Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1951 — Page 4

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Someone must have opened thd Siberian refrigerator door. .<■ —<—o— ■ ~.S Every household,, is concerned with one pf three commodities these days:. Gas, oil or coal! I t i -=—O—O / A'' ■ . V I . The weatherman's sense cd,' humor is Ao deep it’s sub-zero. | —o o 1 If you dop’t want to go to thej' rtcuble of erecting a shelter, just 1 / sweep away the snow on a I patch in the backyard and covert > it with feed for the birds. Our?: feathered friends are having hard scratching these days. - i > _ o— —o ' Dorothy Dix. , whose _ married name was Elizabeth Meriwether? , Gilmer, is dead. She was a won-: • derful woman, who as a writer wieled wide influence through- , out the country. Her column ofadvice to the lovelorn and couples with marital troubles, was syn- - dicated to many newspapers and was widely read. She was a motherly-type person and writing . as Miss Dix she was sympathic, f while firm in her counsel with t those who wrote to her in the I hope that she could help solve ' thtir personal worries. Her title line was known throughout the country and she was as famous as any woman writer in the United States. ; l —_o While most of our Christmas"? trees come from Michigan and . Minnesota, there is an evergreen j “farm” right here in Decatur. As • a hobby and because they like 1 trees, Mr. and Mrs. William Bctwerr- set o.ut evergreen saplings a number of years ago on the rolling i acres surrounding the Bowers residence, located at the terminus of Marshin and First streets. The land elopes to the river at the north and/ east and is ideally adapted td the\growing of trees. With several hundred tree* dotting the area, one is greeted with a scene that might be pictured in : Maine or New The trees provide cover and shelter for birds and the landscape abounds with rabbits. A limit'd number, of trees are harvested each year and a replanting program assures perpetuity of the I Christmas wonderland. The own- / era enjoy- their hobby imm.eFiseiy , - and through their industry disperse happiness in the homes that .. , decorate the fireside with a native . tree.

Early Treatment Important For Cross-Eyed Child

By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D. v FT has been estimated that abotA two out of every 100 children in the? United States suffer from eye. Hence, it is one of the most important disorders of the eyes inf 7 youngsters.. and fewer conditions demand greater cooperation be* tween parents and children in ( bringing about a cpre. | Parents are the ‘first ones to no-? tice .that the child’s eyes do not k focus as they should. When they V* first observe this disturbance, theg should take ttje child to the doctor *■ at once, since the* earlier j,' is started the quicker a cure can be| brought about. ‘ ; ' i Many parents have the idea that nothing can be done for cross-eye until the child is older. Then, too. they think perhaps the eye may im| , t > prove/by itself, but this is not truei When a, child has cross-eye. hty uses' ohe eye for seeing, and the* sight in the other eye gradually bei conn s weakir. The longer the ondition persists, the more difficulty j it is to re-educate the child to usd both eyes, if the crds®-eye is negj Jected, the youngster may hav< difficulty later in life in being .able to? see objects accurately.. ' I Uiosfcreye in a child njay be duds tp a muscle weakness, to a ante of the vision,, or to some injury J to. the brain which occurred at t-h<| time <>f birth. Most-youngsters who; are cross-eyed, howtve.r, are far-s sighted. ’ j : . I Sometimes |he condition is uo*’ ticed after a child has hid a severe* 1 77. I

\ Federal Judge Thomas F. Mur- , • phy baa the Qualifications and in- * herent tratte to be an effective government prosecutor in the | cases where honesty of federal g -5 I • | employee has been questioned. His t appointment to head a gon-parti- ■ san commission to tike. action i against public officials who be- ; tray their trust, and to i set up C protections for upright and de- ■ serving employes is expected. It ' doesn’t speak too well fob* the I country to be forced to have this ’■ kind of a house-cleaning, but it | seems that in ah walks of life the predominating thought is how to make a “fast ollar.” If Judge Mur- : pby accepts the appointment, which press writfers say will be of- | sered Io him by President Truman, the wishes him com- • plete success in his undertaking. ; J. Edgar' Hoover of FBI fame r' ' could be used as an able assistant I in this clean-up drive. Move Another Step:— The opinion that \ compulsory i education is .can-led too far ha» ■A been advanced by Colgate W. Dai* i|‘deh Jr., president of the UniverwJ.ity of Virginia. He thinks that the i grammar school tej enough, and * J that unwilling, uninterested and Jess competent I pupils should not be forced to go |ito high school. He quotes Jeffer|son as saying that every child I should be taught; to read * and 1? -J’» • ' i write. \ W\ 1 V d This is the old doctrine of the jl'f’three R’s,” reading, writing and lArithpietic. Earlier generations t thought that these were enough, f possibly resenting the loss of time. | from work on the farm which | school attendance entailed. This ? attitude, understandable in the p simpler days of Jefferson, will not JrsUit the complicated life of today. ? JSchools now teach many subjects, !i Tanging from music to automobile U driving, simply because the taxij payers believe them to be proper ’isubjects for the curriculum. f '' There is no such thing as it z > ' j-enough education. We movd forj|ward all the time and education jlhelps do so. Each step forffward: create® the need for further Beducat8 educat ion of all, that the s-greatest advantage can be taken Hos the gains which have been . . ■ '/ . ~made, and ip order that we may be Hable to move still I- ■

Ullness. In these it is likely that the lllnesjs only speeds up the development of the condition and is not the primary cause. A number of methods are used in the treatment of cross-eye. The doctor will decide just glasses should be fitted to the eye*.. Often this can be done when the child is only 15 to 18 months old. In some cases, the condition can be aided, if not completely overcome, merely ■by blocking off .the vision of the good eye by placing a pqd oqer it, or by putting drops in the- eye, which dilates the pupil. •What is known as orthoptic training is also useful since, by \this draining, the child often can bejpdu--cated to use both eyes in looking at pbjects. However, the child i nil st i>e three or fbur years of age before this kind of\ training, can be sujp? L-essfully carried out. J If these methods do not work, Surgical treatment may be required In certain cases as a last resort. ; The important thing is to rec-Ingnizecross-eye early and to take The youngster to the physician for treatment. L ■ ■ • QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ‘ L.’ M..: 1 hdd au X-ray recently /which showed that I have a stone Hn\my gallbladder-\ I have had sev■jrral bud gallbladder attacks with ;i'bniitntg“ and severe palp. What ’do. you advise? ■ Answer: In most cases of gallSittmes. operation for removal of |fce gallbladder,is advised. /I? ■' ' i ’ ■. . .

Free Sfcow Friday. H&rt For Kiddies I /n Grade Sehooh Frae show! Those two words bring joy to the heart of every youngster and especially if the free show consists of a solid hour of color cartoons and comedies. t Yea sir. kids, every school child in > town from kindergarten through the sixth grade* will be the guests of Roy Kalver of the Adams ■ theater at the Christmas party for boys and girls Urfh* held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. | i Due to the fact that the Adamii Is not big enough to hold every kid in town, the party is limited t|> the pupils of the Lincoln and St. Joseph schools in the grades above .stated In former years this annual show was- given in co-operation With a veteran’s group, but this year this organization has made Other plans. A program consisting of Tom and Jerry, Three Stooges, Bugs Bunny and other favorites has been arranged, and the theater doors Will open, at 1:45. At the end ot the I program, which .will last just one hour, Walter Ford, secretary of the chamber of commerce has arranged for a candy treat to each youngster. i r . Nation Crops Third largest In History Despite Battle With Insects, Weather Washington, Dec. 18 — (UP) — American farmers have produced the third largest crop,in ! history despite an uphill battle against weather and insects. The J 061 harvest bud its disappointing losses in the corn and wheat crops were outlined yesterday by the, agricultural department in its final 1051 crop report. Farmers sorted out with a planted acreage of 3t>2;000,000 acres for 52 principal about 9,000,000 more acres than they planted! in 1860. Bad weather and insects claimed. 26,400,000? acres before harvesting was completed. This iwas more than double the acreage losses in eight of the last 10 years. It was the heaviest loss in the past 20 years, except for •.he drought years of 1933, 1934 and 1936. More than half the loss was accounted for by 16,000,000 acres of winter 'wheat destroyed last spring by rampaging rivers and\ rain iii the midwest. As a result, the goal of a 1,17^, 000,000-bushel wheat crop was met with 987,474,000 bushels, made possible only through increased plantings 'of spring wheat. The reduced winter wheat crop caused North Dakota to push ahead of , Kansas, a' winter wheat produced as the nation’s leading wheat The corn crop also was hit by bad weather, with output reduced by a wet growing season combined with narly frosts and snbws. Instead! of meeting prospects of the seepnd largest in history, the corn crop fell into the dumber tour spot. The crop was estimated at 2,491,423,000 bushels, the first time in four years that it fell under tlie 3,000,000.000 mark. Because of the heavy damage in the corn belt, final state production figures showed that Illinois this year became the land where the tall corn grows, -with its production topping that of lowa.

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Xi? Vs wacmHca r Back From Korea M Sgt. Everett Anderson, Mtt. Anderson and their daughter* Caffle, who recently returned from Korea, visited Sunday and Monday Svith s thq veteran’s brother, Carl Anderson of near Preble. Sgt, be stationed in California after a 30-day furlougha ~ ■ !■ —0 | 20 Years Ago [ TODAY | Dec. 18. Daniel E. Carey, 60, ’ father of Mrs: James Cowen of thia city, died suddenly at his home in Milwaukee. r John Felty, s county assessor, is , moving his office into the room formerly occupied by the county agent in the court house. Good Fellows fund is 1304.11 today. \ '1 . , -1 Prof. J. Raymond Schutz, of Manchester will speak at the Decatur Methodist church Sunday evening: Hi# subject will be “The Business;of Religion.” t Three bandit» who held up the Mt. Summit state bank near Muncie at noon today were captured this afternoon.. Jack (Legs) '.Diamond, notorious racketeer chief of New York, was acquitted of kidnaping last night and shot to death at Albany, N. Y today. Venucd i By agreement Os counsel, Custer and Smith h>r the plaintiff. Hnbert MeClenahan for the defendant, the divorce action of Bertha Hamrick vs Joseph Hamrick is yeikued to the Wells Circuit court its be effected in 10 days. Seeks 8100,000 Hubert Sprunger, through his attorneys Ed Bosse and Chris Muselm«n,' filed suit' in the Adams circuit court for damages, seeking a Judgment of $100,009. The action is the result of: an accident which occurred June 23, 1950, and names tlje Stewart Bgkery company as defendant. The accident happened on Mud Pike as a bakery truck dryien by Richard Cook and' the Spfunger \car collided at An intersection. Sprupger, in. his complaint, alleges that subsequent injuries left hlni injured '’permanently,” that hospital bills mounted steeply, and if*s worth $109,900 : as well as costs of the aciioa. Summons were! issued lor officials of the Rte wart Bakery company. m Reports Filed Inheritance tax appraisers reports were filed |or the Frederick Deininger estate, showing a total estate of $15.9|8|.33, and for the Ora E. Patterson estate, showing a total estate of $18,365.04.. Heatings for both reports aet f&r January 8. I Divorce Granted Eugene Durbin, defendant in a divorce action instigated by Alice Jean Durbin, was awarded an altsolute diverce in the Adams cifciMt court upon the assertion that the allegations: of his cross-com-plaint were true. The plaintiff in the kutiou \ was. given custody of the two minor children and the defendant was ordered to pay sls weekly fbr their support." Marriage License Lowell Mack, New Bremen, 0., p\nd Betty McPherson, Buckland, O. —

| 1 Buys HealthJcnd pThe Berne Legion Auxiliary has voted purchase of a $5 health ; bond, officials of Mala fiabl TB 1 h • Christmas J* seal campaign in | r Adams county announced today. ■’ A1 1 proceeds ■ (roin ’he annual xlj Christmas seal zßjk sales are used in | ; the fight on tucJMHMHHI' berculosis and to provide free clin.**7 g __i_ and otherwise SMD carry oh . the &g|t against the “white plague.” th| sale is conducteAJay the Adan> county tuberculosis assoeiagt -A— Russia To Take Part In UN Commission ! * 7 To Participate In Disarming Parleys t’hrh, Dec. 18—(UP)— Russia informed the United. Natkma today it #i|i‘ participate in the UN’s new discommission even if the t&npnlaslon buses its work on the Baroch atomic control plan bitterly oppbscd by the Soviet Union. Soviet foreign minister Andrei Y. Vtepinsky told the UN’s main politipalicommittee that Russia would takje its seat on the body created Idfci we|k but would continue to •fight there against using the Baruch plaji as a starting point in world disarmament talks. • Vishinsky’s statement made final wbift had been virtually promised ip 19 days of secret big four disartiiament talks and later debate. jl.e made the statement in reply to a point-blank question by Iraq delegate \JFadhei Jainall. as to w|Hther Russia would join the new I 12-nation group if the UN approves! theSvestern blueprint for its opera-1 How. Ytehinsky earlier talked for an hdur and 50 minutes in rejecting the. west's arms reduction program as;4 basis for the new comijlission’s r fee attempted to excuse himself' sot an earlier remark that-the wesb plan kept him awake all night ' j \ 1 “4 know that people drip’t like me tofsiay that I am laughing at somehe said, “but really', laughter is- ’riot' a crime when something is fujiny.” IJ-e also supported a Polish, propdlfhl that the disarniament commist «;ihn be set up without defining its alignment.

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Youth Is Killed In Fruck’Train Crash Bedford, Ind., D*c (UP)—A truck and train collided at a crossing on Ind. 37. three miles north of here last night, killing James Wood, 17.-of Clear Greek (Monroe county). The driver, Jesse Dawson,. 41, Indianapolis, .was pulled from the flaming truck and taken to Dunn memorial hospital with severe burns. Three Men Killed As Plane Crashes [ Light Plane Crushes Jn Heavy Snowstorm III., Dec. 18—(l|P)— Three men were killed last nigtif when their light plane crashed in a wooded section a shprt distance southwester here during a heavy snowstorm. The desd were-identified as Murphy Pickle, Jr„ 31, Harliugen, Tex., J. J. Broadus. 51, also at Harlingen, and Nelson Briody, 43, Evansville, Ind. Broadus and Briody were killed instantly when the single-engine plane Crashed and burned on the wooded property near the farm of Ralph Alsip. Pickle was taken to the Anna City hospital In nearby Anna, 111., where be died, seven hours later. Alsip told authorities the plane swooped low over his home before blunging to earth a short distance away. \ Authorities said the plane was headed in, the direction of the airport at PaducUh, Ky. Neighbors put out the fire and pulled the victims from the wreckage. Authorities said ttje plane was | headed in the direction 1 of Paducah, |Ky. Prediction Os Mild Winter Knocked Out Rushville, Ind., Dec. 18—(UP)— Mark Purcell, Indiana’s famed weather prophet, said today the cunent weather “knocked the socks off" hjs prediction lor a mild winter. ■ • . . ’ z r Purcell said he was at a loss to explain the sub-xero temperatures and snow drifts. His prediction, made in late- September, was for mild temperatures with only -two cold snaps just before spring. However, Purcell, who claims 95 percent accuracy in his predictions, said he felt sure he made “only a temporary error..”

Boilers Break Down At Stete Hospital ' Freight Locomotive Used In Emergency ! Richmond, Ind., Dec. 18 —(UP) 1 *-An emergency detail of engi- ’ neers worked today to repair two Steam boilers: at the Richmond ktate hospital which broke down, leaving 1,700 mental patients huddling in darkened, chilly wards. A Pennsylvania railroad freight locomotive was rushed to the hospital to supply emergency heat and electrical power. But until it arrived about 7:30 p. m. last Bight, the institutions 05 buildings were without heat or electricity. Officials blamed the break-down ’ cn overtaxing of the boilers during the weekend’s frigid tqmpera- > tures. Heat, electricity, and water * supplies were cut off, but water service was restored almost immediately when the hospital cut tn on stand-by city mains. ’ The second boiler failed early in the afternoon, but Dr, Paul D. Williams, hospital superintendent, I said radiators still wf|re warm , when the locomotive steam was , booked up. ; t “The patients are taking it better than an. ordniary community 1 would,” Williams said. “Ws can , operate and keep warm and feed people with power from the locoBewm Coughs ‘ From Common Colds , That HANG ON Creomulsion relieves promptly becauss it goes right to the seat of the trouble . io help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and ’ heal raw, tender, mflamad hronchhl membranes. Guaranteed to please yon - or money refunded. Creomulsion han stood the test of millions of users. CREOMUESION ■Hem CMgha Ch** CeMa AcHe Braackitis

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motive.” The heat and electrical failure will eause a temporary curtailment of some electricity-using medical treatments, he saidTo conserve electricity, flashlights and oil lanterns were placed on all wards, the hospital’s herd of 50 dairy cattle was milked by hand, and elevator service was discontinued. Williams said the iA>wer failure may for<je postponement of a Christmas party planned for the patients tonight. TOWeßTOffir THAN A GIFT FROM r' ■ - .I ' ‘ ; 1 r . ■ ZWICK’S GENUINE “THAYER” IIIIIIAIILS Stout ! Satisfying ’l2-50