Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 16 May 1947 — Page 2

POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1947.

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From where I sit... Jy Joe Marsh

Industry Looks cit Our Town

Maybe you read how a group of industrial experts have decided that the small town is the place for industry—not big cities. Reasons they give are better housing, pleasanter living, and more opportunity for wholesome recreation. Well, looking around our town I’d say that was about right. Most of us own our homes, and keep them looking nice; we enjoy each other’s company: and our recreations are mostly simple outdoor sports, and in the evening a mellow glass of beer with pleasant company.

As Doc Walters says, that sort of life just naturally sets you up for work the next day . . . whether it’s in office, mill, or field. And Doc should know. He works fourteen hours, but never misses his morning “constitutional” or his evening glass of beer with friends. From where I sit, any industry could profit from being in a town where wholesome living, temperance, and friendship are the rule.

Few Accidents In Speed Classic Indianapolis, May 10. — Magnaflux apparatus, which caused only resentment among most of the drivers when introduced to the racing fraternity in 1936, deserves more credit than any other single factor for the virtual elimination of fatal accidents in the 500-Mile classics at the Indianapolis Speedway during the last decade according to records compiled by S. A. Silberman. Accidents due to flaws in steering apparatus and other vital parts have been reduced 90 per cent by magnaflux examination, which reveals hidden weaknesses in metals, says Silberman. The only fatal crash during the seven races held since such examination became mandatory was not due to mechanical or metallic failure. As a member of the AAA technical committee, Silberman spends more than a month at the Indianapolis track each spring and he points with pride to the sharp reduction in Race Day accidents as compared to the pre-Magnaflux years which resulted in crashes claiming the lives of 13 drivers and riding mechanics.

IT CAN BE DONE!

Drivers resented compulsory Magnaflux examination when almost 50 per cent of the parts examined were rejected in 1936. As the result of the sharp reduction in accidents, however, their attitude changed completely and within two years drivers were bringing wheels, crankshafts and even nuts and bolts for the Magnaflux test. Indicative of the increased respect for the machine, almost 1000 parts were examined last year with, only 27 being turned down. When parts are turned down they must be replaced or polished down, or the car cannot go on the track. Many surface defects in metal can be “worked” out before they reach the shearing point, Silberman explained, but usually the piece needs to be replaced. Last year, for example, the crankshaft of one car showed a definite defect which could' not be polished out. A new one was flown in from the West Coast, the car qualified and won several hundred dollars in Lap Prize money: The Magnaflux test itself consists of introducing a magnetic field into the car part to be inspected. Oil, filled with iron particles, is sprayed slowly over the part. The iron particles, attracted

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to any microscopfb crack by the outlet of magnetism, forms a line along the break. Both surface and internal defects are traced, but it takes skill and experience to properly interpret the indicated openings. To thoroughly Magnaflux all the necessary equipment of one race car it takes about eight hours. The AAA also rules that after a pre-race accident of any kind on

the track the car must be exam- I ined again. Thus some cars may be gone over two or three times before they actually start the

race. Today, as drivers prepare for! Indianapolis, Ind. — General

another 500-mile test on May 30,1 tt ii 41 _ -i _T „ j i vjmar n.

Fort Harrison Wanted By Vets

they are thankful for the added 1

safety Magnaflux provides.

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JACK FISCHER

hen Jack Fischer went to the Ukraine a year ago last Spring, he felt right at home there from th£ beginning. The reason, according to his book, “Why They Behave Like Russians,” was that he was raised in Texas, and he found that the Ukrainians

were remarkably like Texans.

"They concede that their men tnd horses are bigger, their women a little prettier, than any others in Russia. They believe they can fight, drink, ride, sing and make love better than anybody else in the world, and if pressed will admit it. . . . They believe they won the war, with little help from the rest of Russia and none worth mentioning from the outside world. Nor is this conviction altogether unreasonable. One soldier out of every five in the Red Army was a Ukrainian, and their land

was the great battlefield of the war.”

Jack Fischer has been a student of Russian affairs since 1933. During the war, he was attached to the Board of Economic Welfare in Washington, where he supervised many intensive studies of the Soviet economy and received hundreds of confidential intelligence reports, having to do with the state of affairs in the Soviet Union. His trip to the Ukraine was as a member of an UNRRA Mission. "A singularly unbiased picture of the Russian sc^ne,” is John Marquand’s summary of "Why They Behave Like Russians.” It is a Book-of-the-Month Club selection for May. Amongst the conclusions which Mr. Fischer draws m tins book are: (1) It is reasonable to assume that the primary reasons for Russia’s preparations for war is a fear of attack from abroad; (2) Because we cannot be sure this is so, and Russia may be out to conquer the world for Communism, we must adopt a working hypothesis that will cover both possibilities; (3) In other words, we must follow a line of action which will keep us strong against possible attack, but at the same time we must follow a line which will prove to the Russians that they have nothing to fear from us; and (4) This will not be as hard as it seems, because the same measures needed to keep us strong may also serve, over the course of year*,

to wipe out Soviet misgivings.

Bradley, administrator

of Veterans’ Affairs, said today he favored turning Fort Benjamin Harrison into a tuberculosis hos-

pital.

The Fort is to be abandoned by the War Department by July 1, and Bradley said the Veterans Administration would decide within a few days whether it would move to take over the military installation. Governor Gates and other Indiana officials have asked that the Fort be used to relieve the housing shortage. Bradley made the statement last night when he arrived in Indianapolis to address the American Legion’s National Executive Convmittee today. “The VA needs more beds for tuberculosis patients, and the Fort Harrison location would be good because of its proximity to a large city,” the General said. He added that nurses probably could be obtained in Indianapolis to work in the hospital. Four Are Killed In Indiana Crashes Four light monoplanes crashed in Indiana Sunday, .killing four persons and injuring three others. John W. Smith, 21, and Miss Fern Armaud, 17, both of Madison, Ind., were killed, when their light plane crashed two miles north of the Madison airport. WitI nesses said the plane “appeared to | explode in the air.” Herbert Craig, Price Hill, O., was killed and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Harold Craig, was injured critically, when Craig’s plane crashed and burned on a take-oft from Rising Sun, Ind., airport. Mrs. Craig was taken to a Cincinnati, O., hospital. Coming in for a landing at Goshen airnort, a plane piloted by Gayle E. Tope, 24, Goshen, stalled and crashed. He was killed. A fourth plane crash sent Ray Davis, 28, Gas City, and Don Rogers, 37, Marion, to the Marion hospital with injuries. They were practicing forced landings, when their plane crashed near Marion. o LATE BUT GRATEFUL.

Marlboro—A man walked into the office of Welfare Director Clarence Stanford and gave him $50 in payment for a medical bill the city paid for him eight years ago.

PEE WEE

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Legal Notice

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town of Selma, Delaware County in the State of Indiana, that the Board of Trustees of said town will meet at the office of said trustees in the Town Hall of the Town of Selma, Indiana, on the 27th day of May, 1947, at the hour of 7:30 p. m., (D.S.T.i, to consider the following additional appropriations, which said trustees consider necessary to meet the extraordinary emergency existing at this time. General Fund 1. Services Personal Salary of members of Election Board $75.00 2. Services Contractual Election supplies 25.00 Meals for members of Election Board 25.00 The funds to meet said appropriations are to be provided out of unappropriated funds. The foregoing appropriations are in addition to all appropriations provided for in the existing budget and levy, and that an extraordinary emergency exists for such appropriations, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the general election for said town. Taxpayers appearing at said meeting shall have a right to be heard in respect to said additional appropriations. If said additional appropriations are finally made, the same will be automatically referred to the State Board of Tax Commissioners which Board will hold a further hearing within fifteen (15i days at the office of the Auditor of Delaware County, Indiana, or at such other place as may be designated. At such hearing, taxpayers objecting to said additional appropriations may be heard and interested taxpayers may inquire of the County Auditor when and where such hearing will be held. Dated this 6th day of May 1947. I SEAL( John A. Reed Herman Hall J. Frank Black O. E. Rarick E. S. Myers Board of Town Trustees. Attest: Elmer E. Miller, Town Clerk-Treasurer

Lesson Learned The Hard Way

Kenosha, Wis. — John Zieck, 38, a truck driver, sat in a jail cell today with plenty of time to ponder the weighty problem of family discipline. The chain of events which led to his plight began over the weekend. It was like this: He and his wife dropped into a neighborhood tavern for a few beers. Finally Zieck said it was time to go home. Mrs. Zieck refused. After more argument and more beers, the truck driver is-

National Champ Drives Powerful Maserati

Ted Horn, the National AAA driving champion for 1946, will pilot this powerful Bennett Brothers Maserati Special in the annual 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 30. It is the same car which Wilbur Shaw drove to two of his three victories. Horn brought it home in third place last year and went on to win the national title which carries with it the right to use No. 1 on his mount. Horn, one of the most consistent money winners of all time, has finished fourth or better in each of the last seven Indianapolis classics.

sued an ultimatum: “Either you come home, or I drive in here with a truck after you.” Mrs. Zieck ordered another beer. Her husband left. A few minutes later there was a crash as Zieck came charging thorugh the front of the tavern at the wheel of a 10-ton snow plow truck. Nine patrons fled in terror, but not Mrs. Zieck. She called for another beer, against backdrop of crashing glass and falling bricks. Her determined husband backed away and came in again. That did it. The building fell in and Mrs. Zieck went home. But the truck driver didn’t. He went to jail and today faced all kinds of charges, besides losing his job. He was charged with burglary for breaking into the garage to get the city truck; with driving a truck without the owner’s consent; and with malicious destruction of property. Damages to the tavern amounted to $2,000 and to the truck $300. o Five million acres of flax is the national goal for 1947.

$7 EMBARRASSMENT. Indianapolis—O. M. Hall, 62, was booked on disorderly conduct charges by police who arrested him in a restaurant. A waitress said Hall ate $7 worth of fried chicken and then told her he was “financially embarrassed. o EASY IF YOU KNOW HOW Hammond, Ind. — Mrs. John Gauler screamed when her son, Larry, 12, dragged home a de-structive-looking war bomb. Police Marshal Walter Swets answered the call and also threw up his hands in alarm. The officer’s son, Marion, 23, a former army ordnance man, picked up the 30-pound missile and nonchalantly removed the cap. WYOMING GETS SOUVENIR. / Cheyenne, Wyo. — Wyoming's state capitol soon will be presented a piece of stone from the British House of Commons, which was wrecked by German bombs in 1941.

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