Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1941 — Page 6
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_ Mr. Tarkington is writing an autobiography, and he has become intrigued with the things of his childhood, and other people’s childh .|He finds that by systematic inqui he can recall things that happened to him when he was but a swade |dling baby.
Remembers Secand Snow
“For instance,” he | | said, “I can| remember the second snow of my life. “I was 18 months old and I recall looking out the window and being disappointed with the size of the flakes.” The remarkable thing about this is that Mr. Tarkington doesn’t be- ‘| lieve that sort of memory is remarkable though now he: is 71. He believes that a child one year old constantly is recording events in his mind, and that some day he - |will be able to recali| his early life to a surprising detail. This search into his mind has "| been so fascinating that Mr. Tark-. ington has been “reconstructing” the’ years ‘between 1l and 13 all winter, he said.
Interested in Saroyan
Though unahle to read now, he seemed interested in hearing of another writer, William Saroyan, |a young man, who also deals very much with his early childhood. Mr. ‘Saroyan already has published a book on his boyhood. Mr, Tarkington always has believed that if a writer can find out about the early childhood of a man, then he can know and understand the. man much better. . “Children know each othér much better than men do. | Their life is entirely open,” Mr. Tarkington declared. And when his observations of himself appear in print, Mr. Tarkington hopes the publishers won’t charge too much for the book, which probably will be put out in | volumes,
First Novels $1.10 *°
‘“Books—and theater tickets, too —cost entirely too much,” he said. | “Most people simply will find another way to entertain ‘themselves.” His first novels always were marked $1.50 and sold for $1.10, he said, and he thinks the public would appreciate such prices now. Mr. Tarkington's current serial lin the Saturday Evening Post has ‘been expanded and revised and ‘| soon will be issued as a novel. And Mr. Tarkington already has’ suggested to the publishers that they | make it ‘popular priced.” +l You may be interested to know, too, that Mr. Tarkington still smokes his special cigarets as usual —chain fashion. In fact, he’s still | very much the same Mr. Tarkington Indiana has known for, lo, these many years.
'G.O.P. Finds 2 ‘Black’ Counties
FOR NIGH ON to [two m onths now (ever since Nov. 5) a group of grim, determined Republican statisticians has been’ ‘burning the midnight oil; Today, as they prepared to turn over a mew ‘leaf, they heaved a sigh of relief, stepped wearily over a huge pile of pencil stubs and gave forth with their findings. These findings showed: 1. There’.wéte only two “black” counties in Indiaha [in the elecLb tion. Black counties) in this instance, are counties that failed to show an increase in the percentage of Republican voles cast over the previous Presidential election. 2. The Republican candidate for President (Wendell L. Willkie) received 50.7 per cent lof the total vote cast in the state for President compared to “49.3 per cent for fe Remocraiie nominee.” 3. 1932, the Republican Sonar (in the Presidential vote) was 44 per cent; in. 1936 it was 42.5 per cent. The report contains more of the same,
DEER HERD THRIFTY COLORADO SPRINGS, .Colo., Jan, 1 (U. P.)—A few deer make a nice tourist attraction for the Broadmoor Hotel but when the herd gets so large -it destroys the shrubbery and evergreens, it’s time for {somethifig to he done. The State Game and Fish Department has or|dered a survey.
It’s a better world we hope you enjoy in 1941 ~ We want you to know - how much we appreciate your patronage and hope youy New Year
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Tarkington "Goes Back
Booth Rarkington . « « « hopes they won’t price is boot too | J"
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the nen on resumed chy day about It is not, however, the introspection of an elderly man. more systematic, and is for a precise purpose.
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APPLAUDS FOR
Backs Arms Stand and Urges Senators, Congressmen to ‘Do the Same.”
The Indiana Committee [for National Defense sent telegrams to President Roosevelt yesterday supporting his defense stand and to all Indiana Senators and Con ressmen
demanding that they bac President fully. The telegram to the follows: vour developing program utmost resolution, Mr. Als
Majority in our’ “state are with you. Also that tinue to command suppor nation’s arms production are solved and as informatipn| is released in Whatever detail sound, strategy permits.” The telegrams to Senators and Congressmen: “We back the President completely and expect you to do the same.” All the telegrams were signed by Dean B. X. TFrippett, Prof, George V. Kendall, Df. Coen Pierson, Prof. Robert E. Barton Allen, John Kautz, Wendell Sherk, Dr. Frederick D. Kershner, Mrs. Felix Vonnegut and Kenneth L. Ogle. Another telegram, addressed to Senator Burton K. Wheeler by Donald Jameson, “kidded” the Senator on the peace suggestions| in his radio reply to the Presidentls defense broadcast. It read: “Think can possibly arrange acceptance your peace terms| by Poland, = Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland and France? Please secure 10-day option from Germany.”
ENGLAND PURCHASES 3 NEW FLYING BOATS
been only a topic of disc n for most people, will become “very real”
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THE INDIAN A
01 SPEEDUP IN HOOSIER DRAFT T0 TAKE 20,000
Month Will 3e Called Until Quota Is Filled! By EARL RICHERT The draft, which up fo how has
during the corti ing six m thousands of Hoosier families. Approximately 20,000 mien; between the ages of 21 aad 36 will be taken from all walks ot life by July 1 for a in Uncle Army. | | Some of these will be volunteers, but the great majority will, be men who ‘have beet ordered to leave
their “present occ upations for military training. * | 3500 a Month i
_|and close Feb. 3.
bearing arms.
program to get into Lieut. Col. Robinson Hitchcock,
said. the machinery of the
{was inducted ‘into the Army. Program Wins Praise
ice bill has operated so smoothly in Washington. | s bill bécame a law, Governor M.
appointment of Lieut, Col. cock and his staff.
personnel of the | state's draft boards, the 12 appedl boards, | the
| examiners for
ly 18,000 persgns,| most. of World ‘War vetérans, donated their services and 414,000 Hoosiers be- | tween the ages of 21 and 35 registered for military | service on Oct; | 16." So far, nojone in Indiana has
| registered consd@ientious phjections. |
All Cards Numbered The draft boards then
the cards of serial numbers. which determitied| the order to be called for military training. tion, income and [number
pendents. tion obtained in the questionnaire,
paton; Class II, deferred because of dependents, or| Class IV, deferred because of physical defects.
passed were pla¢ed in Class
tingent was selge ted. Salesian No. I
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 (U. P).— Pan American Airways has sold | three new trans- | oceanic flying boats that are now being completed at. ‘the Boeing Airplane Co. plant at Seattle. The Giant flying boats, $1,000,000 apiece, will be
would be used to maintain long communication lines placed in military service. the planes have a long flight range, they are too big and too slow to risk in combat with fighting planes. They were ordered originally for
"HEALTH CLUB NOTES BIRTHDAY TOMORROW
The Indianapolis Health Club will; hold an anniversary program tomorrow in Room 408, 38'2 N. Pennsylvania St. Miss Alice Anderson, club dent, will talk on the history organization; Dr. Paul H. the. purpose of the club; dred Linbald on the highl the 1940 program. and. Miss Templeton on future plans
presiof the
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(drawing, the fii
Appro imately 3600 a
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The draft program will get into || full swing this month when 3152 || Hoosiers are indicted into the Army || in the second draft contingent. The || .|induction periocl will opel Jan. 14
. From then on approximathly 3500 || Hoosiers will be inducted monthly | ‘(until the state’s quota of 21,087 is | The state is all set for the draft | full, swing, ||
head of the Selsctive Service stafl, fl
Draft boards and induct! fon sta- || tion officers became familiar with || Selective || Service program in November, when || the first state contingent of 395 men ||
The state drift program which || was set up last September diter the || President signed the Selective Serv- ||
as lo win praise from drafs officials || Wthin three {lays after th e draft
Clifford Townsend announced the Hitch- ||
Within the next two weeks the || 154 local ||
the advisory boards and the ‘medical || varigus local -| boards was announced. The organization of the registra- || tion machinery for the draft was|| /| left to county cleiks. Approximate- || them ||
shuffled || all registrants and|| numbered them from one on up—|| these numbers being known as|| A national lottery || was held in Wajhington on Oct. 29 || in (} which the various registrants, were ||
Men believed eligible for Class I|} were sent to thé medical examiners} for a physical checkup. Those that|| I-A and || from this group the first craft con-||
POLIS ies a
News From Vichy Not About War
VICHY, Frange, Jan. 1 (U, P.). —The French musical comedy
| star, Mistinguetie, and her troupe
were caught in a “heavy snowstorm in the Auvergne highlands and forced to walk several miles through deep drifts to safety, it was reported today. ‘ The troupe was en route by
automobile to Annecy when their
road was blocked. by drifts at
| Lioran Pass, akout 4000 feet alti-
tude. They walked through a mile-long tunngl and then three miles tQ.a village. The. director of the troupe was taken to a hospital at St. Jleur with frozen
NEWSPAPER WOMAN IS KILLED IN CRASH
AURORA, Ind, Jan. 1 (U. P.).— Rena Caldwell, Aurora newspaper woman, died ye¢sterday of injuries received -~ Christinas day when her automobile crashed into a telephone pole on U. S. 5) here. Miss Caldwell, who was 63, was Aurora's first ti affic fatality in 14 fnonths,
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CAA COURSE OPENED TO NEW APPLICANTS
Additional applications for the
second CAA civilian non-college pilot | : training course will be received from ; 9 to 4 p. m. Friday at the Indian-| apolis Chamber of Commerce. The| offices are on the second floor at 320 N. Meridian St. i Those who cannot appear at that: time may make appointments for interviews by calling the Chamber, I2-1551. to be eiigible, applicants must be U. S. citizens and legal residents of Indiana, must have reached their 19th birthday, but not their 26th on or before Feb. 1, 1941, and must not | : be enrolled in any institution of higher learning. Youths who wear glasses cannot be admitted, The course is being conducted by the Chamber of Commerce and Indianapolis Post 4, American Legion. The first ground school classes will be held next Monday at the War Memorial. They will be held at 5 and 7 p. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until 72 hours of prescribed work have been completed. Two Tech High School faculty members, E. V. Rutherford and Walter Reagan, will conduct the classes.
Singer Seized
Lucienne Boyer, popular Paris cabaret singer, was recently arrested, together with her hairdresser, on charges of evading food supply restrictions. The hairdresser was specically charged with smuggling food to theatrical folk in boxes labeled “shampoos.”
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|HOLT MAY GET NEW
U. S. SENATE SEAT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (U. P.).—
Senator Rush D. Holt (D. W. Va.),
defeated for renomination in his state’s prinfries this year, may fill the Senate seat of one of his op-
ponents during the next session, well informed sources say. That possibility results from the
current squabble in West Virginia °°
over who will appoint a successor to Senator Matthew M. Neely, Democrat who was elected Gove ernor in November. Senator Neely has not resigned his Senate position. Governor Homer Holt has said he would attempt to appoint someone in Senator Neely’s place as soon as the incoming Governor resigns from the Senate. Senator Neely has toid friends he would make his own appointment as soon as he takes the oath of office Jan. 13, and demand a Senate contest over which appointment is valid. Senator Neely, it is understood, must resign his Senate seat to the Governor of West Virginia, thus making impossible any lightning move of resigning one moment and taking the gubernatorial oath of office the next.
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defects. The draft boards sent more men to replace hose who were rejected. After taking the [Army oath, the draftees were sent to Jt, 'Thomas, Ky., where they received uniforms and vaccinations for‘ various diseases. From Ft, Thomas they were sent to various it ‘aining camps.
Boards stil Busy |
Most of the | Indiana boys inducted, many of them volunteers, have written léiters home stating that they liked the Army. Some of them became slightly ill} at Ft. Thomas a day ol so after their in: duction from “bad” bologna which was served to them for breakfast. Other than that) no untoward incidents have been reported. The sending of ¢uestiorngires and the classification of draft registrants is still keeping the draft boards working at top speed. Most boards already have classified at least one-
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did it during Sunday night's fire raid on the heart of London were told today. One of them: was pe a bar room helper named Stan, who died on Christmas Day, and the eight soldiers. The eight soldiers were | sipping beer in the pub where Stan had worked when the landlord | bustled up, red-faced, and said there was a fire bomb on the roof. They went up and tried to put it out [gut the old building was doomed and they turned instead to getting everybody out, including the landlord’s daughters. The elder daughter, Elsie, suddenly burst into tears when they reached the street. She had been engaged to Stan. “But . there’s him — Stan -— up there,” she cried, and they remembered that Stan lay in his coffin on the top floor, . - So the eight soldiers (they had known Stan, too) marched | up the stairway while the fire | spread through the building and somehow
they got the coffin down four flights of twisting Sa Lp.
umor and Fight Nazis Fired London
|" LONDON, Jan. 1 (U. P.) Stories of what people did and how they
hey carried | the col through flame-lit streets, [stumbling over fire hose and dglris, to a place of safety at the church, where a vicar in steel helmet [00k char ge. 88 ® There also was the s tory of the unknown soldier; that is, nobody knew where he game from’ of what his name was. “All I know,” said ons air raid warden, “is that he was! an old soldier. You could tell by his ribbons. He came into our district, which was hard hit. The firebombs came down in showers. “It was simply magnificent to see him darting here and there to put them out. I last saw him when a fireman was playing a hose on a 60-foot wall. The wall swap and toppled. The old | soldier the firemen were bath under ith 5 8 =» ;
Then there was the cockney woman who stood swearing amid | the wreckage of her home, “The coppers,” | she seid, “can’t run me in for calling Hitler and Goering names today, can they?” “Get it off youy chest, may a policeman told her, | ¢
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Harrison becausg of| various physical
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