Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 17 November 1939 — Page 3

THE POST-DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 1939.

CHICAGO SHOW WILL STRESS FARM YOUTH

Many of Those Who Attend Will Go Free As Result of Winning Contests Chicago, Nov. 17.—Of the 1,300,000 American farm hoys and girl-3 now actively engaged in 4-H club work, 1,400 will take part in the 18th National 4-H Club Congress at Chicago next month. They will come from 44 states, Canada and Hawaii. The Congress will be held here at the same time as the International Live Stock Exposition, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary December 2 to 9. Free Trips Awarded Most of the youths will come here on free all-expense trips, which they have won by exceptional accomplishment in 4-H projects and contests at county and state fairs, held earlier in the season. The expense of providing their trips to Chicago will be shared by industrial and agricultural organizations which recognize the influence of 4-H work in the betterment of agriculture. Home improvement and canning demonstrations, as well as exhibits on numerous phases of homemaking activities, will be shown here by state champion 4-H girls. Their exhibits will be displayed in the 4-H building, which is adjacent <to the International Amphitheater where the live stock show will be held. Between 500 and 600 baby beeves, lambs and pigs will be exhibited at the International’s junior stock show on the opening day of the exposition, Saturday, December 2. Several hundred farm boys and girls, between the ages of 10 and 20, have listed the entries, most of which consist of animals that have won blue ribbons or championships at state or county 4-H Vocational, or F. F. A. livestock shows. Youths Develop Champions. B. H. Heide, secretary-manager of the International Live Stock Exposition, and a member of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, recalls that four times in the past tan years the grand champion steer of the exposition has come up from the ranks of the junior exhibitors Three times they were shown by Iowa youths, he said, and last year’s grand champion was exhibited by a 14-year-old Illinois girl. o Won’t Somebody Please Notice The Little Man Political commentators and editorial writers who are busily discussing candidates for the Republican nomination for President next year may be overlooking something. You observe them assaying the chances of Senator Vandenberg, of Senator Taft, of young Tom Dewey of New York and ivhen they are in a particularly despondent and desperate mood they may even mention the name of Hoover or Styles Bridges. But you never see the name of one of the busiest, burrowing patrioteers in the whole field of politics referred to in this connection. What about Frank Gannett, who on the one hand publishes a chain of newspapers and on the other is active in shoring up the tottering Constitution through his National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government? Do political observers imagine that this defender of the power trust does not dream of a Republican convention, which, after futile wrangling and balloting, will turn at last to that great public servant who almost singlehanded saved the Constitution and our liberties? Shall virtue-and industry have no reward? At any rate, it can’t be said that Publisher Gannett is not trying to influence people and win friends, j 4 writer in the New Republic asserts that he is now energetically wooing the doctors and that the Physicians Committee for Free Enterprise in Medicine is an offshoot, “or stooge” of the Gannett Com mittee to Uphold Constitutional Government. “For months,” says the article. “Gannett has been ardently wooing doctors in New York State and the Middle West. His greateftt success has been in Now York City, home of the largest and most powerful medical societies in the country. As anti-New Deal propaganda he sends Manhattan doc tors personal, signed letters, hundred word wires, well chosen books and pamphlets, free subscriptions to his magazine America’s Future —everything but patients.” The article says that this year Gannett has sent between a half a million and a million letters to “clergymen, dentists, lawyers, heads of farm organizations and editors” warning them that the administration is attempting to “regiment doctors” and taking the first step toward “conquering the free middle class.” All this is directed against Senator Wagner’s bill designed to preserve and build up the national health. When the little man is trying so hard to be useful and important, why have Brother Gannett’s aspirations been so generally ignored by his fellow publishers? Isn’t he worth at least Passing mention in connection wi(>> the Republican nomination for President?

NEW IDEAS for an old time THANKSGIVING DINNER

By Dorothy Greig VTORTH, south, east and west, IN millions of us eat turkey on Thanksgiving. But right there our regimentation ends. What is served before the turkey, with the turkey, and following the turkey varies from family to family. It is fun, too, to vary our Thanksgiving dinner a little from year to year as we learn of new ways to make of it an even more glorious feast. For instance, this Thanksgiving menu has several new flavor notes: THANKSGIVING DINNER Tomato-Oyster Bisque'* Olives Celery Hearts Roast Turkey with Saiisage Stuffing Creamy Mushroom-Turkey Gravy* Mashed Potatoes Yellotv Turnips Buttered Onions Raised Rolls with Butter Cranberry Relish Pumpkin Custard Pie ivith Spicy Meringue Coffee That Tomato-Oyster Bisque is a beautiful beginning to the feast: *Tomato-Oyster Bisque 1 pint oysters (with liquor) 4 cups milk 1 slice onion 4 tablespoons butter s 4 tablespoons flour Vfc teaspoons salt % teaspoon pepper 1 can condensed tomato soup Cut the oysters in 4 to 6 pieces, depending on the size of the oysters. Add the liquor and bring slowly to a boil. Scald the milk with slice of onion in it. Melt butter, add flour and cook until frothy, then add the milk. Cook in double boiler or over very low heat until the sauce thickens. Add the oysters, seasonings and tomato soup. Heat, but do not boil. Serves 8-10. * * * , Another new note is the gravy. This one boasts the blended flavors 9f mushrooms and turkey. Delicious!

NYA HELPING YOUNG w

Many Calls for Work Received At The Muncie Office

Training Is Given Those

Unable To Get It

Another Way

*Creamy Mushroom-Turkey Gravy Add one cup of water to the drippings of a roast turkey. Scrape the brown from the bottom and sides of pan. Add two cans of condensed

cream of mushroom soup and stir until blended and smooth. Bring to a boil and serve very hot. If a thinner gravy is desired more water may be added.

REPURT OF STATE BOARD SHOWS CONDITIONS AT THE DELAWARE COUNTY JAIL ARE DEPLORARLE

T. A. Gottschalk, Administrator of State Department of Public Welfare in a statement sent the PostDemocrat, says: Periodic inspections of county jails and county infirmaries are made by the State Department of Public Welfare in compliance with state laws which provide for such inspections. The attached inspection report has been prepared and is being released in conformity with the pro cedure approved by the State Board of Public Welfare. This report has been submitted to the officials in charge of the inspected institution, and such other local officials as are specified by law to receive inspection reports, and an opportunity has been given such officials to interpose objections. The final public record of this inspection is hereby released for general public information. Delaware County Jail Muncie, Indiana. Inspected, September 15, 1939. F. W. Puckett, Sheriff, accompanied by Jailer. Building & Equipment The two-story brick structure which incloses both the jail and sheriff’s quarters is located about one-half block north of the Delaware County Court House, on the east side of the street facing west. The jail section has two entrances, one at the south leading from the tdjoining alley directly to the jailer’s office and a front entrance at the w’est opening into a corridor with stairway to the second floor prisoner’s quarters. A doorway at the rear of this corridor leads to the kitchen oivthe left and jalier’s office on the riglit. Adjoining the jailer’s office to f he east is the main range for males. This room incloses a two tier cell block w'hich is deteriorated from long use. Each tier contains a central corridor with four cells on each side facing inward. Light and ventilation are inadequate in this cell block. Windows and bars are badly deteriorated, and afford little security or safety. Cells and cell doors throughout the two tiers are in poor condition. The two tiers are equipped with five toilets and two showers. There are two deteriorated bunks in each cell. The stone floor of the range' carries several steel plates presumably to cover the holes caused hy former attempts at escape. Entrance to the range is gained through a safety cage opening from the jailer’s office. The bars of this cage are protected with safety screens. It is through this safety screening that visiting is done on this range. .A cell room for insane prisoners and an emergency, cell room are located on the second floor at the head of the stairway. They are provided with shower bath, toilet and single standee bunks. The two rooms are separated by a solid metal door. Both rooms are inadequately lighted. To the right of the stairway landing on second floor are two rooms, each of which is about twenty feet'long by» twenty feet wide. These rooms are used for the detention of juvenile delinouents and female prisoners. The female cell is equipped with three

beds, toilet, shower bath and lavatory. It also contains a barred edge in one corner which is used for housing insane female prisoners. The juvenile cell is equipped in practically the same manner as the female cell. No window Mrs oh the second floor window's have been safetyscreened. To the left of the stairway landing is a dormitory equipped with cots and used temporarily as a trusty room. The equipment in this room is supplemented by shower bath and toilet installed in a small room adjoining the dormitory. The floors of the entire jail are of wood except in the men’s range. They are old, weakened, inadequately supported and deteriorated. A serious fire hazard exists as no fire protection is provided within the jail. Equiajnent throughout the jail is unsatisfactory and physical conditions are deplorable. Population On date of inspection there were forty-six prisoners present. This number included forty-one males, two females and three juvenile boys. Thirty-one males were serving sentences; eight males, two femates and three juvenile boy's awaited trial; and two males were 'tetained as material witnesses. One of these material witnesses had been held without segregation from male range for a period of ninety-three days. General Sanitary Conditions General sanitary conditions were unsatisfactory. This appeared to be due in part to equipment conditions and in part to structural conditins which prevent proper segregation. and separation of prisoners. Sufficient shower baths are provided if kept in working order. No sanitary drinking fountains are found in any part of the jail although an average population of thirty prisoners is handled daily. The lack of wash sinks in wards prevents cleanliness of prisoners’ wash clothing. Vermin have not been eliminated from the hunks and cells this jail. A disagreeable odor of disinfectants and insecticides permeated the jail. Employment On date fo inspection it was noted that five prisoners were assist-, ing the jailer, as trusties, not only in the jail kitchen, but in the jailer’s office and other outer corridors and even with certain tasks outside the jail. No employment was offered within the wards other than keeping beds and rooms clean. Kitchen and Food The kitchen is located to the north of the jailer’s office and is eighteen feet by twenty feet in size. In the east wall of the kitchen there is a full size food opening for passing compartment trays into the main range for prisoners. On the west side of the kitchen is a store room for food supplies. The kitchen is further equipped with two windows, a door to the north and a door to the east and with the customary kitchen equipment such as sink, table, gas range, ice box (without ice), wall cabinets for dishes and compartment frays. Under the kitchen portion of the jail, it was found that the floor has at some .time or other. collapsed

and is now being held in place by four-by-fours. Preparation of food is the responsibility of th jailer. He was assisted on date of inspection by a prisoner in actual charge of the cooking. The noon menu on date of inspection included goulash, corn meal muffins, coffee or milk. Food appeared inadequate in quantity and not'fully prepared. Medical Care Medical care is the responsibility of Dr. Dunn. He is subject to call. Dr. Dunn is paid by the trip. Personal Hygiene The jailer reported that prisoners are required to bathe at least once a week and that this regulaJRm is enforced throughout t,he jail. Each prisoner is furnished an individual towel. On date of inspection many of these towels we$e found to be insanitary. Personal cleanliness appeared to be lacking among many of the prisoners on date of inspection. Religious Services The jailer reported that religious services are held each Sunday and frequently on Thursday evening. The services are conducted by volunteer religious workers of the City of Muncie. Visits, Packages, Money, Valuables, and Mail Prisoners are allowed visitors between the hours of 9 to 11 a. m.; 1 to 3 p. nr.; and 7 to 8 p. m. any day except Sunday. On date of inspection visits were not supervised. Visits to other prisoners than those confined in the men’s range are carried on through unprotected jail bars where no difficulty would be experienced in passing almost any kind of contraband from visitors to prisoners. With a multitude of other duties it seemed impossible for the jailer to supervise personally all visits to prisoners. Packages intended for prisoners are limited in content to food, wash clothing and tobacco. Packages are not always fully examined before being eiVen to prisoners. It was reported by the jailer that mail is censored whenever the sheriff deems it necessary. Discipline On date of inspection the jailer reported that no kangaroo court or sanitary court practices are tolerated in this jail. On the other hand with hut one man as jailer amj responsible for all the duties he appeared lo be responsible for on date of inspection, it is very evident that the jailer cannot personally administer all supervision and discipline needed in this jail. Discipline seemed far from satisfac-. tory. Summary A review of the unsatisfactory conditions found in this jail on date of inspection shows the jail lacking in sanitation, complete sex separation, and segregation facilities for the proper handling of prisoners, ft further shows that the jail has deteriorated in structure and eq'uip'meTit to the point where it cannot be successfully repaired. In reviewing structural and equipment conditions it is further evident that the jail is lacking in safety, security Add strength. In addition to all this there wap found a need at this jail for adequate pcrsonel and for better administration and management essentials. * Recommendations In view of the deplorable conditions found at this jail, the fact that the jail is beyond repair, and the further fact that in the present condition it lacks all of the characteristics deemed essential to comply with the statutes governing iails as defined in Acts of 1909, Chapter 164, Section 1. (Burns Revised Stelutes. 1933-Section 1310A5), add is, therefore, an unfit

Indianapolis, November

sisting school nurses, working in hospitals, preparing hospital supplies, and aiding county public health nurses, National Youth Administration workers throughout •Tate are contributing their harp to the promotion of good health, Robert S. Richey, state NYA administrator, announced today. In addition, young persons on both the NYA work project and student aid programs are working in health activities, learning good health practices and receiving medical treatment that would not be available to them otherwise, Mr.

Richey said.

The program of the National Youth Administration enables it to contribute in many ways to the health not only of its project workers, but to other persons, young and old. Frequently, when workers are assigned to NYA projects, it is found that they can not do their work well because of poor vision, or some other physical defect. In such cases, they are sent to a hospital or clinic for examination or treatment. Glasses, or additional treatment, are generally provided by the township trustee ^or some charitable organization, or suitable arrangements are made whereby the young person may pay for the glasses or treatment over a period of time from his NYA

earnings.

In other cases, NYA supervisors have been able to aid workers with some physical defect by working with them and getting the young people to try to help themselves. One girl, in particular, was aided in correcting a speech stoppage through the assistance of the superintendent and nurses at a hospital where she was employed on an NYA project. In Indianapolis, besides workers at nursery and play schools, there keep rest rooms clean and supplies ing at five schools, preparing and serving the children warm lunches. In other schools in all parts of the state similar work is being done by workers from NYA projects. All of these young people have had physical examinations, complying with state regulations. In Frankfort, NYA girls working in the high school cafeteria, also assist the school nurse, weigh children, NYA girls assist county nurses in in order. In addition, they operate ,a laundry for the, school towels, crrrtaimr "and 'Uniforms. " In Evansville, South Bend, and Bedford, all NYA ' workers have been given tests for tuberculosis and communicable diseases. All applicants for NYA resident centers at Bloomington and Terre Haute must pass physical examinations. Where it is found that an NYA worker is in need of medical attention, the supervisors have been very successful in getting such assistance. Relief groups and organizations especially interested in the prevention of blindness, cardiac and other diseases have aiued NYA in this respect. Approximately 60 NYA project workers have been placed in nine Indiana hospitals which are operated on public funds. They assist in general nursing ,ward work, in diet kitchens, preparing rooms for patients, doing hall duty, preparing and serving food, and in one instance ,assisting in surgery. About 50 other girls are making supplies, bandages, surgical dressings and pads, making and repairing surgical gowns and hospital linens. Girls on the 2& NYA homemaking projects make bandages, bedding and other supplies. In Evansville, NYA girls assist county nurses in school first aid, and in South Bend projects employees are given instructions in home nursing. Red Cross nurses and workers have conducted courses in first aid, life saving and other health practices for NYA. workers. In addition to these health projects, NYA also aids thousands of students in 40 Indiana colleges and, universities. Since many of these! schools include the cost of physical examinations and health services | in the regular tuition fees, NYA 1 enables students on its school aid program to have these services. Physical examinations are given new students in almost eyery institution and medical care is available at all times. In every area in which it operates, the National Youth Administration has some activity that is concerned with the health needs of its workers and the community. Lectures on the fundamentals of hygiene are given project workers, in addition to the supplies, facilities and service made available to the community and young persons.

The Muncie office of the Indiana State Employment Service is receiving numerous calls for women to work in homes, on farms and as practical nurses, but has been unable to fill all requests.

17.—As-' Mrs. Martha Rose White, senior

interviewer in charge of the ser-

vice division, said Thursday.

“The calls for women fall into three general classes,” Mrs. White said. “There are those^from families wishing services "of a woman from two to six weeks, with pay of $5 to $6 a week. In many cases these calls are from homes of industrial workers where working mothers wish someone to care for the children during their absence. Then there are farm homes where women are needed to assist with the household work. These jobs pay an average of ?4 a week

and usually are parmanent.

“Housekeeping jobs where the mother is confined at home and where a nurse visits her ddily are open and often are difficult to fill. The employment service receives

many calls for this kind.

“Practical nurses, who can give hypodermics, change linens and do similar work around the sickroom are in demand and can receive from $10 to $15 a week. Practical nurses, wanted for a short time during serious sickness, may be paid $2 to $3 a day. In these cases they are bn 24-hour duty, with four hours off in the afternoon. Mrs. White said the domestic placement problem is ever present in the employment service. Howver, it is particularly a problem at present in the face of a rising em-

ployment market.

“The aim of the state employment service is to fill these jobs and in doing so to fit the personality of the person employed to that of ( the family wishing the service," she explained. “This oftentimes is difficult to do.” Persons qualified for and interested in this type of work should make application at the ’Muncie office, 314 East Main street as

soon as possible.

Your Hone and Mine By JANE FLOYD BUCK

“Show me the kitchen and I’ll describe the woman who presides over it.” That is what a well known student of human nature once said when lecturing on “The Housewife of Yesterday and Today.” —^ He was a wise man, for the untidy or slovenly woman may hide her faults in the front of the house but they will make themselves known in the kitchen. With today’s' seemingly endless number of electrical devices to lighten housework, and stoves and iceboxes so decoratively designed that they are almost suitable for the living room, there is no reason why a kitchen should not be handsome as well as spotless. One of the primary requisites of a kitchen which will be a credit to you is that it should be always so clean it literally shines. In this connection I want to tell you about a new type of wall covering I discovered the other day which is as easy to apply as wall paper and can be washed down in the same way you wash down your rubber tile flooring. Really a type of rubber sheeting which you can ask for as murogomme, this wall covering can be applied with rubber cement and for a finish one can obtain extruded strips of .rubber for wainscot seals. The sheeting is decorativel) 1 treated and may be had in a charming range of marbleized as well as plain colors. The material is equally as practical for a bathroom Po if you are redoing either a kitchen or bathroom this fall it would be a wise idea to investigate it before you make your redecoration plans.

Mary Pittenger is cn Yearbook Staff

Muncie, Ind., Nov. 17. — Miss Mary Pittenger of Parker has been chosen literary editor of The Link, yearbook publication of the student nurses at Ball Memorial hospital. The publication will again be revived after an elapse of ten years. Miss Pittenger, a student nurse, is a member of the alumni of Ball State Teachers college. The nurses’ training includes academic courses at the college, as well as practical work in the hospital. The institution adjoins the campus on the south.

EMPLOYMENT SOME BETTER

Industry Puts On Additional Help And Payrolls Pick Up

Contra-seasonal gains were made in manufacturing employment and pay rolls in Indiana from mid-Sep-tember to mid-October, J. Bradley Haight, acting director of the Indiana State Employment Service, said today. His statement ■was based on a tabulation of early reports made available by 886 manufacturing plants employing 126,699 wage earners in October. This was an increase of 0.6 per cent from the September employment inj identical plants. Factor)'’ pay rolls made pronounced gains of 7.8 per cent during the month. In addition, reports from 1,358 non-manufacturing establishments, employing 40,617 wage earners in October, showed increases of 2.3 per cent in employment and 3.4 per cent in pay rolls in comparison with September reports from identical establishments. The gain in manufacturing employment was contra-seasonal not only in terms of the seasonal index for Indiana factory employment based on the experience from 1930 to 1935 inclusive, but also in comparison with the average experience of the last four years without correction for cyclical changes. The seasonal index shows a loss of 1.1 per cent is considered normal for factory employment from September to October. The average loss between these months during the last four years was 1.9 per

cent.

The durable goods manufacturing groups made pronounced gains from September to October which w'ere more than sufficient to offset the seasonal declines in employment and pay rolls experienced by the non-durable goods manufacturers. The durable goods industries, which include plants manufacturing products of metals, lumber, clay, stone, or glass, expanded employment 7.3 per cent and pay rolls 13.8 per cent from September to October. The non-durable goods group of manufacturing industries, adversely affected by the usual heavy seasonal decline -in canning .plant activity, showed losses of 8.6 per cent in employment arid 1.9 per cent in pay rolls. Pay roll gains were made by 12 of the 14 major groups of manufactuHng industries studied, and 11 of them increased employment from September to October. The foods and kindred products and leather and its manufacturers groups reduced both employment and pay rolls. The clay, stone, and glass manufacturing group showed the expected seasonal loss in employment but increased pay rolls. The iron and steel groups, with increases of 9.2 per cent in employment and 20.0 per cent in pay rolls, and railroad repair shops, with gains of 9.7 per cent in employment and 30.1 per cent in payrolls, were particularly impressive when the October reports were compared with identical reports tor Sep-

tember. The machinery; transportation equipment; non-ferrous metal and their products; and lumber and allied products manufacturing groups all expanded employment more than 5.0 per cent and pay rolls more than 10.0 per cent from September to October. The fact that pay roll gains were generally greater than the increases in employment from September to October was partially due to the fact that the Labor Day holiday reduced the September weekly average pay roll in most of the plants which report for other than a weekly period. It is also true that, in an expansion period such as that experienced since July, pay rolls tend to increase more than employment due to lengthened hours of work. A number of the October reports showed that some departments were working overtime. Preliminary October indexes showed manufacturing employment 18.0 per cent and pay rolls 30.2 per cent greater than a year

ago.

In the durable goods groups of manufacturing industries, gains of 23.4 per cent in employment and 39.1 per cent in pay rolls were shown in a comparison of preliminary October indexes with those of October 1938. A similar comparison for the non-durable goods group of manufacturing industries showed gains of 8.8 per cent in employment and 12,6 per cent in payrolls. ■— o

Farm Program Aids Life Conservation

The Randolph county farmer who carries out soil-building practices on his farm under the AAA farm program is not only improving his soil but is cooperating with the sportsmen of the county, points out Simeon D. Curry, chairman of the county agricultural conservation. committee. Virtually every practice with which a farmer may earn part of his soil-building allowance is also of benefit to wildlife, Mr. Curry said. At a recent wildlife conference in Washington, additional soil improvement practices beneficial to game and bird life were j recommended for inclusion in the 1940 farm program. Under the farm program, farmers of Randolph county have in recent years earned soil-building payments for seedings of alfalfa, sweet clover, and native grasses. All of these, Mr. Curry explains, provide feed and cover and increase nesting areas. Food, cover, and nesting grounds are also provided by the practices of reseeding depleted pasture and deferring grazing to permit natural reseed-

ing.

Many of the erosion control practices of the program also are a boon to wildlife, Mr. Curry said. Terracing and strip cropping, for example, provide nesting ground and shelter, while reservoirs and dams increase the water available for fish and like game and raise the water table for a greater growth of food and cover for land animals and wild fowl.

to the Albany Institute of History and Art include a number of hisfoi ical exhibits of the old west, including General Custer’s sword’.

place for the confinement of prisoners, it is recommended; 1. That this jail being unfit for the confinement of prisoners, as provided by statute, be razed and replaced by a new arid suitable jail equipped to supply efficient jail sevrice' to Delaware County. Respectfully submitted, - C. O. Fields, Chief Inspector, Div. of Inspection & Investigation F. JU Farman, Inspector

approximately 32 pages of class activities^, hospital administration-, and miscellaneous activities. George No Longer Drinks Whiskey White Ribbon Treatment Made Him Hate Liquor

White Ribbon Remedy can he given secretly in coffee, tea or milk and has done much to stop drunkenness. One woman stopped a drunkard of 1!() years with one box. The price is $2.00 and is tot sale at Muir’s or. Hook’s drugstore.