Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 21 April 1950 — Page 3

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THE POST-DEMOCRAT, MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950

Says Society Shares Blame For Psychopaths’ Crimes

When Robert Murl Daniels died in Ohio’s electric chair last year, officials and citizens of that state were indirectly responsible for his criminal life and tragic end. That is the conclusion reached by John Bartlow Martin, famous crime writer, who witnessed Daniels’ execution and tells his shameful story today in the March issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Martin points to the fact that Daniels sustained head injuries that, when he was arrested for in two childhood accidents and car theft, State psychologists “paid no heed” to warnings of the youth’s doctor that his mind was damaged. Juvenile delinquency officials recommended that Daniels be

courts put him on probation “becase the State had no place to put him where he would receive treatment as well as discipline.” Later, when Daniels was sent to the state reformatory for a holdup, he was thrown in with inmates the mapority of whom were homosexuals, psychopaths, mental defectives, or borderline insane. Daniels’ own I.Q. was rated average. Martin reports that, although the reformatory had facilities for 960 inmates, as many as 1400 have been crammed in. “The Ohio legislature,” he says, “refuses to appropriate funds to correct these conditions.” At the reformatory’s honor farm, Daniels became friendly with another inmate who was

locked up, not treated. But the rated as a moron. It was this

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youth, John West, who later accompanied Daniels and was killed in the crime spree during which they murdered five people. * “West, a moron, and Daniels, an unstable psychopath,” says Martin, “certainly should not have been brought together by the State of Ohio. Yet they were since Ohio has no prisoner classification system. Such a system would be useless anyway,” he adds, “since there aren’t enough institutions; and for this we can blame that old whipping boy, the stingy, indifferent public.” Martin also criticizes State officials for hiring an ex-convict as a guard. Daniels testified that this guard had beaten him and that a determination to “get” the guard after his release led to the murder of three innocent people. “The world is full of psychopaths, of Danielses,” the writer observes. “Nobody knows how many there are in this country. That they are important is plain, not only because they commit crimes, but also because they vote drive eras, and perform innumerable other actions that affect us ‘Perhaps,” the article concludes all. . . ' “there is something wrong with society that, confronted with a young Daniels, can think of no way to help him and later, confronted with his crimes, can do nothing at all but kill him.”

If Socialized Medicine comes in—privacy goes out the window. Your medical record could easily become a public record—open to gossip. Wouldn’t you rather keep your health a private matter between yourself and your Doctor? Our Nation’s health is at an all-time high under the present system. Let’s keep it that way. Tell the Congress of the U. S. A. you are opposed to government controlled health insurance, but favor voluntary health insurance. Your'future depends on what Congress does. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.

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185 Participate in Delaware Crop Judging One hundred and eighty-five 4-H Club members and vocational agriculture pupils from 10 township were recent participants in the 1950 Delaware County Crops Judgeing Contest. Richard Adams, Eugene Christie, Norris Lee arid alternate Larry Campbell of Harrison Township carried away top honors in the contest with a total of 2,195 points out of a possible 2,400. The team is coached by Fred Glancy, Jr., Harrison Township vocational agriculaural teacher. Second place went to Hamilton Township, with a score of 2,125 points, coached Holland Stroup, Royerton vocational agricultural teacher. Team members yere Norris Turner, Dick Riggin, Joe Rhonemus and alternate Charles McClure. The two teams will represent Delaware County in a New Castle. District Contest at the Muncie Armory on Friday. A Washington Township team composed of Ray Gill, Jay Worster and Jack Carter ranked third. Union Township ranked fourth, with Jack Alexander, Robert Dull and Jerry Mauck making up the team. Monoe Township ranked fifth, with a team composed of Merill Joslin, Frankie Chambers and Byron Nottingham. Pery Township ranked sixth, with Charles Thornburg, Harold Stonebraker and John Bert Harris comprising the team. Seventh place went to Delaware Township, with Robert Thornburg, Bob Kane and Donald Crouch team members. Eighth place wtn to a

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SHIRLEY DENIES RUMORS—Contrary to reports that she is engaged to socialite Charles Black, son of a utilities executive, actress Shirley Temple insisted it wasn’t so. The couple, pictured at the Bachelor’s Ball in San Francisco, Calif., have had two weekend dates. Shirley’s divorce from actor John Agar becomes final in Deee.mlM 1 **

CANASTA

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America’s Card Authority In Canasta it is sometimes possible to encourage opportunity to knock at the door by giving the opposition a misleading picture of your hand. This can most effectively be done when your hand contains five cards of a kind and the initial meld has been established. Rather than meld all five of the cards, it sometimes pays to meld only three of the holding and freeze the pack at your next turn. If your side has only a limited number of melds showing, it is possible that the opponent on your right will eventually discard into the pair withheld from your original five of a kind, enabling you to pick up the

pack.

Some of the most interesting questions placed in my mailbox

recently have been:

Q—If I have a natural canasta in my hand even though it’s sixes or sevens and the individual card values total to only 35 points, does it constitute an opening

meld? /

A—No. Melding of a canasta does not meet the minimum meld requirements unless the value of the cards themselves totals the required amount. Only exception is when you go out concealed, ' Mt. Pleasant Township team, with Fred Haisley, Ray Callaway and Robert Huffer participating. Salem Township ranked ninth with Bill Bowman, Dake Baker and Don Davis comprising the team. Tenth place went to Liberty Township, with Dave Harris, Larry Thomas and Fred Wright

team members.

Book Briefs Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan was chief of staff to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and as such was in charge of working out the details of the European invasion, code-named “Overlord.” H i s problems included organization planning, security precautions, supply and transport arrangements, and last but not least, the reconciling of differing military opinions and clashing personalities. General Morgan’s account of these monumental operations makes an engrossing story in Overture to Overlord (Double-

day) ....

The Claudia novels series is continued with From Clauida to David, by Rose Franken (Harper), a Feb. 15 release. The first Claudia story appeared in Redbook Magazine 11 years ago. In 1940 the play “Claudia” came to the Booth Theater and later the character was depicted in the films and radio Woman Guerrilla At the end of January Macmillan publishes The Crucible, by “Colonel Yay.” The Colonel is Yay Panlilio, a PhilippineAmerican newspaperwoman, who joined the guerrillas in the Luzon hills and married their commander “Marking” (Marcos'

Q—What is the principle on which singetons or doubletons are discarded? A—It’s a good idea to discard them when the pack is small, but when the pack is large, think twice. If you have not a black three or even a wild card to prevent your opponent from taking the pack, it may be a good thing to discard from one of your long suits, hoping that he will not have a match for it. Q—Is it a good thing to keep your hand as small as possible? A—No. You can have too few cards, thus making your hand inflexible. Q—Are red treys counted in the initial meld? A—No. You do not include the value of any red treys you may have laid on the table in your initial meld. The 100-point value of the red trey is a bonus only. It is not counted as a meld value. Q—I have two wild cards and a queen in my hand. Can I meld these three cards if it will put me

out?

A—No. Any original meld must contain at least two natural cards. You might be able to place the two deuces on another meld and

discard the queen,

when minimum meld require-

'ments are waived.

V. Austin). Hit-and-run battles and narrow escapes from death were all part of the exciting three years which Yay describes. A book with an irrestible title will be released by Farrar, Straus in February — Look Younger, Live Longer, by Gayelory Hauser. Dr. Hauser, author of Diet Does It and The Gayelord Hauser Cookbook, believes it is possible to live to be 100 and maintain excellent health. His book inculdes recipes, menus and diets for beauty, health and

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4-H CLUB (Continued From Page One) girls—and boys, too—has been their own bedrooms. They have done amazing things with a little ingenuity, lots of hard work, a few cans of paint and bright new fabrics. Living rooms should be high on the list this year, because the family finds extra time to spend together indoors. Club members who have been active in the home improvement program during the past few years are now skilled in renovating old furniture and redecorating. Many have done remarkable carpentry work building closets, cupboards and bookshelves. Outstanding accomplishments will again be rewarded by the Sears Roebuck Foundation. A $300 college scholarship will be awarded to the eight top-ranking 4-H’ers in the nation. The State champion will be given a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress and county winners a medal. Last year medals were presented to 221 in Indiana. State honors went to Mary Jane McEllhiney

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SCRIPTURE: Amos, (especially 4:1-2: 6:1-6; 8:4-7). DEVOTIONAL READING: Jeremiah 18:1-8.

Nation Going Soft Lesson for April 23, 1950

K FTER the fraternity dance one of the “brothers” shot another, for no good reason. Weil, there was a reason of a sort. The kinei 1 was drunk, on liquor the fraternity had

bought and served him. His excuse, when arrested, was that when he was “tight” he was trigger - happy. ... A prominent motion picture star divorces her husband for cruelty. It comes out at the trial that he was mean anyhow, and

meannesses got worse when he was drunk. One wonders: Did she know him very well before she married

him?

Dr. Foreman that all his

Every day the papers carry reports of cars that “went out of control” with serious or fatal results. Careful reading of the story too often brings out the fact that the boys had been visiting a night-spol or two before the crash. Survivors will tell the police they couldn’t have been drunk, they had only had a few beers. Well, you don’t have to be drunk to let a car get out from your control. This writer personally has observed a driver who had had exactly one beer run a car right oft the pavement in broad sunlight. * * *

Gets Monotonous, Doesn’t It? FT SEX CRIME is committed by a middle-aged man who sheds tears over it afterward and can hardly remember anything about it. “I never would have done it if I had been sober,” he says ... A girl ii found murdered in a men’s room-ing-house, a nice girl too. Nobody was drunk—they had only been taking a few drinks ... A 27-year-old woman was shot and killed during an argument with her sister-in-law. The shooting, it was claimed, was accidental. They had been having some friendly beers In a near-by tavern “for a couple of hours” before the shooting. After they got home, there was an argument. One woman got her husband’s revolver out to scare the other woman, and the first thing she^ knew, she was being arrested for murder. Her husband told the police that when sober his wife was “deathly scared” of guns. (Beer, the brewers’ ads tell us, is the friendly drink, it is the drink of moderation; “Beer Belongs.” It does, indeed, but where? Possibly that unfortunate killer-woman had believed what the ads told her.) .. . * * * The Truth About Liquor tirELL . . . this could be strung ” out to the length of several columns, without half trying. The above items are not from some chamber of horrors conducted by the W.C.T.U., not from a sermon by some Anti-Saloon league preacher, but gathered from newspaper items from a few days’ papers in a city which certainly is not prejudiced against liquor. The truth about liquor can never be learned from the advertising pages, it can be better learned from the news columns. Better yet, if you want to know the truth about it, ask the lawyers, doctors and ministers you know. Ask the lawyers if their business would be brisker or slower if liquor were not in existence. Ask the doctors whether steady drinkers have stronger or weaker resistance to disease. Ask the ministers if they know of any troubles in their congregations due to liquor. (And if even church people have troubles with it, what about people with no religion?) * • • Drink and Doom TT IS NOT TRUE that if liquor 1 were totally abolished from the earth, all the troubles of mankind would vanish. Man has too much meanness in him. A sober scoundrel is one of the worst. But it is true that liquor lends itself all too easily to all sorts of troubles, all sorts of sins. When Amos thunders against the evils of his time, drunkenness is one of the sins prominent on his list. Remember that in Amos’ time there was no whisky, no brandy, no' distilled liquors, only “mild” stuff like wine. Every denunciation of drink in the Bible is directed against what would now be called light wine and beers. One thing is as certain now as it nras in Amos’ time: A nation that insists on having its liquor is not the nation God will insist bn saving when its day of doom arrives. (Copyright by the International council 3f Religious Education on behalf of 46 Protestant denominations. Released by WNU Features.)

It is estimated that a person has one chance in 3388 of being killed outright in an automobile accident.

- OUR WEEKLY SERMON ‘ HOLD IT! It’s very small in size, but great in power. In most instances it is constantly on the go. Through it, friends are won— and lost. It is able to cause doors of opportunity to open, or to bring down misfortune and embroil trouble. In most cases it has man under its control. It’s the ever-mischievous, wagging tongue. Now, wait a moment. Were you just thinking, “Well, I’m one of those instances where the tongue doesn’t rule. I control it pretty well.” Are you sure? Wasn’t it just the other day you said something cutting and entirely out of place? And remember that secret you were to tell no one, and you told it? The Bible says, “Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing . . . these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?” (James 3:10, 11). Today we hear so much about being a Christian, and living as a Christian, about going to church, helping others materially, donating our time to Christian effort. All this is well and good, but let us not forget that there is still another way in which to show forth Christian testimony—by the words we speaker. “Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him-show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.” (James 3:13).

Ventilate Attic lo Help Keep Roofing Tight If me attic of a building is not thoroughly ventilated, mjoisture can condense on the underside of the roof with the result that the roofing material on the outside will be damaged. The condensed moisture wets the roof deck boards, which then are susceptible to warping Warped boards can disturb the lay of the roofing material. Shingles tend to raise up, and roll roofing can wrinkle and! buckle. Proper construction and ventilation of a roof deck, a basic step in correct roof application is necessary if any roofing material is to give fully satisfactory service. J. L. Strahan, technical director of the Asphalt Roofing Industry Bureau, says that asphalt roofing, like other roofing materials, “will not live out its full span of usefulness unless it is correctly and carefully applied.” One of the most frequently used ways of ventilating an attic sDpace is to construct louvered openings high up under the eaves in the gable ends of the building. For each square foot of attic floor space, there should be half a square inch of effective louvered opening. When the interior of a house is being plastered or when plaster is drying, ventilation of the lower stories is required to remove the moisture-laden air before it can rise to the attic. This ventilation usually can be provided by opening first floor or basement windows on one side of the house and second floor windows on the other side. Recalls Lincoln Funeral ARLINGTON, Mass —Mrs. Clara H. Bacon, 98, cearly recalls the day when, as a girl of 13, she attended the funeral of Abraham Lincoln.

Delaware County (Continued From Page One) No. 42—Gaston High SchooL Gaston. • No. 43—Virgil Springer building, Wheeling. No. 44—Gowan High School, Cowan. No. 45—Royerton High School, Royerton. No. 46^—Community room, Eaton. No. 48—Center High School, Perry Township. No. 49—Selma High School. Selma. ’ No. 51—DeSoto High SchooL DeSoto. No. 52—Albany Town Hall, Albany. No. 53—Oak Grove School, Niles Township.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES “Probation after Death” is fid subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, oa Sunday, April 23. The Golden Text is: “God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power” (I Corinthians 6:14). Among the citations which comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the fidlowing from the Bible: “He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues death” (Psalms 68:20). “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or who shall stand in his holy place. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully” (Psalms 24:3, 4). ^ rh J Lesson-Sermon also includes the following passages from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “If the cnange called death destroyed the belief m sin, sickness, and death, happiness would be won at the moment of dissolution, and be forever permawmt; but this is not so. Perfection^s gained only by perfection” i 2 , 90 )- As man falleth asleep, so shall he awake. As death findeth mortal man, so shall he be after death, until probation and growth 291) e ^' ec ^ needed change” (p.

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