Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1953 — Page 11

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Mother Os Year Is Spanking Believer Answers Questions On Family Problems NEW YORK UP —Mrs. Ethlyn Wisegarver Bott, first stepmother in 25 years to be named American mother of the year, said today she believes in spanking children — but never when “you are angry.” Everyone has been anxious to know how she met her special family problems, Mrs. Bott said. Mrs. Bott and her husband, Dr. Anthony E. Bott, came here from Belleville, 111., for special ceremonies honoring the Mother of the Year. Mrs. Bott was on the faculty of Stephens College of Columbia, Mo., when she married Dr. Bott 20 year* ago, after his first wife had died. Mrs. Bott said she has been asked whether she believes in spanking children to discipline them. She said, “Yes. our children were spanked when they needed it, but never when my husband or 1 were angry.” “If I had walked right in and tried to change the childrens’, habits, they would have regarded me as a dictator,” the mother of the year said. “I established a family , club. We met each Sunday afternoon after dinner. Each child wad assigned a committee to correct a specific disciplinary problem, such as never turning out lights, . spilling milk at the table, and running up and down steps. “Each Sunday the committeeI ship changed. As a child would err, the committee chairman would give him a black mark on a blackboard put up in the kitchen.” Mrs-. Bott, said the family club lasted for just eight months, but in that time all of the problems were corrected “without the children realizing how much I had to do with it.” They also made the family club meetings into social andp educational aftiirs, with different* pjril* dren given talks on their own [favorite subjects. Mrs. Bott hoped her selection as mother of the year will help to break down “prejudices against stepmothers inherited, from fairy tales.” She will be honored at the annual awards luncheon of the American mother’s committee of the golden rule foundation here Friday. They'll Gopher This BAKERSFIELD, Calif., UP — Do you have a pocket gopher prob-* -4em? Trapping the rascals is the. best way of handling them, says Vernon Burton, a farm adviser of tfce University of California. Set a wire trap in a hole poked in the animal’s runway.

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SYNOPSIS t Bill Canalli'a acquaintance with Janey Nelson had been brief back there in Philadelphia, but that he'd fallen in love with thia nice, demure Chicago night club girl. She had given ' him a key to her apartment, daring him to come to the Windy City and to use that key some time! And so he’d taken • leave from his sleuthing lob in Philadelphia and we find him now seated alone at night in Miss Nelson'* abode, impatiently awaiting her return from her night dub chore. Here presently ho U joined by a stranger, a whitefaced. somber man who says that he too must see Miss Nelson tonight. As both men sit in sullen silence, the telephone rings and Bill sprints to answer its summons. Over the wire pours Janey’a voice a terrified voice, saying that |he la in trouble, trapped, managing to whisper a street address. Reaching it speedily. Qanalli finds Janey murdered. her contorted body flung across a cheap rooming house bed. Police and press com- in on the acene and so does Janey Nelson's young brother Bob. a gaunt, loose-jawed lad. whom Canalli suspects of drug addiction. Terry Miter ell. an amiable lady reporter, likewise arrives ar the scene of the crime. CHAPTER SIX THERE was someone else coming up the stairs now, X saw, a slimly built woman in her early thirties, who wore a tightly belted trench coatxand carried a smartlooking leather bag hung from a strap over her shoulder. She was datless and her curly reddish-brown hair was cut short in a tousled boyish fashion. Thera was something about her I didn't Hke: maybe it was the arrogance in her gray-green eyes, or the slightly amused, sardonic expression on her alert delicate face, or maybe I just don’t like cocky women in tightly belted trench coats. I think chiefly though it was her casual, bored little grin. What’s so funny? I wanted to ask. She had good legs, slender and fashionable in beige nylons, arid her tousled head came just level with my shoulder. I noticed that she wore no make-up except a slash of vivid lipstick. She didn’t really need anything else, I conceded grudgingly; her skin was very pale and smooth and fine. •‘What’s going on?” she said to Devlin. **Xa it Janey Nelson, for sure?” “For sure, Terry,” Devlin said. “Her brother made the identification just a minute or «o ago. Toy want what I’ve got so Car?” “No, thanks, Dev. We’ve got a man here, 1 suppose.” She glanced casually into the room, and nodded. “Yep, there's Clyde Mclntyre. He’ll get the names and addresses straight” She smiled sardonically at Devhn. “I’m looking for a feature angle. Got ope handy?” , Qo<pright. 13M, by De

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Weather Bureau To Close 100 Stations House Votes Slash In Bureau Budget WASHINGTON, (UP) —The weather bureau is getting ready to shut up shop at perhaps as many as 100 of its 360 U. S. stations — if money cuts voted by ■the house \go through. It already had planned to close 36 “stations of lowest priority” and fire 150 persons. That was the result of a $735,000 cut by (be Eisenhower administration in the weather bureau budget proposed by former President Truman. Last Friday the house appropriations committee voted an additional cut of $2,000,000 and the house approved it Tuesday. If that cut stands-, a bureau spokesman said in reply to a query, it will mean a further staff reduction of 450 persons and the closing, altogether, of “as many as 100 stations.” ~ The number of closings isn’t certain because, the spokesman said, “we just haven’t been able to gear our planning to any such disastrous blow as that.” The $2,000,000 new cut, he added. also would mean sharp curtailment of many special services, including the fairly new tornado warning system. Ocean Weather service for ships and airplanes would be hard hit, he said. Mr. Truman had proposed a weather bureau budget of $27,435.000 for the fiscal year starting July 1. That, the spokesman said, was $200,000 short of what the bureau actually wanted to foot all its bills without firing anybody or reducing services to the public. Under the Eisenhower budget, even it the house cut is restored by the senate later, the bureau will close the first 36 stations, which include those at the follow-

“We don’t have a lot ds yet," Devlin said. He noticed me then, and said, “Here’s the guy who found the body.” The girl shrugged her slim tailored shoulders. “Well, that’s always been a good pitch, and who am 1 to question public taste? What’s his name?” “What's hers?" I said to Devlin. She looked at me, smiling slightly. “Okay, put your dukes down,” she said. “I’m Terry Mitchell, with the Express. Who are you?" “Bill Canalli. You spell it with two I’s." “I'll remember,” she said, "would you like to tell me about it, Bill ?” Devlin excused himself and went down the stairs. “Not particularly,” I said. She raised her eyebrows. Then she smiled and' put out a small gloved hand- “We’re off to a wrong start, Bill. It’s my fault, I know. I’ve got a personality that Dale Carnegie would give up on in thirty seconds. Try to overlook It. £m just trying to do a job, you know.” I shook hands with her. and wondered if I’d doped her wrong. At the moment she sounded okpy. “Are you in a hurry?” I said. “No, not particularly. The Express is an afternoon paper. I'm writin/ tor tomorrow morning.” “Well, I’ve got SR important call to make. Could I meet you somewhere later?” “How much later?” “An hour at the outside?” ; “That’s fine." She took a notebook and pencil from her shoulder bag, tore out a piece of paper and scribbled an address on if. “You can meet me there. It’s just a bar, but it’s all I’ve got." I put the paper in my pocket. “I’ll see you there,” I said, and went quickly downstairs. I bumped into Devlin in the hallway and he put a hand in my arm. “You’ll call me when you get a hotel?* \ “Yes, sure thing." “Where's your luggage? At her place?” “That’s right." I wanted to get going, but he hung onto my arm. “Well, I’li eall the district and tell them it’s okay for you to pick it up.” “Thanks.” “It’s a dirty, nasty case,” he I said. “A sex nut if you ask me." I nodded. “That could be it,” I I said. i vJ’Well, I’ll talk to you again, ’ Canalli,” he said, and pt last took ■ his hand off my arm. “good," J paid, and trotted down od<. 4 Co., lsc. Distributed by |

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ing places: | i Bowling Green, Ky.; Frederick, Md.; t’ark Place, Pa.; Athens. Ga.; Grand Island, 'Neb.| Lincoln, Neb. Airport; Ypsilanti, Mich. Willow Run Airport; Valdosta and Albany, Ga.; Orlando and MelItourne, Fla.; Bristol, Tenn.; Spartanburg and Florence, S. C.; Erie. Pa.; Sandusky, O.; Pittsfield. 'Mass.; St. Paul, Minn.; East port. Me.; Block Island, R. 1.; Fort Myers, Fla.; Bear Mountain, N. Y., and Anniston, Ala. ' ■ I Homemaking Tips From The County Extension Office “New Strawberry Bulletin” Strawberry plaints can a better start this spring if gardeners will piuk off the fruiting buds as soon as they appear. 'I In removing the buds the early production of the runnera is stimulated. The fruiting buds are formed on the new runner plants for next year’s production and the sooner the new plats are set, at least by early July, the better the prospects for a high yield? Strawberry plants should be set two feet apart in the row and rows should be at least four feet apart. After the runners are established they too should;be thinned to one plant for every six or eight inches. The home gardener with everbearing strawflierries should keep the blossoms off until Uie first part of July to stimulate plant growth for Jail fruit production. Only wheh the strawberry plantation is to be carried into the second fruiting year is it advisable to apply Commercial fertilizer and this only in the fall of the year. W. B. Ward and R.vL. Klaitkle, Purdue University extension horticulturists, have recently prepared a leaflet on “Strawberries for Home and Market.” Gardeners interested l,n planting strawberries will want to ask for this bulletin at the county agent’s office in the basement of the post office. Find Beat Does the Job

the steps to the sidewalk. There was a crowd of g h o u 1 s in the street, and a few cops advising them futilely to go on home. 1 looked up and down the street, and let out a sigh of >relief when I saw z young Bob Nelson’s tall figure about a hundred yards away. He was walking fast toward the intersection, and I went after him at a half-trot. 1 was only fifty yards behind him when he turned out of sight at the corner, so Tbroke into a run and hit the right-dngling street in time to see him climbing?! into a cab. There was a row of them, so 1 drifted along until his pulled out into the traffic, and then I hopped into the next one In line. “Tail that cab that just left,” I told the driver. "There’s an extra five in it for you if you don’t lose him.” “I won’t lose him,” thfe driver said. When we were sailing* along toward the center of town, he said, “What’s up, Mister?" "A guy who got my kid sister in trouble,”. I said. “I 'don’t want him leaving'town.” ; “Don’t blame you,” the cabby said, nodding righteously. I lit a cigaret and wondered if my faint suspicions about Bob Nelson made any sense. There was no way to be sure unless I checked them, and that’s what I was doing now. Bob’s yawns had alerted me —that’s a common physical reaction to heroin. In a period of emotional intensity, or when the last shot is wearing thin, an addict tips himself off with those involuntary yawns. , Devlin hadn’t noticed them, apparently. I had decided he was nice, and possibly honest. Now I added another few tags to his description; he wasn’t too bright. We followed young Bob to the Loop, and through it to North Clark street. He paid off his cab 8t the intersection of a broad street I learned later was Chicago avenue, I did the same and followed him as he continued on foot down Clark street. This was a street I knew by reputation, anyway. Lt whs supposed to be a tough street, a mean street, a street of chiselers, deadbeats and dopeys, and women with hearts like cash registers and the most merciless cops in the world. Well, you can’t tell in one glance. Maybe it was all true; maybe it was a myth built up by the inverse civic pride of local writers and newspapermen. i (To Be Continued) gins gyndkst*. ' ■ .

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Selecting a paint is almost always one of a homemaker’s spring jobs. With many types on the market, consideration should be given to what type will work best. For walls in kitchens, bathrooms laundries and playrooms, an enamel in either gloss or semi-gloss works wonders. Here soil is heaviest, therefore, frequent washing will be necessary. The higher the gloss, the more washable the surface. Flat paint tor plastered walls in other rooms absorbs tl\e light and is therefore more 1 restful. Soil is hot such a problem in living Dry constructed walls lend themselves to a semi-gloss paint for both appearance and durability. Rubber-base paint which has recently come on the market has the advantage of easy application. It can be applied with brush or roller to about any surface. There is no trouble with brush or lap marks. Patching can be done without showing. Homemakers are cautioned to think twice before using rubberbase over wallpeper. It Is highly resistant to waiter or steam; taking off rubber-base painted wallpaper would be a tremendous problem; Taking off ’the paper should precede painting with this type paint. The answer to paint for woodwork is still an enamel. It gives the best service, and is easily washable. Enamels colored to match flat paints are available in many brands. This allows the homemaker to blend the woodwork to the wall, thus eliminating conspicuous openings,. Oldest Amateur? BOSTON, UP — America’s oldest amateur theatrical group is said to be the Footlight Club of Boston. It recently observed its 76th anniversary with a record of not having missed a production since it was founded in 1877.

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6 ' Happy Warriors Preble Happy Warriors held their fourth regular meeting May 1 at the Preble recreation center. The meeting was brought to order by the president, Ronald Biitiner. Arno- Girod gave a talk on, how to feed and prepare 4-H for exhibit. Franklin Bittner then gave a speecn about the day he went to Warsaw- as a junipt leader. Refreshments were enjoyed by 29 members present. They were served by Franklin and Ranald Bittner. The next meeting will be held M#y 22 at eight o’clock at th® center. - ' ' Up And At It ‘l'he Up and At It 4-H club of Blue Creek township met May 4. The meeting was called to lirder by the vice-president, Linda Raudehbush. The pledges were led by? petty Myers and Suzanne Edwards, songs were led by Mary Myers. Rfell call was answered by naming “Your Favorite Flower.’’ The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A demonstration on “How to Lay a Skirt Pattern” was given by Ruth Sipe and Marcia Merriman. The special feature was a duet sung by Diupa Swan and Luanna Huffman. Recreation was led by Mary Bildefpack and refreshments were served by Suzanne Edwards and Linda Raudenbush. . ' ' ' r f Sodbusters The St. Mary’s Sod-busters 4*H cli|l) held their th|rd regular meeting at the Pleasant Mills school MAY 4. The meeting was called tojprder by the president, Robert Speakman. The roll call, "My Favorlte Sport,” was answered by the: 26 members present. The pledges were led by Richard

saon and the minutes of tile last meeting were read by the secretary. Recreation and refreshnents were served after the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be held May 25 at the Pleasant Mills school. v. | ,—, —j. Ts you have something to kell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results. I'- ■ I a ■—

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Fire Warning BOSTON, UP—Thirty-four persons will burn to death and 1,000 home? will suffer fire damage each day during 1953 in the United States, according to Percy Bugbee manager of the National Fire Protection Association. Each day 475 fires will be started by carejess smokers and 55 by children playing with matches, he estimated. ■ II .t. '