Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1952 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT >- P*bli»bod Kvery Bvening Except Sunday By \J ’) j THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT 00, INC. •Mnrud at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office a* Second Class Matter 4 Dick D. Heller President J A. R. Holthouae i Editor J. H. Heller 2 Vice-President Chas. Holthouse —- — _ Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 88.00. Six months |3.25; 8 months, |1.75. u By Mai’, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, ♦7.00; C months, 83.75; 8 months, 82.00. By Carrier, 25 cents per week. Single copies. I cents.

Friday is Dollar Day in Decatur and thrifty shoppers will find barga|ps in the local stores. And yod’ll not have a parking problem, for you can use \he modern parking lot on East Monroe street free of charge. I . ■ir / ■ " . ■ . —O Or Fort Wayne and county taxpayers face a big boost in property taxes next year. The tentative rate in the city totals within a few mills of $4.50 on each 8100 of taxables, a boost of 54-cents over the current levy. The city’s electric utility could contribute to the budget, for after all the plant iq owned by the taxpayers of Fort Wayne. o o Sen. John J. Sparkman of Alabama, the Democrat nominee for vice-president, will be the speaker at the Democratic Editorial Association meeting at French Lick on August 23. He will give the keynote that will start off the big campaign in high gear shortly after Labor Day. A capacity crowd is expected at the editor’s summer meeting at the famous spa; The Illinois Democratic Central Committee selected Lt. Gov. Sherwood Dikon to run for governor, replacing Goy. Stevenson on the ticket, who will campaign for the presidency. Dixon is a 56-yearold lawyer and during his college days played football at Notre Dame. Although his nomination was contested by the incumbent secretary of State, his selection was unanimous. . ff he can duplicate Goy. Stevenson’s feat of four years ago, Illinois will be one of the states that will contribute to a Democratic victory in November. Stevenson rolled up a majority exceeding 570,000 in 1948.

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CAKE OF THE WEEK

Township trustees and school authorities are completing arrangements for the opening of another school term during the first week in September. The teaching staffs are being announced and details in connection with operation and repair of buildings are being completed. It is a busy time of the year for theft officials, not overlooking the stir that planning for school days causes in evCry home. \ , i ■ : ■;° ° i The nation’s gigantic new atomic energy plant will be built near Waverly, Ohio, about 20 miles north of Portsmouth and construction of the $1,200,000,000 project is expected to start a great boom in that peaceful Ohio valley territory. Wavefly, a town of j,679 population is nearer the sitq than any other city and no doubt will feel the greatest affect of the building boom. A worry of the inhabitants’ is that the whole countryside may gb booming, in the event of war. One thing is sure, Waverly will never be the same after work starts ori the new plant. : ■ 'O O—\ The 17-year old King of Iraq, a country noted for its oil reserves, is visiting in the United States and will tour a number of our great cities, including visits to Fort Knox, Ky., where Uncle Sam has his gold stored. To l ,be crowned King Feisal 11, the young man seems to be of a more 1 serious nature than most of the royal playboys from the Middle ahd Far East. His country has bil,,‘Jjut lacks water and one of the problems in which he is interested is ■_ - ■£ ■ « *• w ■ irrigation. He will visit Muscle Shoals and first hancUwhat our government has accomplished through that development. He should return to his country with a better knowledge-of what makes a nation of free people click.

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20 Yeors Ago I I TODAY | o o August 14, 1932, was Bunday. 0 — o I Household Scrapbook I | BY ROBERTA LEE 0- > Q Mildew To remove mildew from white clothes, put a teaspoon of chloride of lime in a gallon of water. Dissolves thoroughly, put the garment in and stir until the mildew disappears. Rinse thoroughly. Chloride of lime bleaches so do not use on colored fabrics. Pot Mats Use the unworn parts of oilcloth or linoleum for making mats for pots containing plants and flowers. If these mats are enameled, the water will not soak into them. Improvised Corkscrew yWo safety pins stuck through a pork in a crosswise position will often prove an excellent substitute for the missing 0 y _o I Modern Etiquette I I BY ROBERTA LEE » i, 0 Q. Certain friends- are always saying, “You must come to see us soon," but do not set a time or date. What should be our reactions to thjs? I A. If you really want to visit’ them, you have a perfect right to phone and say, “If you arte going to be home this evening, we should like to see you for awhile." If they agree, all well and good. If they are going to be out and do not name another definite evening, then you can assume their previous invitations were insincere. Q. Is it necessary to write a “thank you” letter, when one has been entertained informally at dinner? A- No; when leaving, be sure to tell your hostess how much you hkve enjoyed 1 the evening, and then in a few weeks invite her to your home. \ Q. Is it proper to say, “I’m glad to have seen you," when leaving an acquaintance one has met on the street: 7 . A. If you can say this sincerely, yes. ’ — —— v ' Recommend Brazil Establish Park BLOOMINGTON, Ind. UP —An Indiana University graduate class in recreation Wednesday recommended Brazil, Ind., establish a combined park and recreation bhard and employ an executive to head it. . ‘ The' recommendation was made after a study of the city's recreation program. Brazil civic and governmental leaders participated in the discussion at which the report was announced. The survey complimented Brazil for having an attractive recreation area in Forest Park “which seems to have the wholehearted support of the .community.” ...... - ■ s ,V Fruit Matures Fast McALLEN, Tex. (UP)—Ripe papayas were picked’ in this Lower Rio Grande Valley town this season from .trees only seven months old. J. D. Van Ramshorst grew the papayas and expected a harvest of five tons from his three city lots. 4 tFIw A *917 I * ’ I nA/ 11 I WB / . s ■ > A ff - V. .... J IRAQ'S 17-year-old King Faisal U tries earphones in TJN Security Council chamber, New York, as he begins a five-week visit and tour in the U. S. \ (International)

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9a 91 :DWARD F. PHELPS, No. 3 man in the Office of Price Administration, is reported to have support of OPS officials to succeed Administrator Ellis A mall, whose resignation is being held up by President Truman /International) Vv (J 7 k Ol INSERVICE Jfjb New Addresses Pvt. Arnold H. Oetting has the following address: RA16418737, Co. D„ 37th Armed, Inf. Br„ Div. Artillery. Fort Knox, Ky. He is the son of Mrs. Linda Oetting of route 1, Decatur. ’- Pvt. Merlin' Lister’s address is 55232590, A.P.b. 301, c/o P.M., San Fran, cisco, Calif. ■ * *■ Joins Air Force Norman Schiefersteln, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlow Schjeferstein, has enlisted in the air force for four years and after hlk examination at Indianapolis, was sent to Lackland air force base in Texas, for training. He received the highest rating of the group in Indianapolis? ,-c ‘ “ . . • . The peanut is known by six’ other names: earth nut/ goobeF, grandnyt-, ground pea, monkey nut and pinder. e

SALE CALENDAR AUG. 14 -1:00 p. nV George A. Hendricks, owner. 1 mile south and 14 mile east of Monroe, real estate and personal property. Jeff Liechty, auctioneer. AUG. 16—Rayinomi Halloran, Oolitic,’ Indiana, Apartment Hotel, Completely \Furnished and Equljiped.tf 1:30 P. M. Midwest Real ; \ ty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann, /Auctioneer. AUG. 16—12:00 Noon. Reinhart Herbert owner. 4 miles north of Poe on the Winchester Road. Cattle, hay and grain, poultry, tractor fend implerijents. Ellenberger, Bros., auctioneers. AUG. 18—7:00 p. m. A. H. Lewis & Walido Lewis, owners. 8% miles -, i north of Bluffton on State Road 1, then % mile west. Cattle, ‘‘ tractor and implements. Ellenberger Bros., auctioneers. AUG. 19—Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Hankins, owners, 821 S. Jersey St., Bluffton. Modern 3 bedroom one stpry home. D. S. Rlair, Gerajd Strickler, auctioneers. C. W. Kent, sales mgr. AUG. 20 —Faye Robinson, Sidney, Indiana, % block West Os No. 13 Highway, •. Completely Modern Five Room House. Evening Sale 7:00 P. ’M. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann, Auctioneer. ' ' \ j - AUG. 21—Mrs. Sam Whitright, 14 miln: East of Decatur,-.lndiana on K No. 224 Highway, Livestock, Machinery and Equipment. 1:30 P. M. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann. aucl AUG. 23 —John Hinck Estate, 350 North 10th, Decatur, Ind. Household Goods and Miscellaneous Items. 1:30 P. M. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann, auctioneer. AUG. 30 —Louise Haltoroff, 1 mile East-of Warsaw, Ind., on Old StAle Road No. 30. A Good 30 Acre- Poultry I Farm with Modern Improvements. 1:30 jP. M. Midwest Realty Auction Co. ’! ~ J. F. Sanmann —Auctioneer. \

DFC Award Today To Roscoe Turner / Onetime Air Speed King Paid Tribute WASHINGTON, UP —Daredevil Roscoe Turner, whose dapper waxed moustache was nearly as famous as the string of aviation speed records he set two decades agp, came here today to receive the distinguished flying cross for his\ contributions to aerial , speed and safety. It was the first award of the DF£ to a civilian in 20 years. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, acting air force chief of staff, was picked to present the awhrd to the onetime speed king, who now runs an avjation firm and airline at Indiaturner, now 56, was one of the lop of the breed of and Stunters who kept aviation going between the wars. One of the standard news pictures of that era wai the ruggedly handsome pilot, 11,18 moustache set at 10 minutes to 2, in an open cockpit, having just arrived from somewhere faster than anyone had before. He set seven transcontinental speed records. One, the 1933 Bendix trophy mark Os 11 hours and 30 ininutes from New York to Los Angeles, stood more five years. He won the closed-course Thompson trophy race three times. He finished second in a London-to-Melbourne dash in 1934, the world’s toughest long-distance haul, ( Turner opened the first comipdrqial airfield at Richmond, Va., in 1927. Though he ended \his military flyihg carepr as a first lieutenant after World War I, Turner was known as' “colonel” by virtue pf appointments from the governors of Nevada.. California and his. native Mississippi. The DFC was last awarded to a civilian in 1932, when the army gavp it to five fliers. They were Amelia Earhart Putnam, for her flight to Ireland: Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, for their round-the--wnrld dash; and Polando and Russell Bordman, for a flight froin the U. S. to Istanbul, Turkey.

Police Arrest Man Willi Loaded Pistol Logansport Man Is Seized In Chicago 1 CHICAGO, UP —Police Wednesday night seised a man armed with a loaded pistol within sight of thousands of persons attending a concert at the Grant Park bandshell. The gunman |ras picked up near the spot where a maniac jumped from behind some bushes last Wednesday and killed an 18-year-old girl, wounded her escort and then shot himself through the heart. ’ Park district patrolmen said the man arrested Wednesday gave his name as Arthur Smith, 27, Logansport, Ind. He was carrying a loader, German-made 7.65 mm automatic pistol,, i The man told detectives he planned to commit suicide in the downtown park on the shores of Lake Michigan because his wife had left him. He said his wife’s name was Pasqulllne. He was held for investigatldn and an appearance in a showup line. Patricia Kahler, 18, was shot and killed by ,a former mental patient, Bernard Richardson, 32, las| week as she sat near the bandshell during her lunch hour. Kirk Appointed As Director Os Board WASHINGTON, UP— President Truman today appointed Adm. Alan G. Kirk, former ambassador to Moscow, as director of\ the psychological strategy board. The board itas set up in 1951 to coordinate Information and psychological policies of the KIDNEYS MUST REMOVE EXCESSWASTE Namring backache. loss of pep and energy, headaches and disciness may be due to slowdown of kidney function. Doctors say good kidney function is very important to good health. When some everyday condition, such as stress and strain, causes thia important f unction to sk>w down, many f oiks suffer nagging backache—feel miserable. Minor bladder irritations due to cold or wrong diet may cause getting up nights or freq sent passages. . Don’t neglect your kidneys.-if these conditions bother you. Try Doan's Pills—a mild diuretic. Used successfully by millions for ’ oyer SO years. It’s amazing how many timea Doan’s give happy relief from these discomforts-* help the 15 miles of kidney tubes and filters flush out waste. Get Doan’s Pills today!

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