Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 30 June 1950 — Page 1

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THE POST-DEMOCRAT The Only Democrat Paper in Delaware County Carrying the Union Label

VOL. 32—NO. 17.

MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1950.

Pageant “U.S.A.” To Be Theme of City’s Twentieth Annual Fourth of July Celebration To Be Held Next Tuesday

Plans have been completed for the best Fourth of July celebration that the city has ever put on, according to Orville Rodeffer, the man in charge of the event. The affair will mark the twentieth consecutive Independence Day celebration held in this city. The precedent was established back in the depression days of 1930 when George R. Dale was mayor of Muncie. The mayor realized the fact that few people could afford cars and had no money to travel, so they had to stay at home. He decided to provide the home folks with a day of real entertainment! The late Creamy Tuttle who was a natural showman engineered the first event and the next four that followed Other administrations*have continued with the annual celebration. The program for this year is as follows: 11:30 a. m. a parade will leave from the field house. 1:00 p. m. a rededication program at McCulloch Park with speakers. 2:00 p. m. a concert by the Yorktown High School band followed by a baseball game between the Muncie Reds and Richmond, 3:00 an amateur show featuring the Collins Band. 6:30 another baseball game between the Muncie Reds and Richmond. 7:00 a professional stage show featuring Bill Summers and his orchestra. Other attractions at the park will be the kiddies midway featuring a merry-go-round and miniature auto racing. 9:30 the gigantic fireworks display. Professionals of the stage who will entertain througout the day

THE SPARKLETTS, a group of talented young ladies will entertain the throngs, at McCulloch Park on the Fourth.

include McMahon and Adalaide, novelty and acrobatic; Prince Leo, clown and blackface; Six Sparklettes, Dancing line; The Bassetts, juggling, wire and cycle act; Red Dickerson, washboard and novelty; Francis and Wally, Comedy, M. C., music and danc-

ing.

Assembly point for the parade will be the Field House. The line of march will be south on Walnut St. to Howard St., east on Howard to Mulberry St., north on Mulberry to Main St., east on Main to Madison St, and north on Madison to McCulloch Park. Represented in the parade will be marching units, floats and bands. Any group wishing to join the parade should call the office of the city park board. American Legion posts partici-

pating will include Marion Post 10, Anderson Post 282, Dunkirk Post 227, Matthews Post 273, Delaware Post 19, Eaton Post 90, Albany Post 167, Munice Post 165, Yorktown Post 321, Gaston Post 387, Muncie Post 392, Selma Post 437, Daleville Post 446, Hartford City Post 159, Voiture 40 and 8 of Post 995, and the Delaware County Legion Color

Guard.

Muncie, Hartford City and Kokomo Civil Air Patrol units will take part, as will the saddle clubs of Muncie, Eaton and the Delaware Roping Club. Participating bands will be those of Yorktown High School, Spartanburg High School, Collins Band, Hartford City American Legion Post Drum Corps, the American Legion Post 19 Drum Corps and 38th Division Field Artillery. Floats will be sponsored by Central Dairy of Muncie, Boys’ Club, Ball Brothers, South Madison Street Merchants Association, Standard Oil Company, Delaware County Conservation Club, Retail Merchants Association, Muncie Post 12 Amvets, Delco-Remy Local 489, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 651. Muncie Moose Lodge, Wright-Paterson Field of Dayton, and the Tenth District American Legion. Marching units will include the Boys’ Club, Y. M. C. A., Boy Scouts, E a gl e s Lodge, Moose Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 651 and V. F. W. Post 5980. Chairman Opens Convention At Indianapolis

FRANCES and WALLY—celebrated pair will help entertain folk on the Fourth. You’ll enjoy their performance.

IS LIFE WORTH-WHILE? Is your life worth-while? Or is it so unmiportant that you are not concerned over the possibility of losing it in a splintered, smoking tangle of crushed bodies and automobiles? These are questions raised by State Police Supt. Arthur M. Thurston in making a direct appeal to motorists to “use common sense, etrxa care and courtesy” on Fourth of July weekend* trips. Well, all of us know the answers. Of course life is worth-while. Of course none of us want to die or be killed. Life is too sweet. There are so many beautiful things yet unseen, so many dreams unrealized, so muck work to be dane. Life is the most cherished of our possessions; we cling to it desperately, are ready to fight for it—and do. Yet we are careless with it. Too much speed for road conditions, failure to observe a stop sign or traffic signal, a sudden spurt to beat the other driver through an intersection or narrow bridge, lack of caution at a weed-obstructed country crossroad. . . . only a second’s carelessness—only a heartbeat’s time, and life is gone forever. Life is worth living and is therefore worth guarding every second, especially while you drive an automobile. You can’t afford to be careless with your life, the lives of your loved ones or the others with whom you share the highway. Your life and the lives of others are in your care this Fourth of July weekend. Don’t snuff them out. v Is it worth your life or the lives of your loved ones to speed, disobey traffic signs, race another car or drive after drinking intoxicants? This is a question State Police Supt. Arthur M. Thurston says Fourth of July weekend motorists must answer. He warned that the price of ignoring elementary traffic safety practices is high, especially during summer holiday periods when roads are crowded. In back of the warning is last year’s grim record of 19 persons killed during the four-day Independence Day weekend. Seventeen of the fatalities occurred in rural areas, while only two deaths were recorded on city streets. There were 658 reported crashes during the same period in which 356 persons were injured in addition to the fatalities. State Police troopers, who will patrol the roads in force this weekend urge that travelers use common sense, extra care and courtesy to help prevent needless tragedies.

Schricker Criticizes Gates' Extravagant Administration

Ira L. Haymaker, State Chairman, opened the state Democratic convention Monday as follows: I want to welcome you to the Mid-Centruy Convention of the Democratic Party in Indiana Once again the processes of Democratic Government are being served in the time honored and traditional manner of a free expression of free people in selecting the candidates of their choice. You asElected Representatives of all the Democrats in Indiana hhve assembled to perform the pleasant obligation of selecting the standard bearers for our Party in the coming campaign. When this task has been accmplished, your officials duties as delegates to the

Democratic State Convention will altar

be at end. However, the honor that has been given you by your Home Communities imposes a further obligation and duty that is essential to the success of the Democratic Party this fall. As Elected Representatives of our Party it is essential that following this convention you go back to your homes and exert yourselves to the fullest in support of the Candidates nominated here today and those nominated in the Democratic Primaries on May 2nd. There are 2,096 Delegates to this convention, the leadership of our Party in every community

State. Your potential influence on behalf of our Party cannot be estimated. It is for use here and now to resolve that this great potential power will be developed and used to the fullest extent. If this is done, you and I can assure the Candidates about to be nominated at this convention that they will be successful in the Election this Fall and that the Democratic Party will once again be able to serve the people of our State and Nation. WORK AND WIN IN ’50.

Governor Schricker strongly criticized the economy record of the Republican administration which preceded him and revealed in his Democratic state convention keynote spfeech that his party would fight next fall’s election campaign with finances the main issue. . . Schricker, concentrating on money matters, sharply questioned the wisdom of the GOP under the Ralph F. Gates administration for spending $737,000 to remodel the little-used legislative chambers and for spending $100,000 to buy a more elaborate Gubernatoral mansion. Schricker spoke as 2,096 official delegates and several thousand rank and file Democrats thronged^ the state fairgrounds coliseum for their biennial nominating convention featuring the selection of a nominee for U. S. Senator and nominees for 12 state offices. The voting gets under way this afternoon. The governor said the state in its first full fiscal year of his administration operated below the

budget.

“When the final figures are in at the end of this month,” he said, “they will show that the present administration not only lived carefully within the budget but that several million dollars will have been returned to the general fund unspent.” “Our party has made an undisputed record for economy and business-like operations in state government for many years,” Schricker said. “Not a dollar leaves the state treasury without being carefully weighed against the values or the purposes for which it is expended.” But, he added, the Gates administration “made no effort whatsoever to curtail or reduce the services of government “On the contrary, there were substantial inci'eases in the cost of almost every department,” he said. “Many new ways were found to spend the people’s

money.”

Schricker spent little time on national affairs. But in his introductory remarks he referred to “the dirty skirts of Sen. (Joseph) McCarthy (R., Wis.)” and called him a “political Charlatan” who made “vicious and unfounded charges.” He charged that a “wrecking crew” was “guiding the destinies of the Republican Party” and said the GOP was “counting only on a great wave of mass hysteria, based on misinformation and deception, to restore them to pow-

er.”

“Even the matter of world peace is to be sacrificed on the of political expedency in order to restore the Republican Party to power and influence,”

he said.

Schricker praised

Truman and said “his bitter and unfair critics will again take their place in the ranks of the nation’s forgotten men.” But he dwelt on state finance at length. He said GOP bought a new Governors’ mansion at a time when “hundreds of our people were waiting to be admitted to our benevolent and mental institutions for the lack of room.” He charged the Gates administration spent $210,000 for new gross income tax division equipment that required new employes boosting the payroll by $7,000 a month. He charged the GOP spent $368,000 for new machinery in the bureau of motor vehicles. He called a major cut of nearly $1,000,000 in the welfare budget by the 1949 GOP Senate a “thoroughly phony slash.”

Alex Campbell Easily Wins Three-Way Race For Democratic Nomination For Senator to Lead Ticket In November

James R. Barton Returning Home CLARK AFB—Private James H. Barton, of 1638 W. 15th St Muncie, Indiana, is now enroute to the United States following completion of an overseas tour of duty with the U. S. Air Force stationed in the Philippines. He left aboard the U. S. Naval Transport General Simon Buckner. During his stay in the Islands, Pvt. Barton was assigned with Headquarters 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group at Clark Air Force Base, largest American military installation in the Far East, located in Central Luzon. Upon arrival in California, Pvt Barton will proceed to the 349th Overseas Replacement Depot, Camp Stoneman Personnel Center at Pittsburgh, Calif., for further ressignment orders.

Muncie Youths Naval Recruits Two Muncie, Ind., men, Estle Davis, seaman recruit, USN, of 910 South Grant and Robert L. McDowell, seaman recruit, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett L. McDowell of 225 East 15th st., is undergoing recruit training at the world’s largest Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. Recruit training is the sharp break between civilian and Naval life in which the new Navy men learn the fundamental principles of the Naval servise. In the course of their training the recruits are taught seamanship, Navy customs, terms, basic ordnance, gunnery, signaling and navigation. Upon completion of his training the recruits are assigned either to units of the Fleet or to a service school for specialized training.

Jacobs Favored Enlistment oi Aliens In Nations Armed Forces

Last week the House had before it a bill which authorized the enlistment of 2500 aliens in our armed forces. Some Members of Congress expressed bitter opposition to the bill and the principle or bringing persons from foreign countries into the United States for the purpose of enlistment in

our army.

Congressman Dewey Short of Missouri, the ranking Republican member of the Committee on Armed Services, which had reported the legislation, stated that when the bill was first proposed he “hit the ceiling” and was vigorously opposed to it, but that after he had sat in on the hearings and heard the representatives of the State and Defense Depart ment advance arguments as to the necessity of the legislation, he concluded that it should be passed in the intertest of security and the defense of our country Congressman William Colmer, Democrat of Mississippi, also deplored the necessity of the legislation, but stated that the fact is that is i3 necessary in the world in which we live today. Much of the opposition came from Members from the South, and Congressman Colmar referred to that fact and advised that he would like nothing better than to be able to follow the admonition of George Washington to beware of foreign alliances and entanglements and live within ourselves, but that we have to face world conditions as they are today, and give to those who are in charge of our armed forces the tools with which to properly defend our country. He stated that when the

, legislation was brought up before President the Committee on Rules, of which

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

Major planks of the 1950 Democratic state platform: Agriculture—A “broad constructive program ... to establish agricultural equality and economic stability.” Labor—liberalization of the' jobless pay law and repeal of the Utilities Compulsory Arbitration act with enactment of a substitute with the principles of mediation. Reapportionment —A constitutional amendment with legislators to be apportioned on the basis of the U. S. census. Liquor—Continuation of the Democrats” non-political, honest and efficient administration” of the liquor laws. Taxation^—No new taxes except in an “extreme emergency,” and appointment of a study commission to consider revision of

the tax system.

Local Government — More

equitable distribution of state collected tax revenues and permission for cities and towns to levy taxes other than on property. Government Efficiency — Appointment of a state “Hoover Commission.” Education—Re-study teachers’ pay and salary laws, and study consolidation of local school units to make it simple and workable. Health — Opposition to the “regimentation of the medical profession or any effort to interfere with the confidential relationship between doctor and patient.” Civil Rights — Elimination of racial ’and religious discrimination in public institutions. Communism—A vigilant, aggessive campaign against Communism ^ and condemnation of character assassins.

he is a prominent Member, his first impression, like that of Congressman Short, was to oppose it, but that he became convinced that it is necessary in view of “the smallness of the world” in which we live The Chief of Staff and his fellow officers had testified that it is vitally necessary to our defense to have trained aliens, familiar with the terrain, language, habits and secrets of the peoples and governments of foreign countries. On completion of the five year enlistment provided in the bill the aliens will be eligible for United States citizenship if they so desire. I voted for the bill, feeling, as Mr. Colmar so well expressed it, that we must have confidence and faith in the integrity of those in charge of our armed services who are trained in methods of modern warfare about which we as laymen have little understanding, nd provide them with the equipment they deem necessary for the common defense.

Ronald Oxley At Great Lakes Ronald C. Oxley, seaman recruit, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Caupp of 413 Riverside, Muncie, Ind., is undergoing training at the world’s largest Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. Recruit training is the sharp break between civilian and Naval life in which the new Navy man learns the fundamental principles of the Naval service. In the course of his training the recruit is taught seamanship, Navy customs, terms, basic, ordnanve, gunnery, signling and navigation. Upon completion of his training the recruit is assigned either to units of the Fleet or to a service school for specialized training.

Only Two Other State Offices Contested in State Convention at In-

dianapolis Tuesday.

Alex Campbell of Fort Wayne Indianapolis Fairground Coliseum won the Democratic nomination was a health plank which layed

for U. *S. Senator Tuesday in a lopsided three-way race at the party’s state nominating conven-

tion.

Governor Schricker set the pace for the convention with a blistering attack which charged the Republican Party had “sacrificed” world peace “on the altar of poliicial expediency.” In his keynote speech the Governor also lashed the GOP for failing to practice the government economy they preach. He warned Democrats, in turn, that the “faith and confidence” of the people is the party’s “only weap-

on.”

High spot of the 1950 platform adopted by the convention at the

Veterans Warn About Signing Red’ Petitions

Roy P. Whitton, New Castle, Americanism Chairman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Indiana , today warned citizens against signing “peace” petitions being circulated by the Communist Party. The V. F. W. leader said the petition are being circulated in European countries and throughout the United States to give the impression that citizens favor disarming all nations expect Russia, which is the Soviet formula for peace. Whitton declared the petitions can be identified by one or more of these'tell-tale points (1) war is not inevitable, (2) urging further negotiations with the Kremlin, (3) outlawing all atomic stockpiles (except Russia’s), (4) resumption of trade with Communist dominated countries, and (5) ease the tax burden by reducing armaments and national defense. The petitions are reported being circulated in the larger cities in Indiana as well as throughout the nation and countries abroad, are being high-pressured,” Whitton said, “to sign these petitions. Pastors in some churches are being misled into sponsoring “peace Sundays” sponsored by the Communists. “The Veterans of Foreign Wars, through its National Americanism Department, has learned that this ‘peace’ drive is being headed by known Communist leaders. In some cities the activities are identified with such organizations as the “Minute Women for Peace,, ‘Action Committee for Peace’, ‘Defenders of Peace’, ‘National Labor Conference for Peace’, and ‘The Labor Peace Committee’, the Communists press gives all these drives strong support. “We want peace,” Whitton concluded, “but obviously disarming all countries except Russia does not spell peace with freedom. This campaign for peace, through circulation of ambiguously worded petitions is just another Communist campaign against Democracy. Everyone should be on their guard against this Red hoax.”

the compulsory health insurance problem in the laps of the medical profession. Mr. Campbell swamped his senate opposition—11th District Congressman Andrew Jacobs and Notre Dame Chemistry Professor Charles C. Price—in the final ballot of the convention. He re-« ceived 1453 of the 2096 delegate votes, more than double the combined strength of his opponents. In the only other contest of the convention former Superior Court Judge Benjamin E. Buente of Evansville won the first district Supreme Court nomination and Henry R. Sackett of Gary was nominated for the fifth district Supreme Court seat. Judge Buente defeated former Circuit Judge Donald A. Rogers of Bloomington by a vote of 1031 to 1948. Mr. Sackett won be a vote of 1496 to 507 over Probate Judge John S. Gonas of South Bend. Unopposed nominations went to incumbents Secretary of State Charles Fleming of Hammond, State Auditor James M. Propst of Terre Haute, Treasurer of State F. Shirley Wilcox of New Albany and Superintendent of Public Instruction Deane Walker of Culver. Also unopposed for nomination were third district Supreme Court nominee William N. White of Covington, southern district Appellate Court nominees Clyde P. Miller of Indianapolis and Clyde R. Lottick of Corydon, northern Appellate Court nominees Harold J. Tuberty of Logansport and Robert S. Whitehead of Kokomo, and Court Clerk nominee Paul Rumple of Dugger. Governor Schricker told the convention the GOP counted on “a great wave of hysteria, based on misinformation and deception, to restore them to power.” “Even the matter of world peace is to be sacrificed on the alter of political expediency to restore the Republican Party to power and influence in the nation’s capital,” he said. “Their leaders here in Indiana have openly and without shame abandoned the attitude that world peace is above any political consideration.’-’ Despite GOP stumping for economy, the Governor said, “their record of economy leaves much to be desired.” He said the recent Republican administration had made “no effort to curtail or reduce” government expendi

tures.

The platform adopted by the Hoosier Democrats contended that the state “has a large investment in the medical profression” and that “every person is entitled to the benefits of modern medical science.” “The citizens of Indiana are justified in asking and expecting the medical profession to take the initiative and assume leadership to assure all person that medical care,” the platform said. Failing this, it continued, “it devolves upon the state to see that such agencies are created and such methods are devised as may be necessary.” The platform, at the same time, assured doctors “full professional freedom” and freedom from “incumbering regulations or restrictive supervision.” The platform praised administrations of President Truman and Governor Schricker and pledged to continue health, farm, labor and other programs of the party leadership.

Lt. R. G. Hiitzel On USS 515 / Lt. Robert G. Hutzel, USN, Commanding officer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Hutzel of 14 Berwyn Rr., Muncie, Ind., is a crew members of the landing ship USS 513, which recently to#k part in Packard IV, an amphibious exercise designed to give students of the Marine Corps Schools, at Quantico, Va., an idea of how the landing force command post operates during an invasion.

WEEKLY SERMON WAITING UPON GOD By M. Shelton McKenzie, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago It is a normal thing to want to act in a situation .We all like to see results or know that we are doing something to get results. But there is a strength and a certainty which we must have before we can act effectively, and these |ire found only in resting in and waiting upon God. The prophet Isaiah speaks of the futility of action which has its source in mere human reason, unaided by God. Isaiah admonishes those who take counsel, but not of God; the people are active, but seeking the solution to their problems from the wrong sources. The sorrowful lament of God is heard when we read, “For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not” (Isa. 30:15). The result of a choice to seek help from sources other than God is utter defeat (verses 16, 17). God often permits a person to get to the end of himself, and then He steps in. “And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you” (verse 18). What a loving God to be willing to wait for a rebellious child to come to the end of himself! We should never rush ahead of God. “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him” (Ps. 37:7). If He delays in answering prayer, wait; if a clear path of action is not given, wait. Waiting is not a negative state; rather, it implies being with the Lord in prayer, in worship, and in fellowship, calmly and in faith expecting an answer to our prayer, or clear guidance, in God’s own time. Fulfilling these conditions, we find definite guidance is given in every situation in life. “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left” (Isa. 30:21).