Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 20 May 1932 — Page 2

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1932.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT

A D.emociatic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats Muncie, Delaware County and the 81 h Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper hi Delaware County.

Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Postofflce at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1979.

PRICE 5 CENTS—$2.00 A YEAR

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

Muncie, Indiana, Friday. May 20, 1932.

The Name of Wickersham Wickersham—the name will probably be long remembered by the American people and no doubt fun-making scribblers will make humorous references to the nomenclature for a long time. President Hoover appointed the aged lawyer head of the famous commission to study crime —but principally the greatest instrument for promoting crime—prohibition. It will be remembered how long and patiently the people waited for that report and how it was ^released “piece-meal,” a little at a time and then no light whatever thrown on the commission’s attitude on prohibition. It was known, however, that there was serious difference of opinion on that subject among the members. But neither the President nor Mr. Wickersham would give out anything to enlighten the public. Now just on the eve of the Republican National convention Mr. Wickersham gives out a statement that he himself and a “majority of the members of the commission favor a referendum—that the people of the states should have a right to vote on the ques- * tion.” Well, Mr. Wickersham, why didn’t you say so before? Isji’t it funny the names that are mixed up with this "prohibition business, anyhow. Yellowley, chief enforcement officer, Dinwiddle, arch agitator and lobbyist, and then fst think of the name Wickersham. With Carrie Chapman jCatt and the late Carrie Nation, the ridiculous nomenclature -in the whole picture is complete—Indiana Catholic and Rec- - ord.

Struggling Against Tax Flood The San Francisco 'Chronicle-makes this biting state-1 ‘~ment about the lax farce being staged in Congress: “In-J stead of quibbling over a program for the saving of mere j jfinillions in'govern nrental .expenses, Congress should try for j economy of a-billion. ... - • • Congress thinks of billions only as sums to be spent. When it .comes to saving, Congress thinks in millions if at ' all. . .• . ; “Governmental expenditures, foi' 1932 are just a shade below $4,000,000,000. A reduction of 25 per cent would save a billion. Millions .of individuals have had to cut their fpeysqrial budgets 25 per cent in the last three years.” ~ Senator Capper of Kansas hit the tax question with a sledge hammer, when he proposed that whenever a body of citizens petitions Congress for measures involving large appropriations for special services to a limited territory, they include with their petition a statement like this: “And in order to raise the money thus called for, we request that you assess upon US a tax necessary to meet the expenditure.” Senator Capper is right in proposing that those who seek special favors at the hands of government, be prepared to pay for expenditures secured instead of loading the burden onto the general taxpayer who, in the majority of cases, receives little or no benefit from such projects, although he is now taxed staggering sums to pay for them. A..i:ec,en.t press despatch stated that work on Boulder Dam might be delayed due to insufficient' 'appropriations. There are millions of over-burdened taxpayers who wonder just why any money need be spent on Boulder Dam at this tiirie t Another news story states that construction projects are being urged on the Columbia Riyer which will require some $360,000 000 of public funds for flood control, power and reclamation projects. The records do not indicate that the Columbia is 'given to flodds of a serious nature. There is already more farm land available for cultivation than there is anv need for, without adding to the oversupply by irritgating desert wastes and, so far as power development is concerned, there seems to be no shortage whatever in the territory that could be served by the Columbia River. ''How can we look for anything but tax increases, let alone, tax reductions, if projects not demanded by the public are forced’ onto, the.-helpless taxpayer ? “I wonder if we have built up a bureaucracy which is master of both the executive and the Congress and whether in this time of distress it is going to refuse the share with the taxpayers the burden they are carrying.”—U. S. Senator Borah. « Balancing the budget is a process by which the politicians take any balance the taxpayers may happen to have. —Mobile, Ala., Register.

moves out in de country where no one boddered us fer out six or seven mouths, say, you ought--to see de guys we had from Cni an’ all the big towns, an’ no one to Fodder us. Are we going to frame de Mayor and cops fer runnin’ us out of biz? Well, just watch us. ‘ WTtfaC we’ll do to dem guys will be

plenty,;

^ \ V - ■ i • MRS. FROSTY FLINT, 1216 Morning Glory Avenue.—Well, 1

hope he gets what’s coming to him. Before he was elected we had the best times we ever had in Muncie. Every night and every night we used to have the house full and we were all full ourselves. Now you can’t even have your “sweetie” come in and see you and sit on the front porch and drink a few botI ties of home brew, without the j whole city police force snooping i around and ordering you to get in the house and then taking your “sweetie” to jail. You bet, I hope they frame him and they send

him up for life

NOTICE OF SALE OF DELA-

WARE COUNTY NOTES

or distinguished marks on the outside of the envelope. Said notes - will be ready for delivery on day

of sale.

Notice is hereby given that up ^ SIIAFJpR, to ten o’clock a. m. on the £ Delaware County ’ Ind ‘

day of June, 1932, sealed , bids will! May be received by the auditor ofj

Delaware County, Indiana, at. thej Q lie thing a woman keeps secret

Lost 20 Lbs. of Fat In Just 4 Weeks

MISS DEWIT NITWIT Trangular Avenue and 23rd Street.— 1 think they are guilty and should be sent up for ten years. Just think of it, a whole hunch of cops stopping a dance on Sunday night when everyone is having a good time and arresting Mr. Bohlinger and Mr. Rose, two of the finest men at the ^dance. What did these two gentlemen ev.er do to merit such treatment at the bands of the police As to the booze they say has been made and sold, does anyone believe that Mr. Johnson would lie about a little thing like that?

ofhee of said auditor in the Courtj imu >h bettor than a man is a pain, ilouse in the city of Muncie, In-| The more idiotic the cause, the diana, for the purchase of the greater the enthusiasm of its fol-

county of Delaware Poor Relief lowers. Notes iu the amount of $76,290, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from date and payable at the office of the Treasurer of Delaware County, in the

city of Muncie, Indiana.

Said notes will be dated May 15, 1932, numbered 1 to 76, both inclusive,y and will be in the denominations and mature as fol-

lows :

Notes numbered 1 to 37, both inclusive, for $1,000 each, maturing May 15, 1933. Note numbered 38, for $1,145, maturing May 15, 1933 Notes numbered 39 to 75, both inclusive, for $1,000 each, maturing November 15, lit33. Note numbered 7.6, for $1,345,

thieves, prostitutes' and perjurers which filled tb court room awaiting for their turn to testify, I felt that Indianapolis needed the extra police, instead of Muncie. Blondy and I send our regards to the folks hack home, promising further revelations next week. Moral: Never lock your bathroom if John Cox happens to be in

the neighborhood.

CORRUPT

(Continued from Page One.)

-fn the way of defaming the wives

of Muncie policemen.

He did not introduce a witness

to prove his

statement. He may

have feared that even the patience of Judge Raltzell might be exhausted if be made further attempts to slander respectable

women.

He did try to prove

brated Democratic .state

developed that Cox reported to the light company .that his own vgrandson.' a boy named Johnny Raines, had put the device on the

meter.

Cox said on the witness stand that Johnny did not do it, but he bad him tell the light office he did. The light company had shut off the current and there was danger of food in the electric refrigerator spoiling, so he framed the' lie that iiis grandson bad committed the crime in order to ex-

in bis cele- onerate the worthy Skiff. The boy conve.n- worked for Skiff and when bis

tion frolic that Room 444, Clay- grandfather ordered him to tell pool hotel, was not only the center the fie he did so, although he

of a great' liquor conspiracy, but knew differently,

that Chief Massev kept a woman The light company then cornlocked up in the bathroom. pel led Skiff to pay for. the current He produced that great advo- stolen. John forced his

>f moralitv, John Cox. who young grandson to admit he had

’ * crime and spoil the

cate

used to run a combination saloon committed a

and booker ioi/H tn Muncie, to fioy, to save a couple, of hams

prove the great bathroom mystery, from spoiling.

John said he went to Rffohr^'ti Ami alter telling the jut> how

number of People were He had coutrxbuted ^ ^|can start earning $35 weekly and

the bath- duency

the

where a

assembled. John said — _ , ....

room door was locked. That made after admitting perjury on him suspicious so he got down on witness stand he expected his hands and knees and looked to believe him when he swore under the bed To his ho'-vor he to them that my own son gave bun saw a pair of panties under the * Wiit of Whisky in the convention

bed. John told the jury that, so it r .oom.

must be so. The court room was well filled r- c; surprising that he did not wil,h witnesses combed from the ir--' A-h.^ they belonged to upd that slums of Mu ncie. Last iveek some♦heir < was the official col- body said there should be a large Ic-e widov a ud daughter of the ""mber of extra policemen sworn n '-pent for rim entire eonven- iu ;,r Muncie during this trial,

which would take so many mem-

• „ . ’ ew'-i that 1m thought bers of the force away from the

— - ■ -" rn'm n 1 t>eed the, cl fy-

■ ‘ w.± a., light' Looking over the choice collec* :■ ' J *’ Ride-Awee-tion of gamblers, ex-gamblers,

ZJmk tvWHATlBASlHAPPENEDlTQlWORLplTBADE: f

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The Spice in Sports

BY BILL LEACH

There are peopje who .can pre-

diet pennant races, ' ahd then again there are people who were foolish enough to try to figure out the current pennant race in th£ National League, which is entirely 1 different for the sihiple reason, that baseball hasn’t witnessed a j more complicated mix-up in yeard.i Chicago’s inexperienced team wasn’t expected to do much at all,‘

splendid type of police dog, owned! but Rajah Hornsby and his creW ibv Frank G. Perri, Fairfield. Conn..t-have reversed the dope by playing has brought to public notice, many! 5^. _in JJieJeagu^ Th §

The disappearance of Rex, a‘

Voice of the Kitty VACATION IS

HELFUR SURTON, 150th St. and Eighth Aye.-—It’s preposterous. Why, I’ve been out at the Pretsel Farm several time and 1 was never treated more like a lady than I was while there. Why, everybody had all they wanted to drink and everyone felt just like, a million dollars. Another thing, if Mayor Dale had treated us with the same consideration that the newspapers have, he might have been mayor all is life, but since he didn’t, we’re going to try to send

him to jail for life. •

the Newapa-1 (Coutimicd from rage One)

If You Have Read ... . per Reports of the Evidence, in j are, a hive of jn4ustry these the Case of Mayor Dale and Other days, with hundreds of men bus-' City Officials, of Muncie, What Is Ry atf work painting and tuning

Your Opinion as to the Guilt or In-

nocence of the Mayor_

MRS. LOTTA SCRU'GEE, R. F. D., near Gentree Farm.-—I think it’s a whole lot of bunk. In the

atf work painting and tin the rakb siaTmrTMTis-Fi

up tno lAkh ^iattfs. This; is a’ huge: task, requiring several months of

steady work.

The C. & B. Line, East 9th

. „ Styeet Pley, Cleveland, will be first place, the characters of some glad to sep<1 to any<me requestiug

jit, a beautiful illustrated folder

unusual incidents

concerning Mr. r 4 ";

and

in

infield with Hack, Herbari

Perri’s dogs. Queen, mother of *;wv J urges has functioned like Rex, on one occasion saved her ^ck-work, and the Ctlb s heavy

en a skunk, but at that it brought deS( . r jj ) j 1)g points of interest along out the real class of the witnesses, the c & B routeR) an<1 fun in _ everyone of whom, with few ex-j formation as to the new low fares, ceptions, seems to have been e^- as well as times of sailing and ar-

gaged in bootlegging, gambling rival, and other illeal occupations; all of

which has a tendency to show thej ■ I r S

true conditions in Muncie prior to

master from drowning. She went to his rescue although it was the first time she had voluntarily en-

tered the water.

On another occasion a peculiar practice observed by Queen aroused PeiTi’s curiosity. He noticed that the mother dog was each day taking a sizeable portion of the food given her and carrying it off

across the fields.

On the fifth day, Perri decided to follow his pet.. After the greater part of a mile had been traversed another dog made his presence known by a series of yelps. The mother dog headed straight for the source of the barking and lard the meat down before the second animal which appeared to be fastened in the middle of the field.

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WHAT ABOUT NOSE RING?

Customer—I want to buy a diamond ring. Salesman—Yes,- sir, Allow me to show you our combination sets of three pieces—engagement, wedding and teething rings. The very latest thing out, sir. o NEEDED A NEW ROOF,

Housewife—'Look here, you will have to stop watering your milk! Farmer—Honest, missus. I dont! Housewife—Well, you wilT have to get your cows thatched.! o MUST HAVE BEEN FIRST TIME.

Then there was the married man who came home late, and as he pulled out the key wondered what he was letting himself in for. o PARADISE LOST AGAIN.

hitters have punctured the ball timely in every game. Boston, after taking four straight drubbings from the Reds, proved their strength by staging a come-back against the other western clubs. 0 To Cincinnati goes the most credit of all. The Reds have met every conceivable variety of tough luck so far aud have still maxaged to improve their hold oh the first division. Their home $tand .against the eastern clubs, starting with four ' straight victories ’over Boston and two wins in three games from Philadelphia, has 'been

the surprise of-all baseball. What Did We Tell You?

Remember our prediction about the Reds making a Dade for another hurler? Benny Frey has been returned to the Reds by the St. Louis Cardinals and will take his regular place on the mound for Cincimiait this week. Frey should do a lot to bolster the pitchin,; staff, and if lie can keep pace with Red Lucas and Si Johnson, the Reds should he very well fixed in that department. Lucas and Johnson are among the leading twirlers in the league. Lucas has

won 5 games and Johnson 4.

The Reds complete their defense of the first eastern invasion at Red land Field this week and follow those series with games at home against Chicago, Pitts'burgh

and St. Louis.

maturing November 15, 1933. Interest will be payable on said notes 1 to 38 inclusive, on their maturity date, arid wjll be payable on said notes 39 to 76 inclusive, on May 15, 1933 and November 15, 1933. Said notes are being issued pur-j suant to Chapter 73 of the Acts of : 1931 of the General Assembly of!j the State of Indiana, for the pur-Ji pose of paying claims incurred by trustees of various townships in relief of the poor of their res pec- [ tive townships, aud which claims! have been filed wit h the Board of I Commissioners of the County of; Delaware, Indiana. Specifications of said notes and information concerning the same are on file in he office of said Auditor and may be obtained oa application’ there-

for.

The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. Each bidder must state the full amount of cash] which will be paid by the bidder for the notes proposed to be purchased. Each bid must be accom-j pauied by certified check for .three; percent of the par value of the notes bid upon and drawn against moneys in some reliable bank in Delaware County, Indiana, said! cheek to be payable to the Board! of Commissioners of the County] of Delaware, which will be held as a guaranty of the performance of said bid should the same tx? ac-i’ cepted, and also accompanied by affidavit of non-collusion as pro-

vided by law.

Bids must be made upon the form provided by the Auditor,, without additions, alterations or! erasures, and no other form of hid’ will be Considered and no- altera-:! tion shall be made in the form] prescribed. Said bids" shu.fi bo sealed in an envelope marked “Bid for Delaware County Poor Relief Notes,” and shall have, no J other writing or printed matter |

Mrs. Mae West of St. Louiit, Mo., writes: “I’m only 28 yre. old and weighed 170 lbs. until taking one box of your Kruschen Salts just 4 weeks ago. I now weigh 156 lbs. I also have more energy and furthermore I’ve never had a hungry

moment.”

Fat folks should take one half teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot water in the morning before breakfast—it’..s the SAFE, harmless way to reduce as tens of thousands of men a nd women know. For your health’s' .sake ask for and get Kruschen at any drugstore —the cost for a botUe tint la?Is 4 weeks is hut a trifle and if after the first bottle you are not joyfully satisfied with results—ipone: back.

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday A Woman Framed by a Corrupt Judge! And Fate that Traps the Ju t dge Himself! “NIGHT COURT’’

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“What’s this, honey?” asked Mrs. Youugbride’s husiband as he speared a slab from the dish. “Lucifer cake, dear.” “I thought you said you were going to make angel cake.” “I was, hut it fell.” o

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(Continued Frcnv rage One) of the converts under the water Having completed the first cere mony of baptism, the preacher called for another and proceeded, to - dip the second convert, a colored brother, under the water, when all at once Willie exclaimed, “Mama! Manta! Look he’s ‘dunking’ anothre.”

the time Mayor Dale took office, and which he lias so persistently tried to bring before the people. MR. PETEDROVA FORD, R. F. D., near Pretsel Place.—It looks like the boys had a wonderful time during 1929, and seem ot have had everything their own way. If Dale hadn’t been elected they would no doubt have been running overtime in Muncie, ever since. When Dale ran the Gentrys out of the city, however, they just moved out in the country and proceeded to do business just the same until ’raided by the MuilCie police. Of course, I can’t explain why they were permitted to operate outside the city limits, but it seems to be a fact that they did. ■;—s—'• MR. CRUMMY GRIMES, Gentry Show Ground, hear'River.—I used to be de lookout guy in. one of de joints an’ I alius had me eye on de door when de cops wus around, an’. Oh, Boy, did we sell lots of booze? Well, I should spy, ’ Then when Dale runs us out of town an’ we Hearts are Trumps

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