Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 28 September 1934 — Page 4

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1934.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT

$. Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.

Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Postoffice at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879.

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Muncie, Indiana, Friday, September 28, 1934.

Boys, Stick to the Text Dr. Rollin H. Bunch, in a luncheon address before the Kiwanis club, “saw” Candidate Hampton’s address of a week before, and “raised” him a few planks. We are inclined to think that both candidates indulged in a little bit of kidding. It’s the opinion of the Post-Democrat that Bunch will be elected, not because of any hifalutin’ arguments that are presented, but because the people of Muncie are still sold on the idea that contractors were allowed to gyp the people during the Hampton administratino. Hampton did not mention the sewer project, but Bunch did. He stated, that as a physician he cannot help favor the project, but admitted that he was somewhat in ignorance of the general plans. He said councilmen had asked him for an opinion and he had referred them to Attorney Lon Bracken, who had given the matter much thought, and was opposed to some details of the “set-up.” He said he had been informed that the local workmen, who would,work on the sewer, would not be p^id in real cash, but in commissary requisitions. Of course he was misinformed as to that feature. The workmen will be paid in real money supplied by the government. The allotment of a million dollars is intended to take, unemployed workmen from the relief rolls, not to keep them

there.

Candidate Hampton in his school house speech made, many misstatements, chief of which was that the costs o£ municipal government had not decreased when the records show that the present administration is functioning on an expenditure of half the amount expended by his administration in the year 1929. ( Dr. Bunch told of “claims” agains the city that would have to be paid “whether we liked it or not.” One of the “claims” he mentioned was the firemen’s judgment that is still in the process of litigation. The PostDemocrat assumes that no one in Muncie likes that claim,

which was wholly unjustified.

He also spoke of the $60,000 in “certificates of indebtedness” that will have to be paid. That is an expenditure for

HELPFUL HINTS This is the season of the year when moths picnic on winter

woolens.

Wool overcoats, suits, dresses, etc., if not stored in moth-proof

the paving of intersections during the last year of the Hamp-^f® should be tholou shij aired

We suppose that the citi-

Correct English (By W L. Gordon)

Colonel Henry Dreckinridge The various anti-New Deal groups rallying around the American Liberty league in defense of the federal constitutiop are backing their first important political candidate. He is Colonel Henry Breckinridge, former assistant secretary of war and well known as attorney for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Assailing bureaucracy and the brain trust, Breckinridge is making a threq-cornered affair of the senatorial race in New York state, leading some observorii to predict that the re-election of Senator Royal S. Copeland will doubtful.

NO WASHING NEEDED Lady—Mandy, have you cleaned the fish? Mandy—Clean de fish, ma’am? Why, he live all his life in de watah.

By W. L. Gordon Words Often Misused Do not say, “I did not know he was that old.’ Say, “I did not know he was so old.” or, “as old as that.” Do not Say, “It seems funny that he would do such a thing.” Say, “It seems queer (or unusual) that he would do such a thing.” Do not say, “Between each row of bushes was a gravel walk.” Say, “Between every two rows of hushes was a gravel walk.” Do not say, “1 shall go providing I am asked.” Say, “I shall go if 1 am asked.” Do not say, "We were inside of the house.” Omit of. • Do not say, “I shall Wire you tomorrow.” Say, “I shall telegraph you tomorrow” is preferable. Words Often Mispironounced Sacrifice( noun). Pronounce sak-ri-fis, a as in at, first i as in it, second i as in ice ( not as in kiss). Cambric. Pronounce kam-brik, a as in came, i as in brick. Gnome. Pronounce nom, o as in no. Panorama. Pronounced pan-o-ra-ma, first a as in pan, second a as in ah, third a as in ask, principal accent on third syllable. Calumny. Pronounce Kal-um-ni, a as in at, i as in it, accent first syllable. Bushel. Pronounce boosh-el, oo as in look, not as ini boot. Words Often Mispelled Sandwich; wich, not witch. Alias; two a’s. Linguist. Observe the u. Divice (noun). Devise (verb). Amthyst. Observe the e and the y. Almighty; only one 1. Send 30 cents (coins) to W. L. Gordon, 1015 Vine St. Cincinnati, Ohio, mentioning this paper, for three books.

THAT’S GRATITUDE' is ALMOST A ONE-MAN SCREEN 'PRODUCTION. FRANK, CRAVfrN, wno plays rae LBA'DlA/6 'ROLE, WPOTTr THE PLAY AHV DIRECTED IT AS WELL.

ton administration five years ago.

zens; of Muncie who paid tribute to a paving monopoly sustain the determination of the present administration for

refusing to pay that particular claim.

The $100,000 bond issue which was used in purchasing materials for the swimming pool, the Wheeling avenue retaining wall, the police radio and several^ other CWA and FERA projects was also mentioned as a claim'* «***» **% They were all worthy projects of a permanent nature apd led to the expenditure of several hundred thousand dol-

lars here in government money for labor.

The only complaint that we have heard on any of these projects was the objection o^ Wilbur Sutton to the retaining

wall.

It just seems to the Post-Democrat that neither candidate will make much hay by viewing with alarm the progress

sunned about twice a month. Some foods are excellent tonics. Most important of the\ regulatory foods are milk, eggs, vegetables

and fruits.

Recent research has revealed that cod liver oil, combined with other fats to make a semi-solid ointment, speeds the healing of

wounds.

Water spots on a silk dress may he removed by rubbing the spots with the same fabric from which the dress is made. Cut flowers may be kept fresh longer by adding a little salt to the water.

FAVORITISM “Oh, no!” soliloquized Johnny bitterly, “there ain’t any favorites in this family. Oh, no. If I bite my fingernails I get a rap over the knuckles, but if the baby eats his whole foot they think it’s cute.” o Two Irishmen had just landed in America, and, like many immigrants, America and Money were

Mr. John D. Rockfeller lately passed his ninety-fifth birthday amid

what he refers to as quiet, content-

of the city the past four and a half years under a Democratic j ment and simplicity of life. He has

administration.

synonymous to dhem. While walking down the streets of Ney York one of them picked up a quarter that lay in the gutter and a little further on was fortunate enough to see a dollar that lay on the sidewalk. While stooping to pick it up, his partner, slightly irritated over

the delay, called back:

Things are so bad in Germany, France and Austria that some of the big peace societies think that it is time for them to get busy and disarm the powers of the World. We are for peace, too—that is why we think that the best way to get it is to forget all about those fighting cheaters of Europe. o :

Wahington’s Propaganda Shops Hundreds of employees have been laid off at the NRA in Washington and the flood of propaganda from that sector has diminished. Government publicity has equalled that of the dark days when George Creel was winning the war. The different AYS-TO-ZES are giving their mailing machines a wellearned rest.

Vacations.

The good industrial news Is that automobile production has been maintained in high figures at

L Mary CARLISLE D£GAN fVE& MOTION PICTURE CAREER. %1AT TAE ACE Of VIS’ WHEN SHF WAS "PICKED OUT of 600 applicant; FOR A DANCF CHORUS.

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STUDIOS,

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SttFIlA MANA/ORS,

THOUGH BORN IN CALIFORNIA, HAD ID BE SENT TO THE HAVANA MAPDl-GRAS AS *MJ>S CALIFORNIA' TO CRASH INTO THE MOV/ES,

Full of enthusiasm, she had gone in for politics, and was out of the house most of the day. The other night she returned at 9 o’clock and sank into an armchair.

“Everything’s grand,” she said. “We’re going to sweep the state.” Her husband looked around wearily and said: “Why not start with the dinning room?”—Labor.

RURAL NEWS

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Mr. and Mrs. Wade Richardson entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Benzenoower, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Funkhouser and daughter, Sarah Kathryn, and John.

Wilder, all of Anderson.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moreland and [ son, Earl Keith, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. N. j. Smitii and son, Harvey. Afternoon callers at the Smith home were Mr. and Mrs.

Ray McKinnis and family.

Mrs. Frances Heaston and da ugh. ^ j'-L;,,,-:

“Mike, don’t bother with . that! Detroit during the entire year.

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MAYOR’S CORNER (Continued from Page One) forty thousand dollars out of the deal.” x Friday I received from State Engineer Logan a copy of a leter he had sent to George Gascoigne, of Cleveland, the project engineer, urging immediate action and confirming his telephone conversation with me, charging in the letter that “certain persons” were “stalling” until after the election. , Elsewhere in this issue a verbatim copy of Mr. Logan s letter is published. Considering the fact that Mr. Logan is the state representative of the Public Works Administration and Major Fleming speaks with the authority of the President and the secretary of the interior behind him, I think that I am wholly within my rights in demanding that the record be kept straight, no matter what happens to the Muncie allocation. The government’s representative just simply laughed when the $40,000 yarn was sprung on him. He informs me that he told the “irresponsible” that if I was able to wangle that money out of the deal, without getting caught at it, . considering the government’s safeguards of the project, that he was “for me.” Every act of the executive department of the city has been open and above board. Every act is a matter of record. Every communication addressed by the government’s PWA representatives is a matter of record. I am willing to weigh these verified records against the whispering and the trumpeting of those whose real reason is the “stop the mayor.” There should be no politics whatever used to prevent the immediate prosecution of this great work which will give employment to those who need it. Those who are telling you that they can revive the project next year if the allocation is cancelled are simply talking through their hat. When the government’s representative plainly writes that he is convinced that “certain persons are stalling until after the election,” it is not likely that the government would look kindly on “certain persons” who are deliberately throwing a monkey wrench in the machinery of President Roosevelt’s recovery program. No matter how the elections turn out, the record made by the government itself will still stand. With that idea in view I would recommend that trivial objections be forgotten and that all citizens and all candidates join together, forget their whisperings and their animosities and do something real for Muncie and for the men who need work.

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At the same time more and better highways are being / added throughout the nation.

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THE YOUNG LIMB A mother was singing her baby

to sleep.

“If I were a baby,” said the infants brother, aged five, “I’d pretend to he asleep.”

PLAYING IN THE SUN!

PARTICULAR They were looking over a house which the agent warmly recommended. It was in urgent need of repair. “Look, man,” cried the prospective tenant, “we couldn’t live in a house like that. Why, there’s actually moss growing on that damp wall.” The agent flushed. “Well, sir,” he replied, “at the small rental I’m asking you could hardly expect orchids, coulld you?”

PASSING THE BUCK An Irismman was carefully whetting his knife. “What’s the matter, Flannigan? Are you going to commit suicide?” a friend inquired. “Yis,” responded Flannigan, “hut not on meself.”

Brisbane say-s Californians can’t starve because 25 cents buys 100 oranges. And they could have a little mush f they had a little milk if they had a little meal.

J^ITTLE AMERICA, ANTARCTICA, Sept. 11 (via Mackay Radio):—The return of daylight has had a marked influence oa all of the 52 men In this camp and, I presume, a similar effect on Admiral Byrd and the three men with him at Bolling Advance Base. A new spirit pervades the entire group and the irritability and the sharp tempers developed during the long, gloomy winter night are disappearing. Each morning before the sun actually appeared, as the faint glow on the horizon increased it was greeted by a fanatical group r of sun worship- I -S&fcfSSLfe

pore. Each day

until August 22 the sun approached closer to the horizon until the group were rewarded finally by a glimpse of its shining edge appearing just over the distant ice barrier. The day-

light was only daylight by courtesy. It was grey and eerie on the ice but “ was daylight nevertheless and a

Isaac Schlossbach, of Bradley Beach, N. J., one of our aviators.

welcome change from the impenetrable blackness of the Antarctic

night.

With the advent of daylight the weather seemed to get colder and the men piled On more and more clothing, especially socks. Our winter. shoes, all right for indoors, were replaced by fur mukluks and heavy leather helmets replaced the woolen helmets we had been wearing. And, as the boys began to play around or work outside, numerous cases of frostbitten noses and toes and fingers began to appear; Those of us who were working outdoors have had to watch each other closely to check the tell-tale white patches that Indicate freezing faces and must be attended to instantly by rubbing snow on them and getting out of the extreme cold for a while. A marked change also occurred In our living conditions. During the winter night it was our habit to foregather in the living quarters after meals and argue every question under the sun day and night. The coal stoves were red hot and the arguments even hotter. Now all this Is changed. We have had an opportunity to dig out the autoglro and Bill McCormack, of Lansdowne, Pa., has taken severs' wonderful altitude flights in it observe weather conditions. To oTv \

yond the Bay of Whales as far as he could see. We have thought all along that we were shut in by a solid sheet of ice extending for hundreds of miles. This is one of the most interesting scientific discoveries of this expedition so far. The big Ford plane is being dug out from under eight feet of snow where it has rested for five years since the first Expedition left. These days, when we are so busy outdoors, the buildings are deserted, the stove is out and the arguments are forgotten. In five weeks our trail parties will leave with their tractors and dog sledges on the long and dangerous exploration journeys to the Queen Maud Mountains an* other distant spots. An air of tension lies over the whole camp. The tractors are all overhauled and ready for the trail ex-! cept the big Cletrac which lies out in the snow 67 miles south of it. Its carburetor was put out of business by the cold but it is not in any way damaged and was invaluable to the expedition in its early trip. Presently we are going out to get it. i It will be brought in as soon as the J

weather moderates.

I have been living for the pasti! few months in the main adminis- j tration building in an upper bunk over Steve Corey, of Winchester, Mass., our supply officer. The associations and the arguments here have been a liberal education to me — an unparalleled post-graduafce course supplementing my work at Harvard. I have acquired great selfconfidence because I have learned to do so many things. I can nowdo anything from observing ajwl checking meteors to properly folding parachutes, adjusting magnetos or butchering a seal—not forgetting my really great proficiency as a plain and fancy wielder of a snow shovel. That is one art I am going to try to forget the minute

I get home.

Up where you are colleges are reopening. Already almost 400 entire classes have enrolled in our club, and thousands of other people interested in aviation, exploration and adventure. If you haven’t joined yet now is a grand time. Member-) ship, big working map of the South ] Polar region and membership card are all free. Simply send a clearly self-addressed stamped envelope to) our American headquarters addressed as follows—Arthur Abele, Jr., president, Little America Aviation and Exploration Club, Hotel

ter, Maxine, Finley Heaston and Oscar Heaston spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Sickles and family near Winchester. Mrs. Florence Muterspaugh, Miss Maxine Shoemaker and George Wetz will spend Sunday in Cincin-

nati.

Funeral services for Mrs. Odanna Smith, 57, wife of Jasper Smith, who died Wednesday at the Ball Memorial hospital, Muncie, were conducted at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the M. E. church with the Rev. W. H. Polhemus and Rev. VanY in charge. Burial was made in the Saunders Cemetery. Mrs. Byron Huff, assisted by Mrs. Owen Helvie, Mrs. Huston Brown, and Mrs. Espy Luce entertained the Loyal Workers class of the Pikes Peak Sunday school at the Huff home, Wednesday evening. Those enjoying the party were, Mr. and Mrs. George Miller, Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Osborn and son, Roger, Mrs. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harkrader and son, Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Richman and family, Mrs. James Hartzell, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Shroyer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Calhoun, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Yingling, Mr. and Mrs. Espy Luce and family, Mr. and Mrs. Owen. Helvie, Mrs. Byron Huff and family, Mrs. Huston Brown, Miss Grace Yingling, Miss Josephine Reger and Joseph Brown. Mrs. A. R. Stewart assisted by Mrs. Joseph Holbrook will entertain the Women’s Club next Tuesday afternoon. Word has been received here of the marriage of Miss Maxine McCreery, daughter of Mrs. Hazel Reynolds, of Muncie, and Carl L. Haney, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Haney also of Muncie. The ceremony took place Monday morning at the St. Lawrence rectory. The bride was a former resident of here. Mrs. Mary Anne Nixon Shoemaker, 81, who died Monday evening at her home here, was buried at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the Saunders Cemetery. In accordance with a request made by Mrs. Shoemaker before her death, there were no funeral services nor flowers.

astonishment he reports that the Lexington, 48th Street and Lexing- -^ f>88 ^ 681 entirely free of ice be- ton Avenue, New York, N. Y.