Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1947 — Page 4

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DECATIH DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Eveninc Except Sunday Uy THE DBCATI’R DEMOCRAT CO.) Incorporated Entered at tbe Decatur, Ind. Post, Office a« Second Cla.-t Matter. J. H. Heller President A 11. Holthouse, Sec'y & Bus Mgr Dick D. Heller ... V'ce President Subscription Rates By Mail in Adams and Adjoin ing Counties: Ono year. |6, six months, 13.25; 3 months. |1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams ami Ad i joining counties: One year |7:| t» months. |3 75, 3 months. 12.00 Single copies, 4 cents By carrier, JO cents per week. " i Indianapolis •» unsolved murder mysteries <»n its police blotter and Fort Waym ha- at least I 'll they ‘■ l UI IHI-: 111 It* cent year It seems that i- a poor record Some where Hu city polite d» partmen's re deficient or th. old saying, that murder i will out" can be di ‘-anted —o- —o —— Down in little Orb-ins in the smith part f th* -tat'- 2'-' s liool pupils wen’ <>n -trike betause their f ivorit* reach wa-:. t rehir < d It reminds of th* < artoon with its •ut line- ".Just remember children are nut ira! mimics . . they’ll .* t lik*- grownup*. no mat t* r wh it :■ a d t tea h them good manner*" o —o— ■ Bern rd M Baruch, th* silver top i ..-in*- g* in is and park bench stat* sman. advis* * th*’ country t adopt a II hour work week. with no strikes until 1949 Said th** adviser to pr* sidents and business ' Tin !• lilt would be electrifying Baru h believes that th*- * nly way t.* v»--< in* present obstacle and hortag* - *.- through honest work <> o Th* lat* spring lii- d< lay*■•! work on th* ' i n- w :n. i a . • .t ration ago would have been tragi* Purdue Vniver-ity tat* But with me* hanized equipment. bu t days will 1... ret *>v* r* d. Hi*- lurm authorities declare Much of the 1 .'"O.000 acres usually sown to oat will !>*• devoted to corn and soy beans w hi' h *an b*- -ceded up until late in May W. hop* favorable weather arrives soon o o - The uty government will lease 1 th*- old South Ward e* bool building ;te on Winchester -tre* l ami d-V'b:. it into a neighborhood play-ground ll* -uh nt- in that area will wehotne the transformation and with fmam tai aid from the Recreation >1 Committee.' supported by the < inm imty Fund facilities for the children will be installed on th*- grounds It is a valuable sit*- and the undertaking that the city a -um* I- a step in civic planning <> o— The director of the Alaska Housing Authority rends out a word of warning to long-range motorists who have th*- bee in their bonnet to travel the Alcan

Help for Arthritis Patients

By Herman N Bundesen. M. 0 ARTHRITIS is ■ .< h a < rippling , painful and stubborn disorder that it is good Io be able to report any advance which promises relief to the thousands who are afflicted Arthritis is of many types but by an t large, it means any inflammation of the joints One type is known as osteo-arthritis. in thl*’ there is some overgrowth of lien y I tissue, with pain .slid interference 1 with activity. It occurs most often in middle-aged and elderly people and while it may affe< t any nt the Joints, it is particularly common in the spine. Injection Into Jomta Dr Richard Maw son of England I treated 26 patients with osteoarthritis by injecting lactic acid into the affected joints. Six of the p •lent- had arthritis of the hip. 18 of the knee, and 2 of the wrist I It is not an easy matter to de I termine definitely just what effect i some particular treatment may >ave in cases of arthritis, first of. all. there is a tendency for the; condition to improve from time to I time with or without treatment , Secondly, the patient's mental attitude has a great deal to do with the symptoms which occur, fffcffffff iii* in* in* mw mwni However, in order to determine the effects produced by the lactic a<id injections, before and after treatment Dr Mawsou determined

i highway this summer. In their I quest to sn* something new and enjoy tbe great adventure The director says. "When they get I here they are going to find prices ■ at outrageous levels and no place to live " Hi* advocates the build i ing of houses along the 16(1*1 mil** I route and civilian development of th*- territory. —o -olUgllt now. the secret of the s itomic is kept well and to Amen * * ans at least there is no apparent reason for divulging it. aa some 1 rather we.ik-kueed fellow-country men seem to think we should do In due time, we may assume, it will be revealed. But if we Amer can- remain true to our normal caution and the shrewdness of our ancestors, it will be quite a w bibbefore any part of that secret i given to the outer world. o - o Th* Creeks, according to a recent report rom Athens, are "firing of a duck peas diet" That has h* * n th*-ir chief stand-by for several year- no wonder tb*y y* urn t r Variety and flavor But that i,nly part of th* story W>>. I for ooking and warmth has risen to time.- its former value, and it t kt- a bd of fotaglliu to get enoug.' til-: tot 'he <O"kih-’ The children, needless to ay. *re scrawny and annually susceptible to disease -of many kinds o -o Person* who live near th*- rail raid tracks, will be interested in knowing that the Erie, is in aurgating an anti--mok* program, first with th*- installation of d* i se| locomotive- and -•- ondly through new equipment on the - oal burning engines The latter ar* b*ing eqtnpped with over-fire jets that supply air over th*- co,*, fire bed. burning volatile gar - which would normally pa-- out of th*- stack as black smoke It ■ a good m<»v* and residents in towns and cities along the Hacks will appro* i*te the innovation — o o — Tex.s city m th*- Galveston district was almost blown off th*- ’ map by th*- explosions from the ■ great chemi* al plant located along 'it waterfront. The disaster start ed with the explosion of a ship in the harbor, loaded with nitrate Refineries and oil storage tanks were ignited and the disaster ione of the worst in our nation's history. The death toll may reach 700 The Red Cross, state and local governmental agencies are doing everything possible to cope with th** situation, care lor tieinjured and bury the d* ad W< wonder if the series of train and plan** wrecks, fires, min* ex plosions and other terrible calami ths that have befallen Hi*- couii try in recent months are due to carele.-sness. sabotage or the price we must pay for conducting the ordinary pursuits of lite.

the extent of such things as pain and tenderness, deformity, loss of appetite and sleeplessness, the dis tance the patient was abb- to walk stiffness, and swelling of the joints The lactic acid was mixed ' with a local anesthetic before it was injected Into the joint. The| I amount of the material injected depended upon the location of the . arthritis j The First Symptom Following the injections it was! noticed that file first symptom ■ which disappeared was pain. With ' relief of the pain the patients rnent I outlook s*em<<ti to improve ’ Sleep and appetite became better I Os the 26 patients, six were wage learner-. Recovery was sufficient; In all six of these to enable them to return to their previous employ merit Os the remaining 20, most of whom were housewives. 18 were ' i able to resume or at least do mm It I more houseworkkk.k wkhkikeklll more housework.' while there was considerable relief of their symptoms. Os the other two patients. ( one received only a single Injection' while the other showed no im i provement whatsoever I’p to the present tin- exact , cause of various forms of arthriti ' has not been determined nor is ■ there any treatment which will bring relief in all cases. The phy- I siciau will decide in which instances the use of the lactic acid injections should be employed.

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O • O Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE O ' ’ ij w in- .*■ -in *n - I* ■' - * a ing f*> .* r !i**m*- '"'lit nt or 11 pin ..nd live. .I mile or s* ..* i . I- I .■II ight 'h* ."-ti • ■ -it h* i h-.-i.e* \ Y*-. mil* ■ ■ :i* i.' ■ -*m* on*coming foi *;« * (J I* you .J*- i -itl w -io hk* -. . you:;.- man whos* pay * •• k i- too small i • " *k* you oil* - tt* n. what ■hollld V >u (I*:' 1 \ \-k h:n t*. lii'inei o. i ■ "tidily at your :u*:n* Q Is 1! pert ii- -i '!•■ f"t t’:- imiitl of !<» w• ar A H? '* A X - • -hould no .v* ar whit--Th- r* ar* till* ■ ilt . ->••. ii t. • fn t*d m its--*. K.UI-.1-, Ml.- i.--ipp and Okiahc'i >

TOMORROWAwiII BE FAIR Ool>ii>ul,rf by King >„>,*<> |

SYNOPSIS ' u--x watched her for a moment, T«nnr Ahern hrnt rrf«»r* t > I ,w grim. I'hcn he chuckled, th* pim-re <>t • wrrkrod »t 11 • t Lkt- rmmed female, aren't you? of st»»e Ji-nrri. beloved i»imi> i> It »t I II warn you It never helps—- • *i‘""ch her mother, i- .- <i . . an< j j certainly can’t say 1 like it.” deter, Vol, h»ie rhwul th-ir pl in* ~ ~ ~»»». , ... ■ Moot roi.f. Led.. .lira- " i N ' “her do 1.” Sherry admitted, •d Mrhiv .u<r...n>i 1-0*0.... «oi.:n. ' ' ’ 1 ,1 ‘ ! ”inning at him across her shonl10 dining with Koger lu.lloe, »i-• r' ‘ ' lr *' -r as she stood before the stove president of her firm, and Vai with "■ But tt always makes me Sleepy. • eallhp Made (arrington. uith whom the 11 ’ : S'- •VC Maybe this time it’ll help you." •he la trying to forget her l-narll-r-.il. • ’ '* 1 In.cntly they were seated diover the death in action of h. r Inner aI- : NIA „• , :i. W.Kto room acfirm || y {rnn , each othcr at th< . Kirk Colby, vrt la tormented by th- w.> t t-r w y kitchen table, steaming cups Os knonledge that had it no ben ..r, W)I1 , Sll Men - ion. Sherry , nilk h Lrda'e oppoftilioß. »he and link tiouh! i n >r<-pd f<,r h< r red flanr.d robe , w ... b- married bel.-re I r*. .. . ln bf . Fhc , utlt on an q HLf Ze Alighting from the tram at flrundagr. buttoned It With Steady fingers, - .» , h'* vlv #hprr > S “' r '* “ 3S "" tied tl.e narrow belt. She thrust Then ton nw parked nearby and ellmba in to h.li |)( f sect |n , o tl|p f gcufffi 1 hen VOU don t burn ycUr tongue, lor him. To her surprise, altrac- . , . . . Cither. Hie Let Morell, who introdnera him ' . 7 * Lex grinned nt her nnd took a veil a. Mete's hired ...he *“P ** f »»««*» sip of his milk. "How do you know wheel. Lea had been in the broUpr ’« r j 1“' ? ■'» ■' lb "Ut 117 <^ n t >' OU «><'< T ba«.ne*> before the war. and upon hl*. nark. familiar hall. Light, cmerg- n i,,| )bs either?* re lea re from the Army had derided to ing tllOUgll the balf-open door of ..... „ c. lfrrv *1 can get some practical eapertenee helore tier room, illumined it to some ex- tteen " * * Inreallng In a farm of hia own. Warm tent A pencil-thin slice of brighthearted, elderly Au.t Pen. who keep, nex, shove neath door. ’"“f '° mCOn ' bnuae for tiiete, greeta sherry j-iyoualy Hesitating for a moment. Sherry ' in ,', '*,, X o? it ki Later, when Mei. arm. .I and all had | ( t g, r Knuckles just bru. h the c S,C [’ tol '’ hn ’ ronanmed Aunt Pena de1........ dinner, pan „| Something about the hour, the ina strange feeling ot happineaa atole Jmin. .'i -t. Iv the font■■ tc n « ' l,nac y C, ’ Z V farm kitchen, a,er M.erry, She knew in.tantly her th-r. a;, ,0,.-Led h.. door that only the tWO Os them meetlag with Lea n„ <• were awake in the whole house. Her happineaa la ahort hied, howeter, •* , , made candor easier. She said, when Steae tella her Lea la engaged j" ’ | ? .-n'i .'h r f-u\ f "Sometime®— it helps to talk about tn be married. Lea waa troubled. Mw _ • ■’. J k ,2 " h 2 on your mind, What-a-lded, h-.auae hia flanrec WM »pp»Md J* ,v. r'S bothering you.” to bun buying a farm. .ore!. l ~d. IL- ollie eyes Widened a , little in surprise at sight of her “What's on your sister’s mind?” CHAPTER NINE "Can't you sleep?" she asked, asked, a little scornful under- ‘ p, t her little grin conspiratorial. tone * n •*** vole*NOT UNTIL she wa* In ■ . ghook hia head. "I m sorry Sherry answered gravely. "Tic with the covers pulkd lightly ui • j »» nian was going to marry wan der her chin, did Sherry lei the full -^j icrrv broke in, whimpering. M I reported mining in action. Vhl force of her disappointment over can>t , (i <lth( , r Ixl •„ „ o (lo . vn seemed to know right from the L«„- Morell break upon her Die t 0 thc Kn-hen and have a snack that he WBS dea<l Now HhP strong pull of his personality on _ son>t . t j uns h ol< - r(lat ht | pß gomf .. wishes they'd married before Rick hers had meant nothing. He was fj me g-- went away—-she tormented with in love with another girl. 1 his was she turned and starred down the thernories all thc time. Nights a fact she must face must force hal| an J llu re wag not hing he •* i «‘ni to t>« the worst of all." herself to accept at ’J" nf * could do but follow. She was sen- The scorn had gone out of Lex’s of her association with Lex ( th -r- glt)vc!y a .,. are that he felt some voice as he said, "Nights are ai> wise, only unhappiness could li rcßtn tment at her interference. ways the worst. I’m sorry about ahead for her. T bcy descended thc stairs word- your sister. That's a tough break But w’e can be friend.® Sherry leasly ami Sherry switched on —but—maybe she's better off. rcaltold herself. I think Lex likes me. lights as they went. The big kit-h- ly, that he didn't come back.” 1 know I like him And friendship en was spotless and Inviting with “Why?" will be so much better than never jt a white walls and red-bordered "People change. The ones who having got to know him at all curtains, the red and white checked were away fighting, the ones who Friendship will be enough Know- cloth on thc table. Kippy blinked stayed at home. It isn’t their fault, ing the truth. I can make it be u p at them reproachfully from his It's—just that nothing stands still, enough, because I won't exjiect pad, then shut hia eyes and went Your sister would have found that anything more, /.nd so I won't be ba< k to sleep out—things might havq been disdlsappointcd . . . Isx said, his voice embarrassed, ferent between them if he had She forced herself then to think "Kippy has the right idea.” He come back." of other things. Os her father and asked then, "It was the sound of "Hut Vai loved Rick," Shrrry obthe clearer conception of him Steve my pacing that woke you up, Jected. "She still does. She was had given her. Os Aunt Pen's tin- wasn't it?” half crazy when the news came.” gers, drifting across the keyboard; Sherry looked up at him. In the Lex stared at her for a moment, bringing old sAn'm to life to create light, she could see that his eyes his eyes smoke-blue between his a m«od of quiet enchantment . . . were bloodshot with sleeplessness, thick black lashes. Then he said. At last Sherry slept, dreamle.u- She sail simply, "Yes, but it does- more gently, "Sure, she was. And ly, like a child, her young face n't matter." they would probably have picked open and lovely in a bar of moon- "I m sorry—but you didn't have nght up where they left off. Things light. And if she had wept, the to do anything about it, you would have been swell for them, tears were soon dry on her iiiahea know." Lex slumped down in a It's a shame." , , , chair, hia elbows on his knees. Sherry looked directly at him, Some sound awakened her, a "I know." Sherry said. She a little quizzical twist to her •mail sound. For a moment Sherry turned from him afid opener! thc mouth. "Now what are you trying couldn't identify it. She lay there, big electric refrigerator. “Hot to do? Spare my young illusions?" her eves wide and questioning in milk ?" she suggested. "And would "Well," Lex grinned, “you arc the darkness. ‘ Y Oll I,l<e anything to cat?” young. And I was being kind of It sounded like footsteps. Yes, "No. I wouldn't. You needn’t bitter. No need to go implanting that was it—someone walking, even bother with the milk." doubts in your mind about the huouietly back and forth, back and But Sherry went as calmly about man capacity to go on loving forforth. Suddenly, as all sleep-dulled the business of heating it as ever," faculties quickened. Sherry knew though he hadn t spoken, (To Be ContmuetV

I* t> Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE (i (l Labeling Jar* When I * 1-h* .' j.i and pa. k.ig*--try ,i-nig th*- m i lia *1 brown pap ■ tip t a.r js u -.-(| Io -i-.iling ’ and I, - \ -oil of tii-i tip* w ill '•cm in hardy for many purpo--• Potatoes \\ • preparing po ao* ■ pi.* • them ,|| ( kettle to - ~k in * old water fol all iioui b* for- cook n\f-. th* .v have boil* *1 and in * 'll. for the 'anil . tii*-y dll be a .:lt* and dry The Rocking Cnair A forking .iiai* .vill not i i-i-p i- • .*■ wrong ,-id- of t- p- ot -.. ;»*t ■i f- lt ire gi i*-fl to i. .- 'otiom- o, ■•- i vatr i !.»-i - I ..!*- If a G. .: 1 own " i>. atur

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Four .Mates h.ne women sccro taries of sts'e :** cording to the women's bure.iti of th" I' r* I'-* , partment of l.almr They are Ala • bama. Connecticut. X*-w M-X'ic* and South Dakota I *' i Happy Hustler* T'ie Happy Hustlers 1 11 * tub "I i Washington towiish'p met •■*.i*ntly 1 at flu- farm bun ill luildiug at Monro*- rhi- ollow ■ ID- 1 * I we *■ *l* ted pr*--ld* fl- W aVi-b-n*- ■ l.elomt- v i ;>r<* i*l*mt. Thresea l K**hm se i.-ny alol fi i-ii e Isabelle Kintz *>ng b-a b-r Vi gini.i Mit-'u-l gam*- lead* t Sh*-i ril Corson health b ad*T. Ma joi •- Ibdmann: news reporter, Carrol Mi Bride The n* Xt meeting Will be held at th* hotn** of Mrs Rue di Mit * h*-: mi May "i Deli* loti-* refresh m* nts wi t*' ... I veil by til*- ho-ti-I .-* - during th*- -••* i.il hou t Trade In a Good Town Decatur

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NEW YORKERS jam city health center for vaccinnt. r 1.1 Mayor W..*. * -■: one in the city be vaccinated against Final!; '.* in the next Unce v-■ - *' . .-• -ikr the ci'.v s second smallpox death since M in h 10. (fncrgia

SY\Ol*>i* T«nni; Slurr, h-nl rrluw, to f-iree-the ple»mr«- nl » wi-Lrid at tin- farm of Meie JeSrry, Ih-lovc-I fsmil* Iru-o-l, rxn though htr mother, l.«<la, anil litter, Vai. hair rhanged their plainshout going I.nil. allrarlite widow anil high), aueeeiitul buaineia noman. ■a dining with linger Mediae, lire-•real-lent of h> r It rm, and Vai with Healthy Wade t arrlngt-m, uilh whom •tie ia trying to forget her heartbreak n«er the death in a-tion ol h< r Snare, Kl-k tnlhy. Vai ia tornienled by the knouledge that had it not l-i-en tor l-eda'a oppoaitlon, aha and llirk uouhl hate married before he »enl overaesa Alighting Ir-m the tram al llruhdagr, bherry apiea Meie'a ataiioa wagon parked nearby aud rliml-a In to Halt for him. To her aurprlae, attractive !.-.■» Morell, who Intro-lurea him aelt aa Meie'a hired man, taker the wheel. Lex had l-eea in the brokerage buameaa before the oar. and op-n hia release from the Army had doridod to g--t Mime practical experience before intrating in a farm of hia own. Warmhearted, elderly Aunt Pin. who keeps house for Steve, greets Sherry Joyously, farter, when Mete arrived, and all had roniumed Aunt l*es*a dell-lour dinner, a strange feeling nt happiness stole oter Sherry. She knew iaatantly her meeting with Lex was responsible Her happiness is short Used, however, when Meve tells her l.r» ia engaged to be married. Lex was troubled, Mete added, because his f.anree was opposed to him l-nying a (arm. Muring the night Sherry hears Lex pa-lag Hie door and knocks on his door Io invite : him down to the kitchen for a snark. ' She tells him ot her eoaeern oter Vai CHAPTER TEN "I'M TWENTY," Sherry told I Ixx. "Old enough to know people don't alway® live happily ever 1 after." She sobered then. "But I ntiil think what Vai and Rick ha-1 ■would have laMed. Vai in «o—so I lost now. Sometimes I worry about her." Sherry broke off. a little , ttmilc curving her mouth. "Hey, something'» wrong with this conversation. I start out asking about your troubles, an-1 I end by telling you mine." Lex smiled, too. “What makes you think I have troubles?" "People who can't sleep usually do." "Usually I do sleep,” Lex assured her. "Why shouldn't 1? I’m doing work I like, living in a place I'm crazy about. And frien-ls don't come any finer than Steve Jeffrey." "I know,” Sherry said. "Steve's a very aw'ell guy.” She thought: Okay, so don't tell me about it. I know it isn’t any of my business. But someday you’ll talk to me. Ix-x, because we're going to be friends. I feel more certain of It than ever now Someday, I shouldn't be surprised if you told me all about your girl and how you can't seem to work things out between you. Maylie you'll even ask my advice — "Good Lord!" Ix'x exclaimed. "It's after two o'clock." "Is it?" Sl-eiry got up and stacked their empty cups and saucers in the sink, ran water into thc saucepan she had used. "You know something?" Lex asked, getting to his feet tor, He sounded a little surprised about it. “Im sleepy."

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