Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 7 April 1939 — Page 4

THE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 30th Congressional District, The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County. Entered as second classc matter January 15, 1921, at the Poetoffice at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 3879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$1.50 A YEAR 223 North Elm Street, Phone 2540 MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher Muncie, Indiana, Friday, April 7, 1939.

Puts Ban on WPA “Jokes” Anything suggestive of censorship is repugnant to Americans, but there is merit in the edict issued last week by the American Federation of Actors that its 10,000 members hereafter refrain from jokes directed at WPA workers. f ‘Such wit is often vicious and cruel, something like a joke at a funeral/’ said one advocate of the proposal. Ninety per cent of the men and women on WPA are there through no fault of their own. It ill becomes those of us who have food, shelter and proper raiment to laugh at their misfortunes.

Want Federal Taxes Cut Again we are bombarded with the cry: “Cut taxes and help business.” The advocates of this policy would like to have ds believe that certain business enterprises are so burdened by taxation that they can scarcely move, but it is worth observing that they seldom name the industries which are being oppressed. And it is always the Federal tax they want to cut, and yet the Federal tax is the least oppressive of all, because it is levied on profits. That means, of course, that in order to be compelled to pay such a tax you must be prosperous, or fairly so. The corporation or individual who is “broke,” or almost in that lamentable condition, doesn’t pay a Federal tax. The fact of the matter is that most of those who are shouting “cut taxes,” want to reduce the taxes of the very rich—of those who have prospered, even in times of great depression, and who, therefore, have the ability to pay and should be compelled to pay.

Americanism Defined Webster (generally acknowledged as an authority of word definitions) defines Americanism as “Attachment or loyalty to the United States, its traditions, interests or ideals.” This for the information of certain backsliding Americans who seem to think there are several kinds of Americanism. Mr. Webster aptly defines the word. There can be only one kind of Americanism. Deep-rooted love of the United States and its “traditions, interests, or ideals.” And if anyone wants further definition as to just what these traditions, etc., are, they are aptly written in the document on which Americanism is founded—the Constitution.

Expect April to Bring Business Up-Swing As the Annalist puts it, “The business recession continues, though at a leisurely pace.” Business is now operating at about the level of the end of 1935. Time’s index stood at about 96 during a recent week—as against 103 at the end of 1938, 105 at the end of 1937, and 118 at the end of 1936. Yet the best commentators are not discouraged. They point out that the bad spots in the picture—declining world trade, high unemployment—are nothing new. As Newsweek observes, “They were with us throughout the extraordinary I'ise of business in the second half of last year.” And there are good spots to be seen—reduced inventories in most lines, steady commodity prices, prospects for new security issues. As a result, the authorities cling almost 100 per cent to their past prediction that April will mark the start of a strong upward movement that will bring the indexes to their highest point since depression, by the end of the year—or, failing that, to a point very near it. Slackness in security sales is perhaps one of the worst of immediate factors. There has been no sharp, severe drop in values—it’s just that both buying and selling are at extremely low ebbs. Investors are playing close to their belts.

State Conservation Program Is Endorsed Statewide endorsement of Indiana’s program for conservation of natural resources was given by thousands of visitors at the second annual Hoosier Sportsman’s Show held during the past nine days, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, said today. This endorsement was given through the interest displayed in the conservation exhibit—one of the feature attractions of the show; in the written and spoken comments of the visitors, and in the awakened interest demonstrated in the varied conservation activities. While members of Indiana’s 874 organized conservation clubs made up a large part of the attendance, many of the visitors announced their detennination to participate in the conservation program by joining local clubs.

Totalitarian “Efficiency” Just a Dream (From “Labor”) Many claims are heard nowadays that dictator countries are performing miracles of industrial production, while democracies lag behind. Those assertions can seldom be tested by figures, but a “yardstick” for one of them was provided this week by a Department of Commerce report. It says that automobile production in Germany “increased slightly” from 267,000 cars in 1937 to 278,000 in 1938 and truck production rose even less, from 60,000 to 61,000. In 1938 the United States produced 2,000,985 cars and 488,650 trucks. To equal that record in proportion to its population, Germany would have had to produce at least 1,000,000 trucks. Actually, it produced about one-fourth that many. This is a fair test of dictatorship “efficiency,” because Hitler started out several years ago, with a blare of publicity to make a cheap “people’s car” which would put millions of Germans on wheels. Yet Germany’s automobile production made almost no gain last year, and is not even in sight of the annual production figures of democratic Uncle Sam. .

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- We Often Have Meatless Dinners at Our House” says Frances Langford

I x The Singing Star of 'Hollywood Hotel* Program Gives Some of Her Favorite Menus for Meatless Dinners By Dorothy Greig 4fTXOOD is a very serious matter J; to girls in radio or pictures,” smiled Frances Langford. “We have to eat the things that keep our vitality high, and our figures slim. That means lots of fruits and vegetables and tomato juice and things like that. I like fish, too, and especially during Lent at our house we serve fish as well as other meatless

dishes.”

f* Frances Langford is the girl who lost one voice and quite surprisingly found herself with another. She was born in Lakeland, Florida, and as a very young girl had a beai-iful high soprano voice. Then came an attack of tonsilitis and the removal of her tonsils. And finally one Sunday she went to assume her accustomed soprano role in church. She opened her mouth to sing and to her and everybody’s amazement a deep, husky contralto came forth. At first, Frances was dismayed but tinder the guidance of her mother she learned to appreciate her new voice. And now, of course, that voice has brought her fame as the

singing star of the “Hollywood Hotel” hour on the air, not to mention picture contracts, too. Frances gave us some of the menus of meatless meals served recently in her home, together with the recipes of her own particular

favorite dishes. Celery Soup

Cod Fish Cakes with Tomato Sauce Old-Fashioned Cole Slate Buttered String Beans Wholewheat Bread Jellied Fruit with Whipped Cream

Clam Chowder Esctdloped Macaroni and Cheese Pickled Beets Buttered Spinach Bran Bread and Butter De&p Dish Apple Pie with Foamy Sauce

Frances Langford, lovely singing star of the "Hollywood Hotel” program, chats about her favorite meatless

dishes.

Pea Soup

* Baked Stuffed Fish with Dill Dressing, Tomato Sauce Buttered Broccoli Parsley Potatoes Cloverleaf Rolls Hot Gingerbread with Apple Sauce Tomato Juice Escalloped Corn Brussels Sprouts Harvard Beets Bran Bread and Butter * Steamed Fig Pudding with Foamy Orange Sauce

Asparagus Soup Salmon Loaf with *Clam Chowder Sauce Baked Potatoes Green Peas Bread and Butter Tapioca Pudding with Currant Jelly

Tomato Juice Escalloped Noodles with Tuna Fish Buttered Carnots Siring Beans Corn Muffins Head Lettuce with French Dressing Fresh Rhubarb Pie These are the recipes Frances Langford thought you might like to have:

Baked Stuffed Fish with DiiU Dressing, Hot Tomato Sauce Dill Dressing: 3 cups soft bread crumbs Vz teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper 3 tablespoons onion, minced 1/3 cup melted butter 4 tablespoons dill pickles,

chopped

2 tablespoons parsley, chopped < Mix the bread crumbs with seasoning and onion; add butter slowly, and toss dressing with a fork to mix. Then add the chopped dill pickle and parsley. Baked Stuffed Fish: 3-5 pound fish 'A Salt and pepper ^ Rub the inside of the fish with salt and sprinkle with pepper. Fill with Dill Dressing and sew edges of fish together. Place the fish ia a well-greased baking pan or on greased heavy paper in a shallow, pan. Sprinkle salt on the outside of the fish and baste with butter or pork fat. If the fish is lean, lay strips of bacon or salt pork over the fish or baste every 10 minutes while in the oven, fiake fish in a moderately hot (375-400 degree F.) oven allowing 10-12 minutes per pound. i If the oven is opened to baste fish more time should be allowed for baking. ^ Hot Tomato Sauce: 1 can condensed tomato soup , Heat the condensed tomato soup just as it comes from the can and serve 2-4 tablespoons of sauce over each portion of fish. Serves 6-7. *

Steamed Fig Pudding with Foamy Orange Sauce 4 tablespoons shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 can condensed tomato soiu 2 cups flour, sifted 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vz teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons baking powder Vz teaspoon baking soda IVz cups chopped figs ( Sift flour, then measure, add spices, baking powder and baking soda and sift again. Wash the figs and dry thoroughly, then chop and combine with 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture. Cream the shortening, and add sugar gradually and cream together well. Add beaten egg and mix thoroughly. Then add the flour alternately with the tomato soup. Stir until the mixture is smooth. Then fold in the figs. Put a greased mold and steam for 2 hours. Use melon mold, empty coffee can or shortening can and fill to within two inches of the top. Serves 8-10. __ i

Foamy Orange Sauce J A cup butter % cup confectioner’s sugar 1 teaspoon orange rind, grated 1 egg, separated 2 tablespoons orange juice Grate the orange rind and to It add the orange juice. Cream the butter thoroughly. Add the confectioner’s sugar, and mix. Stir in the egg yolk, then the orange juice. Fold in the beaten egg white. Serve 1 spoonful on each piece of pudding.

Clam Chowder Sauce (for fish loaves') 1 can condensed clam, chowder Vz cup milk or cream 4 Add the milk or cream to clam chowder. Heat quickly and serr« as a sauce with fish loaves.

FLOWER TOPKNOTS A frivolous but utterly fetching addenda to your new spring ensemble for dress-up wear would be one of the little topknots of flowers shrouded in yards of veiling which masquerade under the name of hats. They may be had in a variety of flower interpretations but are particularly charming when made of jonquils, narcissus, iris or roses.

GAIETY IN GLOVES Bright hued , gloves will be an almost ubiquitous part of smart ensembles this spring. The gloves are being shown in both suedes and leathers, among the newest being those of pigskin in the season’s high style colors, which are cyclamen, fuchsia, aqua blue and hyacinth.

SEASHELL BOUTONNIERES Those wee little shells that sprinkle Miami sands are being used by the novelty jewelry makers to fashion boutonnieres for spring suits. Strung on wires and painted in the brighter colors, the shells are fashioned to resemble bunches of tiny flowers.

MONOGRAM PINS Keep an eye out in your favorite store for the new monogram pins to be had both in silver arid and gilt finish. The pins are so reasonably priced that you will be able to afford both gold and silver finish ones and they are decorative and vastly useful.

QUICK RECIPE FROM THE SHELF How often have guests dropped in on Sunday nights and you wished you could invite them to remain for an informal supper? But the neighborhod grocery store was closed and there just was not the making of a meal in the house. A clever way to avoid such a contingency is to keep on one of your pantry shelves the makings of a dish that can be put together in a hurry and yet maintains your reputation as a cook as well as hostess. For such an occasion stock up with a couple of boxes of macaroni, one . or two cans of No. 2 tomatoes and two six-ounce jars of shrimps. Onions being a staple are always on hand and the only other ingredients are sugar, salt and pepper, also staples.

Then, if you want to put together a quick and filling dish you are well prepared. To serve four take one box of macaroni and cook in boiling water until tender. Open a jar of the shrimps and remove the black veins. Open a can of tomatoes and mix with the shrimps and macaroni. Chop up fine a medium sized onion and add to the mixture. Season with a teaspoon of sugar (to counteract the acid of the tomatoes), Salt and pepper. Pour in a casserole and bake in a moderately hot oven for 40 minutes. o NEW SHOE MODES GIVE FOOT THAT “FRAGILE” LOOK Shoes are so important this spring one can, upon occasion, build a whole ensemble around a pair of shoes. They are gay, they are colorful, they are frivolous and they are designed to give the foot that fragile feminie look which strikes the keynote of the new fashions. One new type of shoe for dressier wear is that of very soft leather with a cut out design simulating lace. These shoes give one’s feet a dressed up, charmingly feminine appearance wholly in keeping with the new styles. Another type is the quilted shoe, also of soft leather quilted in flower designs on the toe. Patent leather shoes with bright red heels will touch off a black ensemble to perfection, especially if the red accent is picked up and repeated in accessories. For instance, try a pair of these shoes with a black crepe dress, wear bright red nail polish, gloves and boutonniere in red. The designers also have been experimenting with new lines in heels to change the silhouettes of spring feet. Among the newest is the keg heel, wihch suggests a cone in shape and by lessening the opening under the arch makes the foot appear sizes smaller. Still another new departure is the shoe of black patent leather or garbardine stitched in white. The new spring shoes are almost universally open to the toe and the majority alsojhave substituted straps for heels. The sandal with very broad instep strap is a becoming and youthful style. When you go shopping in your own favorite store for your spring, wardrobe in shoes, keep an eye out also, Tor a new type of over-

shoe that simulates a shoe so cleverly it is difficult to identify as a rubber. It fits the foot like a glove and through a process known as textran is made to simulate suede, alligator and even real suede, alligator and even thaws are inevitable and a bulky overshoe will spoil any smart spring ensemble, this new type of shoe glove is an important development in foot wear fashions. o CITY ADVERTISEMENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY Office of the Board City Building, Mucie, Indiana. Notice of Declaratory Resolution To Vacate A Certain Portion of North Street: Notice to Property Owners: Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Muncie, Indiana, that on the 6th day of April, 1939, said Board adopted its Declaratory Resolution No. 804-1939 for the vacation of a certain portion of North Street described as follows: From the west line of Talley Avenue to the west line, produced northward, of the first alley west of Talley Avenue between said North Street and Gilbert Street; The said Board of Public Works and Safety has fixed the 27th day of April, 1939, as the final date on which remonstrances against said resolution and vacation of such portion of North Street may be filed by persons interested in or affected by said described resolution and said vacation of said portion of North Street, and on said date, at 10:00 o'clock a. m., said Board of Public Works and Safety, at its office in the City Building in said City, will receive, hear and consider any remonstrances w'hich may have been filed or which then may be presented, and will hear all persons interested in or affected by said vacation proceedings; and on said date said Board will take final action on any such remonstrances and on said resolution and will modify, confirm or rescind said resolution, -or will postpone such final action until another date. Such-final action when taken shall be final'and conclusive on all persons. . . " a . BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF MUNCIE, INDIAN^. . By. Wilbur A. 'Full, Clerk. April .7 & 14.

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE Notice is hereby given, that the Administrator of the Estate of Samuel H. Baisinger deceased, has filed his account for final settlement of said estate. All persons interested in said Estate are hereby notified to appear in the Delaware Circuit Court held at Muncie, Indiana, on Monday the 1st day of May, 1939 being the 25th day of the regular April Term of said Court, and show cause why said account should not be approved. The heirs of said decedent, and all others interested, are also required to appear in said Court, on said day, and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said Estate. J. ORVEL EBRITE, Administrator F. Clayton Mansfield, Attorney. Attest: Arthur J. Beckner, Clerk. April 7-14-21 o NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS

State of Indiana, Delaware County, ss: Robert C. Clark vs. Dora L. Clark In the Superior Court January Term, 1939 Complaint; Divorce No. 4119-S Notice is hereby given the said defendant Dora L. Clark that the plaintiff has filed his complaint herein, for divorce together with an affidavit that the said defendant Dora L. Clark is not a resident of the State of Indiana, and that unless she be and appear on Saturday the 3rd day of June, 3939, the 48th day the next term of said Court, to be holden on the second Monday in April, A. D., 1939, at the Court House in the City of Muncie, in said Comity and State, the said cause will be heard and determined in her absence. WITNESS, the Clerk and the Seal of said Court, affixed at the City of Muncie, this 3 day of April A. D., 1939. ARTHUR J. BECKNER, Clerk John J. O’Neill, Plaintiff’s Atty. April 7-14-21 o ANGLERS ACTIVE AS WEATHER IMPROVES Thousands of Hoosier anglers have been taking advantage of the spring weather and the improved stream conditions during the past few d*ays, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, said today. No change was made in open or

closed seasons for fishing in In-i diana during the recent session of! the General Assembly. The present open season applies to bluegills, red-eared sunfish, crappies, rock bass, silver or yellow bass, small and large inouth black bass, Kentucky bass, white or striped bass, pike-perch, pike or pickerel and yellow perch. The closed season on these species begins May 1 and ends June 16. The season on taking brook, brown, rainbow and Loch Leven trout. in Indiana is closed until May 1 and thep will open until

Sept. 1. Due to heavy rains which sent many streams out of their banks, the fishing in many of the rivers and creeks has not been particularly good but wjth continued fair weather, stream conditions have been improved rapidly and fishing is better. o The government of Mexico has built 14,000 schools in country districts. The United States army engineers are experimenting with an antennaless plane.

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