Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1947 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. incorporated Entered at the Decatur. Ind., Poet Office an Second Claes Matter. J. H. Heller .... .... President A. R. Holt house, Bec’y.&Bus Mgr. Dick D Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates By Nail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. >6, six months. (3.25; 3 months, >1.75. By mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: Ono year. 17; 6 months. >3 75; 3 months, >2 By Mail to Servicemen, any place in the world: One year, >3 50; six months, >1.75; three months, >l. Single copies. 4 cents. By carrier, 20 cents per week. That inventor of the heat pump may have the solution for our heating problems. o o Congress still bickers about the tax reducing plan, while taxpayers wonder if they'll ever get relief. It was a smart idea to put ouly 28 days in February. By that lime most people are tired of winter, and a 31-day February would be too much. If you survived the cold blasts of the past-week-end. chances are that you'll live to enjoy more moderate temperatures which all hope are on the way. February still packs a wintery punch. o—o— Chess matches by television are planned for this year between two California hospitals. While chess may seem to those who don't play it an unexciting game suitable to hospital patients, this only goes to show that they have never watched a tournament game, com plete with kibitzers. Except that the crowd is smaller, a big chess game is about as soothing as a football match. Mayor Stutts has issued a warning to speeders and Instructed local police officers to arrest violators of the speed laws. Reckless driving brings its toll and fast driving through the business and residential secttons is forbidden. Each driver should keep in mind that if he observes the traffic regulations, then- will be less chance of accident. Q— Q Baer Field, west of Fort Wayne has been declared surplus by the War iJepartinent and will be turned over to the Was Assets Administration tor disposal. Fort Wayne is desirous of obtaining the field, providing the deal can be financed. The site, with all of its runways and buildings would give tile city one of the most adequate air buses in this part of the country. — 0 o it appears that Indiana will get a "convention reform'* law and not the glirect primary for nominating U. S. Senators and candidates for] state officers. The house has vot-1 ed down the primary pro|*osai and passed the reform bill. Gow any law will serve to run a political convention, remains to Ise seen, for as politics is played In this

A Test That Aids Diagnosis

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. WHEN' illness comes on. the body has certain distress signals to indicate that trouble in brewing. A temperature above mxrinal. a pul»e which Is too fast* or Um> alow say an plainly as words could say that something in wrong. Unlike words, however, they cannot tell exactly what is Ute matter. A test known as the bbeal sedimentation test may afford %he doclor a slightly more specific clue, teilmx him whether or mot he should be on the lookout for in faction. In Small Tube This test is carried out by put ting blood in a small tube and not Ing how rapidly the red bls*od cells settle out of the fluid part of the blood. If the settling rata- is normal. it is unlikely that any active Infection la present in the body. The rate is seldom in* iwased in healthy persons except during pregnancy Normally, the rate is alow in infants. It increpaes dur Ifcx the maturing period end then declines until nW age sun the late may again rise There MW certain severe Infecltt h acai*' hdunchiti.

country, those in control ot the conventions will after all influence the nominations. o o no one knows for certain who started St. Valentine's Day. but since love Is as old as Eve. the first Valentine in history was probably a heart-shaped rock carved by a pre-historic cave man and tossed witli tender solicitude at his "cave girl.” It's doubtful if the rock was tossed on Feb. 14. since the custom of setting aside a definite day in the year for suitors to do their wooing wasn't initiated until the Romans borrowed the I idea from the birds. At the Bronx Veterans Hospital. New York City, public subscription is to erect a >200,000 glass- enclosed swimming poo! in honor of four army chaplains, who made the supreme sacrifice that enlisted personnel might be saved when the transport ”Dorchester" was turrpedued off the coast of Greenland in 1943. Their deed is one of the great h< ro stories of World War II: when it was seen that there were not enough lifebelts for all. the four chaplains gave theirs to four soldiers, then went about helping others into lifeboats. until the transport sank, the four who sacrificed their lives were the Rev. Alexander D. Good, Jewish; the Rev. Joint 1’ Washington. Catholic; and the Rev. Clark V. Poling and the Rev. George L. Fox. Protestants. o o The Edison Era The hundred years just ended have seen the United States grow from an infant to a giant among the family of nations. Were someone to seek a name for this illustrious period of development, he might well decide upon “The Edison Era." for certainly the accomplishments of no other man contributed so mightily to our progress as did those of Thomas Ala Edison. Horn February 11. 1847, at Milan. Ohio. Edison, during hit eightyfour years of living, produced 1.097 Inventioni. These include smh history-changing creations as the incandescent electric light, the first system for generation and distribution of electric power, the motion picture, and the phonograph. With the centennial anniversary of his birth, the world is just beginning to comprehend the full effect of his genius upon history. His basic discoveries in the field | of electronics, for instance, opened up an entirely new field of scientific endeavor which did not attain major recognition until. after Edison's death. i When Edison opened the first central power station In New York City on September 4. 1882. his new-1 ly invented dynamos astounded tin* world by giving light to 4<»o electric bulbs. Today. In the same city, the number of light bulbs in service must be reckoned in the hundreds of millions.

the sedimentation rate. It ha-* also been found that* In colds, the sedimentation rate is rapid. In fact. It is increased to such an extent that it may suggest i a more serious condition. Middle-I ear Infection, sinus infections and lung infections all greatly speed up the rate. However. It does not appear to be affected by such things a« bolls or appendicitis. In most tumor growths, also, there I is no c hange in the sedimentation rate. Rheumatic Fever The sedimentation test seems to I be especially helpful in following the course of rheumatic fever, ai condition in which there are daiwage to the heart and pain and. swelling in the joints. When the rheumatic infection is active, the sedimentation rate is also Increased. As the infection subsides the rate gradually returns to normal. When there is some question tn , the pliyscctan’s mind as to whether j or not an active infection h present he will often suggest that the sediaii nletion test be carried out which will aid in ike dU*n<»U The test is not difficult tu make .<i>d utu u S iv« imputual lulunw j

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O o Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE O O Q Wiien a girl’s parents live at i a great distance from the town ini which she is living, should her wedding announcements or invitations t Ice sent in their names? A. Yes. q Wiiat form of introduction is; the most commonly used? A "Mrs. Jones. M e. Biown " Q When should the- waler glasses on the dining table be filled? A Before the guests enter the i dining room. o O O Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE 0 0 Oil Paintings W.i-h the surface rc-ntly with clean, warm water, using a soft cloth. After ft i-< tho oughly dry. moisten a soft flannel cloth In pure olive oil and rub over the surface ' gently Another method is to rub gently with the freshly cut half; of a potatoe, cutting oft a slice from time to time as It Incomes dirty. The Scalp A remedy for dandruff is to rub pure olive oil into the scalp, then follow with a good shamboo within a few hours It also causes the hair

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to grow. Save Sugar By adding sugar to the appreciate just before h is removed from the stove, much less sugar will be required to swtelen it. A. . # I ■■■ Feb. io- The part time religious education bill fails to pass in the ■late senate. It lacked a constitutional majority for the econd lime Large crowds atjend the Mt. labor Methodist revival at Bobo. Bandits Goldstine mid Reilly are returned from etate prison at Michigan City for trial on charges ,of banditry and assult with intent jto kill Leo Kirsch. Harry Knapp. Harry Hetsner. W. F. Beery. Stanley (allow, and Herbert Fuhrman go to Detroit to bring back Hudson and , Essex cars. Fifty ex-service men attend ban:quet at the Inusirial tasociatlon rooms Fred Wicklng of Bluffton igives the address. Mis. Fred Schaub of Cleveland. Ohio is visiting her mother, .Mrs. Mary Voglcwede. Q — Stand with atty man who is right; stand witli him while he is right; part from him when be goee wrong. -Lincoln.

Former Local Man Subject Os Feature Newspaper Article Richard “Dick" Blossom, a natiye of Decatur ami prominently known florist, is flic subject of a feature article which appeared in a Dayton. Ohio Sunday paper. Blossom, who has "been in flowers" 25 years. insists his mime had no effect upon his choice of a profession, the article deciares, and his family had been in flowers years before him In fact, his sister. Mrs. Noah Fry. of this city, recalled that his first occupation was actually that of a printer in the newspaper office here. But he quickly found flowers to be his chief interest, site said According to the Dayton story. Blossom spends a great deal of lime making corsages and estimates the average one requires 15 minutes of Ills time. Gardenias and orchids are the most popular he says. He described the method of making corsages and said that the hardest part of the work is match- ! Ing the flowers artistically and matching them with the gown to lie worn under them. Several years ago he assisted Donald G. Stump at the Decatur Floral company during a visit in this city. o Adams County Native Dies This Morning Daniel Bailey Dies In Van Wert Today Daniel Bailey. 87. a native of Adams county, died suddenly this morning at 3 o'clock tESTt at the Dainty Pastry Shop in Van Wert. Ohio where he was employed as a night baker. Death was caused by a heart attack. The deceased was born near Geneva in 1879 and had been employed as a baker in Berm- ami the vicinity for a number of years before going to Van Wert He was also employed on the railroads there for a time. Surviving are the widow. Minerva; a daughter? Mrs. Jonas Table *of Van Wert; two sons. Harold of Sitfney. Ohio and Robert of Saginaw. Mich.; two brothers. Sam of Latltto and John of Adrian. Michigan; a sister. Mrs. Clifton Haughton of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock < EST' at the Gamble A Alspgch funeral home in Van Wert, and burial will be in the Woodland cemetery there.

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Retirement Program For Kroger Employes — A retirement program f«;r the 22,000 employees of the Kroger company has been approved byi the board of directors and will be submitted to shareholder* at the company's annual meeting March 5. it wa-< announced today. One feature of the program is that no contributions will be made by employes, all costs being paid by the company. Beraiise of the pro gram's brevity and simplicity, il

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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN PHILIP, as he exchanged greetings with his mother-in-law. was friendly but preoccupied He lurutd to Anne immediately. "Any messages for me?" ne asked. “Mrs. Bannerman called about her metabolism test. She said she would call again.” "There she is now, probably," Philip said as the telephone rang, and he went into the hall to answer it "Oh, yes, Mrs. Bannerman,” they heard him say. "Miss West was going to call you. The test didn t turn out very well, and I want to take it over in the morning." A pause, then, "I'm sorry, I know it's a nuisance, but we sometimes have to take them twice anyway, especially if they’re a little high.” He listened a moment, said goodby, and replaced the receiver gingerly. "Is she sore!” he groaned as he returned and picked up his bag. "If I know the signa, so arc you,” Anne said. "I am. plenty. 1 left West to finish the test—she's watched me a dozen times — and when 1 came back I found Mrs Bannerman gone and the chart half blank. West let tha pen run dry." "From what I've heard of Miss West,” Anne observed unsympathetically, “I should think you'd have expected something like that." Philip pushed his hair back with an impatient gesture. "I should have, of course. Dr. Carlson wanted mo to look at one of his patients a minute. I told West everything to do, but I sever thought to suggest that she loo* at the chart occasionally; so of course she never thought of it." "Why iloes Dr Somers keep such an inefficient person T" Mrs, Bowman asked. Philip looked a little startled and Anne realized that he had forgotten her mother was there. "Well," he said a little lamely, "she’s all right, really. I guess It’s my fault I'm not used to explaining everything. Miss West isn't a nurse, and I never know what she's going to understand, and what she isn't" "I shouldn’t think Dr. Somers would like It any better than you da H< isn’t very patient, la he?" Anne asked. "He isn’t patient at all. But ho had an unfortunate experience once. He put a practical nurse on a diphtheria case and told her, among other things, not to rslse the child's head. She forgot and raised it and the child died. Somers knew that if he'd explained about the heart being weakened, and all. the nurse couldn't have forgotten. So now he's very careful” "Maybe Mias Wert was the numb and he's kept her all these years because be was so sorry to have made a murderess of her," Mrs. Bowman suggested. "Not a chanca She killed herself." -How awful!” Anno gasped. "Wasn't it? Well, I’m sorry, Mrs. Bowman, but I'M have to ask you to excuse ma I've some instruments to sterillza and I d belter be getting at IL" "Tltere a a good plot for one of T 1 ftMwy “Bsd it**.

was possible to describe it with only 32 printed lines in the resolution. Designed to provide a regular lifetime income for veteran employees after the close of their active business years, the procram sets 65 as the normal age for retirement. Annual retirement payments from Kroger, plus social security benefits would amount to between 20 and 40 percent of average earnings for the 10 years preceding retirement, with the larger percentages applying to the lower income groups 0 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

"What mauve you Hunk i nave any talent ?” "What makes you think you need It? Tor uon't think I've be*n writing all years bemuse 1 thuught I had any especial talent lor it. do you?” Anne had always wondered why her mother should think so. but had supposed she did. 'Weil then, why—?’’ she began. "We wemen have to do something,” her mother retorted. “And 1 notice that Philip is a good deal like your father, Anne. You'd do well to find yourself some oatside Interests." She had lowered her voice, but Anne glanced apprehensively toward the kitchen. Mrs Bowman smiled and stood up "Well, I'd better be getting along If I'm to be home in time to get your father's dirner." "You know perfectly well Dad will have it ready for you," Anne said, kissing her goodby. "Give him my love." When she went out to the kitchen she found Mary waiting impatiently for Philip to finish with his instruments so he could fix her swing, "Hi do those,” Anne offered. "And you won't need to tell me how either.” "All right, thanks. Wait till I get a hammer, Mary." She had finished drying the Instruments when he came back. He took them with a brief smile and as she watched him put them in their case, she thought that he looked tired. "Have a hard day?" she asked. "Oh—rather. Dr. Baines down the hall is on his vacation, and Somers ajd * undertook to look after his patients while he's gone. We’ve already about as many as we can handle." "Then maybe you’ll be busy tonight. I told Lora White we d come over so. bridge." He looked annoyed, she thought; then he gave a slight shrug. "We can try.* He closed his bag and looked at hia watch. ”1 didn’t take time for lunch until two," he said. "I'm not hungry now, and if we're a out, I’d better take a nap we have dinner later?" “Os coursa But if you'd rather not go—* -Hiillp- Mary bad come In while they were talking. “The wheel’s off my tricycla Will you fix it for me?" Anno was always surprised at the suddenness with which Philip's patience could snap. "Oh, for Heaven's sake. Mary. I can’t just keep on fixing one thing after another. You never ride it anyhow." , Mary recovered herself almost immediately. do too ride it" "Well, I'U try to look at it tomorrow. I'm going to bod now.” Anne looked after him a moment, and then looked at Mary. Don't you care, Sugar. He's tired, that’s dL- Too tired to play bridge, certainly, she aufod to herself, and with sudden decision she went into the hall and sat down to the telephone. When she had made her scuses to Mrs White. Mie went u “•nr sUil standing where she bad left bar, kicking •uJWJy at the tabu leg. * hurt bros us. mv ewss'i dmuctol tt- The bridge p«ty 4. what I

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tlimj’s were ail rig?,* HuM 1 them. \V!iy didn the now? Ja! She di-jppe i do. n or. and put her arms a "Listen, honey, P! i made him mad 'odav a-ltrCS patient was mad about v—he couldn t help, and turn to play bridge was too tired to. orly bt want to say .w. a: ! then along with a uheel was the last straw per.s. the last j luck.” K Mary glsfl- '. relurtMtlj. I "So. roni<- on. lut rn*. eat a bite and th<n the park and ii.-'tr. and wat< h ti e hain'ain some popcorn and ice have us a time, huh?" ■ Philip was si ill asleep returned. Arne Mary's pr- r.r .' ? ■ bt»MJ her in and went la k . . . You could alwavi tun * radio You could look at too. She had a > a’er t' B* plenty of mending. . up abruptly and went phone. Jean was not couldn't E'> t n a p eturc cause* Philip n ud.t na-e RW| and she couldn t leave Mitj anyhow, she u.do t «»r.t had always been glad relax in the < g matter with her now? ■ This, she thought what they n mt whtn tixjrßWj about doctors wives time of it; but she way once. Just knowing up there asleep-that t« come down presently would have dinner toget have been enough for >* women must do so ' i ‘ ,u “7JS mother had said, ad'.-»■'■? J find some outside any doctor's wife couki w—jg complain of not i course she knew uh*’ "gg meant Funny that M seen ... or m3 - vbt . .di Maybe she’d merely granted that what *ne« had come about But Ar J laugh at her now. »* g envy her. She got up snl warideMJg restlcwly. straighter..r.f nwJB and papers that w-ere they were then, obscure desire to be • she went up to the lib room she thought of apietely him. « h * so alone in here. ,|g one of hi* books end chair and ** 3d " a ‘' J 4, g «ifß nonsense. The big " u ‘ were up on top of ■■■ f gß .11 kind* of things « 3 shelf. She ran her them affectionate 1 ) when she came to well's English u ’I baring Philip’ cond« gf| tucked it in bete<. vis? a Mountain and Hie of Hysteria, that , y f| meet convinced him * out for a wnter - could convince h«r * | Ufif* .he nflgfr4-"* it was rat ** t . u -> J xsvuSSa