Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1947 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday Uy THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur. Ind., Poet Office an Second Clans Matter. J. 11. Heller President A R. Holthouse, Sec'y A Bui. Mgr. Dick D. Heller ... Vlce-Preildent Subscription Rates By Mall In Adams and Adjoin Ing Counties: One year. ss; six months, |3.25, 3 montbs, 11.75. By Mall, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year. ST; t> months. 13 75; 3 months, $2.00 Single copies, 4 cents. By carrier. 20 cents per week. This is the time of year when thousands of men decide to go out and work in the garden and don t. o o Daylight saving time will arrive in advance of Clean-Up week, giving uh all opportunity to join the cleanup forces in the spring sweep 0 0 — While many persons have cashed their war bonds, the sale of EBonds since the first of the year exceeds the redemptions. During the first quarter, pur-' chases amounted to $1,500,00(7.000 and redemptions were $974,000,000. The bonds earn 2.9 percent in tereat If held for ten years and purchase of the securities on a monthly payment plan is account able for the large increase, treasury officials declare. o o The Alcoholic Beverage Commission is sending out sleuths to visit taverns and restaurants to see if they serve hot food in connection with their offerings of beer and liquor. The law specifies that soup and food must be served at these places and that they be well lighted. If the state detectives make the rounds in each town, chances are some of the boys will need a bowl of zoop before going to their hotel. o- -o The price of used clothing has di opped because women in the war-torn European countries are no longer Interested in models five years old or older, according to a statement made by the head of Goodwill Industries, in Indianapolis. Used clothing is bringing a smaller price and in some cases, the garments can be sold only for rags. The trend, they say is toward lower prices for woo) and cotton apparel In the months ahead. o o As Michigan's Senator Vandenberg continues to deny any interest in becoming the Republican presidential candidate for 1948, the public seems more and more inclined to view him in that role, Vandenberg's popularity is increasing. A few years ago he was

Use of Sulfas and Penicillin

By Herman N. Bundesen, M.O. I HAVE bet-h asked many times recently whether the sulfonamide drugs, whkh are some* hat hazardous to use. have not been outmoded by the newer, safer and more effective penicillin. In many ways they have. I’enl-, cfllin in very potent and very safe While harmful effects do occur at time with sulfonamides, they are not as a Hile serious if the sulfonamtde-# are discontinued at once, t For these reasons, they are rigtly used in the treatment of many infection*. Are Still Useful This is not to say. however, that the sulfonomide drugs have lost their usefulness. Far from it. 'They are still our best weapons against some very dastardly killers indeed. It simply means that, knowing more alm' them than we ever did before, w- are able to use them precisely--against just those germs and diseases which they best combtit. In many infections, according to Dr. Wesley W Spink of the Cnlversity of Minnesota, the sulfonamide d ugs are even to be preferred to penicillin. For example, infections of the bladder and the pelvis of the kidney are often caused by certain bacilli which penicillin cannot attack. With even small doses of the sulfonamide drugs, relatively high amounts are excreted by the kidney and this as a rule will overcome tite infection due to this particular type of baciliw. Dr Spink recommends sulfadiazine in these cases Fluid Becomes Normal In a condition called meingo coccic meningitis usually within 24 hours after beginning treatment with sHfadiazine the spinal fluid becomes BOraisi. jieiiUigOcwvci'.

au outstanding isolationist. Now he js one of his party's and the country's leading internationalists. His sponsoring of the UN in the I Senate had great weight in bringing the United States to its support, while his own subsequent part In UN deliberations has won him the respect of Democrats as well as Republicans. ——o o Several months ago it was prov- j c-d that Henry Wallace was not the spokesman for this country. To-1 clay, the same gentleman is shoot-1 Ing off in England, much to the I embarrasement of the state department and congressional lead I era who are working on the I country's program for peace. Wallace is espousing his own cause and does not represent the United States. If he thinks he can win political favor by undermining his government, he's mistaken The country is not in the mood to follow him and Republicans and Democrats alike, wonder if he bought a one-way ticke t to Europe ——o o Col. Robert Rossow. head of the Indiana State Police Department, insists tiiut drunken drivers must he driven from the highways. The last legislature made it tougher for inebriants who get into their car and highball on the highway. The revised law makes mandatory a 9 day K uspensiou of driving privileges for the- first offense, six months for the second .end one year for subsequent convictions. The public agrees with Col. Rossow that "the intoxicated driver is modern traffic's most serious hazard to safe motoring." State Patrolmen have- been ordered to clear the highways of the tipsy driver. o o— — No one man founded our Repub-1 lie. It took the cool, detached' strength and endurance of a < Washington, the tire and drive of a Jefferson, the scholarly inc n-i tai power of the Adamses, to make even a beginning. It took lesser men, also, such as Hamilton, without whose sound money sense the idealism of a Jefferson might have come to naught. It is interesting to contemplate Jefferson today, in a time.- which needs his powers. He seems to have been so allround a person. He knew his farm-, ing well, and he loved his books,. and his family He understood for-1 eign affairs as well as a man of that time- could know them. He rested his mind with music. He combined work for head and hand. And over all and through all. illumining his strong, humorous common sense, flowed the light of b.is love of man. His belief in human rights was his prime motivating force.

meningitis Is an infection of the lining membrane over the brain The sulfadiazine is given by mouth every four hours or it may be given by injection into a vein. In severe cases penicillin as well as anti- ' meningococci eerum may lie used together with the sulfonamide drugs. In meningitis which is due to the Influenza bacillus sulfadiazine and antl-Influenza serum are used to igether. The new drug, streptomycin. also b effective in this condition. Mortality Reduced , Meningitis may also lie caused by pneumococci. Sulfadiazine and penicillin used together have been quite successful in reducing the mortality from I his disease from 160 percent to less than 25 percent. Ir a certain type of dysentery or bowel infection due to a germ known as the Shigella, sulfadiazine is usually employed together with another sulfonamide drug called aulfasuxidine. The latter preparation is not absorbed to any extent from the intestine, and hence it remains there and helps to check the growth of the germs producing the difficulty. The sulfonamide drugs have other uses For example, they have been given to children who have had rheumatic fever in order to prevent further attacks ot this condition, in such cases the drug is given daily in a small dose throughout the year Sulfadiazine also has been found helpful in lessening complication* from scarlet fever and respiratory infections due u> streptococci. Os comse. the doctor in ail cases will deride what .ulfonamide preparation to employ and what dose to 1 •dutmuier.

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O o Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE | O O Q. When making an Introduction and on<- has forgotten the name of one of the persons, should he pause and let that person supply his name? A. N<>: ask him his name and then make the introduction. Q is it proper for a bride who is being married in a traveling costume to have bride*maids? A She usually has only a maid or matron of honor. Q What kind of entertainment should a hostess plan to follow an

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SYNOPSIS tonne Sherry Kent rrfuM** to forrgo the plranure of n wer Lend at the larm of Stere Jeffrey, belotrd family friend, erea though her mother, Leda, and elater, Vai, bar < changed their plans about going, Leda, attractive widow and highly anrceratul bunlm re woman, in dining with Boger Bedloe, rleepreridrnt of her firm, and Vai with wealthy Wade Carrington, with whom rhe it trying to forget her heartbreak orer the death In artioa of her fiance, Rick Colby. Vai i« tormented by the knowledge that had it not been tor Leda** opposition, ahc and Birk would hare married before he went oreraeaa. Alighting from the train at Brundage, Sherry apira Steve'* atalion wagon parked nearby and rlirnba in to wail for him. To her aurprlae, attractive Lea Morell, who Inlrodurea himself ao Steve’* hired man, takee the wheel. Lea had been in the brokerage buaineaa before the war, anil upon hit release from the Army had decided to get some practical esperience before 1 inresting in a farm of his own. Warmhearted, elderly Aunt I’en, who keeps bouse for Store, greets Sherry joyously. CHAFFER SEVEN HEAVY SHOES tramped across ! the kitchen, through the dining* I room, along the hall. Steve Jeffrey i stood in the doorway then, a big, t well-set-up man with crisp gray hair, a weathered kindly face. He • was wearing riding breeches, knec--1 high laced boots, a leather wind- | breaker. And he was smiling in : keen anticipation. “Hello, darling,” Sherry said, I moving across the room to meet l him. , "Sherry, this is swell! I should have known you wouldn't fail me." Steve gave her a great hug. The short stubble of beard on his chin scraped her cheek a little, but she didn't mind. He smelled of tobacco, faintly of horses—a good smell that Sherry loved. They came back toward the fireplace arm in arm. Steve put his free hand on Lex’s shoulder in friendly fashion. “You two have met, of course." “He found me in the station wagon," Sherry laughed up at Steve. And went on to explain. "Good," Steve said. "So long as you got here. That's the important thing. I've missed you, Sherry." “I’ve missed you, too," Sherry told him. “I’ve missed the farm—everything—” “You could come out more I often," Steve’s tone was dry. "It’s I been months. And you know you're always welcome.” "I know, darling." Sherry laid her cheek affectionately against ■ the chill leather of his jacket ; sleeve. "It's—hard to explain. But | I seem to get involved in so many i things—with so tfiany people. And i the crazy part is, they aren’t even things I enjoy very much —or peoi pie I'm particularly fond of. It's just a sort of routine, I guess. I go on doing what's expected of * me—what’s expected of everyone, Mother says." Steve nodded. "Sure, I know. The pattern of urban living is demanding, to say the least. Well, now that you’re out here, nothing's expected of you. Just remember that. Relax and enjoy yourself." "I always do, Steva You know that. It’s why I keep on coming I back*—ths* and the fact that you’re on* of my favorite people." “FUllary;" Steve teased, *1 don’t

informal dinner? A. Bridge, dancing, or perhaps a show o o o Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE | O— O Polish A good .Mcdiogany polish can be made of olive oil and vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of oil to a dnesertspoonful of vinegar Mix thoroughly. apply with an old flannel and polish. Cleaner Hair A tea-poon of borax in warm water when washing the hair re-

believe a word of it." He sobered then and his glance swung to Lex t aa he said, "You two should have < something in common, seems to < me. Lex got fed up on city life and chucked it permanently. At least, < he tells me it's permanent" "It is," Lex said. His glance i and Steve’s met in a look of understanding. "If you think for a I minute I’d get back into that rat- i race again, after knowing this sort of living—" ’ Aunt Pen called in the authoritative tone of a good cook who does < not expect to be kept waiting, “Get ( washed up now, all of you. Din- < ner's ready and you can’t let ( chicken fricassee eooL" i "Who wants to?" Steve grinned. ; "Especially Aunt Pen’s fricas- ( see," Sherry added. The three of them moved away ( from the fire toward the doorway, ( Steve in the middle, a hand on : each of the others* shoulders. , And Sherry thought: There’s something strange about their at- . titude toward each other. Lex seems more a guest here than a farm hand. Jed Porter’s been with Steve for years, but he doesn’t eat with the family. He and his wife have their own cottage and you hardly ever see Jed except in the fields, or around the barns. But Lex is different, he's perfectly at home here. And he and Steve are friends. Anyone can see that But Lex said he was Steve's hired man . . . Oh, well, I’ll find out all about it from Steve. She decided that she would ask Steve about Lex at the very first opportunity. Dinner was delicious, as all Aunt Pen's meals were. The chicken tender in its own rich gravy, the vegetables seasoned just right, the tiny hot biscuits so good you could not stop eating them. And it was not the food alone that made dinners at the farm so perfect. There was a warm good-fellowship, a friendly lack of formality, that made for easiness and hearty enjoyment. To Sherry the big round table with its snowy cloth, the thin old Haviland and polished silver that had belonged to Steve’s grandmother, seemed but another facet of that linking of past and present that gave the farm such a large measure of its charm. Afterwards they returned to the parlor and Steve and Lex pulled deep chairs around to face the smouldering fire. Aunt Pen settled herself in her favorite rocker near the hearth, with her inevitable knitting. And Sherry curled up on the floor at her knee, kicking off her high-heeled pumps and tucking her feet under her. Kippy stretched out beside his mistress, his chin on his forepaws. Talk was desultory, as fireside talk usually is, but the silences stretching between were companionable silences, with nothing of strain in them. Curiosity concerning Lex continued to nibble at Sherry. There was something odd, something she could not yet grasp, about his status in the household. But she found herself liking him, just as Steve and Aunt Pen obviously liked him. And an awareness grew in her that she and Lex Morell might some day bo friends. A sense of the future seemed to nartg batwean them like an unstruck bell She wondered if Lex felt that, too.

moves greare and Improves the appearance Onions To piotect the eyes when pealing onions, dip them for a moment in boiling water. Then begin at the roots and peal upward*. - - - —oApril 15 - D. B. Erwin Is elected president of Decatur Rotary. A 15'. distribution of deposits in the Bank of Tocsin is made today, making total of SB’S distributed. Good Friday Is observed in Decatur churches. Business houses close three hours Miss Fanny Hite is visiting in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Herb Curtis are visiting in Indianapolis a few days A delegation of Indianapolis business men will call on Decatur customers May 12. o rxrtM** 0 * 1, Sodbusters Members of the St. Mary's Township boys Hub met at the home of Harry McDermott Wednesday evening. The name decided on by the group was the "St. Mary's Township Sodbusters.” The following officers were elected: Virgil Hawkins, president; Lester Geyer, vice president; Jimmy Price, secretary-treasurer; Jerry Price, news reporter; Glen Geyer, recreational leader; Robert Burkhart, health leader; George Geyer, song leader. Fourteen members, two leaders, Mr. McDermett and Mr. Clouse, and the junior leader. Robert Sprunger, attended the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. McDermett and Mr. and Mrs. CJouse served refreshments at the close of the

Outside the wind howled, thwarted, around the solid comers of the house. There was a note of eerie grief in its futility. Steve must have felt the sadness of the sound, too, for he said, "Shall we turn on the radio? Like some music?" Sherry suggested quickly, looking up at Aunt Pen, “You play instead, won’t you? Old songs?" •They’ll be old," Aunt Pen chuckled, “if I know ’em." But when Steve and Lex seconded Sherry’s request, she put aside her knitting and got up. Crossing to the old square piano of rosewood, she ran her fingers melodlcally across the yellowed keya Then she began playing the spiritual, "Deep River.” The haunting tune spilled out into the quiet and Sherry’s throat ached with its simple beauty, its poignance. The notes seemed to probe into her soul, stirring and uplifting her. Or perhaps it was partly that the song seemed an extension of her mood, of the formless urge within her that turned her thoughts toward Lex Morell. This is absurd, really. Sherry thought. Tve just met the man. I scarcely know him. Love at first sight doesn’t happen. This is—some sort of psychological reaction. It’s just because he's young and attractive, because he’s Steve’s friend, because he Ilves in this house I love, with these people who mean so much to me. That's all it is—all it can be. She felt an almost irresistible desire to look at Lex, to see whether anything in his face indicated such turmoil within as she was experiencing. But she wouldn't look at him. Instead she stared at the fire, letting her head tip forward a little so that her hair swung across her cheek like a bright curtain, shutting her in, alone, inviolate in a small dreaming world of her own. Aunt Pen's fingers drifted into other spirituals, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and “Lonesome Road." Then she played some sprightly old melodies. Her hands struck a cho-d with a final sound about IL "There," Aunt Pen said firmly, "that's enough. I'm tired and it's late. We all ought to go to bed." Sherry got to her feet and went over to put her arms around the old woman, to lay her cheek against hers. “That was lovely, darling. Thank you." “It certainly was," Lex echoed, smiling at Aunt Pen as he got up and pushed his chair back where it belonged. Sieve had fallen asleep, his head tipped sideways. Aunt Pen laughed, shaking his shoulder affectionately. “Wake up, Steva It’s time for bed. Fine host you are!” “Just—jtut dropped off,” Steve mumbled, before he got his eyes open. He grinned up at them sheep, ishly, then yawned. “I thought you were golfig to play for us, Aunt Pen." Lex and Sherry laughed, a young light-hearted sound in the old room. Smiling, Aunt Pen told Steve, “I did play. The performance is over. And we're all going to bed.” “Good idea." Stave agreed, getting up and stretening. (ToBeOsMNsS)

meeting. The next meeting will be held May 6 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Derryle Clouse. I St. Louis Without Daily Newspapers Strike By Pressmen Halts Publication St Louis, April 15. (UPJ— For the second day St. Imuls was without dally newspapers today as members of the AFL pressman's union continued their walkout over wage difficulties with publishers Despite appeals by their International and local presidents to return to work, members of the Web printing pressman's union rei eased their meeting late last night "until we hear from the publishers' association." The walkout began Sunday night when the union rejected an approximate four dollars |>er week wage increase offered by the publishers of the St. Louie Globe-Demo-crat; Post-Dispatch, and StarTimes. The new schedule would give day pressmen $77 for a 37 ’3 hour week, and night men $77.50 for a 35 hour week. The union's wage demands have not been made public. George L. Beery, international president of the union, ordered the men back to work in a telegraphic appeal yesterday, and Abram D. Wolff, president of the St. I-ouie local, asked the men to return last night. Both pleas were unsuccessful Wolff said the union "was in recess until we hear from the publishers' association.' and that the men would not return to work today. There was no picketing at any of the newspaper plants, and reporters continued to make their regular assignments — 11 " ■' ————o-... -- — Trade In a Good lowl — Decatur

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War-Dead Caskets •i For Final Burial Statement Corrects Erroneous Reports The army has announced that the caskets selected to repatriate the remains of men killed over 1 seas, were designed for final hurlal; In this country. The caskets arc conservative in design, made of seamless HJ-gauge ' steel and are hermetically sealed. They are lacquered or gloss enameted In antique statuary bronze, equipped with conventional han dies and lined with interior up- • bolstering of white rayon. In transportation, the casket is enclosed In a shipping case of % Inch brown plywood. The announcement was made by Col. J. N. Gage, commanding officer. Chicago quartermaster depot. in answer to erroneous reI ports that next-of-kin would be required to purchase an additional casket for final burial. 0 I State Police Seize 109 Slot Machines Indianapolis. April 15 —(UP) I Indiana establishments displaying , gambling equipment "may expect . to Im* raided at any time," state MASONIC Entered apprentice Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p. m. George W. Ilamma, W. M. 88b2tx Decatar Ina. Agency Established 1887 Kenneth Runyon Liability Insurance Room 5, K. of C. Bldg. Phone 355 lust Received shipment of SELF STARTING ELECTRIC Kitchen Clocks ’J.95 SMITH DRUG CO.

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