Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 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., Poet Office aa Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller .... President A R. Holthouse ... Editor C. E. Holthouse Treasurer J. H. Heller ..... Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mall In Adams and Adjoining Counties: Ono year, $6; Six Bombs, >3.25; 3 months, >1.75. By Mail, beyond Adame and Adjoining Counties: One year, 17.00; 6 months, >3.75; 3 months, $2.00. By Carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents.

Our Wish For You: Ah! A New Year. What will it bring? We wish for you the continued blessings of the Lord. The greatest of material blessings . . . good health. The peace of home and companionship of loved ones. And we hope prosperity follows you throughout the year! It isn't hard to write, 1950. o o Ring out the old, ring in the new. o o if you celenrate, just remember that 364-more days lie ahead. o o The tint half of the century is gone and the world is still here, so there is hope that the next fifty years will not bring the end to mankind. o o Sceptically, we swallowed the report of a pilot flying from lx*s Ang« les to Chicago in on«~hour-forty-minutes, until we read that a rocket plane traveled 1.9X9 miles an hour Where are we go Ing? o o A lot of history has been written. hut no fifty years packed as much turbulence, uphea v a 1, change and invention as did the first half of this century. And of course there has been progress for good o o— —- We should strive for better understanding in 1950. Selfishness must be curbed. We should work together in building a better city, bringing trade to the shopping district, employment for men and women in industry -und other establishments. o o— Another big job that will get underway in 1950, will be taking the decennial census. The counting of noses will be done in every city, town and hamlet in the United States and estimates already place the population above the 150 million mark. o o The 1919 challenge of raising funds to meet a minimum gift of $75,000 from Central Soya Company for a proposed Community Center still haunts citizen*. Decatur is too k<mml a town to be defeated. We should make the hurdle and build the Center In 1950.

The Child Who Stutters

By Htrmin N. Bundesen, M.O. A LITTLE child's mind is tremendously active. Varied and vivid impressions from the outside world throng through his head and each creates Its own swift resetion On the other hand, at the age of two or three, the child has not yet mastered the art of speech. It thus happens that ideas and thoughts come faster than he can express them, which accounts for the tendency to stutter, often observed in youngsters of this age. As a matter of fact, practically all preschool children repeat sounds, syllables, and even whole sentences from time to time. •how of Concern If parents sit tight and make no attempt to correct this repetition. the practice will soon di* appear. Any show of concern or effort to interfere with the child's way of speaking at this time is ail too likely to result in a con firmed habit of stuttering. The harder the child tries to please, the worse Ms stuttering is apt to become. If be makes an attempt sod tail*, he will try harder and stumble over words more fre queatly than ever until he becompletely coßfused. Wise i erents. then, will avoid improper methods of discipline Knowing that this repetition during early childhood is natural j s'

January will bring the annua) March of Himes campaign and it can be successful only, if all of us enlist as workers and donors to this worthy cause. The past year saw the polio epidemic strike this community and if it had not been for the funds supplied by the county chapter and the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation, many victims would not have been able to obtain the necessary medical and hospital care in their fight for recovery. o -o In a magazine poll of 29,000 leading business executives, the majority expressed the opinion that 1950 would be a good business year. Fifty-six percent predicted as good or better than it is now, and 44 per cent expected a decline. Only two percent expect a sharp business decline. Most Americans are willing to go along with the majority opinion. This newspaper believes that Decatur will enjoy brisk business during 1950 and make headway with many good improvements. A year from now it will be a better place in which to live. o o Auburn obtained three new factories during the past year and Columbus showed the largest gain in plant expansion, according to a report released by the Indiana Department of Commerce. In addition, 54 plants in the state expanded which gave employment to 3,650 more persons. The department says it has requests from two industries that want a building with 150,000 square feet of floor space and will employ 400 persons. Few cities have vacant buildings of that size on hand. In Auburn's case, no doubt many of the buildings of the old Auburn Auto Company were utilized. o 0 Thomas L. Stokes, the columnisb reviews world changes that have come about in the last half century, and especially in the last ; decade. Says he: "An era is ended. a long era. The Dutch empire * crumbles with separation, after 347 years, of her East Indies that * stretch 3.000 miles across the t base of Asia and embrace 75/ (*OO,OOO people. Ro, too, does the British Empire disintegrate as India and her 4**0,04*0,000 set up in government for themselves.” We have lived in the fastest changing, most tumultous period In all history, largely brought about with two world wars. Freedom spreads over the world, growing on seed which was sown in the United States 173 years ago.

they will be careful not to criticise any healtatlon in the child's speech. Nevertheless, the child who stutters a great deal should have a thorough examination Just to make sure that nothing is wrong with the speech organs. Where home surroundings are suspected of creating undue nervous ten sion. the doctor will suggest necessary changes but drugs or medicines are not needed In the treatment. Cooperation of the parents Is usually all that is required to bring about • quick disappearance of the stuttering . In the older children, stuttering is a much more difficult condition to overcome. It Is usually accompanied with severe muscle tension, as well as anxiety on the part of the patient Special treatment by a qualified speech teacher is needed in such inQUESTIONS ANO ANSWERS A.R I>oes excessively falling hair indicate a glandular disturbance? Answer: Loes of hair Is not always due to a glandular disorder. However, it may be in some cases. Excessively falling hair Is a symptom of thyroid deficiency A thorough study should be made to see if you have such s gland u tar disturbance

HAPPY NEW YEAR 5 * W z TZ'BA O'*! ) MBMm' u

0 —0 [ Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE o o Yellowed Handles The bone handles of cutlery can be whitened considerably if they are rubbed with a cloth wet with peroxide of hydrogen. Rinse in clear water and dry with a soft cloth. Broken Fingernail Apply a small quantity of nal’ repair over the broken nail, cover with tissue paper, and then apply a second coat. After It has dried thoroughly, cover the mended fingernail with some polish, and it will look as good as new. Nutritious Dish A nutritious dish can be effected by stripping escalloped corn with bacon slices and baking for twenty minutes in a moderate oven. H ii Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE — Q. When someone makes some remark that you know is not founded on fact, haven't you the right to contradict him? A. It is much better to let his

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CHAPTER XXXVIII Continued money and whiskey tor months to come. My daughter was not above adding that final deviltry to her burden of sin. and lent herself to it from that unknown date last July until last Thursday, October Z<». Dorothy Is in a special hospital today for medical and psychiatric treatment, but she Is not being kept hidden from the few newspapermen who need proof of her existence and her change of heart. CHAPTER XXXIX CHANGE OF HEART That change of heart In my Dorothy was possible before Ivan Igorvich got here Sunday morning, but this candidate for the presidency of the United States is the human agent of Its accomplishment. Perhaps nobody else could have said the right words. I think Dorothy's fear was genuine. She said as he entered the room, “Here is one man who has a right to kill me for my crimes.” Ivan took my daughter's hand and for a full minute, silent tears coursed his face, which bad known worse battering than hers. His first soft words were, "It is not death I want for you. Dottie Har din. ipit life. The life I was just beginning 24 years ago when so clumsily I tried to persuade you that we are more than animals, and you have been on my conscience ever since because I did everything wrong—" Don't you start blaming yourself now," Dorothy broke in. “I can’t stand that on top ot mother’s doing the same thing. Little Dottie Is the only devil in this play and I'd have gone to hell no matter what you others did or didn't, so don't take blame that isn't yours. Next you'll have Reverend Hawley come In and cry that he didn't preach the right kind ot sermons." "Merle Hawley is out there in the other room. There wasn't any kind at sermon which coaid have reached you when you would not listen —" "Now you're saying It! Now tell me that God had me labelled for heli, so that ears had I but I heard not No. don't tell me that. I beard, but did not want to." croesus With Jesus were two "Dottie, you're only labelled for hell even now If you want to be.

remark pass unchallenged than to risk entering into an argument Q. When the band is playing the college “Alma Mater.” should those who did not attend that college stand up with the others? A. Most certainly. To remain seated would be conspicuously rude. Q. How should a man at a dance introduce his partner to another couple? A. "Miss Crawford (his partner), this is Miss Miller and Mrs. Franklin.” 0 — 0 20 YEARS AGO TODAY 0 — 0 Dec 31. — Mayor Krick reappoints all city officials: Jack Freldt. fire chief; Dr. J. M. Miller, Dr. P. B. Thomas and Mrs. J. H. Heller for board of health, and Seph Melchi, Berg Womack and Burl Johnson as members of the city police force. The year 1929 was the most prosperous on record for Decatur. Many from here attend the annual Wilson day banquet at Winchester. Mayor Black of Indianapolis gave the address. J. R. Peterson of Decatur and

■ navel by Alexander Gillander

Remember that on the other men—" “Two other thieves, like me." "Two thieves. They were both much nearer death and bell than you are right now, for they bad only a few painful hours of life on those crosses. One ot those men — thieves—looked the facts of life and death in the face. Everything he had lived tor was lost and his life Itself was lost and his soul was lost until be, lor the first time, thought well ot somebody beside himself. ’We're getting what’s coming to us,' be said to his partner. ‘but this Jesus has done no crime.* But ne not only admitted at last that his whole life had been wrong, he looked to the One who could do what he needed done 'Jesus. r« member me. help me — at last I’ll depend on you!" ’ Too late. Ego. with that sort of story to me." "It’s only too late if you think It's too late. The one thief who thought it was too late and stayed subborn on the cross lost both body and soul." "I admire him the most because he was tbe most consistent." "Dottie, there is nothing admirable about being consistently wrong. Haven't these terrible years convinced you of that? No argument of my words can compare with the argument of these years. Don't let stubbornness cost you your final hope." “But. Ego. I have long passed the point of no return.” "No, you have not —so long as you have as much breath as tbe repentant thief." Ivan sensed the crucial moment. “Dottie. will you bow your bead and follow me in prayer?" Dorothy Hardin bowed her head before God tor tbe first time In her life, and I had to leave the room with uncontrollable tears of joy. I signalled Merle Hawley to go in. I cried on tbe shoulder of Mrs. Igorvich until I could be quiet. Then, with the other Dorothy in Ivan's life, the one who had been worthy of him. I went back into my daughter's room. Dr. Hawley had taken over tbe conversation, and Ivsn bad draped his long body over the ancient rerlitdmr ctlßir B* ! Lough CXh*Ubt*d by tbe emotion of his brief revival

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Buys Health Band I’sl lota Xi sorority has voted purchase of a |lO health bond, officials of the _ , Christmas sea' ley CbristlMl SMK * n B. Adams county , announced toP day. All pro- * I [ ceeds tT o tr 3 ; t h « annuel ► Christ nas TJvO seal sale* are Hoip Stomp Out TB “’?» fight on tubereulosis and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry oa the fight against the “white plagM." The sale Is conducted by th* Adams county tuberculosis association. . Martan Smith of Berne are named Jury commissioners for the ensuing year by Judge Sutton Southern California and the University of Pittsburg will battie tomorrow in the Rose Bowl football game at Pasedena, Calif. The lleppert auction school opens with 41 enrolled and 15 more due to arrive tomorrow.

Real Estate Transfers David Falb etux to Frieda Lehmann, inl-jt 14 in Linn Grove. Frieua Ix-hmann to David Falb etux. inlot 14 in Linn Grove. Hattie L. Longenberger etvlr to Louis M. Mattax etux. east part inlot 14 in Monroe. Uirena L. Uingenberger etal to Louis M. Mattax etux. west part inlot 13 in Monroe. Artie Ellenherger etux to Robert L. Ellenberger, land In Wabash Twp. Tax Report Filed Inheritance tax report was filed for the estate of Henry Luttman. revealing the net value of the estate to be 912.818. and tax of 188.05 due from Esther Witte. Albert Harlow was awarded >lO for services: certified to the county treasurer. Sale Bill Filed Sale bill for the estate of James C. Frank was filed iu circuit court, the total amount of the sale *l. 097.35; examined and approved by the court. Appraisal Reported Virgil Krick, Arthur Hcdthousc and Joseph Thompson filed their oath as appraisers in circuit court through city attorney Robert S. Anderson, and also their appraisal report of transformers and capacttators owned by the city of Deca tur. the former appraised at |13.479.90, the latter at 84,400.

sermon and its success. Ivan grinned at us triumphantly through a busy handkerchief. Dr. Hawley was telling my daughter on our hearing: “It Is yonr self-will wnlch has gotten you all this trouble and evil. Miss Hardin. You have to kay with Jesus, 'Not my will, but God's be done.' You have bees tbe center of your own universe, and it has been self destroying. God must be your Center now, and your universe will be infinite and eternal Be willing to be useful to God." “Can God use anybody as dirty as me?" “Bt. Paul called himself ‘Chief of sinners,' and look how useful he became.” Staring beyond Merle Hawley, my daughter, cried: "Thank you God! With all my heart. I'll do all I can to make up to you and to Ego and my mother and everybody!" Candidate Igorvich arranged for bh plane to take my daughter home to Madrid. Mrs. igorvich accompanied us. then returned to New York with the ptane. Newspaper reporters were permitted to take pictures at the airfields in New York and Loftland but all they could see of my daughter was her fxe as she lay In the ambul ance or on the Utter as attendants carr.ed her on and off the plane It was wise to permit this publicity so that now the American people could know that now thero was no illegal detention or coercion of the “mysterious Dorothy Hardin." Dr. Merle Hawley took part yet Sunday morning in a dramatic incident in a groat New York Ch«reh of our denomination, to which he and Ivan went to worship when the ambulance took my daughter and me from Uniondale. Although tbe whole ehurch service was televised. there seems to be some question as to the deteUs. Dr. Hawley should have wrUten out the story himself, but I have It directly from him. The two men who had already been lifted spiritually that morsIng in the conversion of my daughter hoped quietly to express their worship further in a public sanctuary. Late. Merle and Ivan slipped into tbe crowded church, and (To Bo CooUaaod)

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(First of a scries of three articles designed to assist you in filling the new form tor reporting your 1949 gross insome tax and World War 11 bonus tax). , Everyone receiving over 11,000 (13,000 for retail merchants) in total earnings in or from the state of Indiana during 1949, must file a copy of the new 1949 gross income tax and World War II bonus tax form with accompanying tax remittance before midnight. January 31, or lie subject to penalty and interest for delinquent filing. illustrated is the top half of this new form, including schedule “A" in which ail computations of your gross income tax should appear. Notice that schedule “B“ tor com* putation of the new bonus tax has liewn torn from the illustration. Computations of bonus tax with accompanying illustration will be explained in article 2 of this series. Before computing your gross income tax liability, first check the heading of your pre addressed form and make sure your name, address and social security numl>er are correctly entered. If you did not receive a copy of this form by meil by December 28, gel one from your nearest auto license branch or write direct to the Indiana department of state revenue. 141 8. Meridian street, Indianapolis. After the heading of your form, is properly filled In, you are ready to begin computing your tax. Anti the first consideration la to determine your tax rate: Feur Categories I. If you are an employe (salaries, wages, commissions, fees or other personal service income) your gross income tax rate is 1%. Ami all computations of your tax under schedule “A” are recorded in column 2 In the center of the illustration. 11. If you are a retail merchant - gross rec eipts from selling goods at retail are taxable at a rate of •a of 1%. And all computations are made in column 1 of schedule “A". Note: Corporations and partnerships must file on special forms. See article 3 for further details. 111. If yeu are a jobber or wholesaler your gross rec eipts are taxable at a rate of of 1%. Column 3 should l»e used for computations of this tax. IV. Businesses not classified In II or 111 — are taxable on their gross reivlpta at a rata of 1%. And computations of tax should tie made in column 2 of schedule "A", if you are in doubt as to your tax rate see official form b furnished by the department. Referring now to schedule "A''. Illustrated, the following is a Step-by-step explanation of each of the 17 numtiered linos on the lefthand side of the lltustra'ioo which must be carefully read and an entry made in either columns I, I or 3 according to your tex rate as just determined. Schedule “A" Explained Line 1. This, of courao, should be filled in only by retail merchants. and should include all gross receipts from sales of merchandise (not fixtures) to consumers during the csiendar year 1949. Place total gross receipts in column I. Your gross income tax rate Js lb of 1%. Line Z All gross receipts from selling st wholesale (sales to resellers) during 1949 should be entered in column 8 texsble at H of I*. Gtom receipts from businesses other than retailing or wholesaling, should be entered is column 2. taxable at 1%. Line 8. Ivory taxpayer reoaiv* ing earnings as an employe during 1949 must enter total grass earnings on this line in column 2. taxable at 1%. Line 4. Report here grass receipts of cash, notes, etc. from sale of property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, or sale of capi-

tal assets and investments and receipts from maturity of intangibles. No deduction Is allowed for cost of property sold or any other expense whatsoever. Enter total In column 2 and explain each item in schedule 1 on the reverse side of your form. Line 5. Total returns from any of these items are taxable at 1% and should be entered in column 2, and listed in schedule 2 on the reverse side of your form, whether received in cost or credited to your account: interest, dividends, royalties, rents, receipts from Investments. Line 6. If you received earnings during 1949 from sources other than those enumerated in lines 1 through 5, enter total in column 2, and explain the sources of earnings in detail in schedule 1 on the reverse side of your form. Line 7. You should now have entered in the six preceding Items all gross income received during 1949 and totals of all gross in<ome received should be entered here. If entries are made In more than one column carry totals directly down each column, add totals and enter grand total in column 4. Line 8. Schedule 2 on the reverse side of your official form explains allowable deductions from your gross receipts. If you are entitled to deductions, enter total here. (See article 3 for a detailed discussion of allowable Aleductions.) Line 9. Subtract line 8 from line 7 and enter differences here. Line 10. Enter here the 11.000 (13.000 for retail merchants) exemption allowed every taxpayer. If earnings are taxable for less than one year, an exemption of 183.33 (1250 for retail merchants) for each taxable month of earnings should be entered. One half month or over Is regarded aa a full month. The exemptions can not lie combined. The |3,000 exemption can be taken only in column 1. Line 11. Subtract your exemption shown in line 10 from taxable gross income shown in line 9 and enter the difference here. Line It. Multiply your gross income tax rate (!•«,. >4% or %%. according to your tax bracket) as Indicated at the top of the column in which ail of your entries appear, times the total shown in Line 11; thei) carry this total to column 4. lines are to be filled In only by thorn- taxpayers having a tax liability in excoM of |lO per quarter

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who should have, for the H three quarters of the year. quarterly return In addition present annual filing. No quarter return is ne< cause 'he annual return and includes this period lines 13 through 15 total ces tor each quarter; in show the total of all J mittances of gross income and in line 17 subtract line line 12 thus showing the of gross Income tax due year's income. The Bonus Tax If you have completed schedule “A" iu an ordain the preceding outline, all tat ions of your gross in« are completed. The next complete your filing Is to the computations of your billty in schedule “B” for World War 11 bonus tax in addition to the gross but applies only to gross received on and after July If you received more taxable gross income last half of 1949 and your taxable gross income il.no schedule At for the year • 11.000 you are also subje< t bonus tax and must fill 111 sdHz" ”B accordingly. W K David L. Pollock Promoted By Army With the Eighth U. S .vK, Tokyo. Japan - Promotion David L. Pollock, son of Mrs. Asa A. Pollock of meyer street. Decatur. In! poral. under the army's adopted “career plan noumed today by 'lt* coiim AT officer of the 13th signal ' Ist cavalry division, in w |||l 'J| lock is serving as a division supply clerk. r Cpl. Pollock enlisted in lar army June 23, 194 k. .md went basic training at son. 8. C. He sailed ou ( months later, to Itecomof the Ist cavalry division ■■ to bis entry into the lock was a student in me high school. Ife . An observer at the New York City can see niot®»rl than are ever visible from M the north or Masonic I State<l couvocstion of !<^K ( , chapter No 112 R ■' '' | P. M. Tuesday. January 3. Norman G