Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 7 March 1941 — Page 3

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POST DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1941

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MISSOURI SEES NEW STABILITY FOR ‘CROPPERS'

Tenants of “Boot Heel” Receive Federal Assistance

Hayti, Mo.—Southeast Missouri sharecroppers are toeing anchored to the land. As a result, homeless farm families probably never again will organize such a demonstration as that two years 'ago when more than 3,000 tillers of the soil pitched camp along the highways in Missouri’s famous “boot heel’’ section. Much has been accomplished in those two years to improve the living conditions of large numbers of low-income farm families and make them more secure on the land they work. Families who participated in the roadside demonstration charged that land-owners were reducing the sharecroppers to the status of day laborers in whoelsale numbers. The demonstration was their method of protecting. AAA Redrafts Rules The Agriculture Adjustment Administration corrected this by putting into force new rules and regu lations that made it impossible for lain.owners to collect full benefit payments if they changed .their cropping systems to squeeze out the ’croppers in order to obtain their shares of the payments. A contributing factor to the poverty of the “boot heel” }vae the policy of planters to import day workers from other states to do emergency cultivation and crop harvesting. Hundreds of other farm hands came uninvited to add to the over-population of the area with farm workers. The Missouri state employment service set out to remedy this and placed thousands of applicants on steady jobs. The employment bureau made importation of farmers unnecessary and resulted in a tremendous reduction in the influx of migratory farm families. Long-Range Plan Set Up In March, 1940, the Farm Security Administration announced that it had formulated a long-range program through which it hoped to stabilize farming conditions for hundreds of sharecroppers and day laborers in the area. Thousands of families participated in the program. " A 6,700-acre co-operative farm known as La Forge was created near New Madrid, Mo., and it proved that large groups of stranded and destitute farm families could be rehabilitated and transformed into tax-paying citizens. Moreover, there was no doubt that the government would recover its investment.

WAP. IN HISTORY DWARFS PEACE

Schenectady, N. Y. The civilized world can make only a dubious claim to 'that title, according to Prof. Walter C. Langsam’s , tally of war versus peace through history. The Union College professor and author checked history from 1496 B.C. to 1861 A.Di and found that of 3,357 years the civilized world enjoyed general peace for only 227 of them—but there is hope for a better ratio. “There is sufficient evidence of general progress during the past 2,000 years in mans’ relations with man to encourage me to take an optimistic view of the future,” he said. “As I have pursued my studies, to me, namely, that the history of the future may well have much less of the grim to record if only more persons within each country would learn to acquire, early in life, certain simple habits—only a half-dozen elementary and fundamental, and therefore highly important attitudes to govern their relations with their fellow men.” They are: 1— Tolerance for the views and conditions of others. 2— A tendency to hold or advance strong personal opinions only upon subjects on which one is relatively well informed. 3— A critical ability to differentiate, at least in a general way, between propaganda and verifiable fact. 4— A willingness to cooperate and compromise in one’s dealings with other people. 5— Recognition of the importance of having a sense of humor. FISHERMAN GETS BITE Rockville, Conn.—When a fish bites bait, that’s not news; but when a fish bites a fisherman that’s not only news—its painful. Tilting through the ice Attorney Donald Fiske had his finger badly bitten by a pickerel. It was the only bite he got all day. '— ——o— CUPID TAKES TIME OFF.

By BETTY BARCLAY

Importance of vitamins and minerals for individual and family health protection under today’s living conditions is emphasized in the government’s adoption of a national health defense program. The need for optimum rather than minimum amounts of food essentials to fortify against the stress of modern life, whether civil or military, is fully recognized. The country abounds with natural foods which, taken collectively, have all vital elements. By choosing wisely, even in winter the housewife on a moderate budget can feed her family for health. As cold weather cuts down the variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, it becomes increasingly important for each child and grownup to eat adequately of the fresh foods available. Americans are indeed fortunate thatt certain producing areas in this country harvest crops every month in the year, as California with its green vegetables and golden citrus fruits which ripen winter and summer. An adequate breakfast with two fruits is one form of health insurance. One large glass of fruit juice, preferably fresh orangd juice, is the best of all breakfast starts. Fresh orange juice is recognized as the primary source of vitamin C, and also as a supplemental source of vitamins A, Bt and G, calcium, phosphorus and iron. How could any chemist’s art improve on this

Walsenburg. Colo.-MJupid took a holiday in Huerfano county in 1940. The county clerk reported that 64 marriage licenses were issued in 1940, about one-half the yearly average.

HORSE SHIPPING BANNED Yugoslavia has decreed that horses may'not be shipped to other countries for slaughtering without -government. permit. . -

ONE-WORD ROLE STARS ACTRESS

New York—Helen Craig is a Broadway star now, her name up in lights and dn billboards, but her swift rise to fame is unlike that of any other actress for she attained her eminence by saying a single word. That word is “Johnny.” It is the curtain line of the play “Johnny Belinda” and for the three acts preceeding it Miss Craig lives, through the suffering of an outcast deaf-mute and her spiritual rebirth under the sympathetic guidance of a doctor. She lives through it without saying a word except that one (“Johnny”) but her lines are as clear to the audience as though she had spoken them for she uses the classic sign language of the deaf-mutes—as differentiated from the finger alphabet. And the show has been running sinco September, an indication to the producers that brilliant dialogue doesn’t always make a show. Miss Craig is the daughter of Edward A. Craig, an' Anaconda copper executive, and the wife of John Beal, the film actor. Five years ago she walked into the office of a producer looking for a role and Harry Wagstaff Gribble was struck by her brunette beauty.

Legal Notice

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND TO PUBLIC

gi and to all contractors that the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Muncle. Indiana, Invites sealed proposals for the cohstruction jn said city, according- to the Improvement Resolution below mentioned, and according to the plans, profiles, drawings, and specifications therefor on file in the office of said Board, of the following public improvement: Improvement Resolution No. 831— 1941, for the construction of a sanitary sewer system, as follows: extending in 13th Stregt. westwardly from Hoyt Avenue to Rochester Avenue and thence southwardly in Rochester Avenue to 14th Street; and extending westwardly in 14th Street from Hoyt Avenue to Rochester Avenue and thence southwardly in Rochester Avenue to 15th Street; and extending westwardly in 15th Street from Hoyt Avenue to the Buck Creek interceptor Sewer; and extending westwardly in 16th Street from Hoyt Avenue to Rochester Avenue and thence northwardly in Rochester Avenue to 15th Street. Each proposal shall he accompanied by a non-collusion affidavit as required by Section 95 of Chapter 129 of the AoPs of 1905 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana and any bid in excess of $5,000.00 shall also be accompanied by Questionaire Form 96-A State Board of Accounts. All such proposals shall be sealed and be deposited with said Board tjefore the hour of 2:00 o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th day of March. 1941,' and each such proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to said city for the sum equal to 5% of the Engineer's estimate of the cost of said improvement. which shall be forfeited to said city as liquidated damages if the bidder depositing’ the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the required contrast and bond in case a contract shall be awarded to him on such accompanying proposal. Said Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Board of Public Works and, Safety, of MurtCie, Indiana By WILBUR A' FULL. Clerk March 7-14 '

natural way of acquiring what it takes for normal growth and development — particularly of the bones and teeth — and to keep the general health level above the reach of infection? Only deep golden orange juice is a good source of vitamin A. The richer the color, the richer the juice, according to men of science. This is one reason why California orange juice can be depended upon to average the highest concentration of protective essentials. Here are some breakfast suggestions which will help you send your family off for the day, well prepared to withstand the “ravages of winter.” The photograph of the breakfast plate shows an egg poached in an orange ring. Remove fruit meat from A. orange slice, put circle of peel into boiling water and break egg into the orange ring. Breakfast Menus Orange Juice Creamed dried beef on toast Orange marmalade Baked pear

Orange Juice Broiled ham and Orange Slice* Hot Biscuits Jelly

Orange Juice Omelet with Orange Jelly Bacon Strips Whole Grain Muffins

He was talking at the time to Elmer Harris who wrote “Johnny Belinda” and they decided then that she was the one for the part. They did not approach her for four years. Then she was told the type role they had in mind for her. She was warned it would take six months of study and might last only a few days if the critics didn’t like it. She took the chance. Miss Craig, although known as a competent actress, had not attracted much attention from the films or the stage until she took her current role. In it she has the least to say of any star in recent years. But her voiceless part has “talked” her right into stardom. o— AAA Predicts Motor Touring Will Pass 1940 Washington.—Thomas P. H)snry, president of the American Automobile Association, predicts that the 1941 U. S. travel season wil equal or surpass the $5,000,000,000 mark made last year. Domestic touring will maintain its “boom proportions,” he said, and a big increase will be made in over-the-border travel to Canada and Mexico. Preliminary estimates indicate that motor vacation expenditures in 1940 were well over the $5,000,000,000 mark, Henry said. Routings handled by AAA clubs increased 19 per cent, the number of out-of-state visitors reported by state travel bureaus advanced 8.4 per cent and attendance at national parks increased 8.3 per cent.

Valuable Information For Women

New Eskimo Family At Indiana Sports Show March 22 to 30

SPRING COIFFURES TO BE BANG UP WITH CHIC Jane Floyd Buck If you want your new hair-do to be bang up with chick this spring you will go for bangs. For bangs it is to be, whether a mere wisp of a short lock at the side of thq forehead, or an out and one bang across the front. However, the all-across-the forehead bang is only for the very young things and should be shuiined by the late twenties and after. The arrival of the bang does not necessarily mean that' the up hair-do with the pompadour is out. The bang is being used in a number of ways to soften the latter a bit—a lock at one or both temples, or, where an unstudied pompadour arrangement is worn,.a soft curl that seems merely to have escaped. One particularly charming version of the bang is with the hair parted in the center and a few feathery curls at either side of the part. If you yearn for a bang or two but are afraid to use the snippers on your locks, get your beauty parior to experiment with an artificial wisp of hair first. * * * * YOUR HOME AND MINE A delightful woman I know has a plan of making periodical “gifts” to her home through a simple device that also helps to keep it in

order.

Having a rather small house and a family of five, she feels that it is necessary that every one do his part to keep things in their proper places. Therefore, she keeps an inexpensive china bank on the bookease in the living room. Every time anyone forgets to put a hat, coat or overshoes away in the coat closet, or leaves the daily papers scattered about the living room, or commits some other act of untidiness, the one at fault pays a “fine” of five cents. The nickels are dropped into the bank, and when a dollar or two has accumulated, the woman of the house buys something for the home that everyone can enjoy. It’s an ingenious idea and she says it works perfectly. Her latest “gift” to the house was a crystal salad bowl in that popular new half-an-apple shape, which cost only a dollar but is vastly useful for desserts as well as salads. Now, she is saving for the individual apple saucers to match the

bowl.

Another recent gift was a set of cork place mats decorated in a flower design, which, she says, saves any amount of laundry as well as protecting the table finish when plates are hot. Also on her list is a “juniorsize” cleaver, also priced at a dollar; it’s a small version of a butcher’s cleaver, to be used for cutting meats and chickens at home. * * ❖ * HOT OFF FIFTH AVENUE Compact Lighter Thinly elegant is a new cigar- [ ette lighter in the shape of a compact. When the compact is opened a tiny flame automatically snaps on. The compact comes in several colors of enamel. Wishbone Jewelry Equally smart for the girl who likes tailored blouses and frocks

| or for her boy friend is the new I wishbone jewelry, being shown in (cuff links, tie chains, clips and collar pins. Cigarette Silhouette One of spring’s most popular silhouettes, judging from advance styles now being introduced in New York, will be the cigarette line. Frocks gored from neckline to hem give a long, lovely line that is vastly flattering. » Splashes of White Every fashion-wise frock this spring will sport flashes of white and the bolder the better. Frilled collars and cuffs, simulated monograms done in white, even frills of white peeping from beneath the hemline characterize the majority of the important spring models. Safety First A smart new bag being shown for wear with spring suits has three zippered compartments, all opening on the outside and placed one beneath the other so that they are an Integral part of the bag’s decorative motif. o YOUR FEDERAL INCOME TAX WHO MUST FILE A RETURN

For Federal income tax purposes, widows, widowers, divorcees, and married persons separated by mutual consent are classed as single persons. These with those who have never been weeded, whose gross income was $800 or more, must file an income tax return. Every married person, living with husband or wife, if no joint return is made, who has a gross income of $2,000 or more, must also file an income tax return. If the husband and wife each has an income, and their aggregate gross income is $2,000 or more, they must file an income tax re-

turn.

Husband and wife living together at the close of the taxable year may file a single joint return (even though one has no gross income), or make separate returns of the income of each. If separate returns are filed, one may not report income which belongs to the other, but must report only the income which actually belongs to him. If a joint return is filed, the aggregate income disclosed is subject to both the normal tax and the surtax. The liability with respect to the tax on a joint return is joint and several. A joint return may not be made if either husband or wife is a nonresident alien. If a joint return is not made by an agent of the taxpayers, it must be signed by both husband and wife and sworn to before a proper .-Officer by the spouse preparing the return, or if neither or both prepare the return, then by both spouses. Where separate returns are filed by husband and wife, the joint personal exemption of $2,000 may be taken by either or divided between them in any proportion as agreed

upon.

Husband and wife may elect each year to file a joint return or separate returns. Where, however, joint or separate returns have been filed for a particular year, neither husband nor wife may, after the due date of return, file an amended return or returns on a different basis for that year.

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Kopek Ibionna, 20-year-old Eskimo mother, with Elaya, her 2-year-old baby boy. INDIANAPOLIS.—Experienced Eskimo walrus and seal hunters in spearing their prey are adept at a trick of making a complete rollover under water in their kayaks. Carl Ibionna of Cape Prince of Wales is the first Eskimo to be brought to this country who can accomplish this “roll-over” and he will perform the feat daily at the Indiana Sportsmen’s Show at the State Fair Grounds, March 22 to 30. Carl has brought to this country his 20-year-old wife. Kopek, his 3-year-old daughter, Posina, and his 2-year-old baby boy, El-j aya. They will all appear in Dave Irwin’s Arctic and Alaskan exhibit at the Sportsmen’s Show.

Girl Requests Senator’s Aid for Army Post Buffalo, N. Y.—Red-haired 23-year-old Irene Staskiewicz wants to become a soldier. The attractive young woman is so in earnest that she wrote Sen. James M. Mead to arrange her enlistment .and offered a barrage of arguments in support of her plan. “Td do anything they’d assign me,” she said. “I’d dig ditches, go for long forced marches, fire cannon, machine guns, rifles, anything. Just let ’em try me.” Ever since conscription began, 'M’iss Staskiewicz has been eager to do her bit for national defense, and she says five of her girl friends would join her in the army at the drop of a hat or a registration card.” She emphatically disagrees with the theory that women are not good army material.

Cavalry Center At Riley Grows Fort Riley, Kan.' — Lieut-Col. Wayland B. Augur, executive officer at the cavalfy replacement center here, said today that construction work was prgoressing smoothly at the center which will be the first such cavalry unit in the history of the army. Men trained at the Fort Riley cavalry center will be sent to both horse and mechanized cavalry units throughout the nation. “We are profiting by our experience in the World war to prevent a recurrence of the replacement difficulties that slowed up the works then,” Col. Augur said. “During our early days in the World war replacements weren’t such a tough problem because the casualties hadn’t begun to pile up, but after some of . the big actions like the Meuse-Argonne, .replacements became one of Gen. John J. Pershing’s biggest headaches. “The first plan he tried was to take all his replacements from two divisions picked for this purpose but pretty soon he had to use them as combat units. Naturally this virtually cut off the source of supply for replacements. •“General Pershing cabled the War Department back home for men to fill the depleted ranks of his fighting outfits. The War Department responded by sending over new divisions. He cabled again. More divisions. Pretty soon the new arivals found themselves being split up and sent piecemeal to plug the holes in various orglmizations. It had to be done, but it was extremely bad for morale. “Realizing this, the War Department directed establishment of a number of replacement training camps on this side, 13 of them, in fact. That was early in April, 1918. These camps proved quite effective; a total of some 236,000 men were sent overseas from there before the fuss was over.”

Air Corps Gets Messerschmidt

We&tover Field, Mass. —.The army corps has “ibagged’ ’a Messerschmidt at this northeast air base. It is not a German plane but Pvt. Charles Messerschmidt, Jr., who was transferred from Fort Devens.

CANADA PLACES WAR MATERIAL ABOVE TROOPS

Britain’s Needs Stressed By Dropping 30-Day Training Plan , Ottowa.—Circles close to the war scene on Parliament Hill realize <Lhat behind the Canadian government’s sudden abandonment of the 30-day military training scheme for youth lies the dramatic story of Britain’s urgent need for every kind of war material. It is no secret here that that story was told in full and careful detail to Defense Minister J. L. Ralston and Supply Minister C. D. Howe on the recent visit overseas. It is equally well known that it is as a direct result of representations made to the Canadian ministers that the federal war^ cabinet has placed industry in the driver’s seat of the war effort, taking steps to see that no plans of compulsory military training is followed that might prejudice output. Two Points Stressed. Two main points are understood to have been stressed by United Kingdom authorities to the recent missions. The first is that, although men trained and equipped would be welcome, untrained men are not wanted in Britain now. The second is that war materials of every kind are wanted urgently. Obviously, Canada’s scheme of 30-day compulsory training could not furnish the trained men which Britain is prepared to welcome. Equally obviously, as testified by strenuous protests from manufacturers in all parts of the Dominion, it was threatening substantial interference with war production. Hence the speedy decision of the war cabinet to scrap the scheme when the Canadian ministers reported their conversations qverseas. o— Sweet potatoes are a possible soruce of cellulose for manufacture of bombs. „

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