Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1948 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evanlng Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind.. Poat Office as Second Class .Matter J. H. Heller —President A. R. Holthouse. Sec y A Bus. Mgr Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mail in Adams and Adjoin tug Counties: One year, fd; Six months, 63.26; 3 months, 8175. fly Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year, |i; 6 montba, 83.76; 3 months, 62.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies. 3 cents. How tired do you suppow I’hlla- ■ deiphiaas are of crowds and noise? 0 o Come to the Fair and invite your friends to Decatur's community celebration Someone should introduce a “Go<>d Humor" bill when congress reconvenes. o— —o O O The Dixiecrats might get Mar- 1 garet Mitchell, author of "Gone 1 With the Wind," to write their 1

platform o —.-OThe chronologers will be sate in saying that 1968 was noted for its political conventions and campaigns. -<-o The idea of calling upon force is dismaying to peoples who are weary of war, whose nerves have been frayed by threats that war might break out again. But is not physical enforcement of peace preferable to war itself? Q O Federal taxes collected in Indiana for the fiscal year ending June 30. exceeded a billion dollars, an all-time high. Topping the list was the tax on distilled spirits, amounting to 6257.218,628.23. As is commonly mentioned. Indiana may be a "dry state," but it has several of the nation's biggest distilliries. o—o The Courtesy Driving Campaign i continues this week and awards will be made each day. Thursday excepted. Much interest has been shown in the campaign, spearheaded by the Chicago Motor Club, in cooperation with this newspaper and local service and civic organizations. o —o Will the special session of Congress do anything, or will the members just sweat it through and then adjourn. From the state of events in Berlin, it may be a good thing to have Congress in session. And if the cost of living continues to soar, housewives and wage earners are going to demand that something be done about it.

Helping a Child Who Stutters

By Herman N. Bundeten, M. 0. THE person who Mutters is unable to epeak freely and evenly He ha» ■ pec lai difficulty with certain ay Ila blew which he may repeat almost endleaely before being able to link them up with those that should follow to form a complete word or phrase, it is estimated that there are at least one million people In the United States who suffer from this stumbling and sposmodic form of speech. This Is perhaps an evidence of our poor handling of our children because It is pretty well established that stuttering has Its roots in emotional disturbances during early childhood. If the causes of the child’s unhappiness are removed and nothing is done to fix his attention on his disability, it usually disappears without his ever becoming conscious of the problem. But if. through scoldings and corrections, stuttering beiomes Ingrained. It is likely to persist through life and to defy all the treatments ever devised to overcome It. In the past these have included everything from surgery to hypnotism. Today, however, emphasis has shifted and it is felt now that best results will be obtained by treating the parents rather than the child, particularly in early cases It to of first importance that the child not be made aware that he stutters or to abnormal in any way. To this end. parents must be taught a more totoraat and laaa critical attitude Among the caaaee of early atut taring are over-atiMUtalton or pampering- I* this situation It to Impoaaibto for the < hlld to rotas and hto nervMu taeUw. mM Us. to * w<e>ceni og the part of tha

Beginning this week. 18 y ear , olds, may enlist for a year's serv-1 ice In the army, followed by four yeArs in the reserve and thus be exempted for the draft. Majorgeneral Hirschey, has been appointed to set-up the peace time machinery for the registering and drafting of the 18-to-25 year old youths, which will get underway next month. An Indiana man, Col. Stanley Wray of Muncie, is the commander of the B -29 fleet of Superfortresses, that flew to England to be ready for any emergency. The Air Force now has 90 of the great bombers based across the Atlantic and with a Hoosier in command, it brings the realization that nothing is very tar away from home these days. Decatur homes and surroundings never looked better. One is impressed with the attractive appearances that greet the eye on

every street. The houses are in good repair, many improvements have been made and the lawns and » flower gardens are groomed to the point of perfection. Its a great place to live . . . this town of Decatur . . . where citizens are busy and apparently as happy as people can be. o o This week will be devoted to final plans for the big Free Street Fair and 6-H Club Show. The committees have completed various arrangements and now await the arrival of concessionaries who will line the midway with stands and the attractions which go with a street fair. The 6-H shows will he located at convenient points, including the use of the junior-senior high school gym, where the domestic science exhibits will he displayed To appreciate it, you should plan to meet your friends at the fair. o -o A cheerful note is sounded by Hal Flaherty, whose report to the Chicago Daily News outlines definite improvement in conditions in Western Germany. He says the consent of France to the consolidation of her zone with those of the United States and Great Britain brings about an improvement i in inside trade conditions. This step also brings closer the day of a federated government for West- , ern Germany. The writer reports the new currency has been well rei ceived by the Germans. It gives ■ them renewed confidence as well l as definite gains in wages and spending power.

parents about the child's eating, plus efforts to force him to eat certain foods, may have the same effect. The mother who hovers over her child constantly, always with a caution or a "don't" on her lips, is simply inviting the child to stutter by depriving him of all freedom and relaxation. Insecurity, due to parental quarrels. frequent changes of residence. or disagreements about the ihlld's training, is another cause of Muttering. Thus, it is plain that before stuttartag <an be corrected, the particular factor involved in a particular case must be found and eliminated Once parents are per snaded to give up their mistaken ways, the child usually regains his normal, free-flowing speech. Os course, in older children or in adults, where the habit of stuttering has become set. this method of treatment will not avail. The older patient must be taught by more direct means to develop normal, relaxed speech. Both individual and class-room Instruction to used to good advantage in these eases and many universities have opened speech clinics where stutterers can be treated. The important thing for parents to remember is that the stuttering child should be given treatment as soon as the defect develops, be--1 cause It can then be completely ■ overcome Later on anything like a complete cure may be Impossible However, it must be remembered that when the child first taarnrto speak, ho may stutter baI cause hto thoughts are formed faat- > er than he cat express tte& Tbtt •Mt Mt bo caused P«h ml i »tutterta< ,

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0 — —-0 Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE 0 Too Much Oil Should you allow too much'oil polish to collect on the furniture, mix one-fourth cup of vinegar with one-half cup of water Dip a soft doth into this, wring out, and rub over the furniture Dry immediately with another soft cloth. Cloudy Mirrors Cloudiness In mirrors is unusually the result of too much direct sunlight Therefore, hang your mirrors where they won t be hit by the sun s rays for any considerable part of the day. Sowing Seeds It is useless to try to sow seeds on a windy day. It cannot be done satisfactorily, and it is much better to postpone ts,he job. The summer air over an acre of woodland possesses more moisture content than the air over an acre of water such as a lake at the same temperature.

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SYNOPSIS Ansc F.rr.lcr was elated when Iter Basse. LteaU Lessm. Ale* Heresies rstlrd be would seen be discharged fro* Ike Navy. Il wee depresslag sews, however, for kladly bet eyaleal Ueasid Ogdea wbe had loag bees la love with her. Anae’s sogagemeat to Alee was the ralmla.ll.a ot a whirlwind eoertehlp la NawaU mere lhaa a year age. They hod known each other only a week when be waa ordered le the Far East; shortly after, she bad seme to New Verb. Alee's cable laetraeted her to be ready le marry bint tbe following i month at Stone Heaoe, hie family's estate la Jersey. Anne wenld have preferred waiting until that lime to meet bis family, bet Julia, bis mother, upon leaning tbe good news, begged bar to eeme to them immediately. Stone Hous* bad been in the Dore mas family ter generations and tbe beeety at Its snrrenndlng scree ot modal farmlands thrilled Anno a. Alec's serious minded older brother, John, and Jody, hie email daughter, drove her le the main boose. A bond of aaderstaadlag waa formed between Anne end John when be oen•dod aU that hU heritage meant Io him. Besides Aloe's parents. Jello and Beery Doremas, tbs hoeseheld consisted of Henry's soother, ''Cram*' Deremeo; Julia's mother, Madame Kingsley, end •eha and bls wife. Helen, who commoted dally to her Jeb la a New York pebllsklag house Their warm welcome produced a feeling of bome-eoaalag to Anno. CHAPTER SIX DINNER AND candlelight shining on old silver. And the polished wood of the table gleaming through the lace cloth that covered IL And Annabel tn a very short, very tight black dress, a postage stamp of a white apron, a glistening pompadour and patent leather slippers with high, run-over red heels, stepping about in haughty Indifference. And the silky coated dogs blinking watchfully on the hearthstone. And Gram, tn her element now with no opposition, alternating crisp commands with an airy elegance wholly unnatural to her—an imitation. Anne felt, of Madame Kingsley, whose patrician bearing she probably envied. “Annabel!” she would say. “Ten Thomas to come In here and Ught up the fire for us! He should have done it before we aat down!” Or, The left side, Annabel How many times must I ten you? And for heavens’ sakes, hurry up with that gmvy. My potatoes are getting stone cold waiting for it" Or, with an abrupt shift of tone, “Anne, my dear, remind me after dinner to show you the old pewter coUeetton that's been ta the family for—l forget how many generations. We tbjnk the world of It" And then Tom, Annabel's hueband. tiptoeing in. his arms kmded Wh wood. Ms bulky figure awkward as be knelt before the fireptace. his round bullet head thrust

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Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE 0 0 Q. Wltat is the correct way to eat artichokes? A Hold the leaf in the fingers; dip into the sauce the end which is to be eaten and with the fingers convey the leaf to the mouth. A fork is used to cut the heart and eat it. G Is it obligatory that a hostess introduce all guests at a small dinner or luncheon, or allow them to become acquainted themselves? A. Yes; by all means, introduce them. Q If a man is writing a friendly letter to some woman acquaintance or friend. w"hat would be an appropriate closing? A. "Faithfully yours,” or, “Sincerely yours." Rural mail carriers travel more than 1.63M00 miles a day In the performance of their official duties. according to the U. S. post office.

justed properly. And Gram say- : ing, Tom was a lieutenant in the army during the war. We're all very proud of him. Tom! Miss Forester ta Mister Alexander's . fiancee.” And Tom struggling to his feet and Jerking a bow. a smile slipping briefly over his brown face. And the telephone ringing and Nick, grizzled and bent sliding like a gray shadow through the room to answer IL and returning to murmur a message tn Julia's ear, lingering behind her , chair, making tentative, uncertain movements until he, too, bad been presented to Anne. “Stone House is pleased to welcome you, ma'am," he said softly and with great dignity, and then vanished to report his impression to Auntie tn the kitchen. Gram sat at the head of the table, Henry, her sen, at the other end. Julia was on Gram's left and Anne on her right John waa beside his mother. There was a place set next to Anne but it was empty. It waa Helen’s. Little Judy had disappeared from the scene lang ago. "Isn't Helen coming tonight?" Gram demanded suddenly of John. He broke off talking to his father long enough to reply. "I suppose so. yea." “You suppose so! In my day a man knew whether or not his wife waa going to have dinner with him. And she always did." And Gram jerked a ahoulder in strong disapproval John, taming to hto father again, seemed not to have heard. Julia said easily. “Different times, different customs, Gram." The three women, at one end of the table, now found themselves talking entirely to each other, for John and Henry, deep in an argument appeared to have forgotten their presence. Anne would have liked to give heed to what they were saying but the necessity of returning an intelligent response to Gram's steady flow of con ver-1 sation made this impossible. She could only be aware of tbe sound of their voices, John's passionately urgent. Henry's stubbornly defensive. Suddenly Gram drew the two groups together. “Henry! You listen to John now. He's doing aU right isn't he? His other ideas have worked out, haven't they? You listen to him and tot him run things!" Henry reared hto ahaggy head and stared at his mother. His blue eyes, round tan marbiea, and as ctad and gleaming, mot tbe brightness of hers with undtogutoad truculence. “You haven’t any Maa what Yto we're talking about" “I certainly have! 1 heard every word you both said. If John thinks contour plowing to right it to right. Now y-1 leave off badgqr'Ctf Ant Xx SvSj

20 YEARS AGO TODAY July 19 — John L. Lewis Is ready to settle the coal miners strike that has been in progress since April I, and offers plan to operators. The last quarantine is lifted for smallpox In Decatur at the Dorus Stalter home by Dr. Miller, city health officer. There were 20 cases reported during the epidemic Frank D. Brewster is appointed receiver for the Monroe Block A Tile Co. Fourteen city firemen and 13 from the Decatur G. E. plant return from the state firemen's convention at Terre Haute. Citizens Telephone company is sues new directory containing 2,>50 names. Judge and Mrs. J. C. Sutton motor to Akron. Ohio, to visit their son, Harry. Railroad Fair Opens Tuesday In Chicago National Railroad Fair In Windy City Chicago, July 19 — (UP) — Vacationists who haven t much time make a rail tour of the United States in two hours. All they have to de is board the Deadwood Special at (he national railroad fair opening here tomorrow on a 50 acre section of the Lake Michigan shore. The spei ial. an 1570 narrow guage locomotive with six cars, has been pressed into service to haul visitors around hundreds of exhibits representing all sections of ths country. Passengers of the special will travel so a full-scale Indian village in Arizona, a life-size replica of the old French quarter in New Orleans, a reproduction of Florida landmarks, a working model of the northwests famous Uld Faithful geyser and other scenic spots. The fair, commoratiug 100 years of process In U. 8. railloading, has crammed much of the color and glamor of America's lusty pioneer days Into Its exhibits, a previewtoday showed. More than 2,090.000 persons are expected to visit the fair, which will remain open until mid-Septem-

■■CZkJ your bead? And switch on the lights as you go. Anything 1 bate it’s eating tn semi-darkness. I don’t know why you insist on it Julia." "I don’t Insist I just keep hoping you'll get used to It Tonight we got nearly through the meat” And her twinkling glance met Anne's. It was at that moment that Helen's car was beard in the driveway and shortly after Helen herself came tn. She was hatless and she moved briskly, her black earrings bobbing against her long neck, her quick, black eyes glowing under her straight black bang and high pile of tiny black curls. Slung over the ahoulder of her red suit she wore a black bag, while the Nack gloves she carried in one band she kept slapping lightly against the palm of the other as she advanced. She was a vivid, sparkling person, with an assured independence of manner that Intimidated some people and brought forth admiration in others. "Hello, everybody." She gave a careless, semi-circular wave to include them all, blew a kiss to John from pursed, scarlet lipa, then slanted a swiftly observant look at the stranger. “Sister Anne, I presume," she said, ahowing very white teeth and a tiny dimple qt one comer of her mouth. "Welcome to the lions' den. You do know it's a lions' den? Excepting only Julia, we ail roar and spring and de our best to tear each other limb from limb. Julia to the iamb among ua." She dropped into her chair, sitting sideways with ber legs crossed, and reached into her bag for cigarettea. “No, no dinner. Gram. I had cocktails and a meal of aorta with Frank Tennant You remember Frank, John? Our handsome author who writes so poetically Os love and lectures so t'tillatlngiy to Women's Clubs that al! the tad'.ut swoon on hto neck afterward? At least he used to do that befo' de wah. But that caught up with him, finally. Anyway, now he’s out of service and be drifted Into the office today with a manuscript under hto arm looking handsomer than ever tn sptte of the vigorous rigors of army life on a eoral strand." She laughed reminiscentty. "Vigorous rigors! From hto account he had ample opportunity to explore all the enchanting delights of Polynesian living. Now Gram, old girl, don't look Uke that It's ridiculous. What do you expect of a he-man marooned for three years thousands of milee i from a white woman?* Gram, who waa neither intimi- - dated nor admiring, replied tartly, i "I never expect anything of your i friends except bad manners and ■ bad habtta." *7 ought to have knows better." » ZL £*• ► Cißdtfiint)

her The exhibition is sponsored by 38 railroads. There will be a prefair parade late today to give II a send off The parade through downtown Chicago will be led by Era. Casey Jones, widow of the famed engineer. It was just 100 years ago this year that a little steam locomotive chugged westward out of the mud of Chicago to speed up the settlement of the west. That ancient iron horse and 2j other famous locomotives are features of the exhibition In addition to the Indian village, there will be a rodeo and a pageant to bring back the flavor of the wild west. The pageant, presented on a 650foot outdoor stage and employing more than 2CO actors and 809 period costumes, will depict the history of railroads development

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