Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 16 June 1939 — Page 4
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TIIK POST-DEMOCRAT A Demperatic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats ot Mancie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District, The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County. Entered as second classc matter January 15, 1921, at the Postoffice nt Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. '"PRICE 5 CENTS—$1.50 A YEAR ‘ 223 North Elm Street, Phone 2540 MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher ■Muncie, Indiana, Friday, June 16, 1939.
Research Paves Way of Progress A yarn that looks like wool, feels like wool and wears like wool. It even smells like wool when it burns. But it’s made from milk. Wooden spectacles? Yes, wooden spectacles. The lenses are made of plastic “glas,” a new non-breakable product that is clearer than glass and can be ground, cut or molded. And it is made of coal, air and wood. Another synthetic glass is the cold-light tube that can pick up light at one end and carry it through to the other while the tube remains cold. All the above things just dreams? No. All of them are being exhibited in the Previews of Progress Auditorium at the New York World’s Fair. There, on an ingenious revolving stage, are presented the wonders of today that are likely to become a vital part of our daily lives in the World of Tomorrow. Yarn from milk can be expected on the market soon; plastics are just now being introduced to the public, and cold-light tubing may brighten the homes of tomorrow with decorative effects.
Help for the Little Fellow There has been a.persistent effort to induce people in moderate circumstances to buy homes, with the payments guaranteed by the government. Well, some statisticians have figured it out that these government transactions turn out to be a sort of a bonus from the government, which make it $150 to $300 year cheaper to buy a home on the government plan. The same authorities indicate that it is cheaper to buy a house than pay rent. That is wholly, or partially true. It is an offer of the government to help families own their own homes—their own roofs over their heads. President Roosevelt’s latest suggestion is for an extra acre to provide space for a cow, pigs, fruit trees and vegetable gardens. It is not resisted because it is a friendly gesture and not an offer of more of the taxpayers money. The banks of the country have plenty of money in their vaults and surpluses. Still, the pressure grows to force congress to provide additional ways, with the government’s help, so that small business men can borrow more money. But this is the little-fellows day of opportunity to secure government help. A lot of folks are taking advantage of current opportunities.
Hitting the Highways The man who wrote that “highways are more than just roads leading from place to place,” is not a mere observer in the parade of progress—he is a modern philosopher. Old Sol has come out from cold weather quarters to usher in the days of summer. That means week-ends and longer vacations. The problem in the early days was to blaze a trail, through the wilderness. Then with the turn of this century the first automobiles were hunting for a decent road. Finally America was dug out of the mud. Presto, how the landscape has been glorified. On every highway the farms and homes have been dressed up to make a good appearance. * Paint has had boom days ever since the beginning of new highway building.
Quiet Fields of Long Island Just out of New York on Long Island is the biggest World’s Fair ever put across. A few miles away on the Sunrise Highway is Frank Buck’s Jungle Camp, where a magnificent herd of 16 zebras has just arrived.and are on exhibit as one of the amazing sights for tourists on vacation. It is easy to agree with the press release from Amityville that the zebras which the Boers bred to pull their heavy cannon across the African countryside, are a real curiosity, even in so complete an array of animals as are to be found in the jungle camp.
CANNED Bf/eF—The “Western Range” Senators’ howl about the Presiding ordering the Navy to buy Argentine canned beef is the greatest fiasco I’ve seen. Just look here: For years and years we’ve been importing more beef and beef products than we’ve been exporting. Get this. We don’t grow enough beef for our own use. What would these howlers have us do—make canned beef out of horses and rabbits? President Roosevelt, won’t you let this canned beef farce open your eyes? Why don’t you get behind a cost-of-produc- ’ # tion farm bill? Then we’ll grow enough beef to feed us all, including the Navy. . Federal incorporation would make the packers be good.
Visit Turkey Run Park
The travel department of the Hoosier Motor club suggests a trip to Turkey Run state park which is located near Marshall in northern Parke County where the waters of Turkey Run join those of Sugar Creek. This park, which was the first in the state park system, is a 1,250 tract of virgin and second growth timber preserved by its former nature loving owner. Some of the trees in the park were standing when Columbus discovered America. More than 285 acres of the virgin timber is typical of the hardwood forests which once covered Indiana before the white man came. Some of the trees are over 100 feet in height and among them will be found walnut, white and red oak, wild cherry, sycamore, maple, hemlock, yew and poplar. Swift flowing streams of the glacial period cut spectacular gorges in the sandstone. Studded with heavy timber, abundance of moss, ferns and clinging vines, some of the gorges are so protect-
ed that within their depths temperatures vary only slightly. Twenty-eight miles of trails have been cleared and marked so that many scenic attractions are easily accessible. Turkey Run Inn, open the year around, is a steam heated, modern comfortable hotel. It is surrounded by large forest trees and well kept lawns. For those who prefer cottages, several have been provided near the Inn. The cottages are of two, three and four bedroom capacity. In the hotel are spacious lounges, game rooms, ping-pong and dances during the summer. Outside the hotel are trails of surpassing beauty in all .seasons, children’s play-grounds and play school, riding horses, archery, tennis, swimming and organized hikes. The hotel rates are authorized by the Indiana Conservation Department and include meals. Reservations should be made in advance by addressing Turkey Run Inn, Marshall, Indiana.
SPENDING IS CLAIMED HELP TO BUSINESS
Steady Improvement Is Noticeable All Over Country “Increased spending in trade center,” according to Time magazine, is responsible for the advance, small, but steady, in business conditions. For four weeks the idea has risen steadily. The report is for all the business in the entire nation, not of localities or commodities, but the vast transactions which go\ to make up what is roughly called business, and whose total determines the national income. Some weeks ago the nation was told by President Roosevelt that the one sure way to recovery and prosperity was an increase in spending power. He called attention to business men, both large and small, that their profits depended upon the earning power of the average family in their own communities. He said that the cure for sick business is more customers, just as the cure for unemployment is more jobs. The federal government is now assisting in this process. It is helping by loaning money to home owners, and builders who are putting back to work the carpenters, the plumbers, the brick-layers long idle. It is assisting by insuring credits to small businesses so that they can obtain the credit which private capital found it unsafe or unwise to furnish. Just as long as government continues to furnish confidence by showing its own confidence in the people themselves, there will be a continuance of these same stories that creep into the newspapers and are buried in the financial pages. Big business complains that the people need confidence.- The answer of the New Deal is to show confidence in the people, to provide them with the credit they need, to permit them to use that credit which is based upon character and the firm faith that this country will continue under its present system of government. The people will continue to use automobiles, radios, tractors; will continue to wear suits and dresses; will continue to eat the products <5f farm and ranch just as long as they are permitted to earn and pay for them. Paupers and beggars never made a merchant rich or safe. And this is not a country of paupers and beggars. WELFAREWORK WIDE IN SCOPE
Buffalo, N. Y.—Associate and special groups which will meet here June 18-24 in conjunction with the National Conference of Social Work include: American Association for Labor Legislation, American Association of Medical Social Workers, American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, American Association of Schools of Social Work, American Association of Social Workers, American Association of Visiting Teachers, American Council on Community Self-Help Exchanges, American Home Economics Association, Social Welfare and Public Health Departments, American Red Cross; American Public Welfare Association, Birth Control Federation of America, Child Welfare League of America, Church Conference of Social Work, Clinical Psychology Group, Community Chests and Councils; Conference on Immigration Policy, Council of Women for Home Missions, Episcopal Social Work Conference and Family Welfare Association of America. Also Forum on the American Indians, Joint Committee on Relief Statistics of American Statistical Association and American Public Welfare Association; Joint Committee of Trade Unions in Social Work, Joint Vocation Service, Legal Aid Group, Life Adjustment Bureau, National Association for Aid to Dependent Children, National Association of Goodwill Industries, National Association for the Study of Group Work, National Association of Training Schools, National Board, Young Women’s Christian Associations, National Child Labor Committee, National Committee on Volunteers in Social Work, National Conference of International Institutes and National Institute of Immigrant Welfare, National Conference of Jewish Social Work and National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship. Also National Council for the Physically Handicapped, National Council, Young Women’s Christian Associations; National Federation of Settlements, National. Girls* Work Council, National Group of Seamen’s Agencies; National Probation Association, National Society for Crippled Children, National Travelers’ Aid Association, National Tuberculosis Association, Salvation Army Social Service Exchange Committee, Social Work Publicity Council, Social Work Today, and Social Workers’ Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy.
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Texans' Losses In Closed Bank Paid By 'Mr. X’
tlTETlE all for jellied foods in fY melting weather. ^ They slither down so nice and cool. v Some people like jellied desserts but as for us, we’ll vote every time for spicily seasoned jellied vegetables, meat, chicken, or fish. When we serve such a dish we’re always careful to precede it with a light hot soup to provide the very necessary hot dish every meal should have in warm weather. This > jellied salad is one of our favorites for a warm-weather luncheon or supper. We like it, first, because it tastes good and, second, because it is so easy to make.
Jellied salad is a happy thought for a summer meal.
Jellied Vegetable Salad with Horseradish Mayonnaise 1 package lemon-flavored gelatin 1 cup hot water 1 cup tomato juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice Vi teaspoon salt 2 cups shredded cabbage 1 medium-size cucumber, shredded 2 scallions, sliced very thin Pour the boiling hot water over the lemon-flavored gelatin and stir until dissolved. Then add the tomato juice and set aside to cool. When the mixture begins to stiffen, add shredded cabbage, cucumber, sliced scallions, lemon juice and salt. Pour Into a mold and put Into the refrigerator until firm. Turn out on lettuce or greens and serve. Serves 7-9. Horseradish Mayonnaise cup mayonnaise l teaspoon grated horseradish Mix thoroughly.
Reports Drop (Continued From Page One.) about the present situation,” he continued. “One is that persons eligible for benefits are getting them when they need them and the money is adding an important item to business in each community. Second, the fact that thousands of eligibles are working and therefore nqt needing benefits means that business conditions are much improved. Third, the fact that those who are working are building up wages on w^hich they can draw benefits in the future, is a strong factor in maintainging individual and collective confidence. “The trend has been the same for the state as a whole. An average of 18,720 persons per week received benefits in the state last month, or approximately 2.8 per cent of the approximately 670,000 insured employees in Indiana. Last October was the record month in the state with an average of 55,740 checks per week, or 8.4 per cent of coverage. “The drop in filing of new claims since the first of the year has been notable, though they increased somewhat in April.” o MAYOR ABOUT FACES
Clyde, O.—Mayor William Blair thought that children should be allowed to have fun with bean-shoot-ers, but ordered all such weapons confiscated and destroyed after a youthful marksman used the back of his honor’s neck for a target. The mayor previously had reprimanded his marshal for scolding children with bean-shooters. o NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that an emergency exists for a meeting of the Township Advisory Board of Hamilton Township, Delaware County, Indiana to make appropriations of additional amounts of money for expenditures for said Township during the current year of 1939, as
follows, to-wit:
Fund No. 4, Printing and Ad-
vertising $ 20.00 Fund No. 12, Repair of Building and Equipment 1850.00 Fund No. 14, New Equipment.. 650.00 Fund No. 17, Fuel 500.On Fund No. 22, Janitor Service . . 400.00 Fund No. 24, Eight and Power . 200.00
And that a meeting of the Township Advisory Board of said Township and the trustee thereof, will be held at the office of the said Township Trustee at his residence in the said Township of Hamilton, on the 26th day of June, 1939 at 8:00 o’clock P. M. of said day[ at which time said appropriations will be considered. LOWEEE {STAFFORD Trustee of Hamilton Township June 16-23 O NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND TO
PUBLIC
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Muncie, Indiana, will, up to the hour of 2:30 o’clock P. M. on Tuesday, June 27, 1939, at the office of said Board in the City Building in Muncie, Indiana, receive sealed proposals for the furnishing of the following materials for use in construction of Sewage Disposal Works as per plans and specifications therefor now on file, to-wit: Conduit, elbows, couplings, exterior and interior brick, structural tile, stone trim and filter gravel. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a non-collusion affidavit, as required by Section 95 of Chapter 129 of the Acts" of 1905 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Board of Public Works and Safety, of Muncie, Indiana. By WILBUR A. FULL. Clerk June 16-23
San Francisco—The thing that is most calculated to bring war in the near future is failure to bring about world stabilization of trade. Dr. Carl Landauer, professor of economies at the Univeristy of California, told California audiences. “The trade door should be kept open for all dictatorship nations if they want to return to a policy of political and economic appeasement,” he said. “Some day they will return and we must do everything to make it possible before he world is again engulfed in the catastrophe of war. “Raw materials, colonies and export trade are among the dictators’ most present needs—and thus an equal world trade is the only possible answer to their armament and other ‘power backed demands’.” Dr. Landauer pointed out that before Adolf Hitler came into power, Germany had no raw material problem and its share in the world export trade increased" rapidly through liberal trade agreements. In 1926, he cited, Germany’s share in world export trade was 8.44 per cent and in 1932 this had risen to 11.04 per cent. “However, when the Nazis sacrificed trade relations to power politics,” he said, ‘they reduced Germany’s share in world export trade and made it difficult to get enough raw materials. In 1932 this export trade had dropped to 9.4 per cent and continues to drop steadily owing to lack of raw materials. “Nothing can solve this problem except a return on the part of Germany, to sound principles of commercial policy. Former colonies meant nothing to Germany economically. In fact, in 1913 they took only 1 per cent of the exports and gave only 1 per cent of Germany’s imports. They would not mean much more if they were given back to the Reich now. “However, should they be returned, every concession, colonial or otherwise, will be used by the Nazis to obtain strategic : positions for pressure policy to increase armament. What is true of Germany, is also true in some extent of Japan and Italy, but in the end, only the re-establishment of stable normal international trade can save them, and the world with them, from a catastrophe.” o —— DUST CAUSES FIRE ALARM Harwich, Mass. — Responding to an alarm sent out from a fire observation tower in East Harwich, the town fire fighters found Road Commissioner Alton Hall and his men widening the road. They were scraping up so much dust that the fire observer mistook it for smoke. o SANDLOTTERS TO MEET
Ogden, Utah. — Semi-profession-al and amateur baseball players from Utah, Idaho and Wyoming will assemble at the baseball park here August 8 to 12, when the Cincinnati Reds conduct their annual baseball school. Mickey Shader and Hank Severeid are to be in charge of the school. o BOND SALE NOTICE CITY OF MUNCIE
Sealed proposals will he received hy the undersigned Controller of the City of Muncie, Indiana, at his office in said city, up to the hour of 10 o’clock A. M. on the 24th day of June, 1939, for the purchase of bonds of said city designated as “Refunding Bonds of 1939, Series B,’’ in the amount of $20,000.00, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 4%% per annum (the exact rate to be determined by bidding), which interest is payable on July 1, 1940, and semiannually thereafter. Said bonds are to be dated as of July 1, 1939, will be issued in denominations of $500.00, and will mature as follows $10,000.00 on January 1, 1945, and $10,000.00 on January 1, 1946. Bidders for these bonds will be required to name the rate of interest which the bonds are to bear, not exceeding 4%% per annum. Such interest rate must be in multiples of Vi. of 1 % and not more than one interest rate shall be named hy each bidder. Said bonds will he awarded to the highest qualified bidder who has submitted his bid in accordance herewith. The highest bidder will be the one who offers the lowest cost to the city, to be determined by computing the total interest on all of the bonds to their maturities and deducting therefrom the premium bid, of any. No conditional hid or bids for less than the par value of said bonds, including interest from the date of said bonds to the date of delivery, at the interest rate named in the bid, will be considered. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. In the event no satisfactory bids are received at the time and on the date herein fixed, the sale will be continued from 4ay to day thereafter until a satisfactory bid has beenreceived for said bonds. All bids must be filed in sealed envelopes marked “Bid for Refunding Bonds of 139, Series B,’’ and each hid shall be accompanied hy a certified check in the amount of $500.00, payable to the City of Muncie, to guarantee the good faith of the bidder and insure that the bidder will, if awarded the bonds, promptly accept delivery of the same in accordance with the terms of sale. In the event of the failure or refusal of such purchaser to perform in accordance with the provisions of his bid And the notice of sale, then said check and the proceeds thereof shall he the property of the city and shall be considered as its liquidated damages on account of such failure or refusal. The checks of all unsuccessful bidders will be returned immediately upon the award of said bonds. The successful bidder shall accept delivery and make payment for said bonds prior to ten o’clock A. M. on July 3, 1939, at the office of the Treasurer, or at such hank in the City of Muncie as the purchaser shall designate in writing. Said bonds are being issued for the purpose of refunding certain outstanding bonds of the City of Muncie which mature only July 1, 1939, and will be able out of unlimited, ad va-lorem taxes the direct obligations of the city payto be levied and collected on all of the taxable property in said city. The opinion of Matson, Ross, McCord & Clifford, bond counsel of Indianapolis, Indiana, will be on file on the date of sale and will be furnished to the successful bidder at the expense of the city. Dated this 8th day of June, 1939. JOHN D. LEWIS City Controller
Georgetown, Tex.—A mysterious “Mr. X’ : who nas paid tlie losses of hundreds of farmer depositors in a bank that failed during the depression remains unknown to all but a Methodist minister here who acts as his paymaster. The Rev. G. R. Wright, who receives funds from “Mr. X” for his charities, maintains sealed lips about the source of the money and why the losers in a bank at Gonzalez, Tex., are among those chosen to receive payments from “Mr.
X.”
More than $5,000 has been paid to the closed bank’s former depositors, the Rev. Mr. Wright admitted. He has made numerous visits to Gonzalez, calling on persons who asked (for help. He has paid others who made no request. Some have been paid cash. Others have received checks, but the checks all are issued by the minister as agent for the man he will not make known. He is silent on why he was selected to be distributor of the money, how much he will be able to distribute or where the money comes from. Except that he hopes that more funds will be available “soon,” and that the fund is at present exhausted, the minister will divulge nothing. o Start Inspection (Continued From Page One) lamps such as head, parking, stop and tail lights, muffler, mirror, windshield wiper and tires. Mechnanical requirements include a number of things but especially brakes and the steering apparatus. “Failure to conform to the law is a misdemeanor and the first conviction may be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than ten days. Heavier penalties are provided for second, third and subsequent convictions.” o LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the Local Alcoholic Beverage Board of Delaware County, Indiana, will, at 9:00 A. M. Central Standard Time on the 3rd day of July 1939 at the Clerk’s Office, Court House in the City of Muncie in said County, begin investigation of the applications of the following named persons, requesting the issue to the applicants, at the locations hereinafter set out, of the Alcoholic Beverage Permits of the classes hereinafter designated and will, at said time and place, receive information concerning the fitness of said applicants, and the propriety of issuing the permits applied for to such applicants at the premS< ThOrnburg Hotel Co., 48786, (Hotel Roberts), High & Howard St., Muncie— Liquor, Beer, Wine Retailer. Thornburg Hotel Co., 48787, (Hotel Delaware), Jackson & Mulberry Sts., Muncie—Liquor, Beer, Wine Retailer. Paul Johnson & Betty Young, 48757, (Pig Stand), 12th & Burlington Drive, Muncie—Liquor, Beer, Wine Retailer. Said investigation will he open to the public, and public participaiton is requested. Alcoholic Beverage Commission of Indiana By JOHN F. NOONAN Secretary HUGH A. BARNHART Excise Administrator June 16 O NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Muncie, Indiana, that public hearing on an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, which is now pending before the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, will be held in the city council chamber in the City Hall at 7:30 p. m., on the 3rd day of July 1939, at which time and place any objections to such amendment or change _will be heard. The proposed amendment or change to be made is as follows: To amend, supplement and change the present Zoning Ordinance of said City of Muncie, Indiana, so as to transfer to the business district, to the six hundred (600) square foot area district and to the eighty (80) foot height district the following described territory in said ICity of Muncie, Indiana, to-wit: Lots Numbers Six (6) and Seven (7) all in Block Number Seven (7) in Henry C. Martin’s Addition to the City of Muncie, Indiana. Said proposed ordinance for such amendment or change of said present Zoning Ordinance has been referred to the City Plan Commission of said City of Muncie, and has been considered, and said City Plai\ Commission has made its report approving the same; Information concerning such proposed amendment or change is now in file in the office of said City Plan Commission, for public examination. Said hearing will be continued from time to time as may be found neces-
sary.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Muncie, Indiana,
Seal J. CLYDE DUNNINGTON City Clerk, and Clerk of the Common Council of the City of Muncie, this 16th
day of June 1939.
-June 16-23
O NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Delaware County, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals and bids at the office of said Auditor up to the hour of 10:00 o’clock A. M., on Wednesday, June 28, 1939, for the furnishing of county supplies for the institutions of Delaware County, viz: Infirmary, Childrens Home, Jail and Court House, estimates and specifications for which supplies are now on file in the office of said Auditor, at said day and hour such bids will be presented to said Board. Said supplies for the third quarter of the year 1939. Separate bids required for furnishing of groceries, drugs, dry goods and shoes and Janitor’s supplies. Thai contracts for furnishing said supplies will be in accordance with the Acts of Indiana General Assembly, 1933, Chapter 156. Bids will not be received on a percentage basis, but definite bids must he submitted on each article or quantity.. Successful bidders shall deliver all goods and supplies to the institutions free from freight, express or drayage. Each bid shall be accompanied by non-collusion affidavit and also a bond conditioned as required by law in the sum of $500.00. Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Done this I6th day of June 1939. GUS AUGUST MEYERS Auditor Delaware County, Indiana June 16 and 23, 1939
. x •• —, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF CITY ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given that the Cofhmon Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana has passed and the Mayor of s^id City of Muncie has approved and signed the following Ordinance on the 13th day of June 1939, to-wit: AN ORDINANCE CREATING IN THE CITY OP MUNCIE, INDIANA, A BOARD OF PLUM BNG EXAMINERS; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS; DEFINING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUCH POSITIONS; FIXING THE SALARIES THEREOF; DEFINING THEIR DUTIES AND PROVIDING FOR LICENSE FEES FOR PLUMBERS ENGAGED IN, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF INSTALLING PLUMBING FIXTURES AND OTHER SANITARY APPLIANCES CONNECTED THEREWITH WITHIN ANY BUILDING OR ON ANY PREMISES, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, AND PROVIDING FOR THE REVOCATION OF PLUMBERS’ LICENSES, AND DECLARING THE DATE ON WHICH THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT. SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, that no person, persons, firm or corporation shall engage in, or work at the business of installing appurtenances, fixtures, or other appliances connected with the plumbing or drainage system! nor shall he or they enter into or engage, in the business of plumbing, unless all provisions of this ordinance have been complied with; nor shall he or they engage in the business of plumbing without first obtaining a license as hereinafter pro-
vided for.
SECTION 2. There is hereby created a Board to be known as the “Plumbers’ Examining Board.’’ The members of said Board shall be residents of the city of Muncie, Indiana, and shall act without compensation, or in cases of ex-officio members, without additional compensation over and above their regular compensation incident to their office. Said Board shall consist of five members and shall have the power and authority to perform the duties as hereinafter set forth. The members of the Plumbing Examining Board shall consist of the City Building Commissioner, the President of the Council, and the Secretary of the City Health Office, as ex-officio members, and two members to be appointed by the Mayor. The appointed members of the Board, appointed by the Mayor, shall he one licensed master plumber, and one licensed journeyman plumber, who shall serve during the encumbency of the Mayou appointing them unless sooner removed as herein provided. Any appointed member of this Board may be removed by the Mayor for malfeasance in office, incompetency, or neglect of duty, drunkenness, or conviction of a crime in any court. Said Board shall elect its own Chairman and Secretary, and said elected Chairman and Secretary shall file in the city clerk’s office, a copy of the proceedings of each official meeting. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum to transact the business thereof, and shall meet at least once each month and at such other times as is necessary in the opinion of the Chairman or the majority of the members. It shall adopt rules and ’regulations governing the action of the Board, in respect to the business of the Board and to the issuance of licenses as hereinafter provided. SECTION 3. The Board shall hold regular examinations for the issuance of master and journeyman plumbers’ licenses. The examination of an applicant for a master or journeyman plumbers’ license shall be based only upon their knowledge and fitness to properly install pipes, fixtures and appurtenances incident to proper plumbing installations, and also to v their familiarity with the plumbing rules and regulations for the city of Muncie, and State of Indiana, and to . such other rules and regulations and ordinances pertaining to the installation of plumbing or drainage. SECTION 4. The license fee for resident master plumbers shall be $50.00 per year payable upon issuance of the license. The license fee for 1 non-resident master plumbers shall be $100.00 per year payable upon issuance of the license. The resident master plumber’s license shall he renewable each year upon the payment of a fee of $15.00. Non-resident master plumbers’ licenses shall be renewable each year upon the payment of a fee of $100.00. The fee for a journeyman plumber’s license shall be $1.00 and said fee shall be paid at the time application is made for license. For renewal of a journeyman plumber’s license, the fee shall be $1.00 per year. The issuance of both licenses, and the renewal of licenses to resident and nonresident master and journeyman plumbers, shall be subject to the Board of Plumbing Examiners. SECTION 5. Any person, persons, firm, corporation, or co-partnership desiring a license as set forth, shall make application to the City Clerk of the City of Muncie, Indiana, for such license, upon such a form, and in such detail as the Board of Plumbing Examiners may prescribe. iThe application shall s,pe|$iify the name of the person, persons, firm, corporation, or co-partnership desiring the license, and such other information shall be given as desired hy the Plumbing Examiners. Said application for license shall be acted upon by the Board of Plumbing Examiners at a special meeting called by the Chairman within 24 hours after the application
has been filed with the City Clerk, except in the case where the application is filed within 24 hours of the regular monthly meeting, then and in that event no special meeting is necessary. SECTION 6. No license shall be transferable, nor shall a resident or non-resident master or journeyman plumber loan his license for the accuring of permits, or for the installations of any ymrk described as plumb-
ing.
SECTION 7. Any person, persons, firm, co-partnership, or corporation subject to the provisions of this ordinance who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or who shall fail or neglect to comply With any of its provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon covietion thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned for not less than five (5) days nor for more than thirty (30) days or both SECTION 8. All licenses shall expire on July 1st next following the date of issuance, and no license shall be issued for any lesser period of time. Licenses shall be renewable during the month of June of each year. After July 1st of each year, a penalty of 25 per cent shall be charged for each license re-
newal.
SECTION 9. This ordinance shall not apply to the distribution system of waterworks, or gas companies, or phone companies, or other public utilities, nor shall this ordinance be construed to prevent a property holder from installing plumbing in his own residence providing the installation is made in accordance with the plumbing rules and regulations. SECTION 10. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 11. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage l<y the Common Council, and the signature of the Mayor of the city of Muncie, Indiana, and its publication as required by law. Passed by the Common Council this 13th day of June, 1939. ORVAL L. SUTTON (Signed) Presiding Officer Presented by me to the Mayor for his approval and signature this 13th day of June, 1939. J. CLYDE DUNNINGTON (Signed) City Clerk Approved and signed by me this 13th
attest• J. CLYDE DUNNINGTON (Signed) City Clerk Due publication Pf said ordinance irill expire on June 30, 1939, after which late same will be in full force and ffect. , „ „ WITNESS, my hand and seal ot otice this 15th day of June, 1939. J. CLYDE DUNNINGTON
NORFLEET AT 78 STILL SLEUTHING
Hale Center, Tex.—J. Frank Norfleet, Hale Center rancher who in 1919 traveled all over the nation chasing and capturing six swindlers who mulcted him out of $80,000, still is busy at his favorite work—thief catching. The small, white-mustachioed rancher, who won national fame when he tracked down the men who gypped him in a land deal, now is 78—but he’s still hale, hearty and active. He still carries with him his constant companion —a .38 Colt “thumb-buster” on a .45 frame. Norfleet isn’t affiliated with any state or national law enforcement agency, but since he made his big personal catch, he’s found plenty to do as a sort of private detective running down swindlers for others. And he has been lucky. He •can look back on 93 arrests, of which 87 have been tried and convicted. Norfleet still likes to recall his famous job of tracking down the six men who beat him out of his money, and started him on his sleuthing career. He traced them doggedly. Two were captured in California, one was bagged in Montreal, a fourth was run to the ^rohnd in Atlanta, find a fifth captured in Florida. Of the sixth, Norfleet merely says that he was found in Florida, too, “but the ’gators got him.” The veteran rancher doesn’t say just what he’s working on now, but he leaves the impression that it won’t be long before he adds another mark to his string of 93 captured thieves and swindlers.
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