Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 13 June 1941 — Page 2

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POST-DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1941

The entire meal tastes better if it contains at least ONE HOT DISH says Dorothy Greig ^“VNE of the things that lend zip and zest to summer meals is contrast. We plan for contrast in texture — for instance, a crunchy food and a smooth one. Contrast of color ihakes a meal look more appetizing, too—the green of beans,

Chopped Steak and Spanish Rice Casserole a zestful dish to sparkle up a summer meal.

BRITISH STYLES CHIC AS EVER DESPITE BLITZ

Tailored Suits Dominant, With More Formal Dresses Lacking London—The blitz has brought changes to the worlu of feminine fashions just as it has to every other phase of life in Britain today. Even with the war raging around them, however, British women are still taking as much trouble over their appearance as they have ever done. Fashions have changed to meet changed conditions. Two kinds of clothes are not bought as they once were. They are the afternoon dress in which a woman formerly played bridge and the grand evening dresses, exceedingly decollete. Bridge is played in the evenings as the days are occupied with war work, and women wear dinner gowns. The afternoon dress has disappeared. The famous tailoring houses of London are busy making the more elegant little suits. They are crowded and have a list of appointments for fittings that begins in the early morning and lasts until the house closes. Men’s Material Copied The material of the suits has veered from the tweeds that women have always bought in England to fine versions of men’s suiting, exactly the same as the wool merchants supply to Savile Row for men’s suits but in half their weight and as well in feminine colorings. What colors? Gray, to lead with, often combined with a biscuit brown. Or gray with a fine overchecking of brilliant red, green and yellow. The line of the suits? They are for the most part single-breasted with a rather longer opening and are closely fitted at the waist in accentuated curves. Emphasized pockets help in that accentuation of the feminine, small waist and the rounded hipline. Skirts are slim, fullness lying rather to the front. Pockets are slits for the fingers, no more. Both jackets and skirts feature yokes, which are put in wih much fine, intricate seaming and detail. The tailors, when they make suits in brilliant colors, whether the parrot blends of the sheer tweeds or the monotones of fine suitings, usually add a topcoat so that when a woman has to go into blitzed areas in the course of her war work, she may not feel conspicuous. These coats are swinging models. NEW HOWITZER, OLD '75' PAIRED Fort Bliss, Tex.—The army is reorganizing its field artillery units with changes based on lessons learned in the current European war, mainly from the Nazis. The reorganization involves a heavy increase in personnel and introduction of 105-millimeter guns. Ever since the World war, miltary experts have regarded the famous 75-millimeter gun as an ideal field piece to be used in support of divisions. It was light, mobile and powerful. But the Germans introduced the 105-millimeter howitzer, which in use against France proved to be more devastating than the 75 but still mobile, field artillery officers at Fort Bliss said. The American army has used a 155'inillimeter howitzer, but it is now considered too heavy for a mobile division arm. Fort Bliss, as well as other posts throughout the nation, is scheduled to receive the new 105-millimeter field pieces soon, but the famous 75 millimeter gun will be retained as supporting artillery, despite the loss of some prestige. Specifically, the lighter gun will be used to support the ‘ brigade, while the bigger piece will give general support to the entire division. The 105-millimeter howitzer is drawn by truck, which also carries ammunition. It is a high angle gun with a range of 12,100 yards and fires a 4-inch, 33-pound high explosive shell. The gun weighs 4,300 pounds and can be placed in action in three minutes. It is powerful enough to be used for demolition purposes as well as against troops under cover. o — AUSTRALIANS EAGER TO FLY

Melbourne, Australia. — More than 160,000 men have applied for enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force since it asked for recruits 59 weeks ago. The Air department has determined this means an application every three and a half ^minutes. o . Legal Notice

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Delaware County In the Matter of the Petition of Kobert Edwards to Change Name In the Delaware Circuit Court April Term, 1941 No. 13897 NOTICK OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Notice is hereby given that I have applied to the Delaware' Circuit Court of said County and State to have my name changed from Robert Edwards to that of Robert Edwards Dee; and that said petition and application will be presen-ted to and heard by said Court on the 30th day of July, 1941. Dated this 6th day of June, 1941 ROBERT EDWARDS

the yellow of corn, the red of strawberries. And most important of all is contrast of temperature. Cold food for summer meals if you like but get contrast by serving some hot food also in every meal. Indeed, serving at least one hot dish does much more than just give balance and zest. It actually aids digestion, helps to keep us feeling fit through the draggy days. And it is wise to serve this hot food as early in the meal as possible. For example, if the main dish is cold meat or a big husky salad, let’s start with a light hot soup. That puts the tummy in good humor to digest the cold foods that follow. On the other hand, If the first course is jellied consomme, chilled tomato juice or fruit cup, follow along with a hot main dish or maybe a hot vegetable casserole. Here is the recipe for a light soup that makes a fine beginning to a summer meal: Chicken Noodle and Celery Soup 1 can condensed chicken noodle soup 1 can condensed celery soup 2 cans milk (using the soup can for a measure) , Combine the chicken noodle and eefery soups. Then add 2 cans milk.

Cost of Killing In War Soars Since 1914-18

Tarentum, Pa.—The cost of killing a soldier has increased from $50 in the time of Julius Caesar to between $50,000 and $75,000 in the present war, according to H. V. Churchill, an industrial chemist. Churchill told a meeting here the expense of war-time killing has risen steadily through the centuries, with a tremendously great advance occurring between the World War and today. By the time of Napoleon, the cost had become $1,500 for each man killed," the chemist said, and, during the World War the figure w T as about $2,500. He added that Napoleon’s advisers and allies thought the cost far too high in their time. Churchill cited as the reason for the huge increase in the cost for fact that war is now fought with machinery—which adds greatly to the cost—although manpow er still is the backbone of war. “The development of mechanical devices and improvement of machinery has lifted a great deal of hard physical labor from men’s shoulders but military men are turning this machinery to war purposes instead of using it for peaceful pursuits,” he decalred. —o Boat Builder From Boyhood

Chrismas Cove, Me.—Frank Y. McFarland, who built his first boat, a rowboat, when he was 13 years old, has completed his 50th sea-going craft, which have included launches, yachts and cabin cruisers. o OLDEST SON IS 72

On his 95th birthday, John Shelton of Dungog, Australia, boasted of being the father of seven, the oldest son being 72, grandfather of siN, great-grandfather of five and great-great-grandfather of one.

using the soup can for a measure. Heat, but do not boil. Serves 5-7. And for a hot main dish you will enjoy this, not only for Its fine flavor but because it looks so savory, thanks to its contrast of sizzling brown meat cakes on white rice that has been mixed with green peppers and red condensed tomato soup. Chopped Steak and Spanish Rice Casserole 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons green pepper, chopped 2 tablespoons onion, chopped 1 can condensed tomato soup 3V6 cups cooked rice 1 pinch pepper Melt the butter, add chopped green pepper and chopped onion and ,coo& until soft. Then add the tomato soup, well-drained cooked rice, and pepper. Stir carefully until well mixed. Put into a casserole and arrange, raw chopped steaks on the top. Chopped Steaks: Mix together one pound ground round steak, V/z teaspoons salt and % teaspoon pepper Shape into flat Ipatties and put on the Spanish Rice. Put casserole under the broiler and broil Ahe , steaks first/ on one side and then the other. Serves 5-6.

UMITS ON CREEL FODND TOO HIGH

Cheyenne, Wyo.—Pity the poor fisherman who doesn’t get the creel limit—he’s the same as the golfer who never gets into the 70s. And when he doesn’t bring home all the fish the law allows, he begins to think he isn’t so hot as an angler, complains about poor fishing and loses half the fun of fishing. The remedy for this, according to Kenneth Reid, executive secretary of the Izaak Walton League of America, is to lower the creel limit. He makes the recommendation in Wyoming Wild Life, official publication of the state game and fish commission. Incidentally, he pointed out, the interests of conservation would be helped by this move since the angler would be satisfied with fewer fish. Emphasizing that “there is a lot of psychology in this fishing business,” Reid declares “creel limits should be revised to the number or weight of fish that can be taken by the average fisherman in an average day’s fishing.” “Not only will this constitute a highly desirable conservation measure and improve the quality of fishing, but the fishermen themselves will be better satisfied because they will consider they have done a successful job when they have achieved ‘par’ on the fishing course.” In general, fishing regulations and creel limits are far behind game regulations and bag limits, he says. “While bag limits on game have been progressively revised in keeping with the increased demand,” he says, “creel limits on fish aparently have not taken these factors into consideration. “They remain at levels that were suitable in the times of our grandparents when fish were many and fishermen few.”

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“Character is what is left when your reputation is gone,” says Robert Quillen.

It appears that the 83 per cent of the people in the United States who do not want war will soon be drawn into the war by the 17 per cent who do.

39 per cent of the Flying Cadets are “washouts” and discharged during the first ten weeks of preliminary training because of a lack of natural ability for flying. Nearly 8,000,000 people buy their hunting or fishiiig licenses each year in the United States. The estimated average cost of killing an enemy military man in the present World War is about $60,000. On an average, according to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the rat population in most large cities is about twice as large as the human population.

A completely planned German national event which was celebrating the sinking of the big British Warship—Hood—was sadly and suddenly brought to a close by the sinking of the Bismark which was Germany’s biggest warship. Warships are not worth their price in the present war.

There are seven cemeteries within the Jefferson County (Indiana) Ordance Proving Ground area. The Jefferson County Re-Interment Association has a contract for moving the 1700 bodies and gravestones for $106,425—less than $63 per grave.

The fact that Wendell L. Willkie favorably endorsed President Roosevelt’s declaration of an unlimited national emergency has caused an outburst of oratorial comment both favorable and otherwise.

Only one-fifth as many people die annually in the United States from tuberculosis as did thirty years ago. It is now a 2,000 to one shot that the average baby will never come to death from tuberculosis. Sea gulls fly from the Pacific Coast over to Yellow Stone Park (700 miles) to feed with the gov-drnment-fed birds there.

Herbert Hoover has been awarded more honorary college degrees than any other American—31 degrees.

James Madison was the first President to wear long trousers while in office. Ford cars with . 95-horse-power motors are available to law-en-forcement agencies only. There are more than 400 regular radio quiz programs in the United States.

A peanut-bread has been developed recently by Dr. George Washington Carver, the noted Alabama Negro scientist. This new bread will soon be offered by leading bakeries everywhere. * * * * Labor will no longer be able to tie up defense industries by making unjustifiable wage demands. Both the Government and the public believe it to be unfair for workers to ask for a bigger wage in defense industries when just as capable men are drafted into military ranks at $21 per month.

In general there has been too little rainfall in the United States this season. It is especially dry in the East and Southeast. Poor pas-

tures in this section are curtailing dairy production. The early gardens in these Eastern states are very poor and the crops are at a standstill. The expected big strawberry crop has been cut short by the drought. Billy Conn will fight Joe Lewis in New York City on June 18th for the world’s heavy weight boxing title.

If England survives to get out another history she should remember President Roosevelt liberally in the chapter on the Second World War.

We still have 5,110 Americans in Germany; 14,570 in Italy. Most of these who are not there on U. S. Government business would come home if they had a chance.

This . column is being written while the writer is on a vacation trip in the East. Here everyone is speculating on the outcome of the War and wondering in what position this country will be in next year at this time. Members of the State Militias are not exempt from being drafted into the United States Army. * * * * “Have ’ya ever stopped to wonder In this good old U. S. A., How important our mail carriers; The efficient part they play. Sometimes, they make us happy And sometimes, they make us blue; But no matter, what the w’eather U. S. mail must still go through.” 'CLINIC URGES JOB FORESIGHT Quincy, Mass.— More than 100 job-seekers have been aided in finding their proper niche by a group of nine successful business men who formed a “job clinic” here a year ago. It was the idea of a wealthy Quincy banker and philanthropist who invited a board consisting of a newspaper editor, a power company official, the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, the superintendent of schools, the city librarian, two business executives and two vocational directors, to undertake the project. This group meets once a week and interviews applicants for guidance. They advise the job-seeker to know exactly what kind of a position he wants and if he wants to be doing that type work 10 years later. They suggest he arrange all his assets, line them up and prepare an intensive campaign to sell his services. And finally they advise an applicant to “spread* himself” through every available agency that might assist him in locating his proper place. ' Their five principles of job-hunt-ing follow: Don’t look for a job—offer a service. Appeal to the self-interest of the prospect. Be specific. Be different. Be your own self—be sincere. College Fliers Test Prowess On June 18-20 Columbus, O. — More than 200 collegiate aviators will compete in the National Intercollegiate Flying club’s air meet at Middletown, O., June 18-20, according to Charles W. LeFever, president of the Ohio State University Flying club. Because of cancellation of the national air races, LeFever said, the seventh annual intercollegiate event will be the only national air meet in the country this year. Included in the aviation program will be bomb dropping and spot landing events. A “Miss College Aviation” will be chosen from the flying co-eds attending the meet. Candidates for the honor will be nominated in advance by each of the 66 schools affiliated with the national student flying organization. IVY CURE TESTED

United States Public Health officials are testing the possibilities of tannic actd as a cure for poison icy inflammation.

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LOGGERS’ FETE AGAIN TO HAIL PAUL DUNYAN

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Bemidji, Minn.—This northern Minnesota community is preparing to celebrate the memory of the most famous northwoods logger of them all. The celebration will be the Paul Bunyan festival, opening July 4. And if there are any who doubt the prowess of the mythical logger, just take a look at some of his accomplishments as related by Minnesota woodsmen: He built Lake Superior as a corral for milk whales when he learned that whales were mammals. He started the Mississippi river by emptying a pan of dishwater. He built a fire under £ lake into which he dumped a carload of peas and a head of oxen and made pea soup for the logging camp (he brought a paddle wheel steamer from New Orleans to sail around the lake and stir the soup). He sold Minnesota He brought the Swedes to Minnesota after selling the state to the King of Sweden. And he went through the longest, coldest winter ever recorded, which was so cold “that the coffee froze solid while it was scaldin’ hot.” During the “Year of the Two Winters”—so the tale goes—the snow turned blue with cold. And the weather grew progressively colder until the following fall when winter set in again. A low-lying cloud bank was swiftly converted into a Banyan’s thermometer dropped so low it was three years climbing back to zero. Snow fell to find the forests, and loggers were lowered on ropes to find the trees. Work was slowed because the ’jacks were distracted by icicles oozing from their pores. Wind Froze in Sheets The wind froze up in/sheets, and Paul ordered, it sawed in chunks and stored for summer. A fire had to be kept going full blast seven days and seven nights before it got warm enough to burn paper. It took a month to fry a steak, and even then it was rare. Paul liked the animal log drive. His fast footwork made him a good man “on the round stuff” despite his great weight. It was said in camp that Paul, who was 70 feet tall, could spin a log until the bark came off, then run ashore on the bubbles. REVENDE HUNT ON IN ILLINOIS

Springfield, 111. — The nation’s watchword may be reduction of non-defense government expenditures, but Illinois legislators in the current 62nd General Assembly have introduced more than 100 bills dealing with taxation, many calling for new or higher levies. None of the taxes has been offered as defense measures. Only Gov. Dwight H. Green’s program of new taxes’ on cigarettes and oil and doubled levies on beer, wine •and hard liquor can be expected from the general effort to impose additional burdens on the state’s taxpayers. The administration program Is designed not to produce added revnues for the state treasury but to raise $47,000,000, approximately two-thirds of the $65,000,000 the state expects to lose in 1941-43 through dropping the sales tax from 3 to 2 per cent this July. Other tax bills nearly run the gamut of taxable subjects. One of the latest introduced in the Illinois house would tax bottle sales of soft drinks at 20 per cent, and tack a 76 cents a gallon levy on soft drink syrups. Another would tax cigars at 20 per cent.

Hints to Gardeners

by Harry A. Joy Flower Expert Ferry Seed Station

Quick Gardens

T^OR the beginning gardener who JT wants quick results, or for the new fcome owner who needs outdoor decoration quickly, the lists of annua 1 . flowers offer speedy and effective aid. A highly satisfactory and highly economical hedge, for instance, can be grown in six or eight weeks from seed. Kochia is the plant in question. A single packet of Kochia seed will provide a full, bushy hedge along the front or side of a yard. If a flowering hedge is preferred, the colorful and dependable Four O’Clock will produce attractively within two months after seed is planted. For screening along an alley or unsightly vacant lot, Sunflowers or Castor Beans will spring into sturdy growth in a few weeks. Glowing borders of flowers that beautify the yard and at the same time provide a steady flow of cut flowers for the housewife may be enjoyed the first summer of occupancy in a new home. The fastestgrowing and most dependable annuals for cutting include the Zinnias, Marigolds, Bachelor Buttons, and Petunias. These ffowers are mentioned In the plural form, for there are tall, medium, and short varieties of each which may be employed to plant a border which places taller varieties at the hack and the low-grow-ing, smaller ones in front. Neat little edgings along the front of flower borders or along walks and driveways may also be had— solidly decked in blossom—within six or eight weeks after planting seed. Alyssum (Carpet of Snow) is one of the most dependable edging favorites. And there need be no delay in having the new cottage or home vine-covered. Several of the most popular annual vines grow so vigorously that they can be twining themselves around second-story window shutters by mid-summer if planted in the spring. Most widely-used of these fastgrowing annual vines is Heavenly Blue Morning Glory, whose giant, soft-blue flowers are in a class by themselves. It is well to scratch the coat of Huavenly Blue seeds before planting them to speed their other* wise slow germination.

The House Democratic minority leader, William Vicars of Pontiac, has a bill on file to tax Illinois incomes at 1 per cent from this July until July 1, 1943, when the rate would be stepped up to 2 per cent. The sales tax would be reduced in 1941-43 and eliminated thereafter. In both senate and house are measures to tax oil and natural gas imported into the state, as well as natural gas produced in Illinois. Green’s oil bill is a tax on the state’s production only, at a 3 per cent rate. Pari-mutuel horserace wagering would be subject to a 2 1 /2 Per cent daily levy under a proposal in the senate, and the house has a bill to license pari-mutuel betting on harness racing and take part of the proceeds as a tax. Chain retail stores face a burden of $25 to $1,000 per store if a house measure sponsored by two Chicago representatives wins legislative approval. Still another bill would permit cities to tax dealers In second hand automobiles. o Legal Notice

NOTICE TO PAINT CONTRACTORS

Specifications are now available in Room 326. Central High School Building, Muncie, Indiana, for receiving bids on the outside painting of a number of Muncie City School Buildings. Ipids are to be returned by June 17th at 2:00 p.m. E. Arthur Ball, President William T. Haymond, Secretary Joseph H. Davis, Treasurer H. B. Allman, Superintendent June 6 and June 13, 1941'

PAYROLLS REACH ALL TIME HIGH Only Three Major Industries Show Any Decline All-time highs for employment and payrolls, surpassing even the record peaks set in 1929 and 1937, were recorded by Indiana factories in May. Employment in Indiana manufacturing establishments reached 353,300 in mid-May, according to preliminary estimates prepared by the Indiana Employment Security Division in cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This level was the highest on record, eclipsing previous marks of 350,393 established in September, 1937, and 317,160 in September, 1929. Weekly factory pay rolls in Indiana curved upward to an estimated $10,985,000 in May—another all-time high. This was $3,805,000 or 53.0 per cent above weekly pay rolls in May, 1940, and $480,000 above April, 1941. The new employment record was reached after four straight months of substantial gains, with the increases in the last two months considered contra-seasonal. The new figure was 8,200 above April and 74,500 or 26.7 above May, 1940. Reports from 840 manufacturing plants employing 162,444 wage earners in mid-May indicate they increased employment 2.4 per cent and pay rolls 4.6 per cent in comparison with the mid-April reports from identical employers. Seasonal indexes based on the Indiana experience from 1930 to 1935, inclusive, show that a loss of 2.0 per cent in manufacturing employment is considered normal for this period. Twelve of the 14 major groups of manufacturing industries increased pay rolls from mid-April to mid-May, and eight groups expanded employment. The rubber products group and the textiles and their products group were the only ones to decrease both employment and pay rolls. The clay products group was the only other group of manufacturers to show a significant loss in employment. —o NEW TRAIN IS FASTER

New train schedules reduce the traveling time between New York and New Orleans to less than 30 hours.

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NOTH'K OF PaAsaOE OF AN ORDINANCE FROIIimTINO THE IKK AND OCCUPANCY OF REAL ESTATE BY HOUSE ('ARK AND SIMILAR VEHICLES UNDER CE R T A I N CIRCUMSTANCES WITHIN THE CITY OF MUNCIE, INDIANA

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUNCIK, INDIANA: Section 1.—That it shall be unlawful for any owner of real estate or person or ccrporation having control of the # use of real estate to permit, with or without consideration, the use and occupancy of such real estate by house cars or vehicles, with or without motive power, equipped for and used as living quarters, within Three Hundred (300) feet of any house or other building or structure used and occupied by persons as a place of residence within the corporate limits of the City of Muncie, Indiana. Section 2.—Any owner cr person or corporation having control of the use of real estate, as provided in Section I hereof, who shall violate this Ordinance, shall, upen conviction, be fined in any sum not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each violation thereof, and each separate day during which said violation shall occur shall be and constitute a separate offense. Section 3,—This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. Passed by the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, this 2nd day of June, 1941. SAMUEL L. CUNNINGTON, President.

Jlyde Dunnington, City Clerk. resented by me to the Mayor for approval and signature this 5th of June, 1941. J. CLYDE DUNNINGTON, City Clerk. pproved and signed by me this 5th

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