Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 October 1939 — Page 15
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|THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939
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Fo ars \ : £ GLEN ELLEN, Cal., Oct. 19.—Charmian- London
shared with Jack London the greater part of his adult life, From what I have read their marriage was not
: a noteworthily happy one. Yet on her side of it there
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was a consistent and compassionate understanding. 2 ; Today, Charmian London still : * lives on the great 1200-acre ranch where Jack spent his last few years and where he died. But she did not stay in the old house. She built another house of her own after Jack's death, about half a mile from the ranch house. It is of stone, a minor castle. It sits absolutely inclosed by trees. Mrs. London lives there alone. She is'in the East just now, and we did not see her. ; | » They say she is a charming ‘woman. And they say she has a rippling: comand of | the English language that is like nothing you've ever heard before. She wrote a two-volume biography of -Jack London. It was an expensive work—$10 a set. Irving Shepard, Jack London’s nephew who runs the London ranch, took us over to Charmian’s house. = ® ”
Collecting From Germany
The place is packed with stuff from the South Seas—gifts sent back to Jack by the hospitable Polynesians ‘after his cruise in the Snark. Charmian was on that trip with him. Great wooden sculptures, some almost life size, stand around the walls. - The curtains are of Hawaiian tapa cloth. Every room is a Polynesian exhibit room. And in the basement are stored tons of South Sea stuff—the overflow from upstairs. Charmian built. a library into her new house, and in it is Jack's personal library of nearly 15,000 volumes. They cover every subject under the sun. You can easily pick out the books Jack took with him on the . cruise of the Snark, for they are splotched and faded from salt spray. ' i
COME TO THINK of it, I haven't said a word about Haarlem, the Dutch town I know best. * Most people visit Haarlem to see the paintings by Either that or to have a look at the tulips, of course. To see them at their best, you have to be there on Tulip Sunday, the third Sunday in April, when Haarlem throbs with color and every available acre is covered with sheets of yellow and scarlet. And blue, too; for Haarlem is just as famous for its hyacinths. I got some idea of the splurge of color, nowever, because when I was there, Haarlem was good enough to strut her stuff in line of jahlias and gladioli. For the first time in my life. too, I fell in love with sunflowers.
They're the kind Van Gogh painted. The reputation of Dutch bulbs rests on the for-
‘._tunate discovery that the tulip thrives in the sandy
soil about Haarlem. The ‘culture is now a steady, matter-of-fact business very different from the hectic days in the 17th Century, when speculators lost their heads over bulbs as thoroughly and completely as over South Sea stock in the ‘great Bubble period.
Thousands of florins were given for a single bulb.
The bulb, however, did not always change hands, ofteri’ serving merely as a basis for gambling. ” ” 2 :
The Frans Hals Museum
Tt was to Haarlem, you'll remember, that the fair Frisian traveled with Cornelius van Baerles' solitary "flower and won the prize of 100.000 florins offered for a black tulip. All of which Alexandre Dumas later on: capitalized in his breathless, if somewhat his ‘torically warped, novel of that name. .
Washington
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—These German bombing and submarine raids on British naval bases are not only damaging and destroying warships. They are shaking also the bases of naval theory and practice, and may compel far-reaching changes in the defense plans of all naval powers. This question comes close home to us because the United States bases its security first upon naval power, upon control of the waters of the Atlantic and
Pacific around the Western Hem- -
isphere. Even the layman, like myself, cannot witness this destruction in the very nesting ‘places of the Brit.sh fleet along the coast of Scotland, without feeling vaguely that scmething is taking place that creates problems for us. It will not be too
i early next winter for Congress to begin consultation i (with our naval experts.
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The British Empire was able to plant itself all over ithe world through the power of a surface fleet. Be- { cause Britain, ship for ship and man for man, had a { stronger navy than any other power, it was able to ;acquire and keep an empire which lay thousands ‘of miles from the British Isles.
Fleet No Longer Supreme
Now two inventions have been developed into two ssea, weapons of unanticipated power and skill—the -- bombing piane and the submarine. Within the last _ few days Germany has dispatched these weapons “aeross more than 500 miles of water and has inflicted important damage on the fleet at its bases.
My Day
: NEW -YORK CITY, Wednesday.—We had a picnic ‘last night at the cottage for six Vassar seniors and a -few “elders.” They cooked my steaks on the porch t for me and shivered in the cold wind while I sat by “the fire inside and talked. Afterward we all settled ] around it to talk. It was interesting to find that every one of these girls had a definite thing _ she wanted to do and while in college prepared -to meet the future. : Mr. David Gray, who is staying with us, brought up his point of view on‘ education: Namely, that disciplining © the mind, whether you do it through mathematics or Latin and Greek, is the main object of education. You are never sure you are iA learning the particular thing you need later on, therefore you can only train to be a
-good instrument useful in whatever situation you may
nd yourself. yt x Bd old agreed, ti}
“port bombing planes and submarines.
The library has copies of Jack’s books in scores of ; nN languages, some of which we couldn’t even make out. $8 : u mf
Former Resident Returns to
The library has secret closets, opened by removing a few books from a shelf. Back in. these closets are Jack’s scrap books, and rarer volumes. : Mrs. London has been in Europe this summer. She got back to New York before the war started. She went over because German publishers owe her much money on royalties from Jack’s books, and the only way she can get it is to go over there and spend it.
This summer they would give her all she needed to travel about Germany. Or even to nearby countries and back to Germany. But they wouldn't pay her way from one outside country to another. And they never would give her an accounting of royalties due her. Now that the war is on she probably will never see any more royalties irom Germany. Jack’s books were among those Hitler burned, for Jack was a Socialist.
Such Is Fame!
But back to the old ranch house, half a mile away, where Jack London died. It has been’ open to guests now for five years. There is room for 22 guests in private rooms and in cabins out under the trees.
Rates run from $5 a day single (including meals but without bath) up to $66 a week for two people (including meals, private bath and twin beds). Most, guests come here the ‘first time because it is Jack London's place. But there was one man this summer who was different. : CE He was from the East. ‘He came up for dinner with some San Francisco friends. As most guests do; he got to talking with Irving Shepard about the ranch.
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‘Said the man:
“Say who was this Jack London anyway? I-hear everyhody talking about him.” “Don’t you really know?” nephew. “No,” said the man, “I never heard of him.” “Why,” said Irving, “he was the greatest bricklayer in California.” - ’ “Is that right,” said the man, “Well, I'll be darned!”
said Jack London's
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By Anton Scherrer
Unlike the tulips, the paintings by Frans Hals are not a seasonal affair. They are now housed in a lovely museum, a converted almshouse dating from the early 17th Century. Anyway you look at it, Frans Hals is the real hero of Haarlem, and you sense it the moment you enter the town. Streets are named after him and monuments dedicated to his memory. At any rate, I never once opened my mouth to tell the Dutch-the truth, namely that Frans. wasn’t a real-for-sure Haarlemer. Fact is, he was born in Antwerp, or maybe it was Malines. Nobody knows tor sure. Anyway, it wasn’t Haarlem. - His parents, however, were true Haarlemers and Frans was a resident there before he reached man’s estate. ” » 8
Haarlem’s Other Hero
I can't hope to describe Frans Hal's way of painting, notwithstanding the fact that I went any number of times to learn the secret of his gusto, bravura and abundance. I don’t think anything escaped me, not even the little picture labelled “Self Portrait: A Copy.” The Haarlemers changed the title to read that way after they learned that Dr. G. H. A. Clowes of Indianapolis owns the original.
The other hero of Haarlem is Laurens Janszoon |
Coster whose monument decorates the market place. To hear the Haarlemers tell it, Coster and not Gutenberg was the man who invented printing. Seems that Coster had a servant named Faust who was mean enough to sell the secret to Gutenberg. In some way, too, the Haarlem version has the devil mixed up in the deal. The only other time the devil came to Haarlem was the day Handel came to play the Gioote Kerk's organ, the biggest in the world at the time. His playing split the town in two. The Haarlemers just couldn't make up their minds whether an angel or the devil had a hand in the performance, :
By Raymond Clapper
Thus the supreme fleet of the world is no longer impregnable against these new and comparatively inexpensive weapons. Only a rich nation can maintain a fleet comparable to those of Great Britain or the United States. But almost any uation can supPerhaps defenses will be developed in time, but it begins to look
,as if the bombing plane and ihe submarine L.ave ren-
dered the powerful surface fleet impotent in restricted areas such as the North Sea or the Mediterranean. And no two areas are more important to the British.
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The Panama Canal
We still have the protection of the broad Atlantic, and as yet this kind of attack does not seem practicable over a body of water 3000 miles wide, not to mention the Pacific, which is twice as wide. Yet it is being made across more than 500 miles of water. Clipper ships now regularly fly the Atlantic. Those facts, together with the possibilities of the airplane carrier, combine to make the problem for us not e¢ntirely academic, even if still reasonably remote.
There is considerable discussion of our needing a two-ocean navy, that is, one fleet in the Atlanric and one in the Pacific. Mr. Roosevelt says that is a good slogan, but he appears skeptical and! thinks the twoocean phrase oversimplifies the problem. Co In any case this attack on ie bases must provoke thought regarding the Panama| Canal, which is
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! the life-line of our national defense in that it enables
us to shuttle our naval strength from cne side tothe other quickly. Britain's experience now shows that it is not enough to have a surface fleet which is supreme over all other surface fleets. There must be reconsideration of the defense of our two great fleet bases, Pearl Harbor in the Pacific and Guantanamo i the Atlantic, as well as the shore bases. .
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~ By Eleanor Roosevelt
lege, and then if ‘tme had any special field of interest, one might’ concentrate on that. : We all started out bright and early this morning because I woke at 6:30 and decided that I could not let two of my guests start on a long drive without any breakfast, though they had insisted they wished to do so. It seemed too cold and cheerless and, as long as-I was awake, I roused everybody else and we all sat down together at breakfast before seven.
The Vassar girls made quite an impression for even at that early hour David Gray remarked to me: “That was a fine group of girls who were here ‘last night.” The Grays left for their day’s drive and, at a little after 8 o'clock Miss Thompscn and I took the train for New York City: I finished buying my winter clothes, though I haven't yet finished the fittings, and I made a dent in Christmas shopping which, however, is far from complete. Then I met two friends at the Cosmopolitan Club for lunch and we talked hard of the morning's news, It isn’t very cheerful, this habit of always talking about the war, and yet I suppose it is inevitable. ‘ : nto We were all interested in Mr. Walter Lippmann’s column of a few, days‘ago and in Dorothy Thompson's he sensed in Col. Lindbergh's speech
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{the Indianapolis organization. He 3 also: said that the local unit will celebrate ‘its 85th anniversary and |#
try.
Succeed Harry W. White As Executive.
Parker P.-Jordan, ‘native of In-
tary of the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. He will succeed Harry W. White, who has entered another field, and he will take up residence here Nov. 15. ;
mor. S. Cannon, board president of
Founders’ Day Dec. 12. Native of City
apolis Aug. 15, 1888, the son of the Rev. William R. Jordan -and Gelia Jordan. His father died when Parker Jordan was 3 years-old. Mr. Jordan was graduated from Shortridge High School in 1907 and from DePauw University in 1911. At DePauw he played football and edited the year book. He also studied for a while at Butler University. Upon his graduation from DePauw he entered Y. }§. C. A. service and
later at, the University of Colorado. He left there to become general secretary of the Highland Park, Mich.. Y. M. C. A. serving there for 10 years. During the World War he served as a lieutenant in the infan-
Classmates at DePauw
Mrs. Jordan was a classmate of Mr. Jordan’s at DePauw. She was Miss Fern Thompson, Lizton. Their son, John Jordan, is 14. Mr. Jordan has two brothers in Indianapolis, Frank C. Jordan, secretary of the Indianapolis Water Co., and Paul R. Jordan, president of Paul R. Jordan & Co. . A sister, Miss Ella Jordan, and his mother spend their summers in Indianapolis and their winters in Florida.
'39 STEER SHOW SET FOR OCT, 26
530 Indiana Calves Entered; $300 in Prizes to Be - Awarded.
An estimated 150 tons of beef “on the hoof” are to be brought to the Union Stockyards here. for the
fourth annual Hoosier Fat Steer Show Oct. 26. Harry F. Aainsworth, associate state club ‘leader of Purdue University, announced today that 238 4-H Club members have entered 530 well-fattened, high quality éntries. The calves will be brought to the Stockyards on Oct. 25. Judging will start at 8 a. m. the next day, and Prof. Frank King, head of the Purdue University animal husbandry department, and a packing -firm representative will be in charge. The cattle will be sold at public auction that afternoon under the direction of Col. Mark Bottema of Indianapolis. More than $300 in prize money will be awarded. . State Fair winners are excluded from the show and all must have gained at least '500 pounds since Jan. 1. Agencies co-operating in sponsoring the show are the Belt’ Railroad & Stockyards Co., Indianapolis Livestock Exchange, Producers’ Commission Associetion and the Agri-
due University.
SHORTRIDGE CALLS PARENTS’ MEETING
An orientation meeting for the parents of 9B pupils will be sponsored by the Shortridge High School Guidance Committee at Caleb Mills Hall, Tuesday. ; The pwpose 1s to acquaint, the parents with ‘the curriculum and to provide for better pupil adjustment. Miss Ruth Lewman, chairman of the committee and member of the faculty, will preside. Gordon O. Johnson, also of the faculty, will speak. An open forum will follow. Other members of the committee are Miss Mariesue Eisenhut, Mrs. Kate Steichman, Claude Keesling, Mrs. Dorothy Teddlie, Miss Josephine Davidson, ‘Mrs. Elizabeth Helm, Paul Seehausen and Mrs. Florence Goodnough.
Sixteen new members have been added to the German Club at Shortridge. They are: Marianna Buschmann, Martha Eifert, Doris Fricke, Virginia Geiger, Patricia Glossbrenner, Horace Hadley, Dorothy Hall, Herbert Harrington, Martha Hofman, Barbara Hudelson, David Johnson, William Pletcher ' Patterson, Joseph Roemmer, Mary: Elizabeth Smith, Marjorie Van Duren and Jack Clymer.
ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. 19 (U.P).
died yesterday from brain injuries received 10 months ago in an automobile crash near here. A companion, Fred Beeman, died shortly after the accident.
FOUND DEAD; GUN NEAR
* HUNTINGTON, Ind, Oct. 19 (U.
dianapolis and a general secretary |: of the St. Paul, Minn, Y. M. C. A,,|; has been.selected as general secre-|:
. Announcement was made by Fer-
Mr. Jordan was born in Indian-|™
cultural Extension Service of Pur-|
CRASH ‘CLAIMS SECOND |
—John E. Hawkins, 42, of Anderson, |"
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How lessons learned from Germany’s swift, mechanized warfare upon Poland have altered the trend of U. S. defense’ preparations is described in two ar-
ticles written for The Times by Thomas M. Johnson, noted World War correspondent and hor of numerous
aut Tr books on military topics. This is the first
article, :
' ‘By THOMAS M. JOHNSON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (NEA).— The German Lightning War ' that seared Poland from the map has flashed a reflected warning to America. This most blindingly rapid campaign in military hisfory has moved our Army’s General Staff to furious thinking. : HE Right now vital changes in our defense program are being ‘made. These changes are based on reports from American observers abroad—reports that already reveal the sinister shape of any present or future war between first class powers anywhere. First came the airplanes! They filled the Polish sky, perhaps 3000 of themg black birds of ill omen, raining death: and destruction. Polish’ troops were attacked by the German air force with machine guns and bombs: The assault was devastating. Thus the German Air Force answered America’s question: “If war comes ‘to us—are we ready™ The answer was: “Not quite.” It is not merely that the Army's
Devastation Wro - Spurs Devel
5500 airplanes and the Navy's 2000
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won’t be built until June, 1941. The Army speeded up when war ‘began and could have beaten that deadline. "The difficulty is that it would not have been quite the well-bal-anced, modern air force which now is seen to be essential. The program provided plenty of observation A and photographing planes wherewith to spy upon an enemy; plenty of heavy bombers for the famous G. H. Q. Air Force to use against’ his railways and cities—but not enough lighter bombers and pursuit planes for the new phase into which the war in the air is entering. The wings of these attacking planes stirred up a flutter, even in faraway Washington. No major reorganization of our Air Force. but some recasting of the program has been: undertaken. There may be more expense, but that, too, will be watched carefully, especially .in building big bombers. Our staff is studying with eagle eyes reports -of how many air dreadnaughts come back from their raids. For example, the Lightning War is reported to have backfired on the German Air Force to the extent of 500 to 1000 planes lost in three weeks to the under-equipped Poles. For anti-aircraft guns have improved, too. In 1918 American gunners brought down a German plane for every 605 shots. Today they hit a towed target every 24 shots. The need of anti-aircraft defense
hes Warning to U. S|
. Gérman planes would swoop down over a battlefield with bombs and machine guns, helping their own infantry to fight the enemy infantry.
ught by Nazi Planes opment of American Craft
has been proved by Warsaw—and may any day be proved by London and Paris. Meanwhile, the United States at last is getting anti-aircraft
guns—=$16,000,000 worth.
' Last spring there were only 24— today there-are 338 three-inch guns with a six-mile ceiling; even more 37-milNimeter guns and 50-caliber machine guns that fire 400 heavy
bullets a minute four miles.
Our lightning-rods for the lightning war are probably as good as those of the Nazis, who have about in
the best anti-aircraft guns Europe.
Today airmen rate the German air force as probably the world's best—4000 to 10,000 planes of which 4000 or more are first line. But to-
morrow?
Already the Germans’ crack Messerschmidt fighter is reported not so good as the new French planes—| which are American Curtiss Hawk 75’s that our airmen call, “a very
good ship.”
Our Army has another later model of the same plane that beats the
“sensational” German.
Our planes, in fact, bid fair to become second to none in quality —but they would need: to be, should far-flung coastline be any part
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NEXT: The importance of tanks
to the U. S. Army of tomorrew.
WILL WIN WAR, STIRLING SAYS
Retired Admiral Expresses Confidence in British Navy ‘ In Talk Here.
Whoever is the victor at sea will : win. this war, Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, U. S. Navy, retired, last night told the John H. Holliday Jr. post, American Legion. He spoke at the Riveria Club and gl expressed great confidence in the British navy. He said he hoped it
would remain invincible. Admiral Stirling declared that ale though enemy aircraft would be dl greeted by .an “inferno” of antiaircraft fire in attempting raids of seacraft, no one now knows whether planes or ships will prove ultimately superior.
Sees Lesson for British
He said the recent sinking of the British warship Royal Oak by a German submarine might be the “lesson the British need to put them on guard.”
said, Stalin is sure to be the prin cipal gainer. He declined to predict whether the United States will remain neutral. . “a “I'm no gambler,” he said. Discussing submarine warfare on merchant = ships, Admiral Stirling said, “Personally I feel strongly that America should openly show its vioe lent abhorrence against such underhanded: methods of fighting on the seas. “That can best be done by joine ing the Allies, Which at the moe ment does not seem popular. Amere ican sympathies are almost unanie mously against Stalin and Hitler, Some even‘ believe it is our war, Others, while hoping Great Britain and. France will win, are against entering’ the war at any time, and especially against sending our soldiers to fight on the battlefields of Europe. ?
“Which Would Be Better?”
“In that connection, which would be better: Having our soldiers fight= ing with the French and British in Europe now, or later, after the vic tory by the dictators, fighting alone on American soil?” Admiral Stirling retired | three years ago after having completed 48 years of service. He is 67 years old. Within the last few years of his service he commanded the 14th naval district, which .comprises the Hawaiian Islands, and the . third naval district; the New York area, He has just completed his autoe biography, “Sea Duty.” The last | two chapters deal with the current gituation.; He makes his home in New. York.” “A sen; Yates Jr. is.now in the Navy. °° Th AAR
Ambition Is Insurance,
‘Spurred by Says Davies
PREDICTS GHOST
Life insurance is really ambition insurance, Charles T. Davies, re-
tired manufacturer of Wyomissing, Pa., told members of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Indianapolis Association of Life Un-
derwriters at a luncheon today at the Columbia Club.
“It not only underwrites one’s ambitions, but equally important, life
insurance supplies the ‘urge to keep cess,” he said.
Message Week Opened
Mr. Davies’ talk opened the seventh annual “Message of Life Insurance” week here. His subject was, “Why 1 Bought a Million Dollars of Life Insurance.” “From my experience over many years, and particularly during the past 10 years,” Mr. Davies said, “life insurance has proved to be the best investment by direct and thorough comparison with the outcome of a wide range of other investments recommended to me. : “I completed the purchase of over $1,000,000 of .life insurance. by single premium payment for $500,000 of additional paid-up life insurance, and that investment has not only remained at par but has also appreciated ip value year by year accord-’ ing to the terms of the policy contract. : o Gave Business. to Workers
“If I had my . choice . between $10.000- worth of Government bonds of this country—and such bonds are the best in the world—and a-life insurance policy with a $10,000 cash value, Iswould choose the life insurance policy and keep it as an investment.” ; Mr. Davies built up a hosiery manfacturing. business valued at
“This ‘war, will pe won ° ,
P.).—Carl E. Goble, 22, was found in me yes y from a
(right). U. S. Navy, retired, John H., Holliday J
going on the program toward suc-
$1,250,000, and then gave it to his employees when he retired. Members of the Association of Indiana Legal Reserve Life Insurance Companies were guests at the luncheon. J. Frank Holmes, Indianapolis insurance - man, jntroduced Mr. Davies. Pi
11 MORE ENLIST FOR “SERVICE IN U. S. NAVY
The enlistment of 11 more Indiana youths in the U. S. Navy was announced at ‘the recruiting office here today, bringing to 37 the number enlisted here this month. The new recruits, all of whom have been
sent to the naval training station at Newpart, R. I., are: Russell. C. McIntire, 1254 Sheffield Ave.: Robert P. Horne, 3255 Park Ave.; Vérnon G. Holland and Carl ‘A. Alston, both of Veedersburg; Chélster A. Nicholson, Ft. Wayne; Horace R. Duley, Mt. Vernon; Russell. C. Childress, Spencer; James Oral Buchanan, Shelbyville; Robert W. Fielding, Terre Haute; Audrey W. Georges, Evansville, and Leonard O. Webb, Oxford.
Sea Key to Victory, Says Stirling
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last night in emerican’ Be; th
he sea, Rear Admiral Yates S. Stirling’ | eclared
BOMBING: SHIPS
Wireless Pioneer Declares
Radio-Controlled Planes Virtually Perfected.
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: HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19 ,(U. P.).— Dr. Lee De Forest, noted pioneer wireless inventor, forecast today the introduction. into the present European war of “ghost” bombing planes guided - by radio signals that could send thems pilotless, to wreck
destruction on military objectives.
He said radio engineers in the United States and in several Euro-
pean countries ' were engaged in building and testing “ghost” plaues for such a new mode of warfare. In engineers had virtually perfected them. “These ‘flying torpedoes,’ ” Mr. De Forest said, “can be guided by a After they have dropped their bombs, they. can be headed around and sent back home
the United States, he said,
‘mother plane.’
—if they haven’t been shot down.”
Mr. De Forest also. told of another device, the television facsimile which enables a man in‘ an ‘observation plane, riding high above the enemy lines, to draw maps of strategic positions - and transmit- them back to
headquarters by television.
BETTIS GHOSEN HEAD OF BUTLER SOCIETY
James Bettis, 863 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place, has been elected
president® of the Alfred Marshall Honor Sdciety of the Butler Uni-
versity business college.
Miss Beth Brooks, Crawfordsville, Miss Mary Hull, 57 Whittier Place, secretary; Miss Mary E. Hays, 622 E. 47th St., historian, and: Joseph Bolanowski, Perth Amboy, N. J. ser-
was chosen vice president;
geant-at-arms. ;
New members include Mary Janet
Fehr, George A. Burck, Charles Hostetter, Herbert Newman, Rosemary Newman, Stella ‘Stacksteder, John Steeg, | Bernays ." Thursten, Betty
'| Walters, Lucile Craigle, Albert GoldStein and Robert Stultz, all of In-
dianapolis; Herbert C. Gorden, St.
;| Joseph, Mo., and Helen L. Harper, . | Monrovia, :
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Ten members of the Butler University Y. M. C. A. will attend the State Student Y. M. C. A. conference at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., tomorrow and Saturday,
_ | Burdette Charles, president, said to-
Pigeons Die in City Hall Tar
WORKMEN WHO PUT tar-on the west cornice of the City Hall roof returned today to find six pigeons mired in it. They were
so thoroughly mired they had to .be destroyed. | Louis Brandt, Works Board president who last’ year carried on a one-man campaign against the City’s pigeons, went hastily to the roof to inspect the situation. vig He returned with a smile on his face. RUS . “Tar makes a good trap for them,” he said, “a ‘mighty good trap.” :
TRUCK DRIVERS VOTE ON CHOICE OF UNION
‘Truck drivers employzd by Stokely Bros. & Co., Inc.,, and Van Camps, Inc., were voting today on a labor bargaining agent. The election was conducted by the National Labor Relations ~oard at the local office. They are to decide whether io be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen & Helpers of America, Local 135, an A. F. of L. afiliate, or by Amalgamated Assoe ciation of Iron, Steel & Tin Worke ers of North America, Local 1473, a C. I. O. affiliate, or by neither.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1—-On which river is: the Grand Coulee dam? Sa \ "2—From which city in England is the standard time for the world counted? 3—How many centimeters are in one meter? ah 4—Who invented the rotary print ing press? Sa 5—What name is used to describe "a -combat ‘in the air between two pilots? 6—On which Major League base= ball team does Frank Crosetti play? | 7—Name the third largest of the oceans. 8—What is the correct 'pronun-
Whichever side wins, the Admiral _-
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ciation of the word lyceum? : ®nal. Answers
1—Columbia River. 2—-Greenwich. -3—100. -4—Robert Hoe. 5—A dog fight. ; 6—New York Yankees. T—Indian Ocean. 8—Ly-see’-um; not ly’-see-um.,
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