Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 2 December 1938 — Page 2

THE POST-DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1938.

Rural Mall Always Goes Through, Woman s Proud Record For Decade

Marion, O. — Energetic Mrs. Charles Trefz has traveled a distance equal to six times around the world during her 10 years as northeastern Marion county’s rural mail carrier. Mrs. Trefz is one of only a few women in the nation who are fullycommissioned rural mail carriers. Although she is 50 years old and small of stature, she sees that the mail “always goes through”—despite rain, snow, or, occasionally, ill health. She was a “mailwoman” before she was a fully-licensed carrier. Mrs. Trefz substituted for her husband in 1S21, and when he became id in 1923 she sorted the mail and delivered it while he drove their automobile. From 1925 she had full charge of the route as her husband was too ill even to drive the car. Later, he died. Her daily route now comprises 48% milca. She is driving the Ifth car she has used during her mailcarrying career, but she never has had an accident. Mrs. Trefz likes her job -so well that she does not want to take a vacation. “What would I want with a vacation now? It’s a treat just to drive around in the country these fall days,” Mrs. Trefz said. She said that when she began carrying the mail, transportation problems often made it difficult for her to get the mail through. “I ran into snow drifts, walked over muddy roads to get to houses on my route, and shoveled my way out of snow-packed country lanes,” she said. “But I decided then and there I would get the mail to my people.” “Her people,” the 171 families on her route, appreciate their dependable carrier. Sometimes, she makes special trips to get mail to a family. When Mrs. Trefz took the examination for her job, 10 years ago, every family on her route signed a petition to the postoffice department requesting her appointment. Even the nine other applicants for the job asked that she have it, if possible. During the Christmas season, Mrs. Trefz carries from 400 to 500 pieces of mail a day. Sometimes children on her route call her “Mrs. Santa Claus.” The Christmas “rush” often necessitates special trips. In one initance, one family was awaiting rnxiously a Christmas package. It t iTived finally the day before the holiday, after Mrs. Trefz had completed her mail deliveries. “I jumped into my car and drove several miles to deliver the gift,” she said. She said one reason she is determined to get the mail through is that she did not want anyone on her route to say that if a man had the job “we might have got our letters.” ROYALTY GUARDS TO BE MOUNTIES

Ottawa.—Responsibility for the safety of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their Canadian tour early next summer, will rest with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A special detail already has been selected to lay the ground-work of a plan which will guard against any possibility of harm coming to the royal visitors while in the dominion. The greatest concern of the police is not revolutionaries or radicals but persons of unsound mind who might be nursing fancied grievances. Past experience has proved that the infrequent attempts to harm British royalty, have, in the majority of cases, originated from such a source. To guard against any possibility of that happening in Canada, the R.C.M.P. in cooperation with local and provincial police throughout the dominion, are compiling a complete list of the mentally unbalanced not confined in institutions. While the Royal party is in Canada a strict watch will be kept on every person listed with the department. ■Special instructions ^also have been issued to immigration and customs officials along the international boundary line. Restrictions will not be tightened, as a large influx of visitors is expected from the United States, but an especially rigid questioning will be given visitors entering the dominion at border points. o MORE FUR-BUYERS TO OPERATE THIS YEAR

Indications that trappers will receive a higher return for their catch this year were seen today by Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, in the increased number of fur-buyers licensed to operate in Indiana. During recent weeks licenses to buy and sell furs have been issued to approximately forty dealers who did not operate during the previous season. The Indiana law requires that all persons dealing in furs shall be licensed by the Department of Conservation, the license being good for the calendar year. Each dealer is also required to file a report showing the number of hides bought, the name of the seller and the price paid. Reports on the trapping season show that the quality of the fur taken during the open days has not been parCcularly good but trappers predict that the quality will increase with the arrival of polder weather.

PIGEONS SERVE BRITISH TROOPS

London.—Carrier pigeons which performed invaluable service during the World War, are still playing their part in the outposts of the British empire. During recent years there have been occasions on which the lives cf troops in an isolated blockhouse on the northwest frontier of India, or in a desert place, have been saved by a message carried by a homing pigeon. The most recent example occurred during trouble in Waziristan. A detachment of South Waziristan Scouts was cut off and surrounded by native forces, and its only means of calling for aerial help was b v pigeon. Within 15 minutes of being released, a bird arrived in its army loft and a request for help was telephoned to the R.A.F. flight at Miranshah. Aid Arrives in Time A plane loaded with bombs and ammunition was over the surrounded detachment half an hour later, and two others arrived shortly afterward. With their assistance, the action was continued. Medical supplies and a first-aid outfit were dropped to the detachment, and, toward evening, the Scouts, whose ammunition had been reduced to 10 rounds per man, signalled for more. In the face of heavy fire from the natives, four loads of ammunition were delivered. Combined action by the aircraft and the Scouts drove off the enemy force of 500 men with the loss of 18 killed and 15 wounded. The Scouts’ casualties were four killed and 10 wounded. Training Not Extensive Now At present the Royal Air Force operates a small pigeon service, with four lofts for training and breeding—two in the country and two overseas. The army also has a few pigeons overseas. It is expected, however, that the pigeon service will be greatly extended shortly. In times of war, the R.A.F. would co-ordinate pigeon services for the navy and the army as well as for itself. During the recent international crisis, hundreds of owners of trained birds offered their services to the R. A. F„ and an extensive register has been compiled. In time of emergency, therefore, thousands of trained pigeons would be available at once for defense services. 0 —— School Stages Grudge Fights In Auditorium Monterey, Tenn. — Monterey high school has discovered how to remove most of the disagreeable elements from brawls and secret smoking among boy students. Leonard Crawford, school principal, now requires youths involved in fights to don boxing gloves and fight it out before the student body in the school auditorium. The decrease in the number of scraps, school officials report, has been remarkable for few of the boys like the idea of taking a possible licking before the eyes of their favorite girls. Crawford also has a solution for the smoking problem. He has provided a smoking room in the school building where boys, who have the consent of their parents, may go for tfive minutes each school day and smoke to their heart’s content. Girls are not allowed to smoke. Boys face the penalty of a severe spanking and dismissal from school if caught smoking in any other part of the building. Football players caught smoking anywhere, anyvtime, pay for it by running around the athletic field 25 times. —o — Students Lose ‘Date’ Shyness At Toronto U. Toronto, Ont.—The University of Toronto’s four-year-old “dime date bureau” is in danger of death through “starvation,” but editors of Varsity, undergraduates newspaper, proposed to conduct a thorough survey to see if it can not be rejuvenated. The bureau, established four years ago, arranged dates for students of the university for the cost of 10 cents. Applicants were required to fill out a lengthy form paper giving their preferences as to height, appearance, interests and social standing of their prospective dates. The bureau enjoyed a boom until this year when interest suddenly died. Varsity editors, however, indignantly denied suggestions that campus romance was dead and put forward the suggestion that this year’s undergraduates are either more bold in their efforts to arrange their own dates or have formed themselves into small “sets” in which they have their own friends. —o A forty year old Hungarian gipsy woman has thirty children, including six sets of twins.

TIME TO GET DOWN \ TO “BRASS TACKS” No one can blame the Republican chieftains for making the most of the gains they achieved in the recent election. Naturally, they have their eyes on 1940 and hope they will be able to so arrange ( matters that a Republican will’ once more occupy the White

House.

The Democrats should not be criticized too severely if they attempt to foil their rivals’ ambitious designs. They are in power, a very pleasant position, and they want to remain there. While recognizing that these party leaders are acting very much as human beings act in other affairs of life, LABOR ventures to offer a word of advice to both

sides.

The American people are in a serious mood. To them, running the government is not just a game, like football or cribbage, to be played for the benefit or entertainment of a few. As they see it, the peace and happiness of 130,000,000 men, women and children are vitally affected by what is done in Washington and the various state capitals. Tne million employable workers .are still without permanent jobs; farmers are not receiving adequate prices for their crops; the international stiuation is men-

acing.

The people cannot look after these matters themselves. They must trust to the loyalty and good judgment of officials they have just selected at the polls. They expect those officials, without regard to the party labels they display, to perform their manifest duty. In a word, they hope their representatives will stop playing politics long enough to do something very definite in the way of increasing farm prices and providing jobs for willing workers. As the Democratic party is still in control of the executive department and both branches of Con- , gress, the people have a right to expect President Roosevelt and his associates to submit concrete proposals and, if those proposals are not adequate, the people have a right to demand that the Republicans offer definite substitutes. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Let us hope .the leaders of our two great political parties will not follow his bad example.—Labor. o CITY ADVERTISEMENTS

Departn-'ent of Public Works Office of the Board City Hall, Muncie, Ind. To Whom It May Concern*. Notice is hereby given that the assessment rolls, with the names of the owners and description of property subject to be assessed, with the amounts’ of prima facie assessments, have been made and are now on file and can be seen at the office of the Board, for the following improvements, to-wit: I. R. No. 767, 1937—Grading and Drainage on Twentieth Street from Walnut to Jefferson. I. R. No. 777, 1938—Paving Alley between North and Gilbert from Greenwood to Light Street. I. R. No. 778, 1938 — Paving, Curbs and Sidewalk on Vine Street from Wysor Street north to the C. and O. R. R. I. R. No. 779, 1938—Curb and Gutter on Cole Avenue from Jackson Street to Adams Street. L R. No. 780, 1938—Grading Cole Avenue from Jackson Street to Adams Street. I. R. No. 783, 1938—Concrete Alley between Walnut and High from Eleventh Street to first East and West alley, South. I. R. No. 784, 1938—Local sewer in Manning Avenue from Godman Avenue to Charles Street. I. R. No. 786, 1938—Concrete Alley between College and Talley Avenues from Washington Street to Gilbert Street. I. R. No. 787, 1938— Concrete Alley between Martin and Calvert Streets from Sutton Street to Riverside Avenue. and notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of December, 1938, the Board will, at its office receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively on said roll, and will detennine the question as to whether such lots or tracts of land have been or will be benefited by said improvement in the amounts named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum than that named on said roll or in any sum, at which time and place all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Celia Null, Clerk. Nov. 25, Dec. 2 —Q NOTICE OF DETERMINATION TO ISSUE BONDS CITY OF MUNCIE. The taxpayers of tne city of Muncie are hereby notified that the Common Council of said city did, on the 21st day of November, 1938, adopt an ordinance authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds of the city in the amount of $47,500.0(>, for the purpose of providing funds Jo be used in paying a like amount of the outstanding bonds of the city which mature and are payable in the year 1939. Said bonds will mature and be payable serially over a period of approximately nine years, and are to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4%% per annum (the exact rate to be determined by bidding). The net assessed valuation of taxable property in the city of Muncie is $45,127,855.00, and the outstanding indebtedness of the city, exclusive of the above mentioned bonds, is $738,091.84. Objections to the issuance of said bonds may be made by ten or more taxpayers filing a petition in the office of the Auditor of Delaware county within the time and in the

manner provided by statute, which petition, if any, will be heard and considered by the State Board of Tax Commissioners in the manner provided by law. Dated this 22nd day of Novem-

ber, 1938.

CHY OF MUNCIE. By Linton Ridgeway, City Clerk, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2. o CITY ADVERTISEMENTS Department of Public Works Office of the Board

monstrances that may be presented in said matter. L. L. BRACKEN, HUBERT L. PARKINSON, ARTHUR K. MEEKER. Board of Public Works and Safety. Attest: Celia Null, Clerk of the Board. Nov. 25, Dec. 2-9 _o NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF HEARING ON APPROPRIATIONS

City Hall, Muncie, Ind. Notice to Contractors and to the Public: Notice is hereby given, to the public and to all contractors, that the Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, in the State of Indiana, invites sealed proposals for the construction, in said City, according to the respective improvement resolutions below mentioned, and according to the plans, profiles, drawing and specification therefor on file in the office of said Board of each of the public improvements herein below described, to wit: I. R. No. 792, 1938 — Grading Ward Avenue from Walnut Street to Granville Avenue. Each bidder is also to file with the Board an affidavit that there has been no collusion in any way affecting said bid, according to the terms of Sec. 95, of the Act of March 6th, 1905. (Acts 1905, p. 219) All such proposals should be sealed, and must be deposited with said Board before the hour of nine o'clock in the forenoon of the 5th day of December, 1938 and each such proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to said City, for the sum equal to two and one-half per cent (2 % % ) of City Civil Engineer’s estimate which shall be forfeited to said City as liquidated damages 1 , if the bidder depositing the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the required contract and bond, in case a contract shall be awarded him on such accompanying proposal. Said Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Celia Null, Clerk. Nov. 25, Dec. 2 o — NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENCE State of Indiana, Delaware County, SS: Erma L. McGilliard

vs.

Cassius C. McGilliard In The Superior Court, Sept. Term, 1938. Complaint: Divorce. No. 3756-S Notice is hereoy given the said defendant, Cassius C. McGilliard, that the plaintiff has filed her complaint herein, for divorce, together with an affidavit that the said defendant, Cassius C. McGilliard, is not a resident of the State of Indiana, and that unless he be and appear on Monday the 2!3rd day of January, 1939, the—day the next term of said Court, to be holden on the second Monday in January, A. D., 1939, at the Court House in the City of Muncie, in said County and State, the said cause will be heard and determined in his absence. WITNESS, the Clerk and the Seal of said Court, affixed at the City of Muncie this 23rd day of November, A. V., 1938. ARTHUR J. BECKNER SEAL Clerk. Walterhouse & Mansfield, Plaintiff’s Attorney. Nov. 25, Dec. 2 & 9 —o NOTICE OF HEARING ON ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION CITY OF MUNCIE The taxpayers of the City of Muncie are hereby notified that the Common Council of said City will, on December 5, 1938, hold a public hearing on the matter of an additional appropriation in the amount of $47,500.00 to provide for the payment of the principal of outstanding bonds of the City which mature and are payable in the year 1939. Said appropriation is in ad'dition to all existing appropriations and items provided for in existing budgets, and is made necessary by reason of the fact that the County Tax Adjustment Board eliminated from the budget of the City of Muncie for the year 1939 the provision for the payment of the bonds of the City payable in that year. Said public hearing will be held at the Council Chambers in the City Hall on the above named date, at the hour of 7:30 o’clock P. M., at which time all taxpayers may appear and be heard on the question of the necessity for said additional appropriation. Dated this 23rd day of November, 1938. LINTON RIDGEWAY City Clerk Nov, 25, Dec. 2. o— NOTICE Notice is hereby given to all persons affected by Declaratory Resolution No. 791-1938, adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Muncie, Indiana, on the 26th day of October, 1938, for reopening of vacated South Elm street from the south line of 18th Street, southward to the North line of Blocks 228 and 229, Lots 1 and 15, in the Muncie Natural Gas Land Improvement Company of the Watson Tract an Addition to the City of Muncie, Indiana. That on the 19th day of November, 1938, the City Civil Engineer, pursuant to order of said Board filed in the office of said Board, a list and roll of all persons affected by said Declaratory Resolution No. 7911938, and the Board determined that no benefits or damages were due in said matter. The Board will meet in its office in City Hall at 10 o’clock A. M., on the 20th day of December, 1938, for the purpose of hearing any re-

in the matter of the passage of certain ordinances by common council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, Delaware County, providing for special appropriation of funds. Notice is hereby given taxpayers of the City of Muncie, Indiana, Delaware County, that a public hearing will be in the City Hall, Muncie, Indiana, on the 5 day of December, 1938 at 7:30 o’clock P. M., on ordinances making special and additional appropriations as follows: An ordinance transferring the sum of $2,050.79 from item 12 special gasoline tax fund to item number 73 special gasoline tax fund; and transferring the sum of $847.75 from item 33 special gasoline tax fund to item number 73 special gasoline tax fund; and transferring the sum of $16.29 from item 72 special gasoline tax fund to item number 73 special gasoline tax fund and appropriating the sum of $1,612.91 from the general gasoline tax fund of the city of Muncie to item number 73 special gasoline tax fund, and appropriating the sum of $16,166.68 out of the general fund of the city of Muncie to budget item number 73 special gasoline tax fund. An ordinance appropriating the sum of $22,510.72 out of the general fund of the city of Muncie for the payment of all 1937 claims against the city and being unpaid. An ordinance appropriating the sum of $11,145.00 out of the general fund of the city of Muncie, Indiana, to the various departments of the city of Muncie, Indiana. Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. After the special appropriations have been decided upon by the Council, ten or more taxpayers, feeling themselves aggrieved by such appropriations may appeal to the state board of tax commissioners for further and final action thereon by filing a petition therefore with the county auditor not later than ten (10) days from the date of the final action of said council and the state board of tax commis. sioners will fix a date of hearing in this city. COMMON COUNCIL, of City of Muncie, Indiana Linton Ridgeway, City Clerk. Nov. 25, Dec. 2. -— o CITY ADVERTISEMENT

Notice of the Passage of an Ordinance to amend AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND Subdivisions “b”, “d” and “e” of Section II of an ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance relating to traffic and regulating the use of public streets and highways in the City of Muncie; prescribing regulations relative to the parking of vehicles upon such public streets and highways; providing for the installation, operation, maintenance, supervision, regulation and control of the use of parking meters; defining and providing for the establishment of parking meter zones upon the public streets and highways; providing for the payment thereof and for the supply of parts therefor exclusively from the receipts obtained from the operation of parking meters, providing for the enforcement hereof and providing penalties for the Violation hereof, adopted by the Common Council on the 20th day of October, 1937. Section 1—Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, that Subdivisions “b,” “d” and “e” of Section II of above described ordinance be amended to read as follows: SECTION II— b. Walnut Street from Victor Street North to Gilbert Street, parking on both sides of said street. — d. Washington Street from Franklin Street to Mulberry Street, parking on both sides of said street. e. Main Street from Franklin Street to Elm Street, parking on both sides of said Street. Section 2—This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage by the Common Council and the approval of the Mayor thereto. Passed by the Common Council this 21st day of November, 1938. CLARENCE R. HOLE, Presiding Officer. Presented by me to the Mayor for his approval and signature this 22nd day of November, 1938. LINTON RIDGEWAY, City Clerk. Approved and signed by me this 23rd day of November, 1938. ROLLIN H. BUNCH,

Mayor. Attest:

Linton Ridgeway, City Clerk. o LEMON TREE PROLIFIC

Dustin, Okla.—A Hughes county farmer, J. A. Hilliard, groks Japanese lemons that look like oranges but are little larger than limes. His one Japanese lemon tree has grown from seed brought from Georgia 20 years ago. The tree bears three to five times a year. 0 _ — Factory accidents are most likely to happen between 9:30 and 10 a. m. and between 4:30 and 5 p. m. say experts. The elasmosaurus, a huge prehistoric reptile, swam through the seas of Kansas some millions of years ago.

LAST MINUTE GOP RELIEF “PLEDGE" WAS TO INVESTIGATE, NOT PROVIDE

At practically the last moment, the G.O.P. high command got around to the absorbing subject of relief. Despite urgent demands of the public and their own press, and sharp challeneges from New Deal opponents, the Republican National Committee withheld announcement until November 3. It read: “A majority of Republican House and Senate incumbents and candidates today pledged themselves in the next Congress” —to support or provide relief? Not at all. They just did not go that far, out of consideration for all of their State platforms which deftly or clumsily sidestepped the issue. According to the announcement, the incumbents and candidates pledged themselves “to demand an seek unceasingly an INVESTIGATION into the political activities of all Federal relief agencies.” Cautiously risking a qualifying phrase to the effect that they “favor adequate relief for all in distress,” with the implication that it must be DIRE distress, the committment states that “we propose to do all in our power to expose and punish everyone playing politics with human misery; to safeguard relief administration against the corrupting and wasteful hand of the political spoilsman. Our objective,” this sanctimonious pledge continues, “is to bring to account every administrator or supervisor who undertakes to influence the votes of relief beneficiaries as the price of assistance given to them.” Being “convinced the American people overwhelmingly will support” their “efforts to bring to light the truth about the situation, preparatory to a thorough house cleaning of those officials responsible for it” (the “situation”) the Republican nominees were quoted by the G.O.P. high command in Washington as concluding as follows: “Only in that manner can we better care for those in dis-

tress.”

So that if nothing comes of their turning the next Congress into a grand jury those In distress will not receive better care insofar as the minority party is concerned, this promise having been wholly conditional. Overlooked in the “commitment” was the fact that announcements were made in Republican newspapers that WPA workers were being organized to support G.O.P. candidates. Instance the Scranton (Pa.) .Tribunes’ obviously authorized announcement that "A united rally of all WPA James for Governor Non-Partisan clubs” was to be held in Lackawanna county, with the names of the executive committee members .presiding officers and speakers clearly stated. —.—.—-qi ■ THE SOUTHEAST BEDROOM— LANIER MEMORIAL

Thousands of visitors — from every corner of Indiana and each of the forty-eight states—are attracted to the Lanier Memorial each year to study its architecture and its furnishings. • The stately mansion, overlooking the Ohio River at Madison, was built for James Franklin Dougherty Lanier in 1844 and is regarded as an outstanding example of the architecture of the period. The building was designed by Francis Costigan and has a classic simplicity and dignity found in much of the construction of the early nineteenth century. Moldings, panels, flutings and the great pillars and their elaborate capitals were executed by band— holding a special interest for the builder and worker in wood. The furnishings, for the most part original possessions of the Lanier family, present an accurate picture of the setting for a cultured, leisurely life of the pre-war period when Madison was the commercial center of the state, Re^ sponsibility for the securing of furnishings and their arrangement was undertaken by Miss Drusilla Lanier Cravens, granddaughter of James F. D. Lanier, at the time that the mansion became a state memorial in 1926. Aside from its architectural importance, the mansion is a memorial to Lanier, who as one of the leading financiers and public men of his day, twice placed his fortune at the disposal of the state in times of financial stress. Loans amounting to more than a million dollars were made by Lanier, first when troops were being raised by Governor Morton, and later when funds were required to finance the state’s necessary expenses. Combined with a visit to Clifty Falls state park, located a short distance west of Madison on Road 56, the Lanier Memorial is an ideal place for a week-end outing or a day’s motor trip. The memorial and the park are open throughout the year, drawing a growing number of visitors during the winter months when temperatures are milder than in the central and northern parts of the state. o BEWARE MONOXIDE GAS, OPEN GARAGE DOORS BEFORE STARTING MOTOR

a-

The danger of asphyxiation from carbon monoxide gas increases during the winter months, especially to motorists who keep their cars in private garages, Todd Stoops, secretary-manager of the Hoosier Motor club warned today. “The gas is present—in lethal quantities—in the exhaust fumes of every automobile,” Mr. Stoops said. “The amount varies from four per cent of the volume from perfectly tuned motors to seven and one half per cent in the average motor. The gas is colorless, odorless and tasteless, and undetectable in itself except by the

Kents Face Rugged Australian Life; Crows Even Carry Off Golf Balls

use of complicated aparatus, “The greatest danger from the gas results from the careless practice of starting the car on cold mornings with the doors and windows of the garage closed. The average garage has no ventilation system to carry out the exhause fumes, and unless the doors or the windows are open, the fumes will fill the garage by the time the engine is ‘warmed up.’ “Also, many cases of asphyxiation are reported where persons have parked their cars and remained seated with the engine running to keep the heater at work. This always is dangerous unless some window is open to allow ventilation. A few cases of carbon monoxide deaths have been caused through leaky exhaust pipes. In these cases no windows were open and the gas seeped into the closed car.” universFseen YIELDING SECRET

Rochester, N. 1.—The question —is the universe expanding, or does light get tired and lose energy in its race through spacesoon may be answered by Dr. Edwin Hubble, of the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California, scientists here believe. The answer, they said, may he found when the new 200-inch reflector, cast in Corning, N. Y., glass works, is completed. If the universe is expanding, the giant reflector being built on Mt. Palomar, in California, may indicate the type of expansion. The new mirror will collect fonr times as much light as the 100-inch Hooker reflector now in use at Mt. Wilson. The light from the distant star galaxies is captured by the reflector on Mt. Wilson and passed through a spectographic lens. The lens breaks up the light into different bands which form the spectrum of the tested star. The light from these stars is invariably shifting toward the red end of the spectrum. Such a shift indicates presumably that these galaxies are speeding away from the earth. If the distant nebulae are receding the assumption is that the universe is expanding. But the speeds, about 28,000 miles a second, are so great that many astronomers believe that the expanding universe may he an illusion. “If the loss in energy occurs in the nebulae,” Dr. Hubble said, then, very probably, the red shifts are familiar velocity shifts and the nebulae are all receding. If the loss occurs in space, then the nebulae are sensibly stationary, but the light loses energy, by some unknown mechanism, in proportion to the distance it travels the universe.” At the moment Dr. Hubble fa vors the stationary universe, but results do not rule out the possi bility of an expanding one. ■ o WORK FOR THE LEGISLATURE

When the legislature meets after the first of the year, the problems of the state will be just the same even though the control of the House apparently has been taken over by the Republican party. The senate remains under Democratic majority. It is too much to expect that the opposition party will not do all that it can to embarrass and hamper the Governor. His two years in office have set a record for efficiency. He has introduced needed reforms, particularly in his attitude towards the difficult labor problems. No one would abolish his Labor division. It has become the most useful instrument for industrial peace. Only very foolish or very vicious men would destroy it. Nor would any set aside his old age assistance. The aged must still be cared for and given the necessities of life. There may be amendments to the present law, but they must be along the lines of inprovement. Our state institutions have reached a new high level under Governor Townsend. Would any party wipe out his fine work in caring for the sick, the infirm, or thecriminals? There is still work to be done, but it must be along the lines of progress. The Republican party will be on trial in the coming session, even more so than the Democratic party. If its policy is that of obstruction, it will invite swift punishment from the people, for the state did not vote to abolish all progress when it chose a few Republican members of the legislature. The administration of Governor Townsend has never been partisan. He has served the state and all the people. He has looked forward, not backward. He still looks forward. The Republican party will be judged by its willingness to cooperate with the Governor in the passage of new laws that will benefit all the people, not hinder him in his program and policies. The world did not end on election day. o COACH LEAVES 23-YEAR JOB

Wooster, O.—L. C. Boles, who has held his job longer than any other college coach in Ohio—having piloted Wooster college’s football teamfe for 23 years—will resign after the 1939 season.- His successor will be Johnny Swigart, backfield coach.

Canberra, Australia.—The Duke of Kent will have to take a rifle with him if he plays golf on one of the numerous courses outside Canberra after taking up his post as governor-general here. The crows are so daring and mischievous that they swoop down on the course and carry off the golf balls. The only way to stop them is by the players bringing them down with a rifle or shotgun. The Duke and Duchess of Kent also will be able to try the local sport of kangaroo hunting, and if they are successful, may sample kangaroo steaks. Their residence is eight miles outside the capital and is a stone mansion called Yarralumla. The site once was a famous sheep station. Although built in 1841, Government House has been remodeled throughout and now the outer shell is all that remains of the original building. Canberra is only 11 years old and has been built along garden city lines with 40 miles of treelined avenues, suburbs two miles apart, and with dazzling white public buildings. Australian wattle, with its golden flower, 60,000 flowering fruit trees and British trees especially imported, have been planted throughout the town, while a carpet of flowers grows in front of Parliament House. Each bungalow and private house is situated in a small plantation, with no fences, and each is designed in soft pastel shades matching the blues and purples of the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, which encircles Canberra. The Monaro Plains which surround Government House are noted for their hospitality and the entertainment offered at numerous sheep stations. Polo is played on some of the stations, and at Bungendore there is a horse race track for amateur riders. Dances, sports meets and “billy teas”—the Australian equivalent of the barbecue—are held regularly on the sheep stations.

'T'HRIFTY FAMILIES from coast to -E coast prefer Servel Electrolux. For they know it saves more. Its different, simpler freezing principle assures continued low running cost . . . freedom from upkeep expense . . . and permanently silent operation—year after year. See the new models today.

SPECIAL A few brand new 1938 Elextrolux Gas refrigerators are offered for clearance a t special prices. Get a liberal allowance on your old ice-box.

CENTRAL INDIANA GAS COMPANY