Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 18 November 1938 — Page 3

STEEL UPTURN GOES STEADILY AHEAD IN OHIO Production in Cleveland At 72 Per Cent, Youngstown, 61 Cleveland, O., Nov. 18.—Men are making steel again in northern Ohio’s “Little Ruhr,” and the red smoke from a thousand mill stacks is forming a silver lining in what many believe is a national recovery picture. The steel production rate in this city “where coal and ore meet”— has reached 72 per cent of capacity, the highest in more than a year, and the rate of Youngstown, industrial capital of the bustling Mahoning valley, has pushed up steadily to the 61 per cent mark, and is expected to go higher. Production increases in turn have resulted in greater employment. The National Labor Relations Board ruling ordering rehiring of 5,000 Republican Steel corporation workers who were in the CIO Steel Workers’ Organizing commitee strike against “little steel” in 1937 alone has boosted employment in both Ohio’s steel valleys—the Cuyahoga here and the Mahoning at Youngstown. Gain Reaches 13 Points The gain here and in nearby Lorain, the largest city between Cleveland and Toledo, has been 13 points recently. At downstate Canton, Republic Steel’s corporation in the coke division have been stepped up from 12 to 70 ovens and a blast furnace, rebuilt and enlarged a year ago has been relighted. In Cleveland, Republic has begun pouring steel from its 11th active furnace of 14 open-hearth furnaces in its Corrigan-McKinney division. The Otis Steel company here has lighted two additional open hearths at its Riverside plant and a small one at the Lakeside plant on the Lake Erie front. The company has in operation eight furnaces at its river plant now. Republic has three of its four blast furnaces in the CorriganMcKinney division busy now. Its pig-iron producer is dismantled for installation of a new hearth. New Coke Plant Opened Recently, Republic started operation of a new coke plant in Youngstown. Th National Tube company at Lorain now has operating three blast furnaces. Ten open-hearth furnaces are operating there. Otis has one in operation in Cleveland. Demand for steel used in automobile production in Detroit has done much to stimulate the Ohio steel upturn. o PARKING REGULATIONS TO BE ENFORCED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES Enforcement of parking regulations applying to city streets which are state highway routes is the responsibility of local authorities, T. A. Dicus, chairman of the State Highway Commission, pointed out today. City officials adopted ordinances conforming to parking and other traffic regulations on streets which are state highway routes at the time that the Highway Commission became responsible for maintenance of the routes in all cities with the exception of Indianapolis. Surveys of traffic problems were conducted in each of the cities and regulations adopted by the commission. During recent weeks parking spaces have been marked and signs are being erected to acquaint motorists with the regulations. Local police officials are charged with th e enforcement of these regulations on packing, speed zones, and preferential S trcGits ^ Authority for the State Highway Commission to establish parking and other traffic control regulations on the city streets under its jurisdiction, is conferred by one of the laws enacted by the General Assembly in 1937. That statute provides that: “Whenever by this section (of the law) the State Highway Commission is charged with the maintenance of any such street, said commission may regu-. late and control parking on such street and may remove all hazards to traffic therein.’ As a result of the same law, the highway commission became responsible last January for the maintenance of nearly four hundred miles of city streets which carry state highway traffic through seventy-nine municipalities. Maintenance of these routes, routes, including improvement, cleaning, signs, etc., is now financed by state highway funds. During the summer months improvement work has been done on state highway routes in a number of cities, including surfacing of rough, worn pavement; new pavement; modernization of signs and signals, and designation of parking spaces and speed zones. n MISSING BOY FOUND. Chandler, Ind., Nov. 18.—Six-year-old Ivan Brooks, Jr., was found Thursday, tearful and frightened but unharmed, by members of a posse of 500 which had combed 300 acres of waste mine fields during the night. When found he was six miles from his home. o Twenty-five now is the most popular age for marriage with both sexes.

Return Sought of Book Union Soldier Seized New Orleans—Carter Glass, Jr., returned to his home in Lynchburg, Va., from the American Philatelic society convention here carrying with bam a Cook: which had been captured by Northern soldiers from a Southern home during the Civil war. The book, a copy of “Don Juan,” was taken by Dr. George f. Rice from the library of J. W. Forbes at Warrenton, Va., in 1863. Since then it has remained in the possession of Dr. Rice’s family. Rollin E. Flower, a descendant of Dr. Rice, said his conscience was bothered. When he came to New Orleans to the stamp collectors’ meeting he brought the book in the hope he would find someone who knew descendants of the owner. A notation on the flyleaf tells the story of the “capture”: “This book I captured from Warrenton, Va., about the 26th day of August, 1863, when the whole library consisting of many thousands of volumes of the late Hon. J. W. Forbes was destroyed by our boys.” The notation was signed with the initials, G. I. R., or Dr. Rice. Glass promised Flower he would take the book back to Virginia with him and tell its story in the Lynchburg paper which he edits. He hopes to find a descendant of Forbes who will claim the book in that way. CHINESECLOSE IN ON CANTON

40 Japanese Warships Rush Reinforcements to Defend City Hong Rong, Nov. 18.—Unconfirmed Chinese reports said today that Chinese columns were closing in on Canton after shattering the outer Japanese defenses. Chinese sources said their troops were preparing to storm the battered commercial center of southern China, which the Japanese captured almost without resistance. They said that the main Japanese forces had retreated toward Canton from various directions and were awaiting reinforcements to defent the city. Chinese columns, they said, had mopped up the remnants of the Japanese defense at Fatshan, 10 miles south of Canton and had reached Shekwaitong, the eastern terminus of the Canton Samshui railway on the south bank of the Pearl river. Meanwhile another Chinese column moved along the Hankow railway line and reached Stuping, seven miles from Canton. Japanese troops repeatedly attempted to recapture Tamshui where the Chinese interrupted communications with Bias Bay. More than 40 Japanese warships and transports were reported to be rushing reinforcements to Canton. o REAL LOW COST HOUSING

“Low-cost” housing plans have had hard going because generally the final cost was anything but low, and they could not be rented to the groups whieh needed housing improvement the most. One of the most hopeful and reasonable approaches to a solution of this problem appears to be that of the Fort Wayne Housing Authority, where they expect to be able to rent their houses for $2.50 a week, within the ability to pay of the lowest income and relief groups. The plan is obtained non-produc-tive lots from present owners for $1.00 and build on them three room prefabricated houses costing about $1,300 erected and ready to move Into. The lot owner can have his lot back for the $1.00 any time after five years, if he has a better use for it, or can have it back sooner by paying the unamortized cost of putting in utility connections, etc. In the meantime the original owner is saving taxes on non-productive land. When the owner gets his land back TSe house is moved off and put on some other lot obtained similarly. The houses, made of plywood, have a concrete slab floor, no basement, and a flat roof. They have two bedrooms, inside bath and toilet, and one large combination living room, dining room and kitchen. "Electricity and gas are connected. Heating is by stove. o HUNTING IS DANGEROUS NEAR CCC, WPA PROJECTS

With thousands of WPA and CCC workers engaged in outdoor projects throughout the state, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, today asked hunters to refrain from shooting when in the vicinity of these work projects. It is an easy matter for the hunter to find out whether there are any work projects in progress in the vicinity where he plans to hunt, simply by asking th e farmer or landowner from whom he seeks permission to hunt. The appeal was made in the hope that it might prevent hunting accidents involving members of these two work agencies. Similar appeals during previous hunting seasons have met with the cooperation of hunters and no accidents of this nature have been report! d.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1938.

U. S., Foreign Cars Show Different Style Trends

These 1939 European and American cars exhibited at the world’s premiere automobile show held in Paris, Franci#, clearly show the different style trends followed by auto manufacturers on the two continents. American cars, like the streamline-styled new 1939 De Soto (center), which Is now being displayed

in automobile shows ail over the United States, aro bigger, wider, longer and much roomier, maintaining a sleek appearance despite bigness. The European cars, susb cs vhe DeLage (top) and Simca (bottom), are more- radically designed, with extremely long hoods, smaller interiors and little space for luggage.

Dean of Co-Eds Writes Manual On Good Taste Oklahoma City, Okla.—Lena E. Misener, dean of women, tells Oklahoma City university students how to behave in her new treatise on etiquette, “White and Gold Book.” Among things frowned upon by the O.C.U. dean is public spooning. She writes that it is possible without stringing their arms around each other’s waists. “It is poor taste to show marked affection for one another in public,” says the book. “The world is not especially interested in such soulful drama.” Other don’ts: Don’t dance while smoking. You may singe the lady’s hair or burn down the house. Don’t ignore the alumnus who

has returned for a good time. Hei. him along. Don’t fail to express “audible thanks” for small favors. Dean Misener avers that she beilieves everyone should “enjoy himself to the utmost” as long as he refrains from “undignified conduct.” In the preface to the book she reminds: “Do inot disdain good manners, for in so doing you admit a weakness in your own self.” o CHICAGO WILL STAGE BIG LIVESTOCK SHOW

Chicago, Nov. 10. — Stockmen from 25’ states and three Canadian' provinces have sent entries, to date, for the 1938 Internaitonal Stock Exposition. This largest annual showing of purebred and market stock will be held November 26 to December 3 in the new International Amphitheatre at the Chicago Stock Yards. It will be the exposition’s 39th anniversary.

HUNDREDS TO EXHIBIT

Hundreds of farm boys and girls from the leading live stock producing states will take an active part in the exposition itself in a competitive exhibition of cattle, sheep, and swine of their own raising, a feature of the opening weekend. They will also take part in live stock, crops, and meat judging contests. College scholarships will be awarded to many of the winners. More recent junior classes have .been added to the International Grain and Hay Show, and the title of “Corn Prince” is conferred on the , winner of the best ten ear ‘sample grown and exhibited by a farm boy, to correspond to the “Coni King” award going to the grower of the champion ten ears in the open classes of this world’s largest crops show. o Army worms are so called because they mass together and march to a new location when food grows scarce.

^GETTYSBURG ADDRESS NOW 75 YEARS OLD

NEEUY DEPEND ON PUBLIC AID INCliVELAND Community Fund Drives Starts As Relief Crisis Threatens Cleveland, O.—The Cleveland Community- Fund, largest organization of its kind in the world, has opened its yearly drive for funds to relieve suffering. The goal is $3,450,000. With another relief crisis threatening the city, as funds to supply 8,000 old-age pensioners and the city’s needy with the necessities of life run dangerously low, Community Fund officials are appealing to a public which seldom has failed to respond. Cleveland’s Community Fund has been known by that name since 1919, and ordinarily is considered to be 20 years old. Actually, the roots of the plan extend back to 1900 with the formation of the Committee on Benevolent Association. This was organized by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce to regulate charitable solicitations. Raised $10,000,000 in War. The organization grew, and changed names several times. In 1918 it was known as the Cleveland War Council and as such, conducted the first united campaign for contributions on behalf of war needs. Although the goal was set then at $6,000,000, more than $10,000,000 was contributed. Following this success, the Community Fund was organized under that name in 1919. This year’s goal is not as high as it has been in the past. In 1931, when thousands faced actual hunger because of severe economic stress, $5,650,00 was asked. Citizens, although themselves facing uncertain future, “dug down”—and the funds went over the top with contributions of $5,692,934. It was regarded as the largest amount raised per capita in any American city. Although Cleveland generally is credited with origin of the Community Fund idea, Denver, and Elmira, N. Y., early experimented with raising funds for social agencies in a single concerted drive. Now, in nearly 500 American cities, community funds are asking a total of approximately $85,000,000 to alleviate distress and to provide money for 1939 relief

needs.

—o British Stress Fuel Economy In New Autos

London—British motor manufacturers, in the Earl's Court Exhibition, revealed these latest developments: 1— Small family cars to do 40 to 50 miles to the gallon. Fuel consumption has been cut without sacrificing speed and pick-up. 2— More room for driver and passengers by extending compartments well over the wheels, in a line with the wing tips. 3— Cruising speed increased by 10 to 15 miles an hour without using more gasoline, because allsteel construction joining body and chassis has given lighter coachwork with same strength. —The fashion is to confine oiling to a certain feed, and the rest is done automatically. The new models can be serviced all round without barking knuckles. 5—Improved springing by independent springing of front wheels, with more rigid suspension without loss of suppleness overcoming the old complaint of heavier wear on tires. o FARM YOUTHS FROM 45 STATES TO MEET

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The Gettysburg Address in Lincoln’s Own Handwriting

C EVENTY-FIVE years ago— ^ on November 19, 1863— Abraham Lincoln stepped forward on the speakers’ platform at Gettysburg and delivered the Gettysburg Address. This threeminute talk is widely recognized as the masterpiece of modem English eloquence. At least five different versions

of the Gettysburg Address were written or spoken by Lincoln, according to Dr. L. A. Warren, director of the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company’s Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. No less than three such versions were written after the dedication ceremonies when Edward Everett, George Bancroft,

and probably a few others, requested copies. The writing Lincoln prepared for Everett and the two copies he wrote for Bancroft have been preserved. It is the final Bancroft copy, reproduced here in Lincoln’s own handwriting, which has become known as the authentic Gettysburg Address.

Chicago, Nov. 7.—America’s farm youth will take an important part in the programs of the continent’s largest annual agricultural show, the Interoation-al Live Stock Exposition, which will be held here November 26 to December 3. Concurrent with the exposition is the National 4-H club congress, which has been held in connection with it for the past 17 years. Twelve hundred boys and girls from the farms of 45 states, Canada, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico will meet in Chicago to compete for top honors of the year in scores of projects rangnig from home making activities to live stock and crop production. o FIND POT, BUT NO GOLD

Mt. Vernon, Ind., Nov. 10 — Visions of finding a pot of gold buried perhaps hundreds of years ago by Indian warriors vanished for a crew of WPA workers widening a road here last week when a large clay pot they had unearthed was found to be empty. In cutting through a mound on a township road near the Ohio river, the WPA crew uncovered the pot along with the skull of an adult aborigine and other bones. Excitement was tense when Otis Redmen, a WPA worker, lifted the heavy pot out of the ground and pried the lid off which had been tightly sealed with dirt. The pot was empty. Besides the skull, which was well preserved, the workers uncovered a small stone tomahawk, a piece of stone pipe, a jaw bone of a child with the teeth intact, and a number of shin and leg bones.

Drivers Found To Lag Behind Auto Progress State College, Pa.—The automotive industry is keeping up-to-the-minute in the construction of cars but the “United States is woefully weak” in getting competent drivers “behind the wheel.” Amos E. Neyhart, director of the Institute of Public Safety at Pennsylvania State College, declares such an opinion can be reached from any study of accident statistics for the nation. Neyhart said that with the streamlining and improvement in the mechanism of modern automobiles no time should be lost in impressing upon vehicle operators the principle of “sound driving.” “Because of the very nature of driving and the responsibility of the drivers it is imperative that all driving practices be sound and safe,” Neyhart declared. Neyhart’s three-point program includes mainly: 1— Study of the mental, emotional and physical characteristics of the driver as they affect safe car operation. 2— Thorough knowledge of the car and its parts. 3^^—Skill in handling the car and special habits and attitudes which should be developed for operation on streets and highways. “In the past we have been satisfied with the ability to ‘drive after fashion’,” Neyhart asserted. “Today, to be safe, a driver must know how to handle a car under all conditions.” W. &TC0LLEGE TO GET THEATER New York.—Architectural competition began November 15 on the design for a great festival theater to be built on the campus of Wil liam and Mary college, Williamsburg, Va.,. by the American National Theater and Academy. Five architects have been invited to compete for cash awards ranging from $500 down to $100. Designs must be submitted by January 31, 1939, and the one se--lected will be announced the following month. Those invited to design the festival theater include Goodwin and Stone, New York; Walter Gropius, Cambridge, Mass.; Michael Hare, New York; Harrison and Fouilhoux, New York, and Richard Neutra, Los Angeles. Called Ideal Location A. Conger Goodyear, ‘president of the American National Theater and Academy, explained that WilliamslnTrg, one of the earliest of colonial villages now restored by John D. Rockefeller, has been selected for the festival theater site after more than a year’s study. “I am convinced that there is no spot in America more potentially alive with interest for festival audiences,” Goodyear said. It was explained that the Williamsburg theater may be duplicated in the future in the southwest, middle west and on the Pacific coast. A festival program for both spring and fall of each year will be instituted at the new theater, Goodyear explained. Each will last several weeks and will present drama, opera, concerts, dance recitals and motion pictures. At Williamsburg,, the theater will include a fine arts wing to house the college’s fine arts department. o FOREST FIRES SWEEP THOUSANDS OF ACRES During the past four weeks more than twenty thousand acres of timber lands have been destroyed by forest fires in Indiana, most of which started through carelessness, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, pointed out today in an appeal for public cooperation in halting this economic loss. A majority of the fires during this period have resulted from two causes, he said, the burning of brush and the discarding of lighted matches or tobacco by smokers. The dry weather and high winds 'combined to make conditions unusually serious in all wooded sections of the state. Fir e crews, organized and directed by the Division of Forestry, were on the job frequently from 24 to 36 hours as they battled the fire which raced through the dry leaves fanned by high winds. Estimates on the value of the timber destroyed run into the thousands of dollars, to which must be added the loss from erosion and removal of wildlife food adn cover which result from the

fires.

o GUERNSEYS ARE SOLD TO STOCKSDALE

Barron, Wis., Nov. 17—Two registered Guernsey cows have been sold by Walter Matthys to Glen Stocksdale of Union City, Ind. These animals are Ruby’s Fern, of Shantituck 507971, and Ellie’s Tulip, of Shantituck 507970, according to The American Guernsey Cattle club, Peterborough, N. H. o ART DIRECTOR DECORATED

Cleveland, O.—Sweden Hungary and Italy have awarded decorations to William M. Milliken, the Cleveland Museum art director, for his services to the arts of the three nations. o The pneumatic tire was invented 50 years ago in England by John B. Dunlap. t

COMMUNISM IS SPREADBY GIRLS Dies Committee Told Of Effort To Corrupt National Guardsmen Washington, Nov. 18.—John T. Pace of Detroit told the house committee investigating un-Amer-ican activities Wednesday that the Communist party assigned high school girl Communists to associate with National Guardsmen to help spread party doctrines in American armed forces. Pace, who said he was a member of the party from 1931 to 1934, described what he said was the technique of spreading the party doctrines in Detroit. Much of the propaganda, he said, was spread by girls of high school age—members of the Young Communist League—associating with guardsmen in Detroit beer gardens. Pace opened testimony as the committee resumed hearings after Chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex., decided to defer an investigation of the origins of the senate civil liberties committee. A final decision on whether to make such an investigation, he said, will be made later by the full membership of his

committee.

Pace asserted that five or six girl members of the Young Communist League often were assigned to go to beer gardens with members of the National Guard and, when acquaintance was well established start “propagandizing.” Rep. Mason, R. 111., interrupted: “Do you have any concrete evidence where this work has been done?” h e asked. “No,” said Pace, “I had a suitcase full of records of this kind of work, including minutes of meetings, but my house was burned and they were destroyed. I do know that Nidia Barker and Mary Imhdff were assigned for a while to this work with the National Guard

in Detroit.”

o t—During the course of each -year, about 160,000 radio fans write to the British Broadcasting company.

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