Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 10 July 1931 — Page 2
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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1931.
THE POST-DEMOCRAT
. ft Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of MnncM, Delaware County and the 8th Congressional District. The
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only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.
L ., ^ ' Entered as second class matter January 15. 1921, at the Postofflc.
ft! Mnncle, Indiana, under the Act of March t, 1879.
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Better Plan for Bridge. Although favoring a new bridge over White River near the present site of the Wheeling avenuejteel structure the board of public works believes that the proposal of the county commissioners will not be a satisfactory location o a n<? Accorcfing to the plan advanced by the commissioners Wysor street is to be extended west and the new bridge be placed east and west across White River, bnder this pioposal land must be acquired for an extension of High street which would then intersect Wysor street just at the budge entrance. After a lengthv consideration of the proposal the board of works believes that plan unsatisfactory as it would tend to create congestion at the bridge and necessitate a lett turn from High street onto the bridge. This left turn would be against oncoming traffic and it is believed that greater congestion would result than under the present Wheeling avenue bridge situation. . . Instead of the plan advanced by the commissioners the board of works proposes that a new structure be placed very pear the site of the present bridge and a fan shaped entrance be arranged so that traffic may use Franklin or High streets and that Wysor street be extended west to meet the new bridge entrance. Under this plan the north end of the bridge would be extended seventy-five or a hundred feet north of the nrpsent location of the Wheeling avenue bridge. Removal of the earth to permit this extension would ease the curve of the river at that point and the dirt removed could be used to move the south bank a score or two feet into the present stream line thus permitting the extension of Wysor street to connect with the south edge of the proposed bridge. This arrangement would be possible without acquiring any more land and make the bridge available from Franklin, High, North and Wysor streets would, the board of works believes, give plenty of outlet for city bound traffic. High street could be widened at least three feet on each side of the present roadway and the tracks of the street car be placed along the east side of the street thereby making an unusually wide thoroughfare from the jog to the proposed new bridge. From all angles the board of works believes this plan much better suited for the project than the one advanced by the commissioners. Doc Ring’s Legal Freh’. Doc King has passed his intentions of forcing sewage disposal system for Muncie over to the attorney-general. And it is our observation that Attorney-General Ogden will learn a whole lot about law when he tries to force the edict of a state board upon a locality, especially where the demand is for a costly system of doubtful necessity. One more law suit won’t hurt, we have plenty of them and it seems that in the one and a half-year of the administration there has been more law read and reread than in any like period. If Doc King and other state boards desire to know their status as to rules, edicts, demands and what have you here’s the time to try it out. So far the litigation attempted hasn’t progressed very far and if Ogden desires to get the low down on the powers of state boards in local affairs now is the time to start it. The last legislature gave the state tax board the power to approve or disapprove all bond issues, according to this same attorney-general, so we might as well get established on whether or not the people of a community can transact their own affairs or must be totally subservient to a politically formed state board or commission. Any action by the attorney-general ought to start that fight to see who’s who.
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Profits for Municipal Utilities. Recent decision of the Indiana Supreme Court permits municipally owned utilities to operate for profit. Most of these utilities, however, have been operating on that basis although theoretically they were supposed to just pay expenses and the public have the benefits of low rates. Contrast between lower rates of publicly owned utilities and the privately owned utilities, however, proved disquieting to the utility barons so the municipally owner utiliUes have been permitted to operate at rates' which bring considerable profit to the municipalities. tha - - he P rivate utility owners can rest satisfied that the municipalities can operate for profit. It lemains to see how the political system permits the municipally owned utihties to operate on this profit basis whether it will bring an era of increased rates for municipality owned utilities and reduce the margin between the public and privately owned utilities. etween
NOTICE OF BIDS FOR AWARDING OF CONTRACTS TO SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. Notice is hereby , given that Samuel W. Micheal, trustee of Delaware township, Delaware County, Indiana, wil Ireceive sealed bids for the services of school bus drivers in the schools of Delaware township for the snsuing four school terms. Bids shall he opened at 8 p. m. on the 21st day of July, 1931, at the office of the Delaware township trustee, Samuel W. Michael, Albany, Ind., Route 2 1 , and contracts shall be awarded to 6 school bus drivers for the ensuing school terms of 8 months each, and one for a 9 month period, in the schools of Delaware township to the lowest or best responsible
bidders.
The trustee and advisory board shall have the right to reject any and all bids and readvertise. If no satisfactory bid shall have been received after second notice, the trustee and advisory board may award the contract or contracts to any competent person or persons at a rate of compensation which is no higher than the bid subriiitted by responsible bidders. No contract shall be awarded to any driver unless he is a resident of Delaware township. All
tee on or before 8 p. m. the 21st day of July, 1931. Specifications : N ew bo( ] ies tt x 7 ft. Chassis 1 1-2 ton truck, 157 m - wheelbase. Used equipment must meet the approval trustee and advisory board. Successful bidders to give $200 gond when contract is awarded. There are seven specified bus loutes. Bidders may secure complete description of all routes and mileage of same, together with all other information pertaining to these routes by caling at the office of the township trustee. Bidders’ blanks will be furnished all applicants. We reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Samuel W. Michaels, Trustee, Delaware township. — o * DEDICATE DIRIGIBLE
Washington. — Mrs. Herbert Hoover will dedicate the new navy dirigible Akron at the Goodyear Zeppelin Works in Akron, Ohio, August 8.
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Now it is suggested that times would improve if the land should go wet. Also if it would dry up. Correct this sentence: “Yea, I'm rich,” said the man, “but don’t bids get sore when people send things
Akron, Huge Battleship Of Skies, Takes Air Soon * * * * * * U. S. Navy Dirigible Los Angeles and German Graf Zeppelin Are Dwarfed by New Monster of Heavens.
Comm.Charges E.Posendahv * U S S. Akron Neaiding Compleciom Although the great, silvery U. S. Navy dirigible Los Angeles and German globe-trotting Graf Zeppelin have rightfully received their •hare of attention, the people who have craned their necks at theso monsters of the air haven’t seen anything yet. The U. S. S. Akron, tho American Navy’s “biggest and best” dirigible, is rapidly nearing completion at Akron, Ohio, and soon will take the air to bring a new thrill from out of the heavens. Greater in range, power and safety, as well as many other features, than either the Los Angeles or Graf, the Akron will prove the pride and joy of the nation after it is launched as the Nary’s new $2,500,000 flying battleship. Lieut. Commander Charles £. Resendahl, a veteran in the dirigible set-rice, will command thU srreat Leviathan of the skies.
CLUB MEMBERS FINISH MEETING
Purdue University Specialist in Portland for Two-Day Program.
Portland, Ind„ July. 10. — The Women’s Home Economics clubs of Jay county were in meeting Thursday and today, meeting in the second session in the home ground improvement movement project. The first meeting was held recently here, R. B. Hull, landscape} specialist of Purdue university, being the speaxer for the programs. Hull is again the speaker this time. Meetings were held In the court
house auditorium.
Hull gave an illustrated lecture Thursday night on the subject “Native Trees and Shrubs Useful :n Ornamental Planting,” pointing out that there is an abundant supply of | excellent native plant matrials growing in this locatlity for plant-
ing of any home grounds.
Friday morning was devoted to the discussion of the problems of leaders in presenting their work in the women’s clubs and to the study of the plans brought by the leaders. The season’s work involves making of plans by each club member of the home grounds represented. ! These plans will be brought for in dividual help from the specialist at Ithe next meeting the latter part of
] August.
i A tour was made to a local woods in the afternoon to study plant materials, followed by a tour of the home grounds of Homer Smith of the Portland city schools, where a genuine use has been made of native trees and shrubs in the development program. Smith’s grounds afford an excellent example, ac-
FORT WORTH PLANE FAILS IN FLIGHT
PLANT FLOWERS ALONG OLD LINE
Citizen Suggests Beautifying W. Main When Track is Torn up.
Portland, Indiana, July 10. — Portland has an opportunity at city beautification which would not only be unique, but which would add much to the appearance of West Main street. One of the readers of this paper suggests when the interurban line is torn up, that the space be landscaped instead of being paved. The street is of sufficient width to permit this system of landscaping, which is used in the best residential sections of many large cities. Paving the street would cost
more than it would to build a light curbing and fill the space w'itli good soil. It could start a short distance west of the Pennsylvania crossing and continue for several squares. Care of the shrubs and flowers could lie placed in custody of the park board, which is the system used in larger cities where this method of beautification is used. Employees of the street department could give the flower beds the necessary care, and it is thought that practically all property owners would be glad to sprinkle the section in front of the homes while caring for the lawns. Tins method of landscaping woul5 not only cover an eyesore in the old tracks, but would beautify Portland in a manner which would gain attention from all visitors and appreciation from the local residents.
Paderewski is said to have the muscles of a prize fighter. It doesn’t seem to matter which kind of ivory you punch.
Upper photo shows the “Fort Worth,” piloted by “Reg.” Robbins and navigated by
cording'to HunTof 1 whatsitTs pos-j H. S. Jones, just after leaving Boeing Field, Seattle, for Tokyo. This picture was taken " ' from another plane and shows the “Fort Worth” breaking through clouds. Lower
photo shows the “Fort Worth” on runway at Boeing Field, Seattle, just before Tokyo
hop.
sible to do with the use of mater ials available to every home own-
er.
Hull reported great activity throughout Indiana in home ground development and civic improvement. New garden clubs are being organized, street planting enterprises are being fostered and country-wide landscape projects are being conducted, involving over 5,000 homes.
Southern Editor Dies from Injury
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS LOSE GAME TO NEW YORK YANKEES
By DIXON STEWARTf
(United Press Staff Correspondent.! New York, July 10—(UP)—Additional evidence that Connie Mack’s strong-arm squad of Lefty Grove,
Houston, Tex. July io.-(UPi- Earn shaw and Rube Wal-
Dudley Davis, 27-year-old manag- .
ing editor of the Houston Press berg is the real backbone of thej and a veteran Texas newspaper- world champion Philadelphia Ath-j man, died here Wednesday from letics was provided yesterday) injuries received in an automobile when the A<s dropped a 9 to 4 de-i collision. jcision to the -New York Yankees.! Davis was one of the best known' Mana g er Mack decided to restlyoung newspapermen in the South- the ,. Big Thl . ee ,” who have turned west. He started as a cub report- in 43 of the Athletics’ 53 victorer on the old Houston Post, left jes to date and g aV e the hurling that position to hunt big game in as gignment to young Roy Mahaf-i Africa and then joined The Press, fey> the only other member of his’ a Scripps-Howard newspaper, six s4a jf wdo } ias won m0 re than two years ago. (games this season. Mahaffey, who Davis car collided head-on with h oas4s s j x victories against one a * ,us - (defeat, proved incapable of hold- ‘ 0 1 ing a two-run lead which his mates A collector tells in a magazine p jied up in the first and gave the
Yanks eight runs during his seven
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Americanism: Declaring the tariff wall necessary to national prosperity; charging others with
article how to tell the age of a table. If it’s a drug store table, you just count the wads of gum un-
derneath.
GENIUS Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject in hand I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.—Alexander Hamilton.
GATE TREE BLOSSOMS.
A gate tree, started from a se^d in 1914 by S. W. Haynes, of North Pleasant street, Portland, is now in blossom in the Haynes’ yard for the first time since its planting. Clusters of small yellow blossoms adorn its branches. The seed from which the tree was grown was procured from New Harmony and planted by Mr. Haynes in the home here, later being transferred outside.
building theirs jusUfo spite us. A citizen-of-the-world is a broad fellow who wants to cancel Germany’s debts and doesn’t give a darn about ours. The chief fault of I he sound amplifier is that it usually chooses sounds to amplify without consulting the listener. No, the elevators in which Government wheat is stored aren’t the kind that take things up.
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innings on the mound. Vernon Gomez worked for New York and held the champions to nine well distributed hits. The defeat cut Philadelphia’s American League lead to 5 1-2 games, as the second place Washington Senators drubbed Boston, 14 to 1. The Senators, apparently recovered from the batting slump shown against Philadelphia pitchers, pounded Moore and Durham for 20 hits. Marberry, meanwhile, held the Red Sox to seven’hits before he retired to let Walter Masters, former Penn football star, twirl the final inning. Vic Frasier of the Chicago White Sox, turned in the best pitching performance of the day, blanking Cleveland, 3 to 0, and allowing only six hits. His mates secured only 7 safeties off Harder and Jablonowski, but bunched them when hits meant runs. Detroit staged a slug-fest at the expense of three St. Louis pitch7rs and defeated the Browns, 11 Lo 3. Whitehill held the Browns in check until the eighth, when home runs by Kress and Schulte gave St. Louis six scores. The 'St. Louis Cardinals were more successful than their civic rivals and pounded out a double victory over Cincinnati, 3 to 1 and 9 to 1 to increase their National League lead to four full games. Grimps held the Reds to six hits in the first game and the rookie Derringer allowed only five in the second tilt. The Cards made only five hits in the opener, but combined them with as many walks to score three runs. In the second game the Cards pounded Frey and Rixey for 12 hits. New York’s second place Giants defeated Philadelphia, 9 to 3, but the victory was offset by the loss of Outfielder Fred Lindstrom, who tractured his ankle and will be out of play for several weeks. The Giants won the game with a six-run rally in the final inning. The Brooklyn Robins strengthened their hold on third place by defeating Boston, 6 to 2, while the, fourth place Chicago Cubs were] dropping a 4 to 2 decision to Pittsburgh. Lefty Clark held Bostou to eight scattered hits while his mates were pounding Zachary and Seibold for eleven and coasted to
victory.
Bud Teachout, Cubs’ rookie, pitched shut-out ball for five innings, but weakened to let the Pirates tie at one all in the sixth. Twb runs in the seventh gave Pittsburgh the lead and they added one in the eighth to clinch the
contest.
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