Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1953 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Krening Except Bunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO„ INC. Entered st the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller ! President ' A. R. Holthouse I Editor . l J- H. Heller — Vice-President Chas. Holthouse Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Blx months, $4.25; 3 months, 32.25. M<u * teyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. IMO; • months, 34.75; 3 months, 32.50. By Carrier, 25 cents per week. Single copies, i cents. \

Farm implement dealers have > an interesting exhibit of machinery along Madison street this week And you are invited to give the display the once-over. Every modern make of machine is exhibited, clearly showing how farming has been mechanised in recent years. jv 0 0 A year or two ago every Demdcrat who spoke in favor of defends ing this country was called a warmonger. Now Senators Taft and Martin, Republican congressional leaders could be called war mongers for voicing their position on the Korean conflict. Their stand parallels the Democrats who wanted to win the war. —0 0 Title May festival is popular with the people and the local committees have furnished an entertaining program for the week. I The amateur contest drew a big crowd and much interest is siiown in this feature of the festival. Winners will receive up to $450 in prizes and the semi-and final •f contests will be broadcast Saturday. .■ •, 0 o The city is resurfacing several streets and doing a good job in this important task. Hot rock asphalt is used in building up the . traffic lanes and the material is spread and rolled by equipment manned by skilled workmen from the Meshberger Stone Company at Linn Grove. One look at the improved stretches and the thought comes to mind how wonderful it -would be if the city had funds to resurface all the streets. The im- , provement is paid from the city's share of the state gasoline tax. -—0 0 President Eisenhower's tax plan doesn't offer relief to the taxpayer and for corporations it means the extension of the surtax another six months. The individual does not stand a chance of getting a reduction until next year, which of course wori’t help to lower his overhead in Congressman . Reed of Ned’ York, who keeps' reminding the Republican administration that it promised tax reduction this year, intends to keep up his fight for a cut in the rates, effective during the last half of this y ear. ——o 0-— Delphos, Ohio was hard-hit by the disastrous fire that destroyed the Gramm Trailer ■ plant, which employed 400 persons. The flames wiped out all the buildings spread

Adolescent Skin Troubles

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. THERE is hardly a more disturbing condition to the adolescent boy or girl than acne or pimples. Not that the blemishes are extremely painful or dangerous, but they affect the appearance at an age when appearance seems so important socially to the maturing person. Boys and girls acne have tried almost anything to get rid of this disease. In many cases, however, there seemed to be little that could be done but keep the skin clean and free from infection and wait for the aepe to pass away at maturity. We now have reports that hormones and antibiotics have shown they can relieve some severe cases of acne. Underlying Cause Acne is a disorder of the oil glands of the skin, known as the sebaceous glands. It is believed (hat an excessive amount of male hormone is the most Important underlying cause of the disease. Excess male hormone may occur in girls as well as boys, as the adrenal gland produces m&le hormone In the female. It is believed that the male hormone disturbs the body’s usage of carbohydrates and fats, which causes a local infection of the sebaceous glands. y The face, shoulders, chest, and back are the most frequent sites lor acne. The blemishes first consist of blackheads and later little - red swellings with pus in them. X-Rays May Scar Recently, a new attempt was*

over a ten acre tract and the loss to the industry will be at least $2-miUion. Although several fire departments were called from neighboring cities, firemen unable to cope with the conglagra? tion, because of explosions within the plant that spread the flames rapidly. It is not likely that any city has vacant buildings to house such a large industry, but if it does it might come to the aid of Gramm, one of the leading trailer producers in the country. Berne’s remarkable centennial celebration Ust August was big business when viewed from the financial report? just filed by the committee. The centennial association had receipts of $30,061.55 and expenditures of $29,564.10, in--1 refund of $5,582.25 of the $6,787.50 posted by sponsors. AU bills were paid and the committee wound up with $497.46 on hand, which, the committee will use in having a duplicate film of the week's celebration produced for general use. It was a successful community event and well managed. 0 0-— Political Football:— It is hard to understand why statehood tor Alaska and Hawaii should be made into a political football. Either thesej two territories have achieved the political maturity that makes them fit for the responsibility and privileges of statehood, dr they have not. The fact that one may be expected to be in the Demqi cratic column on ejection day and the other in the Republican column should have.no bearing on the matter. Most politicians believe that Hawaii would be a Republican state. They believe that Alaska leans toward the Democratic party. For this reason it was beJieveda that Hawaii had a better chance of admission to the union at this session of .Congress than did Alaska. But it now appears that both will have to be considered at the same time. \ « Territories seeking statehood should be considered ,on their merits. If they can fulfill the requirements for statehood they should be admitted. If they cannot they should be rejected with specific suggestions as to wliat they can do to qualify. It is much tdo important a decision to be made On the partisan politics.

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made to treat severe acne without the use of X-rays, since X-ray treatments help acne but sometimes, although not very often, leave some scarring. Adolescents with a large number of abscess lesions from acnc were given heavy doses of antibiotic drugs. The treatment alsc included creams containing female hormone. These were applied directly on the acne lesions. The hormone cream was especially beneficial in cases that had not improved frpm other means of treatment and those that were severe. I . ,« t \- 4 Special Diet l Along with the hormone treatment, the boys and girls also followed the usual methods, including a diet devoid of chocolate, nuts, Ice cream, egg yolk and cheese, with little fatty foods and sweets until the condition cleared up. In addition to such a diet, any deficiency, such as anemia or thyroid deficiency, was, of course, corrected. Treatment with female hormone and antibiotic .drugs, it is hoped, will definitely improve the greater part of severe acne cases. Os course, treatment of this typfc must always be carried out under the doctor’s directions. QUESTION AND ANSWER R. T.: What causes silicosis? Answer: Silicosis is a disease usually found in miners. It is caused by small particles oi sandy material or other minerals being Inhaled, producing »» aoninfective type of inflammation * of the lung. —

Alfred Dowd Fired As Prison Warden Veteran Warden Is Ousted By Governor INDIANAPOLIS UP —Alfred F. Dowd was fired today as warden of the. Indiana state prison, a job he held for more than 11 years. Governor Craig told Dowd in a letter that his services will not be needed after June 15. It was not determined who will replace Dowd at the huge Michigan City institution. Hugh P. O’Brien, chairman of the new state corrections commission, said the governor is considering a number of persons to replace the veteran penologist. Some are from Indiana and some from other states, he said. O’Brien was uncertain whether there was a possibility one of Dowd’s subordinates might succeed him. Dowd’s dismissal was anticipated. Craig previously removed heads of the Indiana (reformatory, women’s prison and boys’ school Who served during Democratic administrations and replaced them with Republican — picked administrators. The firing of Dowd is the last major step in Craig’s broad revamping of -the state’s penal system. ! Dowd is a native of New Albany and had been in penology much of his life. He started as a guard at the reformatory and worked up through the ranks for 25 years. Jn 1937, former Gov. Clifford M. Townsend appointed him as warden of the state prison. When Republican Gov. Ralph F_ Gates replaced him, Dowd went to work for the federal government; He was in federal prison work, reorganizing Japanese prisons, when former Gov. Aenry F. Schricker reappointed him to be state prison chief in 1948. Spring festival 4 Con tinned From Pnge One) act as master of ceremonies and the following three will do the bit as judges: Leo Kirsch. Chris Lehman, and Mrs. Reid Erekson. \

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE COP and the cab driver didn't see me as I hurried west off the boulevard, into the Loop. I picked up a cab within a block or so. and told the driver where I wanted to go: Smoky’s on Fiftyfirst street. He turned and gave me a long look. “You know the place?” I asked him. “Yeah, do you?” “No, but I’ve got to get there.” “Okay, I'll run you out. But I don*t wait. I'll get out of there with my doors locked.” “Okay, let’s go.” 1 said. He wheeled around and headed out south on a broad street with car tracks running down the middle of it. In ten minutes we were beyond the respectable commercial area of Chicago, and driving deep into the heart of the colored belt. Fifty-first street was wide awake at this hour of the morning. The sidewalks were crowded with noisy, drifting mobs, and the wine bars, restaurants and smoke shops were jammed. There was a ginny smell in the air, and the smells of neckbones and rice, and another smell that came from old buggy houses, ancient plumbing or no plumbing at all and unclean clothes. Smoky’s turned out to be a bar with a blue \neon sign twinkling above grecn-s haded plate-glass windows. 1 paid off the driver and he( got out of there fast. 1 opened the door of Smoky’s and walked into a blast of noise and laughter. The noise faded a bit as 1 went to the bar and ordered a beer. I jit a cigaret and paid attention to the beer for a few moments, and the noise gradually built back to its normal volume. After a bit I glanced around. The joint was smoke-filled, stale-smell-ing, crowded from wall to wall at the moment. I wasn’t worried about the people, or afraid of their rather grim, holiday mood. I’ve worked in places like this before, and a little down-to-earth, politeness will take you in and out of them without any trouble. The difficulty now was that my snooping around might not be considered polite, no matter how tactfully I went about it. V I signaled to the bartender, a tall solemn man with a scarred face. “I’m looking for some information,” I told him, smiling nicely. "About a girl named Janey Nelson. I’m told she used to come out here.” “She a white girl?” “That’s right” “I don’t recall the name, Mister.” “Where’s Smoky?’’ He look e d me over carefully. “What you want with Smoky?” "I want to talk to him. I’m not a cop. I was a friend of tills girl Janey, that's all.” “He ain’t here," he said, but as he turned away from me with finality m every movement I saw

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20 Years Ago Today 0 • May 20 —Eight month contracts are offered Decatur teachers with assurances that a month will be added if funds are available. Dan Niblick is a Candidate for delegate from Indiana, to the Knights of Columbus j na-; tional convention to be held; irii Chicago; The state meeting is being held in Bloomington. . \ ; j Mrs. Sarah Jane Pyle, 84, wife of Wash Pyle, 618 Indiana street, Decatur, died last night. The 1933 edition of Tatler is being distributed by the Catholichigh school. . ■ i I .■( The woman’s auxiliary of the American Legion will he installed here Tuesday. Free tickets to the big circus are being distributed by Decatur merchants. ■. r

his eyes hick inadvertently to a ■ closed door at the end of the room. “Thanks,” I said. 1 sipped my beer. A few minutes later the rear Moor opened and a small man in a derby hat slipped out and mingled with the crowd. I heard a laugh from the back room, and then it was cut off tn the middle as the door slammed. I stepped away from the bar, drifted casually through the erdwd as if I were looking for the men’s room. When 1 reached the door in the back ot the joint, I opened it and walked into a smoky? bngljtly lighted room. Five men sat around a green felt poker table. They all looked tip at me as I closed the door. They looked surprised, but not angry. The room was fixed up as an office, with a roll-top desk against one wall and some files against another. A card table in a corner .served as a bar: it was cpvered with bottles of wine and whisky, and a dozen or so glasses. 1 said, “Excuse me for barging in this way. I’m looking for a man named Smoky. I’m not a cop,” • The silence stretched oqt uncomfortably. A small man with hair like steel wool and gold-rimmed spectacles sighed and looked down at his hands. This was a signal of sorts, for a large wide man got up from the table and .lumbered oyer to me with the confidence of a grizzly going for a peanut \ “This ain't a public game, friend,” ne said, in a rolling gbodhumored voice. “Just go on now, and don’t cause no fuss.” \! ,1 ! F “I’m looking for some Information on a girl named Janey Nelson,” I said, ignoring him and concentrating on the little man with the want to find who killed her. It’s strictly a personal matter.” The little man continued to study his cards. My information seenied to affect him about as much as a raindrop would Lake Michigan. “Friend, just go on pOw,” the big man said, looking at me with a little frown. “Maybe you’d better go to the police about this girl, or maybe you’d just better gp pn home.”'He took hold of <ny upper arm, circling it with fingers like bananas. I didn’t try to get away from that grip. Maybe I could have, and maybe not. Anyway, it would have started a battle I couldn’t afford; to lose. Or win, , for that matter. “Give;me a couple of seconds,” I said. “I’m a friend of a Philadelphia cop named Dick Peyton. Does that name mean anything to you?” Something glittered behind the gold spectacles, and the little old man looked up at me with a grin. He saw what I was trying to do, I suppose, afid it amused him. “Yeah, Dick Peyton,” he said. “He's! a wild son of a* gun, ain’t he ?” He chuckled, shaking his head. “Real crazy. Colored boy, ain’t he?” “That’s right,” I said. “And you and him is good friends ?’? “That's righL"

U — - , y , I Modern Etiquette SII i BY ROBERTA LEE i f 0 | ■. iLfl 0 Q. Must a person who holds a Ph.D. degree always be addressed,; as “Doc tor?” - ; ; A. The title of “Doctor” foti aj' Ph.D. is rarely, if ever, used: in'i social circles, unless the affairs is; in some way, associated with honor he has gained. if':| he uses (the degree professionally,-! he is- always “Doctor.” p | Q. Is it proper for a girl's escort; to tell her that her slip is showing?; A. Certainly, and only a prudej would resent this. A girl should, appreciate being told. Q. Is it all right for the host to] stand at the table while carvingthe meat? A. Yes; if he thinks he can do a better job of carving. S >i ■ \ i < *-! If you have sometning to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

Dick Peyton was a colored police sergeant in Philly, a man in his late fifties who was still a match for any half-dozen men halt UU age. He was a legend in Philly, and his record read more like pulp fiction than police files. But the stones were straight, as straight as Peyton nimself. He had beer profiled many times in the Negrc press, and I knew these men wouje have heard of him. But the little man in the gold-rjmmed glasses understood what I was trying tc do, play on their respect for opt of their race. “Peyton’s a friend of mine,” (l said. “I mentioned him because I need a break from you. It yop want to check me with him, I’ll put the call in now.” “Thought you wasn’t a cop?" j “I’m a private cop.” “You’d better go, friend,” the big fellow said. It wasn’t over ycL The little man wasn’t, smiling any more. “How come you think I can give you a break ?” he said. “I neard tonight that Janey used to ccme out here said, “1 want to know why. Maybe it’s nothing. Maybe it’s something. But I’ve got to dig until I gel something that ties up to the people who killed her.” “Yeah? Then what you gonna do?” “I’m going to kill them.” . ; / He laughed sceptically. “Y o t been hanging around too much .with that crazy Dick Peyton. Gdf yourself all mixed up with him and Superman.” j > “I’ll make you a bet,”, I said. ; “I don’t bet on biood,” he said “Come over here and set down, Turn him loose, Buck." Buck let me go, and I took th* empty seat at the card table. The other three men, who looked like solid business men, settled back ip their chairs to listen. “What you call yourself?" he asked me. “Bill Canalli. You're Smoky?” He nodded, studying me witj alert brown eyes. With his cap ol steel-wool hair, his withered skiji and his air Os secret he was like a droll little monkey waiting to play a trick on its keeper. "Yeah, Janey Used to come out here," said, at last. “She was a real nice girt You know all aboiif that, of course.” "Ycß,”lsaid. "Nothing stuck up about Janey. But she was a little queer, I’ll havt ■ to say.” “Maybe I didn’t know. her as well as I thought," 1 said. “Thai happens between a man and woman .“It sure docs," Smoky said “Mister, do you know what that nice polite little white girl had set her mind to Mo?" “Supposing you tell me.” He chuckled. "She was trying t<; bust up the dope ring in this here town.” v tio Be Continued J «

£3l INSERVICa New Address Here is thq new address for Pvt. Franklin T. Noll: U. S. 353 410 64, Qm S. L. 8., 3rd Qm & Bn., S. V. C. Co., Div. Art’y, 3rd Arm’d Div., Fort Knox, Ky. Adams Advanced Joseph Adams, son of Mrs. Berneice Adams, has been advanced to boilerman 3/c while serving with the navy aboard the attack transport, tjie U. S. S. Sanborn. His present’ address Is as follows: Joseph Adams, B. T. 3/c, B. Div., U. S. S. Sanborn, A. Pj O. 193, c/o Fleet Post Office, New York, N. Y. News Agencies Again Active In Argentina Ban Rescinded By Perdn Government BUENOS AIRES, Argentina UP —A new government directive enabled American news agencies ; today to transmit world news agiain to newspaper and radio in Argentina. The ministry of communications authorized the Uited Press and the Associated Press Tuesday’ to turn on private radtoprinters. 'the International News Service ikas told that its local wire distribution system would be restored.; There was no immediate e^j)lanation for the surprise actioh ;by i the Argentine government. The governinent order nullified a May 12 directive which had .deprived American press associations of facilities for receiving news from abroad for their clifent i newspapers in Argentina. The communications ministry i had threatened to discontinue American news reports to provinj cial newspapers, hut the action : ’was postponed and the . agencies were notified Tuesday morning that they would be allowed to continue .serving newspapers in the interior. American news services were deprived of their facilities in Argentina after President Juan D.. Peron charged in a May Day speech that they were engaged! in “a campaign of defamation against Argentina.” ( At that time. Peron called for A congressional investigation of the three American agencies. t?ut the government acted in advance Uy sealing the facilities of the I jress associations. The effect of the government’s si iction was to cut off Argentine Newspapers and radio stations Torn receiving news of the world through American agencies. Tjhe ;3ritish Reuters agency and the Agence France Presse were iio| Affected. Extension Office To Be Closed Saturday The extension office wilkbe cl<j>sid all day Saturday, states counity jgent L. E. Archbold. Mr. and Mrs. Archbold will accompany the rural jouth group on their southern Indiana week end trip. The group will leave Saturday at a.m. and will see a number of the Udiana state parks. The local jjtoup will be guests of the Jacksqn county rural youth organization \»t a Saturday evening party. ! If you have something to sell or Dorns for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results. FWi/v I I. MP s' 3k j f I i| ~,; through the sonic bantier with its shock waves... was > |the moat exciting... experience ; in my mope than 20 years of fjy|ng,” said Jacqueline Cochran, jihown at Muroc Dry Lake, Calif., i after she set a new closed course .world speed record of 652 mph in a Canadian-built F-86 Sabrejet, and became the first woman tio fly faster than speed of sound. She hit approximately 750 mph twice on dives in approaches to 100-kilometer ruu. (Internationalj

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FOUR DECATUR AREA men have been: assigned to the 44th Infantry division ,at Fort Lewis, for i basic training. All are members of Company G. 130th Infantry regiment. The young men are as follows: William 0. Workinger, whose wife,\ Martha, resides on route 6: Robert J. Fuhrman; son dt Mr. and Mrs Francis Fuhrman of route 1; Frederick IV. Kukelhan. son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kukelhan o£ route 3. and Ralph! A. Bollinger, son! of Mr. and Mrs. Allie Bollinger. 928 Central avenu!e. t

Court News Set For Argument Edward E. Matter vs Anna C. Matter; complaint for divorce; on motion of plaintiff, motion to state facts necessary to sustain conclusion and petition to set aside ordejr for support set for argument May 26. Attorneys:. Guy- Stookey, plaintiff; Solly K. Frankenstein, defendant. Estate Case ■ Estate of Claude C- Rayl; petition iy executrix to exchange, stock of the Aluminum Company «f America for new stock sustained. NOTICR TO BIDDEHS Notice is hereby given v that the Board of Trustees of the Deeai'K Public Library, of the-oity of Decatur. Adams County, Indiana, will up to the hour of 12 noon of June 3rd. 1H53 receive sealed bids for forty < 40) tons or less of dedusted stoker coal, to be delivered as ordered duting the year July 1, 1!»53 to June 30, 195 4. Complet-e specifications are on file and! available in the office of the DeCatur Public Library. ‘The Board reserves the rigilit to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Trustees. By N. A. BJXLEPo President. MAY 20—27.

sal£< Calendar MAY 26—6:00 P. M. DST.. Dr. M. L. owner, 605 CUrk St., Berne. Ind. Personal property. ’ Melvin E. Liechty, MAY 25 —7:00 P. M. Mr. & Mrs. Fernius, Lipp. Owners. Real estate and business auction. 18 acres, service station, restaurant, and cabin. Known as Paradise Point, junction St. Rds. 18. 3,' 7 miles north of Hartford City. Jerald Strickler, D. Sp Blair, auctioneers. C. W. Kent, sales Aigr.l 1 > t MAY 26 —John L. Daugherty, 5 miles southeast! of Huntington, Indiana, 3 miles southeast on State. RoadiNo. 5 to the Township line then !•% miles east; or west of Markle, Ind., to Simpson Road then south 1 mile and 1%1 mile west. Improved 192 i f Acre Grain & Stock Farm. 1:30 P. M. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann. Auctioneer. H MAY 23—Clara A. Fulmer Estate. Wyndolyp Pryor, Administrator. 302 East Cornelia Street, Hicksville;, Ohio. Seven Room Residence Property. 1:30 P. M. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann. Auctioneer. < — k ; £ I i J- i

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‘ APIMIIM-DWJXT OF AD.MIWrsTR\THIX Xofk-r is hereby given, 'j'hat -tit ■ undersigned has been appointed Admin isfratior ©f the; estate j of Nate Halej» latte of Adams Couinty, deThe estate is probubly solvent. ; ■; ; " BETTY IL RUNKEL Administratrix May j 5, M*>3 I. SEVERIN H. SCHL’RGER Attorney 6/20-4-27 6/3 I ”r\ 1 \ f 0 i j-— ——.. .. V Q | Household Scrapbook | ; BY ROBERTA LEE I 0 — 0 , Tomato Sking A Usd a fork for sticking holes into the bottom of a- tomato, then hold it oyer a fire. The skin will crack and; it can be peeled readily. The tbmato will not be soft as it is when placed in boiling iwater. - Odors Odoi-s i!n the refrigerator, cupboard; or pantry can be Removed by fiijing. a dish with boiling water ajtd dropping in a piece of charcQal. Labeling Tins ' Wh4n putting up fruit ®r. veg : etublep ini tin caps, moisten the gummed label with glycerin and it wilU make it adhere to the tin.