Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 10 December 1943 — Page 2

POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1943

INVASION TALK PASSES IF STAGE Strategists Abandon Hope Of Knocking Out Germany From Air Washington, Dec. 10—Allied high strategists, it seemed evident today, have abandoned whatever hope they may have had that air power alone possibly might knock out Germany. Mounting signs indicate that an Allied land invasion of western Europe is now past the “if” stage, with the “scope and timing” decided on in the words of the Roose-velt-Stalin-Churchill declaration. Prime Minister Churchill in an address before the U. S. congress last May said that “opinion is divided as to whether the use of airpower could by itself bring about the collapse of Germany or Italy.” “The experiment is well worth trying so long as other measures are not excluded,” he said. The final decision on a western front presumably was made at the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin conference at Tehran last week, and, it was indicated here, this decision came after the most intensive period of bombing Germany has sustained. While not discussing the situation officially, the war department permitted the commentary in its newly released war film to put the army on record as not believing “German industrial power can be destroyed by airpower alone.” But, even with all that air-power has been able to do, the campaign of 1944 “will be the most severe and to the western Allies the most costly in life of any we have yet fought,” according to a recent statement by Churchill. GUILTTRiALS ARE DELAYED

Legal Technicalities May Not Guarantee The Prosecution Washington, Dec. 10—A series of technicalities and lega- pro Diems today left in doubt whether Congress would succeed in its last minute effort to guarantee prosecution of army and navy officers charged wtih dereliction of duty in the Pearl Harbor disaster. The House and Senate approved and sent to the White House yesterday a resolution extending for six monhts the statute of limitations on prosecutions as it affected action against persons accused of negligence contributing to the success of the sneak Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941. However, the original two-year period expired at “midnight last night, and it appeared a physical impossibility for President Roosevelt, who has been abroad for important war conferences, to have signed the extension resolution before that hour. Senate Democratic Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky, however, said there was “no question about the ultimate legal authority of the resolution.” But Rep. Thomas D. Win ter, R., Kans., an attorney, said there was “absolutely no question but that the statute of limitations expired since the president doesn’t sign the resolution by midnight.” Winter indicated his intention of objecting to the resolution in the House but withdrew it at request cf Republican leaders. He said he was convinced that the resolution was unconstitutional because “the courts have held that you cannot extend the statute of limitations governing a crime that already has been committed.” Short’s original resolution w^ould have extended the period of limitation until one year after ratification of peace wuth Japan. Because of the objection of Sen. Bennett Champ Clark, D., Mo., the extension was reduced to six months from date of passage, Dec. 7, 1943 -—yesterday. Although the military and naval officers in command at Pearl Harbor—Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short and Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel—both have waived the statute of limitations to permit court-mar-tial proceedings after the war, the resolution was adopted because congressional leaders doubted whether Short and Kimmel could legally make the waiver. o— ORCHESTRA STICKS TO MEN

Boston.—Only three times in its 62-year-history have women played as members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The women, all harpists, played with the orchestra for only short periods.

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PROTEST DAN ON FOOD SUDSIDIES

Representatives Storm Capital to Protest Farm Bloc Assault Washington, Dec. 10. — Aroused representatives of housewuves, dramatically supported by twm disabled marines, today invaded Captol Hill in an offensive which they said was designed to protect their budgets against the farm bloc assault on food subsidies. Both sides of the Capitol echoed to charges that opponents of the administation’s hold-the-price-line subsidy program were playing into the hands of “blood billionaires,” threatening the poor, and jeopardizing the economic welfare of millions of white collar workers. The Senate banking committee, considering the house-approved Commodity Credit Corp. Extension bill which would ban food subsidies, heard appeals from the two marines. Several hundred persons gathered on the House side to denounce the anti-subsidy drive, which spokesmen called “the greatest lobby campaign in history.” In the House gathering were representatives o f housewives, school teachers, white collar workers and other consumer groups. It was women’s day before the Senate committee, too. About 40 women assembled as the two marines told their story. Both service men pleaded that the price line be held: otherwise, they said, they will be unable to train themselves for a new life after the war on the limited income they receive from the government. Both are studying at George Washington University here. Davis Harris, a veteran of Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal, told the senators that “if prices go up, I will almost have to lower myself to the point of starving—or something—in order to get along.” Ben Noble, blinded in a jeep accident in the United States, appeared before the committee accompanied by his wife. He said there should be “some government control of prices.” Mrs. Noble expressed that, with their seven months old baby, they might have to “move into some slum district.” Meanwhile, Rep. Thomas E. Scanlon, D., Pa., called together the unofficial “House committee for the protection of the consumer” where the representatives of the women’s organizations and others gathered. Rep. Will Rogers, Jr., D., Calif., told the meeting that the people are overwhelmingly in favor of food subsidies. Scanlon denounced “one of the greatest lobby campaigns on the part of big business, special food interests and certain selfish farm blocs” in history to obtain “higher prices at the expense of the consumer’s pocketbook.” o PREFERS THE MARINES

Johnstown, Pa. — With five brothers in the Army, Andrew Homa, 23, broke the tradition by enlisting in the U. S. Marines and is training at Parris Island, S. C. In the Army are Staff Sgt. Michael, in England: Pfc. John, Jr., also overseas; Staff Sgt. Peter, Cpl. Joseph and Pvt. Nicholas Homa, all at camps in this country.

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Papal Protest Is Given To Germans Bern, Dec. 10. — Pope Pius XII has made a formal protest to the German ambassador to the Vatican, Baron Ernst von Weibsaecker, over the reported rounding up of 60.000 Italian Jews in Nazi-occu-pied Italy for deportation, frontier advices said today. The audience was said to have taken place Tuesday. It was the first time the pope had made an official move to oppose racial laws since they were laid down in Italy, although the Vatican organ, Osservatore Romano, has published strong protests. Pope Pius reportedly told the ambassador the orders were enforced by the Wehrmacht and came from occupation authorities, leaving “no doubt” as to who should be blamed for them. It was understood the Jews would be taken to Poland and other countries. Fascist statistics showed only 39.44 Jews in Italy during Mussolini’s early regime but the new orders were said to include all children of mixed marriages and persons even suspected of Jewish origin. According to the frontier reports, 12.000 Jews have been arrested in Milan, 10,000 in Rome, 13,000 in Trieste, 9,000 in Turin, 11,000 in Genoa and 5,000 in Bologna. o VISITORS BARRED FROM HOSPITALS IN CAPITAL

Indianapolis, Dec. 10. — Visitors were barred today from Indianapolis hospitals as a precautionary measure although city health authorities reported an influenza outbreak was subsiding. Exceptions to the no-visitor rule, however, were made for immediate families of patients in a critical condition. The ban will remain in effect until further ndtice. St. Joan of Arc Catholic school was to open today after closing Monday because of absences of instructors and students ill with flu. Other school attendances were reported increasing, and 17 of the 100 teachers absent during the first of the week reported to their posts. o WOODEN 'PLATES’ FOR ’44

Worland, Wyo.—Despite wartime restrictions making this year’s plates wooden instead of steel and only giving motorists one plate, A, L. Pearson, county treasurer, announces that reservations for numbers on the 1944 plates are now in order.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES “God the Preserver of Man” is the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, December 12. The Golden Text is: “The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil” (II Thessalonians 3:3). Among the citations which comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the following from the Bible: “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith” (Galatians 6:2, 9,10). “Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait. ^ upon the Lord shall renew their strength” (Isaiah 40:30, 31). The Lesson-Sermon also includes the following passages from the Christian Science textbook,“Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “It is proverbial that Florence Nightingale and other philanthropists engaged in humane labors have been able to undergo without sinking fatigues and exposures which ordinary people could not endure” (p. 385). “Mind-science teaches that mortals need ‘not he weary in well doing.’ It dissipates fatigue in doing good” (p. 79).

POSTAL DOOST APPROVAL GIVEN House Gives Pending Tax Bill Provision To Increase Tax Boost

Washington, Dec. 10.—Chairman Walter George, D., Ga., said today his senate finance committee would conduct a close study of the war contract renegotiation law with a view to repealing it outright or at (least amending features found objectionable by contractors. The house already has written into the pending tax bill, now before George’s committee, a provision to raise from $100,000 to $200,000 the amount of business that a contractor must do annually to become subject To the renegotiation law, designed to recapture war profits considered excessive. Following- protests by businessmen, both at the law and its administration by government agencies, the committee ordered congressional tax experts to prepare an analysis of the act. George said this report would be the basis of his committee’s item-by-item study. The pending revenue bill left the house calling for $2,140,000,000 in new taxes but the senate committee began revising It yesterday by chopping $190,000,000 off the total. Some $74,400,000 of the cut was achieved by nullifying house action doubling third class postage rates, and another $112,000,000 was eliminated by reducing or eliminating other house-proposed boosts. These reductions together with other minor changes took the yield of the bill down to $1,950,000,000, still further from the treasury’s goal of $10,500,000,000. The senate committee approved all other house postage increases as follows: All first class mail— from two cents an ounce to three cents; air mail—from six cents an ounce to eight cents; money orders —from the present rates of six-to-22 cents an order up to 10-to-30 cents; registered mail—from 15 cent s-to-$l an article up to 20 cents-to-$1.35; insured mail—five-to-35 cents an article up to 10-to-70 cents, and C. O. D. mail—12 cents-to-$1.20 an article up to 24 cents-to-$2.40. The committee, which had previously accepted the house boost of distilled liquor taxes from $6 to $9 a gallon, also increased the tax drawback allowed non-beverage alcohol users from $5 to $6. o—— RECORD OUTPUT NOT ENOUGH

Albuquerque, N. M.—Meat output in 1944 may equal the record production of 1943, but it will not be large enough to supply all needs, Arthur 'M. Hauke of the New Mexico Extension Service disclosed. Military, lend-lease and other non-civilian mpat demands will increase about one-fourth over demands for last year, leaving a smaller amount for civilian consumption, Hauke said.

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MAKE FRUIT CAKES NOW By EDWINA NOLAN General Electric Consumers Institute Make your fruit cakes now so that they will have the proper time for "seasoning”—so that the flavors of citron, raisins, dates, candied f^uit, nuts and spices will have time to blend and produce that delicious tastethrill of which no other cake can boast. Fruit cakes for Christmas in gay wrappings bedecked with bright ribbon, are worth their weight in gold, for they will do much to bolster spirits which otherwise might be lagging. If you do not have a favorite fruit cake recipe, or if you should want to try one that’s different, look over these recipes and make a choice. Dark Fruit Cake Quantity: 4 3-pound loaves - Temp.: 275 s ; Time: 3% hours Wash thoroughly and drain...........2 lbs. currants Out up 2 lbs. dates 2 lbs. seeded raisins lb. mixed lemon, orange, and citron peel. Blanch and slice 1 lb. almonds Cream 1 lb. butter or margarins Add gradually 1 lb. brown sugar Add and beat well..12 eggs Sift and measure... 1 lb. flour Add 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. mixed spices Add fruits and nuts to flour mixture, then add to creamed mixture. Add 1 cup brandy Mix Well and bake. Medium Light Fruit Cake Quantity: 2 3-pound loaves Temp.: 300 s ; Time: 3 hours Cream 1 cup butter or margarine Add gradually 1 cup sugar Cream thoroughly. Add and beat well..2 egg yolks Add 1 tbsp. vanilla Va tsp. almond extract Sift and measure... 3 cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder % tsp. salt Combine dry ingredients with creamed mix« ture. Add 1 lb. candied pineapple, cut thin 1 lb. candied cherries, cut thin 1 lb. blanched almonds, cut J /2 lb. citron, sliced thin 1 cup shredded cocoanut \dd % cup pineapple juice Fold in .........7 egg whites beaten stifle but not dry Bake. Pork Fruit Cake Quantity: 1 8 x 4 loaf Temp.: 300°; Time: 1% Put through food chopper ^4 lb. fat salt pork Pour Vi cup boiling water over salt pork and let stand 15 minutes. Sift together 2 cups flour ft tsp. baking soda *4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon J4 tsp. allspice *4 tsp. cloves y 2 tsp. grated nutmeg fcdd to flour Vs. lb. raisins Va cup currants 2 ounces citron, cut 2 ounces candied orange peel, cut Combine 1 egg* well beaten Vz cup sugar Va cup molasses and add to pork. Gradually stir the pork-molasses mixture into the flour-fruit mixture. Mix thoroughly and bake. White Pound Fruit Cake Quantity : 1 3-pound loaf Temp.: 325° ; Time: 1% hours Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine 1 cup granulated sugar Add 5 eggs, one at a time Beat well until light and creamy. Combine 1 cup candied cherries, thinly sliced l/ 2 cup citron, thinly sliced % cup orange peel, thinly sliced 1 cup' sliced blanched almonds % cup sifted flour Sift together 2 cups sifted flour % tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder Add to egg mixture 1 tsp. grated lemon rind 1 tbsp. lemon juice Add flour mixture to egg and lemon mixture. Fold in fruits and nuts. Bake. Sultana Fruit Cake Quantity: 4 3-pound loaves Temp.: 350° ; Time: 1 hour Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine 1 cup sugar Add, one at a time 4 egg yolks Sift and measure...2 cups flour 1 tsp. cream of tartar Vi tsp. soda Add alternately with 3 tbsp. milk Add Vi cup citron, sliced 1 cup raisins rind of 1 lemon (grated) Vi cup chopped nuts 1 tsp. vanilla Fold in 4 egg whites, beaten stiff

STATE SEAL HAS LEGEND

Arlington, Vt.—Legend has it that the Vermont State seal originated during a visit by a British officer to the old Chittenden house in Arlington. The officer was so impressed by the western vista from his room that he engraved it on a horn drinking cup. His engraving, with minor changes, was later adopted for the state seal. o All German soldiers who cross Warsaw receive from their superiors cards with the following warning: Be on guard, there is danger of attack. Watch your arms and equipment. Do not go out alone after dark.”

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Gen. Marshall May Head Invasion London, Dec. 10.—Informed observers believed today that one of the major results of the Tehran conference was that Marshal Josef Stalin had won his argument for a full-scale “second front” in western Europe and that Gen. George C. Marshall, U. S. chief of staff, will soon come here to direct the operation. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill were believed to have accepted Stalin’s thesis that air power was not in itself capable of bringing Germany to its knee within a desirable time. The Soviet high command reportedly held that the estimated 225 German divisions now fighting on the eastern front must be reduced to 150 before a breakthorugh can be accomplished. With the Germans now fighting in Italy with eight to 15 divisions and probably less than half that number, the Anglo-American effort in the west must draw more than 50 divisions from the eastern front. As if to point up the argument repeatedly raised by Russia since the Quebec meeting, Radio Moscow’s military commentator, Colonel Yermachov, emphasized last night that “ehe Germans still are transferring reserves to the east front, taking advantage of the fact that there still is no real second front in the west.” If Marshall is to be the leader, sources here see him as possessed of a joint staff of British and American officers already functioning. Plans for the final attack were believed far advanced and the group of young, vigorous officers he could command would make Caesar, Alexander or any of the other great generals of history green with envy. It is not believed that any Russians will become members of the joint staff but they probably will have observers. Ranged under these battle-test-ed officers will be millions of men, the deadliest and most powerful air fleets the world ever has seen,

and a naval force capable of balckening the English Channel from one end to the other. This force will be equipped with the finest weapons British and American scientists can devise, including many still on the “secret list.” Some troops, like their leaders, will be. veterans of other battles but many will be fresh from the United States. Lord Halifax said the other day that great armies had left the United States and it was safe to assume that they were not cruising in the Atlantic. Although the bulk of armies under Marshall’s command—if he is to be the Allied generalissimo— will be Anglo-American, there will be forces representing France, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Netherlands. ——-—o SON REPORTED DEAD IS PRISONER OF WAR

Indianapolis, Dec. 10. — Homer Cloud of Westfield handed $1,000 over to an insurance agent yesterday, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The money was paid to Cloud on a policy he held on his son, Stanley Cloud, who was reported killed in the European war theatre. The War Department later notified Cloud an error had been made. His son is not dead, but a prisoner of war.

Legal Notice

NOTICK OK BIDS FOB TEMPORARY SCHOOL LOANS Notice is hereby given that at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, the 21st day of December, 1943, at the office of the Superintendent of City Schools, Room 226, Central High School Building in the City of Muncie, Indiana, the Board of School Trustees of the School City of Muncie, Indiana, will receive sealed hids and proposals for temporary school loans in the aggregate principal sum of One Hundred Fiftyfive Thousand Dollars (155,000.00) to raise funds to meet the current operating expenses of said school city for the school year in which such loans are made, in anticipation and to he paid out cf taxes actually levied and now in course of collection for said year, which said loans will he evidenced by time warrants of the said School City of Muncie, Indiana, executed in its name and on its behalf by the President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of School Trustees of said school city. All of said time warrants will be due and payable on July 20, 194 4, and will bear interest at the lowest rate obtainable, not exceeding six per cent (8%) per annum, the interest to maturity to be added to and included in the face of said warrants. Said time warrants evidencing said temporary loans will be dated and issued on the following respective dates, for the following respective amounts, plus interest to maturity, and for use of the following respective school funds, to-wit: January 4, 1944 Special School Fund $40,000.00 January 14, 194 4 Tuition Fund $40,000.00 March 15, 1944 Special School Fund $35,000.00 March 30, 1944 Tuition Fund $40,000.00 The amount of the principal of said warrants with interest to the maturity thereof, has been appropriated oht of current revenues of the respective funds for which said are borrowed and said revenues have bden pledged to the payment of the principal and Interest of said time warrants. Said loans will be made with the bidder submitting the lowest rate of interest therefor and only one bid will he accepted from each bidder. All bids shall be submitted on forms furnished and approved by the hoard and each bid shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the bidder that no collusion exists between himself and any other bidder for such loan. The Board of School Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids. 'Proposals for said loans will be accepted subject to legal approval of the successful bidder, the cost of procuring such apiiroval to he paid by the bidder. Dated at Muncie, Indiana, this 3rd day of December, 1943. SCHOOL CITY OF MUNCIE, INDIANA WILLIAM T. RAYMOND President ORA T. SHROYER Secretary JOHN C. BANTA Treasurer BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES Bracken, Gray and DeFur Attorneys Dec. 3-10 „ 0 — ''' TO CONDUCT INQUEST. Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 10.—An inquest into tiie, death of Jack T. Schaine, Chicago patent medicine salesman, whose body was found in a creek east of Fort Wayne with a bullet in his head, will be held Dec. 14, according to Allen County Coroner, Dr. E. N. Mendenhall. Schaine’s body was found Nov. 19 and police believed that he was murdered by a man in a marine uniform who had hitchhiked a ride with the salesman. Dr. Mendenhall said the inquest had been postponed in the hope that the murdered might be found.

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