Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1946 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT rubllshed Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur. Ind.. Post Office as Second Clam .Matter. J. 11. Heller . President A It. Holthouse, Scc’y.&Bus.Mgr. Dick D. Heller .. Vice-Preaident Subscription Rates Ity mall In Adams and Adjoining Counties: one year, *<: six months, 13.25; 3 months, fl 75. Hy mail, beyond Adams and adjoining counties: One year. 17: 6 months, >3 75: 3 months. |2. Hy mail to Servicemen, any place in the world: One year, |3 50; six months, 11.75; three months, fl. * Single copies. 4 cents. By carrier, 20 cents per week. It’s only two weeks until Christmas. Decatur stores can still take good care of your gift lists. ——O— —— O - Among tin- contributions received for the Indianapolis Star Santa (laus fund one was signed "Kilroy was here." That old laiy certainly has been getting around the past six months. O o You may not be able to get as much coal as you want on your first order but the situation ought to improve from now on instead of getting worse each day and that's something to smile about. o o The heat wave got up to sixtythree degrees alsive zero here Sunday and that's something for northern Indiana. If you can remember a milder autumn than we have enjoyed this year you have a better memory than any one we have been able to interview. _ (> o— The lights are on again and the Christmas spirit is gaining daily as decora!ions appear and the glad holiday draws nearer. The end of the coal strike brought happiness t< millions all over the country and spurred industrial plants into real action after a draggy two weeks. Those who buy new homes now may feel they are paying the high prices but they should remember that rents and other costs are also at high level and that It works out the same now as when values are lower. When you own your own home you have many advantages ami you save money. o o Then- doesn't seem to be such a tiling as a fire proof hotel and surely the terrible disasters of this year will bring legislation In every state requiring ample fire escapes and other protection of life. The Winecoff disaster at Atlanta, Ga., and the one In Canada on the same day should stir the law makers and hotel proprietors for the need tor care regardless of how safe the buildings seem.

A Balanced Diet Is Imporiant * * v

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. A HOME is scarcely complete without a baby and that is why most women look tot ward so lovingly Io the day. whin for the fiiOt time, they can hold their babies in their arms. But if the event la to be at happy in reality u« it is in anticipation the mother-to-be must learn how to care for heraelf during the time of waiting. Hhe should realize early that pregnancy causes great changes in every tissue and organ of the body. An Adequate Diet Many women who are not pregnant may be able to get along on a diet that la not completely adequate, but. during pregnancy, damage to both the mother and baby may rewult unless the diet la carefully supervised. According to Dr. 1 Javid Findley of Omaha, poor nutrition may not only be responsible tor an increased percentage of babies l>orn before the normal time, and stillbirths. but also tor decreased size of the baby and an increase In the number of babies who die during thu first thr.*e or four day* after birth. Poor nutrition may result in anemia or lack of color ing in tac b’ood of the mother, toxemia W pot whin g in the Emother during pregnancy, and definite vitamin deficiency. The diet during pregnancy

The potato la not a beautiful vegetable, hut a mighty useful one. and right now Is in a strange situ atlon. This year's crop Is so big that it seems Impossible to handle It In a normal way. and enormous quantities may go to waste. The Secretary of Agriculture at Washington reports that as much as 20,000 000 bushels may be lost unless drastic steps are taken to salvage them. 0 o We can't understand why Hus•ia can’t have her communistic ideals and we have our democratic form of government. We feel sure we can if the columnists and broadcasters will lay off their efforts to keep the matter constantly agitated. Certainly the recent elections gave no evidence of the Cominunhts gaining foothold In this country. While It's right and proper that we keep our eyes open, we may do more harm than good by < onstantly sending out alarms. While It wouldn't do to let the children know it. the Santa Claus whom they visit at a down town city department store more likely than not has been trained for his Job at a Santa Claus school in Albion. N. Y It Is run by Charles Howard in his frame house, set amidst tall pine trees. The graduates come away with a high sense of their mission, with psychological tricks up their red sleeves as to Influencing little girls and boys against biting their nails, encouraging them to drink lots of milk and not to expect the whole toy shop for their own Christmas. o o At a livestock show in Pittsburgh held by Hie 4-H and Future Farmers of America Clubs, a West Virginia lad's steer won the championship. and when sold brought his owner 14.12#. or 14.30 a pound. Other cattle exhibited by Pennsylvania. Ohio, and Maryland boys winning second and third prizes brought almost as much. These livestock shows are a practical and thrilling way io encourage boys and girls In good farming methods. Probably there is no more important youth program in the country than the work of these < tubs of farm boys and girls. o o It is fun being on the streets and in the stores at Christmas. Wreaths and holly make everything gay. There is often music, and bells rung by solicitors for some good cause. The overheard conversation, too. Is cheerful and full of gener- < us thoughts the doll for Sister, oi the scarf that Bill needs, or the wonderful reunion the family will have at Christmas dinner. There is pushing and whoving, but somehow it is leas distasteful than at other Hines of the year; and there is so much more to sei* in the shopping districts, it is fun being around at Christmas.

should supply about 2500 calories or heat units a day. As Important as the amount of food la the kind of food. Food should be eaten which will supply all the necessary vitamins and minerals. For example, milk, eggs, fats and vegetables will supply vitamin A. Milk products, green vegetables, cereals, fruits, and meats furnish vitamin B-l. Citrus fruits and raw vegetables furnish vitamin C. Vitamin 11 can be supplied by special preparations such ax cod-liver oil concentrates. while vitamin B-2 or riboflavin Is obtained from meats, vegetables .end milk. Calcium or lime and phosphorus are abundantly present in milk and milk products. lodine can be furnlehed by eating sea foods and using iodized salt. Protein in the Diet It is also important to make sure that there is enough protein in the diet as supplied by meat, milk and whoie-grain cereals Whilrf It Is not possible to outline one elngle diet that will suit the needs of all pregnant women, a well-balanced diet supplying alxoit 2500 calories dally furnishes a good banis for planning the right sort of diet to be used. I have outlined such a diet, and I sh<Jl be glad to send this information to all those who write in enclosing a self-addressed. stjtnpMl envelope. Namm will not be used.

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Modern Etiquette | By ROBERTA LEE | 0 0 Q is there a certain order In which automobiles leave, following a church wedding? A. Yes. The car of the bride and bridegroom leaves first, then the bridesmaids, followed by the bride's parents, then the bridegroom's parents, next the nearest relative*, last the friends. Q. Where should the napkins be laid when setting the dinner table? A. The napkins, folded square, .ire laid on each place plate. Q When a girl’s first sorority diinee comes along and she doesn't know any boy well enough to invite. what dmw she do? A. She can let her sorority sisters arrange a blind da: • for her.

I Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE 0 O Inky Fingers Some children can not use a pi-n without gelling a good bit of ink on their fingers. If tl>ia in the case, it would be wise to invest in a nimice stone. This etone ha* but t<> be dampened and rublmd against the ink stains and they will disappear. Heavy Underwear Before putting winter undeiwear into the wash, turn it wrong-side out and brush with a whisk broom Io remove the lint. Tins will prevent the lint from getting down tile drain and clogging it. Prunes The flavor of prunes will be rreatly improved by adding a little cinnamon and lemon.

i 20 YEARS AGO I P> TODAY

20 YEARS AGO Dee. I—Miss -Mary GageMoaea if this city and .Miss Mary Hartzell leave on a six months tour around the world. They will stop at NewOrleans and sail from there to Panama. James Newhouse sentenced to six months In the penal farm. Dunwiddie appointed marshal at Geneva to succeed Spot Hollingsworth. sheriff elect. Dr. Hinchman of Geneva elected president of the Adams county medical association Yellow Jackets defeat Bluffton Tigers, 30 to 25. The Commies drub Huntington Catholic, 37-19. 0 Finding Os Bloody Clothes Under Probe Fort Wayne, Ind.. Doc. I—(t’P) —Allen county sheriff's deputies today investigated a blood-soaked sweatshirt and a pair of bloody hose found along a highway near Georgetown yesterday. A pawing motorist found the shirt and hose with an empty beer case and reported them to the . sheriff. The sweatshirt was cut to riblxins and the bloodstains were reason- ‘ ably frosh, deputies said.

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Convov Kidnapers Face Arraignment Fort Wayne, Ind.. Dec. 11 (UP) Two young confessed kidnapers today faced arraignment in federal court he e Saturday morning. Federal judge Luther M. Swygert scheduled the proceeding* for Henry Black Jr., 17, and Albert Webester, 14. The two youths confessed to kidnaping and beating elderly .Mr. and Mrs. Alfred She-rick. Convoy, 0., late in October and have been held In Allen county jail under )25,000 bond. 0 Trade In a Good Town — Decatnr

i’ "d Z SATURDAY, Z : December 28 : ■ IS BOY SCOUT Z WASTE PAPER DAY Z « PLEASE ... DON’T FAIL ... ■ ■ ■ a Have Your Paper Bundled and On The Curb ■ Early Saturday, December 28th. Smith Drug Co. - -CM , i£2 / A NOW... /'W-y A tery riifrrrrU lipstick to make your ’"*■ **!* * h,n ercr before! ffilJ •" beautiful sliades Cl—-T? [jR g to provide a complete harmody C - ■K< range for your Chen 1 u (loud Klf ' silk Make L'p. Beautifully cased • to match the compact. X, i isl The Upstick *•* The Make Up.• ■ *2' rt * • If you eotild look “imide* your telephone system, you would see that it lakes a lot of things to make your trie, phone work. First, the highly skilled technicians and operator* Then the vast amount of incredibly eompli* rated switchboards, wire, poles, ete. Much <»f thia equip, nicnt is still scarce and will take lime Io produce. We earn not reach our goal of faster, better service—with enough tor everybody until we do receive suficicnt equipment. Citizens Telephone Co.

Indiana Requests 26 Million Budget Enrollment Gain Is Cited By President Indianapolis, Dec. 11 (IT' The budget committee of the 1947 Indiana General Assembly today considered a request for nearly 526.0M.M0 (Ml made by Indiana University for Its next two years of operation. The committee along with more than DM legislators and Governor Gates, received the budget needs <it the university yesterday during an all-day tour of the IP campus. Dr. Herman B. Weils, university president, told the visiting lawmakers that increased demands upon IU facilities were brought about by veterans seeking education under the (11 bill. Os the 13.M0 students on the campus. 3,000 are ex-servicemen. In pre-war years the school had only 4,000 enrolled he said. "This spurt In enrollment is not temporary,” Dr. Wells said. "We are now realizing a long anticipated trend toward greater desire for higher education. Without the Gl bill, it would have come anyway in foiir or six years." The It' budget request totaled 125.324.000 and Included: Veterans housing on campus. f1.2M.000; operating expenses, fl 1.300,000 and permanent building program 113.324.000. Dr. Wells explained that most of the housing appropriations would go to reimburse the university and lending agencies for monies already spent to construct hundreds of units. Ho said the operating portion of the budget was nearly doubled this biennium to penult an overall !•’> percent salary boost for faculty "members. Os the more than |IJ,(WWI,noo budget for a ja-rmanent building program. Dr. Wells said that about

|g.nnn.m)o will he used on the Ithrnmlntton campus and the reinainder on the medical campus In Indianapolis. -- E am—* Consider Series Os Talks This Winter Clarence Zlner. president of the Chamber of Commerce, has invited a number of civic, educational, r< Hglous and business lender* to a meeting Friday evening at 8 o’clock In library hall on Third street, sos the purpose of considering the organization of a "Talk of the Hour Club" In the city which would sponsor a series of talks during the winter months. Headline talent Is furnished through the lledpath Bureau of Chicago and men ami women famou«« in all walks of life are available for the series of meetings. Miss Ayleen Wilson, a representative of the Redpath Bureau, was In the <-ity last week and contacted several pt rsons, who signified a wllllngmiM to attend an organization meeting ami dim use the possibility of enrolling sufficient spoilsors to assure the programs. xotk c, ot‘ fix si. «i:ttt f.»if.x r of i;»i v i: XO. 4333 Noll" I« hereto glv ti l<> th* redilor*. heirs and legatees Philip M. Carper. ,!• ••• la.-d to appear in tln- Ida i’ Circuit Cmiii. lu-M at I x-.-atar, Indians, on tip Stli dax •>( January. IHT. and rli >'<’ cause. I( any. why th- fix al .-'cttli.m i;\t .'.CCOI’.VIS with tie >■- «ti ..f said de<'<-d»n'. should not l>- approved; and said hi-lrs are notified t<> then and th-r" make proof of heirship, and reia lie tie I di-t Ibutlve sliar I 11.-le ora Carper. V«»ieh»l»ir»irl» Itri-atne. Indians. Dereutlter l«. Sl»l«. Alterne, Feed 1,. I.lifer -r. 11—18 A I*l*ol XT UF.XT or sihiixixiti vrm v FMTvrv: so. ia" < Satire l» twrrh> Klx,-H. That th<- ind.-rslsiu-d lias be, u ip. pnlii’ed Adnrlnlatratrlx of the est.it of ,lo>,<- I-: HUrlil- r>r>-r lut <■! Adams I'ounty. d,.. as I. Tie- • «l.ite Is probably •-dvrnt llotorrs F.llrnhrrarr. Aduilaisl ralrlt Itei-rmher IP. I"KI. Meirrla It. a.-bararr. tllnraey. lie 13 1!' frsde In a Good Town — Oeeatm

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CHAPTER NINETEEN Tlit.l ÜbKE silling at the cat a table wnen the upciuug o» tba front door Drought ui a rutin of wind . . . and Kurby. “Look what the wind blew tn!" alia called cheerfully, anu went at once toward the fire, a tall girl in a mink coat, her cheeks tiannng. She glanced backward al the earns and laughed. “Playing games.' How elementary!" The words, tnough unintentionally hurting, nevertheless hit a vulnerable spot in Chris's pride. He gathered up the cams in nis hands. “Yes, this is pretty elementary stud. But we've tinishcd for a time, now that you re here.” “What a grand surprise, your coming out to see us," Lydia said. "1 believe you mean it," Kirby said. “In that case, I'll lake oh my coat." Lydia curled up in her chair "Why should 1 say it if 1 don't mean it, Kirby?” “You haven't been around much, dear. Lots of people say things they don't mean.” She slipped out of the expensive coat and put it aside as casually as if It had been a smock. Lydia said, "It's a very beautiful coat, Kirby. I've admired it before.” Kirby shrugged. “It's just a coat to me. I didn't want Raphael to give It to me when he gave Mother hers. But he's like that—lavish. I feel self-conscious In It. I'm crazy, 1 guess, but 1 always think how many hungry people the price of It would feed. I’d rather have a good English tweed." She looked like a schoolgirl today in a casual brown gabardine dress. "How Is Alan?" Chris asked. She said he was fine. Then turning about with her hands clasped behind her she said, "It wasn't Mother's idea that he stay with the nurse. It was mine—and not because I wasn't sleeping well. It’s true I wasn't, but his crying didn't keep me awake. I wouldn't have slept anyway. I'm all right now and I sleep fairly well, but I keep him with the nurse because . . . well, I don't want to bother them. Babies* things take up so much room and I didn't want Raphael to be bored with having a baby around.” Chris's eyes narrowed. "You're not selfish, I must say.” Kirby smiled a little self-con-sciously, “Thanks. I told you because I didn't want you to get the wrong slant My mother deserves her happiness. I’d bend over backwards to see that she keeps it.” "What of your happiness, Kirby?” Lydia asked. "Alan and I have more time than she has," Kirby answered promptly. During the hour before lunch, while they talked superficially of various things, Lydia felt Kirby’s stiff self-defense relax. What had happened to the girt that she seemed to live In a state of selfdefense, her warmth walled in. as if she must ever be ready to pmtact herself against a toe? And

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everyone was potentially a foe. t everyone except her baby, with, whom she could play so gayly ar.d I tenderly. At least part of her relaxing today came, Lydia thought, from her obvious wish to be approved by Chris. It was nothing that she did or said, but rather the way she looked at him—as if he could do no wrong. Kirby had neither father nor brother nor husband. And her driving out today. Lydia thought, was an overture of friendship from one who was either too silent or too harsh with words to have many friends. She could not even keep her child with her. Frances brought the lunch in on trays. After lunch Chris said lie had to write some letters. Kirby suggested a walk. She and Lydia got their coats and Lydia a scarf for her head and they walked out into the windy sunshine. Kirby tomlFd her luyuriant hair as she glanced back at the house. "That house has so many memories for me," she said. "I've been trying to get up my courage for weeks to come out and face it again. Everywhere I remember Alan He's everywhere, even walking like this. Do you and Chris ever walk on a cold day?" "Often, and from the very beginning." "The plans that this war has blasted into Oblivion. We had plans for what we were going to do after the war and where we were going to live. The plana that have had to be scrapped ..." "Do the men who make wars ever think of things like that, the plana of little people, 1 wonder?" "Alan didn't aspire to be like Chris. He knew he didn't have it. He had limitations and lacks. I loved him for them. After Andrew I liked people with inperfections. Andrew thought he was perfect. “I learned from knowing Andrew how to be tolerant even to like people who make Ihnoeent mistakes, who do things on the Impulse. I was afraid at first that you were perfect. But you're not." She smiled a little. “The day you came to see me in town the left seam of your stocking was crooked and I was glad.” "I've heard you speak of Andrew before and very bitterly," Lydia said. She added, "Os course, I have flawr No one is perfect." "You're wrong, dear. Andrew is perfect. But don’t get me started on him." “But I’d like to know about him, Kirby." “I don't know why I talk too much with you. 1 never talk. But with you 1 feel—oh, sort of free. It’s like thinking aloud." “Chris and I want you to feel you can tell us anything." "There’s nothing to tell except that I'm trying to live In the present Do you know how I feel? As if I'm just coming out of a dark hole where I’ve been crying. The sun hurts my eyes, but I’m trying to stand the light. I couldn’t believe that life was going on just the same, that women still cared about clothes and that a sunny

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pih -i.' on I J beautiful s/.'.t. I 'i. w.>rld 1.. 1 'fl had gone into ~!. to ufl| had t.< <fl| 'Tut y a ki. *•, '• u n.irffl it hast t. Kirby. Ard yet times 1 thud; -'fl to live iii tin- | .ul tiun fl present.” ■ •Tin alive and this is my pfl and I've got to l a': h •’ in it without Ai m. Ivc gfl make s«.in«- 'fl living again The i.«t h'.v nfl arc blacked out I lilt r ili.qß grief anti h .-i and hate had Alan I .-to;-; -I 1. 'fl Ing Andrew taught me to ■ Knowing Alan t utht me to ■ Lydia said, "1 can't st.nrefl feelings. Kirby. And sympafl too tepid a thing to comfrnfl But like Chris y i must live ■ present, too. Yi.ur life with® was like a d<« r that closed. Anoth r <!'“jr t'Pfl would want it so." ■ “You mean I'll be In lovtß someone else? i wonder. IB dead inside now. C<r. oinu-d IB feel anything except old I 4 old. It was Ju.it an accident■ Alan ami I got along so weHB we liked and wanted the ■ things. In the beginning weß wanted each other. But tnej found we didn't give a hang ■ success or a lot of m r. y andß we both wanted to live m a ■ town. It’s funny, we j It, but we found we both «nj the same brand of cigarets ana were both crazy about r.wgf ghetti In funny, smelly B Not to be alone, th*t was J| most wonderful part of “ •‘■‘■l Not to be alone ” I ••I know so well ■ mean," Lydia said eaiWJj used to look at married even at my own r’» r '' n “’’ ,1 der what they got out of it | now. Beautiful things are ] beautiful when you share with someone close t hard things are not quite . to bear when someone lh "Not to be alone." KirW nodding. ft t wonderful part of it- A tllng it out so long aKnemean battling it out "With Andrew. Kirby lifted want to hear a m(| °J«y I'll tell I and I cam.' from » , fl England twit ve 11l shaded, quiet little p t)if( ways remember g th the summer ano f , mother ’ n , arr,c , d m % her s g' she was 17 and my £ eat ambition was to * hit the milt I . don h ' i v as three all. He died when I '■« .p I went to live J. sn< ents. my mother s n mother went to B t to , York and wora* decorator. -• • 5 . art wail turn around and start back ” _. „ . ,-jj 3 said. "Y«, let’s do. (To Be