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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Clase Matter I. H. Heller — — President 4.. R. Holthouse, Sec’y A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller — Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $«; Six months, $3.25; 3 months, $1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One Year, $7; I months. $3.75; 3 months, >2.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies. 4 cents. It’s Your Red Cross. o o Are you qualified to vote in the May primary? ——o o Your donations keep the Red Cross going. The Red Cross performs a service for which no other organization is equipped. In time of need, disaster or local distress, the Red Cross, not only is ready to serve, but does. o o Candidates for the Democratic

nomination for the several public offices to be filled by election this year are beginning to file their candidacies. The primary will be interesting with many nip-and-tuck races predicted in what is one of America’s distinct privileges of selecting those to help run government. p o Farmers and business men will gather at Pleasant Mills high scohol tonight for the annual Farmer's Banquet and achievement award program. Dr. Earl Butz of Purdue University will be the principal speaker and in addition to a splendid program, guests will have the opportunity to meet their neighbors. o o The bill which Congress passed and President Truman signed granting increases to civil service employes did not include postal employes and mail carriers. An increase was granted to retired postal employes, but not to the regular workers and carriers. Several bills are in the congressional hopper designed to adjust the salaries of active postal employes, but so far none has been reported favorably by the committee. Considering present wage scales, postal employes have not received increases along with boosts in the cost of living. They are Upcie Sam's finest employes, efficient and loyal, Congress is being asked to increase the postal worker’s pay and those who appreciate their services, including both city and rural patrons, heartily approve of the plan in favor of the mail carrier and worker.

I Care for Baby With Eczema

By Herman N. Byndesen, M. D. i TO take care of the baby with t eczema is a problem for both s mother and physician. The ped, scaly rash % aich comes with this t disorder itches so intensely that it 1 is difficult to keep the baby from t scratching, and the more he < scratches, the worse the rash is i likely to become. < The exact cause of this stubborn 1 disorder in babies is not known. 1 but modern medicine inclines to the theory that it is due to an allergy or oversensitivity, usually to one or another food. , The tendency to oversensitivity is frequently inherited from one or both parents. Thus, aside from attempts to lessen the discomfort of the rash with soothing preparations, trsfatment is directed at finding the substance to which the baby is sensitive. The search must of necessity be on a trial-and-error basis, one food or another being taken out of the baby’s diet and the results on the rash observed. For this reason, it often happens that these youngsters are limited to a very restricted diet and, since so many of them prove sensitive to cow's milk, this is usually one of the first foods denied them. Normally, milk is the baby’s chief protein food and today -we are learning that serious residts may follow its discontinuance unless protein is supplied in some other way. Doctors have long been familiar with recurrent spells of severe illness, which seem to affect some babies with severe eczema. At these times there is a sudden gain in weight, due to a collection of fluids in the tissues, anJ this nnay be followed by an equally auddri:

The (frobghUUr thst the Line will discontinue operations here is disappointing to a great i, number of persons who have det pended on the buses for transportation. The operators claim 1 that patronage has not been suft ficiept to warrant operating of the line, and they should know their : own business. The bus routes were established last September under a permit granted by the Indiana Public Service Commission. It seems that discontinuance should come only after a hearing and the facts made known, for school children, shoppers and workers have come to look upon the buses as a public service. If it’s a case of rates, the matter should be thoroughly investigated and the public protected. The Chamber of Commerce, which was instrumental in obtaining the bus line, has notified the PSC of the company’s intention to abandon the service. o o No More Snaps:

c The student who, upon entering ’ college, carefully selected his r courses with the idea of leaving i plenty of time for social life has : disappeared from the campus, ac- • cording to college authorities. The catalogues are combed in vain for easy courses, and those which might formerly have given a student a pleasant period of ease have been stiffened until a major effort is required to keep abreast of the class. English courses use texts containing 1,200 to 1,600 pages, and a great deal of outside reading is demanded. Introductory psychology, formerly a pleasantly restful course, has become a subject needing serious work, and is required in programs leading to degrees in medicine and social work. This state of affairs makes more work for the teacher as well as for the student, as more emphasis is being placed upon the student's expression of his own ideas and opinions and less upon lectures and note-taking. Higher caliber of students and a larger number of professors with doctor’s degrees are factors influencing the stiffening of courses and the increased seriousness of the undergraduate body. The idea that college years are merely an agreeable interim between school and the serious business of life is a good one to be rid of. Those who wish to enjoy four years of country-club atmosphere must seek it elsewhere, thus leaving the colleges to those who will take advantage of their opportunities.

weight loss as thefluids are lost, together with listlessness, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and collapse. Recently, it has been discovered that these symptoms are due to lack of protein jn the blood and they are particularly likely to occur when milk is not employed in the diet. They are not, however, due to this cause alone, but may. also appear in other babies afflicted with eczema because of the widespread infection which often results from the rash. As the protein deficiency becomes worse, the child's resistance to infection is lowered still further, and so a vicious circle is established tn which each condition makes the other more pronounced. In addition to the symptoms mentioned, there may be anemia or lessening of the coloring matter of the blood, and flabby muscles. The treatment in such cases consists of the giving of liver extract by injection into a muscle, together with injections of whole blood plasma or the fluid part of the blood into a vein, Because of the dangers of this protein deficiency in babies with eczema, it would seem advisable that, in babies with this condition, a chemical determination of the amount of protein in the bipod should be made from time to time, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS E. L.: What causes a person to grit his teeth when aslgep? Answer: Grinding the teeth i» sometimes associated with nerv.ousness, and the treatment tor it consists in proped hygiene, such as exercise, good diet, plenty of rest, and relaxation. The condfc tiou is quite epnjmou gntj in spine cases no reason for it can bp found.

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r - ~ > 0 O ; I Household Scrapbook I ( By ROBERTA LEE I ‘ 'o * Glass Soppers A glass stopper can be loosened by mixing 2 drams alcohol, 1 dram glycerine, 1 dram sodium chloride. Pour some of this into the space above the stopper and allow it to stand for about two hours. A slight tap will loosen the stopper. The Complexion To improve the complexion, eat plenty of fruit, drink milk, and also drink water freely between meals. Massage with almond oil, or a good face cream, and keep regular habits. Egg Stains Egg stains on silver can be easily

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— ~ CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN t STEPHEN’S unemotional, mat- ii ter-of-fact tone carried conviction, g Catherine believed him. He had J never lied to her, not even two d year» ago, about Hat Another c man might have come and tried to t explain things away. Stephen v hadn’t He knew that she knew— u and that was that c A terrific weight lifted itself 0 away from her. If Stephen hadn’t v taken the bonds he couldn’t have f killed Mike. It was the killer who c had removed the envelope contain- t Ing the bonds when the lights were i switched off in Mike’s living room. I The freezing coldness in her re- g ceded. Warmth flowed back into [ her. The color returned to her r cheeks and lips, the light to her i eyes. Now she could operate. 8 She sat forward, her elbows on ' her knees. ‘‘We’ll have to ... £ Those men are searching for the bonds—l’ll go to them. You can I . , She got up. “No-” Stephen blocked her path. I He stepped between her and the I door, stopping her as she had ' stopped hijn, when he wanted to 1 go to the police on the night he - returned the leopard. ‘ Catherine pulled up short of a

physical collision. A foot of space ’ separated them. ‘ “Don’t you ever learn?" Stephen 1 asked, half-censuringly, half-hu- 1 morously, one eyebrow lifted. “Do ’ you suppose for a minute that if > you go to these policemen here 1 you’ll be believed ? Or that I will ? 1 Don’t you understand that some- ; one’s trying to railroad you ? You ; were partially cleared when these ■ bonds entered the picture. That Inspector down in New York figured you wouldn’t have mentioned the envelope missing from Mike Hye’s desk if you’d made off with these bonds.” He moved a little away from her. “So what happened. The killer was stuck with these things.’’ He tapped the oblongs of folded paper. “They weren’t an asset any longer, they were a liability. But they could be made use of. Found on you, in your possession, they would put you back into the running, put you out at the head of the field. Right?” Catherine didn't say anything. With Stephen Darrell’s exclusion, the cirple had narrowed. The heating system in the boarding house was wretched. The room was cold. In spite of that she felt as If she were stifling. Stephen’s expression hardened. His eyes were the color of steel. “Doesn’t ths fact that the envelope containing these bonds was thrown down there jn the snow under the I windows of this room prove to you that someone’s after your scalp? It was done deliberately, don’t make any mistake about that While Mrs. Muir was serving breakfast a police car came into the grounds. Everyone knew there 1 were police around.” Everyone—her aunt and her t cousins and Francine and i “I—-suppose ypu’ra right” CatiSr- [ ine walked to one of the windows , and stood with her back to the room, looking opt It was beginning to snow again, fields. trwte, figjws

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removed by sprinkling salt on the Utensil and rubbing with a wet cloth. —— o - 0 I Modern Etiquette ! I By ROBERTA LEE I 0 4 Q. Is it all right for two women to shake hands when they are introduced? A. Yes, it is all right if they are close together and it is convenient. The act of shaking hands signifies a sincere pleasure over the introduction. Q. How can one signal the waiter that one is ready to have the plate removed from the table? A. The knife and fork laid side by side on the plate indicates that

twisting down somnolently from an invisible sky . . . Hat would be glad of her scalp, she thought. No, it was only men’s scalps Hat dangled from her belt. And her cousin might dislike her, but not to that extent Moreover, Hat would never have carried the bonds up here with her, in her purse, her coat pocket, tucked into her bra, on a journey during wliich they were likely to be stopped by the police any moment, not when she could just gs easily have concealed the bonds in the apartment on Lorilard Place. She might flaunt the police at the wheel of a fast car, getting a ticket was a commonplace to her, but she thought too much of her beautiful skin to put it in serious jeopardy. Then—who else? Catherine turned from the window, and her heart hammered against her ribs. Stephen Darrell hadn’t expected her movement. She had surprised him. He was looking straight at her. There was no harshness in him now, no irony, no censure. It was a look she had known long ago, unguarded, free, open. It was . . . Something twisted in her, sharply, There was space between them, a few feet of it The space was annihilated. With a suddenness and swiftness that gave her no time to retreat he was beside her and she was in his arms and for a flashing instant the differences that separated them, the pain, the anger and the bitterness, were obliterated, wiped out of existence. His lips were on her hair, her forehead, her cheek. "Catherine, Catherine . .There was a sort of desperation in his low voice. Even while the tide of feeling in her rose in a great wave of response, she struggled against it. Stephen was engaged to Hat, she was going to marry Nicky . . . There could be no unity, no oneness between her and Stephen Darrell now, or as long as they lived.

He was holding her tightly. Before she could pull herself loose from him in reply to the message telegraphed to her remorselessly by her brain, he let her go of his own accord. His arms fell to his sides. He stepped clear of her and swung around to face the door. His dark head was at an angle, and the coldness, the detachment, the watchfulness, were back in him again. Catherine stared at him, confused and frightened. She started to speak. “What ... ?’’ He stopped her with an upflung hand. It came home to her then with sudden shocking clarity that there was a murderer loose somewhere in this big gloomy old house, a murderer hiding perhaps in a familiar body, behind a familiar face. Whoever had killed Mike Nye had taken the blood-stained envelope containing the bond: from Mike’s desk, and both envelope and bonds had appeared here . . . She turned and looked where Stephen was looking fixedly, at the door, ugly, paneled, motionless in its frame. There was a transom over Th* transsm was a little 1 opewi'.Wap there wujjeose puUide

one has finished eating. Q. What is the correct wfiy for an unmarried woman to sign her letters ? A. With her full name. When writing to a stranger, she should prefix "Miss" in parentheses. A

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March 6 — Herbert Hoover will oppose Senator Watson for the Indiana presidential delegate vote. B. F. Roller announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for prosecuting attorney. Dr. G. F. Eichhorn elected axalted ruler of Decatur Elks. Dr. R. J. Wade of Chicago will speak at the Methodist church here Sunday. Arthur Gilliom is a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator. Dr. and Mrs. Luther Boyers of Berkley, Calif., visit here. oi— A r i +give Previously reported $1,098.69 j Wid Michaels Sec. 5 Monroe ' 10.25 ' Ferris A. Mertz Sec. 24 Hartford 15.00 Mrs. Ben Bixler Sec. 30 Wabash 13.00 ’ Merl Essex Sec. 32 Washington 700 Walter J. Elzey Sec. 19 Washington — 7.50 Otto Hoffman Sec. 20 Washington 14.00 Fred J. Adler Sec. 26 Kirk-

in the corridor, someone who had crept there noiselessly to listen? Coldness swept through Catherine again. She had to know. She crossed the floor with a soft rush, twisted the key in the lock and pulled the door open. Silence greeted her, and dimness and emptiness. The doors of the other rooms were all closed. There was no one in sight. To the left, light slanted grayly on the head of the staircase, on buff-colored, walls, a stretch of brown carpeting—to the right the hall narrowed. There was a heavy bank of shadow at its inner end, impenetrable, menacing. Had someone in flight found refuge there ? Were eyes watehing her . . . ? She took a quick step in that direction, and came to a halt Anyone hiding in the darkness at the inner end of the hall would retreat as she advanced, down the dark rear staircase or around the corner into the other wing. She turned back into i the room, closed the door, and : stood abruptly still. The room was empty. Stephen i Darrell was gone. He had gone , through the window. ... The bonds were gone, too. He had taken them , with him. s Catherine put her shoulders 1 against the solid surface of the > closed door. Tears pricked her eye- » lids hotly. Why had he gone like r that, without a word? Was it . because—an intolerable suspicion r drove at her—because he felt he - had made a fool of himself by his 3 display of tenderness? Had he - yielded to a random impulse and then regretted it? Was his up- » flung hand, his pretense of listens ing, away of putting an end to it and of making his escape while i her attention was momentarily dis- . tracted? Perhaps her response had „ scared him off. For she had ree spcnded, not for long, but for long . enough. Bitterness drenched her, and self n rage. “You can take it, my girl," y she told herself bitingly. “You got yourself into this, now get your-

JiVLSSself out. If Stephen Darrell had cared a snap of his fingers for you, he wouldn’t have asked Hat to marry him.” Moreover, even if he had cared for her, which was out of the question, her allegiance was to Nicky. Her thoughts scattered before the Impact of the actual. She moved away from the door and whirled round. This time there was no mistake. The sound was too loud. It was indescribably alarming. Footsteps were pounding along the corridor. The sick fear in her, beginning to be a pattern now, spiraled sharply. She pulled the door open. The runner was Francine. “Blast this place,” Francine cried savagely as she came on, her mouth a scarlet slash in the whiteness of her face, “no room telephone, no nothing. I’ll never forgive Hat for dragging us up here to this rathole.” .Angela was ill. Francine wanted Tom. She salt? over her shoulder, "Go to her, wfil you, Catherine?” and ran on down the hail in the direction of the other wing. (Jo Be Continued) I? - -

IB fIHV i Bn S' '*S * w|gl|li b • „S RyS.,SS M » "S ,7,. i ' Bl' u S AIR FORCE'S six-jet bomber, the Martin XB-48, speeds over ths Chesapeake bay area first craft of its kind to fly. Ship carries a crew of three and 10-ton bomb load.

land 14.00 I Ivan Yake Sec. 23 Kirkland 8.00 Lloyd L. Byerly Sec. 36 Kirkland 10.00 Adrian Burke Partial zone No. 4 Business Decatur 62.00 Ave Marie Study Club 3.00 Mrs. Lloyd Daniels Sec. 36 Root 22.00 Ammi Miller Sec. 13 Root .. 9.00 Lee Fleming Sec. 15 Root 10.00 David Cook Sec. 19 Root — 13.25 Alva Railing Sec. 30 Union 15.00 Gustav Krueckeberg Sec. 8 Union 18.00 Emanuel Joray Sec. 15 French 13.00 Roy Hook Sec. 10 Blue Creek 3.00 Kenneth Mitchell Sec. 31 St. Marys 13.50 Ben McCullough Sec. 28 St. Marys ■ 8.00 Arthur Koenetnau Sec. 11 Preble 12.00 John H. Borne Sec. 33 Preble 16.00 Evangelical Ladies Aid Decatur 10.00 TOTAL $1,425.69 CHURCH NEWS Church of God The Church of God enjoyed a full day of worship in services Sunday. The morning and evening worship services both were attended by good crowds. The Rev. Maurice Bergquist, the evangelist, spoke in both the morning and evening services. His suoject in the morning was "Phillip and the Enuch.” In the evening service, Rev. Bergquist spoke on “Heaven,” The revival meeting will continue each evening this weeK and next. The public is invited. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur jE Fi-jl o HERBERT K. SORRELL, president of the Conference of Studio Unions, tells a House labor subcommittee that he has never been a Communist or a Communist sympathizer. The solons are investigating prolonged Hollywood jurisdictional strike. (International} T’ '

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First Presidential Primary On Tuesday — Dewey And Stassen In New Hampshire Washington, March 8 — (UP) — The first of three preferential primaries which could make or break a couple of Republican presidential candidates takes place tomorrow in New Hampshire. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York opposes former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota for New Hampshire’s eight delegates to the Republican national convention. A split delegation is expected. But if Stassen breaks even or better he will have given Dewey’s candidacy a black eye in thier first round. Dewey and Stassen will collide again in Wisconsin's April 6 primary. Gen. Douglas MacArthur is a third entry there. On May 21 Dewey and Staseen will battle once more in the Oregon primary. Dewey’s strategy is to make these three primaries the show case of his pre - convention campaign. Four years ago it was his whopping victory in New Hampshire followed by spectacular success in Wisconsin that sent the Dewey bandwagon to a first ballot nomination at Chicago. If Dewey demonstrates clear superiority in New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Oregon this year his chances will brighten and the prospects of other hopefuls will dim. Sen. Robert A. Taft will not contest those three states. He apparently has decided to limit his primary activities to Ohio, his home state, and to Nebraska where his name was entered without his wishes being consulted. The Ohio primary takes place May 4. Stassen will oppose Taft's favorite son candidacy on the senator’s home grounds with one dele-gate-at-large candidate and several district candidates. Taft and his followers shouted anguished "foul” when Stassen decided to invade Ohio, but the young man was determined and the battle w r as on. Nebraska’s Republican primary is a free-for-all beauty contest under auspices of a bi-partisan committee which entered seven Republicans. They are Dewey, Taft, Stassen, MacArthur, Sen. Arthur H» Vandenberg of Michigan, speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts, and Gov. Earl Warren of i California. President Truman has I

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