Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 29 September 1939 — Page 3

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THE POST-DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1939.

BARGE SHIPPING OF CORN LIKELY TO BE HEAVIER

Muscatine, la. Claims Distinction as Part of Farm Belt. Muscatine, la.—Increased activity in grain markets because of the European war is expected to make this a record year for corn shipments by boat on the Mississippi river. Muscatine, because of its strategic location, has outstripped larger j cities on the upper Mississippi river in corn shipments. It claims to have become the “Port City of the Corn Belt” because it was prepared to meet demands when corn exports became profitable last

year.

This year Muscatine again is ready to send heavily-loaded barges down the river if Iowa farmers decide to unload their huge holdings of corn, stored in cribs under the government sealing program. Illinois in Territory L. R. McKee, manager of one of the largest shipping companies here, said Muscatine’s shipping territory extends at least 150 miles into Iowa. It also draws from rich Illinois farm land. He said the extent of shipping depends largely upon grain prices, but added that cheaper freight rates for water transportation are an important factor. River rates from Muscatine to New Orleans are 14 cents a hundred pounds, compared with rail rates of between 35 and 40 cents, McKee

said.

Last year more than 5,000,000 bushels of corn were shipped from Muscatine for foreign consumption. For the first seven months of this year, shipments—all for domestic use—have failed to reach half that figure. But increases are expected because of the war. 205,539 Tons in 1938 Corn shipments in the Rock Island army engineering district last year totalled 205,539 tons, with Muscatine handling 111,656, according to a recent report. The district extends from the mouth of the Wisconsin river three miles below McGregor, la., to Clarksville. Mo. Muscatine was second * only to Minneapolis, Minn., last year in total tonnage moved by Inland Waterways Corp. Minneapolis) shipped 135,121 tons, compared with 127,869 for Muscatine. Tonnage of other principal shipping cities included: St. Paul, Minn., 81,586; Burlington, la., 67,655; Rock Island, 111., 10,762; Dubuque, la., 8,980, and Davenport, 5,591. Tl»e river barges—often 10 or 12 of them together—carried »coal, gasoline, oil, some steel and a rapidly increasing variety of other merchandise.

THE “NEW 1940 FIGURE"—Lord & Taylor adaptation of the Main^ bocher corset. At left is the short version for younger women who want the suggestion of the wasp waist in their wardrobe, while at the right is the revolutionary long corset which trims the waist with a high bust arid rounded hip effect for the young matron.

1¥TAR crises and zero-hours may f T have the universe ‘on edge* but the world of fashion is concerned chiefly with the “hour glass” corset which holds the spotlight in the news just now. Mainbocher focused the spotlight which started the ravishing, revolutionary trend. It was an edict from Paris, the corseted figure! Others joined forces with the famous designer. AH fashion dictates point to the silhouette.

Lord & Taylor, large New York department store, have re-created the original, authentic feature, and offer its adaptation as the “New 1940 Figure” for rounded hips, high, busts, small waistlines.. Light, and easy to wear, the inspiration of the new 1940 , figure remolds the waistline. It’s the sensation of the Autumn openings and the main topic of conversation with fashionable women.

Fury of Air War Not Yet Known, Asserts Pilot in Spanish Conflict

Indian Legend Of ‘Mermoose’ Again Bobs Up The Pas, Man., Can.—What is it that walks like a moose, looks and breathes like a moose, yet feeds on the bottom, underwater, of northern lakes? It’s a “mermoose” an amphibi ous creature which Indians it; northern Saskatchewan say they have seen. “Mermoose” to you, it’s “Pikwut chee Kwaskaypitchikaywin” to the Indians. A 99-year-old Cree Indian, Norma!! Lathlin, reported to a curious Belmont, Mass., school teacher. P. G. Downes, who was tracking down stories of the mermoose, that he had seen the animal in his youth. He was crossing a frozen lake, he said, where the ice was thin and the water clear and deep, when “looking down through the ice and water I saw beneath my feet a moose crawling along the sandy lake bottom and eating the weeds that grew there.” Elder tribesmen corroborated the story of the submarine moose but younger bucks expressed disbelie 1 ' and said they “should admire to see one.” Research Worker Urges War Caution Austin, Tex.—Dr. DeWitt C. Reddick, University of Texas associate journalism professor, said after a two-year study of newspaper treatment of the 1914-18 World War that occupation of the Saar valley in Germany* by French troops made German people receptive to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. If the Allies had not placed an army of occupation in the conquered territory after the. war, Reddick said, Hitler could not have gained his hold on the people. Reddick’s doctor’s thesis at the University of Missouri dealt with coverage , of the war-by American newspapers. Papers in the United States were remarkably accurate, he said, but he cautioned them to label carefully each story from the present combatant nations. It has been estimates that only one in every 166 persons lives long enough to die of old age.

Pittsburgh—It’s a long step from piloting warplanes over Spain to running an elevator in a department store. But Jim Peck made that stop and is 1 now ready for a third and more important change. Next month the handsome, 27-year-old colored youth will leave for New York to turn full-time author, and prepare a complete book on. aviation. For the past two years, when off his elevator job, Peck has been writing articles on flying for national magazines. His graphic descriptions of aerial warfare have won his prominence in the publisihng field and resulted directly in the book contract. Long before he volunteered to go to Spain as a pilot for the Loyalists, Peck was flying and writing of flying. After two years at the

POTATO MARKET UP FOR CANADA

Fredericton, N. B.—, New Brunswick’s potato producers are optimistic over marketing prospects in South America once more, due co practical elimination of competition from European countries. First orders placed by buyers in the Argentine, for October delivery, total approximately 300,000 crates, each containing 110 pounds of seed stock. Those orders were placed before the war shadow" settled down definitely and .l ,. expected that exports for the late fall and winter will make a rec-

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Poland, which furnished considerable competition with its high quality seed stock, has been eliminated as a competitor in the field. Denmark, Belgium and Lithuania, other important competitors, will be handicapped by their nearness to the European battlefield. Majority of the potato belt exporters will not be affected by the sharp increase in ocean freight rates because arrangements for chartering vessels for the season were completed early in the summer. However, smaller producers will reap the benefit of most of the new orders due to the war face higher shipping costs. First shipments are expected to be made through the port of StJohn between Oct. 10 and Oct. 15. Crop values have been estimated at from 50 to 75 per cent normal. While the potato fields were free of blight this summer, weather conditions were adverse. The northern section of the producing belt had too much rain, while the southern portion suffered from heat and drouth for many weeks. Hardest hit by drouth was the fertile Hartland area.

University of Pittsburgh, he stopped formal instruction and began flying instruction, and, in his spare time, began to turn out

magazine copy.

When the Spanish war broke out, Peck volunteered and soon was piloting a plane for the Loyalists. During one air battle over Valencia, Peck experienced the sensation of almost certain death when his plane collided with an

enemy , bomber. Miraculously Tucson, Ariz.-The Federal govhowever, his ship pulled tree and eminent, alarmed at the lack of he was able to make a sate land-, domestic supplies of certain met-"‘peok-s experiences in Spain jf^ c ^“ e t I )„" e f Bsary in

U. S, TO DEVELOP METAL RESERVE

| Buick took the lead with a price cut of $281 on one of its advance models.

“A man at the bar of justice alwaj's thinks it is better to give than receive.”

The United States Patent Office issues between 500 and 1,000 patents each week.

It is hard for a man who has never been out of a job to get a job because he has had no experience at job getting.

Man has been known to stand desert temperatures hot enough to kill diamond rattlesnakes.

Every Saturday and Wednesday a plane-leaves New York City for an overnight flight to Europe; every Tuesday and Thursday a plane returns.

The war caught about 60,000 American citizens in warring couni s and many of them are stranded there. Stomach ulcers are five times hiore common among men than among women. Also, five times more men than women die from gastric and intestinal ulcers.

More than one half of all the college students flunk out and do not graduate.

The Motion Picture Industry is trying to capitalize on the war headlines. War plays that you may see are: “Blackout Over Europe,” “Confessions of a Nazi Spy,” “The Dictator,” “Battalion of Death,” and, “Thunder Afloat.”

“If life were ail vacation, I wonder how ’twould seem, Through all the days in quiet ways To live and loaf and dream? Avoiding all vexation And snugly hid from care. If life were all vacation, I wonder how we’d fare.” HEALTHGROUPS MEET OCT. 15

Winston Chuchill has been made Chief of Great Britain’s navy. This is the same position Mr. Churchill j held at the beginning of 1914-1918 '

conflict.

The rats and mice are unusually thick and destructive this year and to make the situation worse, there is an epidemic \vjhieh is killing off the most of the eats in many districts.

In order that transcontinental planes may not collide, those planes going west are required to fly at the even thousands of feet high —6,000, 8,000 or 10,00 feet; those going east fly at the odd thousands —7,000, 9,000 or 11,000 feet.

have formed the background for ! 1“ $2o0,000 campaign ixio tmd new deposits oi the U. S.

Bureau of Mines' office in Tucson.

most of his recent writings. “I’m just a pilot,” Peck declares, “but there are plenty of pilots just walking around. Today you must specialize. I’m going to specialize

in aviation writing.”

School Places Defense Value On Navigation

Philadelphia. — Franklin Institute’s school of navigation will open again this October with an important emphasis of the program as a practical measure of national defense as result of the

European war.

The course, under the direction of the Weems System of Navigation of Annapolis, provides teaching of piloting and dead reckoning for aviators and mariners. Although the course has been an adult education activity of the institute for the past three years, it now serves as a peace time training school- for aerial and marine

navigators. ,

While no military obligation is attached or implied by enrollment ini the classes, officials of the institute said, those who pass the examinations are trained navigators capable of special and valuable service to ther country. The courses taught are directed along lines now fostered by the government and are largely suited to the requirements of the Civil Aeronautics Authority’s training program for private fliers. The Fels Planetarium will be used during the course to teach yacht owners, boating enthusiasts, fliers, amateur astronomers and others to .comprehend the principles of celestial navigation. “BLIND DATES” MUSTERED 300 STRONG FOR PARTY

FOUR MILLION TREES FOR SPRING PLANTING

WPA claims to have taught 1,500.000 people in the United States to read. When the last census was taken in 1930 there were 4,250,000 adult illiterates in this country.

State forest nurseries will have approximately four million young trees available fory reforestation and windbreak plantings on public and private lands next spring, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, reported today. Orders for trees already are being received and it is anticipated that the demand will exceed the supply. Dry weather during the past growing season affected the conifers and black locust seedlings at the nurseries, particularly at the Clark County state forest nursery, with the result that fewer trees will be available for 1940 plantings than in 1939 when 6,000,000 trees were planted.

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Woman, 85, Spent 54 ^P 01 ^

Wilmington, Del.—A local record of some sort was set when 350 male “blind dates” attended a dance at the same time at the Hotel duPont. The occasiqn was the convention of Alpha Iota, a business school sorority, only 75 or so of whose members knew local hoys. So Phi Theta Pi, a Goldey College fraternity, came to the rescue with a date-bureau recruiting service to furnish the needed escorts for the out-of-town girls.

Years in Bedroom

London —-Harriet Louisa Critchell, known as the “Saint of Dewlish” because of her courageous and gentle nature, celebrated her 85th birthday in her tiny cottage bedroom, where she has spent 54 years of her life. Miss Critchell was Only 31 when she was carried to her bed. She has never left it. She has never seen an automobile, " a plane, a woman smoking, a girl with painted fingernails, or any of the hundred and one everyday sights of modern life. But she keeps in touch with the world * through her radio and friends. There is not a person in the Dorset village of Dewlish whom she does not know; not a joy or sorrow or theirs, which she does not share. o— AFFLICTIONS OVERCOME

Sydney, N. S. W.—Australia has its Helen Keller in the person of 30-year-old Alice Bettridge. Deaf, dumb and blind, she leads an active life, as editor of the Braille Australian magazine, professional knitter and typist. She writes all of the leading articles for the magazine.

Such.metals as tungsten, chrome, antimony, tin, manganese and others which this nation ordinarily is forced to import will be sought in the western United States by engineers of the bureau. $10,000,000 Grant Made The survey will be financed by funds from a $10,000,000 grant made by the last Congress to make the United States more self sufficient in mining of the metals which become vitally important in wartime industry. The survey thus far has designated eight projects in the West which will be worked by miners and the minerals sold to the government. Arizona as yet has not been accorded one of these projects, but engineers of the mine bureau are studying for deposit locations in the desert and mountains and the state will “get its share of work” if the project is continued, according to E. D. Gardner, supervising engineer.

Plotting Coup In South China

Chungking — Wang Chang-we : , ousted Kuomintang leader, plans to establish a new “National Government” Oct. 10, the anniversary o the Chinese revolution, informed Chinese believe here. Wang’s new “National Govern ment” will he inaugurated at Canton, according to his present plans, these sources said. For this purpose, Wang summoned a special “cabinet confeience” of his supporters for Sept. 1, after which the appointments of all important ministers of the new government will be announced, these Chinese sources asserted. To enable Wang to carry on an administration, a requisite to his establishment of a “National Government,” the Japanese forces in South China, particularly in Kwan tung province, were understood to be starting drastiejunilitary operations to stabilize this area Meanwhile, Miss Chen Pi-chun, wife of Wang Ching-wei and herself a noted revolutionary worker, has become “particularly active’ in alleged efforts to enlist the support of overseas Chinese on the side fo her husband, Chinese reports asserted.

Already 250,000 persons living in London have volunteered as blood donors for the wounded of the present war.

About one-tenth of the world’s population is engaged in war.

On an average a movie star lasts two years, five months and fourteen days in Hollywood.

Carrie Jacobs Bond was unable to find a publisher for her “I Love You Truly” and so she borrowed the necessary money and had the song published for herself. More than a million copies of that song have been sold.

The Shipperke poodle is the only dog in the world born without a tail. This dog is ^ native of Belgium and the Netherlands.

Diabetes is one of the few diseases in the United States that is on the increase.

Negro boxer John Henry Lewis considered studying so that he might become a preacher but later decided against that idea and took a job as liquor salesman.

Recently Chang Kong, an old Chinese laundryman, was arrested on a charge of drunkenness. This was the first time that a Chinaman had ever been convicted for drunkenness in a Manhattan court.

Miss America for 1939 is Patricia Mary Donnelly of Detroit, Michigan, And, this year we have a Mrs. America. She is Mrs. Armand Donaruma of Union City, N. J.

Twenty of the New York World’s Fair’s midgets went to Manhattan’s German Consulate and registered for military duty for their homeland.

The 1940 Olympic Games were scheduled for Finland and were to be followed by the Winter Olympics next winter in Germany. On account of the war both have been called off . ( Back during the old World’s war the U. S. bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25,000,000 to he used as a militar base but found later that there was no harbor on the islands deep enough to accomodate a warship.

Practically all new 1940 car announcements carry; price cuts.

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Pittsburgh.—A review of the problems confronting medical science in the field of public health, will be provided when the American Public Health Association meets here during the week of Oct. 15 in 68th annual convention. Some of the problems to be discussed by 4,000 nurses, doctors, engineers, chemists and educators from the United States and Europe will include community health, social diseases, pneumonia, cancer and sanitary measures regulating food packaging, water supply and public pools. A half dozen other organizations which cope w r ith related problems will meet in conjunction with the

APHA.

They include the Institute on Public Health Education, the .International Society of Medical Health Officers, the Association of Women in Public Health, the National Organization for Public Health Nursing and the American School Health Association. Dr. Edward S. Godfrey, Jr., of Albany, N. Y., president of the APHA, will address the convention Tuesday night, Oct. 17. One of the papers to he delivered will be one by a father and son—Dr. Henry Field Smyth, Sr., of Philadelphia, and Dr. Henry Field Smyth, Jr., of Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, on reports of the Committees on Industrial Anthrax and Volatile Sol-

vents.

EIRE'S NEUTRALITY COMPLICATES BRITISH NAVY’S U-BOAT PATROL; ONLY ULSTER BASES AVAILABLE

Dublin—Eire is so close to the |be natural that the people, no mat-

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Fresno, Cal.—Even if they were newlyweds, Police Judge Melvin K. Gibbs sentenced the groom to 30 days in jail and the bride to five days in jail for stopping their automobile in a downtown intersection and causing a traffic jam while they embraced.

stark realities of war that it has called out reserve forces and introduced numerous defense meas ures ranging from blackouts to food control, but the country is determined if possible to keep out

of the European conflict.

Eire is committed to a policy ol strict neutrality which the German government has acknowledged and agreed to respect. Responsible officials insist that the country will abandon the neutral position only If forced to do so, but the fact that defense measures are proceeding in so thorough a fashion indicates that there is some

apprehension.

Britain w r ill not he able to maintain naval bases in Eire. During the last war the British had ar anti-submarine base at Baijtry, while the U. S. navy was based at Queenstown (now Cobh). The areas served by these bases two decades ago will have to be pa trolled farther away, with attending disadvantages. Britain, of course, still will be able to operate the fleet from Larne, in North Ire

land.

Manpower Not Available Britain likewise will not be able to call on Irish manpower at will. However, numerous Irish were serving in Britain’s regular forces when the war broke out and numerous Irish were in the British reserve forces and responded to summons. Britain also may re quire the services of Irish living in Britain. Ireland’s neutral status will not affect the supplying of foodstuffs to Britain. Thus Irish resources will serve Britain as well as though it were a participant in the war. What little trade Ireland had with Germany probably will disappear. Irish exports to Germany were mostly horses, livestock and meat. TKere is no legal reason why German merchant vessels could not call at Irish ports for cargoes, but any attempt to do so would invite almost certain capture by British warships. Therefore it is natural to expect that* Irish products which formerly went to Germany henceforth will be diverted to British to asisst the latter in prosecuting the war. l Trade with Germany was never large. For the first six months of 1930 total Eire exports amounted to approximately $2,000,0010. De Valera Defines Status Eire’s neutral status was defined by Eamon de Valera before the Eire parliament which met in an emergency session on the eve of Britain’s declaration of war. He said he was aware there were strong sympathies in Eire regarding the war, but he did not think that anyone, no matter what his feelings might be, would feel that the policy should be anything than what the government has decided. “We of all nations,” he said, “know what force used by a stronger nation against a weaker one means, and we have known what invasion and partition mean. We are not forgetful of our own history. So long as the country or any part of it is subject to force by a stronger nation, it will only

ter what sympathies they may have, should look to their own country first, and in looking to their own country should see what the interests of their own country

are.”

DeValera disclosed that the German minister had informed him that Germany would respect Eire’s neutrality provided it was adhered to.

Cincinnati To Test Police Radio Cincinnati, O.—Radio facsimile for police car communication is the latest aid of science to crime detection. The apparatus will furnish motor patrolmen with printed descriptions, pictures and fingerprints of suspects while the squad cars travel their beats. Experimental broadcasts of police facsimiles from Cincinnati have been picked up as far away as San Jose, Cal., he said. Plans also are in process to instal facsimile receivers in army airplanes to attempt transmission of important orders and maps while the planes are in flight maneuvers.

SCHOOL BELLS COLLECTED

Cleveland, O.—Miss Helen B. Lewis, a librarian, collects school bells. She has the hells which once summoned students of more than a dozen schools. o Legal Notice

NOTICK OK I’lBl.K HKAHING AMENDMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE

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Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Muncie, Indiana, that public hearing on an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, which is now pending befqre the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, will he held in the city council chamber in the City Hall at 7:30 p. m., on the 2nd day of October 1939, at which time and place any objections to such amendment or change will be heard. The proposed amendment or change to he 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 City of Muncie. Indiana, to-wit: Tjots numbered eleven (11) and twelve (12) in Wysor’s Third 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 lias been considered, and said City Plan Commission has made its report approving the same; Information concerning such proposed amendment or change is now on file in the office of said ' City Plan Commission, for public examination. Said hearing will he continued from time to time as may be found necessary. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Muncie, Indiana, Seal J. CI.YDE DUNNINGTON Citv Clovv a r..i clerk of the Common Council of the City of Muncie, this 21st. day of September, 1939. Sept. 22-29

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