Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1947 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published **cr; Krening Except Bunday By THB DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind.. Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller President A R. Holt house, See'y A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller ... Vlce l’resident Subscription Rates By Mail In Adams and Adjoin Ing Counties: One year, |6; eli months, 13.25; 3 months, 31.71. By Mall, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year. 37; • months, 13.75; 3 months, <2 00 Adams county farmers have about 10.000 acres of corn to plant and they'll do the job, If the weatherman cooperates. o o The 194 S death toll from highway accidents totaled 33.900. of which 9,400 or 42.4 percent result ed from driver's exceeding the speed limit. o—- — <►“- • Saturday night will bring an other large crowd to town. We welcome the shoppers and they know that the freedom of the city is extended to them. —-o 0 A current magazine, in discuss ing the current tax drive, remarks, "If Federal receipts for 1948 do not come up to the most optimistic levels, there are going to be some pretty red Republican faces in Washington." O o The city swimming pool will again be the mecca for the youth of the city, the official opening being scheduled for Saturday. Harry Dailey, who has had experience as supervisor of the popular bathing place, will again be in charge. The children and even the grownups are invited to enjoy the cool and refreshing waters of the municipal pool. 0 o Would banning left and right turns at the .Monroe and Madison street crossings on Second street, xdd to the congestion, or would it protect the safety of the pedestrian? Our traffic is becoming so heavy on Saturday night, that one wonders if anything can be done to relieve the situation, while at the same time eliminate hazards to those who cross the street on foot. • o o— The Lions club will continue its part as a civic and service organization under the able leadership of Noah Bteury, who will succeed Robert Gay as president. This club and similar organizations are a help to the community and through their members contribute civic service. In keeping with their 4SR purpose. We wish the club another year of interesting programs • and stimulating endeavors.

The Causes of a Backache

By Herman N- Bundesen, M. D. WHEN a patient with backache goes to the doctor, he wants fata pain relieved. What he Hometimes does not realise Is that this u-annot be done without a lot of preliminary tests and questions. These are necessary because backache Is only a symptom and one which Is connected with so many different disorders that only the most careful and compete study will reveal the underlying cause. Until this is found any attempt at treatment is like tryfng to hit a bull’s eye in a hlackotfi The doctor must know the history of the pain, that ts, when it start ed. whether an Injury produced It. whether the pain passes from one part of the back to another, whether it Is made worse by sneezing or coughing, and whether it is more severe at one time of the day than at another, or gets worse on cold, wet days. Sudden Backache The most common cause of sudden backache is some disorder which produces fever, such as influenza or a cold. However, such backache usually clears up when these infections disappear. A break or a dislocation in the bones of the spine will, of course, produce pain In the back. These conditions are as a rule easy to diagnose by means of an X-ray of the spine and a history of some injury. Another cause for backache is osteompelltis of one of the bones in the spine or an infection of the hone marrow. In this disorder, fever is always present. An X-ray is helpful in poking the diagnosis. This condition is treated surgical-1 iyTuberculosis of ths spine does

Gerald Cole, who has been an able and efficient member of the Decatur school board, has been re-elected for a third term, beginning next August. Our school city Is ons, If not the most important of our democratic governmental units. The board, which besides Mr, Cole, is composed of Gregg McFarland and Roy 'Mumma. has been progressive in its administration of the local school system. ——• u J. O. Sellemeyer of native pioneer stoc|t, who left Decatur about 25 years ago for Los Angeles, is here on his regular two-year visit. He loves the beauties of California and has seen the great growth enjoyed by his adopted city, but says Decatur has spread out to such an extent that he needs a map or directory to get around. Mr Selletneyer has a topflight position with the cement industry, but success has not dampened his love or Interest in the ol’ hometown of his boyhood days. 0 o It will be interesting to civicminded persons, public officials and property owners to get official information on zoning, city planning and town - building, through the advisory agency of a City Planning Commission. Mayor Stults, who is proceeding correctly in the matter, has advised the Chamber of Commerce directors, that a representative from the State Economic Council will visit this city in the near future and confer with the local groups interested in the progressive step of forming a planning commission Our town has grown and no doubt we should plan for still further growth through the proper channels of government. 0 - -o Persons interested in maintaining the two passenger trains which page Atfough this city over the Pennsylvania railroad (GRAD should attend the hearing before the Public Service Commission in Winchester on June 27. The railroad's proposal is to drop the two trains, north and south bound each afternoon, and substitute truck service for mail and express. Chances are the railroad will be able to show that operation of the trains is too costly and support its contention that the runs between Fort Wayne and Richmond should be discontinued for that reason. However, it is of interest to this city, to know what is going on and representatives should attend the hearing and make known their stand on the matter.

i. not occur as frequently as it used 9 to. The treatment of this condition u consists of the use of a cast to , keep the spine immovable, or it t may be accomplished in other f ways. There is a Joint between the low- » er part of the spine and the hip I known as the sacro-illac Joint. A » sprain may occur in this area when r the patient stoops over to lift > some heavy object. In such in e stances, there is tenderness over - the joint. : In treating this disorder Dr. Cal- . via C. To •rance of James town, > K. Y„ suggests strapping with ad 'i hesive tape. After the acute period has passed, a supporting belt may lie worn. Such belts are put on before ’ the patient gets out. of bed lit the morniAg and are laced as tightly as possible. Injury or inflammation of the scfkitlc nerve which runs down the ba etc part of the leg may cause miisele spasm In the back as well as pain down the leg. Defects of the spine present at birth may cause backache In some cases Dr. Torrance has found that treatment of these patients by injection of thiamin or vitamin Bl into a vein often gives prompt relief. An effort should also be made to find infections in the teeth, tonsils, sinuses, or elsewhere In the body, and If any are found they should be cleared up. There are other causes for backache such as damage to the cartilage disks between the bones of the spiue. arthritis of the spine, and disturbances within the abdomen. With these many cause* for backache, it is evident that the problem of finding the source is not always a simple one. |

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I Modern Etiquette • By ROBERTA LEE I O o Q. When one is a house guest, should the selection of the host be crlticized if he makes a- "blind date" for the guest? A No. because the h< st has done his best to provide entertainment for the guest. Q. Does it show good taste to kitw or emb ace a frk-ud when gapetlng her or departing? A No. Demonstrations of affection should not be made in public. Q. What gifts may a girl send to a man. who is an intimate friend, when he is ill? A. A book or flowers. Q

I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE | O n Rofliling Pillows When refilling a feather pillow, crush a small block of camphor and mix it with the feathers. It will help jwenerve the feathers and keep the pillow from having any rnudy odor for a long time. A Cake Recipe Many kind* of cake can be made from a good plain cake recipe But the recipe can be varied l»y adding cocoanut. chopped nuts, citron and raisins, dates, or spices to the batter befu e baking it. Grease To remove spots of machine grease from clothing, try using clear ammonia and soap.

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Jun* fi — Clarence Chamberlain; iii forced to land Ilia plane in a I swamp near Berlin, longest nonatop trip on record. Alex Leßrun, 76. (alia dead while downtown. Dr. Clarence Wilson discusses the progress of prohibition at the Methodist church. Ed A Bosse graduatea from Indianapolis law school. P. W. Smith of Richmond ia visiting his brother, A J. Smith. vo u * h orrict WnCy St. Msry’s Bodbuater ( The St Mary’a township Sodbusters held their third meeting at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. Roy Price The hoya will have a softball team, with Roland Miller as manager. It was also voted to hold future meetings at S pm. instead of 7:30. There were B members, three adult leaders and four guests present. Refreshments were served by Mr and Mrs. Price. The next meeting will be held June 17 at tha home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frey. Up and At It The Up and At It 4-H club of Blue Creek township met at the North Brlok school June 2. The meeting was called to order by the president Rose Raudenbush. Following the pledge of allegiance to the flag and the 4-H pledge, roll call was taken oy the secretary. Group singing was then led by Bonnie Roe. “Canning" was the title of Rose Raudenbush's demonstration, given at this point. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Patsy Burkhart and Shirley Fox. The neat meeting will ih> at the home of Marilyn Sipe June 17 at 7:30 pm Merry MsiJs The third meeting ot the Monmouth Merry Maids was called to order by the president, Carol Kirsch, st the Monmouth high school 801 l c*ll was answered by your favorite comic atrip. £»cb division of various projects then

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went to their own project work Demonstrations were given by Dorothy Fleming on cutting out a slip, and the advanced baking class demonstrated baking muffins. Group singing wait enjoyed by the group led by Nancy Kirsch. Refreshments were seived by the hostesses. Carol and Nancy Kirsch to the following: Barbara Walters. Ethel Cook. Dorothy Fleming, Alice Fleming. Carolyn Owens, Jeanette Fuhrmah. Mary Ann Owens, Thelma Daniels, Caro! and Nancy

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SYNOPSIS Tbs wedding st vlvscioss itisne Tarrcll to Bill Ardea, scrisas young lawyer, waa an Important steal la Grandbarber aeciety, ihoagb asms st Its mere eoaeerratlva membera doubled Ibo wladom at tbe groeai'e choice at bride. Bill belonged te one et tbe town's eldest families, while BUae'e lather, wenltby 4. Emmet Terrell, end Paula, her step-mother, were comparative nowcemera, with little er so background. It waa ramored, too, that d. Emmet had cemo by bls hags isrtoaa rather eueatleaably. Among the facets was Page Wiaetoa, who had been ia levo with Bill since childhood, lliaae, about to threw bar bridal bousuot, saw Pago suielly alaadiag la the backgroaad, and deliberately tossed tbe Sowers to bar. Bolus Beat, newspaperman end Hill’s termer roommate at Harvard, noted Page's embarrsMmeat, and followed her to the terrace. Introducing himself, bo sspiainsd that bo has cemo to Grand harbor to work on Tbe Peet, and voiced tbe hope they weald be friends. Following a bllasfel tbrss weeks ia Bermuda, Ilians end Bill rstnrn Io Grand harbor and go directly to their small apartment, eager to begin the task et arraagiag their furniture. Diaao manages to conceal her annoyance when they discover Bill's mother has already taken care of that detail. Bill leaveo ter the eßee, his thoughts full et the Staples case, which if handled successfully might gain him a Junior partnership. CHAPTER FOUR DIANE STOOD at ths window and watched Bill below until he turned the corner, loving his alert, sure walk, the way he wore his hat, the erect line of his shoulders. She wished he knew she was there and would look up and wave to her. But probably ho waa thinking of that Staples case already. A lonely thought struck In on her. This man wasn't the mate of the last few weeks, this waa the man she would live with but who, for the greater part of the time, would be absorbed in his profession. She straightened. Well, she was proud of his devotion to it, of his ambition! She’d help him in every way she could; she'd be interested in every case he had. Study some of those books he had, so she would know what he waa talking about She went Into the bedroom and brgaa to unpack thfilr bags. Hngerihg over the task, for it was like laying away the magic of their honeymoon. In the bottom of one of Bill's bags she found a big manila envelope stuffed with papers which he’d taken along to work on while he waa away. But he hadn't touched them? She allowed herself a moment of triumph before she put them in a safe place. Triumph, too, for that extra week they'd stayed. She wav still unpacking when Mrs. Arden came. Mrs. Arden kissed her on the cheek, kept her hand for a moment. “How well you look, my dear. Your tan Is very becoming. Did you like Bermuda ?’’ -We loved IL" "Tell me about It Did you have nice weather?” They sat down on the divan side by side. During her brief engagement Diane had given very little thought to Bill’s mother or father. She had gone with Bill a few times to have dinner with them, considered each occasion a bore, hat wondered fleetingly whatever Bill's mother had seen in tbe too passive man who was Bill's father to love and how between them they could have produced the marvel that was BUI. and that was all. She was marrying BUI. not his fanuly. she would have answered. if anyone had challenged her indifference, .

Kirsch. Mis. Ralph Rice and Mis Daniels were also present _ Blue Creek tadbusters The Blue Creek Sodbuster* held their third 4-H meeting June 2 at the Kimsey school building. The meeting was called to order by th" president followed by the group repeating the 4-H pledge. Glen Manley. secretary, then read tbe minutes of the previous meeting. A demonstration was given by l-ester Sipe on how to make a rope halter Refreshments were served to 32 members and one visitor. 0 American-Born Jap Taken Into Custody Accused Os Beating American Soldiers lavs Angeles. June 4.—(UP)—A 20-year-old California born Jap anese youth was accused today of brutally beating American sold iers while he was foreman at the Oeyama prisoner of war camp. He was held without bail. I’. S. attorney James M Carter said he would ask for s tresson Indictment sgalnst the youth. Tomoya Kawaklta, when he presents his case to the federal grand jury next week. Kawaklta was arrester! yesterday by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who had spent months investigating the story of an ex-Gs who said he saw, the besnectar led youth in an East l<os Angeles store and recognized him as a foreman in the prison camp. Kawaklta. operator of an ex-port-import business here, was arraigned before U. 8. commissioner David B Head and ordered

But now, married to Bill, she was conscious of an unavoidable closeness to his mother and disturbed because, here at the start, a hot resentment was the only emotion she was feeling. She was saying: "It waa sweet of you to have the apartment ready for usl" And thinking: “You cheated me!" -I knew Bill would have to plunge back into his work. That he couldn't help you.” "I'm not helpless!" But aloud: “Yes, he's all in a dither to start that Staples case. If he wins he may be taken into the firm!" "I know. He's told me." Diane put her hand to her throat “I believe I'm going to hate her!” BUI hadn't told HER until this morning. -Some gifts have come for you, In our care. From out-of-town relations. I didn't bring them over—" -Whatever win we do with everything?" “Home of my own wedding presents are still in a trunk." “There should be a law against them." Diane asserted. "11l buy a trunk!" -I'm afraid—an uncle of Bill's has sent on an old and rather large portrait which has been tn one or another branch of the family for a long time. Os Judge William Arden of Revolutionary times. Though he waa not one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, ho served valuably in ths conferences that led up to it In every Arden family ths first son is always named for him." Dians missed an amused tolerance in Mrs. Arden's voice. Rhe was thinking. “Til name my son what I please!" And, sweetly, "That’ll scarociy go into a trunk!” Mrs. Arden aided ts they f ind Allithea Matthewses fricnV, he Tremonts. •"They were out when wt cxllvl We meant to go again, or to telephone. but we simply didn’t have time* Mrs Arden spoke of Bertha, her cleaning woman. “Rhe has Thursdays free. I wondered If you'd like to engage her to come In each week. You'll need someone, won’t you? She’s very thorough and trustworthy; I’ve had her for twelve years." "There’s a maid hero I can get by the hour, when I want her. But thank you for thinking of it" “You’ll come over for dinner tonight? Bill said your father waa out of town." She'd called Bill, then, ar Bill had called her! Probably Bill had told her they'd come for dinner. "You see, it's Bill's father's birthday and It will please him a great deal to have you there.'’ "We’d love to cornel Thinks." “Keren o’clock—’ " Mrs. Arden text, ao'a. to go, as cordial tn parting she had been in her greeting of Diane. She had no intention ei ever saying: "You are my duufhter now." She did not think if her as such. But for Bill’s sake idie wanted a liking to exist between them. She h-d been' terribly startled when Bill told her he was going to marry Diane. She had heard some of the fantastic stories of J. Emmet's rise to wealth, of how Diane had been taken up by the younger set But. definitely, not the offspring of the set to which she, at nineteen,.had been Introduced, or BiU'p friends. The unpredictable moderns, she sometimes called the group, tolerantly enough, because none of them was dose to her,

held without bail Kgwakita stood stiffly kt atten tion as he appeared before Head. In answer to reporters' questions he denied beating any American prisoners but admitted acting as a foreman at a nickel factory operated in conjunction with the Oeyama camp. M | don’t remember.” he said later when a reporter aaked him about tbe beatlnf charges. If convicted of treason, be faces a possible death sentence. Carter said f*nkly that investigators considered the story fantastic when the ex-prisoner, former Sgt William L. Bruce, of San Luis Obispo. Cal., told them he recognised Kawaklta In an East Los Angeles store last October. Bruce said he hid behind a post so the Japanese would not see him. trailed him to bis automobile and noted down the license number through which his Identity was traced. During succeeding months. FBI sgents trailed Kawaklta almost constantly and interviewed scores of former prisoners from all over the United States in an effort to confirm Bruce's story, special FBI agent Richard Hood said Nearly 100 of the Gl's were expected to be brought here to testify against the youth, whose prison camp brutalities Carter said earned him the nickname, "The Meat Grinder.’* Hood said Kawaklta, born in Caiexico, Cal., went to Japan in 1B3» to study at Maijl University, Tokyo, was interned al the outbreak of war, but through his attitude toward fellow-Americans won his way Into his captors' good graces. He was made an Interpreter and assistant foreman at the Oeyama camp. Hood said. Among the mn's victims, the FBI agent said, was J. C. Grant, Clarksville, Ga.. assertedly knocked Into

She always had hoped Bill, If ho married, would marry Page Winston. Pago's mother was an intimate friend; she had known Page since she was a baby. But, his choice announced, she had cleared her heart of disappointment and misgivings and prepared it to aocept the girl Bill loved. But Diane could not know all this as she closed the door. She stood against it for a moment, letting stiff muscles slowly ease. She felt as though she had been fighting; resentment still burned in her. “I was going to cook a steak tonight I” She and Bill had talked it over, weighed steak against chicken and chicken against duck. She waa going to put on the dress of her trousseau Bill liked best, the yellow organdy which, he said, made her look like a little girl going to her first party. Daiquiri cocktails in the living room. Just ths two of them, in their own living room. Her eyes, darkly brooding, swept over the room, seeing Its sanctity spoiled. She went back to her unpacking. But now it was just a job to be done quickly; It had nothing to do with remembered magic. Suddenly alarm struck Into her mood. Why, she was half angry at BILL! On thia, their first day at home. In a little panic she crossed the room to the telephone between their beds. She would call Bill, She had to call him, for no more than to say: "I love you." A crisp feminine voice Informed her that Mr. Arden was in conference. -Hold the wire, please." To have to wait made Bill seem someone she did not know very well. His voice, "William Arden speaking." Hers appealed. “Bill, it’s Di!" “Holla Hold a minute. I'll take H I’4 my office." She must wait again. With her free hand she gripped the edge of the table. A little chill began to creep up her spine. His tone, when he spoke again, wk’ more intimate. “Darling, sorry, but the other room was full of people. 1 couldn't talk. How's everything going? Busy?" Bqt she did not miss a hurry under his questioning. Rhe had taken him from some Important conference. His Staples case. And she had vowed only this morning to help him! Her cheeks flamed with sudden acorn of herself. Bv.t the coolness in her spine had got to her head. "Bill, It’s about your father's birthday. We want to take a gift over with us tonight, don't we? I’ll get it this afternoon If you’ll suggest something—" "That’s right, Di. pick out a book. Something on gardens If there’s anything new) You’re a dear, anyway. Know that?" But still the hurry. * -I’ve been told so! That’s an, Mr. - Arden. Geodby.t A tong breath escaped her as she put the receiver back in Its place. “Saved by your wits, Mrs. Arden, from making a fool of yourself I" BUI must never know. She frowned at the Instrument, charging it to secrecy. She sat staring at IL while the prescience came tn on her that; probably, hereafter, there wdum be many things Bill must never know. It wouldn’t be as it had been these last weeks, when it was as simple as breathing to share every thought with Bill, when they’d not had to think es anyone or anything but themeelvea (To Bo Continued) e **

the camp* cesspool by Kawaklta and other guards and kept in the filthy tank for several hours. Thomas J. O'Connor. Miami Beach. Fla., another prisoner, was beat en temporarily insane by Kawaklta, Hood said. Other prisoners told FBI investigators that Kawaklta had no regard for their physical condition, assigned them Impossible chores and otherwise cruelly and maliciously treated them. "I kneW you Americans couldn't take It when the going got tough." one ex soldier quoted him. Witnesses said the prison-camp strongman was known as a judo expert and singled out as oppo nents prisoners who had worked long hours and with little food at a nickel mine 12 miles from camp. Hood said Kawaklta went to Japan on an American passport and returned here a year ago with an American passport obtained by concealing his wartime activities from the state department. 0 Labor Laws Edition Published By C. C. A new edition of labor laws of Indiana has been published by the personnel relations department of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce The new book Is a compilation of Indiana laws relating to employment and also the state industrial health and safety codes. It contains 215 page B with all of the 1947 statutes pertaining to »m ployment included. o Trade in a «Ja«d T«w» — Deealwr

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