Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1947 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO Incot rporated Entered at the Decatur. IM.. Post Office as Second Clans Matter. J. H. Heller President A R. Holt house. Sec'y 4 Bus. Mkt Dick D. Heller — Vice President Subscription Rates Dy Mail in Adams and Adjoin Ina Counties: One year. *l« months. <5.25; 3 months, 51.75 By Mail, beyond Adams and Ad joining counties: One year. s■. * months. 13.75; 3 months. S 3 00 Single copies. 4 cents. By carrier, 20 cents per week. It took .courage and faith to plant sweetpea seed under a layer of snow on St. Patricks Day. o o —- Now that St. Patrick's day has been celebrated, it's doubtful it Hie singers will ever discover Glocca Mora. o o One of the main benefits of having different political parties in this country is that it develops our characters. But what if. like some countries, we hud thirty?

Q O Hack in 1933 it looked like It would take 40 years to pay off the family home mortgage, but 13 years of Democrat prosperity did the job for the Homesteaders. o o Decatur's maple trees are in need of surgery. Much damage from storms in recent years has been done to the trees and unless they are repaired, they will eventually decay and have to lie removed. o o Hog and cattle prices climbed. ■ wheat shot skyward, retail and wholesale volume continued high.' but the stock market sagged last. Week. What is the meaning of the, puzzle of price rises and market declines? Q OIt's not too early to (dan thc| citywide f’leaut’p and Painlip, campaign in Decatur. Our civic spirit should reach Its height in this endeavor. Under the leader-: ship of the municipal government forces, the civic and service organizations could lend a helping hand, which liould put the broom back of winter's accumulation of dirt I and grime Let's all work toward a real house cleaning, in and around the town and not miss the comers. While the majority of people look forward to the balmy spring days, those In the New England states, are content to have winter drag on, as an aid to the maple syrup business. Freezing temperatures at night, followed by sun shine during the afternoon, is the i ideal weather, they say for free running of sap. As for us we'll take less syrup on our pancakes in exchange for warm days.

If Your Child Has Headaches

By Herman N. Bundexen. M. D. A many people hate th<idea I hat children are not subject to headache hi thia they are completely mistaken for youngsters do hare headaches. sometimes. quite severe ones. Headache In the child may Im* produced by many different conditions. some ot which may be trif line and temporary while others indicate disorders of the utmost seriousness. Thus, headache In. children should never Im* neglected or treated lightly. In every case headache deserves attention and careful study to discover the cause so that effective treatment ran Ire given. Bomr tlmes. to be sure, a complaint of beadache on the part of a child means no more than an attempt to escape a distasteful task Imitate Elders Children imitate their elders. If, the parents complain of headaches in order to get out of doing some- > thing they do not want to do. the I child also 1a likely to learn to complain of headache when he is far ed with *om< aaptaaaant task Thus, parents shea Id net compraiu of illness ia the presence of their children. end certainly should not com j « plain of Ilianas when none is pres ■ . One of the more (request cause,, of beadaOw ia children is syej 'nrsstSmUd

It's going to take manpower and a lot of money to repair the city streets and county roads this spring. The past winter played havoc with the county highways and In many places the macadam surfaces have broke through. In the city, heavy traffic at the intersections has worn out the: pavement and repairs will have to be made. The county system embraces about 750 mih-s of ma c.idnn road and if the investment in g<Hsl roads Is <o» rived, a real job will have Io be done as soon as weather conditions permit. I o —o — I

I'arelcssncss seem- to have beet one of the principle causes lot the collapse of the bleat hers it the Purdue fieldhouse, resulting in the death of three persons and the injuring of several score. The investigation has shown that Hu tragic accident should not Wlave happened, if the usual precaution was exercised when tile bleachers were set up. The report states that a bolt snapped ami that one ol the supports was missing in the structure. We gel in too much of a hurry in this country and then wonder why we have so many fate fui accidents. -o—o —

Extremely hazardous condition* •till exist in many hotels throughout the country. A committee investigating the Atlanta hotel lire of December that killed 111* persons. concluded that there were certain basic safeguard* which should he observed in all hotels j These included elimination <* ; open stairwell*; inside corridors] lacking outside window outlets; use of inflammable inside paint; inflammable decorative draperies. Among the recommendation* lor hotel safety were adequate exits] and the patrolling ol all floor with numerous trained watchmen 1 who <ould extinguish fire at its in< eptioii. —o o — Miss Margaret Truman didn't liecome a I’riina donna over night and from the gracjoii attitude shown, she had no thought of being able to reach the pinnacle in her first song recital. Music critics speak well of her strong voice and radio listeners admired her youthful spirit in taking to the mike. As one critic said. ’’Her voice is slightly affected by im lierfecl breath control, an almost inseperalile feature of a young singer's debut, however talented •he may be." When the President s daughter is so democratic that she wants to sing over the air. and thus subjects herself to the ordinary run of criticism, we are convinced once more that litis country is the greatest place on • arih in which to live.

dm- Io abnormal hapc of the I bull. If there is a great degree of eyesight trouble, simple tests will usually reveal it. However, the best thing Io do Is to have the youngster s eyes examined by a do< tor. Caused by Anemia Still another cause of headaches Is anemia or a lessening of the amount of coloring in the blood. It is a simple matter for the physician to examine the blood to deter- | mine when anemia is present, and. of course, treatment of the anemia i with iron-containing preparations and foods rich in Iron such as liver. ■ meat, eggs and whole-grain <erals will usually relieve the difficulty. Children often develop bead ache< because of exposure to sunlight and glare, sitting in room-, without sufficient ventilation and i lack of rest and sleep. Os course ' these things are easily corrected. More Unusual Cause A more unusual cause of head- | aches is a lar k of sugar in the I blood. Children are active and they burn up food materials rapidly. Active children need extra sugar. The headaches reused by a lack of sugar are easily relieved or prevented by giving the child sweets I at the proper time Os coarse, headaches may hr I caused by more serious rrmditlons I such m tumors o< tbe brain, mi grume.

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o ~— °. Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE | O— o q Which expre-sion should *be Ip] DOtt o lellel'. "Deal Mr. Allen or My dear Mr. Allen ? A That depends upon whether the note is formal or informal •My dear Mr. Allen" is the more formal

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE | PERFECTLY motionless, Janet | sat looking up at Cliff, her hamis folded on the draw-in;; board. He j could see she was weighing him. i as it wondering how far she might - safely confide in him. At last she gave her quick nod of uecision. I “There is a wny you can help me you mote than anyone else.’ “Tell me how," “It's not very easy to ask I have to start, by Maying I didn't jday fnir with you I only used this rubber contract as an excuse to get a visa into New Dixie." "1 know that. What was your real reason?" She looked down at her folded hands. "I can't tell you.” "That means you don't trust me." The wonts sounded like an uccusation, but he had not meant them to. After all. why should she trust hint? "Tell me what you want nte to do." he urged. “Send me out into th'v plantations. I want to have some reason for getting buck into your rubber camps, not just once or twice, but as often as 1 like. 1 want to " She stopped, for he was shaking his head. “Um afraid that's out." he said. “I hate to refuse your first request.

but remember 1 said anything reasonable.** Her chin went up. "What’s unreasonable about my going buck into the plantations?" •'I just couldn’t afford it. Your capacity for Stirling up trouble t* marvelous enough around here; If you ever got back into the plantations it would be practically unlimited." Then, more seriously, •That country is too dangerous. Janet, and it’s no place for a woman. You don’t know the jungle even Wade says that. 1 couldn't k t you wander around by your-j-clf, and heaven knows I'm too busy to watch after you.” Janet's voice was quietly stulthom. “Casey said he'd take me when ver 1 wanted to go. if that’s all that bothers you." Clift's hands slammed down on the desk. •'Casey's got enough work to do. This is no Sunday School picnic! We're behind in the work, and unless we come through on time we lose our contract you know that Casey must be getting r.oft-headcd Why don’t you get your boy-friend to take you?" Her eyes had begun to glow with rnger "If you mean Madison. I’d tlieught erf that. But the people 1 want to make friends with hate l.irn and his vacpieros. You're the only one who could help me and since vou won’t do it, let's forget [ about ft." He could sec her withdrawing into herself again, ami he felt like a heel. She would think his offer to help her was nothing more than talk ami she had worked hard. "Look"—he stirred uncomfortably "you know as well as I do that we have a deadline to meet, f’ve got to have my first cargo <rf rubber ready by the ’delivery date- not half or thrre-qua-teM lait a full cargo and we’re going to have to do some scrambling to get it together. If I d<m't we’re In ked So you see why 1 can t let Casey he sidetracked into chaperoning you over the plantations And I simply won’t have you out there by yourself Let's comproi mine. Mv trips ba<k there are short nd quick, hut I make them pretty often, and I emdd take you on saw <rf them if that would help" iXu ’•Trifid" P ‘

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Q. Should the bride and bride-j r-ioom both reply to a toast that is given to them? I. The bridegroom replies for the bride. Q. Where should the coffee or tea pot be placed on the table? A. At the righthand side of the hostess o-- — — The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power I to harm us.

| lie saw that her acceptance oi the compromise had been far from eager. Whatever she expected to do back there, she clearly preferred to do in his absence, and an echo of his old suspicion returned. For a moment he regretted 1 his offer, but he'd promised to take her and he'd take her. "And only Go<l can predict the outcome," hi- ; told himself solemnly. Cliff proved n true prophet on' the very first trip. He and Janet had gone bylaunch up one ot the small tributaries in search of a dock site wlt< re the workers could pile their smoked rubber until the flat-bot--1 turned boats brought it over th«rapids to the main warehouse. Stopping at a point on the river ' where the plantations came down ' ito the very banks. Cliff made the ixtat fast while Janet looked about 1 her. fast tnaied. The tail, dean I trunks of the rubltcr tries 'stretched back in equidistant ' ranks, each tree bearing the long. ' slanting cut made by the rubber 1 gatherers, ami at the Ihlsc of every cut hung a small tin cup. where r ... . . __ ... .. .L_

I milk-white sap was dripping. "Does thia go on all over the plantations?" she asked. •There's hardly a tree we haven't 'hung a cup on by this time." Cliff answered. "If you're up here In the afternoon, you can smell the smoke of hundreiis of fires, curing the rubber." He pointed. "L*s>k there." Two men were stooping over a pit .dug in the earth, surmounted by a dome of baked clay; through its opening a dense cloud of smoke was pouring. "They're cooking the rubber!"! she exclaimed. "They're smoking it. If they didn't, the sap would ferment and spoil. See those big pails? They bring the crude sap down from the plantations in those, then they dip a paddle in the pail ami let a film of rubber harden on it. That's when they begin smoking it, adding more and more sap, until gradually it buikis up into one of those bolachas.’* Cliff nodded to a pile of dark brown balls of rubber, each about the size of a large pumpkin. ’Those bolachas weigh . I a hundred pounds or more apiece, and that's the way we ship the | rubber back to the States." Cliff * 11 eyes sparkled. 'This is the stuff I the whole world moves on. Were . making history out here.” Leaving the launch. Cliff led the . way upstream toward a little clusI ter of native shacks, and at sight t of them Janet gave a cry of surprise. “It’s Don Antonio's farm.” she i said. "Father user! to come here - often to treat him he’s very old." i "If he’s a friend of yours, go sec if he’s around. I’ll be with you . later. I want to find out if the > channel is deep enough for our boats." > He left her, and Janet climbed r the bank. 1 "Don Antonio!" she called. 1 1 No answer, but from beyemd the > house she beard voices raised, a* t if in anger, and hurrying up the t path, saw the bent figure of Don - Antonio standing at the rickety i. gate. He was leaning on a cane, t and just beyond him two men sat - I their homes - Blnan anti one of his * • vaqueros. Scowling, twirling Ms 1 rawhide Whip the vaquero was upi hrauhng the old man in loud Spanj an, and Janet caught Antonio s .quavering ref*. 11 But thui is my land, senar Tour r cattle broke through the fence and 'll is tn» JW thm.auk bu* k dhi

Q | Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE I ' q O Old Wall Paper Remove old wall paper hv 11-ing a heaping tablespoon of saltpeter to a gallon of hot water and applying f eely with a flat brush. Keep the water hot and the palter can be pulled off easily. Setting Colors To set blue. pink, green, lavender, red. and purple, soak in alum water, two ounces to lite tub. Black, gray, and dark blues should be I soaked in strong Halt water. Olive Oil Olive oil will not become ram <1 if two lumps of sugar are placed in one quart of olive oil as soon as the t an Is oMarch Hi The Commies. defeat Oklahoma City 27 to 1H in first game ol the national Catholic tonruament. This newspaper is taking a coup<m poll on the "daylight saving question. Funeral services are held at St. , Mary's church for John Johns. s 3, who died Wednesday at th.- home of his son. Herman. In Roanoke. Rev. I. W. A Luckey publishes | his new IsMtk. "When comest thou, whither goest thou." Rev. ('. ('. Reynolds, chaplain of Staten Island hospital, visits Mrand Mrs. Fred V. Mills. George Telford returns from trip to Kentucky. He announces the formation of a new oil company to be known as the Telford-lantder

tnem no nartn. My boys arc mending the fence now.” I ' Mending it!" The vaquero bel- . lowed an oath. “1 cut that fenea myself to let our cattle down to water. You and your riffraff leave It like It is.” The old man lifted a despairing hand. "That would m-an the rum j iof my crop. Every centavo was spent for seed to grow those crops, and they will be trodden undi r by I your cattle." Slowly he straightened; his bony lingers Ughtened - on the cane. "Scnor, I will not ' allow it.” Shaking a little at hU ' own temerity, the old man waited. Not long to wait. Leaning for- ’ ward in the saddle, the vaquero raised his arm, and like a long thin ' snake the rawhide whip hissed > through the air. A crack sharp ‘ as a pistol shot, and a bluish I bloody welt stood out across the > old nan's neck. Once more the arm swung upward, hut it never '■ fell Janet had reached Antonios . sale. r “You cowarly beast!” Eyes flamr ing with anger, she glared at the

vaquero. "You vile little cur! How long did it take you to get the courage to beat an old man?" Whip in hand, the vaquero slipped from his horse. "You keep out of this," he warned, and his own eyes were glittering. He walked toward her. "Maybe you get the idea you can call me names because the boss w soft on you." Head erect, she watched him, waiting motionless until he was directly in front of her, then she raised her hand and struck him i across the face. "You she-devil!" Stung more 1 with surprise than pain, the vaquero seized Janet’s wrist and twisted it so sharply taat in spits of herself sire gasped. Desperately her free hand heat at his dark chock, and this time two long lines stood out red with blood. Cursing, the vaquero wrapped both arms about her, pulling her to him. and slowly bent her backwards From his horse Sloan watched in silence. Hands helplessly pinioned, Janet was fighting with all the strength of her body, but the vaquero* arms had tightened, and now he mauled her, she uttered a low, . despairing sob. The vaquero grinned. "So you don’t like—" . A yelp of fright diol in his I throat. Two hands had locked about his neck and jerked him upright. For a terror-stricken second he looked into Cliff's blazing eyes, tnen the hands released their I hold, and a long, clean blow sent him sprawling in the grans. Sloan had not mo vol. For a second the vaquero lay half dazed, then reaching for the brush knife at his waist, he gathered himself and sprang The vicious lunge barely began; CHff's left hand closed on the fellow's wrist, and high above his head he raised the squirming vaquero, held him. then flung him outward with all his might. The writhing body hurtled through tne air. struck the gate, and shattered IL This time i the man lay still. 'Eyes still tight with anger. Clift walked toward Sloan. *T might be able to do that again, if you know i anyone who needs the exercise.” Sloan’s lips barely moved. "Count me out." Cliff .urned to Janet. "Arc you i ell right?" MM summoned an uncertam ■ amde ”1 think w." I "Then lot’s go" i lie Bo LoaUaoedj

Oil Company His new partner Is an old friend Kir Hurry Lauder of Nong faitoe. — —.y-—-— —— Marriage Licenses Robert Merlin Teepl -. Decatur, two ami Vella Dawn Turner. New Britain. Conn CHURCH NEWS Zion Lutheran Midweek l-nt.it services will Ite h. Id at the Zion Lutheran church Wednesday evening at .:30 0 < lot - •Ch. pasto. of the church. the Re*Paul W. Schultz. will deliver the Hermon, and music will be present i d by the church choir. St. Mary’s Catholic Rev Leo A: Inin lister, assihtunt at St Peter's chart It. Fort Wayne. Will lie the speaker this evening at St. Mary's Catholic church. He will deliver the sermon in the Lett ten sertio on "Th- lay Apostolate and its exercise" Q Adams Post Observes 28th Anniversary Os Founding Os Legion An fimated !<«' members of Adams Post 11. Altieri an Legion, jammed their way into the local (lost home Monday night to paiticipate in tile observance of thy 2Sth anniversary of the Legion. Hundreds attended the cafeteria chicken dinner, which opened Unevent and overtaxed facilities of the pixtf. boasting a membership of more than ’I.OOO. l ard games followed the dinner and the party was climaxed by a floor show, secured through a Fort Wayne vaudeville circuit. Ralph E Roop. r t neral chairman ot the event; a group of various committee chairman and committee m- miters; po<t commander T. C. .Smith and other officers of the (wist assisted in supervising the party, believed to be the largest

International Harvester I announces *20,000,000 price reducM We believe there is nothing more important to n i this country than to lower the prices of the 11 IlflCeS had HOt 2006 UP 2 s | goods that people buy. " nthPfS I The American people have insisted that the much or as fast as many owci» i government withdraw from its attempts to ' I control prices in peacetime. That places the Hare ore Average Price bcrsssec «*<• l I responsibility where it belonga -in the hands ah M.Rui.dweS P»ed»««« I of business and industry. Not all business can <v. a iLFb I reduce prices now. Not all can reduce by the M«iei« «rS «*•«•! Preset* I same amount. Ifs „ — ’ Our company has felt a duty to act as 34% I promptly as possible. In our case, the busi- II ledeeMsl Fewer nene outlook now makes it poasible to move || —“ 1 toward the goal of lower prices. The only way ____ —I out of the vicious circle of higher and higher prices is to break through. x will We have taken this step not because of These ne I J nroduction at I present competitive conditions nor because of *®°* on un J n . : M not a pmiff am ,l—a drop in demand from customers. We have abk ‘ * a « c ™* M . t d by ! taken it becauseof our belief that ANY PRICE «•" ‘ IS TOO HIGH IF IT CAN BE REDUCED. ** work Hto PP agt ’‘ i <u b*tant<»l These reductions, which will save the users in and wa «- question* an of our products approximately $20,000,000 a lv ‘being discussed with many <*** un ** year, will bixome effective before April 1. and Stockholder kj£ will apply to a selected list of tractor, farm ‘ b an incrcast , in divid. nd raff H • ■mehin-. moUr lru<k. .nd indnriri.l po.er the produrt.. Sunr we lorn, money on . few of our p„,. products, and barely break even on some u ond . fi , the third group-”" others, these reductions wiU not apply to our * x?n ‘ r 4, ■ Linf . b**» * entire line. Reductions will be made indi- Business, to our way <> ' ability-1'* 1 vidually on products. Some will be cut more cial as well as an economic nt* tlian others. Exact details will be announced company has long followc s rout*' lW as soon as possible. erating in tlie interests <• Our ability to maintain thte lower level of customer*, its employx* ana ' tb* prices will depend in part oq what happens to The duty of the nunag' ivll d** the prices and flow of materials that we buy " done " from others. Because we believe price reduc- groups. g!W tk* lion b vital, we are wiiiing to tin me the risks This price reduction prog ‘ . . j that are involved. dmnoretration of our pol* > " * INTERNATIONAL |fil

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