Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1947 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller „ Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $6; Six months, $3.25; 3 months, $1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One Year, $7; 6 months, $3.75; 3 months, $2.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents. Greetings To You: Through the columns of this newspaper, individuals, business firms and Industries, join in wishing you a Merry Christmas. It is something unusual, we admit, for a community to permeate the air with so many expressions of good will and wishes for your happiness during and through the Yuletide. But this is an unusually friendly community and the many pages of greetings are sincerely extended for your Christmas enjoyment. It should be noted that more than 150 greetings are extended to you, so we kindly invite you to read each and every one. It Will enhance the Christmas spirit in your home, expand it over the community. We take pride in presenting this edition to you in behalf of those who wish you and yours, the Merriest of Christmases. A good old American motto was “Say nothing and saw wood.” Now it's keep cool and dig coal. 0 o In times like this, it is no sacrilege for Americans to thank God for a sound currency. The 1948 auto license plates will go on sale January 5, a reminder that another year has rolled by. The tags are the same price as last year’s, but nevertheless an item in the present day cost of operating a car with 27 or 28 cent a gallon gasoline. o o Following President Truman’s advice, the Senate voted in favor of releasing the names of the “bigshots" in the grain trading business. The ruse was to get a “confidential list* and of course friends of the august senators would not have been given to the press. Now let’s see who they are and if they committed a crime in dealing in futures and cash grain sales. o o The American Red Cross was called on for aid in 287 disasters during the year, expending more

When a Person is Starving •

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. A STARVING man will live off his own tissues for a time. If he cannot find food, he will automatically get energy for life from the fat and protein in his own body. Now starvation is not merely a matter of famine or lack of money. It often occurs in some degree because of illness or certain physical derangements which either prevent a person from eating or result in poor use of the food that he does eat. In any condition where there is great loss of weight and strength due to semi-starvation, it is important that proper food substances be given immediately to restore body tissues. Prior to certain operations, the patient must be given .special foods to put him in as good condition as is possible so that he may better stand the operative procedures. In most cases, the necessary Substances may be given by mouth. However, in certain instances, as when there is some obstruction or blocking of the esophagus, stomach, or small intestines, the ,food must be given in other ways. Os the body substances which must be supplied, the proteins are of most importance becanse they are needed for rebuilding the wornout tissues. The principal sources of proteins in natural foods are meat. fish. «eggs, and whole-grain eereile. In each of these foods, protein j makes up but a small percentage of

than ten million dollars to re-

lieve distress among fire, flood, storm and explosion victims. Dis-aster-caused deaths totaled 1,266 of which the Texas City, Texas explosion claimed 500 lives, heading the list of 1047 tragedies. This great service organization was on the Job within minutes of receiving the distress call. -—o o More nurses are needed everywhere, as many as 75,000 throughout the nation. Despite intense recruitment drives only 40,000 young women will enter training Schools next year. This is slightly more than last year, but much less than during the war. More than 32,000 hospital beds are unused because no nurses are available. In many sections new hospitals are being planned. Under the Hill-Burton Act a billion and a quarter dollars will be spent on expanded state hospitals alone. The need for nurses is due not to an Increase in sickness but in awareness. Increased population, hospital insurance, higher incomes and greater acceptance of hospitalization brought more than 15 million people iato hospitals in 1946, the survey reveals. o o Candles: The use of candles at Christmas time is said to come down to modern times from the days of the Roman Emperor Constantine for whom Byzantium was renamed Constantinople when he transferred the capital of the empire there. Constantine converted to Christianity after seeing a luminous cross in the sky, introduced the ritual of the lighted candle into Christian services of worship, and ordered special illumination on Christmas Eve. Today there are all kinds and shapes of Christmas candles’ Santa Claus waxen images, angels, snow men, bells and snow balls, not to mention the more orthodox tapers in white and red. These may seem a far cry from the days of Constantine. who lived in the fourth century A. D. Nevertheless when we light a candle at Christmas time, we are following a pattern that this Roman emperor started. Lights on the tree also come an old Norse practice of hanging bright baubles on an evergreen tree at the period of greatest darkness, to show the gods that men wanted the world to look bright again with the trees green and the fruits and blossoms gay. The likeness in customs of different peoples is a strange thing. Perhaps it will help in the end to further the thinking of people that humanity and the world are one.

the total volume. Therefore, where large amounts of protein are required to replace excessive loss, use of these foods alone is impractical. Nobody, much less a Sick person, could eat the enormous quantities necessary to furnish the required amount of protein. Suppose, for instance, that a person should need 300 grams of protein a day to make up his deficit This is three or four times the usual quantity and, if he were to get it from food, he would have to eat a pot roast weighing three or four pounds. Fortunately, today we are not dependent in such cases on food alone, but have available a good many types of protein concentrates. Often, these can be given in liquid form. For example, a skim milk powder, mixed in water, may be used. Such a mixture may be given through a tube which has been passed into the stomach. This procedure is particularly important in the recovery of persons so weakened by diseases or starvation that it is impossible for them to make the effort necessary to eat. If the patient is strong enough to drink the mixture, it can be flavored to suit the individual desires. A mixture has been suggested which employs six whole eggs and two additional egg whites, with four ounces of skim milk powder, skim milk, and skim milk sugar. Os 3»urte. treatment wjtj such mixture should be carried out at the physician directs.

I’ < « 1 £ f" - iK -1 ■ , 'i ■ j * . >■ i “v' I m'. - ■ 1 | & I » I T’ ww** j® ON HIS WAY to Congress with President Truman’s long-awaited message on the Marshall Plan, White House messenger Herbert Miller is shown as he arrived at the Capitol The Chief Executive asked for t $17,000,000,000 European recovers program, the largest spending plat in the nation’s peacetime history Swift action was urged by the President, who said he wanted the program to be operating by the first o! April. (International Soundphoto} _____ ■ I 0 - 0 I Modern Etiquette j I By ROBERTA LEE I 0 Q. What amount does the ten per cent tipping system refer to when settling for a meal? A. When the bill amounts to $2.50 or more. If the bill is only fifty or seventy-five cents, the size of the tip is optional. Q. If a bride’s father is not living, should the mother give her away? A. This is seldom done. In this case, the bride usually chooses her brother or nearest male relative. Q. Should one who is in mourning send holiday greetings to intimate friends? A. Yes, if one wishes to do so. However, it is not imperative, nor should it be expected. — 0 o o I Household Scrapbook I 1 By ROBERTA LEE | O— — ° Blanching Nuts To blanch almonds or raw peanuts for frying-pan roasting, pour boiling water over them and hold at simmering temperature for three minutes. Drain and slip off loose skins by pressing the kernel between thumb and forefinger. Spread blanched kernels on absorbent paper and dry overnight at ordinary room temperature. Shaping House Plants Plants growing in the house may be kept in shape by pinching the end buds iff the shoots that grow too vigorously. Cleaning Furs Fin- collars and cuffs may be successfully cleaned if rubbed thoroughly with cornmeal soaked in gasoline. Keep away from heat while cleaning. o

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Dee. 22 — Christmas masses will be held in the newly decorated St. Mary’s church, it is announced. Mrs. Lottie Lehman, 70, of Geneva, burns to death while preparing

Christmas Gift Suggestions For Dad and The Car Fog Lights Spotlights Trouble Lights Seat Covers Fire Extinguishers Battery Chargers Side Mirrors Wei have a complete line of accessories to choose from. ZINTSMASTER MOTOR SALES Ist & Monroe Phone 372

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breakfast for her son, who is an employe of the Decatur sugar factory. Miss Nellie Blackburn is visiting relatives and friends in Fort Wayne. Charles Downs of Indianapolis is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Downs here over Christmas. St. Rose of Lima, Ohio, defeats Commodores, 37 to 36, first loss of the season for the locals. o Ruth Luckey North To St. Louis Post Ruth Luckey North, a niece of Charles A. and Dick L. Burdg, of this city, is the new promotion manager of the fashion division of the Famous-Barr Company, at St. Louis, Mo., according to an article in Store Chat, house organ of the large department store. Store Chat says in part: “She is a native of Indianapolis, attended Butler University and the 1

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Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music there. She also attended the American academy of art and dress design, Chicago, and her first position was with Conde Nast Publishing company, New York City, as a specia l traveling representative staging fashion shows and doing public relations work in large department stores throughout the United States and Canada. She left there to Join the Henry C. Lytton company, Chicago, as special promotion director." Mrs. North took up her new work a month ago. She is the daughter of Mrs. Pearl Burdg Luckey, of Decatur, and the late Herbert Arnold Luckey. Mrs. Luckey is spending the holidays with her daughter in St. Louis. 0 Uranium and other rare metals have been made in impure powder form for at least a century but only within the last 30 years have they been purified and put to work. -

Buys Health Bond Decatur G. E. Club has voted purchase of a $lO health bond,

oiificials of the , Christmas seal . campaign J n ! Adams conn--1 ty announced : t o d a y . All ; proceeds from ; the annual ; Christmas seal sales are used in the fight on tuberculo-

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sis and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the “white plague.” The sale is conducted by the Adams county tuberculosis association. — o Young Quarters of Beef, 70 to 100 lbs. each, 35c to 40c lb. Also Beef for canning and Summer Sausage.—H. P. Schmitt Locker Service, it o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

Pays Fine For Failing To Observe Stop Sign Robert Tumbleson, arrested last week by sheriff Herman Bowman on a charge of failing to stop for a preferential highway, was fined $lO.lO when he pleaded guilty before justice of peace Floyd B. Hunter late Saturday.

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