Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 11 August 1950 — Page 1

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

VOL. 32—NO. 23

THE POST-DEMOCRAT, MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUG. 11, 1950.

Highway Commission Advertises For Bids For Repaving Of Madison Street After The Removal Of Railroad Tracks

Indiana Needs

NewTrocks

The long awaited and greatly needed removal of the Nickle Plate railroad tracks together with the widening and repaving of Madison street is rapidly approaching a reality which will eliminate the treacherous traffic hazard and improve this important thoroughfare. The State Highway Commission has advertised for bids to be received on August 29th for the widening and resurfacing of the five blocks between Charles and Gilbert streets along the Madison St., highway. The track removal project has been approved and will be consumated soon so that actual work can begin shortly on this improvement although it is estimated to require a year or more to complete the improvement. An agreement contract has been negotiated between the Nickle Plate and C & O railroads whereby the former can utilize a portion of tracks now owned by the latter to cross Broadway after which new track will be built to connect with the Sandusky division of the Nickle Plate railroad east of the city. Following this the Madison St., rails can be entirely removed. At present the city is negotiating to acquire the necessary right-way for the new tracks and the state highway will proceed with the construction of the new tracks together with building a new bridge across White river with funds allocated by the federal government. The project is estimated to cost between one-quarter of a million and $300,000. This improvement has been sought by the city during the past thirty years or more and has been brought to a succesful conclusion by the present city administration. The widening and repaving improvement to the five blocks on Madison street which has been such a traffic bottleneck was requested from the State Highway Commission early this Spring. This project will be completed early this fall and provide a 46-footh width street. It is estimated to cost approximately $50,000 and require sixty days for completion. A traffic signal light will be installed at the intersection of Charles and Madison streets to regulate the traffic flow at this present congested corner. Next .year it is being contemplated by the State Highway at the request of Mayor Holloway to reroute state road 32 through Muncie by turning traffic north on Nichols Avenue approaching the city from the west, constructing an underpass at the Nickle Plate railroad and Godman avenue, thence east along Godman and following the river boulevard around to the Wheeling avenue bridge. The river boulevard wil be paved as will Wysor street from Walnut to Madison streets. This improvement will route traffic away from the center business district and avoid present congestions in this area. Wysor street shall also be widened in order to provide

parking on one side of that street and also provide for two lanes of traffic. A thorough traffic study shall be made by expert engineers furnished through the state highway commission to recommend other improvements also. This survey was requested by the city administration. Plans have also been drawn to build a service road along the south side x)f the Big Four tracks parallel to Road 32 in the west part of Muncie to provide heavy traffic from the Warner Gear plant 3 which desires to go south and east to use and thereby avoid going through the downtown business area. This service road would begin at Perdue road and connect with west Eighth street. This program is planned along with the widening of State Road 32 from Yorktown to Nickols Avenue next year. These improvements should correct some of the present traffic hazards and congestions sorely needed to be revised and most welcome to this community. Draft Horse Prizes Boosted INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 11. —With Indiana continuing to rank as one of the nation’s outstanding states in the breeding of draft horses, premiums amounting to $8,758 will be offered in this department at the 1950 Indiana State Fair opening Aug. 31. Perry Johnson of Atlanta, Ind., director of the department, announced the draft horse premiums today and designated two Hoosiers as his assistants. They are John Craft of LaPorte and Ivan Fuller of Oxford. The four judges will be William J. Hoewiseher of Sidney, O., for 4-H colts; Walter Hoewiseher of Urbana, O., for Gold Medal colts; Earl M. Allen of Greencastle, Ind., for the Belgian classes and Clifford Eller of Arcadia, Ind., for Percheron classes. Indiana’s importance in the breeding of draft horses was emphasized earlier this year when buyers from 10 states and Canada attended the spring sale of the Indiana Breeders’ Association at prices which were termed “very satisfactory” by C. O. House of Arcadia, president of the organization. “This year’s show at the Indiana State Fair also should be a big sucess,” said Mr. House today, “Because it is scheduled immediately after the American Belgian Championships at Columbus, O. The best draft horses from Ohio, Illinois and Michigan will compete with our Indiana entries for for the top awards.” The 4-H Gold Medal classes will be judged Sept. 4, the Percherons on Sept, 5 and 6, and the Belgians on Sept. 6 and 7. Entries for all classes will be accepted until Aug.

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Regulation Of Heavy Trucks Heavy Truck Regulations Needed. A Growing Problem. The operations of the State Highway Department comprise a multiplicity of activities beyond the actual building and maintaining roads and bridges. The financing, safety, traffic regulating, mapping, engineering, planning require much study and a considerable personnel before a mile of road is built, a bridge or highway dedicated or maintained. There are over ten thousand miles of State Highway. These roads not only serve millions of private automobiles, small trucks of farmers and business men, but huge, heavily laden trucks operated by great transportation companies. The latter perform an increasing and necessary service. However, Samuel C. Hadden, Chairman of the Indiana State Highway Commission, while Recognizing the needed service rendered by these great freight systems, note that “the problem of weight and size regulation of highway vehicles to safeguard the public roads from abuse and destruction—is more urgently important than ever before. A greatly augmented and still increasing number of heavy trucks and trailers, operating for long distances at high speeds, ” continues Mr. Hadden, “is destroying our roads faster than we can find money with which to replace them.” Recognizing the reaction of the public, the great trucking companies have been using display advertising space and contributed articles to inform the public of the heavy taxes and fees paid by the trucks in Indiana. This is somewhat misleading, as Mr. Hadden calls atention to the fact that business men with small trucks for the deivery of milk, groceries and light merchandise, and a very great number of farmers who do not use the highways constantly for truck transportation, own thousands of light trucks and pay, collectively, a huge proportion of the fees collected for truck licenses and gasoline tax. The farmer especially, asserts Mr. Hadden, is not given credit in this advertising for his heavy contribution. Skyrocketing costs of highway construction and maintenance heavily increase the problems of the Commission which attempts to give all possible consideration to the demand for more and wider highways and bridges. Secretary of State Chas. F. Fleming, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, has been active in checking violations and some tax evasion by the big freight trucking lines. Director of Motor Vehicles, Mahlon Leach reports collections in that Department for the first seven months of this year are $21,655,845. That is an increase of $6, 781,744 over the total collections for the entire year of 1949. This is important to the Cities, Towns and Counties of Indiana, which receive forty-seven per cent of

collections.

Big Sum Paid From Beverage License Fees Delaware County has received it share of the Alcoholic Beverage permit fees for the fiscal year which ended June 30. The amount was $39,525.70. All fees paid to the state for retail alcoholic beverage permits are returned to the county from which the fee is collected. Two-thirds of the total sum goes to the city, town and county civil units. The remaining one-third goes to the schools as part of the state tui-

tion fund.

From the alcoholic beverage fee, the county civil unit has received $158.34. The town of Albany, $500.01; Eaton, $216.67; Gaston, $666.67; Selma, $66.67; Yorktown, $875.11 and the city of Muncie, $37,052.23.

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OUR WEEKLY SERMON THE PERIL OF A COLD HEART From Moody Bible Institute, Chicago One of the dangers which constantly beset the children of God—and especially those engaged in God’s work—is the peril of a cold heart. The Old Testament believer was commanded, “Love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might”, (Duet. 6:45). The Lord Jesus Christ repeats the same command as the “first and great commandment” in Matthew 22:37. There should be no question but what these “orders,” as we may call them, extend to*'us in our own day. The Word of God is clear that the standards which are ours in Christ, in practical life, are no less exacting than the righteousness demanded of the Old Testament saint. Do we, then, love God with all our hearts, and with all our souls and all our minds? Before answering, look at the implication. In I John 4:20 we read, “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar.” No amount of talk, no amount of argument, can change that. If we claim to love God, but harbor bitterness and malevolence and maliciousnes in our hearts toward some individual, God says we are liars! He says we do not love Him. If we pass this test—if we can truly say we love our brothers—then how much do we love the Lord? To an extent, at least, we can judge the measure of our love for Him by the answers to a few questions. First, how obedient are we? Again, how much time do we spend in His presence? And how much concern do we have for the welfare and souls of others?? Our hearts are so deceitful. It is easy to substitute a desire to please man for the desire to please God. Yet all our ministry, all our work, all our life is to be lived as unto Christ. Let us each ask ourselves, Is mine a divided heart? Has something else crept in, perhaps surreptitiously, so that I have been unaware of its presence? Reading the Bible and going to church are good, but they are not enough. Doing Christian work is good, but it is not enough. We can do these things and still have a cold heart, a divided heart. The Lord Jesus Christ says, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.” This means no divided allegiance, no controversy. It means being all out for God.

AS ’JSUAL !!

PROFITEERING and HOARDING breed inflation. Be a patriotic American and DO YOUR PART TO HOLD PRICES DOWN.

Off-Street Parking Plan Studied By Special Conmittee Would Provide For Parking Of Approximately 1800 Cars

A special committee given approval by Mayor Lester E. Holloway to study plans for offstreet parking in Muncie made their report to the City Planning Commission Wednesday afternoon. The proposal of the committee headed by Randell Bevens would provide for the parking of approximately 1800 vehicles on acquired municipal lots located from North street to Seymour street running north and south, east to Elm street and west to Liberty. The estimated costs to purchase the suggested lots would amount from $200 to $250 per car space and is proposed to be financed through the issuance of revenue bonds. It is recommended that parking meters be used on the proposed lots and that receipts from all parking meters be designated to meet the costs and maintenance for the projects. The report recommends that these suggested parking lots be acquired one at a time over a period needed to finance them by receipts of the first one to be acquired and that condemnation proceedings be utilized if necessary for the city to purchase the proposed sites. The committe leaves the choice for acquisition of the suggested lots to the selection by the City Planning Commission. Following adoption by the Plan Commission and a first choice to acquire a municipal off-street parking area is recommended the proposal would be submitted to the Board of Public Works and to the city council for approval. Action is deemed necessary due to the present lack of parking facilities

which is considered a menace to safety, discouraging to commerce, and preventing wholesome and vital development of our city. Members of the study committee who have presented the proposal for the parking problem include Bevens, chairman, Ward Harlan, city engineer and secretary of the City Planning Commission, Lynden Mitchell and Lionel Harmison, also members of the Plan Commission, Allan Weir, and John Beasley, the latter both local attorneys. plane trip is being planned for a part of the committee, to visit Kansas City, Kansas on September 8th for the purpose of viewing results of a sirpilar plan placed in operation in that city.

Birth Rate In State Lower The state board of health reports a decrease in the Indiana birth rate in the first six months of 1950 compared with a yearago. The birth rate for the first half of this year, per 1,000 estimate population, is 22.3 with a total of 43,328 births, and 23.1 for the same period in 1949 with 44,922 births. Verne G. Robinson, board statistician, also said the death rate per 1,000 estimated population for the first six months of 1950 was slightly higher than during corresponding periods in 1948 and 1949.

Capt. Browning Now In Japan AN AMERICAN AIR BASE IN JAPAN—Captain John R. Browning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernard B. Browning, R.F.D. 3, Box 344, Muncie, has recently arrived in Japan, it was announced here by Colonel S. B. Hardwick, Jr., Commanding Officer of this air base. His wife, Joan, and their three children, John Robert, Jr., age six, James, age three, and Deborah Joan, age three months, are currently residing in McMinnville, Oregon. A graduate of Manchester College, Captain Browning entered the Medical Department of the United States Army on June 24, 1941. On January 2, 1943, he transferred to the United States Air Force where he received his commission and was rated a Navigator. Before being alerted for overseas movement, Captain Browning was stationed at Tyndall Air Base, Florida. Captain Browning has been awarded the Air Medal. Arriving in Japan by air on July 26, 1950, Captain Browning was assigned to the Fifth Air Foree, the Occupational Air Force for Japan, and subsequently reassigned to this air base.

Plan Hearing On Telephone Rate Increase

"Non-Profiteering" Pledge Demanded Of Big Business

NEW YORK, N. Y. Aug. 2.— Next to the American Federation of Labor’s convention, the annual meeting of the New York State Federation of Labor is the largest in the nation. This week it got under way here with 1,100 delegates at hand, representing 1,300,000 trade unionists. There were many outstanding speeches by state and national leaders. Governor Dewey came from Albany to issue a dire warning on the danger from Communist aggression. He declared this country and the free world are in “imminent peril”; that “fast and tough” action must be taken-! to halt the Kremlin’s plans for

world domination.

Tobin Hails Labor’s Role Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin received a great ovation when he declared that “no group in the United States” is doing a greater job “to protect free peoples and bolster world peace” than

organized labor.

President William Green of the A. F. of L. declared that American labor stands “ready to make whatever sacrifices are necessary

to guarantee that our free way of life will be safe-guarded. We will support the defense program with everything we have.” Meany Challenges Torries Secretary-Treasurer George Meany, once the president of the State Federation, brought down the house with the most militant speech of the convention. He predicts that, just as in the last war, organized labor “will give a no-strike pledge when the time comes.” “But how about a ‘no-pro-fiteering’ pledge by the National Association of Manufacturers and the United States C ha m b e r of Commerce?” he demanded. “How about a pledge from the Tafts, Martins, Hallecks and Wherrys to lay off their war against labor while this country is in danger?” •* Meany recalled that this nation’s industrialists staged the greatest “strike” in history prior to the last war. They refused to convert to war production until the government met their terms on profits, taxes and labor.

The Public Service Commission of Indiana has set August 18 as the date for oral arguments on the question of rate increase asked by the Indiana Associated Telephone Company. The date was set late Tuesday afternoon after the utility company had ended its testimony in support of its petition for a million dollar rate increase. The commission will also, on that date, hear a discqssion of whether the data on individual exchanges should be brought out. The increase, if allowed, would affect 39 Indiana communities. The objectors were given until August 17 to submit briefs in support of their arguments. The commission has also given the assurance that hearings will be held in a number of the affected communities. The exact dates and places of the hearings have not been set.

Purdue Grads Secure Jobs LAFAYETTE, Ind., — Purdue University reported today that at least 90 per cent of its 2,202 June graduates have jobs and professors said the remainder would be employed before Fall.

Facts On Prices And Values Given By Jacobs

ANDAY JACOBS, M. C. Once prices and values were closely related. Now prices and profiteer nerves are more closely related. Next after war and its carnage inflation is civilization’s most dreaded enemy. Inflation is caused by real or fancied shortage of goods. War drains the resources of a nation. Hence war causes shortages of goods and inflation fol-

lows.

In normal times the law oi supply and demand balances prices. Modern war is dependent upon heavy equipment and larger armies. Consequently the demand of the military for fighting men and manufactuing facilities leaves (1st) fewer men and (2nd) less plant facilities to produce civilian goods. If we add the further factor of an increase in money supply inflation gets out of hand. People bid against each other for scarce civilian goods. Prices go up. The fellow on fixed income, such as pensioners, teachers, police and firemen and white collar work-

Deficit financing is like paying for dead horses. Why don’t we pay as we go? Because we haven’t fully realized our errors and tightened our belts. The people naturally resist taxes. In a democracy they must be convinced of the necessity for higher taxes. Not so in the Soviet Union. Here is the great test of the free way of life. Will, or can, we as a free people make the necessary sacrifices to match a dictator’s arms? But a free people are entitled to the truth; entitled to leaders who tell them painful as well as pleasant facts. What is written here is true. Wartime taxes commensurate with government expense are the great bulwark against inflation. It should come first. Price-wage controls and rationing cannot work against the pressure of deficit financed inflation. They are probably necessary and will work if this pressure is removed. I assume you want the truth, unpleasant though it is. Those are the facts.

ers simply can’t buy the necessities of life. If some can create the belief of shortages and actually slow down the flow of goods, people can be set to bid against each other for goods and prices skyrocket; for a while, despite plentiful supply. If the supply holds out. prices will drop. The big question today is: Although we have plenty of goods at present we face war, the extent of which is uncertain. Upon that uncertainty prices are ris-

ing.

The people want the Government to do something about it. What to do, however, raises grave questions. In my judgment the Government’s first move should be to adopt a sound policy of financing itself both in civil and defense functions. Of course, first in this order is to finance Government operations as cheaply as possible. The second is to collect enough current revenue to pay current expenses. Your Government must also pay high prices, high wages and salaries for goods, munitions and personnel. So remember that inflation inflates yOur taxes as well as other expenses. Here is what happens. Let’s say the money income is $100. Each dollar represents a given amount of effort. It is a certificate attesting that the bearer has produced goods, or rendered services equivalent to 1 per cent of the value of the national ef-

fort.

Now let’s suppose further that war production, plus other government service, require 50 pe: cent of the national effort. But through official timidity and nublic resistance taxes are held down to $25 or 25 per cent of the money. Your Government borrows the additional $25 from you;—giving you bonds. The bonds are good for credit. You can and will borrow on them to do business or buy goods. Hence the people, with $100 income, do this with it: (1st) keep $50 and (2nd) use $25 in bonds for money and credit. Consequently there is $25 to bid for civilian goods. But war and government are taking 50 per cent of the production and services so there is $75 bidding for what was on the old market, $50 worth of civilian goods. Hence the natural pressure is for prices to rise 50 per cent. What would cost you 50 cents before, costs 75 cents under these conditions. What is the answer? You guessed it. $50 instead of $25 in taxes. Tough? Yes. But so is war.

Local Students On Honor Roll

Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 11—Ten students from Delaware county are included in the list of distinguished students at Purdue University for the second semester of the academic year, according to a list released from the office of C. E. Dammon, registrar and director of admissions. The list was released and checking of grades. To attain a place on the distinguished student list, a student must have a grade point index of five out of a possible perfect score of six for all subjects taken during the semester. Those from Delaware county on the list are: Muncie: Darvin Winick, 2120 Petty Road; John Reed Ware, 410 Alameda avenue; Donald Ray Scott, R. 3; Forrest I. Hurst, 1700 South Mulberry; Donald A. Holmes, 324 Riley road; Jack W. Armantrout, 315 Dicks street; Icle Gene Garrett, 266 Hoyt avenue; William P. Brown, R. 7, and James A. Collins, 1542 West Thirteenth street. Eaton: Karl A. Dix, R. 1. Schoenfeldt To Head Ball State College ROTC Maj. V. B. Schoenfeldt will become commander of the Ball State College ROTC unit August 21, President John R. Emens of the college has announced. The new commander, who comes here from Craig Field, Ala., went to England in 1942 as a member of the first group of fighter aircaft to fly the Atlantic Ocean. He succeeds Maj. Robert F. Moyer who has been assigned to Self ridge Field, Mich. Maj. Schoenfeldt is a native of Antigo, Mich.

Traffic Cases Over 100 Mark Total traffic violations for Delaware County* for the month of July totaled 105. Of this number, nine were for drunken driving 3 for leaving the scene of an accident, 42 were charged with speeding, 8 with reckless driving, 13 no operators license, 3 improper passing, 1 overloaded vehicle, 1 passing school bus, 6 for running stop light and 19 for other violations of traffic rules.

Hapaker Says Republicans Follow Communist Theories

Democratic State Chairman Ira Haymaker, at a party rally last week, charged that the Republican Party had given more strength to the communist party line in America than the comunist themselves. Their voting records in Congress, like that of Vito Marcantonio, have won the public praise of the Daily Worker, voice of communism in America,” Mr. Haymaker said. “I do not accuse the Republicans of being communists. But it doesn’t make much difference whether you are working for communists deliberately or simply working with them because you don’t know any better. The results the same. “The lone vote of a Marcantonio, the relatively small voice of the Daily Worker, are not the greatest danger,” Mr. Haymaker told Lake County Democratic workers at a party meeting. “The real danger at home' lies in the fact that, through ignor-

ance and political blindness, the lone vote of Marcantonio has been swelled to a huge bloc by the voting power of the isolationist Republican Party. -Mr. Haymaker ripped into Republican Sen. Homer E. Capehart for his campaign expenditures in seeking Republican renomination. “It seems to me a strange commentary on a man who preaches economy in government,” Mr. Haymaker said, that he will spend $92,000 of other people’s money to win a nomination that nobody in the world was trying to stop him from getting. Yet against a real and dangerous enemy he advocates that we spend little or nothing. Mr. Haymaker referred to a recent financial statement by Mr. Capehart’s campaign organization revealing that nearly $92,000 had been spent in the pre-nomination campaign.