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DECATL’R DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOORAT CO Un.urp«ruted Entered *1 the Decatur, Ind, Poet Office aa Second Class Matter Web D. Heller Preaident A. R. Holthouse ........ Editor C. E. Holthouse Treasurer J. 1! Heller Vlce-Preeldent Subscription Rates By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, >6. Six months, >3.25; 3 man the, >1.73. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year, 17.00; 6 months, 13.73; 3 months, >2.00. By carrier. 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents. • The blue-coated umpire today became the Commander In chief on the American front and such minor Incidents as world erisises. cold wars and strikes were removed from national thought as he called out, Play Ball. — o The tractor pulling contest will be held on Stratton Place field east of the Monroe street river bridge, next Tuesday and Wednesday, as features of fair week It will be the first event of its kind ever held here and fanners are anxiously awaiting the demonstration of mechanical horse power. ——o o Frau Erna Schroeder, a homemaker of Dresden, Germany, is quoted in the London Daily Mall as having gathered some figures about housekeeping. In a year, she says, she makes enough beds to extend, if placed side by side, more than two miles. She washes 2,816 plates. 1,408 cups, 2.500 other dishes and soup plates, and 1,000 bowls. The laundry of a year would fill a ten-ton truck and two trailers. These figures might be handed to the husband who wonders what his wife finds to do to occupy her time. o o The residents of the Portuguese Island of Madeira, famous for its wine, have been looking for water for four centuries. At last they may get It. For two years work has been going forward on a project for construction of many miles of irrigation canals and tunnels, to bring water from the mountains of the north to the sparsely watered land where the people live and make their wine. Water is such a simple thing, and seems so common when it Is handy. WTien It Is not to be bad, it is far more precious than any gold. —o o— Is a tomato a vegetable or a fruit? This favorite dining-table question has been answered by the National Geographic Society. The correct reply. It seems. Is that the tomato Is a fruit. In the company of peas, beans and peppers The dictionary supports this view, with Ito definition of fruits On the other side to the Supreme Court, which In 1*33 decided that the tomato was a vegetable. Now that this has been determined, some court of last resort should rule whether the proper pronunciation Is ••tomahto" or "10111x210."

The Tot With Whoopin g Cough

By Herman N. Bundesen. M.O. WHOOPING cough Is a dangerous disease, particularly In children lees than two years of age. Starting gradually with symptom* much like those of an ordinary cold. It steadily grown worse until the typical whoop develops. Coughing attacks are severe and are often followed by vomiting After a wank or ao of this, the child is not only exhausted from the repeated coughing bnt weakened by poor nutrition. Until now we have no specifictreatment for this disease, though streptomycin has been used with benefit in many Instances, and pennicillln has proved a great boon tn checking the pneumonia which is one of the most dangerous complication* of whooping cough Recently, one of the newer aatdt.ioti-* aureomycln has been tried In the treatment of whooping cough Aureomycln has the advantage in that it may be administered by mouth Before trying the aureomycln in human beings, it was used ia aaltnals infected with whooping cough It ssi shown that In these animals the aureomycln delayed the Uwe of death in many laetameo and in some cases prevented the death of the animal* FeUowtag these eapertflK.au, the.

Throughout United Slates his tory, the press has always been the chief champion of freedom. Peter Zenner figured in the first legal test of its freedom when he dared to criticise Governor Cosby and was brought to trial in New York in 1734 for seditious libel. He was acquitted, and the right of newspapers to criticise the government was established by law, and later embraced in the first amendment to the constitution. ——O o— —- The popular vote cast In the last presidential election was a little over 47 millions. It is reckoned that this total represented no more than 51 percent of the eligible voters in the nation. Various historic comparisons of the size of the electorate and of the vote cast in national elections show an increase In the number eligible to vote, from population Increase and liberalization of eligibility rules, and a decrease in the turnout for elections. In 1896 It was estimated that 83 per cent of all eligible voters cast their ballots; in 1940 the figure was put at 49 per cent. In 20-year stages from 1896 there is a steady curve downward, to 71 per cent in 1919 and 57 per cent in 1936. That curve, if continued, would be well below 50 per cent by 1956. Less than half of the eligible voters would be choosing the President and the Congress. Perhaps we should do something about It; we might vote, for instance. World Baseball: He tried his best, but It didn't take. The late Charles Muirhead of London spent the last quarter of a century of his life in trying to arouse in the British an interest in baseball. In 1921 Muirhead brought the New York Giants, then the National League champions, and the Chicago White Sox to England for an exhibition game. He even got King George V' and Queen Mary to attend, thereby starting the new sport oft on the right foot socially, but it was no use. The King damned baseball with the comment, ' Why, it's only rounders." Rounders, thought to be the ancestor of baseball, to a game now played chiefly by girls in 1929 the indefatifable Muirland had a Japanese team tour Eng land, but it was still no go. Baseball won some British followers. There are said to be about 480 sandlot teams, mostly near Liverpool and South Wales. The English, however, are wedded to cricket, and in sport, as in business methods, they do not adopt novelties readily. In contrast with England's lack ct enthusiasm for baseball to the crowd in Yankee Stadium today following America's favorite out door sport.

! aureomycln was used in the treatment of 30 patients with whooping rough. The results obtained were i group of patients treated in other compared with those in a larger ways. It was found, in general, that this treatment, shortened the course of the disease. In cases treated early. the results were dramatic. In that complete recovery followed a few days of treatment, i and In all instances there was a gradual lessening of the number ' and severity of the coughing at--1 tacks. In no case was there any I reaction te the treatment. It was 1 particularly noted that coughing at night was rapidly overcome by ' the aureomycln. Vomiting was al- , so chocked. Although these results Indicate that aureomycln may have a great deal of value In the treatment of whooping cough, it must be tried out in a larger number of cases before Its exact benefits may be determined QUESTIONS ANO ANSWERS A.G.: It to possible for the nerves of the rectum to be injured By injection of a caustic solution? Answer Its mage to the. nerves might occur from such a procsdure. However. If the injection* are properly carried oof, no difficulty buufo de* slop.

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- y Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. Is it necessary to wait until all the guests have been served before one begins to eat. when attending a large dinner? A. No; one should not be required to wait until his food cools, if there are a great number of guests to be served. Q. If a man is walking with a woman and she is carrying her coat on

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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE LEADING Chip's horst, they started down th* trail, Ives explaining about the man on guard aa they walked. Ground-anchor-ing the bone among the trees. Chip mapped a piece of strategy that sent the two of them eatfooting forward in different direcUona, each keeping to cover and moving upon the ranch-house from an opposite aide. Chip had lost sight of Ives as he crawled on hands and knees around a cornet of the house to within twenty feet of the sentry. Now Chip stood poised and ready, and be was this way when Ives stepped boldly into sight at the far corner of the bouse and called. "Hey, Yampa!" That brought the sentry whirling around, ius Jaw failing and his hand sweeping toward his bolstered gun. But at that instant while Ives was claiming the man's astonished attention. Chip darted forward in a wild, lunging dive that hurled him upon the sentry and bore the man to the ground The fellow's gun exploded, but the man had gotten it tangled in his holster. Grasping the gsentry by the shirt front. Chip hauled him erect, measured the distance to the man's stubbled jaw * nd ,ct R° w,th a ieR that dropped the man again, hto eyes rolling upward. “Out!" Chip panted and blew upon hto bruised kncklea Ives, coming forward, began stripping the bullet-studded belt from the man s middle. "At least we've got ourselves a gun." he observed. •There may be another Jigger on watch inside the house. I couldn t tell fir sure before 1 lefL Bu* likely not; otherwise the gunshot would have fetched him."

11l go after the girl." Chip said. “You stay here and keep an eye peeled. It thia fellow starts coming awake, tap him on the head. Or dump him into yonder well and cool him off, if it isn't too deep." Ives was all eagerness now: patently he would have preferred to go into the house to Lia s rescue, out he could see the need tor a -nan to stay on guard for he didn t vrotest Chip said. "You keep the jun. Fire it aa a signal U anybody comes leping." Shouldering into the house, he hreaded the hallway and climbed x> the second story. There was no me on gua r d. and he called softly, Lia, .. T Mms Alessandro... ?“ and there was a hub bub at one of the doors studding this hall. • Who is it?" Lia cried. “1 heard ■ shot-r Beside the door a key hung on 1 nail, obviously for the convenience of whoever brought food to the girL Chip unlocked the door and let himself into the room, but he closed the door then and put hto back to it, watching the swift play of emotion that crossed the face of this dark and exotic girl as she saw him. •Tm Chip Halliday." he said “You've seen me before, haven't you?" Her hand Buttered to her throat, her dark eyes growing wider, and Chip said. "I came here the night of the storm-remember 71 rode up to your gate, got through it. and bumped up against that well out in the yard. 1 d almost forgotten about the well until 1 beard a man slag The OM Oaken ffuofcef. Strange bow important the BtUe things can sometimes be. I was almost out on my feet, that night, but I stayed alive long enough to see vmj osum out of tfos beuae ■

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her arm. should he offer to carry it for her? A. This should not be expected. Q. What is the correct way to eat a banana at the table? A. The banana should lie peeled into a plate, then eaten with a fora. , t • Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE 0 —6 Butter Butter can be creamed quickly by

you and Seton Alessandro carrying the body of Justin 8L John between you. Then 1 passed out." He thought she was going to scream; her eyes grew even wider, but she said in a small and shaky voice, "That's true!" "You must have loaded me back onto my horse," he said. “You moved me to the Bear Creek schoolhouse and dumped me in Ito yard. Up until last night, It never occurred to me that the place where 1 went unconscious and the place where 1 recovered might ' have been miles apart And Alessandro left SL John's body nearby, too—left it where suspicion would t.- pointed at Clark Raybum when the body was found, seeing as Raybum was at the schoolhouse that night Is that right?" She nodded, and Chip said In a genUer voice, "Don’t be afraid, girt I’m here to get you out of thia hell-hole. Come on. Colorado Jack Ives to waiting for us below.** Taking her by the wrist, he led her down the stairs and out of the house. The tenseness left Ives as they appeared, and Lia was Instantly Into his arms. Smiling, Chip said, "That'll have to wait until we've more time, folk* Me. I'U breathe easier when this place to behind us."

"That's right." Ives agreed. "And the first thing we'll need to horses. Wait here and I'll throw gear on three of Alessandro's saddlers. Halliday: you might as well leave your home and take a fresh mount But you keep a watch to the south meanwhile. 1 won't be able to see the trail from town from behind the house, but I'U keep an eye peeled to the north while I'm saddling. If any of the boys should come down out of the basin. I'll see 'em first"

“A good plan," Chip judged. “Get at it, and make it fast" Ives instantly started around the house, and Lia would have followed him. but Chip seised her wrist again. •'1 can ook and listen at the same time,” he said. “There's a lot 1 want to hear from you. A good man's neck is In danger of getting stretched by a hangman's rope, and the sooner 1 have the whole truth the better. How about It?” Alessandro's sentry still sprawled nearby: he had not yet begun to groan his way Lack to consciousness. Lia cast a swift glance at the man. and words came with a rush. “Alessandro killed BL John,” she said. “But he didn't mean for me to know. 1 was out riding that night, and when the rain started 1 was nearer thia ranch than town. Bo I rode here, and 1 cam« in to and St. John dead on the Poor of the study and Alessandro standing over him, a smoking gun in his hand.” Chip said. “Something tells me you were mighty close to death yourself at that moment." “He told me the man was an outlaw who'd come to enter Forlorn Valley and had broken into the ranchhouse to steal whatever he could. He was terribly agitated; he said it wasn't good for a man in his position to be mixed up in a killing. He said be must move th« body far away, and when It -vas found there d be no connection between It und him." “And you believed Chip dubiously* "Up until then, he'd given me nothing but kindnea>.” she said. "He was the same to me as a father, and be was In trouble. Tea. 1 believed Ma. aad 1 helped cany

heating the mixing bowl with scalding water. Wipe, and put In the butter. It will cream in much less time than required when the but'-r b put into a cold bowl. Rubber Plant Drop a teaspoonful of sweet oil around the roots of the rubber plant once a month and see how greatly it will increase the gloss of the plant. Chewing Gum Chewing gum that has become stuck to clothing should be removed. as much as possible, with a dull knife Then sponge with carbon tetrachloride. 0 20 YEARS AGO TODAY — Oct 5 — The Northern Indiana federal grand jury in session at South Bend returns 200 indictments, mostly for liquor law violations. , James Hurst attended the national horse thief detective association convention at Huntington Hob Macklin Is a member of the Indiana University glee club. Field men of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company hold a confau with T. G Gallagher, general manager. Leon Kohne buys the West End restaurant from Hill A Wemhoff. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Murray Sutton, of Frankfort. Is named Patricia Alice Although 3,000.000.0(10 pounds of fish are caught annually In the United States. 80 percent has been consumed heretofore within 300 miles of the coast, hut today the use of portable refrigerated or Church containers enables the entire country to enjoy fresh seafood.

the body outside. That was when we found you, face down in the yard. With my help he put you on your horse and tied you there. Then we loaded St. John'a body on another horse. And we rode till we came to the schoolhouse. There was a light in the teacherage window, and we could see the school teacher and a man inside. The nan was Clark Ray bum: I’d seen him before when he came to thi, ranch on business for the Forlomers." Chip glanced southward: no sign there of approaching riders. A flurry of sound reached him from the corrals behind the house: that would be Ives roping out the saddlers. Glancing at I.la, Chip said, "And you left me tn the schoolhouse yard?" -He said you’d need help and attention when you recovered and it was best to leave you close to those people.” "1 see,” Chip said. ’The truth is that he didn't dare kill me with you there to witness it. Probably he had no idea, then, who I was. but he wanted me off bis ranch in case I'd happened to see too r. uch. So he left me at the schoolhouse. gambling, perhaps, thst I’d presume I'd gone unconscious there. I’d seen a man and a girl: there was another man and girl in the teacherage. It made a perfect opportunity from Alessandro's viewpoint” “We hid St John’s body after that, and we rode back to town,'* Li a went on. “He swore me to se- ' crecy again and again, but I saw ' the whole truth when 1 overheard 1 him talking to Tate Strunk a 1 couple of days later. When Strunk 1 told about St John and insinuated 1 that Alessandro bad reason for 1 wanting St John dead, 1 knew that St John had been the man . who was killed out here.” 1 “Colorado Jack told me about ■ that talk you overhead,'* Chip said. • "No wonder you wanted to run ■ away from Aiessaadro when you ■ realised the truth. I suppose Al--1 cuandro bad been keeping St John 1 prisoner here; St. John must have > made the mistake of sizing up Al- > ecsandro as an honest man who J had the key to Forlorn Valley. Probably St John came to Ales--1 sandro to ask that devil to get 1 him into the valley with the par- * don. Why Alessandro killed him 1 that particular night, we ll probJ ably never know. Perhaps It was because the storm gave Alessandro r his chance to remove the body 1 without anyone seeing him. He 1 wasn't counting on you showing u up.” 0 She said, “/ Mt him!" ♦ “He's fastened a Ughl frame on ? Clark Rayburn," Chip said. “But • you're the girl who can bust it wide open. Are you willing to tell e a jury the things you've just told h me”

Something tn her look gave Chip aa inkling of bow it had been last evening when Seton Alessandro had humiliated her with his story of her past She said. "The sooner I face a jury, the better. I'U speak, Mr. Halliday!" “Good girll" he said and glanced around. "It's about lime Ives had those saddlers ready. Let’s see what's keeping him." But when they turned the comer of the house, they found them* selves confronted by Alessandro's new foreman. Piute, who stood ready and waiting for them, a leveled gun tn his hand. £Ye Bo CoMiaaUy —'

Death Toll In Texas Hurricane Is Two

Property Damage Is Eight Million Houston, Tex . Oct. s—l5 —I VP) The Texas hurricane took a toll of two lives and wrecked 38.000.000 worth of property and crops, officials said today. The dead were Mrs. Alpha Hebert of Port Neches. Tex, who grabbed a dangling "live wire in trying to break a fall, and Jimmie Simpson. 21. Palacios. Tex. who apparently drowned while trying to swim from a stalled cabin cruiser in Matagorda Bay The 112 mile-an hour hlow wreck ed power transmission lines and communications wires Widespread damage was reported in the 75.000 acres of low lying ricefields from the heavy rains accompanying the storm which roared off the Gulf of Mexico early yesterday. Texas prison system farms, which raise cotton, corn and hegari, suffered a >BOO,OOO loss. Damage wa« most severe in Freeport, the first coastal city hit by the whirling storm Authorities said it would cost >150.000 to repair homes, utility poles and signs buffeted by the high winds Will Probated Earl Adams presented to thcourt the last will and testament of Minerva Alice Myers and. after hearing testimony of witness to the will. Agnes Archer, the court admitted the will to probate Ferd Litterer presented to the court the last will and testament and codicil of Otto Hoerger. Sr., and testified to court as a witness to the will; the court admitted the will to probate Hugo Boerger filed verified application for letters of administration with the will annexed: filed liond of >6.000 with Henry Fuelling and Fred Kukelhan ns sureties; examined and approved. Letters of administration issued. Files Motion In the case of James Blnegar vs Marvin McClain, the defendant filed a motion to strike part of plaintiffs second paragraph of complaint. In the case of George Gage, Arthur Juiow vs Stewart McMillen, William Schnepp, Sr.. and William Schnepp. Jr., the plaintiffs' filed motion to strike defendants' amended motion to make plaintiffs' first and second paragraph of complaint more specific. Ruled To Answer Defendant ruled to answer in the case of Joseph McKerney vs D. C. Aunspaugh. Fils Plea In the case of Albert Soldner. Amanda Yager. Clara Halter vs the estate of Sophia Soldner and Jerome Dilts, as executor. Parrish and Panish. Fort Wayne attorneys, made special appearance for the defendant. Anna Haurer. for the purpose of filing a plea in abatement. Marriage License Nelson Schumaker. Pandora, 0.. and Betty Mae Habegger. Berne. Tennessee became known as the "Volunteer State" during the fdexican War when Gov. Aaron V. Brown issued a call for 2.808) men to serve and 30.000 men volunteered immediately. Trade in a Coad Town — Decatur

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MRS. STEWART (Cent, insn Page one) daughters and a son. The eldest daughter, Carolyn. Is 18 and a sophomore at Oberlin college. The younger daughter. Dell, is a junior at Miss Porter's school at Farmington, Conn Stewart W. McMillen, | Jr., is 13 and is in the eighth at Decatur high school The-McMillens attend the Presbyterian church. Mrs. McMillen is a member of the Decatur Business and Professional woman's club ar.d a director of the county Red Cross chapter. Mrs McMillen told interviewers ( that she was pleased to have a part in providing a recreation cen'er I for Decatur, designed to serve young people as well as the adults. , "I am convinced," she said, "that : every family in this community i should contribute its fair share to-, wards making the Community Cell- ] ter a reality and be able to consider it as a part of their own home. 1 Decaturites are entitled to this recreational facility, and they can ' have it. but it will not be an easy task unless everyone does his full share" Mrs. McMillen stated that she would need a host of helpers to do the job successfully. She will need leaders and workers enough in every precinct in Decatur so that each worker will have no more than five prospects to call on. In this way many participate as an Integral part of the Community Center < uni-|

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