Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 8 August 1941 — Page 2

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POST-DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1941

MOVIE STAR JOINS U.S. NAVY

Ensign Wayne Morris Seeks Wings

INDIAN CULTURE 7,ODD YEARS OLD IN SOUTHWEST

Cave In Arizona Yields Stone Implements And Mummies

Tuscon, Ariz.—An almost complete history of human life in the Southwest from 500 B.C. to 1941 has been discovered in Ventjuia cave 110 miles west of Tucson by Dr. Emil W. Haury, head of the anthropology department at the University of Arizona. Stone-age implements more than 7,000 years old were among the articles unearthed by Haury's excavations in the cave on the slopes of Castle mountain in Southwestern Arizona. Although the anthropologist said work on th site still is in the pre liminary stages, excavations already have uncovered nine wellpreserved mummies of the Hohokam people of the 1000 to 1400 A.D. period. Haury said the cave apparently was one of the oldest inhabited places on the continent. He said evidence pointed to its continuous occupation from 5000 B.C. to 400 A.D., and that it had been uspd intermittently after that by various Indian tribes. Cave Still Used The Ventana cave now is used by the Papago Indians to hold harvested sahuaro cactus fruit and as a place for religious ceremonials. It is 150 feet long, 50 feet high in front tapering to a 5-foot ceiling in the rear. In one corner is a flowing spring. When the cave was discovered Haury employed 10 Papago Indians, using gas masks, to guard against silicosis, to move the tons of earth on the floor of the cave. As each layer was “peeled off,” the mumipies were removed and classification begun. Nine Mummies Found One of the most valuable findings, Haury said, w,as discovery of the nine Hohokam mummies. The Hohokams believed in cremating their dead and Haury said the Ventana cave discovery is believed to be the first evidence of the physical appearance of the ancient tribes. o Mrs. Gene Autry Is Good Housekeeper Cleveland, O.—Mrs. Gene Autry, wife of the singing cowboy, has a career—being Mrs. Gene Autry. The wife of a celebrity, the tiny brown-haired Mrs. Autry asserts, should be no different than anyone else’s wife. Her duty, she feels,* is to keep house and be a companion for her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Autry were in Cleveland for a week, where Gene was appearing as the star performer at a rodeo. They are both exited about their proposed “Melody Ranch,*” which they are planning lo build on 1,000 acres neAr Hollysvood. “The ranch is going to be Gene’s house entirely,” she said. “Our house in Hollywood reflects my personality in decoration, but at the ranch it’s going to be all boots and saddles.” Mrs. Autry’s hobby is designing her clothes. O—' The enclosed area can be entered through only two openings, one for visitors and the other lead-

Wayne Morris, recent star of “I Wanted Wings,” became a member of Uncle Sam’s Navy in May, 1941, when he was appointed to the rank of Ensign. When asked what he thought of the United States Navy, Morris said, “I think every man who is considering joining a military service should look into the ‘chance of a lifetime’ which the Navy offers to get into the big pay field of the future—aviation. In the Navy you can attend the finest flight training schools in the world, and receive instruction from

Navy pilots who introduced dive bombing, aircraft carriers and catapult take-offs to the rest of the world. Also, there are opportunities in Naval Aviation for men who don’t want to fly. They can be trained as aviation machinists, metalsmiths, photogra- 1 phers, observers, or they can receive instruction in many other trades. It’« a great life in the Navy.” Ensign Wayne Morris is pictured here in his line of duty as a member of the Naval Aviation Cadet Selec-' tion Board at the Long Beach Naval; Reserve Air Base.

SCIENCE AND INVENTION In his recent Commencement Day address at Harvard College former President Hoover called on American science to produce successful defense against airplane attacks. He asked scienfists of today to match achievements of the past by creating new machines and methods to defeat the deadly war machines used by Hitler’s armies. Almost simultaneously Charles F. Kettering made a public statement in which he said that the interception of night bombers is “being licked now” in England by detection devices “now in production.” He confidently predicted that submarines will be defeated by new American inventions. Mr. Kettering, famous inventor and scientist, is headman of the National Inventors Council, a semi-official organization that acts in connection with the United States Patent Office. Kettering says that American inventors, professional and amateur, have submitted many thousands of ideas that relate to the mechanics of the war, and that of these, 75 have been judged to be of major importance and are being developed. He expresses confidence that German subhiarines will be driven from the seas by the development of a device that will catch them on the surface at night. “We have been working with the Navy for six years,” he said, referring to the research division of General Motors. “It’s not going to be too hard to beat the subs.” ’ He describes German submarines as faster boats than most British ships, but says that they are not faster than American boats which are able to locate submarines riding the surface at night when they recharge their batteries. “All you have to do is to locate them when they are on the surface at night, and ‘you’ve got him’,” said Kettering. He added “Detectors will find him when he’s under water.” Three centuries ago a wise man observed that “art imitates Nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.

DEFENSE PROGRAM IMPROVES GENERAL BUSINESS CONDITIONS

Further acceleration of defense preparations and extension of governmental restrictions on economic life necessitated by the emergency have .been the outstanding developments in the business field in recent weeks, states the current issue of The Guaranty Survey, published by the Guaranty Trust Company of New York. Most reports indicate that substantial progress toward the rearmament goal is being made. The Survey continues, although the need for haste is widely recognized and the inevitability of additional broad readjustments in the transition from a peace-time to a war-time economy is generally assumed. While the actual output of war material is increasing 1 , it is evident that the defense program is still, for the most part in the preparation stage. In making public a summary of progress in various branches of the defense program during its first year, the Office of Production Management recently stated that “the people of the United States have good reason to be pleased with the important strides taken” but that “they dare not be satisfied because the task has grown so great since the program was first undertaken . . . that far greater effort must be made during the second year.” Among the outstanding achievements thus far is tl^e increase in machine tool production, which has risen from $220,000,000 in 1939 to an estimated $750,000,000 this year. The production of 1,376 military airplanes in April was more than three times as great as in June, 1940. The number of major combat ships under contract or on order rose from 43 at the beginning of 1940 to 360 on April 30 of this year, and on 312 of these ships preliminary work had actually . started. Light tanks are being produced at the rate of about 150 a month, and quantity production of medium -tanks is expected by late summer. Present army requirements tor scout cars are expected to be filled within a month. Machine guns, rifles, artillery and ammunition are being produced in quantities representing large but varing increase's over production a year ago. Expansion Continues Business activity has risen to new high levels, although the rate of advance has shown some signs of stabilization in the last few weeks. The Federal Reserve index of industrial production, after declining from 143 in March to 140 in April, largely because of the coal strike, rebounded sharply in May to a record figure of 149; and preliminary data indicate that a further advance will be shown for last month. The steel industry continues in the forefront of the industrial expansion, with a scheduled rate of operations of 99.9 per cent of capacity for the last week of June. Electric power production has risen to a record level. Automobile manufacturers report the largest output since 1937. Heavy engineering contracts have reached a new peak for the year to date. The movement of railway freight has increased almost steadily since the sharp decline in April and is approximately equal to the high mark for the year. Retail trade continues active, with department store sales higher than a year ago. A less encouraging feature of the situation, from the long-term point of view at least, is that the business expansion has been accompanied by an accelerated upward movement of commodity

prices. The wholesale price index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has risen uninterruptedly for seven weeks and now stands at a level more than 8 per cent, above that at the beginning of the year. The price advance has, as usual, been most pronounced in basic commodities; the index of the Guaranty Trust Company shows an aggregate rise of nearly 12 per cent, for the last six months. With prices rising at this rate and with the prospect of a $10,00'0,000',000 Fed.eral deficit for the coming fiscal year, it is interesting to note the warning of possible inflation reportedly given by Secretary Morgenthau to a Senate committee and the persistent advocacy of broader powers for governmental price-control authorities. CALL BINDWEED DANGEROUS PEST

Loans Are Refused On Badly Infested Farms By Agencies Field bindweed has been branded as Indiana’s most dangerous weed, not because it is the most common weed in the state, but because it is the most difficult to eradicate and the most destructive to crops. One would not doubt the seriousness of bindweed if he stopped to consider that loan compa,nies often refuse to lend money on farms badly infested with this weed. They realize that the cost of eradication is often equal to the value of the land. When looking for field bindweed look for the small flowered morning glory that is in full bloom at this time of the year. The blossoms open in the morning and ai;e usually closed during the afternoon. Upon close examination of the plant you will find a twisted vine having spear or arrow shaped leaves. The flowers, about an inch in diameter, are white or pinkish white in color. If you dig down into the patch you will find a mat of yellowish white roots. Bindweed roots have been found to the depth of ten or twelve feet. This answers the question as to why bindweed is so difficult to era-

dicate.

We are fortunate in Indiana that bindweed is still confined to small patches. Many of them are found in gardens. Applying sodium chlorate at the rate of five pounds per square rod, or 800 pounds per acre, seems to be the most effective and practical method of eradicating these small patches. For further information on the use of sodium chlorate ask your county agricultural agent for extension leaflet No. 206, “European Bindweed and Its Control in In-

diana.”

Indiana farmers can profit by the experience of Western farmers who neglected to eradicate small patches of bindweed. They now have entire farms infested. While the patch is small a very few dollars spent for sodium chlorate will do away with the potential source of infestation. o JAPS SEEK LABORERS A Japanese company exploiting the Hsiang Pi Shan iron mine in China has advertised in Hankow for 4,000 additional laborers and plans to expand its present output of 10,000 tons of ore a month.

COLLEGE STARTS PATRIOTIC CLASS

Girls Renew Pledges Of Citizenship Through Letters Six hundred members of the graduating class of Stephen College at Columbia, Mo., are launching a chain letter campaign which ultimately, would pledge ,6,000,000 women to fight for democracy and against undemocratic forces, “even if such a step means war.” Declaring that the further spread of either the Nazi or Fascicst ideology would mean that women throughout the world would be reduced to the status of kitchen slaveys and “mere incubatprs for the state,” the Stephens seniors have also pledged themselves to fight, if war should come, “with the same courage and sacrifice with which our American men will

fight.”

The chain letter idea, according to students, originated when the senior class decided to present a signed scroll, containing a 7-point pledge to “fight unwaveringly for the principles of democracy,” to President James Madison Wood. Each senior agreed to write ten other girls, enclosing copies of the pledge. When these pledges are signed adn returned to Stephens, each signee in turn will receive ten copies of the pledge, to be forwarded to ten other friends and acquaintances. In this way, it is anticipated some 6,000,000 women will eventually be reached. The seven points coverecf in the pledge include a promise to fight for the education of women “in democratic ideals and democratic realities;” to fight for increased spiritual faith and spiritual vision, and to fight against all undemo.cratic forces in American life, whether “foreign-inspired or homeborn in the hour of the nation’s stress.” The seniors are convinced that American women must lead a crusade to restore the spirit of Concord and Valley Forge—“a crusade which is hopeful of peace, but is prepared, both physically and spiritually, for war if war should come.”

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF SPECIAL, MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Meeting of the County Council of Delaware County, l,r><liana. will be held at the usual meeting place of said Council, at the hour of 10:Q0 A. M. o’clock on the 11th and 12th days of August, 1941, to consider and act on the request of the Board of Commissioners for authority to advance an amount of twenty-five thousand (3i25,fl'on.oO) from the County General Fund to the Cpunty Welfare Fund for the purpose of providing funds temporarily required by the County Department of Public Welfare for use during the current fiscgl year: also to consider the following additional appropriations which said officers consider necessary to meet the extraordinary emergency existing at this time; also to consider and act on the request of the County Highway Superintendent cf said County for additional appropriations, the amount of said additional appropriations being as follows: CLERK 105—Clerk’s Fees—Admission and discharge of Patients, State Institutions—

200.00.

20 IB—Postage—35.00. TREASl HER 103A—-Extra Deputies—250.00 104—6% on Personal Property Delinquencies—1500.00. KECOKDEK 104—20% of fees collected—500.00. SlJiVEYOK 20 ID—Transportation Expense—400.00. CO. AGK. AGENT 205B—Repair of Mimeograph—-10.00. 602B—1—^Typewriter—56.25. ,qo. SI FT. SCHOOLS 101—Salary fixed by Co.' Board of Education—112.50. TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR 6020—Adding Machine Rental 1940-1941

—73.36.

CORONER

102A—Per Diem cf Deputies—50.00. 104—Per Diem of Autopsy—100.00.

INFIRMARY

207 A—Coal—600.00. CHILDRENS HOME 205A—Repairs of Buildings and Struc-

tures—100.00.

205B—Repairs of Equipment—100.00. 401—Insurance and Premiums—60.00.

COUNTY UK.HAVAY

103A-—Wages, Truck & Tractor Drivers

& Machinists-—-SOOO.OO.

201 A—Freight, Express & Dmyuge—

50.00.

205H—Repair of Bridges—2000.00 302—Gravel—2175.00. 30 9 A—Bituminous—11044.85. 311—Road Signs—50.00. 602A—1—Automobile—41 7.00. 602G—Small Tools—25.00. Taxpayers appearing at such meeting shall have a right to he heard thereon. The additional appropriations as finally made will be automatically re^er-j-efl tp the State Board of Tax Commissioners. which Board will hold a hearing withip fifteen (15) days at the County Auditor’s Office in Delaware County, Indiana, or at such other place as may be designated. At such hearing, tiatxpayers objecting to any such additional appropriations may he heard and interested taxpayers may inquire of the County Auditor when and yvhere such hearing will be held. Dated this 1st day of August, 1941. GUS AUGUST MEYER Auditor Delaware County, Indiana SheriffVSale

By virtue of a certified copy of a judgment and decree to me directed, from tire Clerk’s' office of the Clerk of the Delaware Superior Court, in a cause wherein Fort Wayne National Bank is plaintiff, and .Charles W. Woods, Martha Woods dnd The White City Lumber Company are defendants, requiring me to make the sum of Three Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-five and 84-100 Dollars ($3965.84), with interest on said decree and costs, I will expose at public auction to the highest bidder) on Monday, the 8th day of September, 1941, between the hours of 10:00 o’clock A. M. and 4:00 o’clock P. M. of said day, at the door of the Court House of said Delaware County, Indiana, the following described real estate, to-wit: Lots numbered one bundled sixteen (116) and one hundred seventeen (117) in Burlington Heights, an addition to the City of Muncie, Delaware (jounty, Indiapa. Said sale will he made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws, and without any right of redemption from said sale, immediately after said sale, I, as Sheriff, will execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for said real estate qr so much thereof as shall be sold at said sale. Dated and signed at Muncie, Indiana, this 1st day of August, 1941. OTIS P. SNODGRASS, Sheriff of Delaware County. White & Haymond, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Aug;. 1, 8, 15

DEFENSE BOND

Quiz

Q. How does the Treasury Department’s Regular Purchase Plan op- \ erate? A. Upon request, reminders and return envelopes are sent to you. These reminders will come at any intervals you select— weekly, semimonthly, monthly, etc. You may change these intervals at any time, increase or decrease your orders, or stop ordering at any time. The advantages of the Regular Purchase Plan have already led more than 100,000 persons to make systematic savings through Savings Bonds. Q. By purchasing Defense Savings Bonds, can I assure myself of a regular income, like an annuity, 10 years from now? A. Yes, If you pay $18.75 for a Defense Savings Bond every month for 10 years, yop will have an ownership of $3,000 in Bonds, which will mature and be payable to you at the rate of $25 each month for the following 10 years. Likewise, if you pay $75 a month for 10 years, you will have an ownership of $12,000 in Bonds, payable to you at the rate of $100 each month for the following 10 years. Q. Will personal checks be accepted for Bond purchases when I buy direct by mail from the Treasury Department .Washington, D. C.? A. Yes, subject to collection. Your Bond will be mailed to you shortly thereafter. Q. Does a Defense Savings Bond increase in value from the date of purchase? A. A Defense Savings Bond is dated the first day of the month in which remittance is received by an authorized issping agent. In other words, you get a full month’s credit on x your investment regardless of what day of the month you buy your Bond. NOTE—To buy Defense Bonds and Stamps, go to the nearest post office or bank, or write to the Treasurer of the United States, Washington, D. C., for an order form.

Definite Work In Defense Program Being

Assigned

The great question among wo men during these days of crisis continues to be—what can we do to help make America strong? As our great industrial system expands and production of materials for defense mounts the tempo of our national life quickens and we our selves want more to do. We long to have some part in preparing this country for whatever role it will be called upon to play in

world affairs.

But what should it be? What service can we render to this country that has made us the freest, most fortunate women in the world? Should we offer to work in the [busy plants and factories? Should we take up training for some emergency? Or must we . . . just knit? A few months ago no ope seemed to know the answer, as women rushed about organizing new cornwriting fevqrish letters, talking endlessly to each other. But today individual leaders and organizations are beginning to agree on what women should do for their country today. It’s not exciting but it’s fundamental and its effects will be far reaching. Stay put they’re saying. Don’t do any more organizing or flag waving or talking. But first, make an even better hopie for your husband apd childrqp. Feed them so they’ll be well apd strong. Instill in your children the Jove qf freedom. Iron out family difficulties so home will be the best place in the w;prld. And, second take a more active part in your own .community government and affairs. This is the advice of such organizations as the Parent-Teachers’ Association and the Federation of

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Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, and of outstanding women. But ivhat sort of community activities, you ask? Take this vexing question of government spending that has peached such pudreamt-of proportions today. If the women of each community in the United States get together and bring about a saving of even 10 per cent in local spending there would be a saving of millions of dollars for the country as a whole, because in normal times more than half of our tax money is spent in local, county and state governments. And take out belief in the democratic system of government that is under fire today. We can’Lchange the woruld but we can see that everyone in our own commuriitj', .children and foreign-born especially, realize how important it is for us to keep our free press and free radio—our right to go to church where and as we like—ouJ' system of electing the people who run our government. If enough communities discover what Democracy reallj’ means and make it work better than ever, then the nation as a whole will be safe from all inroads against freedom and we shall be able to pass our “ancient liberties” on intact to our children.

Did “Diamond Jim” Have Stomach or Ulcer Pains? It is hardly likely that Diamond Jim Brady could have eaten so voraciously if he suffered after-eating pains. Sufferers who have to pay the penalty of stomach or ulcer pains, indigestion, gas pains, heartburn, burning sensation, bloat and other conditions caused by excess acid should try a 25c box of Udga Tablets. They must help or money refunded.

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