Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 11 April 1930 — Page 2

THE POST-DEMOCRAT t Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncic Delaware County and the 8th Congressional District. Tae only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County

Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Poatofflce at Muncle, Indiana, under the Act of March I, 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$2.00 A YEArT"*

223 North Elm Street—Telephone 2540 CHARLES H. DALE, Publisher. Geo. R. Dale, Editor.

Muncie, Indiana, Friday, April 11, 1930.

Primary “Low Down ’ Now that thfe filing period for the coming primary has ended and it is known who is who in the “seeking for public office” the Post-Democrat will again as usual print the news about the candidates. # The Post-Democrat has a reputation for giving the “low down” on political happenings whether or not it is the Republican party or the Democratic party and there are many who can testify that this newspaper hds been just as merciless on its own party as the opposition ivhe* the occasion presents itself. Just because the Post-Democrat is a Democratic newspaper is no reason why it should blind itself to the affairs of its party and devote all its space to attacking the opposition. For it has been known that affairs of its own party needed airing more than a few times. No candidate can think that just because he is on the Democratic ticket the Post-Democrat will be silent if the occasion needs any outspoken barbs. This newspaper has stood fearless for a real, useful Democratic party in Delaware county and the city of Muncie that would serve the citizens and give them a square deal. There have been time 3 when the Democratic party through its bosses made unholy alliances that might be termed a “sell out” of the thousands of good, loyal party members even before the primary or election and this condition previously has received considerable attention in this newspaper. That policy continues and will keep on. First of a series of “primary low downs” appears on the front page of'this issue and the personalities discussed are discussed on their merit—if they could be said to have any merit for the working men and women of Muncie. Political exploiteers and racketeers will be classified so that the votters will know exact who is who and why they are “why,” if you know what we mean. Interesting times are ahead for the citizens of Muncie for the primary represents the struggle between the people and vested interests. Vested interests, exploiteers and racketeers generally have the greatest war chsts to capture the government units, but very often the citizens become aroused and assert their rights like they did last fall in Muncie and in three score other cities in Indiana. They are tired of being exploited, racketeered and then graciously left to foot the bill out of their pockets when every penny is needed by the working man to sustain his home and family in these trying days. Watch for the “low downs” from now on until the primary and election next fall.

Council Interprets Citizens Wishes When the city council sustained the veto ion the airport bond issue of $125,000 they interpreted the wishes of the most of the citizens of Muncie. There are still a few who believe the plunger’s desire shouljf have risked that unusually large sum on a venture that was still in the future. Upon petitions nearly 5,000 persons expressed opposition to The proposed bond issue at this time while in its favor was the'resolution of the Chamber of Commerce, and some of the luncheon clubs. In the ward of which Councilman Clarence Hole is the city dad a petition signed by his personal friends and acquaintances informed him in no uncertain terms that they did not believe this the proper time for such an extensive development of the Johnson gift to the city. Some persons favoring the airport development on the grandoise scale have expressed the view that Abbott Johnson, donor of the airport, should take back his 160 acres and feel highly insulted at the desire of the taxpayers to refrain from such an expenditure of $125,000 at this time. Instead, Mr. Johnson who is a member of the aviation commission, has expressed the view that perhaps some adequate development might be arranged so that in the next decade under the present aviation levy the necessary structures may be built and improvements added as the traffic demands. This is a most reasonable and characteristic view of a person of the caliber of Mr. Johnson. There was most spirited interest in the airport and it was probably one of the most discussed subjects during the time it occupied the stage of affairs in Muncie. The council passed the ordinance by a vote of 10 to .3 with Councilmen Tomelson, Winder and Maick opposing it from the very beginning. On the sustaining of the veto vote they were joined by Councilmen Hole and Shroyer who expressed the view that in changing their affirmative vote they were interpreting the wishes of the citizens of their respective wards. There is a jure to aviation. It has a future. But perhaps ih attempting to interpret the future development there would have been a waste of the taxpayers money without gaining the desired position for Muncie in air travel

field.

Expression of so much opposition by so many Muncie citizens was a most effective gauge of the true feeling of the people on the airport. It showed that Jhey were keeping abreast with the affairs in their city and were of no mood to sit back and accept the verdict of their legislative body without emphatic expression of their desires. Now it has been a long time since the citizens of Muncie could find a legislative body that would listen to what they had to say for it may be remembered that for many years past most of the actions of previous councilmanic bodies tvere of a cut and dried nature that seldom took the voters into consideration after the election. Council sessions under the new administration have been to capacity houses as the theatrical profession would vspeak of the crowds attending. There has been most unusual interest shown for the topics being considered were of a nature that aroused the citizens. The council in interpreting the wishes of the citizens of Muncie will be doing their community a most appreciative service and find that their efforts will reflect in the progress of Muncie for the people of this community are progressive. Tried ahd true progress will find a ready response in Muncie citizens.

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1930.

stir around and be on the job. Just because this departme«l is up on its toes eyeVy minute seems strange to some of the citizens who enjoyed no such attentions during past administrations. - It is true that past administrations police departments spent more time “passing up” law violators than “patting down” to see if the suspect was a law violator. Several of these citizens complaining were in position where it would be good police work to investigate activities. But becaiise no other police department had shown such keen interest these citizens felt it necessary to let it be known that, it never happened to them before. Well, Art .Stout, Billy Robertson, Billy Finah and several others can testify that it never happened to them before, but a great deal has happened to them since the new administration took office. And it will continue to happen to law violators for, the police are on the job every minute and have shown more enthusiasm for their work than the last administration’s force showed im trying to “pass up” instead of “pat down.”

THIMK DOGS KILLED AND HAGGLED BABE

Buffalo, N. Y., April 11.—(UP)—Five (loss were under observation at the Erie pound today as a result of the death of Phyllis Oottschalk, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Henry Oottschalk, whose mangled body was found in a field near her home in Mount Vernon late Wednesday. A sixth dog will be taken to the pound later today for observation. Outstanding among the suspects is a large, thin, one-year-old police dog called “Wolf.” Wolf is the property of a neighbor of the Gottschalks and is said to have played

Plumbers Ordinance Rilled , » By voting to uphold the veto on the plumbing inspection j ordinance the city council killed an ordinance that would! have been the source of unceaseless trouble. Its purpose j was to place plumbing inspection in the hands of persons who received their examination and resultant grading from two master plumbers and a journeyman plumber. This was viewed by the mayor as an unwarranted attack on the theory of independent inspection such as is intended by placing it in the building commissioners office. Master plumbers have-not been satisged with the inspection from that department and desired to transfer it to one of their own men. All of which brings to mind just why the work of the master plumbers needs inspection, it seems increditable in this day and age that a plumbing establishment could not do its work for the property owner in a manner that was deemed right without having to be checked upon by a governmental unit.

Sport Shorts

PAVING MIST LOOT NEASIS $500,G30

(By the United Press) Goshen high school diamond pastimers opened the season yesterday with a light hitting and fielding practice but regular baseball training will not be started until next week after the spring football practice closes. The first conference game will be against the La Porte Slicers at LaPorte on

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with the little girl on several occasions. The -girl’s body was t'qund Wednesday afternoon by two playmates. It was in a horrible condition, large pieces of flesh having been torn from thigh and shoulder. The report that she might have been criminally attacked was dispelled when an autopsy was perperformed the autopsy, said none that the child bad died of shock. Medical Examiner Dominicus, who perwormed the autopsy, said pone but canine teeth could have torn the child’s body to such a degree.

Gary high school will be unrepresented in the Northern Indiana high school baseball conference this spring, it was learned with a recent announcement of officials at Emerson high school that the school would not be in the field* Poor financial returns from football and basketball prevented Emerson from outfitting a diamond team it was announced. \

SCHOOL HEADS OF STATE AID GET BLAME IN PLIGHT

Rale.Board of Accounts Finds Salaries Higher Than in Self-Supporting Units.

ty, with seven townships, has high schools. in self-supporting districts small towns that are incorporated and unable to support themselves dissolve, whereas in state aid territory they claim aid, the report stated. LARGE BUILDING PROGRAM PLANNED

Hammond sponsmeh met last

Indianapolis, April 11.-—School officials in state aid districts were blamed for a large amount, of the financial difficulties of their schools in a report submitted yesterday to Governor Harry G. Leslie by Ross Teckemeyer, field examiner of the state board of accounts. The report, prepared under direction of Lawrence 'F. Orr, chief examiner of the accounts board, alleged, that the state aid school officials were less judicious than non-state aid school men in their expendi-

tures. /

Several county superintendents in the state aid class operate under

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stiff one for the taxpayers to submit to, but nevertheless they had to bear it with a grin until the last municipal election when tfyey had an opportunity to elect a man who proclaimed that he would stop the paving barons from their

plundering and overcharging.

Figures from the Hampton administration city engineer when checked upon the basis of William FL Birch’s testimony, the figures obtained in the reletting of bids for the same job and comparison of construction costs shows that in addition to the twenty percent profit that the paving trust exacted there was at least another twenty to twentyfive percent overcharge due to the fact that competition,in

bidding hrd been destroyed.

Comparison of construction costs and contracts let toj| the paving trust during the past four years would lead one || to strongly to belifeve that the actual profit plus overcharge || was sufficient to ioo^t the property ow ners of Muncie and the city through intersection costs of near $500,009. William M. Birch’s admitted profit would be more tha t $250,000 for the four years of paving trust. This is im*si certainly a liberal contribution of the taxpayers to the fiiUy

cial ambitions of WiHiam M

paving trust.

To have the paving trust exact another tribute, of near the $250,000 mark in addition to the most liberal profit accorded them by the Hampton board of public works seems like adding a stiff penalty for the friendship oT the citizens of Muncie. ^ ^ ' v It will take the paving trust boys many months to cap the coupons that they have been so generously handed by the Hampton board of public works and these gentleman of the asphaltic concrete and cement surface should be most content to retire and give the property owners their chance

to save money.

Instead, these despoilers of property rights and gougers desire to Continue their hold on the taxpayers throat despite the fact that last election saw them bodily thrown out of the city hall. And it seems the taxpayers acted just in time for another four years of these exploiters and their associates t would certainly have plunged Muncie citizens into speh a financial chaos that it would have taken several yeai;s for

recovery.

Trial of the injunction suits will be waU’hed eagerly by the citizens of Muncie who for the past four years fell they were being robbed out of their shirt and B. V. D.’s, hut with the silence of the daily press and the lack of desire of the past administration to interfere, the pleas for help came to naught until the editor of the Post-Democrat got into Hie fray and began fighting* the battle for the working man in

Muncie.

Those who pay taxes this year can look at their improvement phase and mentally check off twenty per cent for profit to the paving trust and another twenty or twenty-live percent to the “exploiters” of the trust and its many rami-

fications.

One of the ramifications of the paving trust is said to drift into the vicinity of the company where Billy Morrison presides as president and treasurer. There have been several stories circulated as to the activities of Mr. Morrison and the paving trust and investigation may bring some new and strange facts to light. In addition to the survey of the Hampton hoard of public works records and bids and other data now available at the city hall some definite inquiry has been made into activities of the paving trust. Several property owners have reported that they felt the streets paved during the pasjt year or two by the paving trust have not been quite up to specifications and a preliminary inquiry into this feature brought to light the startling fact that the property owners reports had most favorable merit. ’ , During the next few weeks some interesting situations may be brought to light on the subject of specifications and the jobs as they were “done” by the paving trust.

Clinton’s 1930 football team lias flr.awn a tough group of teams to battle on the gridiron next fall, but coach Spike Kelly is looking

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mg the Kankakee liver back to Hs[ porting daily to? spring practice old glory as a sportsmen’s para-'and if he so "desires he can put a disc. The Lake county fish and | team on the field that will average game protective association is'he-jl?5 pounds. The first game is Sept, bind the move and has secured 119, and the schedule follows: Jasthe cooperation of the state son- onville, Sullivan, Emerson of Gary; servation department. The plan Open. Shortridge, Central of is to raise the water level to re-[ Evensville, Muncie, Garfield (Verstore swhmp lands that were drain-j re Haute), Linton, Gertsmeyer of ed several years ago to restock Terre Haute and Harrison Tech of

the pools with fish. 'Chicago.

Government Will Make Effort To Relieve Unemployment This Year.

Washington, April 11.- (UP) — Continuing its effort to push building to stimulate business the treasury department is planning to transmit to Congress shortly requests for appropriations aggregating about $25,000,000 to finance construction of new federal buildings

in all parts of the nation.

While aggregate federal building expenditures this year will aggregate approximately $132,000,000, Congress will be asked only for

a policy of getting as much money about $25,000,000 inasmuch as the as-possible from the state fund. Hie larger amount needed already has

report asserted. Salaries Kept Low

Teachers are employed as near the minimum wage schedule as their grades and licenses will allow in t-he nonstate aid schools, while jn some, state aid units the maximum is paid, Mr. Teckemeyer’s report stated. * Rural high schools are the exception in nonstate aid territory, and more general in state aid counties, the report continued. DeKalb county vvitli fifteen townships, has but three high schools; Allen county, with twenty townships, has only five rural schools, while Monroe county, a state aid county with ten townships, lias five high schools; Lawrence county, with ten townships and a state aid county, has eight high schools; Dubois county has high schools in three of four state aid townsips and Perry conn-

been appropriated in the past. More than 190 building projects are to be included in the requests that will go to Congress in the future, treasury officials said. The federal building program is being accelerated this year in line with President Hoover's policy of increased construction as a means of relieving mi em pi oy m e n t. The Indian village of Orabi, in Arizona, is known to have been inhabited, since 1370, and thus is said to be. the oldest community continuously inhabited in the United

States.

Sea gulls, much maligned as destroyers of duck eggs, are real friends of the farmer, saving him many dollars by following the plowman in newly-plowed fields and devouring the upturned bugs and

its way through sheer merit

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Liberty Man Can’t Give His Dog Away

“Patting Down” vs. “Passing Up” Some citizens have complained that they were “patted down” by the police seeking to ascertain whether or not the person possessed any weapons or liquor in the hip pockets. To them that is a new proceedure. To them it is a new sensation for previous police departments have failed to

Liberty, Ind., April ll!—(UP) — Jesse Marthal, Liberty, can t give

away his dog.

Three times he has presented the pet to friends, and three times it lias returned. First, it was tak^n to Boston, Ind.; then to New 1 Paris, O., and finally to Winciiester, Ind. Appropriately, Marthal said, lie found a road map in the dog’s kennel after its latest retun.

Southwest Drouth May Curtail Crops

Kansas City, Mo., April 11.—Serious drouth parching the wheat fields of the southwest, may beat (he government to a crop curtail men 1/ program, reports indicated here last night. Below average rainfalls and resultant dry fields prevailed in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri, farm authorities said. The situation was more encouraging in Texas where sufficient moisture was reported for growing

crops.

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