Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1956 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO.. INC. ’ Entered at the Decatur. Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller -— —— President J. H. Heller - Vice-President Chas.- Holthouse Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. 38.00; Six months, 84.25; 3 months, $2.£5. By Mull, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 88.00; 8 months, >4.76; 3 months, 88.50. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies, 5 cents.

The Hospital:— The following guest editorial was written by a prominent Adams county citisen. We wholly agree with every statement: "In considering the necessary improvements at our local hospital it could perhaps be noted that the average taxpayer of Adams County is prone to consider the matter only in the light of dollars and cents, how much it will cost, and what it will do to his tax rate. Notwithstanding the fact that these are very important considerations, there are other aspects, equally as important, which are ethical and humanitarian, This hospital was first conceived and erected as a Memorial to the Adams County soldiers of the first World Warand as a haven for the sick arid injured where the best possible treatment could be secured. It was opened in 1922 and has grown steadily since that date in patient population without the addition of any basic facilities. We are, therefore, failing in our last objective by net giving at all times the best possible service because of limited space and facilities. It is a tine institution which has grown old (S 3 plus years) and not kept apace with the astounding progress of modern medicine. The cramped kitchen, laundry etc., the jammed X-ray and laboratory rooms, the pitifully small and unhandy operating and delivery rooms, the lack bed space in the rooms make it difficult to practice the type of medicine of which the modern physician is capable. The graduate of the modern class A medical school has devoted a minimum of nine years in training for his profession and he is trained primarily to practice in a modern hospital with complicated laboratory, X-ray, operating and delivery room techniques. A stethoscope and a bag of pills will no longer suffice to cope with the present scientific treatment of disease. If we are to treat

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cancer, heart disease, polio etc. with any degree of success, it can only be done with the tools which scientific progress has made available to us. In the treatment of serious disease, anything less than the best available facilities is nothing less than criminal. of serious disease in the home today is as impossible as a horse and buggy on a modern main street. -— i Im addition to these very practical considerations, the citizens' of Adams County have a duty to succor the sick and wounded who come to them for aid and' assistance. All must be treated, no matter whether friend or stranger, no matter what their religion, and no matter what their color or race. In the 33 year history of therXdams County Memorial Hospital, no person needing aid has ever been turned away from its doors. Although, and rightfully so, every effort is made to collect its charges, no patient has ever received anything but very adequate treatment regardless of his or her ability to pay. Care has always been given at cost or below to everyone. "Love Thy Neighbor”, said Jesus Christ, the greatest of all commandments. If we are to love our neighbors how better can we do it than to provide the best possible care for the least possible price within the confines of our own County. Many people are alive today who would otherwise have been dead, had not the Adams County Hospital been ready and waiting to receive them. The Adams County Memorial Hospital is not a tax burden but a living Working monument* to the generosity and charity of John Doe, Adams —-0 o— Just when people were looking for the first signs of an early spring, came the snow. Even the weather forecasters, who had guessed a few flurries were stunned at Thursday’s fivd-incher.

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20 Years Ago | . Today Jan. 20—King George V, of England, is at the point of death and can live but a few hours, it is announcedi ’ ■ ' The U. S. senate passes the bonus bill by vote of 76 to 18. President Roosevelt will veto it but it will probably pass over his objections. H. P. Schmidt and Casper Miller elected trustees of St. Mary’s Catholic church. The streets -'and walks in Decatur are covered with ice, worst in long time. A memorial for Theodore Roosevelt, former president, is dedicated in New York city. The winter storm claims lives of 60 persons in the nation. Household Scrapbook | BY ROBERTA LEE e 8 To Fix Drawings r" if ft is desired to fix i drawing, one easy method is to immerse it in skimmed milk. Collodion, if very thin, is also used, especially for manuscript*. Another excellent fixative is rice water; boil two tablespoons of rice in one pint of water, strain, and pass drawing through this. Faded Rugs If the rug is faded or worn in one or two places, try mixing a little water with a package of dye of the same color as the rug and applying to the faded spots with » stiff brush. Sliver If a little milk is added to the water in which silver is washed, it will help to keep the silver bright. ..... —_ o Modern Etiquette I BY ROBERTA LEE 0 < Q. How can a hostess terminate an evening of bridge playing most gracefully, without giving her guests the impression that she wishes them to leave? A At the proper hour, and usually at the end of a game or rubber, she may begin her preparations for serving refreshments. The end of the refreshments is a good signal of the end of the evening. —-j— - Q. If I have borrowed a needle and thread from the attendant in a powder room in order to make

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX NOT UNTIL she was walking back to the house did Lois realize that Jane had told her nothing at all. That afternoon Carol sent for Lola Her voice over the telephone was pleasant but it was the voice oi an employer. "1 thought," she said, when Lois Joined her in the library, "you'd want to get some work done for a change. That is, you must find it awfully disagreeable to get so involved in our affairs. Dknow how i should feel if I were to get all mixed up in something that was not my concern." For several hours she talked while Lois made notes. There was no reference to the scene tn the cottage, to the conversation which Lou had inadvertently overheard, but it stood between the two women like a wait When Carol had stepped talking there was a brief interval oi silence Then she said, still tn that soft voice oi hers, "I thought I’d give you all the information 1 nave so you can take the material back to New York with you to work tt up." "Any way you like," Lois replied, Crying to keep her voice casual. She longed to be able to say, "I won't go on with this," but she thought ot Roger sleeping away tus life in the cottage and set her teeth. Carol leaned back lazily, smiling at her. “That would probably be best," she said. "And would you mind it Bessie gives you dinner on a tray after this? Since my great sorrow 1 find it trying to talk to strangers.” She nodded her dismissal and Lois went back to the cottage, raging. Clyde brought her tray that evening, set It down without a word and went out. Pariah, Lois thought ruefully. She finished typing her note* and tried to read but her attention was not oa the printed page. When she became aware that she was waiting for Shandy, expecting him to come, to explain that scene of the morning, she slammed the book shut and turned on the radio so she could po longer listen toi tfte creak of the gate and the sound of his halting footsteps. ' ‘ As the evening grew chilly she plugged tn the electric beater. And she must have dozed. Because it was that night the attempt was made, which so nearly succeeded, to kill her. Slowly "Lois opened her eyes. She was lying on the couch. Or. Thomas, his face wet with sweat, his Sleeves rolled up, was bending over her. And the cottage seemed to be filled with women. Carol

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some small repair, am 1 supposed to tip the attendant? A. Yes, this is expected. Q. Does the engagement ring necessarily have to be a diamond ? A. Not at all. Court Hews Complaint Amended The complaint for damages by Jack M. Mahan against the Newsom Trucking company has been amended by th* plaintiff after the court sustained a motion by the defendant to amend the complaint. Motion Filed In the complaint for wrongful death, by Lois Kitchen, administratrix of the James B. Kitchen estate, against Paul and Kathryne Strickler and Kenneth Watkins, the defendants have filed a motion to make the complaint more specific and to strike certain parts. •> Jury Commissioner* Jury commissioners Ed Berling, James Gattshall and Dick Lewton have been called by the court to appear Monday, Jan. 23, to draw names for the grand and petit juries of the February term of the Adams circuit court

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. ■ • . I - - , ' was there and Bessie Kibbee and Ethel Hattery. Lois was wrapped in blankets because the windows and doors were wide open. Even so the air was permeated with the odor ot gas. And even yet she 'id not understand. It was only when Ethel automatically picked up a cigaret and reached for a match that she knew. "Don't light that!” the doctor shouted at her. ‘The room is still filled with gas." She looked through her lashes from face to face. Ethel’s pockmarked face was white and drawn with tatigue. She nad been nursing Paula, Lois remembered. Bessie's small eyes were sunken in ner head. New lines nad come into hei face. She seemed naif dazed. Carol, shivering in a pale blue satin house coat, was helpless as uauaL Ot them all, Dr. Thomas looked the worst. Lois had the curious impression that ne was deliberately restraining himself from looking at Carol but that his attention was riveted on her. Lois closed her eyes tightly. Which one, she thought. Which one? “But 1 told her not to use the fireplace,” Carol said. She sounded exasperated. "1 sent her the electric neater. 1 told her the fireplace was —dangerous.” In her anger Lois telt her heart begin to pound. Dr. Thomas, his fingers on her pulse, felt it too. "She’s conscious,” he said. "Mrs. Fleming, why did you do or It was a moment before Lois, grasped the incredible words, before she understood fully what he was attempting to do. Then she tried to sit up and was violently sick. ~ When the paroxysm was over she lay back exhausted. ”1 didn’t turn on the heater,” she said then. “Someone tried to murder me the same way Roger Brindle was murdered." The words had been spoken at test. And quite suddenly Lois was afraid. For there was something in the room that threatened her. It was Carol who said, “She’s out ot her mind.” Lois forced herself to sit up, ta spite ot her weakness, in spite ot the waves ot blackness that kept moving through her head and blotting out her vision. “I am perfectly sane,” she said, aware that her voice was thick, the words indistinct "If there’s i any question about that, 1 want another doctor. And I want a i policeman.” < Dr. Thomas shifted bis stand with lightning speed. Incredibly, i he was beaming at Her. "You lie

Fritzinger Estate ' The inventory of the Harry Fritzinger estate has been filed, showing a value of 812,230. A petition to sell personal property at private sale has been submitted and approved and ’the report of the sale of an auto for 8750 has been filed. County Rural Youth On Radio Saturday The Adams county rural youth will be featured on the rural youth radio program Saturday at 13:80 p. m. over radio station WKJiGRural youth members appearing on the program will be Gloria Koeneman, Bob Sprunger and Jim Schmiege. Furnishing special entertainment on the program will be the Harmony 4, Gladys Ewel, Ruth Macke, Dorothy and Marianne Selking, accompanied by Mrs. Fred Bieberich. Wayne Rothgeb, farm director of the radio station, is in charge of the weekly rural youth radio showsK you have something to sell oi roomy for rent, try a Democrai Want Ao. It Orings results.

dowti, young woman,” he said in his hearty bedside manner. "Doc’s orders. Ethel will get you undressed.” Ethel looked at Lois thoughtfully. "I’ve got to get back to Paula,” site said and left the cottage before Dr. Thomas could make a protest. "Bessie?" ne asked. There was no question ot expecting any exertion from Carol Brindle. “I’ll do it," Bessie said flatly. "In the morning," the Doctor told Lois, "after a good night's sleep you’ll be more—well See about all this." He took Carol's arm gently and led ner away. Bessie knelt down and took off Lois siloes. “I’ll get you ready tor bed.” Shock nad emptied ner voice and ner eyes oi expression. She put tile shoes neatly tn the cioneU “Did you see —anything ?" "No one," Lois said almost 'oo quickly because she was, unreasonably,atrard ot Bessie. “Not being well, 1 guess you got contused like,” Bessie said. They can t do this, Lois thought. I’ve got to call the police and another doctor, a doctor who isn’t hypnotized by Carol, a doctor who isn’t trying to cover up. Better wait. Bessie pulled off her socks and slacks. "What happened?” Lois asked, her voice still thick. Bessie did not look up. "Ethel found you. She heard the radio, saw the lights and came in. She called the rest ot us. Fortunately, Shandy knew what to do or you’d have been dead before Doc got here. Said ne nad a flat tire. Anyhow, he took his time.” She hung up Lois’ clothes, brought her a nightgown and opened the bed while Lois sat in a chair. j, t, “Why?” Lois asked at length. Bessie bent over, smoothing the blankets. “That fireplace never worked well.” The woman’s voice was toneless. “It didn’t turn Itself on,” Lois retorted. She wished the words came out clearer, wished her head were Clearer. Bessie straightened up without looking at her. “Why don't you go back to New York, Mrs. Fleming? This cOttAge isn’t healthy.” i Lois found herself laughing hysterically and used all her will power to check the wild sounds that came tearing from her throat. "Want me to stay?” Bessie asked when the paroxysm was over. “No,” Lote said quic!kly. She added, "Thank you.” (To Be Caulieticd}

Gold Shipment Is Stolen From Geneva Truck Nearly $300,000 Is Taken In Truck tn Geneva, Switzerland GENEVA (INS) — French end Swiss police threw out dragnets today tor the daring thief or thieves who drove off with about 1300,000 in gold bullion from Geneva Thursday. The robbery was carried out in the busy Placi De Cornavin during the evening rush hour in the Swiss city. The gold was in a truck; of the shipping firm of H. Ritschard Co., and was parked in front of the company's office across from the Geneva railroad station. The driver left his keys in the ignition and went inside the office for about 15 minutes. When he came outside the truck was gone. Police found the vehicle near Progny. close to the French border about 6 o.clock Thursday night. Customs stations and police as far to the west as Lyon were alerted to watch for French cars with Monte Carlo license plates, and American cars with Geneva plates. Both types of vehicles were seen in Pregny Thursday night. Interpol, the International police organization, also was alerted, but can not enter the case until the Swiss police request its aid. This is the second time within nine months that gold being shipped through Ritschard has. been stolen. Last May, thirty-one boxes of bullion were dumped from a railroad baggage car between Geneva and Zurich: Authorities, however, were able to recover the gold bars before the thieves got it * New York — Newfoundland and Ireland were connected by the first Atlantic cable.

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Farm Population In Indiana To Decline Agriculture Study Listed By Experts INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Indiana’s farm population will decrease and so will Us farmland by 1970, but production will be Increased. That was the view of two Indiana University experts who prepared a studj on agriculture for a 14volume report on the state’s present and future economic resource* The report, made by Wallace O. Yoder and Jean C. Halterman, at the request of Gov. George N. Craig, is to be dlsji-Ripteti nationally to industry gild business. The experts~noted that Indiana agricultural production has been an annual billion-dollar business since 1947 and opined: “So long as the principal market for com, livestock and livestock products continues to be located east of, or a'djacent to, Indiana, the prices received for products should continue to stay somewhat above the average prices for the United States except when the major products of Indiana farms are in surplus. They that Indiana has ranked among the top ten states in value of agricultural products sold for many years, even though the state is 37th in land area in the nation. At present about 85 per cent of Indiana's some 23 million acres are devoted to agriculture, with an average of 1.7 persons working on each of the 166,627 farms. But by 1970, the survey indicates that the acreage devoted to agriculture will have decreased, and the number of farm boys and girls who leave for the big cities also will have jumped. They forecast an interesting change in size and ownership of farms, too, saying: ’By 1970, the number of mediumsized farms in Indiana will be smaller; and the number of largetract farms and ot small-tract farms will be greater than in 1950,” the last year for which these statistics were available. Reason for the squeezing out of

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the mlddwelzed farms wag dual. Farming, already a big business operation requiring a heavy Investment, will be more so, with the result some farm operators will add to their present holdings since they will have the mechanisation to operate profitably on a larger scale. At the same time, the farmersaburbanltfl will continue to increase In number. These 10-acre farmers cpmbine their agriculture work, if any, with other employment. Hogs, the biggest income source for Indiana farmers, Is followed next in the commodity line by poultry, cattle, dairy products, corn, soybeans and wheat, in that order. Livestock and livestock products constitute a little more than twothirds of the Indiana farm marketing, so that the state Is sensitive to changes in livestock prices. The survey indicated that wheat acreage can be expected to drop in the future unless opening ot the St. Lawrence waterway brings with it additional foreign markets to tke state, or unless new varieties of wheat begin to be used extensively for feed crops. The report stressed the importance of research. Fast research which has developed disease and insect control, better conservation, and improved mechanisation, are expected to keep the yields per acre on the increase. Little Damage Done By Fire Thursday ’ Little damage was caused at 4; 25 p. m- Thursday when the furnace motor in the Lofton Rich residence at 651 Mercer avenue became overheated. Decatur firemen were called and damage was confined to the motor Kefauver Will Not Enter Ohio Primary WASHINGTON (INS) —Sen. Kates Kefauver (D Tenn.), announced today he has decided against entering the Democratic presidential preferential primary in Ohio bn May I-Ketauver-for-President headquarters issued an announcement saying that the senator bad reached the decision “after careful consultation with bis compaign advisers.**