Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1947 — Page 4

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DECATUR daily democrat Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUB DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H. IJeller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y & Bus. MCTDick D. Heller — Vice-Presl<Jent Subscription Rates By Mail in Adams ahd Adjoining Counties: One year, $6; Six months, $3.25; 3 months, $1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One Yedr, $7; S months, $3.75; 3 months, $2.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents. Are you using Christmas Seals on your packages and letter mail? p-—o Wild game seems to be moving back to the middle west. They estimate that there are 5,000 deer ranging in eight Ohio counties. o o Senator Taft opines that by next April the country may need meat rationing. Ah pshaw! By that time the spring lambs will be here. o p It is betraying no secret to in-' form all whom it may concern, that the United States is now en-‘ gaged in a project to bring peace to the world and keep it peaceful, regardless of dangerous meddlers. o o President Jruraan was right in calling up ;the list of retired generals and other high army officers, now drawing disability pay. Statistics reveal that only 25 percent of the G. I.’s draw compensation, while 75 percent of the big brass receive disability benefits. Truman will probably shake up the list and some of the men will be with-, out their monthly pay checks. They may have to go to work. Should we stop sending machinery to Russia? Many say so, partly under the impression that we are rebuilding the entire industry of Russia. The State Department places the value of these products for the first nine months of this year at $16,100,(TOO. Also from July to September Russian goods sent to the United States exceeded in value those which we sent them, the figures being respectively $26.500,000 and $22,800,000. This sounds like normal trade. Should we cut off all trade whatsoever with the Soviets? o o The fact that the property tax bill in this county will climb to $904,558.27 next year, a boost o.t $194,647.47 over this year, is proof that the state should make a larger distribution of the gross income taxes to the townships and other governmental units. Another year's increase and Adams county taxpayers will have to “dig up" more , than a million dollars every twelve !

1 _ _ — _ _ - ———, When the Thyroid Gland is Enlarged

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. THE thyroid gland may become enlarged from a good many different causes but, whatever the 'cause, such an enlargement is known to the doctor as goiter of one type or another. Fortunately, the most common sort is not serious in its effects if proper treatment is given at the start. This type of goiter occurs in growing girls and pregnant women, probably because at these periods there is a demand for an increased amount of the thyroid gland secretion. The chief ingredient of the thyroid gland secretion is iodine; thus, in treating this enlargement it is suggested that the patient take iodine in some form prescribed by the physician. Even more important, perhaps, would be the regular use of iodized salt to help prevent goiters of this type. Sometimes patients with these simple enlargements of the thyroid gland show symptoms of hypothyroidism or lack of thyroid secretion. These symptoms may include gain in weight, thinning of the hair, dryness of the hair and skin fatigue and constipation. If these symptoms develop, it may be necessary for the patient to take thyroid extract in doses which the physician prescribes. The test # the_ bap.sl test A £el pffil y; .de-1 tergjlaipg yhether pr aptl

months. Much of the increase in ■ the annual bill is due to the higher levies in the townships for increased teachers’ salaries. The t state legislature voted $23,000,00’0 ip increases, and then turned around and gave the school upits I only $;0,000,090. With a great surplus piling up in the state treas- : ury, local communities should not be penalized by high property taxes. o 0 — Drew Pearson is not too busy to s take note of the damage d® ll ® b ?’ ’ rats to grain harvests. The np.ted columnist also advocates a nationwide campaign against the destruc- ; tive rodents. He writes: The United States could probably save 400,000,000 bushels of grain annually by two measures alone—control of rats and eliminating weevil from grain bins, elevators and freight cars. . . . Rats and other rodents, for instance, eat or waste around 200,000,000 bushes of grain annually. And in order to undertake an effective rat-extermi-nation campaign it is almost necessary for every farmer in a community to exterminate at the same time. Otherwise, the rats leave one farm for another.” Place the red squill along the rat runs and get rid of the food enemies. And while we are in the rat war, it wouldn’t hurt to clean out basements and rubbish holes where the pesky creatures breed. o 0 Ney Canal: Soon the 1,100 mile waterway connecting Minneapolis-St. Paul with the Gulf of Mexico will be freed of navigation hazards. Under the Army engipeers a giant canal is being constructed, its northern tip near St. Louis across the Mississippi River in Illinois. It is to extend eight miles south on a diagonal line to Granite City, 111. The ■ I main lock is one of the largest I ■ locks in the world. It is 1,200 feet ' long which is 200 feet longer than the great locks of the Panama Canal. Its walls will reach to the height of a five-story building. The canal, which will be aboiit four years in building, is necessary in order to avoid the seven-mile Chain of Rocks of the Mississippi in this area. Because of these obstructions tows must now be broken. In the future the canal will permit quicker and cheaper shipment through from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, .thus greatly enhancing the commercial and industrial growth of the vast Mississippi Valley. The cost is estimated at over 16 and a half million dollars with a broad new bridge, at another million and a half, planned to carry U. S. Route 66 over the canal. The operation is gigantic, representing much expenditure of man-, power and wealth. Few nations 1 could undertake such a project of 1 internal improvement at this time.

roidism is present. This test is carried out by haying the patient breathe oxygen from a tank and measuring the amount of oxygen used up in a given period of time. In hypothyriodism. oxygen is used at a slower rate than normally. Sometimes a lump forms in the thyroid gland. Such lumps or nodules particularly in persons between 30 and 50 years of age, may indicate the development of a tumor of the gland. Because of this fact, it is suggested that when such a nodule is present, an operation should be carried out and the growth removed. Often a number of these nodules or lumps are present in the gland. In many instances, this condition is due to a lack of iodine. However, in some cases, the nodules may be causing pressure on the nerves or on the windpipe, in which case removal of the thyroid gland may be necessary. If it is suspected that a malignant tumor or cancer of the thyroid is present, removal of the entire thyroid gland must be carried out at once. In some cases, X-ray treatments following the removal of the gland may be required, depending upon whether or not it has been possible to remove the entire gland at the time of operation. If the growth has progressed so far that operaHjiß eaccot be earned W It all X-ray treatfljejsts aye e»plpyep.

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0 -0 I Modern Etiquette i 1 By ROBERTA LEE I I 0 : 0 Q. When a woman is indebted to several people who have entertained her, would it be all right to give ■ one large party and invite all of ‘ them? A. I< would be better perhaps, if a large number of people, to give 1 several smaller affairs, inviting to ’ each party only those persons she ‘ thinks would be cdngenial. Q. If a woman is seated in a streetcar or bus, and another wo- 1 man carrying a baby, or a crippled 1 person, is standing, should she offer 1 her seat? 1 A. Yes, even if several men re- ! main seated. Q. When a son is born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Jr., with Robert Smith, Sr., still living, will the new’ 1 boy be Robert Smith, 3dr or 4th? 1 A. The present generation will be Robert Smith, 3rd. o At least 100 gallons of good quality table syrup can be made from a ton of dried almond hulls, say University of California : scientists.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR WHEN PHILIP slipped tn the booth beside Alison he said, “Teresa wouldn’t Come to a place like this. Comparisons ... Do you mind?" “But in fairness to her, our lives have been very different.” “I grant that; Surely I have never been less than fair to her." “You love her . . He folded his arms on the edge of the table. “I’m defeated. Sam s beaten me twice. All during the war I wondered what would happen when he came back to see his daughter. There’s a lot of bitterness and love mixed up in that. 1 don’t think they themselves can get it quite straightened out Apparently they haven’t got over each other.” She felt annihilated. “You think Sam loves her?” The ash of his cigaret crumpled on the red porcelain table. He didn’t see it “I think he’ll marry her again. Isn’t that enough? And isn’t it high time I called the whole thing off? You’re a girt You can’t see Teresa as a man sees her/ No one can possess her because she possesses herself. That’s what makes her fascinating. Men want to try to break hes down." “Can Shm?” He shook his head negatively. His voice was unusually intense. “Not even Sam. Teresa has lived without love for more than three years. She’s lived like a hermit telling herself that her career and her child were everything. She’s tried to despise men. but she hasn’t succeeded. She wants love, needs IL But a man is only a side-issue to het; a flash and it’s gone. It would be the same if she hadn't had a new dress for more than three years. She would have tc nave a new dress. But after she wears the new dress a few times she wants to throw it away.” Sam, his vitality, his warmth, his strength compared with a new dress ... He said, “If Teresa were not sc strongly sexed she could be a successful career girl and that would be that!’* She reached for a cigaret and lighted it before he could assist her. She had to do something tc keep her hands steady. "You know all these things about her, Philip, yet you'd have married her?" He nodded. “Yes. Yes. Which makes me into a case of retarded development or something. The perennial adolescent and tfis first love. Love is'a Utile like a babitfornclMf drus. K iap’t easy tc

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break the habit when it has a firm , hold on you.” He took off his . glasses and smiled at her wearily. . “Would It embarrass you If I told i you you could assist in the cure?" “I like you very much, but . . ." i “You’re an exciting girt You’re a lot of the things I tried to dream , Into Teresa, things that simply • weren’t there. That’s so easy to do. We want our love to be perfect > That’s one of the reasons why we 5 get hurt because the person won’t » can’t live up to the image of per- . Section we've built u- in our 3 minds. It’s one of the stages of . love. Anil the last Stage is When you accept her faults, knowing i you’d rather have her than an- . other girl who could better live up r to that image of perfection . . . That’s how it is. I’U tell you no c lies. You’re tired and sleepy. Let’s go home." 1 She sat with his arm around her » and her head on his shoulder all the way home. It was a good arm .. and a good shoulder, she thought t half-consciously. You didn't have ; to worry about anything. You e didn’t have to think if you didn’t e want to. All the things you needed - to soothe a damaged spirit Philip s could give you. And he was tak- / Ing you to a house that was the nearest thing to a home ydu had known since you had left Vermont, ’. Her room was waiting and the bed >. and in the morning breakfast j would be brought in. There would e be fresh flowers on the tray and t the morning paper. Nothing forj gotten. Maybe love could evolve s from this greased existence . • . t She opened her eyes. It’s almost s daybreak, she thought. And I don’t e believe any of these things I’m t thinking. I don’t want substitutes t Tor Sam. I want Bam . . . n She and Philip walked up the o broad stairway together. e "If you catch up on sleep s by tomorrow afternoon, Alison, will ybu drive in with me and have i, tea with my venerable Aunt Sara? v Two Sunday afternoons a month that’s a date put above all others, o I’d like you to meet the old lady. She’s out of another era, but she d keeps a finger on this one, too.” • • • d As Edna drove off, Alison walked t up the steps to the clean white o door with the shiny brass knocker. If only she could go back to Oct tober and begin all Over again, she - thought. But would It be different if she still trusted her feelings, bell Ueving that love wanted to fulfill d itself? Her hair had begun to e glisten with the Partly frozen rain t before Annette responded to the knocking/' D *A lot of changes bare since you

off the presses. The thermometers in Decatur continue to show zero temperatures. Congress awards medaj of honor to Col. Charles Lindbergh. perry Roebucfc, 51, dies at the Soldier’s tlome at Dayton, Ohio. Good Fellows fund is $65.34 today. Hoover for president boosters claim a total 300 vqtes pledged. Yellow Jackets lose to Fort Wayne Central, 36 to 29. o~ CHURCH NEWS pethany Church The December fellowship service of the Bethany Evangelical fluffed Brethren chhrch will be held at 6:30 o'clock this evening at the church. A film entitled “the Child of Bethlehem” will bh shown. ?viembers arid friends are invited to attend. o • Indiana's Siamese Twins Gain Weight Doctor? Say Babe?' Progress Is Normal Indianapolis, Dec. 10 —(UP ) — The Siamese twins born joined together at the tops of their skulls were gaining weight today on the usual milk diet of babies. Dr. Donald Caseley, director of the Indiana university medical center, said the babies have gained a total of five ounces since their birth 11 days ago. Their combined weight at birth was eight pounds, four ounces. He said their gain in weight and other progress in growth and health was about normal for babies born one month prematurely. Brain specialists have abandoned plans for a delicate operation to separate the bone which connects them at the top of their skulls. They said there was virtually no hope the twins could survive the operation because they apparently have common brain tissue. A separation will not be attempted unless it appears that one of the twins is dying, Caseley said. Death of one baby would doom the other | unless they could be separated sucI c'essfully, he said. “They are firmly united and the joint is not flexible,’ he said, “Theoretically the only way they ■ could ever walk would be with one . twin supported upside down on the i head of the other.

been gone,” Annette said eagerly. Were Sam and Teresa married? "Changes?” “Suzy’s goin’ to school. One of them nursery schools. They come for her in the momin’ along about quarter to nine and bring her home about a quarter past twelve. 1 give her her lunch and put her to bed for her nap. Miz Tarrant didn’t get another nurse. Suzy don’t need no nurse. She’s a big girl now." ‘ Alison looked at Annette’s round beaming face, scarcely seeing it. They were not married—but Sam had won his point. Suzy wotild have playmates now and learn how to play with her contemporaries. She was out of her ruffled prison a few hours each day. Teresa had listened to Sam and acquiesced. She was doing as Sam wished. She was trying to please him. She was being a woman in love smoothing out the wrinkles . . . Annette was waiting for her to say something . . . "Does she like school?” “At first she didn’t. You know how bashful she is. But she’s get1 tin’ warmed up to it.” 1 think it’s fine. But who gives her her lunch on Thursday, your ! day off?” 1 Annette laughed. ”1 don’t get no day off except Saturday and 1 Sunday afternoons. But Miz Tar- '■ rant made it worth my while.” ! Teresa had so planned it that ' she, Alison, would have Suzy in ’ charge on Saturday afternoon and, 1 since Annette was loudly vocal in . her denunciation of cold weather, ; it would also fall to Alison to lake ’ the little girl for her walk every ‘ other afternoon during the week. As Annette went back to the , kitchen to her morning radio serials she paused long- enough tc , say, “Miz Tarrant has a whole flock of new records. They’re good!” j, Her laughter trailed. Obviously I she was enjoying the new spirit In , the house. Alison’s eyes roamed the room. Sam had been here with Teresa. • They had been* together In this room with the music pouring over them and through them, music that 1 Teresa wanted to hear when Sam s was with her. If she should go . over to the phonograph now and . play the last record that had been > played, the room would be filled • with low warm music. Ard once . this had been a room where Sam I had risen to meet her and where > their laughter and the smoke of i their cigarets had met and mingled. . Npw it belonged to Teresa and S4m afid to tj» new at love., I (To Be Continued)

Buys Health Bond l ’ The C. L. of C. has voted purchase of a $5 health r officials of the -/t" 5 . 1 "" 5 .. 5 . 6 . 0 .... Christmas seal e campaign in ; Adams counai ! ty announced :tod ay. All 'D* £ J ■ proceeds from 1 igi ... Toor Protection fight Against Toborcolosis on tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the “white plague.” The sale is conducted by the Adams bounty tuberculosis associatiofi. 3 ... - 1 “That would be impossible, of t course.” s The babies have not been named 1 as yet by their parents, Mr. and - Mrs. Edward R. Speer of Bedfonj, - Ind. They have been kept in an incubator at James Whitcomb Riley children's hospital. They lie head-to-head on the incubator pad with their feet extending in opposite directions. They were rushed to the hospital here following their birth in a Bedford hospital Nov. 29. One of the twins appeared somewhat weaker than his brother during the first few days of life but now both are equally strong, doctors said. Pediatricians at first gave the infants littje chance to survive more , than a few weeks but they have } continued to thrive while under observation. j Caseley said every day they live strengthens their chance for surt vival. r He said it was too early to dej termine whether the "common brain’ would affect the mentality of the twins but that “they move j their fingers and toes just Jike any j other babies and 'appear normal ( otherwise.” 0 1 Sodium arsenite is used to kill > trees by injection into the trunk 5 near the base of the tree. 0 > APPOINTMENT OF , ADMINISTRATRIX ESTATE NO. 4802 Notice Ih hereby iciven. That the undersigned has been appointed Administratrix of the estate ■ of James Glick late of Adams Coun- , ty, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. ' ' ' * ' I 1 .... Norn M. Huger Administratrix December », 1114". D. Burdette Custer Attorney ' Dec'. TO-17-24

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