Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1948 — 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 I. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y 4 Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller .. Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $6; Six months, $3.25; 3 months, $1.75. By MaU, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One Year, $7; 6 mouths. 53.75; 3 months, $2.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents. The zero temperature doesn’t blend well with the bright sunshiny, longer days. o o That extra day this month will soon be history, a reminder that you have only three weeks to get your 1948 auto license plates. o o Local assessors are not going to boost assessment values for taxation purposes on automobiles. That is following a correct policy. In another year, old ears will have a smaller market value and owners should not have an added burden foisted on them. o o Josiah K. Lilly lived to the 86 years old, his death occurring Sunday in Indianapolis. He contributed much, to man's welfare through

the pharamceutical firm, which he helped to develop into the largest cf its kind in the country. He was a patron of music and one of the foremost collectors of Stephen Foster’s works. Indiana has lost one of its most famous sans. o o Opinion seems to be that Congress will enact some sort of rent ; control extension. Since the present law expires February 29, the i action must be taken quickly if a ; lapse of control is to be prevent- j ed. When a law must be passed , in a hurry to meet a deadline, there always is danger of hasty, ; ill-shaped legislation. The bill pre- j pared for the Senate banking committee makes only two significant ] dhanges in present controls. 1 o o 1 This is National Heart Week, ac- ; cording to publicity releases. We seem to be going through a con- i glomeration of health weeks, which probably have their good effect in emphasizing proper care . of the body and diagnosis of ailments, but if the ticker stops, there isn’t much one can do. Man's heart receives a lot of wear and unless one can take it easy when a defect is shown, remedies are worthless. Slowing down a’ little is probably the best remedy for heart disease sufferers. o o

A buyer's market may be in prospect in the commodity pits.'

Shock Treats Mental Disorder o

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D.i ONE of the great advances of modern times is the so-called shock treatment for various mental disorders. Before it was discovered during the middle '3o’s that in some unaccountable way a drastic physical shock set the mental processes back on the right track, little could be done for such people. Today, however, many types of mental illness can be improved or even cured entirely by this means. One form of such illness which often responds to the shock treatment is schizophrenia. This disorder causes a distorted view of reality. Other patients benefited are those who are depressed and melancholy. A good many different agents can .be used to bring about the curative shock. One is a drug, called metrazol. Another is insulin, which acts by lowering the blood sugar and producing unconsciousness. Os late years, however, doctors have turned more and moue to the use of electricity to produce shock. It has now been established that the electro-shock treatment can be carried out without putting he paient in a hospital. This is an advantage, of course, because hospital care is quite expensive. Some people under such treatment can go ®j;tdoors. and tend to certain types. Further-, nsore, followthe treetmen*. raih patients do not need readjustment

It is too early to hazard a guess that it has already arrived. The slump may be the slide to a tower l. general level of commodity prices, t or it may be nothing more than an indication of uneasiness among * speculators. The European food t shortage will not last forever and there will then be less foreign dec mand for American goods. The re- . action of the stock market seems to bear out the idea that the slump represents speculator uneasiness, rather than any sign of serious crash. t ——« « —— Red Cross workers will seek a goal of $9,060 in the annual drive which will get underway in this county and throughout the nation on March 1. The soliciting is dene by volunteers, so the least we can do is to be polite to them, for they are giving their time to the cause. Few counties our size, have as an alert home service office as the one which functions here. It has aided those in distress and on numerous occasions given the veteran or serviceman the lift he needs when illness or financial reverses have beset him. It is the only organization we have in the county that has funds to aid those in time of need. Your contributions make this service possible. o o A Recent Poll:

Republican leadership, according to Washington dispatches, was set back on its political heels by a. finding of a normally pro-GOP survey that President Truman would be re-elected by a larger majority than the 1944 Roosevelt sweep and that Democrats w-ouid recapture both the House and Senate. 1 The survey conclusions, publish- ‘ ed privately, were reached by Dunn i Survey, of Greenwich, Conn, show- ( ing the public opinion -trend as of ’ January 2. 1 The conclusions, entitled “1948 , pre-election analysis” were sum- < med up in this fashion: ( Mr. Truman to win by a larger ’ I popular vote than Roosevelt’s near- j ly 54 per cent in 1944. Mr. Truman to win more than 37.5 electoral , votes (277 needed.) The Senate and House to become Democratic. Mr. Truman’s vote in the larger cities to be about the same as Roosevelt's in 1940 and 1944. Mr. Truman to make substantial gains in the Republican rural and suburban areas. Republicans immediately claimed the Dunn Survey at times had niot been completely accurate. Rut, in a contradictory vein, it might be pointed out that in October, 1940, the Republican National Committee, quoted a

Dunn survey as showing an unusually high record of accuracy.”

to home life as is required after they are hospitalized over a long period of time. When the treatment is carried on outside of the hospital, dangers for the patients can be minimized by instructing the family to provide companionship, and to keep dangerous things, such as sharp knives, firearms, or drugs, out of the patient’s reach. Drugs for quieting the nervous system can be provided for sleeplessness and to lessen tension. Many patients who are suffering from only mild depression may recover in a few weeks. In schizophrenia. or split personality as it is called, the patient may require twenty er more treatments over a period of from six to ten weeks. In carrying out the treatment, ■ the patient is permitted to have a , light breakfast, about two hours , before the treatment is given. I After the electro-shock, the pa- - tienit remains in bed until he is fully awake. A trained nurse re- ■- mains with him until be is partially > conscious, then a member of the family may sit with him until he t i is fully awake and can dress him- } self. He is then allowed to go » home and resume his usual activi- - ties. The after-care of the patient may require a period of rent and a prep- . aratiou. such as aspirin. Io relieve > headache or tnnsele soreness patient? Swvisg <ye«t«ae»t recover from depret- , sion and melancholia.

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0 —1 l Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE I 0 0 Q. Is it necessary for a hostess at a large reception to introduce strangers to at least a few -other guests? A. No; this would be too large a task. The Ching for the guests at large receptions to do is to begin conversations with their fellow-

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SYNOPSIS s Catherine Liatex U> engaged to Nicky j Bray, former aviator recently discharged from an army hospital, but ] only to herself would she admit her j feeling for him was one of compassion j more than love. Following a visit to the doctor for a final check-up, he _ apologized for net taking her to dinner , saying he had promised to meet Dick j Blanchard, a friend from the Air Force. ; While passing her Aunt Angela Ward- 1 well’s town house, which had been closed since the sudden death of her husband, John, a few years before, 1 Catherine was surprised to see it ablaze ' with ligihto. Stie would have stopped in had she not spied her cousin Hat I La Mott’s car at the curb. Catherine's I dislike of Hat had reached a new high i shortly before her uncle's death when 1 she had deliberately appropriated Ste- ] phen Darrell with sviiom Catherine was j then in lose. As she turned away she ] collided with a strange man who had been staring intently at the Wardwell , house. Later, at her apartment, Cath- - erine recalled that day long ago when she had surprised Hat and Stephen together at the latter’s small cottage near Angela’s country place. Stephen, then in the Navy, had tried repeatedly to explain but Catherine refused to see him, and shortly after he had gone to the Pacific. Roused by the doorbell, she is amazed to find him on her threshold. CHAPTER THREE LONG AGO, Catherine had gone over in her own mind what she should say and do when she and Stephen Darrell met again, because it was inevitable that they should meet some time, if they were both alive. Stephen was a friend of the Wardwells’ and of Nicky’s. She had never imagined

a meeting like this. There was no air in her lungs. It was the shock of seeing him again like this, suddenly, without • warning. Confusion filled her—and anger? No. There was no reason why she should be angry. The wound that this man had dealt her had healed long ago. There should, she thought, be a handbook for such occasions: What to say when the man who has jilted you comes calling. He mustn’t see that she was even momentarily upset. Certainly not. She gathered her scattered forces, pulled the door wider, smiled. “Why, Stephen . . Her voice came out just as she wanted it to, lightly casual, indifferently friendly. "What are you doing in New York? I thought you were thousands of miles away, occupying Japan.” He was -close to her now. She could see the dark specks in the luminous hazel of hks eyes. “I was, until recently. We flew in this morning.” “You did? How exciting!” She stepped back and he followed her through the hall and into the living room. Catherine crossed to the hearth, putting distance between them. She turned to face him. There was a smell of singeing wool. She was too near the fire. Her robe hadn’t caught. She examined a fold, let it fall, stepped farther away from the hearth. "How do you like my place?” she asked brightly. Stephen glanced around perfunctorily. “Nice.” He was taking off his coat, threw it over a chair near the door. He was evidently going to stay awhile. Why had he come? Catherine chattered on. “I was awfully lucky, really. Apartments are still frightfully hard to get... "I heard they were as scarce as hen’s teeth.” He lit a eigxret, looked at her intently ©ter it. There was a

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6 guests — in an unobtrusive and gracious manner, of course. I Q. Should dry cakes, such as lady p fingers and macaroons, be broken as each bite is taken? g A. No. It is better to take small e bites out of them. r Q. Is it necessary for a girl to thank a man for bringing her home from a party? ’ A. No; this is not necessary. > 0 ■ Trade In a uood Town —Decatur

searching quality to his steady gaze. She felt herself coloring. “Yes, I was thinking Os pitching a tent in Washington Square when I found this. . . .” Banal words, stupid, meaningless —but you had to say something. She went about switching on more lamps and feeling that she was in a singularly unpleasant dream. Why had Stephen come? He must have a reason. He gave her no immediate indication of what it was. She said, “Cocktail?" and he said, “Why not? An excellent idea at all times,” and went with her into the big red and white and blue kitchen where even the bright paint and new linoleum couldn’t banish the shadows, and helped her mix martinis. In the living rojm once more, in chairs in front of the fire, nursing his glass in long-fingered hands, he said rather abruptly, "Tell me about yourself, Catherine. How’s Nicky?” He pronounced Nicky’s name almost challengingly. Catherine thought, drawing on her cigaret. Why should he? Her engagement to another man was no concern of his I-nng before she had become interested in Nicky, she and Stephen were finished, washed up. She told herself that she was attributing emotions to him that weren’t there. He was simply inquiring about his successor, who was also his friend. Keep cool . . . She swung a slippered foot and sipped her drink. “You heard Nicky was wounded?” “Yes, Tom La Mott wrote me.

What do the doctors say?” Tom, not Hat, Catherine thought, ] and told him. “There’s nothing ; now to worry us but the skull , fracture —and that will heal of it-, j self. I’m walking on air. It could ; have been so r'uch worse.” Stephen agreed. He had turned - away, was sideways to her, gazing ’ at the flaming logs. "Still, it was rotten bad luck all the same, after, what he went through safely.” Was it for news of Nicky that he had sought her out? If so, why hadn’t he gone to Tom La Mott ? He had seen Tom, or Hat. He knew that Angela was back from the West. He began to talk of her. "John Wardwell’s death must have hit your aunt pretty hard. They’d been married a long while, more than twenty years, hadn’t they? I understand it was heart. . . Catherine nodded bleakly. She was relieved that the talk had moved away from her. She wished it had taken another direction. She didn’t like to think about that December night almost two years ago. In spate of the time that had elapsed, the memory was still vividly nightmarish. Her uncle’s lifeless body sprawled at the foot of the marble staircase, a trickle of blood coming from a cut on his forehead, his eyes open, staring blankly. "Yes, it was heart. I was with Aunt Angela when she found him. It was pretty terrible. Luckily, Mike was there.” “Mike . . ... ? Oh. Mike Nye.” Stephen got up, propped an elbow on the mantel and looked down ’ into the fire. Catherine’s face grew hot, Mike ; Nye, a dozen years older than Ste- ' phen, a friend of her inother’aAnd s father’s and of her own, was the i only person who knew what had ’ happened between Stephen and s herself two years ago—not all, but some of it. r She had run into Mike on the i morning her headlong flight

o O I Household Scrapbook I , By ROBERTA LEE I O — O Grease on Leather Grease spots can be remov ed from leather furniture by a cloth wrung out of warm soapsuds. Carbon tetrachloride removes such stains from other furniture. Marked Jars All kitchen jars and bottles should be labeled. In case of illness and a stranger is in the kitchen she can find things readily, and confusion will be avoided. Wail Cracks Be cure to fill every crack and crevice in the kitchen walls with plaster before putting on the spring coat of paint. o —

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Feb. 10 — Rev. E. P. White of Bobo chosen to supervise music at the northern Indiana Methodist conference to open at Fort Wayne March 28. Mrs. Rebecca Murphy, 92, of this city, dies at home of Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold in Fort Wayne. The Monmouth high school five defeats Geneva. 28 to 23. Rev. Fledderfbhann gives talk on Lincoln at high school chapel. Fire destroyed a Ford truck inside Everett & Hite warehouse on First street but damage to building slight. ■Wells county authorities are investigating the proposed dredging of the Wabash river. o Though 1 lose every friend on earth I mean to keep my conscoence (my friend) to the end. — Lincoln.

from Stephen’s shack At the foot i of the hill, beyond the clumped birches, she bad collided with | Mike, tramping along the road, j pipe in mouth, swinging a stick } He had stopped short when he saw her. “Good Lord, Catherine, what I Indiscreet words had been I startled out of her. She had been | asleep, she was awake ... It was her own fault. . . . Ladies shouldn't go barging into bachelor’s domiciles. uninvited. . . . Mike had sworn like a trooper, his face black. “That two-timing so and so, wait until I get my hands on him. . . .” She had left Mike there, staring up at the shack. Had he said anything to Stephen? Had they met that day, quarreled ? She could tell nothing from Stephen’s expression, nor what he said now, after so long, prodding a log end with the toe of a polished black oxford. "Mike Nye was’ John Wardwell’s closest friend, wasn't he, Catherine? And isn’t he'a relative of yours?” She said stiffly, “He’s not a relative. he’s my godfather. Did you know he’d won the National Award last year for work he did for the government in Italy? I’m crazy about Mike, and terrifically proud of him." Stephen’s profile was expressionless. “Really?” Catherine didn’t like his tone ’ ; She didn’t, in fact, like anything ■ > about him, and she wished passionately that he'd stop making! ■ conversation and go. With every i ■ moment the strain of keeping up ' ’ this polite chit-chat was becoming j . greater. I

He showed no sign of going Lean length propped indolently against the mantel, he was looking past her, with sudden interest, at something on the other side of the; room. | Catherine turned her head. It j was the gleaming -figure of the] leopard on which Stephen Darrell’s] gaze was fastened. "Isn’t that . . . ? Didn’t John, Wardwell use to have that thing ’ on his desk in the Sixty-fourth] Street house—or is it a twin?” he asked. j “It isn’t—and it did —come from - Uncle’s desk. He sent it to me for Christmas the year he died.” She spoke shortly, her irritation and restlessness mounting. Stephen Darrell was certainly making himself at home, she reflected with a savage flash of humor. He left the hearth, picked up the cocktail: beaker, and started to pour her a second -drink. "Tom La Mott told me Nicky had left the hospital. I thought he might be here.” So that was why he had come She was the one he used to come to see. That was over. It had been over for a long while. “No,” she said, watching the pale amber liquid falling in a thin stream. “Nicky and I were going to have dinner together, but Nicky ran into an old crewmate of his. a man named Blanchard, and they’re, Blanchard and some other flyers, foregathering at Soldi’s.” Ice tinkled sharply and the beaker stood still in mid-air. Catherine looked up. Blanchard’s name seemed to have had an unpleasan’ effect on Stephen Darrell. His face, wore a closed look. His Hkes and dislikes weren’t of the slightest consequence as far as she was concerned, but she was curious. “What is it,” she asked, "don’t you like Blanchard?” "I never knew him very well.” Stephen put the beaker down and strolled toward the wiedowj. (To Be Continued)

CARD OF THANKS We wish in thte way to attempt I an expression of our sincere appreciation to all those who in any way gave assistance last night during the fire which destroyed our home, especially thanking those who removed and stored our belongings, | who graciously loaned the use of trucks, etc. The Bierly Family The Wilson Family Justine Geimer and Joey o CARD OF THANKS We deeply express our thanks 8 and appreciation to our many J friends, neighbors, relatives, the singers for their beautiful hymns, .? also Rev. White for his consoling i words of sympathy, Dr. Kohne and Dr. Burk for their service, the undertaker Mr. Weber, and all floral offerings and assistance shown us during the sickness and death of our dear mother and grandmother, j The Children of Mrs. Henry Hill. I — —o— ■ Household Goods insurance. | Kenneth Runyon, K. C. Bldg, i Now She Shops “Cash and Carry” Without Painful Backache When disorder of kidney function permits poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it may cause nagging backache, rheumatic pains, . leg pains, Joss of pep and energy, getting up nights, swelling, puffiness under the eyes, 1 headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scanty j passages with smarting and burning sometimes shows there is something wrong with 1 your kidneys or bladder. ( Don’t wait! Ask your druggist for Doan’s Pills, a stimulant diuretic, used successfully by millions for over 50 years. Doan's give happy relief and will help the 15 miles of “ kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from your blood. Get Doan’s Pills. MASONIC Regular stated meeting at 7:30 o’clock this evening. Walter Lister. W. M.

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