Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1946 — Page 4

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DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT Published ivory Evening Kieopt Sunday Ry THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated ■stored at the Decatur, Ind., Port Ofkee as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller — President A. R. Holtbonao, Sec y. A Bus. Mgr Dick D. Heller .. Vice-Preildent Subscription Ratea By mall, la Adana aad adjoining oonntlea; one year. I«. ala ■osths, UM: > months, RJ.TS. By mail, beyond Adamo and ad joining count Im: One year, IT; • neatba, 11.75; I nontho, 12 By mall to servicemen. any place le the world: One year, 13 50; all months, 11.71; three months. |l. Single copies 4 cent*. By carrier, 20 cents per week. The good old cummer-time la on Ita way. -0— We can all feel that our govern ment la in safe bands with Presides! Truman in Washington. ——o—0 —— Readers tell us that they greatly enjoy the serial stories which appear in this newspaper. Written by feeing authors, they furnish a few minutes of enjoyable reading each day. A new serial. "The Journey Home’, by Zeida Pop kins was started yesterday. Adams county people are responding with a generous heart to the famine relief drive, donating thousands of cans of canned fruit and many hundreds of dollars for purchase of food. Living in tbe breadbasket of prosperity our people realise that humans in other parts of the world are uot so fortunate. —>o-0— Portland was hard hit with a lash flood the other evening, causing great damage to stores and homes aa the water backed into basements. The . little Sala mon ie spread out like the raging Wabash and Inundated a wide territory Building storm sewers of aufficfeat capacity to take care of such cloudbursts is almost an impossibility. Retail business is suit climbing upward, according to the Dun and Bradstreet surveys, volume ex ceeding the previous weeks and also compared with the same period a year ago. Decatur is enjoying the greatest turnover of business ever experienced, despite the handicaps of shortages and difficulties in keeping the shelves stooke^^MMß-Den handise. It's a good place to trade. -0 Tbe Supreme court has ruled

The Various Types Os C onjunctivitis

By Herman N. Bundeson, M. 0. AT ONE time or another nearly everybody has suffered from red inflamed eyes and certainly there are few disorder* that a doctor sees more frequently. Thia Inflammation of the lining membrane of the lid* and the eyeball it known as conjunctivitis*. It may be caused by any one of a number of Infectious, hence suecessjpi treatment will depend on first discovering what particnlai ■'bug in causing the trouble. Eye Smear For this reason Ur. Bane of Denver believes that It is Important in every case of con June) iritis to take a smear from the eye in order to determine what germa are giving rise to the Inflammation. It is not possible In every case to discover the trouble making organism, but the fact that il can be readily identified in so many, makes this procedure worthwhile. For instance, the most frequent type of conjunctivitis is due to the pneumococcus bacteria, which is stopped dead in its tracks by a solation cf quiuino hydrochloride and certain other antiseptics. On the other band, conjunctivitis due to what is known as the Morax-Axenfeld bacillus clear* up readily when treated with a sine Hulfatc solution. Thus. If a smear set taken and the doctors learn right fit the -start what is* causing the infection, there will be nothing hit-or-miss about the treatment. Lona of time, discomfort and possible permanent damage to the eye will be avoided. •avers Type A severe type ui cufijuuciiviiU t may be due to the gonococcus. Dr.

that the Selective Service Aet does not give returning veterans pro ferentlal or "super" seniority in their prewar jobs. A returning earvireman. raid the court, steps back on the seniority escalator" at just the polut “be would bave occupied had he Kept his job continuously during tbe job". The decision dears the misunderstanding which was created with the ruling made by Selective Service In regards to post war employment for G. I's. _o_o Commenting on President Truman's masterful settlement of the railroad strike, the Indianapolis Star, also tells A. F. Whitney of the Trainmen s Brotherhood whore to get off. "Mr. Whitney in an al most unparalleled burst of politest arrugan< <>. has threatened .Mr Truman with defeat in the next election . . . Does Mr. Whitney think the American people are stupid sheep . . . Does he think that tbe people will bo awed because he brandishes >47.000.000 and says bo will defeat the man who used his high office in the best interests of all Americans? -0 Memorial Day:This day, when we decorate the (raves of those who died tiiat we might live in a free country, comes, this year as usual, to every heart with mingled joy and sorrow. To those whose own sons, husband . brothers have gone in this last war to join the great procession of those we honor, the day comes with a keen polgnance of grief. But even those And happiness in th« fait that the lighting war is over. The sons of neighbors and friends will return or have returned Their children have a chance to live in a world without war.. But It is only a chance. If with heart and soul the nation supports those men and women who are working hard to build a peace aud a united world, it is a good chance. This we must do. Hut Memorial Day is also a holiday the drat general outdoor day of summer. As such it is to i Ire enjoyed. Ami it is right to follow the serious thought with the I outdoor jollity. Both are needed . to maintain the balance of a stable , world. • Let us then take thought for ; what the boys fought for- and • study how we may continue to < light fur it with minds and h< arts i and unwearying determination. Then, having so determined, let us enjoy the beautiful country 1 whose freedom they won for us.

Bane suggoats in treating this condition that sulfiuiiazine be given by mouth until the condition clears up. Tli« doctor may even decide to wash the eye itself witli a solution of sulfanilamide several lime-, a day for one to two days. Another type of conjunctivitis known as keratoconjunctivitis occurs in epidemics. This type causes a scratchy sensation in the eyes with redness and swelling of the lids. The condition lasts for several weeks up to several months. In most cases it clears up without causing any permanent damage to the eye. Up to the present time, no definite treatment for this disorder has been found which appears to be of much value, it is thought that keratoconjunctivitis is due to a virus, that la, an organism so small that it will peas through the openings in a porcelain filter. Lining Membrane Inflammation of the lining membrane over the eyeball may he produced because some bit of material gets into the eye. At times the bit of dust or dirt may be so small that It Is difficult to see il. For Ulis reason when it Is suspected that dirt is in the eye, tbe physician may examine it with a Piagaifyltig glass. Once the material is found, the eye is gnestbetised, ft uocessarv. and the material carefully removed. After removal, according to Dr. Bane, sulfathiasole ointment should be put into the eye aud then the eye bendaged and kept dosed for a day or two. While most of these eye conditions are not serious, they must bo properly treated so as to avoid any permaßSßt damage tu the eye.

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Many Housewives May Stand In Line For Bread In June

By United Prats i Many American housewives may ( be standing in bread lines next ( month, a survey showed today. Bakers reported that curtail- , ment of flour milling for lack of ( wheat had cut their bakery goods ( production from 20 to 5" percent. ( Reports showed that hysterical j buying in some sections had accentuated the shortage. Consuni- j era at Detroit. Raleigh. N. C.. and | Cleveland already are queueing up ( each morning for their supplies. ( The scarcity in bakery supplies will grow Steadily worse during June, millers and bakers agreed. ( as flour in wholesale and retail ( channels is exhausted Most sections will feel the bread pinch , most in late June, reports showed. , just before the new wheat crop ( iregins moving to the mills. Many of the nation's mills had | shut down completely. Others had ( exhausted their domestic wheat , and were milling only for government export. One half of fiOO mills ui Kansas and Missouri reported shutdowns and the remainder expetted to dose by June I. Other recent shutdowns included tristate Mills, Rapid City. North Dakota's largest. I'niled Milling Co.. Grafton. 0., and a General Mills plant at Hopkinsville. Ky. Ballard and Ballard at Louisville planned to <lose Juno 9. in the great milling center of Minneaimlis, Pillsbury's "A" mill and the white flour mills of General Mills. Inc., were closed. Pillsbury still was grinding rye flour. Durum wheat for macaroni. Both companies still were grinding wheal for livestock feed. ♦ ♦ I I Modern Ettiquette | By ROBERTA LEE Q Is It necemary tn purchase the tlckels in advance when giving a theater party? A. Y«. by all means do so. It is often embarrassing to have one’s guests stand in the foyer while one ie negotiating for the tickets. Also, supposing the house is 'sold out.” what then? Q Must a bride wear gloves at a oniail home wedding? A Not unless she wishea to do «o; it is entirely optional. Q. When a man is introduced to ■j girl at a dance, does li carry any obligation with it? A. Yes, the obligation to ask the girl to dance. * Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LXE * ar ■ ui «-rasw Cut Flowers Cut flowers will keep longer If they are not placed in narrowneck 'd vaeea. Cut the stems every day and change the water. Remove all the leaves below the water level and at night place the flowers in the refrigerator or a cool place; cover with damp, oiled paper. Cleaning Brass Brass can lie cleaned and will keep bright for a iong time if a soft paste of whiling and ammonia is applied, followed by a rubbing with olive oiL Chamois Glovss Chamois xlovm will dry much softer If they are rin.ed in soapy water. Private Pilot's License Received WI Word A. Ray. of Decatur, re celvad his private pilot’s license Tuesday at McComb field, with the tests conducted by Robert Me Cumb, manager of the airport.

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At Salt Lake City the largest Utah mill was producing at capacity. but only SO percent was for domestic use. Ortiar Mills. Inc., at Denver planned to shut down this week and resume at s<» percent production In June. A Lincoln. Neb., mill reported it was milling gov ernment export wheal exclusively, having exhausted its own supply. Consolidated Mills, Nebraska's laigest miller, whose plants at Hastings. Grand Island. Fremont and Elkhorn have l*een open sporadically, planned to close June k until the new crop arrives There was considerable difference of opinion—even In milling circles—as to the extent of the mills' shutdown throughout the nation. Vice-president Herman Steen of the Millers national federation estimated that mills now were producing 25 percent of capacity. The northwest miller, however said production was running at 50 percent capacity. By June 4. the northwest miller said. Ito penent of the nation's millers will Ih> shutdown for lack of wheat. Steen went oven further than that. "I don't know of any mill that will be running a week from now,” he said. Only a handful of small bakers Kdually were shutdown throughout the nation, but both bakers and grocers in many cities instituted voluntary rationing sh their flour supplies dwindled. Fearful of hysterical buying, many retailers hid their bread under tho counter and rationed loaves to regular customers. In most cities bread left on the count < r was sold - igg-'y

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May 29—Over 1.200 lives lost at Burma. India, when a cyclone and tidal wave strikes. i James Harkley. 59. dies from a i heart attack while driving the city , sprinkling wagon on First street. I Thomae Barnett. 47. Decatnr, killed when his car is struck by t an interurban m-ar Marlon. Harry Daniel aud Kherman Ari cher buy the Sea bold garage at Bluffton. ’ Thirty-eight graduate from tbe ' Decatur high school. H. A. Hartman, former superintendent, now • of Sidney, Ohio, gives the address. I. Fenn moves bis billiard ball to the Metbers building. 0 —— Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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Air Show Preview Sunday Afternoon McComb To Practice Air Show Features Holmm-i "Bob" McComb will give Ifecaturitcvs a preview of the Fort Wayus air show here Bunday. It was made known today. McComb, who will direct the Fort Wayne event June 9. aided by several of his performers, will practice a number of the features which he plana for the show Bunday, June fl. The local flyer, wbo was selected from a large list of capable performers to supervise the air show, will try an outside loop Sunday with his newly purchased navy primary trainer. With his assistant, Don Cody, a rope ladder artist, he will attempt to fly over an auto low enough to enable Cody to grab tho ladder. His “Uncle Thud" act, in which be comically maneuvers a plane on the ground and at low altitude, is afeo scheduled. Cody and Gene Zerkcl, both exG.l.'s. arc now assisting McComb in making fmal preparations for the show and for Sunday's rehearsal. A dog-fight and wing-walking by Cody, a former marine para trooper, are also being planned by the local artists. The Decatur Aero club, which has chaige of advance ticket sales for the air show, will sell tickets at the local airport Sunday. There will be no admission charge here Sunday for tho rehearsal, however. Mr. McComb stated, and the public is invited to watch tbe performance. o Booklet Issued By Central Soya Co. Raising Os Soybeans Discussed In Book The Central Soya company has issued a .12-page booklet entitled. "Soybeans on Your Farm." which deals with the raising of aoybeans and the various cultivation practices of the crop. The publication was prepared by the agronomy department of the Imai industry, and contains inatan ees of experiment conducted by It. augmented with the findings and lesearch findings of the agronomy departments of five state universities and state experiment stations. The booklet wm issued in answer to the request of farmers for more information about raising soylieans and IncorporaHM those experiments made by the agronomy departments of Purdue and the agricultural colleges and experiment stations of Ohio. lowa and Missouri. A report on the effect of soybeans on soil productivity, soil erosion, clover stands, weeds and varieties is dealt with let. The book is being circulated to soylwan growewb county ugontt. certified seed growers, In a four state area, and Is also available to any interested farmer through hbt local grain dealer or elevator operator. [ I, IM ,I|Q II Mt, II . 1 Births Far Exceed > Deaths In Nation f —- — The number of births In this • country, in the five war year*, f 1941 to 1945. exceeded the deaths by 7,750,909, one of the leading ’* insurance companies stattw In a t survey recently completed. The births for the five years ex- ? seeded all previous records, the :- total fur the previous five years v being 5.200,000. The autfetician i. started that in the middle 20*a ih« j birth rale was test than one per | female, or below the level required | to keep the population from ultl r'niately declining.

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Friends Say Banker Shielding Someone Alleged Embezzler Defended By Friends i Indianapolis, May 29 — (UPt - l Friends of Sterling Perry, portly. middle-aged bank vice president who confessed embeagling 1143.000 but refused Io explain what he did with It. believed today that he was covering up for somei one else. Perry. 52. who started to work at the Evansville. Ind., National . City Bank as a messenger boy tn 1910 and wntked nis way up to vice president, walked into the If. 8. commissioner's office Monday and voluntarily admitted taking 5143,t>00 of the Itank's funds. “I'm guilty and I want to be aentonced," he said. “Take me to , jail. I'm tired. ” latlo yesterday he was bound over to the federal grand jury, hut last night friends from Evansville came here to post his I io,mm bond Perry had asked them not to help, but led hy an Indianapolis i pastor they rallied to his aid. They told U. 8. commissioner Fae W. Patrick that “maybe he's taking the rap for somebody else." When they came to hall him out Perry at tirst refused to leave his cell at the county jail. "We had to do some real talking ' to persuade him to leave," slieri iff's deputies said. Perry Anally wont home to coni sole his young wife, who had been unaware of any embexxlement and said she thought they had been living within her husband'u Income. Perry refused to tell what he had doue with tbe money, which he said he obtained by falsifying records of war bond sales. Friends said he abhorred gambling, and bis refusal to explain how he disposed of the money strengthened their belief in his iuuoconce. One Man Killed In Truck-Auto Crash Warsaw, Ind.. May 29— (UPj—- : Claude Fear. 34. Akron. Ind., was ■ killed in a truck-auto collision near here late laat night.

The Jour net/ RYNOFSIS hc didn't go down to the beer tap. h»Mt. "Cripra!" he now count tt, >•■■■ aaf hemhir- He rested both arma on the bar is all I've been Joint w>l* alee. jMt tork te Miami frem • (Nat you some Brortkhm an 4 over. waiting In alley* *" *"*•**’ • T 4 * you're going to New York." he buzzard to bring m» t r ** k *" «ured. Re kept hi- »" *rt » nd botti, ‘ And now s heme a a d.y ducked. “Well, you COULD get on The door creaked. YKKTFRDAYi Laadiag In Miami. SOME train Thlrtv-alx hours If The old waffe’slW nut CerbtM m.k« . email bar kl.lot voure luPky . g„ m e folk don't mind £►> turning. “I got I amp; pare M«h te bad tteeieh and die- -tting g mItC(IM IMO mll „ t o P*’* '?ueen Tomnrrer »•»•*• .mrriran girts, ahoat whom be „ folk dfm .» ... pn With a flourish, he Km mi, ... »™ X, to ■H. !«»<• • z«r.. . _ straightened his back, sucked In his “rap nt P“•**' •, CHAPTER TWO || p . "Me, I would mind,” he said. He little P, le « U P *" SOME OF these girls igere thin; move d down the bar. Beat B CMrh M ' ...fIR some were plump. They were blond. Corbett’s brows did together He th* nride of manputßif they were dark. They wore their cradled his empty glass In his Corbett * fell xo , hair up In pompadours or down in hand, squeezing it hard, as though I*t«- «' LTL , bobs. They had Sowers in their h e intended to crush It Rut he himself cou»»n t ton hair. They had bows, rney had gilt- didn't look up until the bartender out of Miami ths taring earrings and combs. They once more was down at bls end of there is. on* I” were dressed In bright colored the bar. Then he thrust beck the sports clothes or long evening The man didn’t reach for the her ticket ho P st ■ • dresses. They talked with the soft bottle thia time. Instead. he leaned 1 hl , «> v) Blur of the south, flat midwestern oyer the bar. “Listen. Bud." He Corbett shuffled twangs, Boston A's, nasal Bronx pitched his voice low. just over a eWvely. Theipahns « whines. They were all kinds of whisper. "The waiter might be able ears, urging h mto" Jg| girls. But not one worth a snatch, to fix you up. He gets eancella- hls VlftSe' “111 find my owl." Corbett con- tlons." He looked sideways to make hlxhand b>r th- - “I'll pick me a dish. I'll sure that no one was listening. His The old • .WS look over the town. I'll go where voice dropped until Corbett had to ’• ’J afl M civilians hang out." bend over to hear what he said. 1. “Civilians!" His mind repeated "There's a small service charge. Corbett ■ e qK| » the word, with awe. with an actual Okay with you? I’m telling you so throat throwec »>«• fl| < hunger. there wont be no squawk." *h"uM*« s He knew he was sick of the color "Heck, yes." Corbett laid. T of war, the dun brown of khaki. He have to get going." Ain lan ” ‘ .... a || one w wflg knew he was fed up with heroes. The bartender smiled. "I heard it or leave . He turned back to the bar. "Dou- that before. Track closed today. If kin sell it a <' .:r,.’sß| ble,” be said, and if bia actions re- I was you. I’d step on it. Bud. in yellow •* quired explanation, he added trucu- oase he just happens to have—" He at COrM v , w n lenUy to whoever was listening: winked. “Supply and demand, don’t the ticket ■ ut , • “Suppo* Ido get stiff, rm l«vi£ you know?" h«d r fw home first thing tomorrow." "Much obliged.” Corbett said. Corbelt / .i leaped d The bartender stopped pouring "Not at all. Always glad to help gers art ' h ™' n ‘ k ‘ S j. Scotch and glanced at him with a »serviceman out" scrawny >!• ■< Re new shade ol interest J!s rssud Corbett crossed the room swiftly. The man , one elbow on the bar. Offhandedly, tweaked the old waiter’s sleeve, away but 7 you 'O , with the air of just making small leaned down to bls ear. "I need a ened. lh . !mh .. «it st®M talk, be inquired: "Got your rose:- reservation to New York. What you place, he sa t 0 yiW vatlon?" * got?- UorJ ' Bu : L the <!*>*■ "I’ll got one.- White eyebrows rose on the His , L)< pu hesd. -You will, oh?" The bartender’s parchment face In "Who? Me?" agato. He al « t 0 lower lip jutted. .“You will?" Rheumy eyes sharpened and nos CoriseU „' slc opened the "I will,- Cmheit snapped. Hie trita twitched. »«’"}«. Not goto. ■ voice ram. waspish with annoy- Corbett tensed with anxiety. He to the an ance. "What goes? Have they tilted his head toward the bar. "He Lrd a gid* topped berths out ot Mi- "dd you could fix me up." take it. « n the •mlt" The waiter darted a furtive sudden bnlue ’ ■ The second lieutenant ducked glance toward the bar. Corbett saw ingot china. (he into the dialogue. "AU but," he the bartender nod. He let bls The waiter P « muttered. “You'U learn. paL You’ll breath out in relief. ‘T arm. • lear n.« The old man jerked his thumb tapped t*' l * uain tn» The bartender, still casual, toward a door at the rear of the “I though. > km)W w asked: “How far you going?" room. "You wait for me. I’U be Bud, you f jr] ur i(fe, "New York." * out" «e. Down her* « «.7!? a \* he 7 you Uve? ” the *«• Beyond the door was the sensu- ««* ** We s km ’«n end lieutenant asked. ous Florida night, starry, per- oranges- We(l t h« te»n” X^ lya ’ U U mak,a "’X ***• fumad, haunted by breezes swept in JJ^ d ’ wa riiy untU ‘ J te sJl lce 'i from the sea. A diluted fragment “* . hU WM iiet. , M . ba . rte , n a™ ll ®*- Corbett was penned in an alley, shaded by j k Corbett coun '. re socuE bf gan to feel badgered. hissing coconut palms, dim-lit by , ce too k on 1 11 yidifl The second lieutenant sensed It a single-wired caged bulb. Corbett -Was you out to • ■ tt e< *F y ’ -*** • ttW ’ “Brook- leaned 00 the white stucco wall of n o? J Ijms as good a place to come from the building. Over the swish of the baJi Bu-1 ptfl 1 t ny ’JL gUeM ' M , c ' ftom Mlch ‘ ocean he heard the tinkle of glass- . got rich. A Ir°% 1 r °% v «> ! *‘fl cop, ' , £ udln F he’d spent ware and feminine laughter. He in- "L 8 y O ur Fre^ 011 " aW «ud>fl h a U,M ** "»*“• the fetid, warm odors of beer JJ r “ r two . “* odlfl b P ,cke<s U P what re- slops and grease. Lassitude spread thir y jmirt <jouf n^r , f yfl mained of Ns codins ard mean- through him, a feeling of boi-ehom. laid ,f fl dered off toward the tables. u with a thin- dots* too often. The toucb . 1 M1 „ - ■ Corbett paid for hi. double. The XSX?; his own Sun '■ ba. ,vuu« put down the change, but slouch of waiting was almost • |

ACTIVITIES OF ADAMS COUNTY 4-H CLUBS •—— — < Minnie Ha Ha Tbe 4 II inaotlng of the Kirkland township Minnie Ila Uh 4->| chm was held May 23. There wu s a working session from 9 to 12 fa the morning for the sewers. The president called the second meeting to order at 1 p. m. The roll call was answered by their favorite movie star. The secret gry's and treasurer's reports were givon by Beverly Arnold. A piano solo was played by Pally Harger followed by Miss Miller, the lead er. giving a few suggestions for projects, record books and demonstrations. The group then enjoyed hearing “Just a Little Pond Ass eel Ion” by Bevvrly and Patty Arnold. Mary Ellen Byerly gave a denioiistration on “||ow a 8< hool

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