ettiquette I By ROBERTA LEE | Q. be it correct for a wom en in mourning to use black edged letter paper and envelojMsa? A. Yes. If she wisher, but it is not at all necessary. A woman in mourning Is not required to advertise it any more than a divorced ’woman would think 1' necessary to place- upon her stationery eoine symbol of her separation. Q. When one is visiting a friend and it is necessary to make a longdistance- call, who should pay for it? A. The guest should immediately call the operator and ask the charges, then baud the am -unt lo hie h isteuc. Q When giving a breakfast fori some friends, may it b ■ served In courses’ A. Yes. ■ — * Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE Seasoning have all the rinds of oranges. I

Ik’ ■ ■ ■ WHILE REF PARNHI THOMAS of New Jersey conducted a hearing of the House committee on unAmerican acUvitlea in New York, some 60 persons demonstrated outside, carrying placards denouncing Rep. John Rankin of Misstaaippl. chairman of the committee. The committee members questioned members of the National Federation for ConaUtuUcnai LiberUts, already branded subversive by the jusUui depaxlmeuL - f/nternatipasJl

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of gas mid to there- c»rs rings up < over in.ooo gallons |M-r day Tin- total numlo-r of quarts of i ml sold to the- customers average* 1.125 in one day The average* iiuiiilm-i* of .ml of ’town car* coming into Decatur'** «< rvice* stations climbs to approximately 133 and Includes all stale in the* union. The ratio of m-*n driven* lo the we :n>-n drivers reads 4.1. From these purchases by motorists and the mileage registered on speedometers, one must conclude that the wheels rs progress are far from a *l«iiid*<i 111. tangerines, and lemon*. Allow them to dry thoroughly, then keep in a close-covered glass container. When -reasoning is needed for a pudding or a custard, grate a little of the rind. Caution IRi not use a metal lea or coffee pot that has lieen out of use for a long time- until il hue ep given a good scrubbing with a metal cleanser. A certain amount of corrosion forms, often not visible. Stockings Winn laundering hosiery, avoid extremes of heat. Do Hot wash in hot water or dry in Hie hot nun as both treatments will w-aken the fibers. 0 _______ Marion Man Named USO Campaign Head Indianapolis. April IK fl’P) Warren J McLaugh'in. Marion, Ind. today was named USO Indiana alate- campaign director, according to an announcement by Clarem-e W. Gori*. Gary. ISO state c hairman. Goris also named Samuel Good, president of the Marion First National bank, uh treasurer of the campaign In accepting tne directorship. Mclmughlln now u.-sociate regional executive, said. “I am sure all pc- »pl« of Indiana will respond generowdy to our requ* st f(p funds next fall, and meet tne appeal • jof the- President and (Jen. EisenI hower for continuation of USO."

Reuther Warns Os Price Control Need Thomas in Bid For Division Control I Chicago. April IS-(UP) I’resldent Waller P Reuther of the CIO united automobile workers warned today that if price controls are not maintained the unton might lie knocking on General Motors' door again." Meanwhile. Il I Thomas, form c-s UAW pre-ddeut. made a bid | for c ntiol of the union's Genera! Motors division, now controlled by Reuther Thomae. se n-tary-trea surer George Acldes and Others who have oppose! Reuther'* polldoe. scheduled a pres* conferenceat l!:3o am. CST Reuther, wli > unoealed Thomas a* president at the union convc till nt I*i-i month. »ahl after y<o ■ terday** sershni of the executive | board that if p i« •• controls are destroyed the "wage freeze" In j the UAW's existing contracts with auto manufacturer-* canuot be I maintained. "Things are going very b»dly now." Reuther said ".<i>d if they continue to go an badly we'll Inknocking on General Motors' do>r again. "I'm for honoring contracts, but if a chaotic situation arose the workers couldn't live* on their -aJuries and couldn'- wo.k. "You can't go to the landlord and say. ‘look, here’s our GM con trad; take- that Instead of rent." He said that automotive con- * tracM, although scheduled to run f 21 months, "were written ou the ’ assumption that some resemblance of price* controls »v uld continue." Thomas revealed after a confer- ' luce With Reuther that he* had re- ‘ quested appointment as director of the General .Motors division, u post now held by Reuther Th*- bid wa* c onsidered Mignl ficant in that any additional con cc-.-eioiis which Thomas might ob .tain from the <■ rporation would favor any attempt he might make to regain the union presidency.* i Reuther, who led the long strike (x4*ht*ral Mofurn win ter. said he was extremely fond" c i of the gm ac-cjgnnient. > I ve worked It up from a small thing when it was Ju*t a handful c of small locals.” he said. "I'd like ■ to hang onto ft if p Msilde from the standpoint of the time that my duties as president require." . Reuther, as pn.cidcut of the I union, selects the petsun to rill i the (tost ||i K selection must have ! the* approval of the executive ; board. Two Divorce Suits ' Are Filed In Court 1 ' Two divorce* cases were filed in 1 Adami circuit caurt late Wedn-e day and today. In the one Harvey lacughrey. former mart •<*, asks for divorce from Edith Laughrey. charging cruel and inhuman treatment in that she cursed him. called him vile* names, falsely ace-used him of associating with other wo- , nii'ii. squandered the money he . seat her while in- war in service and previously Ried a suit for dis voice* again*! him without cause >|Th<- plaintiff resides it Monroe and his attorne y is !l. K. McClens han. In th'- other case. G! ria Mae Sliger at-ks tor a divorce from Robert Sliger. charging cruel anti , inhuman treatment in that he 1 called her vile names and cursed I her. was continually quarrelsome I and told her to get a divorce. Bile 4 askt restoratlm of her maiden . name of Spangler. Th- plaintiff H I resides In Union township and her ** I attorney is Nathan ('. Nelson.

RURAL YOUTH CIUB NEWS District Meeting Fifteen members of Adams county attended the district rural youth meeting st Manchester college Monday evening. Gersld Edwards of Miami county, conducted the meeting, and devotions were led by Dick Ervin A report of th« slate board meeting in Indiana* polk* wb-a given, and announcement wa» made that » Purdue leadership training school will Im* held August 12*15 H *as also anti miiced that the next district meeting would Im* a picnic in July. Plans were disc u •<! for an "attendance bell" a* a prixe* for the club «Hh Hie highest pctcesitage of memliership at each cl..cfrlct me eting. Paul Norrkt. r< jnc seiitlng the larm bureau, aunouuc d tint the l-eil would l>> furnished by the Indiana farm bureau. Orville U.iamhe lain, of Wabash county, ga’-c .i review of his recent trip though lh<* southern stales and Cuba, aud Irma Winkleblack of i’urdu university, displayed an d explained several charts A panel discip-cioii led by Dale Pence of Grant county, closed the businc cs meeting. Kenneth Truax, usslated by Paul Norris, l-*d th • group in recreation, following which delicious refresbuients were served by the mem tiers of the Wabash county club. UN COUNCIL TO CCwntliMira From Fage Oee> gel its troops out of luin. Three nations, the Soviet I nion. France and Poland, think the care should b<- drop|H'd now since both Rus sin and l:au have asked the council to do so. Overnight, the* chairman of the experts c immittee draft-ci a re-

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t'HAI'TEIt SEVENTEEN BACK IN THK living roam i found only Claire. "They’re In the murder room., having a conference." -he informed I me. "So I’ve had me an earful in here. Swell work. Jane." “Nicely done." Inspector Barry approved when he returned a few minutes later with Hunt. "Vtitr. promise to * omc out to Elm point! was a little rash, but I guc-s I'll let j you keep it With Berwick going t along, of course, for protet tioii."« And then, glory be. they left.' Alter a few brief instructions, mostly to Claire, about the par-king ' of Margot's bclongingt ami their; delivery I i the police. “You’ve Imilh been good girls." i the inspector commoiided on hi way mil. “But I want you to do one { thing more for me You. Miss Jane. > write down all you recall of Mrs. Ingulfs doings and >ay ( ngs during her slay wiih you And you. Miss Claire, do the same, going fart In back into the past, seeing you've kotiwn th/- lady quite a few years." “Only 2b," ("lain- told the closing door with a grimace. "And, boy, what I could tell altouf her would make a fair sized book Only no «me would dare publish it." The rest of the day was titicveutfu). Claire, with inexhaustible en< • gy.packed Margot's trunks and I, I’m ashatn* d to confi <s sal aitmnd I half dazed, aching with fatigue and I unable to think dearly. But th« horror and excitement I d be«-n through hadn't Unpaired my appetite, and I did full justice to the de!l< lotis dinner Hora ffeed up for us. ' So6n afterwards we all went to hed and Claire and'Ho-a or so they assured me the following morning fell asleep instantly. I I. however, dead tired though I was, did not. The moment I’d I turned out the light my dazed brain I started functioning with a vengeanee and I hnd a debate with myself about what to write down for Inspector Barry and what to leave unsaid. The cigant stub*. No two ways ulMitit them The inspector had to! know thoy d been plant.;*! on Margot’s highball tray to implicate Deane But to make my confession! in writing wouldn't look so goo.! I’d better tell him. In w Qi( j s , | decld- d Too bad I hadn’t done it right away. But then netting Margot’s threat with her rudeness to Dean-, had thrown me Off. . Strange, those letters. Tiiev pointed unfailingly Iw Marw< Kill* last lover a* her murderer. But they didn’t account for the place In which he had killed her. Why had she been in Neal * room J *1 ail. And why bad she (fetched that tualtion? 1 ktiddenl} wondered if it had bem fell belutul u; ukeu away u»[

Lenten <Rev. John M, Michael. Salem Evan*.hej “THE LAST "The Lord Jesus the same mght m took bread: And when he ha<j and said, “Take, eat: this is m, ’ bod you: this do in remembrance of m. ■■' .***» L* "" C *'" a? It was night, the streets <>f but with a silence of tenseness that w M , * w, Ma shouts of an angry mob, “Crucify ||i U . k> bZJ 1 tnenl ot Satan was at the table with hini U,t,z ' sitting late In the house of f'aiajiii., h ' ' I sentence, Beyond the Imin-dlui, darku?**' T 10 Reni of Caesar, the marching legions, the dM.VtbJ brute force The one bright M | M »t a mM| . ~ “'“’’S J In the upper r<M>m somewhere- in that ih v ,r * ,5 On that night In which he wa* | night our Lord broke into thank- s,, Euc harist.'’ which Is the Greek f w tliaiZ.?' 1 looking for triumph on the morrow. at w , i V,IIJ WJ ringed almut by perfec t loyalty we couw (J, 0 * 41 h: As there are whole ranges of coioi m the r J!*’’'#! and violet, which we cannot behold win, h # * lu ’ *Wn • lions, so what brought brightest hopesm )M .,. I ’ ,H . "•’till night was what he- saw beyond II ‘ K kfl Ills Iwidy end blood were to i„ . - wine on the table. Tin- foundation of aa ,-,1.. and supercede ull the kinglonis of 'Caesar ““•hl has long since been gathered round Hi* t| lril| ’ My friend, are you living or d<ad? ta, Him who holds the keys of death and h*llm* 1 11* 1 1 eat the flesh of the Hon of man. and drink h> /'* W life- ill you. Whoso ealeth my f|< h. and >1 uik/ "I 1 eternal life; an-.l I will raise him up at th- h«

( port which. If approved by Ho-. experts, will he submitted to tliei council late- tewlay ■ Trade In a Good Town — Decatur ■ CHANGCHUN FALL (Ceetieerd Frees •*■«» Oort They said the Ist army is no' { inechaiilze<l and has only lixlr \ I artillery, while coniniunists for ces in Manchuria number Son.tuHi! hoops, some of them well-armed ; - v ith Japanese equipment and o< caaionally capable of displaying I heavy firepower. Meanwhile, nationalist tierend j er* of Change hun were reported driven Into a small pocket in tin ‘ • miter of the city by overwhelm inc communist forces.

I the dead woman’s hand And •«- ; t ame so curious about it. i got out I of bed. slipped oil a rolie *in<! tip toed aermut the apartment to - The pillow was there. lying ’o I Itself at the foot ot the huge ,il..ii And when I picked it up met i.'iii tally to put it whe • It felon. <1 something light aud soft tott'feii my face: a small bit of dow—, flea: I Ing upward lazily Fur a second 1 couldn’t imagine from where it, < »me Then 1 discovered a cut la th* I cushion from which the down -tuf 'flux was escaping slowly w.teti I I handled llw pillow-. It was nc- ■ ! seam, and completely nntioiiceable i among the orange shit ring* and : puffings of the cover, unle-f yjit looked closely. So Margot had not just "grablx d the pillow In fulling. ” Im' had i-» it as a shield, to protect heiseif from her murderer, whose ktdf< l ad first '‘tabbed into the ,«oft si. terial! I stood there, bidding th" i ill'>"as Margot must have held it. T ;• Ing to visualise the seem And sudd-nly I saw quite an other. , A white figure standing in t--middle of a moonlit room that bail once contained tile fiiinllun ;> ro'ind me. A bushed voice rayi "They’re empry. ‘ A strange ku* -t I night walking In a strange host-' Had the house been strange t--I Brenda Knight? Was her late visit the accident it had seemed? JI id the merely stated a fact when sh d said those words or had they in‘.-it an expression of surprise? And If her Visit had bc< t prmeditated, what in (Jod's name wa It* connection with Margot I: gallmurder? Sunday morning brought th*-, ( drptu&iibg of rain on the window i and the midden thill that sourtimes descends on New York in a ; hot Septi miter. Perhaps that had som< •Itin-- ■ do with It, and perhaps it was a, general let-down. Anyway. Ciaii'and I slept until 10, dies, cd h-i urly. and then ate a sumptu >u | | brunch in the dining roon. duritu ! which Bova, visibly recovered from ! the shock of finding Margot’s bady. : regaled us with the new* Uta' tbi.in> nlnsfleld had rotne np In the, *Ol Id while we slept—it had aj doorman now. "in the elegantest uniform." «h<-, enthused "Gold braM'n everything t It’s that grand, no one would h> i lieve thtre was a detecativp in !'■[ to look at It! (’barley By wafer hi* j name |*. He's married and ha* f!*'--, littie one* and I give him break fast when I had mine, in the kitch ■ en Hope you don't mind. MMJane. ’’ Far from minding. I admonished her to be sure and feed our ' dooi i titan.' uturulug. ttoou or uiibt 111 [ gratitude lor Uivtr proteUiou- Titan

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14 CHILDtg — l< |- fim J. I ; H 'll'b Fence kr,.; (J .’p.ingii-i, ij, j, Irwin Spangle*-, m Witnesses J 'bK 'Jy toM > view ot ike trap i ' 1 nfrhal COLO HnSS Lqcud— He* KtaiMd efast

> w- w--nt hits tie iinq t > uried up “it th<- »4* a . I of -»i<eti oir wba’ the P'-«-felt i murder 'it m ' nmg m call it. •I’tMIHS dTIWt; <>N VISIT TO HU M 3 i t'c- favorite ti'Atal . THOKESS Mi i'tJU3| I OF VOt’.N'fl STAI m| hcculid And It xiitk'S) ’ givi-n over tn -iwsg rare was debited aM lier “tic • ’11..W oil-hedaitrfl ’i veled "I've talk-/ a.'*l 11 giving th- Is-ff ta Fl 11 aud here your >i‘W. ■ 1 |;.> ton. < *p» be.-allt A 1 publicity out of oc zak 1 "Th- triraiie «’ fel I HlUl;|i a'ioiK." I idi ks tiirug "What <!<»' lal M tof the Wt'fe , ■h-itidM'rti*’ “T r-t* j Only on- lad the AM vl,< was "*eH t’-nd' I Ip .p >nok** of hff 3RRH .|m ' th- Identity <rf the *1 I I more ysltov -hakx b Milts by an .nioufe j ,-ius last ho-iMiMlailtl I <! .<•, mi with •»» * • <■>■;) In night vpuk- a ' Neal’s puhMy glowing The Mt- H I r. r beauty, Mtt-'l* A H and her near-' •| ••!,.! fllend'»"l"** ( > Ing after her trsafte The fact that At • Tarrant daughter ’»'• ed and in -nine iteMl I i<a-nted by the dut’*" 1 I lion tha' 'h* i h "* a ” M ' a'’"’ 'nlX' ■*’ ter if > 0!l P 1 * I way of Mug a :1 1 the fa nlly w* . 1 and had * . j author?*#’ 01 I m afraid aty t”*”*, i raw from I***’*' I simply ** ' Hide 9f t‘- J And Claire »*»** j ouh. "The S'"’* I her bed i bjr.g heiwlf t® 6 ’ Tj I let it f««’ . Margot * fr ' r “' her an dd h»W | I \ n d waIMM brazen yoa waat *'• J i <m- you- f® 8 :t **.«!• atotei MyM‘* (j3< moment 1 ” r! a. t* *** ' fd ‘ e kt •' Cluire. ~81 ,rH " Br it. n