Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1949 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CC Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Pos Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller Presiden A. R. Holthouse Edito C. E. Holthouse Treasure J. H. Heller Vice-Presidon Subscription Rates By Mail in Adams and Adjoin ing Counties: One year, $6; St months, $3.25; 3 months, $1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Ad joining counties: One year, $7.00; 6 months, $3.7a; 3 months, $2.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents. Hail to the winner! o o . Miss Spring is just around the corner. o o Those old blue and white plates ■will cause you trouble after today Q o—<— The yell leaders, the Decatur high school band and the drum corps put on a great show at the tournament. Music and enthusiasm were blended on the program, much to the enjoyment of the crowd. O Q —- A good omen is reflected in the announcement that the Studebaker Corporation and the New York Central Railroad have called a couple thousand of men back to work. The South Bend auto firm has recalled 1,800 workers. o o— — Winston Churchill’s candidate for the House of Commons in an off-year election was defeated and the Labor candidate won. From the showing made, the Conservatives hope to win the 1950 general election, but so far are in the minority. o o Former Fire Chief Henry Dellinger and a “grand old man’’ of this city will be honored this evening at a Founder’s Day program of the Knights of Pythias lodge. Mr. Dellinger has been a member of Kekionga lodge for a half century and is a sincere and earnest worker in this fraternal organization, which was established here in 1876. Congratulations, Henry. o—o Counties and cities need additional funds for the repair and upkeep of highways and streets. The legislature has heard this plea and bills are going through the legislative hopper which will boost passenger car fees $3, truck license* by $1,000,000 and up the gasoline tax one cent a gallon. Nearly all of the money to be raised by the increases will be returned to local communities for the contemplated purpose of road and street repairs. Restricting Salt in Diet By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. It is interesting for a doctor to ■watch people as they sit down to the dinner table. About the first thing they do is pick up the salt shaker and use it liberally without even tasting their food to see whether it is salt? enough already. And this, of course, is a bad habit for there are certain disorders in which a limitation of salt in she diet is important. Among these conditions are certain chronic kidney disturbances and long-continued heal disease. Investigations have shown that when the heart is not working nor maliy, salt is not excreted by ths kidneys as it should be The use of i a diet low in salt is necessary in the treatment of a failing heart Often, if the heart has been damaged ■but maintains normal circulation, restricting the salt intake may help to ward off heart failure. And opce started it is not difficult to reduce the amount of salt used and still have appetizing foods. Restriction of the salt in the diet may .be carried oatin three ways. The average person uses alieut three to five grams of salt daily, or about 1/10 to 1/6 of an ounce. This amount can be easily reduced to 1to 3 gram* daily 'by bwo simple procedures: First, by eliminating the addition of salt to foods at the table; second, by . avoiding highlysalted or salt-preserved, foods, such as hem .bacon, salted fish, anchovies. olive*. salted nut*, potato chip, and meat sauces, and third, to still further cut down the amount of salt in the diet, all salt may be eliminated in the rooking. This will reduce the salt intake from h to 1 v -raam dull.. • 1

Last year more than 300,000 victims of disaster were fed, sheltered, clothed, or helped to a new O. start in life by the American Red Cross. When disaster strikes, the Red Cross is the nation’s recogut nized agency for aid to the victims or ~in the immediate emergency and er . ut during the long rehabilitation period. Give through your Red Cross nto help the needy. o o d’ The school officials, tournament managers, referees and the more . than 2,000 enthusiastic fans are to be complimented for making the - sectional basketball tourney the ! great success that it was. Good I I management and admirable sportsie: manship were shown throughout I the tense three-day contest. Deca . tur lived up to its reputation of ,s being a good host and now that the Y winner has emerged we can all boost and cheer for the team as it enters the regional tourney in lr ] Huntington this weekend. Good n luck, Yellow Jackets. e o o— — n The Indiana legislature has one i ' *’ more week to complete its work e i and unless cooperation is shown I between the Senate and House. ' much of the proposed legislation e will die in committee. The law-! r makers should not overlook the M fact that the people expect them a ] to get together on a method of raising funds to pay the soldiers’] 1 bonus, approve the budget and is l possible provide additional funds to cities and counties for repair and B upkeep of streets and highways. 1 Night sessions may be necessary 1 to accomplish what should have 1 been done weeks ago. o o—- ' Red Cross Drive: General Dwight Eisenhower will launch the 1949 Red Cross drive . from Chicago this evening. During the month of March.] ’ volunteers throughout the nation 1 ’ will attempt to raise the Red ', Cross quota of $60,000,000. In rich I America that goal should not be f difficult to reach. ' Here in Decatur and Adams ; county, volunteers will also can-: ’ vass for the drive. Our quota is ’ $7,070, divided $2,730 to the na1 tional Red Cross and $4,340 for the ! county chapter’s horns’ service of- ■ fice. ’ | In all past drives, Adams county has exceeded its quota and in view 1 of the splendid work that the home ’ servite performs, there is no rea- ■ son to doubt the successful out- ! come of the 1949 drive. t 1 A restricted area of a few blocks in New York supplies 85 percent ] ]of the country's ready to wear 1 goods, whose delivery is expected I by air and rail express to every corner of the United States. ’I In some cases, It may even be > necessary to cut the salt down be- > low this level. This is accomplish- ■ l ed by carefully selecting <oods . I which have the smallest amount of ] I salt in them, using unsalted dread | - and butter, and restricting many I foods to which salt is added during l their preparation, «uoh as baked ■ i product* containing baking pflwdor. I t This type of restriction will reduce , - the salt intake to less than gram -a day. t Patients with early signs of heart failure are usually placed on the t first level of mtrlction, tbat is they wt about I*4 to 3 grams of salt a ■ day. Often, their symptoms will disf appear within a few week*. At a i later date, should the symptoms re- '• appear, the salt intake may lie de-I i creased to the second level of I Vi; i. grams a day. and eventually it may I !• ire desirable to keep the salt level e as lew as passible. s There is no evidence that a strlnI cent restriction of salt will lead to . any difficulties. Os course, the low , t' salt diet should be employed under , I the direction of a physican in those | t cases in which he deems it ad’’is-I r able. There are salt substitutes on I « the market which contain no salt - but make the food more palatable. • These can be used by persons who I t have difficulty in adjusting to the: * | bland diet. The proper salt su'rsti-. 1 tute will be advised by the doctor. I QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS Al. H.: I have neuritis in the back I » of my neck. Can this be cured? . Answer: Neuritis, as a rule, can . I be cleared up; however, what vou, > ; consider to be neuritis may he I j some other condition. 1j A thorough study by an ortho-| ' psßEt vculd be aqvLaMc. 1

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...» 0 0 11 Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE || jfl 0 Q. How and when should a ] bridegroom offer his fee to the clergyman who performs the cere- i mony? 8 A. He entrusts an envelope con- I c I t aiding the money to his best man, j who gives it to the clergyman after , j the ceremony’. 1 1 Q. Is it permissible to, use postal; cards for social correspondence? ] A. No; the postal card is reserv- 1 ed for business purposes only, ex- i cepting of course the popular greet- ' v ing, holiday, and vacation picture] and decorative cards. Q. When serving coffee to guests, a how should the spoons he distribut- 1 ed? A. Place the spoons on the sau- ( cers when the coffee is served.

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synopsis Beecbcrott is tbs paialiu estat* ot lamu us myslerj Outran writer Mully burton who entertain* lavisniy. Her attractive ’ young granadaugOler Detrarao Kandau arrives from Washington {or a vacation. ! Deb a luggage is misplaced, tn the suitcase Drought uer Dy mistaae sue tinoa a revolver. Her bag containing her hiary, a precious document recording some government secrets ana much intimate intunuaIran concerning nerselt, i* missing Who has 111 Molly’s guests oegln to arnvs in drove*. Most ol the men ar* scientists wording on atom bomb research at to* University. Deb senses something sinister when in th* dark nailway she bears someone whisper "It* your job to get those Papera.'' She is disturbed to know tnai Clivs Warner, who cruelly jilted her during ' the war. is a resident guest ot Uie nouse Frightened and rushing down the staircase. Deb collides with Tun Grant whom ue Hods attractive. Later she learn* tnat Tim is co-heir ol her grandmother's estate, mat be is trying to oe appointed bead ot the University's Science Center. CHAPTER FIVE “I HOPE you are right, Deb, about no trouble ahead, but, in the words ot Sarah Allen, *1 have a teelin” tnere will be fireworks, perhaps bombs, before, or if, Tim is appointed," Debby's grandmother went on: "Enough about me and my problems. You can't know now happy 1 am to nave you here. Now that the drastic need ot your help in Washington is over 1 hope you will make your nome with me ano give the college and the town that grew up around it the benefit ot what you have learned in the bigger world outside. With the influx ot QI wives, you can help immeasurably. You have proved an ace secretary, time to polish other facets of your mind. Perhaps already you have begun. Perhaps that is a manuscript clutched under your arm or do those black covers contain your last will and testament T” “Wrong guess. They contain an intimate record ot my life for the last three years. While 1 am here 1 intend to edit the diary. You have given me an idea. Why not polish the creative facets ot my mind? 1 can help with the GI wives also. Why should you be the only writer in the family?” “I shouldn't, not with your flair tor description and perceptive observation. You showed by your courage in returning to college after the breakup with Clive Warner that you can take disappointment, and believe me, taking disappointment on the chin and keeping on, everlastingly keeping on, is one ot the toughest tests on the rocky road of authorship. I'll turn over my log cabin workshop on the island to you. Ask Sarah lo.’ the key." “Thanks. May I put the diary in your safe where it' will be secure from fire or inspection?" "Os course.” At the desk Madam Stewart wrote on a slip of white paper. "Here is the combination. Press the top of the panel at the right ot the fireplace.” The panel responded to pressure. On her knees Deborah turned a small steel knob, consulted directions, turned, reversed, turned again. The safe door swung open revealing three laden shelves “Don't cover the folding money, Deb. It is my monthly payroll and cash for incidentals. Stella Dane gat it there this morning after

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0 9 Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE 0 „ Restoring /lannels Flannels that have 'been badly washed, and are hard and shrunken, can ibe restored to their former softness by soaking them in gasoline for a few hours. Then wash in soft soap suds as usual. Rinse in clear water of the same temperature. Roasting Fowl When roasting a fowl, place the breast side downwards, and the juices will penetrate the breast, which is naturally dry. Perfume Stains Peroxide of hydrogen will usually remove iperfume stains from linen. Per capita cotfee consumption in the United States has risen sharply and now stands at about 20 pounds.

Ingrid brought it from the bank. 1 opened the safe for her. Ingrid has lived with me for years, nas seen me through sad days and happy days and refuses to know the combination though important papers of hers are there." "Has she explained why?" “No. She doesn't confide in me as she used to. I’m worried about her. She hasn't heard from the aviator brother we visited in Norway before the war. She suspects he was active in the underground and thinks he may have been shot as a hostage. 1 have a suspicion she has hired a shyster lawyer to trace him, that she is using her money for something or someone besides nerself, but, when come to that, who isn’t?” "ft’a your )ob to gel the papers." The fierce whisper drifted through Deborah's memory like a sinister ghost as she glanced into the safe with its neat files of papers and velvet and satin jewel cases. Had it been the threat of a shyster lawyer she nad overheard ? That was a dumb thought He wouldn’t be staying in the house and the soft closing * ol a door in the left wing had followed the second whisper. "Would Ingrid employ a lawyer with Judge Lander practically in the family?" she inquired, as she made room for the bulky notebook on top ot files of papers in the lower compartment. It filled the space between them and the shelf above. "She doesn't dike him. In all the years she has been with me 1 have never discovered the reason. Most women do.” She had something there, Debby told herself. The man was a wolf, not that he had ever whistled to her but she knew his type. They ran in packs in Washington. She never had trusted him. She bated the little intimate squeeze when shook hands. She could understand Ingrid’s reaction. She closed the safe door, elid the panel into place and rose from her knees. “I now feel safe about my diary. I wish you wouldn't keep so many Jewels in the bouse, Molly B. A thief trying to steal them might hurt you." “1 want them where I can enjoy them, what fun would they be locked in my deposit box at the bank? 1 might as well not have them. Roger gave me many jewels but some of those cases represent a novel 1 make myself a present on a book's birthday to square never celebrating my own. Hold on to the combination. Deb, you may want to refer to the loose-leaf book when 1 am not here. Don't begin work yet. Keep out of doors till you get back your lovely color. You are too pale." As Deborah tucked the slip of white paper into the deep V of her house coat, Ingrid entered. "Still here and not dressed, Debby? It is time for sherry in the hall Better scram.” As in her room Deborah slipped the lime and turquoise sheer over her dark hair, she remembered the safe combination. It should be locked in the desk. Where was it? Had it fallen whea she removed

The People’s Voice This column for the use of our readers who wish to make sug- : gestions for the general good I or discuss questions of interi est. Please sign your name to i show authenticity. It will not | be used if you prefer that it I not be. I ; • State Road 224 Decatur Daily Democrat: I have seen from experience and I suppose most of the other people of Decatur have too, that state road 224, east of Decatur, isn't fit to travel. In the past few months there have been numerous accidents on this road. These accidents could be prevented by fixing up the highway. Since Indiana is supposed to be the richest state in the Union, I see no reason for these terrible roads. After a few innocent people’s lives are taken, maybe they will be fixed up or at least a few holes patched up, but something should be done! "A Licensed Driver” 0 o | 20 YEARS AGO ! TODAY 0 0 Feb. 28 — James W. Good appointed secretary of war by Presi-dent-elect Hoover. The legislature appropriates $55,-1 980,000 in biennial budget bill Indiana. Mr. and (Mrs. D. W. Beery are moving to Fort Wayne to make their home. The state Catholic high school tournament will be held in Indianapolis March 7, 8 and 9. Decatur will meet Cathedral i|i the opener. Jack Sharkey retains world championship by defeating Young Stribling at Miami Beach. Yellow Jackets won 13 games and lost five during the season. The secret of cooking veal is i using the long, slow method. That prevents it from being too tough, even though it has little fat.

i WE the house coat? It wasn't on the floor. It wasn’t in the room. Had she dropped it on the stairs? Suppose the person who had fiercely demanded "papers” found It? Would it be recognized for what it was and be used to further theft ? That was a breath-snatch-ing thought. Deborah went down the spiral staircase with its beautiful harp balustrade step by slow step, looking at each tread. No slip of white paper to be seen. Had it been picked up? Halfway down the second flight she stopped and looked into the hall below with its black and white tiled floor, rich-toned Persian rugs, huge fireplace where a low fire burned, and its carved high-back chairs. The ; bleached cypress paneling made a perfect background for the assembled guests, for the human comedy being staged to the soft, radioed music of strings playing "To Each His Own,” a setting which belonged in a past era of outsize, magnificent houses The chair in which Molly B. sat was of the throne variety—trust her tor a touch ot drama. Her tangerine frock was a toll to the . pale blue ot Sophy Brandt's, a small woman with knitting needles and the diamonds on her fingers flashing, who occupied a companion chair beside her hostess. Her blonde transformation was a mass ot tortuous waves and curb, a bang reached almost U her heavily blackened eyebrows A peaches and cream makeup, plus artistically applied eye shadow, gave her round face a touch of girlishness. Her reddened mouth drooped at the corners. The girl in white must be Stella Dane. She was thin, almost to attenuation: pretty, though. Her hair, which reached her shoulders in a page-boy bob, shone like silver gilt. Her mouth would be lovqly if she didn't appear so darn sorry for herself. Was it because she had had to go to work ? Was the tall thin-faced man Burke Romney, the new science proses- , sor, who was adoring her with his eyes? To Sarah's "sad and sorry" she would add sinister. As he I talked he raked his dark hair with long, bony fingers, with the result that he looked like the picture of an aboriginal head hunter. A girl he loved had better watch her step. There was a dark red carnation in the lapel of Judge Lander's black dinner jacket No wonder most women went all out for him. A six-footer, just heavy enough for his height, with a bold, old-man-of-the-mountain profile, clear skin with a touch of red at the cheekbones, and wavy white hair, he must be in the late fifties. His keen dark eyes could appraise, caress, invite a woman, could turn the blood of a lying witness to ice. At the moment his charm was turned on at high. He was toasting Tilly Farr, whose mimosa yellow satin frock made here lovely dark eyes and hair seem even darker. (To Be Continued) |

Friendly Gag Has Decatur Resident And Police Worried It turned out to be a friendly j gag, but H had city police and Paul j i J. Daniels, of 603 Marshall street, worried for a couple of hours. When Daniels returned home from Saturday afternoon's basketball game he was unable to find a strongbox in which he kept his collection of S2BO in old coins and a .32 calibre German automatic pistol. He did find a note which said, “Why don't you lock your door, stupid. The J. D. Gang.” At 7 p.m. he discovered the treasured strong box, which had been covered up all the time and hidden from view. The message didn't come from the Berne bandits who called themselves the J. D. gang, but from a friend. It was all a prank. Daniels was relieved to learn. —t Increase Reported In State Population Indianapolis, Feb. 28 — (UP) — The population of Indiana has increased by more than half a million in the last eight years, the Indiana state board of health said today. Dr. Robert Serfling, director of the public health statistics division, said 542.205 more persons are living in Hoosierland now than were here in 1940. | Serfling said population had gained in 79 of the 92 counties. The ex- | ceptions were Benton, Clay, Or)ange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Sullivan, Switzerland, Union, Vermillion, Warren and Washington. HELLER ASSAILS (Cont. From Page One) lars and create dangerous politicI al power," Johnson said. Schricker vetoed a senate bill which would have allowed persons charged with embezzlement to be tried in the county in f which they were arrested. He said it was “unconstitutional.” He also vetoed a house bill im tended to give the Morgan county hospital board five members instead of four to avoid deadlocks such as occurred recently in a , tiff over personnel. He said he vetoed the bill because be didn't 1 like the idea of making a hospital board politically partisan. CONFESSES (Cont. From Page One) had run up the road from the nudist camp and had disappeared. He said he himself slept in the car Thursday night because he couldn’t get it out of the mud. The next day, be said, he had hitch-hiked into Washington. Holober told detectives he and his wjfe had not been living together. But three weeks ago, he said, she had threatened to move "bag and baggage" into his father's home with him. It was then that he started to plan the slaying, he said. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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