Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 29 November 1946 — Page 2

POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1946.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT Democratic weeKly newspaper representing the democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County. Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Post Office at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3. 1879. * PRICE 5 CENTS—$1.50 A YEAR MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher 916 West Main Street Muncie, Indiana, Friday, November 29, 1946. As the Habitual Drunkard Returns to His Bottle You can’t whip a war-weary nation into fighting again. That’s an oft-repeated cliche of statesmen and commentators. We heard it after the First World War and we are hearing it now us reassurance that there cannot be another world war in this generation. It sounds logical, but history as well as recent events prove that just the opposite is true. Witness the present revolution in Greece. Certainly, of all nations on earth, Greece suffered the cruelest and most prolonged punishment, not only by armed invasion but by famine and starvation. If any corner of the world should crave peace it should be the Greek Peninsula. But there, of all places, rebellion is seething, with bloody reprisals between contending factions. China is another startling example. It was longer at war and suffered greater loss of life and destruction of property than any other great nation. Yet, there again, internal revolution banishes the blessing of peace from that unhappy land. Plain truth is that war breeds war, that the returning soldier too often finds it difficult to readjust himself to peaceful pursuits and welcome an excuse to return to camp. Many young soldiers, who served from age 20 to 24, became so accustomed to having their lives regulated that they find it nerveracking, even appalling, to have to think and act for themselves in civilian life. Nothing would be more foolish than for our statesmen to presume that w ar weariness assures a respite from the dangers of an immediate renewal of the conflict. Just the eountrary is true. Therefore, every effort should be made to conclude peace throughout the world and get our younger veterans settled down. For instance, we have been dilly-dallying With veteran housing — we, the greatest builders in the w T orld, who were able to turn our peace time production to the uses of War faster than anyone believed possible. If we had used one-tenth of the wartime effort to solve the housing problem, we would be well on our way today. Too many of us have looked upon veteran housing only as a matter of justice and fairness to the veteran. Instead, w^e should consider it the best insurahee against involvement in another war. Settling a veteran with a wife and children In a comfortable home is the surest antidote for that hankering to return to “the devil he knows.” The average veteran will tell you that he is “fed up” with war and never wants to carry a gun again. The drinker, who has retovered from a spree, tells you he never wants to touch the stuff for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, too many drunkards do return to drink, just as veterans are rushing back to the fray til rough out the world. Let not false sense of security delay the swift accomplishment of reconversion and peace. We are working against time.—Philadelphia Record. Have We Forgotten the War So Soon? During the w T ar the hope was often expressed that the actions of people in the postwar period would be shaped and directed by the remembrance of the great sacrifices which were made during the war. Then everyone felt a deep obligation to those who were giving their lives in the conflict. If they could die to keep the world free from totalitarian aggression, certainly those who survived ought to do their best to create a better society. But we can see today that many are already forgetting. The ideal of a world of peace is. taking a terrific beating both at home and abroad. We are not keeping the faith with the boys who went roaring down in flames over Bei lin, with those who dyed the islands of the Pacific red with their blood. We can well imagine that those veterans who are walking on artificial legs and those who are still confined to hospitals often ask themselves as they survey the domestic and foreign scene: “Was it for this that we fought?” They must feel' sold out at times, many Mimes. No one has ever been able to realize the full extent of the sacrifice which Americans made to win the war. Even those who were in the thick of it saw only a small segment. It is well once in a while to try to call up as best we can the full picture and then see if we are compensating by our social behavior for all of the agony which was endured. Much has been said about war memorials. They are a tine thing. But the best memorials we can give to those who died or those who were maimed, and their comrades who returned, is to build the kind of world we told them they were fighting for. By that we do not mean anything fanciful, but a common every day society where men can work out their salvation, where production is permitted to go ahead and produce wealth and goods

for everybody. How are homes for veterans and others ever to be built if the machinery of production is to be halted by failure to co-operate for the common good? This country does not belong to one individual or to one group. Every citizen has a share in it. Most people see the community of interests and those who do not or will not have to be disciplined. It is not easy to get all of our population pulling together as a team, but it is necessary to maintain some semblance of unity. We have done it in the past and we must do it in the future.—Journal Gazette.

“Operation Sea Lion” No more fascinating chapter of hitherto hidden history has been revealed.than Prime Minister Attlee’s report to the Commons on Hitler’s “Operation Sea Lion,” as the Germans called their projected invasion of England. So imminent it was, so calamitous it would have been, if successful, to the free nations of the earth that the unveiling of its detail dwarfs all previous “now it can be told” disclosures. The first phase of the plan was actually launched. It was the Luftwaffe’s savage assault on England in the late summer of 1940. On the success of this attack the invasion hinged. Goering was confident that he could destroy the Royal Air Force and wreck British communications, thus opening the way for the invasion, set for Sept. 21. The British High Command anticipated what was coming and issued an “invasion imminent” alert on Sept. 7. But on Sept. 15 British fhefs shot 185 German planes out of the air. To the Germans this was a crippling blow. On that day “Operation Sea Lion” died, though it was not to be buried until two years later. On Sept. 17 Hitler postponed it —forever, as it turned out. The German plan called for a swift and massive invasion of the British east Channel coast, to be launched from Boulogne and Calais. Paratroopers were to take Dover. Twenty-five divisions would be landed by barge on seventy miles of coast west of Dover. From these bridgeheads London was to be cut off from the rest of England. +^rr-+! e ^' e *’ rnan leaders, with the exception ot Hitler and Goering, were dubious of their Qhances. They had only makeshift barges. The admirals feared the British Navy. The generals pointed out that their troops lacked amphibious training. None realized the weakness of Britairi’s defenses at that moment. D u ring the war there were rumors piomptly denied, of dead German soldiers in battle_ dress washed up on the Channel shore. Indeed there were, thirty-three of them in one month, but they were only vicPrif; b K ^ es s J? kin £ escape by sea from ™!f! b -p? mb . ers attacking French invasion ?nfi / h V!l V * s,on was never attempted. Hitler flinched five times from the test before he lost the war. He lived to see Ger--NiwYoA Times.’ mVaded and con< l uere<l -

These Crowded Colleges We like the way Gem Omar Bradley, *rins &(irfnni«trQ+r*T* TX7_ V ’

brass who has the welfare of vetera] heart because he believes in the work has demonstrated no liking for self-se' politicians, he has pulled no punches he thought the time to say “no” had an V\ e were particularly interested in FI - ik d 1 o t t o A 4~ s\ a — i

rUUfL tt uur eaucanor cihues. He was speaking for the vet ot course, when he called attention to puses where there are “crowded living ters, unsatisfactory eating condition; even below standard teachers.” It is n iet that such living conditions exist toe practically every campus in the countr ^o?\het ranS ’ bUtaUStUdents ' ; Because of our admiration for Gen ley, we feel justified in taking except an overtone in his remarks which conic cate a desire to expand all colleges to a Where the high-tide mark of today wo, accommodated. We cannot argue that wn d ° 1 u° t need larger facilities, i u have bad to be ex Panded even if had been no war. The huge influx of vel

However, we do not belifvf a wl mush 1 ooming of college dormitories, halls, gymnasia and standia is called this ime The high tide in veteran emollment already is here. 'There even fewer veterans in college thre b LfT try ?v xt semes ter than now i\ t0 S f y ? at 311 vetera ns who de; should not get an education. We sim savimr thaf e Mm

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7. ‘•"“leverage students who arc simllate an education. should not be allowed to become disc W US y^fi? b ° r housin £ and eatin Don*. Neither can we overloow the who are in college only for the rid unfortunately true- that there alwa Hw/ tU Tf en H fn C0Ue ^ e who h ad no theie. It just so^ happens that some are war veterans this year. Time a care of the situation—time and soir sary building. But we do not think uation calls for a general construct! reminiscent of wartime itself.—Jou. ZGL10,

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Tax Cut vs. Cost of Living ; A 20 per cent cut in income taxes for j everybody—that is the slogan with which j many Republican leaders approach the new i Congress. Some members of the majorityI elect, overcome by the caution of power, have j begun to hedge a bit. -But the party’s House steering committee went all out for the flat 20 per cent cut; and, indeed, a great many voters are under the distinct impression that the Republicans promised exactly that during the campaign. So it is worth while to consider how this policy would work out when applied to a typical family—say, a married co'uple with two children. First of all, no family of four with earnings of less than $42 a week would be affected. For a family of four, the present income tax does not begin until weekly earnings reach $43. It was the 79th Congress, at the Urging of a Democratic administration, which removed 12 million low-income families from the income-tax rolls this year. Factory workers today earn, on the average, about $44 a week. Thus it can be said at the outset that the great bulk of industrial workers would gain little or nothing from the Republican tax policy.

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This melon is reserved, in the main, for white-collar groups in the middle and upper income brackets. And the slice to be handed each member of those groups would be measured by his place in the income scale. The bigger the income, the bigger the slice. It is like serving a Thanksgiving dinner at which the lucky individuals at the head of the table get heaping plates, while those at the foot have to make do with a sliver or

wing.

Thus for a family of four earnings $43 a 1 week, the grand and glorious result of a 20 per cent tax cut will be a saving of 2 cents a

week.

The same family with taxable earnings of $50 will save 26 cents a week. The weekly earnings of $75, the weekly saving under a 20 per cent cut will amount to $1.10. At earnings of $95, the saving will be $1.82 a week. At $100 it will be $2.25. Now, of course, we’re beginning to get into real money, as taxes go. Earnings $100 a week, the family of four, if granted a 20 per cent cut, would pay $117 less in taxes next year than it is paying this year. If ±he same tamily s earnings are $190 a week, its tax saving for the year would be $290. And so on up the scale. Jast lo get a whiff of what things are like aaa - upper caches, consider that for a $25,000 income (family of four), the 20 per cent tax cut would mean a saving of $1 432 a year. That’s the price of a new car.

eiieci a flat-rate tax cut with the effects of ano Republican policy. The Republicans ^ the decisive factor this year in brea down price control. They can, there! ran ly be charged with primary responsib tor the increased cost of living since June, when the old price-control law expi A reasonable estimate of the rise since e is 13 per cent. Everybody knows that n times, particularly food and clothing 1 gone up far more ; but the over-all cost-of mg index, including such items as rent w have not advanced, has risen by abou per cent. The impact of this rise in the cost of mg is exactly opposite from that of a late tax cut. It hits the low-income fa hardest, js felt least by those of high inc< $4o-a-week family, for example, r. j- f r ^ le ^ from a tax reduction, feejs the higher cost of living at every $2^ nnn gr ° Cery | tor . e T ' 0n the other har $25,000-a-year family, which save the i new * ar under a 20 per cent tax cut. strid e a 13 Pei Cent nSe m living cost Suppose a $43-a-week family had l putting a little more than 10 per cent o income into savings of some kind and sp mg the rest—$38 a week—to live. This^ Uy now has to spend $42.94 to live F a wJk -f C r l taX io Ut the fami! gains'2 c a week from a IS per cent ris in the cos living it losts $ b .94. Net loss from both publican policies: $4.92 a week. Or consMcr the same family with earn cem if T We - ek ’ whl ^ h has bee P saving 15

a week while a 20 per cent tax cut save it $1.10. Net loss from both E can policies: $8.46 a week.

it / A, Pave llls tax es cut it is quite clear that a flat-rate

arrn** L 01 ^ui-rate redi ti, £ thorn b0 ?;' d ‘ S a 5 unfair met h°d o; tuem. If the Republicans go thi wh th n th T P Ian they will benefit most ho need it least and benefit least thost haveteen hardest hit by the rising « if M Af!l e 1 n at J s how the Republicans that klL a J'’- ,t was the u PPer-i n com e g that kicked m most of their camnaien tnbutions.—Chicago Sun. g

every day. Attendance at baseball, football and minor sports breaking all record. More sportsmen taking time off to shoot pheasants, beal", deer and each other than was ever thought possible. Department stores crowded, with a big run on cosmetics, ornamental jewelry and fancy lingerie. “Standing room only” in moving picture houses and theaters. More books, magazines and phonograph records being sold than ever before. If America is not enjoying itself, it’s certainly spending a lot of money in the at-

tempt.

xxx Millions of workmen face unemployment. Steel mills, automobile factories and most heavy industries are shutting down through lack of coal. Cities, already “browned out,” may be completely paralyzed when their utilities

close.

Millions of homes will be without adequate heat. Danger of another terrible influenza epidemic threatens large sections of the country. Other millions of families are living in inadequate, makeshift dwellings because of the housing shortage. Schools are closed or operating on part time because of the teacher shortage. Juvenile delinquency is increasing at an alarming rate. Horrible crimes by te£n-age perverts shock us daily. The statesmen and scientists have failed to solve the menace- of the atomic bomb— but we have so many other more immediate problems to worry about that most of us push the A-bomb aside for the moment. The promise of world order and world peace which seemed so sure of achievement a year ago is receding. Surely our unhappy and benighted land is in a bad way.—Philadelphia Record.

A Look Ahead and Behind William Jennings Bryan set a record for major American political parties when he ran and was defeated three times for the Presidency. Norman Thomas has been a Presidential candidate of the Socialist patty five times and he now insists he positively vyiil not run a sixth. There was one difference between Bryan and Thomas. Bryan had a chance; he came pretty close once. Thomas always knew he didn’t have a chance. He ran as a “token

candidate.”

Yet there was a great similarity between them. The planks Bryan forced the Democratic party to put in^its platform in 1896, 1900 and 1908 later; becames laws of the land . And many of the planks of the Socialist party^—before and during Norman Thomas’ political adventures—are the sound doctrine of both the Democratic and Republican

parties now.

To name a few Bryanesque and Socialist planks of days gone by: Direct election of United States Senators, a Federal income tax, woman suffrage,. reform^ of banks and stock exchanges, the direct primary, guarantee of bank deposits. Looking backward, it seems we have gone forward. But looking forward, it seems we are going backward.—Philadelphia Record.

Worst News of the Week Nearly 750,000 new cases of veneral disease have been reported to health officials during the fiscal year 1946., according to the U. S. Public Health Service. That is an increase of 8.7 percent over the previous year. This in spite of intensive publicity campaigns in our larger cities, in spite of the development of penicillin treatments. The one bright spot is that while the number of cases has increased by 8.7 percent, the number of deaths has declined from 15 per 100,000 population in 1939 to 10.7 for 1945. The big job ahead seems to lie not so much m cures for VD but in preventing jt from occurring. And that is obviously a job which Government must handle.—Philadeiphia Record.

Note for Historians A restaurant patron has b6en arrested in New York on charged of assaulting a girl with toothpicks.

Surplus Blood Plasma F or the first time in the history of modern medicine, physicians and hospitals have available through their state health departments, enough blood plasma to meet not only their noi mal requirements but emergency needs as well because of surplus plasma donated through the Army-Nay-Red Cross blood pro- £ ra ™' There is no charge for the plasma itsell, although physicians and hospitals may take a nominal charge for administering the transfusion.

oecs uiie Pessimist the Oth Is America happy? You write your own editorial. All we can say is look at tin more people employed at higher shorter hotirs than ever before tory of the country. vi Ps i -^ s b ^-wage money all a the high cost of living? I he answer is phenomenal amusement and sporting events, crowded and millions of* aAii.

Song Title “Blue Sky” All signs on the economic horizon point to a severe economic recession in 1947, according to a survey of the- New Council of American Business.

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NOTlCli: OF ftlBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENI OE ZONING ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Muncie, Indiana, that public hearing on an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, which is now pending before the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, will be held in the city council chamber in the City Hall at 7:30 p. m., on the 2nd day of December 1946, at which time and place any objections to such amendment or change will bfe heard. The proposed amendment or change to be made is as follows: To amend, supplement and chahge the present Zoning Ordinance of -aid City of Muncie, Indiana, so as to transfer to the business district, to the six hundred (600) square foot area district and to the eighty (80) foot height district the following described territory in said City of Muncie, Indiana, to-wit: The North half (1-2) of lot numbered Four (41 in Anthony r’atx, an addition t6 the City of Muncie, Indiana, commonly known and designated as 1113 South MddiSon Street. Said proposed ordinance for such amendment or change of said present Zohing Ordinance has been referred to the City Plan Commission of said City of Muncie, and has been considered, and said City Plan Commission has made its report approving the same; Information concerning such proposed amendment dr change is now on file in the office of said City Plan Commission, for public examination. Said hearing will be continued from time to time as may be found necessary. In witness' whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Muncie, Indiana, (SEAL) J. Clyde Dunnington, City Clerk, and Clerk of the Common Council of the City of MunCie, this 22nd day of November, 1946. Nov. 22-29 : 0 Legal Notice

NOTICE. OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Muncie, Indiana, that public hearing on an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, which is now pending before the Common Coyncil of the City of Muncie, Indiana, will be held in the city council chamber in the City Hall at 7:30 p. m., on the 2nd day of December 1946, at which time and place any objections to such amendment or change will be heard. The proposed amendment or change to be made is as follows: To amend, supplement and change the present Zoning Ordinance of said City of Muncie. Indiana, so as to transfer to the business district, to the six hundred (600) square foot area district and to the eighty <80i foot height district the following described territory in said City of Muncie, Indiana, to-wit: Lot numbered Fifteen (15) ip Block number two hundred and eighty one (281) in the Muncie Land Company’s Subdivision of a part of the Watsbn Tract and a part of the Prutzman Tract, an addition to the city of Muncie, Said county and state. 2912 South Elm St. Said proposed ordinance for such amendment or change Of said present Zoning Ordinance has been referred to the City Plan Commission of said City of Muncie, and has been considered, and said City Plan Commission has made its report approving the same; Information concerning such proposed amendment or change is now on file •in the bffice of raid City Plan Commission, for public examination. Said hearing will be continued from time to time as may be found neces

sary.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Muncie, Indiana, (SEAL) J. Clyde Dunnington City Clerk, and Clerk of the Common Council Of the City of Muncie, this 22nd day of November, 1946. Nov. 22-29 Legal Notice

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP

Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Hamilton Township, Delaware County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said Township, at their regular meeting place on the 2nd day of December, 1946, will consider the following emergency additional appropria-

tions:

Special School Fund No. 12, Repair of Bldg. _$200.00 Fund No. 13, Repair of Equip. 200.00 Fund No. 14, School Furniture arid Equipment 600.00 Fund No. 16. Janitor Supplies __ 500.00 John B. Lotz Trustee of Hamilton Towftship Nov. 22-29

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given to the citizcn.1 of Muncie, Indiana, that public hearing on an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, which is now pending before the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Indiana, will be held in the city council chamber in the City Hall at 7:30 p. m., on the 2nd day of December 1946, at which time and place any objections to such amendment Or change will be heard. The proposed amendment or change to be made is as follows: To amend, supplement and change the present Zoning Ordinance of said City of Munciei Indiana, so as to transfer to the business district, to the six hundred ((>001 square foot area district and to the eighty (80.) foot height district the following described territory in said City of Muncie, Indiana, to-wit: Loi No. 37 (Sixty-seven) and Sixtyeight (68i and Sixty-Nine (69) in the Anthony Homestead Addition to the City of Muncie, Indiana. 327 East Willard Street. Said proposed ordinance for such amendment or change of said present Zoning Ordinance has been referred to (he City Plan Commission of said City of Muncie, and has been considered, and said City PJan Commission has made its report disapproving the same; Irifoririation concerning such ftfoposed amendrnent or change is now on file in the office of paid City Plan Commission, fot- public examination. Said hearing will bb contihued from time to time as may be found necessary. In Witness whereof I have hefeurito pet my hand and affixed the seal Of thfe City of Muncie, Indiana, % (SEAL) ( J. Clyde Dunnington City Clerk and Clerk of the Cotrimon Council of the City of Muncie, this 22nd day of November, 1946. Nov. 22-29 O Legal Notice

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF MT. PLEASANT TWP.

Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Mt Pleasant Twp., Delaware County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said Township, at their regular meeting place on the 2nd day of December, 1946, will consider the following emergency additional appropriations: Township Fund No. 4, Books, Stationery, Printing Advertising $ 40.00 Special School Fund No. 12, Repair Bldg. Care of Grotmds 90.00 Fund No. 14, School Furniture & Equip. __ 40.00 Fund No. 16, Janitor SUphlies 70.00 Fund No. 23, Transportation 450.00 That said appropriation is a reallocation of funds as follows: Ckfe of Cemeteries $ 40 0f( Fuel 650.0;( Ray L. Miller Trustee of Alt. Pleasant Twp Nov. 22-29

Legal Notice

NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS No. 10619-8 State of Indiana, Delaware County, ss. - I Viles L. Hutchens

vs.

Forrest L. Hutchens In The Superior Court September Term 1946 Complaint: for divorce. Notice is hereby given the said defendant, Forrest L. Hutchens, that the plaintiff has filed her complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the said defendant is not a resident of the Stale of Indiana, and that unless he be and appear on Tuesday the 21st day ol Jrinaary 1947, the 8th day the next fertri. of said Court, to be holdcn on the Second Monday in January, A. D , 1947, at the Court House in the City of Muneie in said County and State, the said cause will be heard and determined In , his absence. WITNESS, the Clerk and the Seal of said Court, affixed at the City of MunCrie this 22nd day of November A. D., 1946. (SEAL) Jesse E. Greene, Clerk John J. Dodd, Plaintiff’s Attorney. Nov. 22-29-Dec. 6. O-

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