Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 2 June 1944 — Page 4

POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1944.

Army Signal Corps Photo This is an American Army artillery park in England. Those grim, shrouded instruments of death will be manned by our boys when the big day comes. Your War Bonds bought them and paid for their transportation to England where they silently wait for the big push. We’ll need more of them before the final reckoning.

ROOSEVELT FOES SMEAR MRS. FDR

Haters Turn Their Guns On First Lady In Campaign “It seems to me that Eleanor is the.‘pet peeve’ of these Roosevelt haters,” one voter wrote the editor of The Colorado Springs News. That’s correct. When the Roosevelt haters run out of other things to say, they begin talking about ‘Eleanor’; complaining of her travels, her interest in government affairs, and her work in behalf of the under-dog. They say she ought to stay home and be inactive. They tell racy stories about her and some of the kind called clever. A portion of the humor in these stories is good and genuine, but much of it is viciods—with the funny stuff used to camouflage the bitterness and hate the Roosevelt haters hope to get across to ail who will listen. It wouldn’t be healthy for the country if everyone liked the chief executive, his wife and his family. It is well that we have different opinions about them, even as it is about other people and other things. We have the right to criti cioe and even to condemn. But the spirit of fair play should decree that we keep our blows honest and clean according to the rules and that we lay off the dirty work. We can but judge what Mrs. Roosevelt does by what she accomplishes; by the results of her work and activity. That is the only fair way. Of course, persons who don’t care about being fair aren’t Interested in anything but rumor, smudge and smear. Mrs. Roosevelt has written a daily newspaper column for several years. The content of that column stresses more than anything else the activities and ideas of a woman who is interested in social and economic, as well as political reforms. The profits from this column she gives to the Red Cross or to charity. She has also given much of her radio and lecture

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE : SERVICES •‘God the Only Cause and Creaitoti" is the subject of the LessonSermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, June 4. ' The Golden Text is: “He is the former of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name” (Jeremiah 10:16). t Among the citations which comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the following from the Bible: “O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches” (Psalms 104:24). “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17). 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: “The Scriptures imply that God is All-in-all. Everything in God’s universe expresses Him. God is individual, incorporeal. He is divine Principle, Love, the universal cause, the only creator, and there is no other selfexistence. He is all-inclusive, and ia reflected by all that is real and eternal and by nothing else” (p. 331),

FORT BRIDGER, WYO. — This year’s winner of the National Science Talent Search, a country boy from here, will attend the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., when he returns from the war. Amber Charles Davidson, 17, who will be inducted in July, competed with 15,000 youths from all over the country for the 52400 scholarship, top prize in the Third Annual Science Talent Search, conducted by Science Service of Washington, D. C. H Young Davidson, who is interested in electronics, chemistry, microscopy, painting and biology, and has also been captain of his high school football team and a lightheavyweight boxer, has notified the Carnegie Tech authorities that he has selected their engineering school to continue his scientific studies. The scholarship grant, valid at any degree-granting college or university approved by the scholarship committee of the Science -Clubs of America, will be held in trust for use after the war.

monies for charitable purposes. As for her trips to the hospitals and the battlefronts, persons interested in a just appraisal, must see in them something very much worthwhile and vital from the standpoint of the morale of our service men and women. Now it is reasonable to suspect that some of these lads are Republicans—for we’ve never heard it charged even by her worst enemies that Mrs. Roosevelt was so thought less as to limit her visits to those of her political faith. It’s also reasonable to presume that some of these boys and their Dads, as well, have no love for New Deal policies. But the fact that here is the First Lady of the Land, in person, coming a long distance to visit them and shake their hands is, more than anything else, proof of democracy, real democracy. It isn’t that Mrs. Roosevelt travels a great deal. Her travels have nothing to do with it. It’s a ques tion of what she does on those travels, what she accomplishes by her activities. We cannot seem to read anything sinister into work, as so^ many of her enemies take such keen delight in doing. To us, Mrs. Roosevelt has done more than any other First Lady of history to make the common people feel they have a direct contact with the White House. She has contributed much to the feeling among the people that there is democracy and friendly under-

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standing in the presidential mansion even as there is on Main street. Thru her writings, her lec tures and her travels she has forever espoused the rights and the interests of those on the lower social and economic rungs who have too long lacked a courageous champion. Somehow or other we cannot get veiy much disturbed about the activity of this sort of person. We cannot summon up too much hate, bitterness or criticism. We prefer, rather, after judging her good woiks and crusades, to visualize a history that will give her proper acclaim as a gracious and kindly apostle of democracy.

PEARSON HITS THE BRASS HATS

Columnist Points Out How Two Men Take Beating No intelligent person ever undertook to carry on any gigantic un dertaking without expecting to make a few mistakes. Drew Pearson, Washington Columnist who is certainly not too friendly to the Roosevelt administration, points out that “no two men in the government have taken a worse beat ing than War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt and Selective Service Director General Hershey. And, as the inside story leaks out, it looks as if they were not nearly so much to blame as certain brass hats in the army.” The columnist points out that neither the army nor the navy, both of which have long been topheavy with Republican indoctrinated high-ranking officers, have been so good on arithmetic. Before Christmas the army and navy began clamoring for more men. Following considerable debate over the draft of fathers, the armed services had their way and Hershey sent orders to “scrape the bottom of the barrel.” Throughout the winter men were drafted right and left without regard to age or family obligations. Many times Hershey and McNutt both objected strenuously and suggested that the army was taking more men than it needed. “But the armed services continued to demand men and the draft boards supplied them,” continues Peerson. “Then suddenly before Easter the army woke up. Frantic telegrams were sent out on April 8, postponing the induction, of all men over 26 engaged in essential industry. General Hershey was caught like a puppy on a linoleum floor. “Another inside fact is that someone on General Marshall’s staff had gone completely haywire on his arithmetic. Hershey and McNutt, who had kept their own figures, were certain the army was getting ahead of schedule and had remonstrated. But when the mistake finally was admitted by

By MEREDITH MOULTON REDHEAD Baby Counselor Heinz Home Institute

Raisin Recipes for Junior Boon to the two-year-old-plus baby Is the raisin. For raisins add an exciting new element to eating that every baby loves. The flavor of a raisin is pure sweetness ... the kissed-by-the-Bunshine kind of sweetness that comes when grapes dry for long hours in the gentle southern sun. Since most babies have a simply avid sweet-tooth, the fragrant raisin is sure to be a favorite from the first. What’s more, the raisin is not only a taste-tingling addition to baby’s meals, but it has nutritive advantages as well. For the raisin is chock-full of pure fruit sugars. This means raisins are easily digested, are a potent source of energy. And as every mother knows, a rambunctious two-year-old needs energy refueling, frequently and fast. Raisins are a power-house of iron, too, and will bolster baby’s iron content if he has a few each day. Up to now, your young epicure has been eating mainly soft and finely comminuted textures such as strained fruits and vegetables, and, the slightly sturdier, chopped and sauced junior foods. But in raisins he will discover a really rare new texture. For the raisin is dry, with a kind of long-lasting quality that demands extra exercising of those baby teeth and gums. Another item in their favor is the Increased variety of eating, raisins add to baby’s menu plans. For raisins can be used in many ways. They make a perfect mid-meal snack for baby’s munching. They add in- • terest to a bowl of breakfast cereal and convert it to a real dessert. Rice pudding becomes something really lavish when a few plump, fruity raisins have been added. And when your baby is ready to cope with more ^rown-up nursery fare, like bread

pudding or cottage cake, raisins can always be relied on to add flavor, fragrance, flair. As, for instance: Old-fashioned Rice Pudding Combine in a greased shallow baking dish—• \ Vs cup uncooked rice, washed 3 cups milk Vs cup sugar Vs teaspoon salt. Sprinkle with— Nutmeg. Bake uncovered in a slow oven (300° F.) for 2 to 2Vs hours. Stir frequently with a fork during first hour of baking. At end of first hour add—• % cup seedless raisins. Finish cooking, stirring in brown crust as it forms on top. Serves 4 Raisin Bread Pudding Pour— 2 cups milk, scalded over— 2 cups dry bread, cut in small pieces. Let stand until bread is soft. Add— 1 egg, beaten 2 tablespoons sugar Vi teaspoon salt Vz cup seedless raisins. Pour into a greased baking dish and bake in a moderately slow oven (325° F.) for 45 minutes or until lightly browned. Serves 4 to 6. Dressy Sauce for Plain Desserts Blend together— Vi cup honey 3 tablespoons butter or margarin* 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 1 cup cold water 3 A cup seedless raisins 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Mix, then combine with the above— Vz cup sugar 1^ tablespoons cornstarch Few grains salt. Cook, stirring constantly, 4 or 5 minutes. Serve warm over plain cake, rice, bread pudding, or any other pudding.

the army, they kept their mouth shut and took the biame. “The navy also had miscalculated. They had figured that they were about 400,000 men behind, but woke up to find they were short much less. The navy had forgotten to figure in 50,000 men training in their V-12 school. Also, they had forgotten one group of 30,000 officers, together with some additional groups. “So the armed services finally admitted to McNutt that they would be satisfied if they got enough men under 26- However.

they were insistent that the younger men be drafted, even including the key men in war industries. “Despite that insistence, it has now been revealed that the army is keeping young men under 26 in its own arsenals. The army operates several arsenals using civilian workers. And in many cases where key men . under 26 have been drafted, the army has put them in uniform, then sent them back to its arsenals to work. In other words, the army has failed to live up to its own argument to McNutt that young men are need-

FATS FOR HOSE

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Many different types of synthetic rubber are used in making various types of hose, but used kitchen fat is essential to each kind. Here is Lillian Kobylarz inspecting the braid on hose made of buna S at thfl United States Rubber Comoany olant at Passaic, N. J.

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ed for the tough job of fighting and can be spared from war plants. “The. above facts are why the War Manpower Council, on which sit Eric Johnson, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce; Robert M. Gaylord, president of the National Association of Manufacturers; CIO’§ Phil Mur ray and AFL’s William Green, sit back a little skeptical when the army and navy demand a labor draft. They figure that in view of the fizzle which they on the inside know the army has made of manpower, the civilian agencies may better understand the labor problerfi.”

FDR TALKATIVE AT CONFERENCES

News Meetings Are Compared To Country Store Chatter

PLANE TALK fiY Rowland Burnstan

Due to certain atmospheric conditions, ije will accumulate on aircraft in flight at temperatures at pr near freezing. The illustrations phow how clear and rime ice forms bn the leading edges of the wings or airfoils.,

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- RIME ICE

Washington, June 2. — All the White House needs is a cracker barrel to make President Roosevelt’s current news conferences seem like country store chatter with the town squire leading the conversation. The president in recent weeks has been unasually talkative at his meetings with press and radio reporters, seeming more disposed to talk at length than at most any other time since the war began. The conferences are studded with wisecracks, but the air is changed every now and then with whiplash remarks at some of those “in this room” who haven’t been reporting events to Mr. Roosevelt’s liking. Yesterday’s unusually long news conference was a good example. In addition to a lengthy dissertation on post-war foreign policy Mr. Rooevelt played hop-scotch over a broad field of othpr subjects. Leaning back in his chair and puffing contentedly on his long cigarette holder, the president, with the ease of an expert badminton player, knocked down inquiries which he didn’t want to answer. The give-and-take of the conference ranged from the chatty, informality of his definition of summer to sober, dignified outlines of post-war aims. Topics Touched. In the course of the “meeting,” these topics were touched: Mr. Roosevelt doesn’t want to talk aibout reported transfer of American naval vessels to the Soviet Navy. Some people have become more cynical, more rigid minded, domestically, since the last war. But not Mr. Roosevelt. A good newspaper editorial might deal with planning for a post-war world organization just as much as a declaration by the Republicans. A new name for the war—the tyrant’s war. The president doesn’t hate anybody, particularly on Memorial Day; never has engaged in feuds or rows with people. Defined summer to mean June, July and August just to set straight those who took from his remarks of last week—that the invasion would come off this summer—that the offensive into Europe would not begin until June 20, official opening of summer. The president said people took him too technically. Set people straight again about when he plans to meet Prime

To protect the plane from accumulating ice which will change contour of the wing surfaces and consequently affect the plane’s flight characteristics, de - icers are used. These are *imilar to rubber irjier tubes. The de-icers are fastened along the leading edges of the wing and stabilizer sections. As the ice forms the de-icers are pneumatically inflated' and deflated creating a pulsating action, cracking the ice which then blows away.

Of ICERS

The illustration above shows where the de-icers are applied to wing tips, horizontal stabilizers and fins. , An anti-icer is a pump with pipe connections supplying an alcohol or glycerine solution to propeller blades and pilot’s windshield tc prohibit the forming of ice.

Minister Winston Ghurchill. Last week the president eaid summer, autumn or maybe late spring. This was interpreted as his belief he’d be in office for another term. Yesterday he said he slipped that instead of maybe next spring, he had meant to say before Jan. 20, the date his third term expires. But, he added, he’d be glad to see Churchill in the spring, regardless. Regardless of what, everybody wondered but didn't ask. APPENDECTOMY AT 16 DAYS

Williamsport, Pa.—Sixteen-day old Leo Figel of Muncy underwent an appendectomy at Williamsport Hospital, establishing a record as the youngest patient to undergo such a surgical operation at the institution.

Synthetic Tires Still Rationed

Washington, June 2-—The of fiee of price administration reported today that despite increased production, synthetic tires will continue to be rationed only among B and C card motorists and that not even all of them will be able to obtain new ones. Although the June ration quota of 1,600,000 new tires is 200,000 more than were available in May, OPA said that demand is still ahead of supply and that an A, B, or C card does not automatically entitle the holder to new tires. Ration'boards wilL continue to give first call to the most essential

drivers, it said.

Rubber Director Bradley Dewey said that production is scheduled to total 22,000,000 tires this year and will exceed 2,000,000 a month in the “last quarter of 1944.” However, he emphasized that this output will not be high enough to provide replacements for non-essential, or A-card, motorists.

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Legal Notice

NOTTCK TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL) APPROPRIATION Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Liberty School Township of T^"i— County that the Advisor^

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Board and Trustee of said Township will meet at the office of the Trustee at Selma, Indiana, at the hour of 7:00 p. m. on the 13th day of June, 1 944, to consider the following additional appropriation which said officers conskD er necessary to meet the extraordinary emergency existing at this time: An appropriation of funds of Liberty School Township in the amount of $60,000.00 to cover the cost of installing a new heating system, rewiring, remodeling and improvement, and the construction and equipment of an addition to the Liberty Township Consolidated School Building, including the incidental expenses necessary to be incurred in connection with said building project and the issuance of bonds on account thereof. The funds to meet said appropriation are to he provided by the issu-

ance and sale of bonds.

The foregoing appropriation is in addition to all appropriations provided for in the existing budget and levy, and an extraordinary emergency for such appropriation exists by reason of the inadequacy of the existing Liberty School Township Building to provide for the needs of the pupils attending said school and the necessity for providing for improvements to the present building to meet the required standards of

safety and sanitatttm.

Taxpayers of the School Township appearing at said, meeting shall have the right to he heard in respect to said additiqnal appropriation. The additional appropriation, if finally made, will he automatically referred to the State Board, of Tax Commissioners, which Board will hold a further hearing within fifteen days at the office of the Auditor of Delaware County, or at such other place as may be designated. At such hearing taxpayers objecting to said additional appropriation may he heard and interested taxpayers may inquire of the County Auditor when and where

such hearing will he held.

Dated this 31st day of May, 1944.

VIRGIL R. RUBLE Township Trustee

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