Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 28 February 1941 — Page 3

POST DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1941

DEFENSE WORK HELD TO LACK SOCIAL VISION

Professor Calls For Wide De-Centralization of Industry. Albany, N. Y.—New York state is making hobbies pay dividends in the national rearmament program. Hundreds of janitors, building superintendents and workers of every kind who "puttered around” with machinery in their spare time have been called by industry to speed national defense production. The shortage of skilled labor, vital to the manufacture of guns, tanks, planes and machine tools, has prompted the state labor department to re-check its unemployed list for possible secondary skills which could be utilized for production for war materials. To date the survey has turned up numerous machinists who were classified as farmers, clerks and unskilled workers on jobless rolls. Women previously registered for work as domestics have been discovered who were munitions workers in the World War. Training Courses Set Up The labor department has taken seve” 0 ',! steps to meet the increasing demand of industry for skilled workers. Thousands of craftsmen who had’ been idle for months or years were re-trained in their skills, and courses have been set UP on a statewide basis to train raw recruits in machine production. By estimating the future needs of industry, the department is attempting to train a sufficient number of skilled laborers to keep defense production in high gear. On Long Island, where four aircraft plants are making engines and ships for the army and navy, the department has set up courses to train 20,000 sheet metal workers, riveters and welders. In addition, four aviation training centers will be opened soon to train some 7 t 000 semi-skilled workers. In all ’ cases, plants supply the instruction while the cost of equipment, salaries and overhead is borne jointly by the state and federal governments. Shifts in industrial production have made demands for skilled labor not only greater — but different, according to Frieda S. Miller, state industrial commissioner. Gas Masks in Lace Factory A chintz and lace manufacturer is making gas masks. Nylon, which was developed to make stronger and more economical women’s stockings is being made into parachutes instead.

DEGREE WILL GO TO GO-EO OF 16

Seattle, Wash.—The youngest of the 1941 graduating class at the University of Washington also will be the youngest ever graduated from that school. Comely, brown-eyed Catherine Mary McGrath will receive a bachelor of arts degree at the age of 16. Registration officials have been unable to find a record of students being graduated from the university here at a younger age. Catherine was too busy learning things to be bothered with going through the first, third, fifth, eighth and eleventh grades. She started in the second grade in Boston at the age of 5. In 1936, when she was 12, she was graduated from a Seattle high school. She attended Trinity College in Washington for two quarters. In the fall of 1937 she entered the University of Washington. While other students her age were struggling through high school algebra, 14-year-old Catherine was delving into all the calculus courses she could get at the university. Later her interests changed and she will receive her degree in French, and along with it qualifications to teach French. Catherine realizes the difficulties she would encounter as a 16 year-old teacher. So she is thinking of going back to school to allow her contemporaries to catch up with her. Her interests now lie ip journalism and she has plans to obtain a second degree next year. She insists she is not a child prodigy. To her, things just happened that way. o — Legal Notice NOTICK TO NON-KKSIDKNTS Klale of Indiana, Oelftwaro County, ss: Virginia King vs. George King January Term, 194t In the Delaware Superior Court Complaint: Divorce. No. 5915-S Notice is hereby given the saitf defenhant George King that the plaintiff has filed, her complaint herein, for di- > orce together with an affidavit that the said defendant George King is not a resident of the State of Indiana, and that unless lie be and appear on Friday the 18th day of April 1911, the 5th day the next term of said Court, to be liolden on the Secqnd Monday in April, A. D., 1841, at the Court House in the City of, Muncle in said County and State, the said cause will he heard and determined in his absence. WITNESS, the Clerk and the Seal of said Court, affixed at the City of Muneie this 17th day of February A. D., 1941 JESSE E. GREENE. Clerk John J. Dodd, Plaintiff's Attorney Feb. 21-28, Uar, %■ ■ ■

SUPPER , PARTY WITHOUT SWEETS is enjoyed by all

^ says Dorothy Greig

r>ARTY food to most of us means something rich and sweet, JL “all sugared and gooed up fit to kill”, as a bachelor friend

pf the family describes it.

This same bachelor knows whereof he speaks for he is in demand at parties and is faced and “baffled” (his own word) by much party food. Refreshitfents served at his own smart little supper parties are very different. His platform on the subject is simple, his adherence to it unswerving. “No sweets”, says he. He insists that all food must be crisp, crunchy, meaty or high flavored. There’s never a whipped cream or sweet concoction to be

seen.

Rather you will find thick soup ladled smoking hot from an enormous high riding tureen, cold whole baked hams, pots of pork and beans, fresh crusty rye bread, chilled salad greens, crunchy celery hearts, sardines, wonderful cheeses, pickles, polished red apples, juicy pears— all that sort of thing. And his guests love it—perhaps because such honest, gusty, relished foods are met but seldom at parties. For instance, this spicy hot tomato juice punch provides a jolly start to such a sweetless supper. Hot Mulled Tomato Juice with Lemon Slice Garnish 5 cups tomato juice 6 tablespoons medium brown sugar 6 whole cloves

2 sticks cinnamon, about 3 inches

long

4 slices lemon Combine all ingredients, bring to a slow boil and simmer for five minutes. Strain. Serve hot from a large bowl with thin slices of lemon and orange floating on top. Makes 1% quarts hot mulled tomato juice. Supper Party Salad Mousse This salad is another suggestion. It consists of crisp vegetables imprisoned in a chicken flavored mousse. SinfpTe to make, delightful to eat. 2 cans condensed chicken soup 2 eggs, separated 1 tablespoon gelatine (softened in % cup water) IVi cups cooked carrots, diced Vi cup diced celery or cucumber 1 cup cooked green peas % cup salad dressing or mayonnaise Heat the soup, add egg yolks gradually and cook until slightly thickened. Dissolve softened gelatine in hot soup mixture. Chill until it begins to stiffen, then fold in carrots, green peas, celery or cucumber, beaten egg whites and mayonnaise. Pour into a mold and chill until firm. Remove from mold and serve on salad greens—lettuce, watercress or chickory or garnished with celery hearts and stuffed olives. Serves 8.

Fresh vegetables and condensed chicken soup are combined to make a delicious salad mousse.

Sweet Potato As Stock Food Tried In South

Atmore, Ala—Agriculturists predict dehydration of the sweet potato eventually will revolutionize the livestock industry in the South. Observers point out that the South needed a cheap concentrated feed to supplement pasture during the winter months and to fill a place similar to that of corn in the Middle West, while the sweet potato produces heavily in the sandy soil of the South. W. W. Cotney, Atmore state prison farm superintendent, said available records show that where sweet potatoes are converted into meal, they give a feed value per acre of three to five times that of corn on the same land. The meal is an excellent feed, and eaten “with relish” by stock, he added. Cotney revealed that the Atmore farm was considering the establishment of a dehydrating plant. He said J. O. Gray, chief engineer of the state prison system, and Arthur Heustess, assistant prison administrator, have recently inspected the dehydrating plants at Miss., and St. Franci«ville, La.

Talking Robot Goes Patriotic for Canadians

Toronto—Toronto Rotarlans have been advised by “Pedro the Voder” to buy war savings stamps aud certificates. “Canada needs your dollars!” Pedro told the Rotariaus. “Pedro” didn’t originate the phrase but he did create the speech, with the assistance of Dr. J. O. Perrine of New York, assistant vice president of American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Dr. Perrine was aided by Mrs. Helen Harper, who operated “Pedro,” the 'speech machine. The articulate robot first amused the Rotariaus with his fundamental “Oh’s” and “Ah’s,” but he really amazed his listeners when he spelled out Mississippi. Then, he practically brought down the house with his melodic rendition of “Sweet Adeline.” Mrs. Harper operated “Pedro" from a console resembling an oldfashioned organ. To make him spell “concentration,” the operator had to form 13 different sounds in succession, and she had to make five movements of the wrist bar. To give expression to the word, she had to vary the position of the pedal from three to five times, according to the degree of expi’ession. Mrs. Harper had to do ad this jqst as quickly as it would have taken to say “concentration.” and with full meaning of the word.

ROLE OF PIGEON IN ARMY GROWS

ARMY EXPANDS HIGHER CEILING PILOT TRAINING

Course At Wright Field Stresses Latest War Tactics

Pittsburgh.—The homing pigeon is the only form of military communication that can survive blitzkrieg tactics, in the belief of Major John K. Shawvan, head of the army’s pigeon service. Major Shawvan is directing the work of “drafting” thousands of homing pigeons from their fanciers all over the United States, and training the birds in two-way flights. In the last World War, pigeons were taught to fly only one-way. ‘The principle of the blitzkrieg, as developed by the German army, is to drive a spearhead in the enemy lines, then fan out in all directions and demoralize the enemy by cutting communications and isolating the different units,” Major Shawvan explained. “That is what happened in the Low Countries and in France and the only answer to it is the homing pigeon. It is the only form of communication which cannot be cut by the blitzkrieg. It will hop right over it.” Major Shawvan pointed out that the experience of the past war demonstrated that, even though the pigeon remained when all otheer forms of communications were cut, it was still possible for a unit to be cut off because pigeons were trained to fly one way only. Now, however, he said the army doesn’t have to maintain a fresh supply of pigeons in the front lines. He added that military officials have been conducting largescale experiments to develop twoway flights. “The whole theory of homing pigeons has been revolutionized by these two-way flights,” he said, “and as a result we won’t have any more ‘lost battalions’.” Major Shawvan announced that the army signal corps soon would mobilize its first “pigeon company” in the South. Make-up of the unit would be a company of regu lar army men, and 3,000 to 5,000 homing pigeons to be housed in mobile trailer units that can be moved from place to place at high speed. Maximum pigeon mobilization, he added, would require 20,000 birds. They will be taught to carry messages both day and night, and will operate within a 50-mile ra

dius.

o — VET RAIL MAN STEPS DOWN Binghampton, N. Y. — After 54 consecutive years of railroading, a man has a right to a little rest. So Edward F. Keuefic, an engineer, has hung up his overalls for good He started as a cat repairman in

1887.

Dayton, O. — Recognizing the growing importance of substratosphere flying modern warfare, the army air corps has established a school at Wright Field to instruct officers in technique of high-alti-tude flight. The one-week school is conducted by the Wright Field aero medical research laboratory under the direction of Capt. Otis O. Benson, Jr., chief of the labora-

tory.

Thirty officers from tactical and training centers of the air corps formed the first class and three other classes will be offered in succeeding weeks to other groups of 30 officers each. At the end of the training the 120 officers will go back to their stations and serve as instructors to pilots, flying cadets and other flying personnel in the technique of high-altitude flight. Use Oxygen Equipment The school, with emphasis upon the use of oxygen equipment, is the first of its kind to be conducted by the army air corps. - Wright Field officers said that observations from the European war indicated a trend toward the upper levels of the air by bombers and interceptor planes which must fight them. As a result of the European experience, Instructions in the use of oxygen equipment and in military aerial tactics at high altitudes are expected "to become a part of routine air corps training within a short time. Included in the special “teacher training” here are demonstrations with a 40-foot altitude pressure chamber. The effects of high altitude flight can be reproduced by a process which reduces the density of air within the chamber to that of any desired altitude. Go Up 38,000 Feet These experiments are climaxed jy a reproduction of .an ascension to a height of 38,000 feet. Members of the classes are subjects and each is equipped with oxygen masks and oxygen supply equip-

ment.

The visiting officers also go up in groups of 10 in a big army bomber to altitudes of around 30,000 feet for mass tests of the new oxygen equipment in actual substratosphere flight. On the ground, lectures are delivered by Capt. Benson and other officers on such subjects as parachute escape at high altitude, altitude sickness and air sickness, pilot fatigue, physical characteristics of the atmosphere and physiological effects on the human body. Capt. B. S. Kelsey, Wright Field test pilot and engineer who returned recently from assignment to London to observe actual air battles, reviews existing information on high altitude operations. FOREIGN LABOR TO AID BRITAIN

A Winter Treat - Baked Spiced Oranges

London—Soon an international people’s army of workers, bearing the emblem of a smith forging a sword, will go into action in factories and workshops in defense of Britain. They will be known as the “International Labor Force,” and this device will be engraved on the badge which they will wear as their distinguishing mark. Drawn from the 250,000 foreigners that Britain shelters, there will be an estimated 50,000 or more German and Austrian refugees. The Allied nations will contribute 14,000 Poles, 10,000 Czechs, 4,000 Norwegians, 7,000 Dutch, 14,000 Belgians and 10,000 French. A survey will show the industrial capacity of these groups, and special exchanges are to be opened to facilitate their placing in appropriate jobs. They will share in Britain’s social services, health and unemployment insurance, and in the Labor Force will be paid the same wages and will have the same surroundings as their British colleagues. Arrangements are to be made to train foreign women in government centers and in shops. An An-glo-Polish employment exchange is to be opened by Ernest Bevin, minister of labor, and plans are afoot for making it something of a social center for Poles in this country. Other exchanges for nationals of Allied countries are likely to be set up without delay. The foremost idea is to make them feel at home here.

Legal Notice

NOTICE TO BIOOEKS

Notice is hereby given that the Boarq o? Public Worka and Safety of the City Of Munoie, Indiana, will, up to the hour of 2:00 o'clock P. M. on Wednesday, the 5th day of March, 1941. at its office in the City Building, re'ceive sealed piOt posals for the furnishing and delivery of tlie following: One 85 H.P. to 55 H.P. Caterpillar r'ractor with Bulldozer attachment. Each bid shall be accompanied by a non-collusion affidavit of the bidder, as provided by law. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dat^d this 21st day of February, 1941. WILBUR A. FULL. Clerk Feb. 21-28

BY BETTY BARCLAY What winter fruits lack in variety they more than make up for ic universal appeal and availability. Everyone likes oranges and apples; everyone can have them as Nature is generous with these fruits which are packed with health as well as flavor. There’s no better way to serve apples or oranges than just as they come from the tree — or in juice form for oranges, but there are many ways of cooking them which will be different and delight the family. For instance, these large California Navel oranges which ripen just in time for the holidays and can be had all winter are grand when seasoned a bit and baked to serve hot with meat — especially with goose, duck, pork or ham. Many variations in cooked oranges to accompany the meat course have been originated by Californians — perhaps because California Navels, seedless and firmer-meated than most varieties, usually grow to a larger size than other oranges and are therefore easier to work with. For the Baked Spiced Oranges pictured, choose large or mediumsized fruit, one orange for every two persons. Cut oranges in halves. Loosen segments in each half with a sharp knife or scissors. Top each half with: 1 teaspoon brown sugar 4 Vz teaspoon butter Sprinkle of nutmeg and cinnamon Bake In moderate oven (350°) for about 45 minutes or until well heated, and butter, sugar and spices have penetrated into the fruit. Serve as a meat accompaniment. Each orange half may be decorated with a cherry or a glazed cranberry. It is important that the oranges be hot when served. If you don’t have time to prepare these spiced oranges, why not try some broiled orange slices? Choose clean, unblemished fruit. Cut the whole, unpeeled fruit into slices % inch thick. Marinate 30 minutes or more in Lemon French dressing, using % cup lemon juice, % cup salad oil and seasoning. Place about 3 inches under the flame and broil for 5 to 10 minutes until edges of orange slices are slightly browned. Serve hot. Another recipe which is delicious is for baked oranges to be served hot with meat or cold in a salad or dessert. 4 Navel oranges 2 cups water 2 cups sugar % cup white corn syrup Boil whole, unpeeled oranges for about 30 minutes or until tender. Cool. Cut into halves, quarters or ^ inch slices. Mix corn syrup, sugar and water together and cook 5 minutes. Pour this syrup over the cooked oranges which have been placed in baking dish. Cover closely and bake at moderate temperature (350°) for IVz hours. If orange pieces are not completely covered by syrup, baste frequently. Remaining syrup may he served with oranges as a sauce. For variation syrup may be colored red, may be flavored with spies or with maple syrup. The orange may be stuck with whole cloves before baking. • * To keep for future use, seal while hot In sterilized jars. For a salad, arrange pieces of baked orange around a mound ol cottage or cream cheese on bed of lettuce; accompany with any desired dressing. For a dessert, brown a marshmallow on each quarter or slice ol eprinkle with coconut.

CONSERVATION NEWS —

Pokagon State Park Popular Winter Playground m

Pokagon state park—Indiana’s winter sports capitol—has been a center of activity for thousands of Hoosierg and visitors from other states who have enjoyed skiing, skating, toboganning and sleighing over the snow-covered hills and on the frozen surface of Lake James.

Among the visitors were 44 members of the senior class of Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio. Several members of the group are pictured above as they prepared for a ski trip over the park and others as they sped down the new double-track toboggan slide.

NATIONAL RUSK BEGUN TO JOIN ‘SCREWBALLS’

Indiana Town Launches Club For All Who Can Qualify Angola, Ind.,—From across a letter-littered desk, Kenneth Hubbard said the world was full of “screwballs”; the letters proved it. Hubbard should know. He is cofounder and “recording screw” of the Screwballs of America, Inc., Angola Council No. 1. < It began one December morning in 1938 when Hubbard, an attorney here, and Yost C. Johnson, a law student, sal over a steaming cup of coffee in a cafe. In walked a man slightly worse for wear and want of sleep. He gulped a cup of black coffee, and stumbled out into the cold. “If,” Hubbard recalls saying, “if all the screwballs in this world were organized, he would logically be presidehti” . That chance remark led to the organization of the Angola Council No. 1, Screwballs of America. As word passed around, applications came in, and with each, the 50 cent initiating fee. The money went for membership cards, stationery and private charities. Four

times a year the club held a banquet and talked over the more screwy things in life. It was fun Sen. Willis Named The club elected A. D. Schultz “chief screw,” an euphuistic term fo* president. Sen. Raymond E. Willis and Rep. George W. Gilie, both Indiana Republicans, were named delegates-at-large. And so it went. Nearly everyone was an officer. There was a secretary of war, a chief wine-tester and an assistant, several jack screws, an arson squad chief and a dry squad chief, a doughnut maker, a blacksmith, a soda jerker, even an inventor. Merchants, lawyers, printers, bankers, insurance agents, the captain of a CCC camp, all admitted they were “screwy” and joined. The club designed an emblem—a screw driven through the heart of a small ball—and printed more stationery and membership cards. Gets Indiana Charter The club’s fame spread beyond the confines of Angola so it decided to incorporate. Op Feb. 3, of this year it became a legal organization within the statutes of Indiana. And then came the flood. “Here’s a guy from Washington who wires he lias 9,000 ‘screwballs’ in that state -lined up and ready to join,” Hubbard said. “We can’t even catch up with our mail.” He shuffled through the letters. “There are applications from every state in the union. A hundred and ten cities have applied for charters.”

Many Bills In Legislature Would Affect Conservation Many hills now up for consideration in the General Assembly would, if they are passed, affect conservation for either good or bad. One would allow hunting on Sunday. This bill is vigorously opposed and probably will not pass. Another bill provides for a closed season on catfish between May 1 to June 15. This is the closed season on game fish, and it is said the object of the bill is to prevents the fish from being disturbed while they are on the spawning beds. However, catfish do not spawn at this time. Other bills would limit angling devices to two to a person; would eliminate trapping zones and designates closed season from Feb. 1 to Nov. 14 requires owner identification on traps and fixes limit of 50 set at one time; requires a hunting license to kill frogs and establishes a bag limit of 25 frogs a day; fixes raccoon hag limit at two a day.

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Beetle Traps May Again Be Placed In State Plans for continuance of the cooperative campaign between the Division of Entomology and the U. S. Department of Agriculture for control and extermination of the Japanese beetle are awaiting congressional action on the budget. Traps set in Jay county last year failed to trap many of thfe

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Production Of Fish In 1941 Expected to be Large The state department of conservation reports that conservation clubs in the state are preparing for a record production f game fish in 1941 through operation of hatchery ponds. In both 1939 and 1940 clubs working in cooperation with the Division of Fish and Game, produced approximately 11,000,000 game fish. During the past year 246 pHibs operated a total of 513 hatchery, ponds, these clubs being located in 54 counties. , " . .

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Combines Provide Food For Wild Life Combines have been found to provide food for wildlife wherever used, considerable grain shattering while the combine is in use. Tall stubble left when the grain is only “headed” provide excellent hiding places for birds.

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Big List Of Entries in Field Trial in Tennessee 40 pointers and 6 setters were entered in the National Field trials held February 24 at Grand Junction, Tenn. This was one of the largest entry lists ever received. Many champions were entered, including the 1940 winner, Lester’s Enjoy Wahoo, owned by Dr. B. S. Lester of Birmingham, Ala.

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Fishing Tackle Manufacturers Start Spring Advertising Manufacturers of fishing tackle are now flooding the mails with advertisements of their wares, including many new kinds of tackle, poles, reels, lures and the like. Judging from recent catalogues received the fisherman has a much greater variety to choose from than usual. But he still must be smarter than the fish.

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Tip to Hunters of the Elusive Night Crawler Fishermen hereabouts make use of night crawlers as one of their principal baits for nearly all kinds of fish. There are many places in Jay county where they are plentiful, hut every fisherman knows how elusive they' are. It is said a red light is better to use than a white light and they will not move to quickly. Apparently they are color blind to some extent—or at least sensitive to a white light.

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Artificial Flies Said to be Good For Catching Suckers It is about time lor the suckers to begin running upstreams to spawn. An old fisherman says artificial flies can be successfully used to catch these fish. Some varieties of suckers make very good eating despite the bones.

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Winter Has Been Easy On All Wild Life The open winter in this section has been easy on all wild life. Although there have been a number of snows, none of them lasted long. Mild weather that followed, soon" melted the greater part of the snow and this afforded plenty of water. Observant persons saw all kinds of birds partaking of melted snow water and even taking a bath in it. Tracks about such places showed that four fqoted creatures were able to get -Water almost any time.

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May be Many Chanqes in Conservation Laws^of State It is probable that when the Indiana legislature has adjourned ic will be found there will be many changes in conservation laws, affecting fishermen and hunters. Some of these laws may be good, but others may be bad.

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Liberate About 200 Deer in Southern Indiana Nearly 200 deer, obtained from breeders in Wisconsin and Missouri are being liberated in suitable areas throughout southern Indiana by the iDivision of Fish and Game.

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