Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1964 — Page 11

WEDNESDAY, MAY I>, 1964

AIM Economy in the Pentagon By U.S. SEN. EUGENE BURDICK (D-N.D.) | While it is generally conceded that our military A a S e now most powerful, mobile, and coordinated in the history of nations, it is good to keep in mind that this force is ever more efficient,

In fiscal 1963 alone, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s Cost Reduction Program gave us a savings of >1.4 billion. By 1967, it is expected that savings by the Department of Defense will average >4 billion annually. Some savings that have been made by avoiding unnecessary purchases. • The Navy was asked to reappraise the need for its large shipboard stock of gyroscopes of the kind used in fighter aircraft. It was found that the rate of failure among these instruments was much less than had been assumed. The Department of Defense

began ordering less, for a saving of almost >600,000. • The Army found that the M-2 eal. 30 machine gun ' ■would suffice on many combat vehicles where it had. been assumed the M-85 cal. 50 gun would be necessary. This enabled the Defense Department to cancel an order for the larger guns and save >l7 million. < These savings did not involve magic. They were the result of the special emphasis President i Johnson has placed upon all areas of government... which * I have always advocated. ... I Finding uses for surplus inventories, instead of selling I them at a loss, Baore than >2OO million in the past | three and one-half years. One interesting example came when the Navy began reclaiming silver froth military dental i clinics, X-ray film, and various other manufacturing processes. In turn this silver was used in the manufacture of torpedo propulsion batteries. The saving: >IOO,OOO. Another approach to the problem of high defense coats has i led to savings of almost >7O million. This approach took 1 aim at what is sometimes called “goldplating”—fancy and ■ expensive frills. Two interesting examples include: • The substitution of carbon steel for surgical stainless ‘ steel in the manufacture of tweezers. The reduction in cost j saved the American taxpayer >85,000. | • A change in design and in the material used in fence I posts for the Army, resulting in a savings of approximately >1 million. Perhaps even more important than this series of individual savings has been the development of a whole new attitude within our defense establishment Where it onpe might have seemed inevitable that we should have soaring I military costs and tenacious waste, it is clear that the defense of the United States can be managed in an effective, yet business-like manner. EMIE'S AUCTION FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 15 at 7 P.M. CONSIGNMENT SALE OF USED MERCHANDISE AND NEW MERCHANDISE by MR. ROSEN Chrome drop leaf table and 4 chairs; kitchen cabinet; chest of drawers; dressers; end tables; lamps; baby swing; Melmac dishes; golf clubs; storm windows; 16 inch bicycle; platform scales; and many other items. Polaroid Kodak camera; bassinet; elec, toaster; hair dryers; fr.y pans; coffee maker; child's training seat; and many other items. TERMS—CASH Not responsible for accidents. EMERSON LEHMAN and FRITZ LEHMAN Auctioneers Schroyer, Clerk. .Location: 3 miles east of Berne on 118 then 1 mile north and 1/4 mile east, or 2 miles east of Monroe on 124, 5 miles south and l/> mile east. Public Auction 80 - ACRE FARM -80 - CLOSE-IN - GOOD LOCATION - . IDEAL DEVELOPING POSSIBILITES LOCATION: 14 rhiles north of Decatur on U. S. 27, then 1 mile east on Monroeville Road; or 3 miles south of Fort Wayne City Limits on U. S. 27 (Decatur Road), then 1 mile east on Monroeville Road (S.W. Corner of Monroeville Road and Marion Center Road.) FRIDAY NITE, May 22 at 7:00 p.m. - REAL ESTATE 80 ACRE FARM - This farm consists of 80 acres good high producing well drained soil, slightly rolling and all under cultivation except approximately 15 acres woods along the Monroeville Road. A good location with 80 rods wooded frontage on black top Monroeville Road and 160 rods frontage on Marion Center Road. Ideal building sites and developing possibilities. Six wooded lots already surveyed and tile and drainage in. HOUSE—4 bedroom modern home with remodeled rustic interior, knotty pine kitchen with built in bar and table, inlaid linoleum. Large dining room. Large living room with stone fireplace and stone around entire room. 3 bedrooms up. Bottled gas heat; basement. Bank barn, tool shed and other outbuildings. If you are interested in an 80 acre good producing farm, close in with many possibilities, don't fail to inspect this one. Good location, low tax rate. TERMS— of purchase price cash, balance on delivery of deed and abstract. Or for time payment terms contact Ellenberger Bros., Auctioneers & Realtors or Bob Johnson, owner. POSSESSION — Possession of buildings, 30 days dfter closing. Possession of land subject to tenant rights. Landlord's share of 30 acres growing wheat, will go with farm. TAXES-AII taxes payable in 1964 will be paid by seller. ROBERT P. JOHNSON, OWNER ELLENBERGER BROS., AUCTIONEERS & REALTORS Fort Wayne phone 745-5512 Bluffton phone 824-2426

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Says Much Humor In Christ’s Words

By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International People often misunderstand the sayings of Christ because they take seriously what He meant as a joke. So says the great Quaker scholar, Dr. Elton Trueblood, in a provocative new book entitled “'The Humor of Christ” (Harper & Row). Somehow, says Trueblood, we have developed a sterotyped picture of a “Christ who never laughed.” But the Biblical evidence shows clearly that Christ was a very witty person, who loved to evoke a chuckle from His listeners with remarks which they would recognize as being preposterous. “We do not know with certainty how much humor there is in Christ’s teaching, but we can be sure that there is far more than is normally recognized,” Trueblood declares. “There are numerous passages in His recorded teaching which are practically incomprehensibe when regarded as sober prose, but which are luminous once we become liberated from the gratuitous assumption that Christ never joked.” Uses Humor Deftly Trueblood does not mean that the Gospels are full of funny stories. Christ was no modern comedian striving for a big yak from the audience. He used humor deftly and incisively to illuminate a truth, to deflate a pretense, or to make a contrast vividly clear. A classic example of Christ’s humor, cited by Trueblood, is the famous saying that “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Tomes of learned commentary have been written trying to “explain” what Christ meant by this startling statement. A favorite explanation of Bible scholars is that He was referring to a gate in Jerusalem, known as “The Needle’s Eye,” which was so ■ - ■ . > A .f t » * - ■■■■ ■ — ! ,•«!? aRL It IMF ' MsUr w * ’ *' * I: i Met' alfe— %> ■RjbX. tr, TORGED’ ART —Taka 25 pieces of forgings and castings and then get * sculptor of the caliber, of Henry Bursxtynoqicz of Pittsburgh, Pa. You may get as novel a • steel man as the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp, got when they tried it —

Public Auction FURNITURE - APPLIANCES - TOOLS SATURDAY, MAY 16th, 19641 R.m. 1516 WEST MONROE STREET, DECATUR, INDIANA Davenport; 3 sets drapes; large chair & ottoman; 6 upholstered chairs; 2 corner tables; tier table; coffee table; 8 floor and table lamps; pictures; several good throw rugs; clocks; DUNCAN-PHYFE TABLE AND 4 CHAIRS; tel. stand; set of 3/4 twin beds, complete; night stand; console radio; heavy dresser and mirror; 6 pc. walnut bedroom suite w/ birdseye maple insets; cedar chest; card table & 4 chairs; Zenith Console 21" Television set, like new; hall desk & card table combined with wall mirror; 2 metal stands; ANTIQUE LOVE SEAT; kitchen table & 4 chairs; refrigerator; elec, stove,- silver coffee set; 3 pc. alum, lawn furniture; old basement table; pots, pans, dishes; coffee makers; toasters; 3 elec, fans; 20" floor fan; 1,4" elec, drill; Vh" elec, drill; %H. GE motor; metal work table w/3 % drawers; single lavatory; bird bath; hall tree; elec, hedge clippers; good hand todl«; 2 peg boards; 3 stepladders; wash, machine; double tubs,- iron board; garden tools; alum, rose trellis; 125' garden hose; 20' extension ladder; 12' tree pruner; lawn spreader; extension cords,- 16" power mower; Black & Decker grinder; elec, lawn edger, and many other misc. articles. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Engle, owners TERMS-CASH. ' ' Gerald Strickler, D. S. Blair — Auctioneers Everett Faulkner, Clerk G,W. Kent, Sales Mgr. Sale Conducted By The Kent Realty & Auction Co. Phone 3-3390 Decatur, Indiana Not Responsible for Accidents.

low that a camel could wiggle through it only after shedding his load. Spoil The Message To Trueblood, this torturous exegesis is simply nonsense. “Christ MEANT His words to sound preposterous,” he says. “We spoil the figure and lose all the robustness, when we tone it down. Christ had a revolutionary message to give and He knew that He could not make Himself understood by I speaking mildly.” The camel is an inherently ■ ridiculous creature, and it is not surprising that we find the • ungainly beast featured in an--1 other of Christ’s sayings, in which He pokes fun at the le--1 galistic, hair - splitting Pharisees for “straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel.” The humorous intent of this metaphor is too plain to be missed even by the authors of Bible commentaries. Convinctag Case Trueblood also makes a convincing case for the proposition , that Christ was really joking in several of the “hard sayings” which have caused great . bafflement to straight - faced [ scholars because they sound so t unlike Him. This, he Relieves, is by all odds the simplest and most reasonable explanation of the so - called parable of the unjust steward, in which Christ seems to be commending the conduct of a thoroughgoing scoundrel. It is also, Trueblood contends, the logical explanation for the seemingly harsh words about “throwing the children's meat to the dogs,” which Christ addressed to a Gentile woman who sought his help. That the woman herself took his remark as friendly banter is clear from her quick - witted reply that “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Christ was delighted with her reply and immediately granted her request for help. The standard commentaries speak as if He were impressed with her great faith. But the plain words of the Gospel text indicate that He was simply pleased with her wit 4 In most EuropeaA folk ? tales, giants appear as cruel and stupid Savages given to cannibalism, are often oneeyed and hardly distinguishable from monsters. All this suggests that these tales may be derived in part from dim traditions of primitive races living alongside more advanced peoples who had conquered the land but had not succeeded in subduing the aborigines. ©Encyclopaedia Britannica

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War II Is Rapidly Fading In History By BICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD—World War II is rapidly fading into history. Which is all right with me. Unfortunately, however, the veterans of that conflict are rapidly fading, too. I have seldom felt more faded, old soldier-wise, than I did this week -when my military alma mater, the U.S. Army presented to the Smithsonian Institution a model of the original WW II jeep. The doughty little vehicle wil go on display later this month at the New York World’s Fair and then will be permanently enshrined in the Smithsonian’s collection of national keepsakes. What faded me was the sudden realization that most of the 660,000 jeeps made between 1941 and 1945 have already passed on to that great wrecking yard in the sky. The Army, which always did have trouble finding things, had to search far and wide before it finally located this one in a military depot in Korea. It was identified by its serial number — 20476135 — /Flwartime model. But nothing of its military history or service record could be traced. This prompted Lt. Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr., who made the presentation, to liken the jeep to the “Unknown Soldier” which conjures up an heroic image. If its career could be documented, however, I suspect it would show that old 20476135 spent the war hauling gin to the officers’ club at Camp Kilmer, N.J. John Magruder of the Smithsonian staff recalled that someone once credited jeeps with having “changed the course of history.” He thereupon fell to musing as to how history might have been influenced had the jeep been invented a few centuries earlier. “They would greatly simplified the winning of the West,” Magruder said. “Imagine a trail hand pulling into Dodge City and finding no place to park.” Or suppose that Paul Revere had made his famous rrpdmght ride. in a jeep. According to Magruder, the Longfellow poem commemorating that event might have read like this: "It was two by the village , clock “When he gunned his jeep into Concord town. “He slammed his gear into four-wheel drive “And set the farmers’ dogs alive “As he beeped his horn as an alarm “For the country folks to be up and to arm.” All in all, it was a very impressive ceremony and, frankly I choked up. Too much nostalgia in the carburetor, I guess. Removing Calcimine If you wish to re-do a calcimined wall with an oil paint, the old finish must be completely removed. Use a cellulose sponge and a pail of water containing a little washing soda, and you may require a scraper. Or, you can ask your paint dealer for advice regarding a newer type of finish that can go over the calcimine. MAN to MAN “I want to learn a trade; ' will I have a choice in the Army?” -—Apprentice You can choose the trade you want to learn before you en- ■ list in the United States Army. If you qualify for the Army’s choose-before-enlistment program, you receive a written guarantee to make sure you get the job training you pick, once you have completed your basic . training. Ilt works like this: I, or any other Army Recruiter, can arrange for you to take the required aptitude tests to make sure you have the- potential ability needed for the job train- . ing you choose. You also must pass certain physical requirements. All this happens before , you enlist, and without any obligation on your part. If you qualify for the job training you - want, you receive a guarantee that you will get it. And if you don’t qualify, of course there’s > ) nothing to require you to enlist. Ilt all adds up to this: You can choose, qualify, and know you’ll learn the trade you want to learn ... all before you join , the Army. , < { —Your Army

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