Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1949 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By a THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller ...... President A. R. Holt house ........ Editor C. E. Holthouae Treasurer I. H. Heller .... Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mail In Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, *6, Six months, *5.25; 3 months, ,1.75. By Mall, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties; One year, *7.00; 6 months, *3 75; 3 months, *2.09. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents. Come to the fair and meet your friends. Q .... ..Q Unless we miss our guess, civic pride will do something about the unsanitary condition of the creek west of the city, now used as an open sewage canal. — It is strangely quieting to realise that the same stars which guided ancient mariners In their voyages today are relied on to fix the courses of the slant birds which sweep from the New World to the Old in a day. o o Churchill might regain political power in Great Britain, if a special election could be h< Id there this fall. The socialist government seems to be going to pieces at the seams and a strong arm is no doubt needed to holcT the country together. o o —__ The new bousing law will not solve our housing problem overnight. Hut it will prove a powerful stride toward the goal of a decent home for every American, a major achievement in developing America's greatest asset, our human resources. o—o It will be found that Congress wiii not be too anxious to vote additional funds to save the socialist government in England. The economic failure over there will be charged to the Attlee gov- < rnment and if the present crisis is just another episode In the scheme to get U. H. loans, it will be most difficult to get approval in Washington. o—■ —o City electricians are stringing wires for the light circuits to be used during street fair week, an event which is only two weeks away. The electric and water utilities, street, police and fire departments have always cooperated fully in helping get the stage set for the fair and agricultural shows and the friendly spirit prevails In plans for this year's exposition. o o The silliest thing that we could bring about in this country would be a shut down of factories and industrial plants because of strikes. With employment In Industrial plants ebbing un#r last year's peak, the American spirit should be to get these factories back to top production and higher employment. There isn't anything as dismal as closeddown factories.

Gout Is A Form of Arthritis

By Herman N. Bundesen. M. 0. (lout la perhaps the moat frequently unrecognised form of arthritis Despite the fhet that Ita symptoms follow a typical pattern, many patients suffer repeated attacks before their condition is dlagnoned. Keen the timing of the pt tacks is characteristic The patient, usually a man in middle or advanced agegout seldom affects women — is awskewed in the eerlg morning by-a severe pain In one of the joints, moat frequently that of the id* toe. The pain grows procraaalrely worse and within a few hoars the affected area may be so tender that the patient cannot even bear the weight of a sheet Along with ten <1 ernes* comas swelling and a bln ish red dliwniorailon of the akin over the joint. A good many patients develop a mild fw-er First attacks may last for front two to ten days. Later ones mav persiet for a longer per'od of time and several joints may be Involved, compleu recovery from these attaetea follows in moot cases. bet sooner er later the condition toappears and becomes ebroaic or ioo*<-out'nusd Thea, following the •eato attach, same symptoms ramata such aa pate er toolenmsi. some awelliag or deformity at the joints.

b Governor Dewey gave his [friend, John Foster Dulles, Inter- ' national affairs adviser ahd ‘ spokesman, to go to the United States Senate, naming him to fill the temporary vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Wagner. Next November's election will determine Wagner's full-time successor. Dulles may like his experience so well, that he might be a candidate for election, which decision wouldn't meet with the approval of New York Republican leaders. o o The world do move. The government committee of a Communist party acknowledges that serious errors and weaknesses have developed in the party's policy. This Is the Bulgarian Communist party, which admits miscalculation In the handling of agricultural surpluses. Confessions like this have seldom been heard before, at least in public. For the record. Communist heads are always perfect and infallible. It Is refreshing to have them admit they are capable of blunders. o o A life span of nearly four score and ten years closed with the death of Samuel Acker, native of this county, founder of the Acker Cement Works and venerable citlsen of Decatur. Mr. Acker was a civic-minded person, whose interest In landscaping and flowers were minutely demonstrated In the beautification of the grounds around his residence at the north edge of the city. He developed his cement products manufacturing concern with energy and in cooperation with his eons. He was a devout member of his church and a splendid citizen. —o The assessors did a thorough job in assessing personal property and improvements to real estate in the county. They added *342.215 worth of improvements to the tax rolls and the value of personal property was increased by more than one million dollars. The hoard of review has completed Its work and the new appraisements and taxables will be added to the county's tax inventory, bringing the total to about 34 millions. With an increase in taxables, there Is less chance of tax rates going up next year. o— o — It is the opinion of Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen that the "Voice of America” programs beamed to Russia place too much emphasis on the material benefits of democracy, to the neglect of its spiritual aspect. To prevent catastrophe, It is the Russian religious Ideals which must first be aroused, before their communistic ideas are destroyed, says this religious leader. The Russian people are held in thrall by a web of falsification and fear, from which they must be freed The throwing off of their physical chains would follow. Msgr. Sheen claims.

In about half the cases, of gout, arhat are known as tophi may occur around the joint and in the ears. These are made up of deposits of the salt of the uric acids. X-ray examination is also of value in making a diagnosis of gout. Gouty attacks occur most often in the spring and autumn, and may be brought on by some mild injury, operation, overeating, or the use of certain drugs, such as liver ex tract. The patient with an acute attack of gout should he put to bed at rest, should be given some saline laxative. and the drug known aa colchlclne as prescribed by the physician Such drugs as are needed may he prescribed to relieve the pain. Cold compresses may be applied as needed. The diet should be regulated so as to eliminate the foods rich In uric acid forming substances. ■ hlcb are known as purines These foods include liver, sweetbreads and similar menu Liver extracts should not be used The giving <* salicyle’es. aids in eliminating the ■rte acid from the body Large doses are usually administered Questions and Answers «- IL: What are "vims" raids' Is tt a bag enu with a bow name? Answer AU coMs. ttuofar as I known are due to a virus infection.

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Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE — Labeling Jars Instead of pasting labels on all the jars of preserves and jellies, place small pa|>er bags over them, labeling the bags. This will keep out the dust and dirt, and is claimed also to preserve the bright color of the jellies and preserves. Varnished Floors Hot water should not lie used on

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN THEY were both silent for > moment Marvell fingered the brim of his new hat Ben pulled at the cord of his eyeglasses. With a sigh as if turning to pick up a new burden, Ben continued, "The fact that he is withdrawing bis business might mean that he was planning to break the will, do you see. It would be indeed awkward if I represented you both." Ben was now considering the aspects of the matter entirely from the side of his remaining client "But then the dismissal of Katherine would make a little senrie and so 1 come to the conclusion that he has some motive of his own that la r- rhapa, as you say, not legal .. .“ "We ll have to have tt out together between us. It's pride, do you see, and his kind of love." Marvell crossed over to the secretary and touched one of the white blossoms. "Where did these come from, Ben?" Ben looked startled at the irrelevant question. "1 believe Mias de Fries brought them in from her garden." Marvell had opened the door. “Sit tight, Ben. You may have us both back here in an hour." • • • There was no doubt In Marvell's mind as to the higi. purpose of his calling on Proctor. Half way up Newspaper Row, he stepped into a tavern to keep up the exuberance of this simple, generous decision. In other times he had fortified himself to meet Proctor tor different reasons He used to boast to Elizabeth that he could beard the ogre in his den any time, but he was aware, and so was she, that he could only carry tt off successfully at a certain stage of bravado. Elizabeth had always hated those meetings, almost feared them. This time, he felt, even she would have lent a timid approval Satisfactorily primed and deeply satisfied with his solution, he continued on till he reached the Common. Here his stride became more leisurely, his eyes following the movements of children, pigeons, dogs. He stopped often to pat the big dogs that loped tn front of him, and turn upright fallen carts and tricycles that tangled up his path, receiving friendly stares from both the children and nursemaids for bis pains. He was an attractive figure as he strode along, his coat open, his hat swinging in his hand, his eyes smiling even when his face was thoughtful He took the wrong turning near the deserted bandstand and found himself out on Charles Street. Then he saw the flowers on the curb outside the flowershop. He eut across the street to Um shop and walked in. The smell was cool and sweet, from a hundred tulip pots and the clouds Jt acacia that hung from Um walla He was looking for something leas flam boyant, toe. should be come to Um house with a pot of tulips under one arm, be knew, from sad expenence, be would not bo Judged in possession of Ms sober sensea Then ho saw what he wanted. A few branches of cherry or apple, like those Im admired on Ben s desk. He earned them eut triumphanUy before him. They would light up a dark corner of that forbidding house, by heaven, even as be Wee about to light up a corner of Praetor's niggardly heart by Udo supreme gesture df trust and good win. He was practically giving his brother-in-law an open sesame to flhmortal Ke— if love and forgiveness were the Wtagdnm of Heaven. And what a city it was for immortal hfe, be thought, atending ** '"war IT"" in

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varnished floors. Wash up with a < loth wrung out of lukewarm water. Each section should be rubbed with 1 a dry cloth as it is washed. Brown Gravy If your gravy always seems to be I several shades too pale, try adding I a few drops of kitchen bouquet to 1 ’ it. You will have a nice rich brown. I . without changing the flavor of the! gravy in the least. Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility.

rigidity of Back Bay. A city of i churches, all believers in the crown i to come, there must be a half dozl en of them In this vicinity. He i saw one of the finest specimens i rising up in rectangular gray ■ stoned dignity ahead of him. He i halted in front of the lectern and i read the notices. The name of the i rector, his assistant and the times I of service; the gentle reminder i that prayer was free to all at any i time, the stronger admonition of > the text: "He that overcometh, the : same shall be clothed in white ral- > ment . . . and 1 will confess hts • name before My Father. Rev. 3:5." • Marvell repeated the sentence I softly. To a man down and out, ■ the word 'overcometh' was too big a mouthful for the last despairing ■ sigh, but to a man on his way up, > here a tender petal brushed against ' his cheek in agreement, the ■ strength of the Anglo-Saxon word ! fairly shouted a man on to vicl tory. He sprang up the front steps of ■ the Barlow house and rang the > bell He could hear the vibration i of the echo inside. The house might have been untenanted for . the long silence that followed. Imi patiently, he pulled the bell again. When finally the door was opened, bis face was not clearly visible i through the flowers, and Ellen had I to step around him. 'There’s no i one at home," she said quickly, I her eyes taking him in from bead ■ to foot. T’U wait, Ellen." He took a step • forward. “111 wait till they come." • "I tell you there is no one in the t house and won't be till late." She I reached for the inner doorknob, t Her defiance gave her away so , that Marvell was sure that somer one was not only at home, but t standing not far from a window i to watch him walk off dejected. ••Come, Ellen," he reprimanded , pleasantly and put his foot against I the door with such a shove that I she had to let go the knob and could dj nothing but follow him into the familiar gloom of the hallway. The heavy stillness struck him like a blow. He glanced quickly into the half darkened mirror as it to make sure of his identity. Ellen was at his heels. "Now, Mr. Coomes, there la no one about—you can’t wait here." He paid no attention to her hand on his coat and moved forward to the stairs when he heard—oh, be had known how it would sound— Proctor's voice. Tt la all right, Ellen. 1 shall come down." “I will come up,” Marvell called, tossing his hat on a chair. They both started forward and met halfway. i "What do you want?" i Marvell extended the flowers, i “For you." Procter made no move . to touch them. He had never , known Marvell to come empty- > handed to the house and be shrank i distastefully from all tus gifts—r boxes of broken pastry, travel- . stained overripe peaches, dark and i wrinkled as a monkey’s taee, eeepr ing stickily through the wrappings s Or these ragged branches that » might have been torn off a tree r in the Garden. ■ They need some water," said t Marvell, coming closer, "and we - can’t talk on the stairs." r- Procter stood back against the d wall He saw EUen, her face up- - lifted, her mouth half-open, watchs lag them with greedy interest r "Toe may go, EUen." y Marvell clipped past Proctor. 4 who was tee thia to Meek the y wide stairway completely. He went n up to the library, walked over to • the shelf above the boohs, and a thrust ths Branches into the wides necked opening of a Chinese vase, i- They quivered slightly M it ro-fl-JM®bPWA Uw mavancat cd. the

■ - — 20 YEARS AGO TODAY 0 —- July 12 — Bandits hold np the state bank at Oss City and get away with *2O 500. Russia and China are threatening to go to war over Manchuria. C. O. Porter installed as preriusnt of the Decatur Rotary cluh. Maurice Pingrey buys the Herh Parrish barber shop on Monroe street. t Walter Farrar of Geneva lx a patient In a Fort Wayne hospital as the result of being bitten on the arm by a "snake-feeder.” Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Teeple and ' daughter. Miss Alta, return from a : several days’ visit In Cincinnati. ■ — o Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE 0 - « Q. What are the customary good luck pieces that are baked Into the wedding cake, and what does each one mean? A. A ring Is for marriage, a thimble for spinsterhood, a button fur bachelorhood, a dime for wealth, and a wishbone for luck. Q How much of the band should be dipped Into the finger bowl? , A. Only the fingertips, one hand i at a Hine. Q. Should the knife or the fork lie used when eating celery and radI Ishes? A. No; celery and radishes may j he taken with the fingers.

lost bough. "Water?" Proctor said nothing, so MarvcU picked up the carafe from the sideboard and emptied it into the vase. “What do you want?" Proctor I repeated. If he were warned by that expressionless lone, Marvell did not retreat. ’ T want to part with you decently,” he said with a disarming smile. Proctor did not unbend, nor did he ask MarvcU to sit down. His eyes flicked restlessly over him, but he stood very quietly near the fireplace. Marvell, his hands behind his back, his feet spread apart, swayed ever so slightly back and forth as he talked. "Believe me, 1 know how upset you are. And I am sorry to be the cause of it. The past may be irreconcilable but surely wo can reconcile the future." Proctor turned hfs face to one side. His thin profile, his pale brown hair, the set of his controlled mouth, suggested an asceticism of body as well as mind. In that Instant, Marvell admired him and was willing to interpret his silence as the dignity of suffering. T didn’t come here for myself, Proctor," he continued gently. "It is for Kit—Katherine. 1 have just seen Ben and have told him that I want you executor in my place, i 1 will refuse the bequest and ev- 1 eryti ing will be as it was before." "My sister's instructions should not be tampered with." "But 1 have the right to refuse t what docs not belong to me! Her affairs were always dose to you and Kit's should be because she is i your link with Eliza U-th and be- j cause she will make her home with you now, as I want her to do." He j felt his way along in this sentence, waiting for the word with which Proctor would cut In and agree curtly to his offer and Kit’s return. "Her home is no longer with me." "You can’t mean that This la her home," he pleaded, "the only place she has ever known." "You should have thought of that before." “You know how I shall have to live the next two yearn. 1 admit tliat I have failed—but you have | not and that is why ..." i Proctor smiled, the thin smile that had foreshadowed Marvell earlier in the day. "You don't want your daughter?" "That isn’t the point" protested Marvell, who could not understand why Proctor kept bringing th* is- . sue back to him when ft was Kit who was the center of interest , "Don’t you see that with her moth--1 era death, a strange and uncertain life will uproot and harm her. If you would only give her security, 1 what burden could she be to you? • You meant to yesterday; you said ■ you were taking her to Maine." I "Did I?" Proctor still smiled. ' He had seen his brother-in-law • boastful, accusing, but never humt ble. He was enjoying the new f power of absolute command. It would have been unbearably sweet J had he been able to make him I cringe lower. He had almost forgotten the existence of Katherine, • except as a means to humiliate • this man. And even this wm far - ten real to him than the suffering - he feH he was sharing with Bbsfibeth in some mystical bond b»- • tween them both. J J?*\.** 1 W * Bt r ° wt 1 ‘ _ uk * etop to insure 1 "You can insure nothing, prom- - Ise nothing. I do not want your l. lupphcaLoa. 1 do not want Cath- - anno." H

Federal Tax Take Declines In Slate 60 Million Decline During Post Year IndianapoliA July 1* OP> Federal tax collections in Indiana fell nearly |fio.m)o.oo<» during the year which ended June 30. from the ;>eak they reached during the previous fiscal year, the treasury department announced today. Ralph W Cripe. Indiana dlstri t collector of Interna) revenue, said collections during fiscal 194* totaled *911.22*.429. compared with *l.004.8M.4W In 1949. The biggest drop was noted in income tax paid by individuals. That dropped from *205.921.215 to *154.7M.290. The total Income tax withheld from Hoosier wage earners also showed a big decline. from *204,282.550 to *159.724 299 The corporation and excess profit taxes climbed almost *20.000.000. from *199.349.401 to ,208.979.1'26. Other federal tax collections which increased included the one on slot machines, from *709.553 to *849.932. and on autos and trucks from *20,921,227 to *27.53142* Cripe said the decline in 1919 collections was the second in the last 10 years. The other drop was from 1945 to 1945. when collections fell *28.000.000. They rose in 1947 and hit their all-time ;>eak of more than ,1.000.000.000 last year, he said.

Bond Soles At 92 Percent Os Quota Indianapolis July 12 — (I P) — Hoosiers reached 92 percent of their quota of '“E" bond purchas"# for the opportunity drive by July 2. state liond chairman Eugene C. Pulliam announced t<riay. Putlla. i said *25.984.191 worth of bonds had been purchased. The drive will continue through July 16. with the Indiana goal set at *23,205,985. Motorist Injured As Car Hits Train William C. Kirkland. of Schumm. 0.. suffered a fractured right arm, chest injuries and lacerations when his car struck an east bound Nickel Plate railroad freight train at an unguarded crossing in Schuinm. Monday evening. Kirkland was brought to the Adams county memorial hospital for treatment. Kirkland was thrown from the automobile as the car ricocheted from the moving train. His condition Is liste/l as satisfactory. He was driving south alone at the time of the accident.

O-t of over 130 Ford Truck model* including standord stakes, panels, pickups, and a variety of duissi* to accommodate special bodies such as those Wus- • —Every one is Bonus BufU do loh of other jobs just at well. With extra strength bulb into every vital Ford part, you get a stranger truck with a greater range of use. Extra strength agsA/nuaa Uwusar fir fleww W BE kinin ~ fl 9 X *tefv > Wjv II- B ■ p B B B Ford Trucks last longerf Using registration data on W-M'lll 'M I ll'l " I I*l «« Come •" and see the new gig jobs .;. 3 new BK BLa engine.... twoJM’s and a Si. ... up to 145 horspower ... the Mitl.on Dollar Cab. We't! tell yO u the ' xf complete story berind Ford'* fionus ludt savinas. r. Hew Will Tee Trade? Seo Yeur Ford floalor for Imßodiato BolirM „BRANT MOTORS INC. , — - r Fhw BH Dec*‘« r ’ **

Dr. Ralph Graham Pastor At Marion I p r Ralph W. Graham, former pastor at the College *Avenue Methodist church in Muncie, has been appointed pastor of the First Methodist church in Marion. A former pastor of the First Methodlot church in this city. Dr. Graham resigned his pastoratei here when he entered the army as a chaplain. State Vegetables, Fruits On Market Produce Is Shipped By Indiana Farmers Ufayette. Ind , July 12 — (UP) — The Purdue University horticultural marketing service reported tot day that mid suthmer vegetable# and fruits were being shipped from Hoosier farms. J. S. Vandemark. marketing assistant. said 2MOO dozen ears of preiced and bagged sweet corn were shipped last week from Gibson. Knox and Jackson counties. He said corn still was bring shipped at a rate of 2.050 dozens ears a day thia week. Cantaloupe will be available !n the Gibson Knox area next week, nnd in Jackson county during the week of July 20. The Vincennes harvest of Dutchess apples was scheduled to begin this week. Vincennes peaches will he marketed during the week of July 17. Head lettuce, dry onions, carrots, turnips and cabbage are being exported in mixed truckload quantities from I-ake county this week, the marketing service said. Slicing cucumbers were being shipped from the Vincennes area.

Drunken Driving Arrests Increase Indianapolis, July 12 — (UP) — Drunken driving arrests picked up nearly 43 percent during the first four months this year compared with 1949 Indiana state police Sept. Arthur M. Thurston said today. He alao disclosed that highway fatalities between January and the end of May increased eight perce.it over last yekr. “There is no place for intoxicated drivers on the highways." Thura'on said “The drunken driver endangers his own life and other persons using the highways, and adds un-nc-eaaary hazards already increws ed by an unprecedented nrnnber ol < are.” A single constructive suggestion by a Navy civilian employe earned him *5.5V0.

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Chicago ColunJ Dies This Momd Kenesaw Landis J Is Taken By Chlcarn July j; J saw M Landis. I|, the Chicago Sun Titn«77| in Billings Memorial hoi3 Landis. 39. had bte, T’l eral years. He ».« at his home at Logansport. Ind . at lr> . 7* vale. He entered ’ gery a week ago He was born at j, where he had continue B tlce of law since he his column in I*4l. 1 Landis was a number < tlnguished family r* for hl# great uncle, saw Mountain Landi/jJ high commission, r of buq former federal jurist, Landis' father, Freder*. congressman as was 13 Charles. Another uscle, j was the first postmaster g Rico and another uncle, .'a heallh Commission. r of , Landis took hh bacheh'i from Columbia Universal then studied law at Indha vershy and the Unlveg Southern California He began practicing law) ver in 1937 and returned t ,| port in 1939, serving thereat cutor for four years. He entered the nea.nqq as a columnist with the q Bun In 1941 aud stayed g paper when it merged tj Times. Meanwhile he <ontff practice law in U'Kaupi his brother, Frederick, Jr, NOTICE! Anyone ki of the wherealmuU al lish nt,vie tricycle til City Ptnil last Friday, call 1562. Reward. | turn immediately t* Eaurote.

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