Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 1 June 1934 — Page 4

FRIDAY, .TUNE I, 1934

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The long-expected Darrow report on the NRA has been made public and is not just exactly what was hoped for by those having the NRA work in charge. In fact, it was almost everything that was not hoped for. Perhaps the main point of the report is that the NRA is said to oppress the small man. Gen. Johnson and his associates think that someone beside Mr. Darow, and of a more radical 1 trend of opinion, got in his work, f In any event, the swords are j clashing and the sparks are flying. The person who likes to see a good fight, whether pro or anti NRA, will be regaled with some lively sport before the report is forgotten and things quiet down.

The German Nazis suggest the firing squad for those who criticize adversely to the point of pessimism. If our memory of school-day histories is to be relied upon, George III handed out a similar line of talk to Mr. George "Washington and his associates, but destiny w r as not revealed until Gen. Cornwallis folded his tents at Yorktow r n and packed up for a voyage across the Atlantic. The firing squad or its equivalent has made things uncomfortable for individuals on numerous occasions, but no geperal movement has ever profited in the long run by what is known commonly as rough stuff.

The legislature of New York has virtually put the slot machine out of business in that state. Those w r ho look for good in everything will note that devices of the class mentioned at least left no bad debts for the proprietors, nor did they keep the operators long in suspense.

England is determined to prevent the naval supremacy of Japan in the Pacific and at the same time expresses a desire to have no hard f.elings between London and Tokio, which reminds one of the kindly tone in which the mother admonishes her offspring to eat its spinach.

The President’s message authorizing the purchase of silver until the reserve amounts to 25 percent of that metal to 75 percent gold, is a long way from the old plan of free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, yet it cannot be denied that the President at last has turned, his eye upon the w r hite and shining metal, with the approval, if not the complete satisfaction, of the silver advocates. The suggestion of Mr. Roosevelt should not be taken as pointing toward a definite alteration in the monetary policy of the country. It is hedged about with conditions that indicate that a silver basis still is a long way off. Surplus silver will be taken care of to a limited extent but the Executive action should be re* garded more as a kindly w f ord for silver advocates than as an indication of making a radical change in existing conditions. The best that the silver people can glean from the message is that they will have part of the loaf for the time being, rather than no bread at all.

It is bad when a business goes on the rocks, and perhaps worse Avhen the old! homestead is disposed of by mortgage foreclosure and the auctioneer’s hammer. Perhaps the most unusual and regrettable incident of the existing hard times is that it has been necessary to close schools or permit teachers’ salaries to remain long unpaid. A business can be reestablished, a new home can be found, but a year lost out of a child’s education never can be replaced. It is with a good deal of satisfaction, therefore, that newspaper readers not that the House has voted about a half-billion dollars to keep open schools which are in need of monetary assistance. One of the best works that the NRA can accomplish is to provide against illiteracy in future generations .since it is the citizenry, and not mere material wealth, which, after all, constitutes the best assets of the land. o Many Activities In Muncie’s Parks Last Sunday marked the official opening of the City of Muncie Parks wdth the first baseball game of the season being played between the Citizens and the Indianapolis Kautsky’s. A large crowd of over ten thousand persons turned out to witness the game and enjoy the beauty and recreation of McCulloch park. The Muncie Citizens lost their opening game 5 to 1 but it was evident that a greater team will represent Muncie this season than ever before. The new baseball diamond and field along with the permanent bleacher seats built under CWA marked a big improvement to the facilities of the park. The Central High School band decked out in their new uniforms paraded the field and played several numbers for the huge audience before the starting of the ball game. The flag was unfurled on the pole located in deep center field as a part of teh opening ceremony. City Controller Lester E. Holloway pitched the first ball to start the game promptly at 2:45 o'clock. Monkeys Entertain The new concession stand constructed of brick and cement near 'the monkey island rendered greater and better service to those seeking refreshments. The monkeys were entertaining as usual and attracted a large group of! spectators. The added improvements and beauty of the park assures a greater park system and

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Exploring Little America!

t^ITTLE AMERICA, ANTARCTICA, March 6: (via Mackay Radio) Of course, we are all explorers on ’ this Expedition. But I've done some personal exploring recently that i gave me a big kick. I have explored iLittle America! Perhaps my bump of inquisitiveness is bigger than that of the other fellows because I am not yet over the thrill of studying the details of this tiny vil- ! lage and a lot of huts under the snow and ice for four years, which was hastily abandoned in the rush to get aboard the home-going steamer on February 19, 1930. Admiral Byrd’s previous Expedition cleared out of here in less than a day and everywhere there is evidence of their hasty departure. In the huts and mess hall we found articles of clothing thrown about. Many of the things in the < William Bowlin men’s lockers had j Relief Pilot been emptied onto the floor. The little shelves all over the place still held razors and various other toilet articles. In one hut I found a half finished letter on a desk. Most miraculous of all, to me, was the finding of the old food cache with a great supply of food stuffs, cooking utensils, sugar, salt, pepper and a thousand other things, all in perfect condition so that they can be added to our present supplies. / In Little America we have more than a mile of tunnels buried deep under snow and ice. In planning this strange village. Admiral Byrd placed the buildings 200 yards apart for two good reasons. For many days at a time during the terrific Antarctic winter, it is im- ! possible for anybody to get out- ! doors at all. Under such circumstances, without exercise, the muscles get flabby and the mind becomes dull and quarrelsome. Therefore in adopting these long tunnels Admiral Byrd was providing his men with vital fire protection and with much needed exercise. It has worked out perfectly. Up to now, however, on this Expedition, exei^ else has been our middle name. We shall be working our heads off for a number of weeks yet. J We found some of the tunnels had caved in. We are gradually excavating these, repairing them and salvaging the material we find in them. It took us four days to locate the old gasoline and oil tunnel which, lined with drums of gasoline and cans of oil, leads to the main supply of these materials. We found it finally with all its supplies and pumps in good condition and 38 big orange colored drums of gasoline, lubricating oil and kerosene. program for 1934 than ever before. Hundreds of people visited McCulloch park Wednesday, Decoration day, although there was no program arranged. Picnickers and recreation seekers took advantage

You know, not only our fuel and oil containers are painted flhis peculiar reddish-orange color,, but at most everything else we have, including our buildings, our tents, our trail flags and everything else. There is a scientific reason rfor this. In this South Polar region, the visibility is most deceiving. A small pile of snow looks like a mountain and depressions and mounds are not seen until you stumble over them. With the entire panorama one monotonous white scene, however, a brilliant color is visible a long way off. The finest signal experts in the country were consulted by the company which supplied the gasoline and oil for this and Admiral Byrd’s previous expedition. Through a long series of tests, they found that a slightly red orange is the most visible color at a distance. In order to break this color into sharp relief special stencils were prepared which read “Byrd Antarctic Expedition.” When we first arrived here a few weeks ago we found the telephone system and the electric lights still working through the energy still remaining in the storage batteries, even after a four year rest. This was used up quickly hiwrever, and since then we have expended 500 gallons of gasoline and kerosene in our pressure lanterns, torches and other lighting paraphernalia because our electric generator plant is not yet operating. I’ll never forget my first visit to the mess shack and bunk house. On the table was a half-fin-ished meal with a big roast beef frozen solid, with a fork sticking in it. The cook said it was still good to eat. Maybe so, but I hope he doesn’t try to prove it on me. From the old food cache he dragged out some whale’s meat, bacon and seal meat and cooked up a stew which George Noville and some of the other fellows swore on their word of honor was delicious. I was sorry I could not agree with them. Over almost every bunk was a 1929 calendar with all the days crossed out. I was with Finn Ronne, when he found the bunk of his father, Martin Ronne, who came here with Amundsen in 1911 and was with Byrd in 1929, when he was 68 years old. He died in 1933. Over the bunk the old Norwegian had printed in pencil the name of his son, Finn Ronne, who is now occupying it. Have you joined the club yet and received your membership card and working map of the South Polar regions? If not, send a self-address-ed stamped envelope (plainly addressed) to C. A. Abele, Jr., President, Little America Aviation and Exploration Club, Hotel Lexington, 48th St., and Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y., and join one of the fastest growing organizations in the world at no cost whatever ; of the activity and beauty of the park. Next Sunday, June 3rd, the Muncie Citizens will meet the Dayton Shroyer for second game iof the season. A new pitching

staff has been secured by Manager Tuttle and a good game is assured the many baseball fans visiting the park Sunday.

Speed Is Danger Autoist Faces While Driving Public Has Exaggerated Safety Factors and Turned Them Into Many Dangers.

The world’s record for throwing the 16-pound shot, one of the regular events at all track and field meets, is 53 feet. The amount of energy possessed by an average-sized automobile traveling at 60 miles an hour would be sufficient to throw that shot 52,800 feet—nearly t^n miles. To use another illustration, a car traveling at 60 has the same capacity for inflicting damage as if it were driven off a twelve-story building. Those facts, brought out in a recent renort of the Travelers Insurance Company, give some idea of the potential menace of speed on the highway. During recent yeans the death and injury rateper accident has been rising—and the increase was especially marked in 1933. The chance of a person being seriously hurt pr killed in an accident is substantially greater now than it would have been five or ten years ago in a similar accident. The reason can be expressed in one word: Speed.

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