Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 15 June 1934 — Page 2
FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1934.
THE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrat® of Muncie, Delaware County and the lOtt Congressional District The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.
Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Postotfice at Muncie, lidiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$1.00 A YEAR. 223 North Elm Street—Telephone 2540 Geo. R. Dale, Editor Muncie, Indiana, Friday, June 15, 1934
Tenting Tonight Next week the Grand Army of the Republic and its affiliated organizations will meet in annual state convention in Muncie. It is needless to say that Muncie is proud of the distinction of entertaining these survivors of the great Civil War and will do her best to show appreciation of the honor of being selected as the state convention city. There are only a few left but they are dear to us, and we honor them, as we do the veterans of that war who are dead and gone. The editor of the Post-Democrat will feel at home in that assemblage for his father was one who carried a sword in that great conflict as an officer of the Twentieth Indiana infantry. As mayor of the city, the editor of this newspaper requests the cooperation of every inhabitant of Muncie in making this event one long to be remembered by those who do us the honor of attending this commemoration of the terrible struggle for unity.
Just a Drunken Orgy The noise heard a few days ago along Wheeling Avenue, and which caused so much comment among residents of the city, upon investigation turned out to be just another drunken orgy. A party of men, all drunk, were making an inspection of the new wall along Wheeling Avenue, and could not make up their minds as to whether the wall was white, black, yelIjow or green, but they finally reached a compromise and decided it was reef;’.. However,. there was one point they all agreed upon and th^t was, how the men who built it lived through the stench and smell from-the beautiful river, with its sun-lit waters and glassy surface ^reflecting the shadows from trees along its mossy banks, while to’yit&'bosom it majestically held the accumulation of “solids” from a hundred sewers, while the city in general, held its nose. 'J*' v ;; i.. v . The Democratic Convention , (By Geo. R. Dale) j : V;. ’ . .;■< i. Well I went to the Democratic state Cohvehti-on, sat'as.h' delegates and heard the swan pong of Earl Feteq's, when he moved to make the nomination of Sherman Minton unanimous. .• I don’t like to tell tales out of school, but so help'me, Arthur Ball sat right by me in the Delamare county delegation with a delegate’s badge on the lapel of his coat. And now I am going to let you in on a secret. Arthur Ball is a Democrat. He told me so and told me what made him a Democrat. He attended the New York national convention several years ago that nominated John W. Davis, “and that,” said Arthur, “is what made a Democrat out of me.” The same thing almost made a Republican out of me. But what’s the odds what makes Democrats or Republicans? If you say you’re a Democrat or a Republican you are one. So welcome to the camp of Andy Jackson, Arthur. You are still the Wild Bill Cummings of Delaware county Democracy, even if you are the political black sheep of your family. That was some convention, and Sherman Minton just welted Earl Peters all over the ring. Like the big Preem at Madison Square Garden Thursday night, about all Earl saw was the floor coming up to meet him. No use talking, boys, the new deal has developed a bunch of hard hitters and they don’t care where they hit you, or how often. It was apparent in the early balloting that Governor McNutt was easily in the saddle. His slate of candidates went through without a scratch. It was a good, healthy scrap, not a cut and dried affair like the Republican shindig a week before, when the mediocre Arthur Robinson had enough strength to scare everybody off the track by merely saying “boo.” I can’t say that the platform suited me entirely. The resolutions committee should not have rejected the primary. Both parties did that, but I doubt whether a single candidate in Delaware county will dare to tell the voters that they haven’t got sense enough to select their own candidates and make their own mistakes. This Sherman Minton is full of life, energy and ambition, and ought to mop up easily with his opponent Robinson. Jim Watson is quoted in the Star as saying that Minton is handicapped by his association with Governor McNutt. Time has scarcely eradicated the evil odor of the naming of Arthur Robinson as senator by former Governor Jackson, under orders from D. C. Stephenson, but ex-Senator Jim is very forgetful—when he wants to be. The maximum strength of Peters among the thirty-five Delaware county delegates was lli/j- On the fourth and final ballot he had but six, and there are some who declare that all of them were cast by Billy Finan, who, as usual, when he attends state conventions, found himself cheated.
MAYOR’S CORNER
Candidates for public office will not be out of the woods until after the final election in November. In the meantime the open season is on and Roy Friedley’s dollamaff club is out gunning without a license. A meeting of Roy’s mysterious dollar and four bits crowd was held Thursday night under Roy’s hat and a resolution was adopted by Roy that everybody must stick to the Republican state platform and reject the emergency clause of the tax limitation law. It is somewhat of a coincidence that in the same issue of the Friday Star, which gave a detailed account of Roy’s “meeting,” there appeared an Associated Press dispatch announcing that the supreme court of Indiana had decided that county boards of tax adjustment had a legal right to declare emergencies. It was also announced in the Star that the $1.50 klub would present a petition to Judge Guthrie requesting him to appoint no one on the 1934 tax adjustment board who is not in harmony with the state Republican platform in the matter of turning thumbs down on the emergency-clause. I am personally out of harmony with all contempt laws, but I believe that Judge Guthrie would be perfectly justified m sending any one to jail who has the impudence to attempt to “club” him into the performance of his judicial duties, ac-
i I had just as well recognize that fact and quit harping about rugged in-’ dividaiism and accept the inevitable. We cannot let several million human beings starve in order to uphold a theory. Not to mention the fact that those unemployed citizens might become decidedly hard to get along with after submitting to about a certain amount of starvation.
nra Probe MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE
HOW CHEAP ELECTRICITY IR
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“Always Fair Weather” In Chicago and Paris
By J. F. Jones
yj^ASHINGTON, D. C,—Chicago ment. Paris discovered a new is proud of its climatcf No city Yankee idea in the HavoJine 200-
in California is feet tower with its giant numerals prouder. No ^ eet showing in graduated
.' . , temperature columns made of neon
city in the t u bi n g jbe result is that a huge world has paid electrical thermometer has been inmore tribute to- sta h€d on the famous Eiffel Tower. its w e a t h e r. “ M ? fo ! ! i V «. can se e °« r weather tj as far in Paris as you do in Chi-
cago,” the Parisian boasts. But
r, w m l!p r Chicago replies serenely: “C'est at the VVorld Sb juste> but wc saw ours first » air is the j cn nl ji cs 0 f w j ref 3,000 feet of argest ever neon tubing, and 60 tons of steel r ft 18 ° ne were required for the Havoline ot the ni ajor tower. In a building at the base of attractions that t b e tower the company presents an everyone sees ex hjbit of oil refining equipment and at A Century 8 products.
HALF MILLION BASS SENT TO HATCHERIES
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of Progress. It
is called a “Monument to Chicago’s
Climate.”
In 1830 temperature readings were being recorded at old Fort Dearborn. The University of Chicago verifies this fact in its publications. Chicago has had an important part in the progress of i science as it relates to the weather: 1 and in 1870, fully 21 years before I the United States began forecasting j weather conditions throughout the i entire country, one of the most imj portant of the Government weather j bureaus was located in Chicago. If, as has been so often, said, i “imitation is the sincerest flattery,” then France has paid Chicago a tremendous and magnificent compli*
Here you see what keeps your motor running smoothly, and why. In the per formance you behold "The March of Progress.” A great t h ermometer like the one on the Fair grounds settles all question about whether it is
warm, chilly, or hot—it saves a vast amount of idle conversation.
More than a half million large and small-mouth bass have been distributed from state fish hatcheries to lakes and streams, it was announced today by Virgil M. Simmons. commissioner of the depart-1 ment of conservation. The fish distributed to clubs will be kept in rearing ponds until they reach i a Vength of three inches or more. Young bass from the state hatcheries, turned over to 39 local clubs up to June 1, included 171,600 small mouth and 395,000 large mouth. They went to clubs at Angola
Expected to be One of Strongest Forces in State to Bring About Speedy Recovery From Present Depression.
Kejgflmtatro William^l. Sirovich,
olution in the House, demanding an investigation of the NRA, covering • preparatam^operation and effect*
Bremen, Bruceville, Columbia City, i speeiafHouse TOmi^tteewotrfd*al^ Corydon. Delphi, Goshen, Hartford probe aetivitiee of all NRA officials
l City, Huntington, Jeffersonville, Kendallville, Kokomo, Leesburg, Logansport, Mishawaka. Monticelr lo, Montpelier, Napanee. North i Manchester, Orland, Piereeton (2), Pine •Village.''Plymouth', Princeton, Rifchhtoml, Smith BeTflfl '■(?), Teri'e Haute, lV#r8,a." : ||3), Warren, Win-
LaPoi td»
ona Lake, Shelbyville. Delphi and Muneje.
COUNCIL
and to these honored men who are
scheduled to attend.
Since the active; membership of the G. A. R. is gradually and now R apidly decreasing, it is • expected that •this encampment./will be the last attraction to, the'old line membership and the t^ty , of Muncie; is most sincere in making this convention the best ever. The, general committee headed by A. K. Needham is composed of numerous subcommittees which w ill provide 'for all necessi ties / With which to carefully and properly entertain all | visiting old'soldiers as well as ac-
On the theory that a >enny saved is a penny earned, electricity in the home is a money-maker—a fact that a great many of its users don’t realize. That is the argument of Frederick W. Crone, in an article in Public Utilities Fortnightly. He backs it up with illustrations of the savings that accrue when electricity is used for ordinary household tasks in the place of older, less efficient
agents.
Experiments show that fifty goodsized candles have the same illuminating value as one 50-watt Mazda lamp. At 5 cent s each, burn-j ing for five and three-quarters j hours, they cost $2.50. The 50-watt { lamp, burning the same length of | time, at six cents per kilowatt hour costs one and three-quarters cents. How Savings Are Made. Another test demonstrated that,
BROKEN DOWN CARS TO HAVE THEIR CHANCE Portland Fair is to Featre an “Ash Can Derby.
object. He got away
VVLMJAU 1 . . t;
from the hoa-1 tion temper,.
cording to the desires of any club, click or clan.
Last< year I sat on the county board of tax adjustment pitai in due time, went to Florida and voted to create emergencies where, in my judgment, they ^obonot^poim™! were were necessary. looking for flies in the soup. Any one with an ounce of brains, knows that if the tax When Jt ^cowies^ to^ whispering. rate in the city of Muncie was confined to $1.50 the civd city, of stories were put into cir- days.
mayor then that any one here would \ : or 6 a * ,za ' j cOrhmon-instance.
Fort Harrison (Continued From Page 1)
don the khaki of Uncle Sam for 30
Portland, Ind., June 15.—Proud youngsters and some oldstera, too, who harbor desires to emulate the feats that made famous the names of Barney Oldfield, Leon Duray,
it took two hours and ten minutes j Ralph DePalma, Dairo Resta, Frank
to ' sweep certain rooms with a * broom, and at the finish the sweeper was exhausted. A vacuum cleaner did the same work more efficiently in 40 minutes, at a cost of less than a cent, with little exertion on the part of the operator. Figure the price of household labor
in your Iqeality, and you have the [ usual program will saving effected there. ! Cafi Derby,'’ a raOe
A quantity of clothes were j “world’s worst automobile race,” washed by hand, in three hours and j but nevertheless it will he an auto-
fifteen.minutes. A washing machine j mobile race,
did the same job better in one j ust so It Can Run. hour, at a current cost of slightly! Under the conditions governing more.-than a cent. Figuring labor i the event th y' is no reason why at^fO cents' an hour, a saving of | any person wnu owns a jaloppy that nearly a dollar by made in that; will run, cannot unleash that sup>rPnion instance.,i • .< , 'j pressed desire to drive in an auto-
Other examples will chine, to .the j mobile race. mftKl of the housekeeper. .Electri- j The “Ash Can
Lockhart and other greats of the speedways, will he given an opportunity when B. Ward Beam’s International Congress of Daredevils go through their amazing paces at the Jay County Fair, Portland, Ind , on
Sunday afternoon, July 29. One of the features of this un-
be the “Ash billed as the
the township and the county would go bust.
And that isn’t half of it. The law as it now stands con-
ciliation. The engineer didn’t suit; the council hadn't been consulted
enough; Cliff Cranor's
tains the emergency section, which has been declared legal f Gr the southside; Hole didn’t unby the state supreme court. derstaml; everything and everj’The law can only be changed by legislative action and body was crooked; the mayor’s son the legislature will not meet until next January and regard- wa . s f<> s^ ten thollsf »od dollars in less of “platforms” it is hardly likely that it will be dubbed a.month H job, <l ami' l so ,n on,' Vnh no
into doing anything as foolish as that contemplated by the end.
It looks now as if this job is go-
Colonel O. I\/Robinson, 11th Infantry, will be'.the immediate camp commamlefY He also commanded
. , | Derby” will bo
citsy isn’t only a tiny item in the open to all cars valued at not more
fafiaily budgetmake§; money.
it really saves and | than $50; cars that have seen their
i day of glory and are ready for the
- J o i junk heap. And, the older and more
! dilapidated the car the moro j,chance for prize money, ap Beam vtoas offered a special price for tlie | funniest car. TC * Also, there,wiill be a 'special prize
Big Engineering
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the CMT camps at-Fort Knox, KyJ t f thp state highway commis-i for the driver with' the' most com-
j rS'ZTaXZr "S wm Bea Wow.
for many of the young trainees whou, re ov ^ r the Kankakee river ditch Of course, there will be a bulkier will have the/opportunity' to meet' n road 43, ha d been in service; cash prize for the winner. This again the,. comntandet who. since 1910. One of the center sup- j novel event will he raced under the with them in'previous camps. ^ s "! ports had sunk eight inches mak-j mos t unusual rules in the history
siating Colonel Robinson, will be ’j D £ . t j, e -bridge unsafe.
Republican state platform
Naturally the Republicans were looking for votes and ! ing through. Secretary of the Inter-j Captain H. P. Hallow-ell, adjutant ; [ The firm holding the contract thev would have advocated the reneal of the ten command- ' or ^ c ^ e9 have the signed loan Captain F. V. Edgerton, plans and|j or npw bridge, built new apments if thev thought such action would nut Pemihliean feet < ontra( ' t in hls bands not later than training officer; Major R. E- Jones, J p roac b es tbe side of the old rne j +V, ^ tnougnt suen action would put Kepumican , Tuegt j a;ir> W hieh is the deadline and citizenship officer, and Colonel C. bridge, cut the bridge in the cent-
under the pie counter. after that the details will be arAnd take it from your Uncle Dudley if the Republicans ranged, the contracts let and sevshould win the legislature they will be last ones on earth to o ial hundred men will be put to
propose any reductions in taxation. work ’ At present the Republicans are the “outs” in Indiana and ^
the, nation, and being sick, the Devil a monk would be. (jrnUlu Army
(Continued From Page One) the encampment together with several hundred representatives of auxiliary organizations who will
M. Walson, medical officer. Program of Activities.
The camp wiu retain all of
Pith B y S r e ings GOSSIPER
A farmer friend informs us that with hundreds of insane persons.
ducks pay well, but we are acquainted with a number of ducks
who never pay anything.
Never work a bluff. A bold front often indicates a weak back.
but there are still thousands them driving automobiles.
Generally speaking, the business man and industrialists do not em ! ploy a man because he has brains—
China is said to have an area of 4,,000,000 square miles, not includ-ing-the laundries, and a population of about 100 washermen per square mile. I In spite of the depression the poll coliector is more popular than ever. Even the very best of families invite him to call again
The old saying “charity begins at home,” may be true, but the trouble is so few stay at home to see it.
he is them.
usually employed to use
Nowadays, wfiien a man wants to borrow money from a bank, he must prove that he doesn’t need it.
1 hold their conventions here at the
| same time.
Arrow markers will direct all visitors into Muncie to the H Hel i Roberts and transportation fa illities will meet all trains to ac rtmmodate the old veterans, a good : number of w hom will be in attendance to their last encampment. The business section of the City of Muncie is being widely decorated as a token of welcome to Muncie. A
large parade has been ananged ( . ourse of training closel
which include numerous floats and delegates of all convention organizations as well as representatives of all civic bodies in Muncie. This parade has been scheduled for
Wednesday afternoon. Gov. McNutt to Attend.
A get-together banquet will be held in the ball room at the Hotel
of onto racing. Beam has designed a system that positively will make it the world’s worst speed clasic, giving the fans and drivers plenty of opportunity for boisterous mirth
Ler and moved one-half of it over! in addition to the thrills of motor
, 50 feet to a new foundation. Here • racing.
G ie the single span will carry traffic j No entrance fee will be charged
excellent features which have j over- road 43, w hile the new four- and those desiring to compete are caused such favorable comment in span steel and concrete bridge is asked to write to B. Ward Beam, | the past; the course in citizenship ( being erected. Traffic das detoured j care Jay County Fair, Portland, being the most popular a'rid im- but 18 hours while the moving! Ind., giving their name, address, portant of the many offered. Ath-^nd anchoring of the run-around age and the make of car; also their letics in the afternoon, with a .• well fridge was in progress. I special name for the ear.
rounded program of military activities in the mornings will improve their physical . condition and send the boys home at the end of their 30-day “vacation” having derived lasting benefits from their stay. Due to the limited funds available at this time, there will be no camp held at Fort Knox, Ky; Fort Thomas and Fort Benjamin ' Harrison receiving the. hoys who attended this camp in the past. Fort Thomas will have approximately 600 candidates from this corps.area, their
parallel-
ing that, at Fort Benjamin Harri-
son, Ind.
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In fixing taxes our government no doubt acts on the theory that people should pay taxes on that which they have the most of. This makes it exceedingly hard on the
patience.
It may be necessary at times to tell a few little lies when trans-,
acting business, but the trouble is, Roberts Monday night and eampti takes so many big ones to ex- j ^ ™*tings will be conducted at
1 the field house during the conven- ! tion. It is expected that Governor
m. *• 1 , • 1 Paul V. McNutt will attend the enThe average tired business man; cam t a , w ith y. g. g e na-
could possibly see much to admire
so many big ones to ex plain the little ones.
campment along with
, , . .1 tor Frederick VanNuys. Muncie is
in the blue sky overhead, where it ^j ad t0 j )e | 10gt convention not for his overhead. I
Most of us wouldn’t have the slightest trouble in the world, if some “nut” were not constantly re- j
t . , . ! minding us of them.
It is never best to tell everything |
one knows, but its always best to j jf trouble didn’t come along oc-1 know everything one tells. ! casionally and knock ns flat on our
hacks, many of us would never |
learn to look up.
Terrorists’ Victim
Medical authorities inform us that the average man lives 31 years longer than in the year 1800. He probably has to in order to be able
to pay his taxes.
Here is one for Center” debating
the
society:
Postal receipts are on the decline — the only people writing home for money these times are college students, who probably
Bunghole n iaven (. i earne( j that d a( i W as dead
“Re- ‘ - ■
solved, that if the holes in a board are knot holes, what are they?”
\ broke.
There are fourteen acres of floor ; spade inf the White House, and yet
Curbstone politicians who know on jy thing they have ever been all about, how the government | hnown to raise, was salaries,
ought to be run, might be com-
pared to a hunch of onions get Tim curvature of the earth is ten together and you could buy the| about 8 . i nehes to the mile, while whole bunch for a nickel. j viae West, can show more than
t ba t in two feet. Mae's curves,
Everything comes to him v ho; however, are mostly “outshoots,” waits,” is an old saying, but we 1 whi | e t j, e earth’s curves are “in-
have been waiting for a long time i shoots.”
for something to come to us and all •
that has come our way so far, is a '
bunch of whiskers.
If there were no “nuts” in
The failure of European coun-
tries to settle their war debts with us, is probably due to the fact, that all the settlers came over to this
country in the Mayflower.
country, who would “popular (?) songs?”
write
this our
Here, There
; (Continued From Page One) unemployed. Those citizens must!
be fed and clothed.
| ‘ Whether we like it or not. public i j her of citizens who will be normally |
necessity has forced a system of; Our insane asylums are crowded i modified Socialism upon us and we |
No one questions the right of another to hold opinions—provided,
of course, he holds them.
Mrs., Frederick Phillips, of Philadelphia, Pa., who, with her husband, is the target of a campaign of ttrrorism. Since they disregarded extortion demands the Phillips family has been victimized by having trucks and goods valued at *25,000 atelen, their farm ar^d S10,000 of furniture burned, Latest outrage was theft of loaded trucks valued at $100,000 in New York.
PLEASURE AND REST GO WITH LAKE TRAVEL
Motorist Can Take His Car Aboard and Stop Worrying. For pleasure traveling, nothing can equal the- luxury lake . liners which ply between Cleveland and Buffalo.. Rest; comfort-and a leisu re 1 y a c c e pt a n c e of th e;good t hin gs in life go bamV iiuhand with,water travel. The ! night trips are conducive to soumUslee.p, and -t he traveler finds his journey, .shortened and time saved in a mpst agreeable and tnerpensive'manner.. Even the motorist,,w.ivo is firmly attached to the ; obvious/conveniences of his own pefstoiiaT,.transportation, .finds the,-lake trip-a welcome break in, his journeys, either eastward or westward; bebause it is possible to take his car with him on these trips at small additional cost, which / is less < than ;the, expense of gasoline, oil and the wear and -tear,on-his car. Tourists from the east with the. world’s fair as their destination. *can put their cars aboard a C. & B. steamer at Buffalo and arrives inCleveland the next morning, rested and refreshed with an easy day’s drive to Chicago ahead of . them. .-/Those whose vacation journeys take them east, have the same advantages in traveling between v Cleelahd and Buffalo. - The five-hour trip across the lake saves hundreds of miles of driving and it is the, quick and easy gateway to' the vast' wonderland of Canada, ’ with its my rid' lakes and enchanted forests.
NEW YORK.
CITY,— W 1th the theatrical season wen past the midyear turning point, and with more hits on the boards than there Have been in sev oral years. Broad* way producers, actors and drama enthusiasts are OechaiBS to «peo» Ulate a® to what
has brought about the change which hat made hit chews bloom in many Mmea; that were dark last year, ■aaier money 1® the primary reason gbmea—more ISUreat by the public fei the theatre another. Even Hollyweed this year has contributed ■aay^hCdtc movie stare to the up* Bft ef the legitimate stage, notably. UlTtsiu v Hopkins. : Roland Young, SaT Sk«*y. Helen Hayes. Katherine Hephum, Walter Huston and many
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Cart Carre!*/
Behind the scenes at "Murder In the Vanities”—-Lew Eckles adds an authentic touch to the bandage worn by Pauline Moore while the Misses Warren, Witt and Joyce of the company look on approvingly. Irrespective ot what has contributed to the boom of the theatre this year, the veteran producer has hi® own particular formula for a hit play. Good plays, good names, good staging and direction Is his accepted recipe. Some producers, however, insist on more than Just these production essentials. Earl Carroll, whose "Murder la the Vanities'’ has been a hit show for the past six months, is a prominent example ot this. Carroll, whose selection of the most beautiful girls in the world, whose "Vanities'* and other productions nave been Broadway talk for years, insists on realism and is a stickler tor detau. As an example of this, there is one scene in the current "Murder in the Vanities* in which Miss Pauline Moore has her arm bandaged. Following tne best first aid procedure, the bandage, if you please, is no ordinary piece of lint, but actually a Red Cross bandage, the best obtainable, held in place by •- waterproox drybak adhesive tape, the newest contribution to science of the Red Cross Products Division of the Johnson and Johnson. Sound® hko a lot of attention to a litti® dstall? Mebbe it is, but the psychological effect on Miss Moore 1® such that, after the bandage has been carefully applied. Miss Moore actually "feels* that her arm Is hurt and this feeling adds raaBsm to her performance. It*® of many details such as these that hit® saw made and Earl CaireZU astute pro* duoes that he Is, knows W