Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1949 — 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 Dick D. Heller — President A. R. Holthouse - .. Editor C. E. Holt house Treasurer J. H. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates •By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: one year, $6; Six months, $3.25; 3 months, J 1.75. By Maii, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year, $ 7.0 V; 6 months, $3.75; 3 months, s2.uo. By carrier, 2u cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents. April brought All Foci's day but May wili give us Friday, the thirteenth. o o It seems that the younger generation was too busy with other matters to think of April fool pranks. o o— You have a job to do over the week end. Be a good neighbor and set out the tin cans and rubbish for the city truck drivers, who will make the rounds next week. o—o The time question will have to be settled this month, for if the daylight saving time schedules go into effect, the change will have to be made on the last Saturday night in April. o o Chicago's famous State Strell lost its most colorful citizen in the death of Henry C Lytton, whose life covered I".' years Lytton had opt rated a retail store in Chicago since 18x7 and was one of those Americans pointed to as a “boy who came up the hard way.'' He was nationally known because of his belief in and type of advertising used to promote store sales. o o— Army Day wili be observed next week throughout the country. While tin - l-'niicd-foatvs-is not looking for a war. and prays that anomer coi.fu.t will m >-r befall mankind, it B grateful f r its army of free men. Composed of the finest young men in the nation, (he military branch of our government knows the full mean lug of freedom and the ills that beset waning nations. In observ ance of the day. the slogan. “Service to Country Rather Than Celt" tells the story 0 o— — The nation has suffered a great loss in the tragic death of Dr. Willard H Dow of Midland. Michigan, head of the world famous Dow Chemical Company. Mr. Dow went to bis death in a plane crash in Canada, eutiight to Boston to hear Winston Churchill. His wife and taree other numbers of his party also met death in the air disaster. Dr. Dow directed the w >rk of his great laboratories and while his place in the world of science might be filled, he cannot be replaced.

"Danger Signs" in Middle Age

By Herman N. Eundesen M. 0. | 4S we grow older, must of us can 1 add years to our lite as well as life ! to our years. And it is not a chore j either. But we must always bear in' jnind that when peoph reach 451 years of age, unless they take proper care of themselves, they will | soon begin to show symptoms due to the “wear and tear” of living. ■How a person takes care of hinueif after the age of 45. Loth physi ally and mentally, will be an important i factor in determining whether me later years of life will be healthy | and happy or marred by chronic sickness. Perhaps the most important part of this care during and after middle age is to have a regular check-up once every six months by the doctor Such a check-up will help to bring to light such disorders as damage to the kidneys, diabetes, or liver disease, which, with proper treatment, can lie kept under control. if not cured There are a number of danger s : gns which indicate that all may not be well For example, the sud den development of constipation, diarrhea, or any abnormal discomfort, such as sickness at the stomach. may be signs of stomach and bowel conditions which should have investigation Ry being on i the lookout for these danger sians and then consulting the physician i at once, disorders may be defected < m their tcginainj and promptly re- i

Winston Churchill, Great Britain's war-time premier, made the greatest speech of his life in Boston. Historic, to say the least, Churchill, reviewed conditions in the world and proclaimed that the atomic bomb was the weapon that kept Russia from sweeping all of Europe and later bombing England., He charged that the “13 men in the Kremlin aimed to rule the world.’’ The British statesman and strategist avowed ' his faith in free government and ; in Churchilian phrases paid glow- : ing tribute to the world leadership of the United States. “We : have no hostility to the Russian I people. We seek nothing from | Ku six but good will and fair i emphasized the 74-year 1 vid ctusader for the cause of free- I dom. Even in this country, , Democrats and Republicans I agreed that the Churchill speech | was one of the most historic ever j made by the dynamic British I leader. o o Market Margin: Somewhere in the now success- ■ ful campaign to get a reduction of tin required margin payment on stock exchange trading, somebody began referring to margin as a : "cash down payment" on the purchase of stocks. This is a half- i truth. It is not truth at all as ap- . plied to the use of margin which brought government regulation of ' it in the first place. , A down payment on a pur- j chas? implies an intent to pay the balan-e of the purchase price, as in instalment buying. It is true that mat gin is. used in that way. It is used to allow an investor. to pay a portion of the market price at the time of purchase and pay the balance later. But the other and more common use of margin is quite different. Margin is used to increao th. trading power of a speculator. Il is a means by which the -peculator can handle an amount oi stocks he could not ■ pay foA Under the present fifty per c-r.t requirement, a speculator with $100,900 can buy and sell $200,000 worth of stocks. He never really owns them, never pays for them or intends to. He only guarantees to the broker that be will pay a loss of up to fifty per cent of the purchase price if the stock quotation should go the wrong way. Very low margin requirements, only fifteen per cent at one time in the thirties, led to the highly inflated condition of stocks before the crash of 1929. because specula- 1 tors were buying and selling ' stock? tn great quantities at only i fifteen per cent of quoted values. , The use oi margin for gambling purposes is dangerous to the whole national economy. On the other hand the use of margin to make legitimate investment easier is a healthy procedure which I stimulates the economy, as does , credit and instalment selling of | goods on a sound basis I

I lieved. Overweight becomes particularly J hazardous after middle age. Toe | extra weight puts an unnecessary ' burden on the heart, blood vessels. ■ and kidneys. There is no doubt that ! persons who keep their weight nor | mai can expect a longer and health ier life. .Emotional upsets, worry, anger, and fdar are all harmful They not only are a strain on the nervous . system but may be contributing sac- : tors in physical disorders. .Middle- ’ aged or older persons should try to develop the idea of taking thing* less seriously. Many middle-aged persons seem to forget that during this time of life most of them cannot do as much as they could in thoir earlier years. They try to keep up with young persons and. as a result, breakdowns occur. The best thing tn do is to take things easy, avoid rushing, get to lied a little earlier and. if possible, take a short tuf during the middle of the day. There is no need to worry about srovinz old. Itecause worry will do no good. However, hy taking proper care of yourself, you can delay the aging process. QUESTIONS ANO ANSWERS J. O.: Can a bunion lie cured by operation? Answer - operations for the removal of bunions are successful. An orthopedic specialist s'.culd be ccnulud.

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| j. o 20 YEARS AGO TODAY ■ 0 April 2 — The four bank bandits who confessed to the robbery of the I.inn Grove bank are taken to Michigan City prison by Sheriff Hollingsworth, Dick Heller, Francis Schmitt and George Squiers. Hartford township taxpayers will •Re a remonstrance against the i proposed school house improve- ■ inent. The Geneva debating team loses i at Columbia City. Aaron Devinney, 62, well known . local painter, dies at Adams coun- ' ty memorial hospital. Arthur Suttles. Jr., returns to Purdue after a visit with his parents here. Waltrr Johnson, former harness dealer here, now located in Findlay. Ohio, visits Decatur friends. 0 —0 Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE . q 0 Featr.cr Pillows When reiiliing a feather pillow.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN ••SO THAT’S what is left of Henry Lander." Sam Farr's voice broke the eerie silence, his eyes were on the shapeless heap on the floor. "He was too shck, toe; smooth. Somebody's come to the i pay-off. Who can it be?” “He was' my friend, Sam, remember." “My apologies, Molly 8., for speaking harshly of the dead—no matter what he deserves." "Dead?" Ingrid Johnson inquired from the doorway. “What is going on? Scragg is on the verge of a nervous breakdown because the popovers are ready and no one has come to—Oh, my—" Sam Farr shook off his clinging wife and clapped his hand over her mouth. “Yelling won’t help, Ingrid. It’s Lander." As she moved her head impatiently he asked “Promise not to scream?" She nodded, whispered: . "I promise.” She sank down on the bench beside Molly B. and covered her chalky face with her hands. She was shaking. From shock, of course, who wasn’t. Deb thought It couldn't be because of regard for the Judge, she detested him; why had her eyes beta terrified unless she knew or— Memory chilled her heart to s standstill. Did Ingrid suspect that the man with whom she had talked in the cutting garden had done this horrible thing? Did she know Qiat he had been on the place last evening? “They caught the prowl car," Tim Grant announced as be entered. “The chief will follow. He was at dinner." It seemed but a moment before the police swarmed in. Two at first. Then four. They arrived without benefit of shrieking sirens as they arrive in movies. Apparently this homicide squad had perfected a gumshoe technique. The short, chunky chief followed. Deb drew the first long breath she had drawn since she had seen the motionless heap in the middle of the badminton court It was Sandy McGregor, who had i' been a rosy-faced, smiling traffic cop who held up traffic for her to , cross the street tn her younger days. The village children had ' adored “Mac.” The years bad sharpened his eyes to bright blue steel, drawn reddish skin tight over prominent cheekbones, had l stenciled his jutting nose with , purple veins. He ran a chubby hand over the shiny pink oasis entirely surrounded by an irongray crew cut before he shook | hands with Molly B. "Ta clad it is you, Mac," she said. ■ A sergeant kneeling beside the body looked up. “Shot, Chief. If we could get the room clear—" Shot. Deb had a sudden breathliflatciynz memory cf an ivory-

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crush a small block of camphor | and mix with the feathers.' This will keep the feathers “fresh,” and ! will help to preserve them. Protecting Hands The hands may be protected from I steam and hot pans if the pan holders are fashioned in the form of ■ thick pockets. White Enamgl A flannel cloth dipped in garden mold will remove yellow spots fpcm [ white enamel. • | 0 | ( Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE 0 - o I Q. When the wedding is to be in the afternoon and the bride is | to wear her going-away costume, j what should her maid-of-honor | wear? A. An afternoon frock is suit- j able. • I Q After meeting a girl s fiance. ■ is it good manners to say some-1 t ting nice about him the next time • you are alone with her? A. Yes, this is the nice thing to i 1 jio. Q. When a woman has dropped ' ‘

handled revolver in a suitcase. To i whom had it belonged? "Sure, sure. Folks, move into the other room » hile the medical examiner determines the time ot death." McGregor drove them ahead of him like a flock ot sheep Peters, come with me. Go to it, boys,” he flung over his shoulder before he closed thA door behind him. He seated nimseif In the chair that Tim Grant pushed forward. The blue-uniformed officer who had followed him drew a chair beside the checkers table, on whicn he dropped a stenographer's notebook. "Better sit down, all of you. This isn't going to be short," McGregor warned. Last evening the long, crimson banquette against the east wall had been taken over by laughing, happy women resting from a dance, some of them tapping sandaled feet to the rhythm ot "For Sentimental Reasons," jived on the piano by Mark Taylor, Deb remembered. Now, white-faced Ingrid sat in the center, her hands clenched in the lap of her electricblue frock, motionless »s a stone woman. Sam Farr, with Tilly qlutching at his sleeve as If she never would let him go, on one side of her. Olive Warner and Romney In golf clothes on the other sat stiff and tense, their eyes on the chunky man in the middle of the room. “Better sit down, Detf," Tim Grant suggested. "Come here, honey." Molly B. indicated the chair beside the one on the edge of which she perched as if ready for the Go gun in a race. “All right te smoke, Chief?” Tim Grant inquired aa he took over the piano bench. i "Sure, go ahead." Four cigari ette lighters flashed simultaneously. McGregor cleared his throat “It was my job through the war veara to spot every newcomer to this town and to find out why he ; or she was here. I know all you i college folks, but where does he i fit in?" He pointed at Burke . Romney, who shift d his feet unI easily. "Professor Romney Is la the > cyclotron lab at the Center," Tim - Grant explained. I “Hmmm-m, that's the departI ment with the new atom-smasher, « Isn't it? Who recommended you : for the job, Professor?" I "Judge Lander." i “I guess that gives you the r green light, the Judge didn’t ptek i any phonies. There’s one other . stranger to me, the man who ew- ; plained the how-come of Romney." "He is Timothy Grant, riy late ; husbands grandson, Mac-Chief," Molly B. corrected hastily. • > "Well, well, well, is be new? The new Head ot the Center V.T.at t d’you know about tnat?" MoGregor beamed at Tun. 1 read -about you but I was so busy • an the Oowd yeuriP-

Homemaking Tips by Anna K. Williams Home Demonstration Agent Stubborn Stains Stubborn stains left by beverages, grass or leaves, mud, scorch, and perfume may be removed by a double bleach. These stains are; not removed with usual methods | of washing or cleaning. Dry clean ers use a bleaching mixture so carefully that it moistens only the stain and not the fabric around it., A double bleach which will remove those stubborn stains is made by combining two safe bleaches—sodium perborate and some strong bleaches do. To make this bleach, dissolve' about one teaspoon of sodium per-1 borate in a small bottle of hydro-! gen peroxide apd use it immediately. This mixture loses strength rather rapidly. This liquid <is applied very carefully to the stain with a medicine dropper or a glass rod or the stain may be sponged with it. It is left on the fabric only long enough to fade out the stain and then the fabric should : be rinsed with plenty of water. To use this double bleach on colored material, take special care so that the bleach does not take out the color as wejl as the stain. This required quick and accurate application and thorough rinsing afterward. Golden Chips (Sweetpotato chips are a new and promising product, entirely different in color and flavor froml the familiar chips made from j I Irish potatoes. Chips made from I 1 sweetpotatoes have enough natur-1 i al sweetness to serve as confer-1 ! tions, if dusted with powdered sugar, yet are excellent for appetizers and other uses if salted. They may be made either at home or commercially. Sweetpotatoes of the Porto Rioo or other types having deep yellpw flesh are recommended because they produce chips of an attractive golden color. some article and a stranger picks it up for her, what should she say? A. A "thank you,” accompanied by a smile, is surticient.

> » ii w — s'' ■■■ stallation drew, 1 didn't see or hear you. 1 sure am glad to meet you Your grandfather backed my first appointment on the torce. Hmmm-m. Old friendships don’t count in my business, though.’' ne growled as if suddenly remember- , ing the gruesome job At hand. "I shall do my duty at no flatter what cost to my personal feelings, Madam Stewart." Did ne mean that already a member ot the household was under suspicion? The thought dried Deb's throat "Who found the body?” McGregor sprang the question with the suddenness of a steel trap. She swallowed her heart, which had zoomed to her mouth, controlled a sehoolgirlish impulse to rise, hold up her hand, and forced her voice through stiff lips. "l-l did." ’"Tell how you happened to find it" She fold ot hearing the barking dog while in church, of driving Madam Stewart to Beechcroft, of locating the bark as coming from the game house, of running along the colonnade, finding the large room lighted, of hearing the dog whining in the court beyond. "And then—and then— * Her voice gave out. "That will do M you, Miss Deb. Who came next?" Breathlessly Molly B. told her story, the others followed tn order of their appearance in the badminton room. i "Hmmm-m, what is it now?” I McGregor demanded as the sergeant entered with something glittering and swinging from his > fingers. Deb's world whirled and : steadied. It was a moonstone and diamond bracelet Molly B. leaned, forward eagerly, then with a low ’ exclamation settled back in the ehair. "Where did you get this, Sergeant?" "Clutched tight In his fist, ; Chief." “Might have been snatched from ’ a wrist or a wrist might have ’ been wrenched free and left the bracelet Anybody recognize It?" “It's Mrs. Sophy's, she told us ■ last evening—" Romney stopped 1 short In his eager explanation. . “Go on, what did she tell you last evenipg?" ! *1 missed it from Mrs. Brandt's arm," Molly B. carried on. "She •aid that the catch had broken and She bod the bracelet la her t bAg? r "Hmmm-m. Mrs. Sophy Brandt, . the woman with the yellow wig. . I- know the lady, she has visited , here for years. Drop the bracelet . on the table, Sergeant, we ll come back to that later." He waited fill the officer had left the room. * "Can any one of you recall the last tune you saw or spoke to the d Judge?” he asked. Peters at the y checkers table picked up hw pencil. O"“ R* CMilMiLi)

Red Cross Fund You, too, can help » through Your RED CROSS GIVE NOW RED CROSS FUNDS Previously reported — $5,630.32! I Daniel Fiechter. Sec. 33 Kirkland Mrs. Reiphold Squer, Zone No. 16 Decatur Res. ... 800 Mrs. Joseph Hunter,- Zone No. 2 Decatqr Res. ... 38.00 Alvin Bohnke, Sec. 22 Root 3.00 Lewis Reinking, Sec. 36 Preble Henry Ehrsam, Sec. 33 Monroe U-0® Knights of Columbia — 10.00 Limberlost Home Ec. Club 5.00 Wilbert Baker, Sec. 3 Jesferson —- 3.00 Milo B. Glendening, Sec. 33 Hartford 20.00 Court House Officials .... 30.00 Mrs. Don Cochran, Zone No. 3 Decatur Res. ... 660 Mrs. Floyd Morrison, Zone No. 1 Decatur Res. add. 45.60 i James Murphy, add. Zone No. 1 Decatur 115.00 I Totals - $5,941.52 Trade In a G«od Town — Decatur j

■teWW; < 'wreo—r BBSsfe v - "’•c B I . ■■ • &.. ■ I II W ii I l > Leo Y ager, president of the Citizens Telephone Company use>*« of the routine testing equipment associated with the Pleasant Mills exchange.

The Citizens Telephone Company completed the cut-over of Its ’ first dial exchange last Friday ■ when the last Pleasant Mills subscriber was given service from the new automatic exchange. This gutoVer. the first of, six such changes in the Citizens Telephone Company network, was started Tuesday morping, March 29 and completed. Friday evening. April 1. 1 The Pleasant Mills exchange is a ' new exchange where none existed [ before, and it was necessary to bring all former lines into the Pl§»sant Mills area rather than , towards Decatur or Monroe with I a minimum interruption of ser- : vite. ■ bfflcials of the Citizens Telephone Company announced today ( that they were well pleased with i • the progress made and the relative I "smoothness” of the cut-over opei • I alion. The expected number' of 1 initial UuK. Pen uKcantwed. 1

(Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, Zion Lutheran Church) » "Getting Adjusted”—Philippians 4: 1143 Life has always been a matter of adjustments F rom ~ l to old age, new situations arise to which men must ad' C selves: in school, lessons, teachers, in the home, in th? hood, in society, in business, etc. Unexpected 2; cesses, unexpected disappointments and tragedi.-s .?i a ? make adjustments and readjustments necessary. And" they seem too much for us. '' Now read slowly and carefully the above text p K of life’s motto for the great apostle Paul; and we re ( ™‘"■tr' 1 to you. Paul has learned (thru Christ) to be content in state he finds himself. Read the catalogue of p aur 2 Cor. 11. 24-?8. But Paul always got adjusted. You don’t complaining. And the great secret of Paul's keeping bj and getting adjusted was Jesus Christ. When adversity down upon him; when pain, stripes, imprisonment, and had to be endured—his trust in Christ, his assurance of presence and help upheld him. strengthened him. 1 things thru Christ which strengthened me." And Christ is the remedy we recommend to you dear 1 Thru Him you can always 'get adjusted’. He is the sure ' Go to Him!. Believe in Him! Read His Word! Worsliin See Him loving you unto death to redeem you Christ h? own get adjusted. Thru Him we can do all things. Get Him! Stay close to Him! ‘ '*■

Kroger Company To Award Scholarships Seventy-seven college scholarships will be awarded to outstanding high school graduates in 15 midwestern and southern states during 1949, j it has been announced by the Kro-1 ger company. Scholarships are worth S2OO each and will be divided between students majoring in' home economics and agriculture at I 16 land-grant colleges. Last year. I Kroger also awarded 77 scholar- ■ ships at these colleges, a continuation of a program started 10 years ago. Scholarship winners will be sej lected by the resepctive college

but all equipment and lines were completely cleared for normal operation by late Friday afternoon. It was also announced that a total of 166 subscribers are now being served out of the • Pleasant Mills exchange which is very nearly double the number estimated in the original planning stage initiated two years ago. It is planned by the Citizens i Telephone Company to change the Linn Grove area to dial service during the week of April 18 with the Monroe area receiving dial service approximately July 15 of this year. It was also explained that, at the present time. Monroe and Pleasant Mills subscribers call each other over trunks going, through the Decatur switchboard but that, after Monroe becomes : automatic, direct lie-trunks be- ' tween the Monroe and Pleasant Mills exchanges will be available ' for diru; iwiit* Ulwceu tin. Ifo

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scholarship -- > of high SClb'iO, ment and evidence of qualities d'-'i.ims-.m-.,,] ;E church, 4-H clu , s Funn-j of America. F America siinilar Graduates of r ,. ■ | schools are t-iiyiide and 1 application tiireiLy p, the college of I land gram ■ty agents, home I agents or vmational teachers. Irn'ormaiim or. W • gram may ; -e ii'.miacd The Genera: Electee I'o veloped a mmic £6 p. several t ;m-. Franci.-c" „n trial Kt.

exchange* with"*" of going through ■ switchboard ■ Bryant, Indiana service yet t* ll ' > *'“ * [pH plans indicate 'h-' and Berne ex. !>at:-' ■ verted in 195't. ■ Ail . quipmeut I .the Citizen- Thas been eiutn to meet ' tia’i" :1 ® ll '’ n jiß which is planned elect in I'”'* U wide plan haoperators will . jfl ' dial telephone ]y Without the meting any n»; automatical..* -• _. lines. rP utcs. cphon* tn the na t’t. • . t -a.-iiy an i <)’»■<• r ’\' , taiopkon- -- -• " ■