Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1948 — Page 4

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Bluffton has as much basketball glory as Decatur . . . Chester Center won the sectional over there. 0 o The alert, enthusiastic farm youth is signing up this week as a member of the 4-H clubs. It is a commendable identification for the boy or girl to be a member of this group. Van Wert county is running a close second to Alb n county in the number of traffic deaths since the first of the year. Four persons have been killed in the Ohio county and six in the Fort Wayne area during the past 60 days. _ o o The American Legioh and the American Red Cross have always been teammates in all these heartwarming undertakings. I call upon ail of our 16,820 posts and 3,272,<760 members to actively support the 1948 roll call of the Red Cross . . . Legion National Commander O'Neil. o o Along with tax reduction. Con gress should set up a system to collect taxes from the person who is not paying his full share. Persons on payrolls are paying to the last penny and there should be some way to collect from the individual who chisels on his net income. o o Sentiment is crystalizing in this country against Russia and although, the nation doesn't want war, the average individual is say- i ing, "if we have to fight them : (Russia) we better do it before; they get ready." Another world i war will destroy civilization, but ■with Russia enslaving people in the little countries, the spirit of America seems to arise against, the wrongs. These are uneasy days and unless there is a change in the Soviet's attitude, sentiment; is going to roll up against them, even if it means war. o o Those Newburgh. N. Y. newspap- ■ ermen who were thrown into jail because they wouldn't tell a grand jury where they obtained numbersj of lottery tickets, which they re- 1 produced in their newspapers, have!

Nervous System Disorders

By Herman N. Bundesen. M. D. THE great symphony of life in | the human body is presided over i by the nervous system, which acts just as the conductor of an orch-! estra does to draw all parts into * one "harmonious round of action, and to make each contribute its necessary part at the right moment. By far the greater part of the body's functioning is under the control of the autonomic nervous system, which, by doctors, is di-1 vided into two parts, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic. Between them, these two systems regulate the beating of the heart, breathing, the action of the digestive organs, kidneys, arteries, and veins. Thus, it is easy to see that if anything goes wrong with either of these two systems, the resulting trouble is likely to be grave. s Recently, we have been given a new drug called neostigmine, which has a beneficial effect in many disorders where the parasympathetic system is at fault. The genera) effect of this drug seems to lie in the way it stimulates the parasympathetic nerves. This action on the nervous system. in turn, may aid in overcoming weakness in the muscles of the bladder and gastro-intestinal trouble. It increases the secretion from glands, including the tear glands, the salivary glands, and sweat glands. It dilates or enlarges the tiny arteries, and this improves circulation in certain parts of the body. The preparation may be taken bv mouth or may be given by intile skin Such treatment is particularly useful for distention of the

set another fine of the traditional "confidence trust" attributed to the press. The court held them in contempt. If someone gave them f information in confidence, they had a perfect right not to tell the investigators, for after all it is their job to get the news. The case is attracting national attention and it is likely that the men will be released before the court has debate on the freedom of the press issue. o o A tax expert of the State Board of Tax Commissioners estimates that there is at least $500,000,000 worth of property not on the Indiana tax duplicate. There is no excuse for such an efficient system. If assessors cover their territory, they can see if a house has gone up or a new building erected and inquiry can be made as to ownership. Further, the lot descriptions can he traced. We doubt if in small communities, much property is omitted from the tax records. In the larger areas, such inefficiency may prevail, but it seems that ' our state tax board could use its experts in running down the violators.

o o A Silly Rumor: . In Washington, our national capital, most any kind of a rumor is apt to spring up. Such was the case a few days ago when the director of the U. S. Mint, branded as "too silly for words," a rumor that a Communist agent placed Joseph Stalin's initials on the new Roosevelt dimes. A United Press dispatch explains the story: Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross, director of the U. S. Mint, today said a rumor that a communist agent placed Joseph Stalin’s initials on the Roosevelt dimes is "too silly for words.” Also “utterly absurd," Mrs. Ross said, is a report that the Treasury will call in the Roosevelt dimes because of the minute initials “JS” tuat appear just below Mr. ; Roosevelt's head on the face of the coins. The Treasury knows the initials! ; are ,on the coin. It authorized them. They are the initials of I John Sinnock, official sculptor of the Mint who designed the coin. He died two years ago, about the time the new dimes were put into circulation. "Mr. Sinnock was a wonderful ' sculptof. He had a great reputation as a metal work specialist. His initials will always be there. I Like any other artist, he signed his work." Mrs. Ross conjectured that the tumors were started “facetiously’’ and passed along by "some feeble ■ minded person.”

jection into a muscle. One condition in which the drug 1 has been found especially useful is myasthenia gravis, in which there is a gradual development of weakness of the muscles of The body.; The drug helps to overcome such symptoms as'difficulty in swallow-\ ing, inability to chew, and w’eak-j ness following body movements, all! of which occur in myasthenia gravis. The value of the drug in this | I condition may be increased by giving it together with ephedrine and j other preparations. While the drug ’ greatly improves the muscle action in this disorder, it does not seem to have any effect in other diseases affecting the movement of the muscles, such as multiple sclerosis and poliomyelitis. Sometimes the abdomen is swol-' len or distended without there be-I ing any blocking of the opening through to the bowel. In such j cases, relief may be obtained by j the injection of neostigmine under I abdomen following operation. After’ an operation, the patient may bel unable to empty the bladder. Neostigmine is also useful in overcoming this difficulty. In certain prolonged diseases affecting the nervous system, coldness of the hands and feet and constipation are present. Often, these symptoms, too, may be relieved by the use of neostigmine. There is a disorder known as Raynaud's disease in which there is spasm of the blood vessels in the hands, causing pain and blanching of the skin. Neostigmine is ot benefit in this condition, also.

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o u Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE 0 Q. Is it ever permissible to leave the spoon in the cup while drinking coffee or tea?

A. No. As soon as the coffee or , tea is stirred, the spoon should be > placed in the saucer and remain i there. Q. May a woman who is wearing a coat and is dining in a public place, retain the coat instead of checking it? A. Yes; she may slip the coat over the back of her chair, or place it on another chair at the table. Q. What is an appropriate kind of flower for the boutonniere, to be worn by the ushers at a formal church wedding? A. A single white flower.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 1 CATHERINE moved restlessly, I flexing numb fingers. She had : pinned her hopes of frustration on ’ Stephen Darrell and on the police, : Both had failed her. Bitter draught, 1 bitter as gall. From the first, Ste- ] phen had quite evidently regarded i Nicky and her simply as excess 1 baggage, to be borne for the sake i of friendship, and because Hat was i insistent “Judge, whatever his i name is, darling—Fountain ’ Judge Fountain won’t mind. You can get 1 around him.” 1 Stephen’s assent was curt, grudging. “I suppose so, if you’ve really made up your minds.” He looked at Catherine. Her “We’re going to be married anyhow, later on this week," backed up by Nicky’s violent assertion that he didn’t want her to be alone, had clinched the matter. So that was that and in a matter of hours now, she would be Nicky’s wife and Hat would be Stephen’s. She twisted in her corner, caught folds of the blanket lightly in her gloved hands, couldn’t feel anything. As for the police, Stephen’s careful planning, done in advance, had disposed of them. He had had it all figured out They were to separate and lose themselves separately in crowds. For her and for Hat scarves had entered into it. “If that Inspector has detectives on our trail," Stephen said, “and I’m inclined to think he has, they’ll be on the lookout for what they

saw when they lost you.” Consequently, Catherine had gathered 1 her entire collection of kerchiefs. ■ There were three for Hat and three i for her. When she entered the lobby of the theatre, bought her ticket, and went on into the dim interior, one of a jam of fifty or sixty people waiting for seats, She had retreated to an unobtrusive niche where she hastily replaced her red scarf with a yellow-and-black-striped one. Out of the theatre then, not too soon, by another exit, and down into the subway, still companioned by people, and a forest of umbrellas. She bought a newspaper and held it in front of her during the ride uptown. The car which Stephen had borrowed from another friend was parked on New’- ' town Road a block west and half ■ a block south of the 231st Street I station. When che arrived, it was there, in, front of the white house beyond the church, that she had been told I to look out for, and the others I were already in it They had started off immediately and hadn't once been stopped. Half a dozen times during her journey uptown the temptation to drop out and go quietly home had been almost irresistible. To have done so would have been to turn Nicky and Hat and Stephen Darrell over to the police; she would never have been able to withstand McKee's questioning. She couldn't quite bring herself to that. Anyhow, what difference did it make, tomorrow or Thursday was all one. Everything was gray and dreary —and fiat and stale and unprofitable. j The place tor which they were

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I — — March 3 — The General Electric plant here will resume a five day schedule next week. It has been operating only four days. Hartford defeats Decatur, 25 to : 20. in surprise upset of the basket- , ball tournament. Kirkland wins the sectional, dei feating Geneva in the finals, 30-19. Cal E. Peterson is reelected president of the Decatur Industrial Association. David Fallon. 75, Geneva, dies at the Adams county memorial hospital. David Campbell and W. A. Lower return from Hot Springs, Ark. o About 80 percent of the mohair in the United States is produced I in Texas.

bound was Clearwater, a small town in the middle of,New York State that was the county seat. There was a courthouse there, and a church and a hotel of sorts. They had all had blood tests and could produce their reports later. In the morning they were to go to the town hall and get their licenses, after which Judge Fountain would sign the necessary waivers and marry them in his chambers. Ordinarily the journey would have taken under three hours, the car was a good one, but with the roads in the condition in which they were, and with the necessity of keeping off main highways, their progress was slow. They had talked back and forth at first, with the exception of Stephen Darrell, who gave his entire attention to the road, but after a while conversation ceased. Catherine said she was going to sleep and didn’t Nicky did. Hat slept too, curled up on the front seat, her head on Stephen’s shoulder. In the hills back of Tarrytown, the sleet gave place to snow. Time and time again they skidded nastily and threatened to bog down, but Stephen kept the car going. There was never a straightaway for more than a few hundred feet. They went rotund cities and towns instead of through them. There were very few other cars abroad; the night was too bad. Mile after mile unrolled behind them and still they traveled on unmolested.

Tired and cross and filled with a profound depression whose depths she neither defined nor investigated, Catherine would have been glad to sleep and forget, if only for a short space. Once she closed her eyes, to open them and find Stephen Darrell’s eyes fastened on hers in the rear-view mirror. Blood rushed into her cold cheeks, drained away; there was something formidable in his steady gaze. It had the same fixed probing quality to it that there had been in him when he came to see her on the night before Mike died. The narrow hazel gleam between compressed lids, steady and immovable in a world where everything else moved, darkness, whirling flakes, trees, fences, had a hypnotic compulsion to it- What was Stephen Darrell saying ? What did he want of her? She was drawn irresistibly forward. In another second she would have spoken. The compulsion was withdrawn, and she sank back. A hairpin turn loomed, and Stephen looked away. He missed a bank by inches, gave the wheel a spin, and went round the bend safely. Hat stirred then, and spoke drowsily. Catherine didn’t look at Stephen Darrell again. She felt spent, drained, lay back gazing at the white-flecked windshield, at glimpses of the white road, a thin ribbon in surrounding blackness. More blackness, storm torn, more miles, more snow. There were weights on her eyelids. They fell. She was roused by Nicky’s hand on her shoulder. “Catherine . . Wake up, Catherine, we're almost i there.'*

V r Household Scrapbook I i By ROBERTA LEE I O- ' A Bleaching Lotion To make a bleaching lotion peel a few cucumbers and run them through the meat grinder. Bring the pulp slowly to the boiling point, and then strain through a cheesecloth bag. A little perfume may be added it desired. Detachable Coliars When one has a separate white collar on a drees, the trouble of, sew ing it on after each launder-, ing will be eliminated if snap fast-, eners are placed on the inside, of the collar and at the neck edge. Stains To remove the stains of castor oil from washable fabrics, try dipping the goods in alcohol before laundering. — o » ♦ | The People’s Voice 1 This column for the use of our readers who wish to make suggestions for the general good | or discuss questions of inter- ‘ est. Please sign your name to j show authenticity. It will not i be used if you prefer that it | not be. Sports vs Studies Dear Sir: Now that the local high school basketball season is over, I think it is time to take stock of the sitnation. It is my opinion that basketball has become tremendously overemphasized to the detriment of other phases of high school life. 1 daily come in contact with a group of teen-agers. For the six months beginning in October and continuing through March they apparently have no other interest save basketball. They talk, breathe, eat, sleep and dream basketball. At no time do I hear them speak of their studies, their lessons or their grades. It would seem that the taxpayers dollar (by the tar the largest proportion of it goes to maintain our educational system) is being used to perpetuate a fine brick edifice around a basketball court. Believe me. I am no sour-puss or ■ kill-joy. But when I hear the atro-

She sat erect, disoriented and confused. Her shoulders ached and her right foot was asleep. She asked what time it was, and Nicky said, “Twenty minutes of three," and she straightened her coat and retied her kerchief. Hat was awake. She was replenishing her makeup and talking to Stephen Darrell, who sat on behind the wheel as he had been sitting for almost five hours, body relaxed, hands steady on the spokes; driving the car forward. “Cigaret, Nicky?” Nicky gave : her one and Catherine wiped mist from the' little window with a gloved palm and peered out. It was still snowing. They were climbing a rise on a rough road hemmed in by big trees. The going was heavier. A shift into second, they continued to mount, swung round a half turn. Snowcovered mounds on a level plain were big stones marking a driveway. They ran into it. The headlights brought the bulk of a house, an enormous place, there seemed no end to it, into being. Lights | glimmered from a bay window behind curtains a little farther along. Stophen Darrell braked, slid into neutral. The car slowed and stopped and they all got out.' ' yawning and stretching. The lights ■ in the window, the circle of bril- ’ liance around the car, the cessation of motion, didn’t bring Catherine any relief. There was something curiously final about this

journey’s end. . . . Her knees were stiff. Nicky took her arm and they followed Hat and Stephen up steps onto a veranda to a side door with a lighted upper panel. Nicky said. “Well, we made it.” Stephen said, “Yes, my boy," and knocked. Only they hadn’t. The first person they saw, beyond and across the shoulder of the landlady whe admitted them to a small, overfurnished, and intensely jiot parlor wab Tom La Mott. Behind Tom was Francine. And in a chair neai the stove, wrapped in a long fui coat, was Angela. Exclamations, an outcry, raised voices, questions and recriminations; Stephen Darrell was furious but not less so than Tom. Angela was merely unutterably tired; Francine tried to throw oil on the ■ troubled waters; Hat wept with rage. The landlady, Stephen’s buddy, i shrugged responsibility aside. They had come, Mrs. Wardwell and the La Motts, half an hour earlier. She kept a house of public entertainment, couldn’t refuse them, lodging. Their car was in the garage. “Why did you do it like this, 1 Hat? Why didn't you tell me?" j ; Angela’s plaint was quiet. “When i ! the Inspector called me .” “The Inspector?" Hat’s voice was a small screech. j "Certainly, the Inspector." Tom i , said heavily. “You idiot! Did you | really think you could pull the ■ wool over the eyes of the police?” I “Mind your own affairs, will : t you? What's it your business?" (To Be Continued)

cious grammar used by our youngsters (this seems to be the regiqn of the double-negative and the macerated past tense); see their illegible penmanship and crippled | spelling; watch them tremble at the sight of simple arithmetic problems, I feel that we should re-em- • phasize the traditional three Rs of our forefathers. . Could we not again encourage the inter-school spelling bees, stimulate more interest in orational contests, promote essay writing contests, that will include more youngsteis in helpful competition than the doz- ■ I en or so who wear the Purple and i Gold uniforms? If these kids leain ; I no more than to speak and write I good English, how to figure correctj ly, and the appreciation of the I knowledge that is to be found in books (if they have acquired the ability and fondness for reading), they will go out in the world with a well-rounded educational foundation. The number of students on the honor role represents a pitifully small proportion Maybe here's a way to encourage better grades: the basketball players muet maintain a certain average to stay on the team; why not make attendance at the games dependent also on making a certain average? If the kids are so nuts about basketball, make it a privilege to be. earned in the class-room. It would tend to bring about a better balance between sports and studies, and would create a competion highly beneficial to all. Let’s try it. A Parent. o Home is the blossom of which heaven is the fruit. ! I ■ '7?* k - >3 Xi' Wk loft I • -f.x-A-v.v*.. I FEDERAL Bureau of Standards Director Dr. Edward U. Condon, top i , atomic scientist, reads news reports of House un-American sub- | committee charges that he holes i i membership in a subversive Co’: ■ ( munist-front organization, the : American-Soviet Science society, i ’He claims they are part of a , “smear” campaign to damage scientists preferring civilian to , military control of atomic energy. , Legislators have demanded Conlon be Cred. (I nternationsl) r WEAK-ft NERVOUSAJ. cranky ‘every month’? Are you troubled by distress of I female functional periodic disturb- | ances? Does this make you feel so i tired, high-strung, nervous —at such I times? Then do try Lydia E. Pink- : ham’s Vegetable Compound to relieve | such symptoms! Pinkham’s Com- 1 pound Is made especially for women. i It also has what Doctors call a stomachic tonic effect! Any drugstore. ! v LYDIfI E. PINKHAM’S QUALITY AND BEAUTY XI ; i Ltf' v’li] X / (ae jrJFj Florentine. Ribbon-laced floral bouquets. Deep ? or pastel V ground. — ertiss Irresistible! jx? ** visit oub SHOWROOM WALLPAPERS TODAY i Smith Drug Co.

(Rev. F. H. Willard, BethanyEvangelicalUnited Brethren Ch 'l l RkA?:rRi-'? ! ‘*' I But He poke a parable to them, saying, “The land of a rich man -Draught forth abundant crops, and he began thought withl; himself, saying, What shall I do. for I have nr to store my crops? And he said. I will do this: I win pul: h’ 1 f 201 my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store un »ii I 221 grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul. Soul thou * 241 many good things laid u.p for many years; take thy drink, be merry. But God said to him. Thou fool, this night dn ' ■ ’6 demand thy soul of thee; and the things thou hast provided trlfl shall they be? So is he who lays up treasures for himself' riH not rich as regards God.” ’ It is fitting that we labor to acquire and preserve all th o necesary for ourselves and those who depend on us. But wh ' permit our desires to surpass the measure of our wants to i 44 the peace of our hearts, to neglect our duties as Christians w 81 *: 15 come the slaves of an inordinate love of the things of this* 81 *’ M We become like the man of the parable, who thought only ?? I R ing his barns and forgot the only thing he could carry with h- ' [fl eternity: his soul. We may go on acquiring things but be poor until our soul is filled with a love of Him who dierf **■ Cross for us. ° ll,l ‘l'a It was to turn man’s heart away from the perishable th I to the eternal values of the soul that Our Lord visited thiq tH His teaching from the beginning was not only a warninz J t I s covetousness, but also a plea for a greater trust in PrnvH fl “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither tfl nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break thresh I t steal. For where thy treasure is, there will thy heart h e fl He lived His Gospel. “The foxes have burrows, and the ■ the sky have nests; but the Son of Man has not a plact*.w n 1 may lay His head." At His death He had no wealth to leav» S’lfl gave up everything keeping only His Spirit. He said in Isl “Father, into Thy hands I commend My Spirit’’ ’ e - : 'J

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Truth honors God.’ | Christ, and humbles man. fl THANKS TO ALL! I wish to thank the orgaiifl tions and individuals who so kifl )y helped me following the ioss fl my home by fire. I appreciate the donations mfl me by organizations, neighbtfl and individuals and shall JI forget your kindness. Much f | | the loss was replaced by voifl donations. Kenneth Bollenbacher. fl Pleasant Mills, isl