Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 4 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. Holthouse Treasurer J. H. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $6; Six months, $3.25; 3 months, $1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year, $7.00; 6 months, $3.75; 3 months, $2.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents, The clean-up drive is moving along and by the end of the week there should not be a stray can in any alley. o o— The tax on colored oleo will be repealed if the Senate follows the action taken in the House, which voted 287 to 89 for repeal. Oleomargarine has become a universal table commodity and although some agricultural and dairy organizations opposed repeal, congress has conceded that the excise levy is unjust. For those who prefer butter, the supply is still ample. o o The unemployment trend was stopped during March, there being a pick up in employment during that period. Secretary of Commerce Sawyer believes that conditions will continue to improve. The government says that 57,647,000 persons are employed and 3,167,000 without work. Despite the latter figure, no place in all the world has more gainful employment than the United • States. o o Dr. E. Veron Hahn, a brain surgeon and psychiatrist, commenting on the apparent confusion in cities where daylight saving, time will be observed and clocks not moved forward one hour, says that we live by symbols. "All of us are victims of routine. We live our lives by conventional symbols. The clock is more important to us than daylight or darkness in governing our lives," said the famous surgeon. If fast time is to be observed, the clocks should operate on the same schedule. o o Fifty years slip by in a hurry, as anyone that age will admit, which time brings the Golden Anniversary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Throughout the country this week VFW Posts are observing the anniversary of the founding of the organization. In nearly every one of the 17,000 local posts the 1,500.000 members will stage programs or jofn in state and national observances. Organized in 1899. following the Span-ish-American war. the members

Some Facts About the Rice Diet

By Herman N. Bundesen M. D. . Hardly a day passes that some! one does not ask me about the val-' ue of the rice diet in cases of high blood pressure. The effect of diet on high blood pressure has been studied for many years. Back in 1944, a diet made up for the most part of rice .was sug-. gested by Dr. Walter Kempner. ■ This diet supplied about 2,000 cal- ■ ories or heat units daily, with a very small amount of fat and a lint-, ited amount of protein. In addition i to the rice, some fruit was permit-. ted in the diet, and the salt was limited. This is. of course, a highly limited diet, and thpre are some who have felt that it might cause a serious nutritional deficiency, even as the blood pressure was reduced I This Duke-Uni versit y-orlginated diet was used in 700 patients who lived on the rice diet tor irop 35 to 900 days Os these. 7 out of 10 J who were careful in following this diet seemed to respond favorably to the treatment, that is, the blood pressure became lower and other symptoms .were improved to some extent. A vary complete study of J patients has been carried out by Dr Beujamin Rosenberg, and his cowooers. These patients were first put into a hospital for a month where they were given an ordinary, wellbalanced diet, with no {imitation of salt. Then the patients were put on a special diet for a period of not less than four weeks. Seven pat 1 ients were on a diet low in salt during this period. Os these, four used the rice diet in addition One patient hud the rice diet alone.

- are veterans who fought for their country outside of the United States. Limberlost Post in this city, with a membership of nearly 400 is headed by Otis Gould, newly elected commander. A jubilee show in celebration of the VFW’s anniversary will be heard over the air this evening. o o The great Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus is starting out again, the first exhibition being staged in New York’s, Madison Square Garden. Even in the Big City, with all its wonders, towers and theaters, the circus draws a full house every night. To our way of thinking there isn't anything as marvelous as the Ringling circus. It not only furnishes superb entertainment and thrills, but the fact that it moves on split-second schedule, playing in a new city every day, is one of the wonders that stir the imagination. Cities are run complacently, but with a circus it must build and tear down a city within 24 hours. Our only regret for not living in a metropolis is that Ringling’s circus doesn’t come to town. o o Improving Government: The latest rumor is of a moveto take over and continue the work of the Hoover Commission . on Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government, I This group has finished its assigned task and rendered its report. P is now up to Congress to adopt it in whoje, in part, or not I at all. Even if all the Commission’s I recommendations were enacted, i ex President 1 loover would be the last person to say that the gov- j eminent had then become per- ; feet. New needs and unforeseen defects in old structures will ap- | pear from time to time. A permanent survey, keeping con- ; stantly in touch with, the govern- i ment, would be extremely useful, j Such a surv*v would not deal . matters of policy, such as ‘ whether Uncle Sam should con- j trol rents. It would recommend, | however, the most efficient method of carrying out whatever policy was chosen. The details of the proposed : continuous project are still in the air. It is to be hoped that they will prove more than rumor. More immediately, however, some kind of project probably will be required to induce Congress to do something about the Hoover report itself. Terre Haute Man Is Killed By Automobile Terre Haute, Ind., April 4 —(UP) ; — Joseph M. Wasson. 72. died in ' Union hospital Saturday night of injuries suffered when he was hit by a car as he crossed U. S. 40.

I Four of the seven on the low salt I ' diet had a drop in the blood pres-' 1 sure. In the other three, there was j no change. Os the five patients on I the rice diet, three showed a drop i In the blood pressure. The effect of tlie rice diet was only slightly | greater than that bf the low salt i diet. It was interesting to note that ■ although a drop in the blood pres- ■ sure occurred in five of the patients ' their symptom's, such as headache. , were not improved. . The exact cause of the type of j high blood pressure known as essential hypertension that is of unknown origin, has not been determined. Many forms of treatment for this condition have been devised, in- , eluding operations on the sympath- [ etic nerves. This operation seems to benefit some patients. Drugs known as thiocyanates have also been used with benefit in , some patients. The combination of operation and the thiocyanates has recently been reported as Iteing quite effective in keeping the blood pressure at a lower level. Any patient with high blood pressure should be under the care of a physician who will decide just which one of the several forms of treatment now employed would be most useful in his particular case. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS M. C.: What causes canker sores? | Answer: It is thought that can- , ker sorqp are due to sensitization to j some one food. However, up to the i present time the exact cause of, ■ them has not been definitely determined and. therefore. It is hardly possible do suggest anything I i hit • ill freveat their eccureaca. j

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1 0 0 Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE 0 * 0 Wrinkles To take the wrinkles out of a garI ment when in a hotel, hang it over the rack in the bathroom, close the door and windows, and turn on the hot water. Let it run until the room I is filled with steam. Leave the garj ment hanging in this vapor for an ! hour, then open the room and let : the article dry in the fresh air. The appearance of the garment will be ireshened surprisingly. Added Gloss A pound of white soap dissolved in a gallon-of hot water and added ; to five gallons of whitewash will I add a glossy finish to the whiteI washed walls. Prevents Curdle i Salt will curdle milk. It is therei fore the wiser to add it after the dish is prepared.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT IT TURNED OUT on questioning that after the snack party the women had carried the dishes in the library to the pantry and the men had adjourned to the smoking room. It was twelve-thirty : when they said good-night in the : hall. Supposedly the Judge |iad i gone to the guest suite he occupied in the game house—his pres- j ence in the badminton court indi- ] catcd that—and the others had i gone to their rooms upstairs. "Any reason to think he didn’t i come directly here?” “I heard his voice later.” Deb ■ answered the question in the steelblue eyes that probed hers. “How much later, Miss Deb— Randall?" McGregor was having difficulty in observing the formalities, in keeping old memories in the background. "And where?” “I had been sound asleep when I woke suddenly. I listened. Someone was talking on the terrace below my window. Queer hour for conversation, I thought, and glanced at the illuminated bedside clock. It was just four. I tiptoed to the balcony and distinctly heard Judge Lander's voice.” “Did you hear what was said?” "Not the words. His voice sounded choked, as if he were arguing angrily." “Did you hear the other per- ( son?” "No. Whoever was there must have been speaking very low.” “Anyone else present hear the Judge's voice?” Each head shook a negative answer. “Queer you were the only one, Miss Deb. Hear anything more?” “No. When the voice stopped 1 went back to bed. Surprisingly enough I dropped off to sleep. I was again roused by a sound. I snapped on the bedside light The knob of my door was turning." From the corners of her eyes she saw Tim Grant's quick look at Clive Warner, who was lighting a cigarette. Did he think that Clive would dare come to her room? “Sure of that? Sure that knob turned?” ■ "Yes. It turned. Stopped. Turned again." "Then what?” "I whispered, ‘Who’s there?’ no one answered. Just then the clock on the landing struck five.” “You didn't call anyone?” "No. I thought of it, then the sky began to grow pink. I decided that if it had been a burglar he would be afraid of the light I watched and listened, barely breathing, till I heard the servants stirring in the house.” "And nothing more unusual happened?” “Nothing." Deb felt as if all the life had been drained out of her. How long would she be kept on the witness stand? The sergeant entered and bent over his chief, said something in a tow Voice. "He's sure of that?” McGregor asked. "Yes. sir.” "jauuu-m, W» *u."

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20 YEARS AGO TODAY 0 April 4 — Joe Piolicchi, Chicago ’ man injured in automobile wreck near Berne Saturday, dies at hos- • pital here. ' Rayma Andrews, former Decatur I boy, is an airplane pilot in the Mex- ■ ican federal army. I I The state highway board votes to oust director John D. Williams. ■ I Wisconsin votes two to one for repeal of the national dry laws. Kenneth Shoemaker of Geneva speaks at the Decatur Lions club meeting. Mrs. Sophia Hockemeyer, 76, of Root township, dies after long ill- . ness. Mr. and Mrs. C.*L. Walters are attending the Methodist church conference at Logansport. He getteth a great deal of credit who payeth but a small debt. ■

geaut. closcd the door to the badminton court softly behind him. McGregor drew himself out of a slump as if preparing to do battle. “Let’s go back a little, Miss RandalL You said it was about four o'clock when you heard Judge Lander’s voice on the terrace beneath your window?” Deb had a terrified sense that he was trying to trap her. Why be frightened? She had told the truth. The reminder steadied her. “I didn’t say ’about,’ Chief McGregor. 1 said that it was just four, and I mean four, by the bedside clock when I tiptoed to the balcony.” He leaned forward. "Sure, you said ’just four.’ I don’t know who you’re trying to

- - — J —„ — i shield with that story, Miss Randall, or why. The medical exam- , iner reports that Judge Lander has < been dead since between 1 and 2 j a m.” ] McGregor’s accusation that she , was shielding someone brought ( Deborah to her feet Tim rose im- j pulsively to go to her but a look j from the chunky man in stage , center stopped him. He might do , more harm than good to the girl , by interfering in her testimony. , What had she heard? "I'm not trying to shield any- ( one,” she asserted indignantly. “I heard Judge Lander's voice on the , terrace at 4 a. m. this morning." "How come you know it so well that you could recognize it two stories below?” "I told you it was raised in anger. I have visited in this house for years, you kno\4 how long, Sandy McGregor, you used to hold up traffic for me. During that time Judge Lander was legal adviser first to Roger Stewart, then to his wife. I’d be pretty dumb if I didn't t recognize his voice when I heard it, wouldn’t I?” "Atta girl, don’t let him get you down," Tim encouraged under bis breath. For the first time since he ' had entered .the badminton court and seen the motionless figure his. i mind settled to normal thinking. Was this crime tied up with the I theft of the papers from Molly E.'s safe, and the threat Deb had overheard, “If you don’t, you know i the consequences to you"? What : was on McGregor's mind now? "If you are sure you heard the voice of the Judge, Miss Deb, the i next step is to' find out who he was talking with. Sit down, you've ■ told your story. I want a report I from each person present as to ■ where he or she was from the i time the snack party broke up in the hall till 5 a. m.,” he announced blandly, and boy, could he be bland. "What's your business here, Miss I Dane?” hi growled as Stella apt pcared in the doorway. The tong, I sinister face of the butler loomed - above her shining hair, his livery i made a dark blue background for r her white gabardine frock. "We came to find out how come • police cars were shooting all over the place. Scragg had about tost his mind because you'd all rushed • |lo game howe and the pop-

Transit Strike Hits 85,000 Daily Riders Scranton, Pa., April 4 — (UP)— A transit strike hit 85,000 daily riders with full effect today in Pennsylvania’s third largest city and 18 surrounding communities. The Scranton transit company’s 125 buses and 35 trolleys were moved into garages and terminals yesterday when 400 operating and maintenance employbs walked off > their jobs in a wage dispute. i I Fear Three Persons Drowned In River Concordia, Ky„ April 4 — (UP)— The iU. S. coastguard today co,itinued dragging the Ohio river near here for the bodies of three persons believed drowned after their outboard motorboat capsized early yesterday. The three .believed to have been in the boat were identified as Albert Anthony, 42, a fisherman and Lamarr Parr, 24, both of Concordia, and Miss Mattie Irene Hemingway, 20, Dexter, Ind. zzz—. | Modern Etiquette J By ROBERTA LEE b < Q. When a husband and wife are signing a letter, or a greeting card, which name should come first? A. When Mr .and Mrs. are used together the letter or card should be signed Mr. and Mrs. William Foster. When signing a message cf, greeting, Christmas card, birthday ■ card, and the like, the wife’s name comes first,, as Helen and William | Foster. Q. Which is correct in an introduction, "Miss Jones. Mr. Smith” i or “Mr. Smith, Miss Jones”? A. “Miss Jones, Mr. Smith.” ' Q. How are fresh artichokes eaten? A. With the fingers. A leaf at a time is pulled from the artichoke until the heart is reached, and that ( is eaten with a fork. .1 A bad beginning makes a bad ! ending. — Euripides.

overs—" Her voice caught “What is it? Who are you after now, Sandy McGregor?” "Not the wild Danes this time, for a wonder.” “Sit down, Stella.” Molly B. motioned to a chair. “Scragg, you'd better remain also. Never mind lunch. Judge Lander is—is gone.” "Gone?" Stella Dane echoed stridently. "Has he at last beaten it from this burg? You won't catch me <4ymg about it I loathed the old wolf. My two brothers will beat the drums—" ’ “Softly, softly, sister," Sam Farr interrupted her hysterical outburst “Don’t talk without advice of : counsel. We are all before the bar Os justice. The Judge is dead. Murdered.”

Murocrea. “Dead. Mur—” Stella slumped into the chair and stared into space. Her face was colorless. Had she suddenly reffnembered that Lander had recently foreclosed the mortgages on the estate of her family, that her brothers had been muttering threats? Tim's eyes ! flew to the butler, who stood 1 straight and tense against the wall. His eyes burned in his mask- I like face. Had he previous knowledge of what happened in the ! game house between 1 and 2 | a. m.? “To return to the point at which we were interrupted by new arrivals.” McGregor attempted to cross one fat leg over the other and gave it up. Peters gripped his pencil. “Dean Farr, where were you at the time of the shooting?” I Through Tim's memory echoed Sam's voice humming, "Someday I’m going to murder the bugler.” Could he have done this awful thing? He had made no secret of his detestation of the man. “There seems to be a question as to the time,” Sam Farr answered coolly. “Tell me when the crime was committed and I'll tell you to a minute where I was.” His lazy voice tinged with amusement, his ironic eyes, deepened the color in McGregor's already sufficiently ruddy face. • "Mrs. Farr, perhaps you can be more explicit Did you and your husband go upstairs together after you had helped clear away the dishes left from the snack party?" “We* did,” Tilly asserted eag erly, “and we were together till we came down to breakfast” “1 can testify to that fact," Stella Dane corroborated. "My room is next theirs and 1 heard them fighting furiously. I figured that Dean Farr was objecting to the Judge's marked attention to his wife." "Thinks, Stella. 1 guess that ties it” Sam's sarcastic comment brought a surge of color to her white face. "What do you mean. Dean Farr? Don't you understand that I am trying to—” "Pin the murder on Dean Farr?" McGregor interrupted smoothly. "You have provided a motive, Miss Dane, that's what we re after.’ (T9 S°

Red Cross Fund You, too, con help through Your RED CROSS w GIVE NOW • • Previously reported $ 5,941.52 Mrs. Fred Ahr Sec. 1 & 2 Washington 6.00 Mrs. Earl Fuhrman Sec. 35 i Root —• 11,10 Ave Maria Study Club 3.00 i Floyd Arnold Sec. 35 Kirkland 8.00 Albert Braun Sec. 26 Wash- - ington 8.00 IE. M. Webb, Chr. Berne I Residential 563.10 !E. M. Webb, Chr. Berne Business, Add. 8.00 Donald E. Foreman Sec. 25 Monroe __ 2.00 Bag Service, Inc. & Employees 35.00 Richard Walters Sec. 22 Root 9.50 Total $ 6,595.12 Dunbar Furniture In New Houston Hotel The fabulous $20,000,000 new Shamrock hotel in Houston, Texas, which was built recently by Glen McCarthy, one of the nation’s richi est oil men, will contain- more than ' 150 pieces of Dunbar furniture, manufactured at that concern at I Berne, it was announced today by 'I John H. Gividen, executive vicepresident of Dunbar. The hotel, which has been publi- , cized in several magazines and j newspapers as the "finest hotel in the world,” will be opened soon. Many of the suites, which will rent for S4O a day, will contain Dunbar furniture, .Mr. Gividen said. The Berne concern recently has furnished several hotels in the United States. Mr. Gividen also said that several wast coast country clubs also were featuring the Adams county plant's lounges, davenports and chairs. , j .Trade In a vuca ’own — Cecatui

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(Rev. A. C. E. Gillander, First Presbyterian Church) FAITH THAT SINGS Acts 16:25 "And at midnight, Paul and Silas oraves sang praises unto God; and the other prisoner, h them.” heat i Here, ip our Scripture for today, are two men who t rible beating, “many stripes" for doing a good deed healin’ 0 * ‘ l| girl. On top of the undeserved, beating, they are thro - ‘ prison dungeon. One of the men, as a Roman citizen W " '* the power to get plenteous-revenge on his accusers hi - b? 8 * beaters, and nis jailers. But when beginning to recove r* terrible mistreatment, at midnight in the prison what . 1 tude of the victims? Self, pity? Revenge? Lamentati 11 wickedness of men of which their treatment was a they sang. Hysterical singing? Sad songs of Zion’ m S funeral beat? No! They sang praises unto their God rge ’ ■What men could do such an unpredictable thing’ Grim kamikaze Japanese? Hindu fakirs? Moslem. hopelessly to the “will of Allah”? No! Jews but j . something greater than the weeping, suffering prophet i” ” Jews who followed a Carpenter. A Carpenter who brutally treated and unjustly killed. But a CarpenterHis Resurrection, proved the triumph of the righteous i 1 injustice and adversity. The follower of Islam will sui ■ ” ly. But only the follower of Jesus Christ knows how m ii™ sity triumphantly, for the strengthening of his soul Se

Knights Os Columbus Attend Mass Sunday Headed by the color bearers and 12 Fourth degree members, tire Knights of Columbus marched from the K. of C. hall to St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday morning, where they attended a 7:30 o’clock high mass. They received Holy Communion during the mass. The Rev. Ignatius Vichuras, assistant pastor, celebrated the mass and delivered the sermon. The Knights of Columbus will meet this evening at the hall. Trade in a Gooo 'OWA — Decatur

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Estate Cases The net value o! the estate Clara Yoder, deceased, wait) at $8,685.43. The estate of Edwin H. ® deceased, was closed, releasing tutor Henry W. Gilliom tron duties. Masonic Stated convocation of Dm Chapter No. 112, RA M, iff p. m. Tuesday, April 5. Norman G. Lenhart, R a