Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 15 July 1938 — Page 3

CAROL DECREES AMERICANIZING OF BUCHAREST

Streets Change So Fast Phone Directories Ara Out of Date Bucharest, July 15. —r Bucharest boasts of being the most “Americanized” city in Europe. It is King Carol’s ambition to have the most up-to-date capital, so crews were set to work cutting new boulevards and large avenues, regardless of costs, through the town. Crooked and narrow streets were straightened and widened. This work still continues. The only drawback, especially for foreigners, is that this implies a continuous rechristening of streets. Even in the latest telephone directory there are many street names which disappeared since the book was issued. “Skyscrapers” of 12 to 18 stories went up by scores* in regent years. They form a strange contrast to the one- and two-storied late Victorian city mansions or “palaces,” surrounded by gardens, of aristocrats and rich old-time merchants. News Plants on Grand Scale Prosperous newspapers, such as Currentul which is the mouthpiece of Fascism in this country, have buildings which by their splendor compare with the latest American movie palaces. On the other hand, in the suburbs along the widest avenues, are indescribably dirty gipsy camps facing grand villas of the new rich. Since the Goga regime, early this year, the building boom has slackened considerably. The Jews who control most of the capital in this country became scared by Octavian Goga’s ruthless anti-Semitic course. They continue to abstain from long-term investments, such as real estate. Because this lull in the building trade has adverse repercussions also in many other important industries, King Carol’s government is understood to be considering financial aid for the builders as an emergency measure. The telephone service is not yet quite up to the requirements of this hustling city. To solve this problem the telephone company tried an odd solution. During the busy, hours, chiefly shortly before noon, sectors of the network were cut off alternatingiy for 10 to 20 minutes to relieve the pressure. Naturally, this happened invariably to One’s own sector when an urgent call was to be made. East and West Meet This is a capital where East and \Vest, where city and country, meet. -Peasants in their picturesque native' costumes with their embroidered shirts hanging over the trousers and their colorfully dressed women folk brush elegant gentlemen and somewhat excessively made-up stylish ladies in the main thoroughfares. Hundreds of dark-skinned young and old bare legged gipsy women, who have a monopoly for selling flowers in the streets, throughout the day, sit on the curbs puffing cigarettes and wait for customers. • o INDIANA AID BARES OIL BOOM

A boom in oil, reminiscent of the turn of the century when Indiana was the No. 1 oil and natural gas producing commonwealth, is under way in the southern part of the state, Ralph Esarey, head geologist of thp state conservation department, said today. Forty-seven wells have been drilled since the first of the year, Esarey declared, and within recent weeks three new fields have been opened. Million Invested Although the state today ranks only eighteenth in oil and natural gas produced, a million and a half dollar output is being registered annually, and major oil companies have under long term leases from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 acres of land in southwestern counties that have not yet been tested for oil. A sharp upturn in production is not unlikely, both Esarey and M. M. Fidlar, state gas inspector, declared. Until this year larger companies tested for od down to 2,000 feet, and most producing wells came in at from 200 to 2,000 feet. Now drills are being forced down to 4,000 feet and deeper, striking new sands. Seek Reserve Pools The major companies are more interested libw in finding reserve pools, however, geologists said, and even if oil bearing sands are found at deeper levels, they may be kept out of production until the market for crude oil rises. Most of the 2,500 to 3,000 barrels of. oil produced daily in Indiana is piped to a refinery in Robinson, 111. The oil basin coincides with the coal-laden area, with Pike and Gibson counties leading in oil production. Sullivan and Vigo counties are next largest producers, followed by Daviess county. — oTHE INDIANA SCHOOL BUS RECORD Another year has passed without a school bus. fatality. This makes (the third consecutive year in which this remarkable record has been maintained. This past year a child was. killed very shortly after leaving a school bus, but the bus and the driver of the bus were in no wise responsible. The child had

left the bus at her proper destination and was xiuite some distance away when a traffic accident occurred which turned traffic out of its proper channels, as a res’THt of which the child was struck at the side of the road. The school bus was in no wise to blame. In these three years’ time the school buses in Indiana have traveled approximately 80 million miles with a load and yet no one has been killed in a bus or even been seriously injured. It is likely that this makes a record of at least 800 million passenger miles during this time. This is an astonishing fact and proves beyond a doubt that traffic can be handled safely if persons are careful and thoughtful. It will be interesting to the public to know that there are 7,261 drivers of school buses on the road with a total of 150,000 miles. About 207,000 school children are hauled daily. We feel it is now rather generally acknowledged that the school buses of Indiana are the best in the world. We take great pride, too, in the fact that probably our highway system is the best in the world. As a result of these two factors, we are able to make this astounding record for three consecutive years. One hears a great deal about high taxes and expenses in government in these days but one might do well to remember that in matters pertaining to the roads, school buses, schools, the public health and such related government functions, the expenditure seems well made. We are mighty proud of the school bus record! Thurman B. Rice, M. D. JENKINS TRIES NEW FEATURES IN RAGING GAR

Machine Is Either Front, Rear Or 4-Wheel Drive at Will

Indianapolis—Ab Jenkins, prominent American speed driver, has announced construction details of a new high-powered racing machine with which he expects to establish international records on the Bonneville, Utah, Salt Flats course this summer. The new speed creation will be powered by a 12-cylinder, 665'horsepower Curtis-Conger motor built by the Wright Aeronautical company, manufacturers of airplane motors. It is capable of developing 2,350 revolutions a minute with a top speed of 225 miles an hoUr. If supercharged, Jenkins said he expects a top speed of 275 mile an hour or better. The latest developments in construction of racing machines have been applied to the car, which can be driven by either the front, rear or all four wheels: It has been built in such manner that the method of power can Re controlled by the flick of the driver’s finger, Another important feature in construction of the speedster is the elimination of constant strain on the right wheels. This was accomplished by building the car “off-side,” placing the wheels on the right side four inches farther from the center than those on the left. Motor on Sub-Frame Extremely streamlined ,the body of the car was made from alumnnum and mounted on a 142-inch wheelbase. The motor is suspended on a subframe which is mounted on a thick rubber base. Wind resistance also has been provided for by the mounting of a large fin on the rear of the car. A bombing plane type cockpit was built in the racer, enclosing the driver behind thick, shatterproof glass. The car carries a lOS-gallon capacity gasoline tank. The machine will have three regulation speeds forward, with the slowest possible in third forward at 125 miles an hour, Jenkins said. Jenkins said that he expects to arrive at the Utah course about the middle of July and, weather conditions permitting, will immeiiately attempt to better the records for the 24 and 48 hours of consistent driving as well as the International Class 2 and world unlimited marks. He already holds official records for 10. 20, 200, 500 and 1.000 miles and 24 hours sustained driving, all of which were made under supervision of the contest board of the American Automobile association. Built in Indianapolis The powerful racing monster has been under construction in a west side Indianapolis machine shop. Designing, building and assembling of the car was under' the supervision of A. S. Duesenberg, one of the brothers and former manufacturers of the famous Duesenberg race cars which performed remarkably in many a 500-mile classic at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A crew of seven expert mechanics, in race car construction, aided in perfecting the powerful creation. Lou Meyer, only three-time winner of the annual 500-mile speedway classic, is expected to drive relief for Jenkins when he attacks the existing records on Bonneville Salt Flats. Two prominent English speed drivers, !Capt. George E. T. Eyston and John Cobb, will be at the Utah oval track at the same time Jenkins will attempt to e$tablish new marks and' better several of his own world speed records.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1938.

War on Accidents Shifts to New Front As a Nation-Wide Survey is Launched

A nation-wide study to ascertain ** the extent to which lack of ■emergency lighting facilities is responsible for accidents in homes and industry has just been launched by the Light for Life Foundation, In a, of New York, j The survey will cover an accident field about which very little is known, officials of the Foundation said. It is expected to provide fresh ammunition for the attack being waged by the Foundation and other safety organizations on America’s huge toll of death and injury from preventable accidents. Under a survey scheme worked out by the Research Committee of the Foundation, thousands of accidents occurring in the next months will be investigated thoroughly. The cooperation of a large and diversified group of industries — including a steel plant, a rubber plant, a packing plant and a shoe manufacturer—as well as Red Cross chapters, Y.M.CA. branches, hotels, hospitals and camps, has been promised. These organizations will furnish the Foundation with reports showing how lack of emergency lighting entered into accidents as a causative factor, as well as such data as the type of Injuries, the cost to individuals and employers and the number of working hours lost. Thomas Fansler, a member of the Foundation’s Research Committee and director of' the research department of the Division of General Education of New York University, said the decision to make the survey was reached after an examination of the accident records of police departments, insurance companies and other agencies showed that the precise cause of accidents is rarely noted on many existing report forms. “For example,” said Mr. Fansler, "a report of an automobile accident may state that the cause was the car going off the road. In a sense, that may be correct, but to the safety investigator the statement is virtually worthless. What he wants to know is why the car left the road—what human or mechan-

Thomas Fansler

ical deficiencies were really responsible. Similarly, a report of a home accident may show that the victim fell down the cellar steps. We want to know why he fell, and if emergency illumination probably could have prevented the accident. “We know that lack of proper emergency illumination may be the cause of a large percentage of accidents. In a study of insurance reports, we found the case of a woman who, arising at night to take some medicine and not wishing to turn on the overhead lights and perhaps awaken her children, went to the medicine chest in the dark and took poison by mistake. In this case a small hand light or cabinet light undoubtedly would have saved her life. There are Indications that a small amount of preparedness would prevent many tragedies.” Serving with Mr. Fansler on the Research Committee of the Form-' dation are W. Graham Cole, dlreo-i tor of safety of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Harold F. En4ws, Director of First Aid and Life Saving of the American National Red Cross, and Dr. Thomas W. Gosling, National Director of the American Junior Red Crops.

CZECHS CONCERNED OVER SKODA; GIGANTIC ARMS PLANT TOO NEAR REICH BORDER IN EVENT OF WAR

London, July 15—Any great pow-1 supplies have neer ceased to be er within striking distance might | this plant’s chief occupation. Dur-

covet Czechoslovakia’s Skoda works, and Europe’s strategists wonder if this enormous munitions industry some day may fall into Germany’s lap. Insignificant compared to the wealth of raw materials and rich agriculture, Skoda, nevertheless, is the prize of Czechoslovakia’s highly developed industrial system. Except for Krupp, it is considered easily the leader among European arms .and munitions producers. Accidental landing of a German military airplane at the airport of Pilsen, where Skoda is Situated, a few weeks ago showed the vigilance. . surrounding the munitions plant, for the pilot hardly had stepped from the plane when Czech police and troops appeared. In event of war the town of Pilsen might lure German soldiers, due to its beer, but to an invading general staff Pilsen, only 30 mites from Bavaria’s frontier, would mean Skoda. Employing 39,000 men in its various branches, its machinery humming seven days a week, day and night, Skoda is turning out immense supplies of armaments besides peaceful commodities. Two or three years ago Skoda w r as the biggest engineering undertaking in Europe, but since has been eclipsed by Germany’s Krupps. Czech Determination Expressed. A ' weR-knqwn Czech diplomat said: “If Germany and Czechoslovakia got to war tomorrow, and if Czechoslovakia loses, there will be no Skoda plant left.” His words Were a clear indication of the intention to blow up the entire plant before letting it fall into the hands of Germany. But it is onceivable that German troops might be able to capture Pilsen. less than a day’s march from the border, before Skoda could be destroyed. In any event the Prague government and general staff moved to protect part of their munitions industry long before the recent Czechoslovakian crisis. For more than two years the Czechs have been building new factroies farther inland and away from Germany’s reach. A new arms center at Trenczin in Slovakia is mentioned' as a part substitute for Skoda if war menaces Pilsen. Gen. L. Krejcsi, chief of the Czech army general staff, has announced removal of much of Skoda’s armament section to districts affording greater military security. He omitted reference to the small arms and cartridges plant at Bratislava — a stone’s throw from the new- German, formerly Austrian border, which has ben moved 100 miles northwest. Eleven Plants in Group. Skoda’s output in its 11 plants with' 9,000 machine 'tools ranges from locomotives, suger refining machinery', brewery plant equipment, motor cars! tractors, plows and c.tRer farming equipment to bridge structures, turbines, propellers and shafts. But its war

ing the World war it was Skoda that built the 42-centimeter howitzers that took the Allies by surprise and smashed Belgian and

French forts.

In 1914-18, Skoda was wholly under Austro-Germany military supervision, but when, in the same name of self determination, the big munitions works of Silesia and Alsace-Lorraine went to Poland and France, another great armament center available to Germany in the last war—Skoda — was lost to the new republic of

Czechoslovakia.

French Capital Retained. Until less than two years ago, the French arms firm of Schnei-der-Creusot through the Union Europeene Industrielle et Financiere controlled the majority of Skoda stock. But as Europe returned to naked power politics, issuance of a new block of shares enabled the Czech state and Czech banks to grasp control, although French capital retains a strong minority interest. A vital factor in making the Czechoslovak peacetime army of "SOO.OOO the best equipped of any of Europe’s smaller fighting forces, Skoda also plays a big role beyond Czechoslovakia’s borders. Heavy artillery and small arms manufactured by Skoda are deemed unexcelled in Europe and the loss of Skoda in war would rob not only Czechoslovakia of its primary source of armaments, but deprive the two other Little Entente states, Jugoslavia and Rumania, of an important purveyor of their armaments. Skoda Sales Go Afar. Alternatively,* if Germahy captured Skoda, these and other nations would be at German mercy more than today. Latin American and Far Eastern countries,- too, have relied on Skoda for part, albeit a small part of their military supplies. Notably before Warsaw and Prague were at odds as they are today, Poland as recently as 1935 bought nearly threefourths of Czechoslovakia’s total artillery exports. Other Czech arms plants at Brno, Bratislava and Strakonice are engaged mainly in producing machine guns and small arms, while Skoda specializes in big

guns.

Allegations in the German press lately that Skoda and other arms works in Czechoslovakia are Bolshevized, as shown by the June election of workers’ councils, have been construed by the Czechs as an attempt to accustom world opinion to the idea that Germany; may one day save these industries from Communisim. The fact is, however, that all 2D available seats on the Skoda workers’ councils were filled at the June poll by moderate trade union delegates and not by Communists. o A single Gomato palm tree of Molacca and the Philippines will yield from 150 to 800 pounds of

sago.

SCHOOL BACKS CONCRETE IDEA

System Used in Tulsa For Beginners Bars Abstract View Tulsa, Okla.—A new concept of arithmetic teaching, in which comparatively little arithmetic drill is given to students in the beginners’ classes, has proved successful to a marked degree in Tulsa public schools. As a result of the system, the I arithmetic ability of Tulsa public school pupils is higher than the ability of the average school child according to Supt. H. W. Gowans. Under the plan, kindergarten, first and second grade pupils are not given extensive arithmetic drills. Educators are beginnihg to plan courses on the assumption that children are not ready for extensive drill until the third grade. Arithmetic is not neglected in the early grades, however. An adequate background in numbers and concepts of size .length, distance and proportion is given each child. Instructors have found that with such training older children respond more rapidly to drilling. Avoid Abstract Approach “Drill arithmetic is dealing with the abstract, and a small child can not readily do abstract thinking,” Gowans explained. “He must deal with concrete objects or pictures. “A study by the National Education Association shows that first to third grade children can grasp more readily that two blocks plus two blocks equals four than two plus two in the abstract equals

four.”

One of the “concrete” drills for young children is the building of a playhouse. Arithmetical concepts obtained are: planning the relative size of materials to be used; measuring the lumber used in construction; measurihg the walls for paper; counting* the number of boards used in making a Chair; learning the use of rulers and yardsticks. “In the first and second grades,” Gowans continued, “number readers also are used. Since a child first must learn to read before he can read numbers or arithmetic problems, the stress is on reading. However, by the use of these number readers, a better background for arithmetic is acquired. Game With Numbers “The readers contain stories such as the one about the monkey family. In the stories, Jo Jo, the little monkey, is compared to bigger monkeys. He sits in different sized trees; gathers various numbers of coconuts, and carries on games in which numbers play an important part. “Inserted between the chapters of the story ai‘e work pages ^ on which are pictures. The child picks out different numbers and is able to distinguish size, shape, etc. Since the work pages center around the story in which the child is interested, he gives more attention to the problems and is able to grasp the’concepts more readily.” From the third grade on, stress is placed on “thought” problems which enable the child to apply his knowledge to situations affecting himself or objects or persons with which he comes in contact. '* “ '^——6——

WEST EXPECTS TOURIST HORDE OF 10 MILLION

Vacationers to Mountain States Likely to Spend $50,000,000 Denver, Colo., July 15. — The West’s million-donar tourist industry—built up around jagged peaks, cool valleys, trout-fishing streams and mile after mile of scenic oddities—may attract 10,000,000 American vacationists to Six Rocky mountain states tms summer. The estimate was made by a national travel bureau as the entire scenic paradise from the Canadian border south to the Indian pueblos of New Mexico prepared for the 1938 tourist rush. Through cash registers will pour at least $50,000,00 befbre Sept. 1 as the great American sightseer and his family pay for their food, lodging and fun as they stare at the western scenery. \ Wyoming Is Optimistic “This business of showing off our natural resources has become a gigantic industry',” said Charles B. Stafford, employed by the state of Wyoming to advertise the cow country’s last frontier. “I expect summer travelers to leave at least $14,000,000 in my state this year:’’ "‘The tourists get their tnoney’s worth,” added Joe H. Thompson, travel bureau director. “They get a million dollars worth of fun for every thousand dollars they spend sightseeing.” The travel bureau made its estimate of 10,000,000 visitors after a survey of early travel, advance reservations and a study of business conditions. The figures indicated more persons would cross Wyoming, home of famed Yellow-

stone Park, than any other mountain state except New Mexico, which has an all-year tourist sea-

son.

The bureau estimated that 1,772,"000 persons would enter Wyoming, and added that perhaps 700,000 of them would rush at once to Yellowstone Park t,o'see the bears and geysers. Montana Rated High Estimates for other states in the scenery-for-sale region included: Colorado, 1,509,000; Utah, 1,541,000; Montana, 1,600,000; Idaho, 1,600,000; New Mexico, 2,000,000. From all six states came reports that early tourist travel was 5 to 12 per cent higher than it was at the same time last summer. The rapid increase in the number of automobile trailerites was expected to swell the tide of persons seeking two weeks of relief from the sweltering East and middlewest. Wyoming which has a population of 250,000 and entertained five times as many tourists last year, reported “boom times” at all trailer camps. Colorado scenic centers were crowded with housetrailers despite the business recession, and every road leading to the other states was jammed. Road Building Speeded Meanwhile, willing to invest a portion of their profit to “keep ’em coming,” the six states speeded highway building programs designed to network the Rockies with high-speed roads. Colorado’s highway department led the rest with an outlay of $15,000. 000 across the two-mile-high Continental Divide. Crews of road builders with almost as much as to spend were at work in the other five states. : Said the engineers and chamber of commerce heads: “The better the roads the farther they drive and the longer they stay.” o 1. U. SUMMER STUDENTS CAMP AT STATE PARK A number of students attending the summer session at Indiana University, are commuting to Class from McCormick’s Creek State Park, Virgil M V. Simmons, Commissioner of the Department of Conservation, said today, pents haie been pitched and trailers parkd in the park’s camping areas by the students, some of whom have their families with them. Members of the camping group are thoroughly enjoying their combined classWork and vacation, finding the scenic beauty and facilities of the park especially attractive after warm days in the classroom. The swimming pool, riding stable, hiking trails, tennis courts, nature study and other activities engage members of their families during the day. The campers were host to more than forty of their fellow students recently and it is anticipated that many additional summer school students will camp at the state park next year. I. U- officials cooperated with the Department of Conservation in sponsoring the camping idea for summer school students this year. —i i AUTOMOBILE LEGS CAUSE DOUBLE PARKING CONDITION

Automobile-legs have developed to such an extent in the past decade that nobody cares to walk, causing a deplorable amount of double parking, Totid Stoops, sec-retary-manager of the Hoosier Motor Club said today. “Double parking” continued Mr. Stoops, “causes a great number of accidents and something must be done to curb this evil. On any preferential streets one may see lands of traffic proceeding at a legal rate of speed. Suddenly, for no apparent reason the lines slow down, brakes squeal, rubber burns and the traffic line stops. Somebody with automobile-legs had to enter the front door of his destination. For the convenience of the doubleparker, fifty of more motorists were discommoded and maybe several fenders were crumpled or

worse.

“Often one will see a car parked in the middle of the street with plenty of parking space at the curb. That means that the car was double parked While cars were parked at the cufb and that the doubld-parker stayed so lohg that the others had left. “Sometimes we see cars double parked for the distance of half a square and observe motorists who hav£ parked legally at fhe curb, hemmed in to such an extent that they must wait until double-park-ers come to let them out. “In the residence districts one will see motorists parked at the curb and visiting motorists double parked along-side of them. Here they sit and visit in the street for a half an hour or more, causing other motorists to weave in and out around them. “Streets are constructed for the free flow of traffic and parking is a privilege which can and may* be abridged if abused too tnuch.” o-—2 SERVICE WITHOUT BALLYHOO

In the current issue of the Gross Income Tax and Store License Digest, we philosophized on the happy fact that, in a democracy like the good old U- S. A., public employees are merely agents or servants of the people, in contrast to their positions under the prevailing philosophies of government in many other countries. * In ’do department of Indiana’s state government can this fact better be demonstrated in the months ahead tban in the Unemployment Compensation Division. We are serving more than 9,000 employers and TtlO.OOO employees. They pay our salaries and the division’s overhead in order that; we can administer a law for them-

ART INVENTORY IN SPAIN LISTS 53 NEW GOYAS London, July 15.—Amid the rain of bombs and shel>s oh Madrid, the last edition of Goya’s famous engravings .has been published, Don Timoteo Rubio, director of the Junta Nacional de Tesaro Artistico, told the United Press when he arrived in London to arrange an exhibition of them. The edition comprises “Los Desastres de la Guerra” (The Disasters of the War), “La Tauromaquia” (The Art of Bullfighting), “Los Caprichos” (The Caprices) and 100 hitherto unpublished examples of the famous engraver’s

art.

Don Timoteo said the government had decided that after the completion of this edition the plates would be returned to the archives and no further edition will be published. The reason, he explained, was that the original plates were used and the issue of an edition meant a certain amount of wear. , Art Inventory Made The Spanish government is making an inventory of all the works of art in Loyalist Spain, Don Timoteo said. Included in this catalogue will be paintings artistic objects which for years have been hidden from public view in private houses. He declared that 53 new Goyas already had been discovered. “The object of the catalogue,” Don Timoteo said, “is to prevent Spain’s works of art from leaving the country. The government does not take over the artistic ftroj^cts, but merely sees that they are not sold for export.” Asked what has happened to the priceless art treasures in Toledo, partictilarly the famous Greco painting “The Burial of the Count of Orgaz,” hei said the work was taken from the church wall on which it was hanging and laid on the floor. Then it was covered with boards and sandbags to protect it from aerial bombs or shfellfire. The art treasures of Toledo, howeverfell into the hands of the Nationalists when Gen. Francisco FrandO’s troops captured the city. Owners Refuse Protection “What has happened to them since, I do not know,” Don Timoteo said. “I should like to hear that Franco has appointed some board similar to ours for the protection of art treasures in his territoi-y. In the early days of the war when we could have taken valuable paintings and works of art'out Of threatened toWns and villages and transported them to Madrid, we had to overcome the opposition of the owners and local authorities, who refused to allow them out of their care even though it ’ mehnt taking them to a safe place. “Here is a case in point. When Franco was marching on Illiescas, we found seVetial Works Of art there which we wished to take to Madrid. The mayor opposed this, but finally consented to padk them up and take them to Madrid him-

self.

“He deposited them in a strong box in the Bank of Spain and went off with the key. We could hot find him, so had to force the strong box. We did so only just in time. The paintings were all but ruined, but we inanaged to restore them.” Restoring paintings which have deteriorated through neglect is ah important part of the Junta’s work. Don Timoteo displayed several photographs of numerous paintings before and after te^toration. o LAW PROVIDES FOR CUTTING AND REMOVAL OF WEEDS AND OTHER RANK VEGETATION

Weeds and other rank vegetation at street and highway intersections are causing numerous accidents on account of obstructing the view Of motorists, Todd Stoops, secretary-manager of the Hoosier Motor club warned today. “States laws and city ordinances;” continued Mr. Stoops, "provide for the chttihg and removal or destruction of weeds and rank vegetation and the laws should be complied within the interest of safety. “The state law provides that all briers, burrs, docks, thistles, willows, sumac, reed, cat-tails, tall grass, shrubs and all other growths which in any manner, either partly or wholly, obstruct the view of the highway shall be cut doWn and destroyed between the fifteenth day of June and the first day of September. Since this worfc must be done at least once a'year, the farmer who has the safety of his family and neighbors in mind will see that the Aveeds are cut by the first of Jul^. “The state law also provides that liye fences along highways shall not be more than five feet In height, and this maximum of heig;ht is measured from the center of the highway. In other Words if a live fence is on u bank three feet in height, the fence chn not be more than two feet in height and it must be kept trimmed to two feet the year around“The Indianapolis city ordinance and most other cities require that alt rank vegetation be cut and removed by the first day of July in , each year. Failure of the owner or his agent to do this work places the duty on the Department of Public Works. The ordinance states that the Department SHALL cut and remove the rank vegetation and charge the cost thereof against the owner and the charge becomes lien* and SHALL be

placed on the tax duplicate. “The city-ordinance regarding the height of (Shrubbery along streets (ind street intersections limits the height to 42 inches. This has been construed to take in the height of the lot above the street level and the height of the shrubbery. In other words where the height of the lot is 42 inches or more above 'the street level, no shrubbery is allowed along the street or at street intersections.” ON THE WAY °TO RECOVERY As never before the price of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange is the barometer of business. That is because the New Peal has rebuilt that organization, sent its former president to the penitentiary for stealing, and reorganized it to prevent the Wall Street boys from fixing prices as they pleased. Now, it is confidently believed, it has become a place for investment, not of gambling. It is significant that one day in advance of the announcement of plans by President RooseVdlt for spending and lending three and a half billions of dollars, stock prices jumped. People who have money and desire to make more, showed their confidence in American business. They saw profit in the steel companies; the cement companies, the farm implements. So they bought these stocks, not as gamblers, but as investors. The thing for which the wise had long waited had happened. They say more customers for business. They saw the farmer able to buy new machinery. They saw the new buildings Which will be erected. They saw the cement going into highways and schools. They saw the millions of men who have long been out of work with •jobs. They saw them carrying their pay envelopes into grocery stores and department stores. They saw them again being able to pay their doctors and dentists. Most of all they refused to be frightened by the size of the national debt. For the money being spent becomes a part of the national wealth. It is to be used in the creation of things long needed. It will become in itself, an investmerit for the future, which will be able to produce more wealth through the years to coriae. The reply of the President to the sit-down strike of; Big Business was a return to prosperity through the only way that prosperity dan come—more men at work; more wages, more buying power. The idea is a perfectly balanced buying power with productive capacity. The idea is a jbb for every man able to work at wages whkh Will permit him to buy the : things he creates. A long step has been taken. Endorsement of this plan will be given in the fall when the New Deal will go to the voters with its program. Every wage earner understands the meaning of the plan. Every business man will recognize it as the only basis on which he can continue in business. This shall no longer be a nation with 1 half of its people oh belief and half in luxury. o CITIZENS MILITARY TRAINING CAMP FT. BENJAMIN HARRISON .' *. * f* f Ti ?• M -r* ■ •*-»,- * . Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind.-~ “The United States sianos in the final trench of Democracy. If it fails in its purpose the “death knell of Democracy will have been sounded throughout the civilized world.” Thus did Brig. Gen. William K Nailor, corinmandirig Fort Benja min Harrison, Ind., address 2,270 young men who had just reported for training with the Citizena Military Training Camp. The occasion was the impressive “Oath of Allegiance” exercises beneath the elms oi; Fort Harrison’s parade grounds which featured Fourth of July activities at the army post. “We in the military establish' ment believe that the surest way to keep you out of trouble ' (war) is to keep the country well pre. pared because’ history has shown that a country well prepared ia seldom challenged,” General jailor asserted. H6 warned the cadets to beware of glowing accounts of writers concerning the World War, saying that “our principal aim is to keep you from the experiences we of the last generation underwent.” He pointed out that dictatorships of Europe have stiffled personal political and economic liberties and asserted that under the American form of government “the individual doesn’t hriVe to look in a book of edicts to find out if he can perform a certain action. He looks to the law to leafn Whether he and his fellow citizens have surrendered the right he wishes to perform.” The record enrollment of cadets arrived here Saturday, making it necessary for Col. L. A. Kunzig, C. M. T. Camp commander to organize an extra company in addition to ‘the eight rifle companies, machine gun company, band and signal company for which provisions has already been made. The trainees will remain here one month. o-— : ST- LOUIS HAS DAIRY HERD St. Louis.—A sharp rise in the price of milk has prompted St. Louis to buy 45 milk cows, increasing its berd to 75- t0 ai( ^ ^ S ^P* plying the needs of c(vie institutions. City officials ' balked at a jump from 27 3-4 cents to $8 cents a gallon for milk. ^—o EXPECTS OIL BOOM Canberra.—Oil in large quantities is believed assured for Australia as the result of recent discoveries at Roma, Queensland. The government has ordered an immediate investigation nf the geological forriiatlon of the entire area.