Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1941 — Page 7
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 194]
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ALBUQUERQUE, April 19 —Some dull people write the most interesting letters. Some interesting people write shockingly dull letters. And very often interesting people don't write letters at all I've been sitting here in our new house—between
snatches of story-telling to That rN
Girl—going over a five-months ! we
accumulation of mail. Sad letters and gay letters The saddest news was that our Mr. Folger is dead. It happened last December, but I didn't know § it till yesterday, when I came 1 upon the letter from Pennsylvania Those of you who were reading this column clear back at the beginning may remember a couple of pieces about Mr. Folger. We called him merely “Mr. F.” then. I expected we loved him more than any friend we have made in these six years of traveling. He was 82 when he died. More than twice as old 8S We are, yet he was a companion without age. He had the slyest sense of humor I have ever known. He knew the human species was frail and vain, but he just laughed about it. He had passed far beyond cynicism into a wisdom of encompassing understanding.
A Real Globe Trotter
Walter Folger was once treasurer of the Goodrich Tire Co. He was wealthy. But one morning when he was 50 years old he suddenly decided on his way to work that he would quit. He had all the money he wanted, and was keeping jounger men from advancement So quit he annuities, kept From that
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did. fixed up all his family with all one for himself, and started out itil shortly before he died, he every country on earth any times. Java was his
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freighters. We freighter six years ago, going around igh the Panama Canal. We saw him off once {rom Oregon on a trip around the worid. On a table in our house little teakwood carving he sent us from Indo-China He loved Mark Twain, and was full of apt quotations to fit every occurrence. He read stantly. He bought second-hand books, and
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Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town’)
PROFILE OF THE WEEK: Lucy Hughes Murray, esident of the Indiana Congress of Parents and Peachers. who has been working night and day lately getting ready for the state convention of the P.-T. A € next Tuesday. Lucy Murray (she is the wife of James L. Murray, the attorney, and the proud mother ot two sons and a. daughter) is admittedly one of the most influential women in the state. Civic work has always been the motivating force in her life and for 10 months of every year she works like a Trojan for this and that group and loves it. But when summer comes, shes off for the family cottage at Pentwater, Mich. to rest and acquire a complexion the color of an Indian She is never happier than when she's dressed in her oldest clothes and sitting in a boat She knows how and when to catch the and a lot of male anglers look on her r with admiration and respect. (P. S—She even baits her own hooks.) Now in her forties, Mrs. Murray is athletic in ! rance. She is about 3 feet 8 inches tall, weighs around 130 pounds. Her dark hair is beginning to be sprinkled with gray. She wears it short and parted sn the side in an informal coiffure. Her face is 1. her forehead high, her brown eyes wide set. he has lovely teeth and an infectious smile. Her ‘hes are “interesting”—simple but individual. She frequently seen without a hat. Her hands and feet are small and attractive. As a matter of fact, <he wears a smaller shoe than her 13-year-old daugh-
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N bad rs 5 xt She Can Wield an Ax. SHE WAS BORN in Greenfield and Butler University. Her activities range from Dav Nursery and Y. W. C. A. to the Community Fund, the League of Women Voters and a half a dozen others : She can't sav no to any reasonable request for her
Washington
MEXICO CITY, April 19.—That earthquake they had here in Mexico City this week was, I suspect, just a reaction from the visit of an army of American movie stars on a goodwill mission. The stars turned the town upside down and the day after they left, Mexico City had the sharpest earthquake in some years.
attended the
By Ernie Pyle
gave them away to shipboard strangers. He knew the folly of excess accumulations. He traveled for 30 years with one suitcase, an overcoat and an umbrella. He wouldn't even burden himself with a family photograph. In his last few months he became helpless. We did not see him during that time, and I am glad, for [ think he would have railed at being seen in that condition. We cannot say we are sorry that he is dead, for it was time for him to go. Our only regret for him is that he could not have died and been buried at sea, which was his wish. And we are sorry, above all else, that everybody in the world couldn't have known him, and been soothed a little by his sly grin and the sparkie in his eye. .
Anntebelle, the Toiler
From our Anniebelle in Biloxi, Miss, where war and the preparations for war are challenging the gentle sleepiness of peaceful peoples, as they are everywhere. She says: “The whole atmosphere of Biloxi has changed. So many new people are here and such attractive people too. As a matter of fact there are too many nice people. “Many >f the natives have rented their homes. We succumbed to the extent of renting our stationwagon to an Army officer, and since then I have been walking. “I am the new president of the Biloxi Council of Garden Clubs. I don’t know what I am supposed to do.” But if I know my Anniebelle, she'll create so much
to do that before long all the members will be lying flat on their faces in their beautiful gardens, com-| pletely exhausted. | As to my habit of writing people on hotel station- | ery, good old Milton MacKaye, the magazine scribbler, writes from his Madison, Conn., farmhouse: “You will see above that I have my own stationery with my name on it, and don’t go around snitching great reams of paper from hotels as you do. “When I think of vou I think of the ‘Grand Palace’ of Grand Island, Neb. the ‘Washington’ of Strawberry Center, Towa, and the ‘Royal Continental’ Paris, France “I never know whether youre writing me or whether a room clerk is trying to get back a missing key. 1 suppegse vou save a good deal of money that way, however.” Yes. we do. And also we're always gone before an answer can get back. There's strategy in that, too. i
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services and as a result gets loaded up with enough work to swamp a dozen less energetic women, She is a capable lobbyist for the P.-T. A. and one of the best and most convincing women speakers in the city. Heo voice is pleasant and carries well and her speeches always indicate careful advance preparation. A distinguished record as head of the P.-T. A's legislative committee led to her election as president. For several vears she has headed the women’s division of the Community Fund, she has been chairman of the Women Voters’ Department cf Government and Education, she has served as president of the Kappa
Alpha Theta alumnae group, she was one of three members on the building committee for a new] Theta house, and she is a member of the board of} the Day Nursery. | Besides her love for fishing—incidentally, she’s| the only fisherman in the family—she enjoys most | other forms of outdoor life . She is a good swimmer. She still is a pretty fair tennis player. She used to] play a good game of golf when she had more time for practice. And when there's some wood to chopped for the tamily fireplace, Lucy Murray often | takes her turn along with the menfolly at wielding | the ax
A Detective Story Fan, Too
SHE IS FOND OF DOGS, particularly “Jerry,” the family police dog. Her favorite radio program is “Fibber McGee” She takes in the movies only occasionaily, but she reads quite a bit. She is par-| ticuiarly fond of a good detective story. After a meal, she iikes to sit down in her favorite] chair with her scissors handy. Pigeon holes and| drawers all over the house are stuffed with clippings of educational articles trom newspapers and maga-| zines. She has never let her civic interests get in the way
Typical example: She was scheduled to make aj radio talk at 6:30 p. m. just recently. At 6:25, she) was on the telephone in the studio, making sure that| the dinner arrangements at home were going according to schedule.
By Raymond Clapper
than we do | done and they try hard but they have neither the money nor the men to work with. Down here you need either money or a box office face. | The British have no diplomatic representation here, | having been thrown out when they tried to be overly tough about the oil expropriation but even so they |
(ing that the G. O. P. law setting
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Bugles Blare As Officials Open Annua! Home Show
T0 ADOPT TEXTS
Assume Actions Are Legal, Beamer Tells Malan; Cites Early Opinion.
In an opinion which administered a gentle verbal spanking, Attorney General George Beamer today advised Dr. Clement T. Malan, Superintendent of Public Instruction, to go ahead with the adoption of | elementary school textbooks on! May 1. Dr.
Malan, a Republican, had!
asked for an opinion as to whether| J
the present Schricker-appointed | Board of Education was legal on| May 1, and whether he had a legal] right to assume that “we have a| State Board of Education and to] proceed to do business and let con-| tracts.” Mr. Beamer pointed out that Dr. Malan was acquainted with an offi-
Bo a
cial opinion issued last March hold-
up a new Board in place of the present one was null and void and that the present Board was in existence until May 1 when the McNutt Reorganization Act repealer goes into effect.
Met Early This Month
The Board met early this month at Dr. Malan’s call and after a long session agreed to advertise for and receive bids on May 1, the first day the legality of the Board is in doubt.
It was reported that a. majority of the Board members wanted to
question of the Board's legality. But Dr. Malan, it was reported, w wanted to wait until the suit now
pending in Circuit Court here seek- ades, the show opened {ing to establish the present Board 6 p. m. yesterday
as the legal Board of Education was 0 passed upon. The May 1 date was 8 agreed upon as a compromise,
Chairman of Board Malan is
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book adoptions are decided by a majority vote. ia “We think it unfortunate,” Mr. ga Beamer said in his opinion, “that|o
the Board did not set a date for the p adoption of textbooks prior to May |
Indianapolis Home Show's
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1 2. Janet Ludy 3
By TIM TIPPETT ready of her family affairs and even when she's away from take bids and award contracts be- in the Manufacturer's Building at home. she direots the household bv remote control. fore May 1 when ther could be no the Fair Grounds for one of the
They were getting today
biggest reek -ends. Following its custom for two decat exactly with the blare f bugles, and as the Garden Clubs nd officials marched nto the
Home Show grounds, workmen ran
view as Bust
. Mrs. Harold J. Hayes, Garden Club head, is complimented by Mayor Sullivan, and Gretchen Graves paid more attention to Hilda, the goat, than the show. 3. Miss Dareyl Smith views prize winning roses with Master Paul Sonny Barkman.
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lin Workers Prepare for ‘Biggest Week-End'
ASK SCHOOL IN
CHARLESTOWN
State Defense Councils Hear Education Report; to Seek Federal Aid.
The Federal Government will be asked to allocate between $950,600 and $1,500,000 for a new school building in the defense boom town of Charlestown. Plans for the request were dise cussed and approved at the first joint meeting of the Indiana Ade ministrative and Advisory Defense Councils yesterday at the State Chamber of Commerce offices here, Dr. Wendell Wright of Indiana University and William E. Wilson, Clark County schools superintend= ent, were delegated to go to Wash ington Monday to confer with Fed= eral authorities. Dr. Clement T. Malan, superine tendent of public instruction, ree ported to the two defense groups that a recent survey of the school situation at Charlestown showed that the one school building there was designed for 300 pupils and now is occupied by more than 700,
To House 1000
He said that the survey®showed [that the influx of families into the [Charlestown was such that a new
[Star Home” and the “Homemakers |the commercial exhibits also drew building to house between 1000 and Home” Home” remained closed Outwardly “the 1941 Home” was already booked over $150 worth of
the picture of tranquility with the gold fish in their new found pond uh: swimming and Hilda » | and other exhibitors expected to|priation bill, now before Congress, the pet goat, placidly cropping grass However, behind closed | elecworked
in her pen. venetian
tricians frantically.
ut carrying their hammers, brooms |
nd saws behind them. During the evening 7500 persons
Our diplomats know what ought to be Board by virtue of his office. Text- made the Home Show rounds.
Home Show officials expect piece for a preview of 1941 living t the exposition, which will be pen from 11 a. m. until 10:30
m. daily through April 27.
in the living room when the show opened and a crew of men carried furniture and fixtures into the house suds and jumped for coins tossed |Schenck,
were opened, “The
leisurely
blinds, carpenters, and decorators
1941 throngs.
| One appliance salesman had
{orders before 9:30 p. m. |at
Present the last show, he said that he ‘pass last year's sales despite the difficulty in getting goods delivered | because of the national defense pro(gram. A round of exhibits revealed a |““come and see the living, swimming,
Wall paper was still being put up mermaid,” a bathtub exhibit which
all during the evening.
1 100,000 persons to trade 40 cents |
But the home will be ready for|tional booths intent
(included three (alternately dunked
who in
youngsters themselves
|by passersby and scores of educaon supplying
the crowds tonight, officials prom-|the public with the newest and the ised.
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Gardens Popular
{latest homes.
in building and furnishing
1200 pupils “must come from some source.” The Councils hope that funds for (the needed structure can be ob= | tained from a $300,000,000 appro=
which is intended to assist defense
| boom communities.
Clarence Jackson, state civil de= fense director, named a special committee at the meeting to study |Eee organizing ‘of local defense groups in the state The members are Mayor Vincent Youkey of Crown Point; Hassil E. Indiana Farm Bureau | president; Mrs. George W. Jaqua, | Winchester, and John A. Watkins, state commander of the American | Legion, Earl Wynn, agent in charge of [the FBI office here, told council
The gardens, completed well before show time by the Garden Clubs, were one of the most popular fea{tures and the crowd an repeated EAGLE SCOUT SESSION trips around the winding walks find- | : : |ately to the FBI headquarters here ing new blossoms each time. Three Indianapolis students at|and “not try to play detectives The formal rose garden on the Indiana University who are mem- | themselves.” grounds of “The 1941 Home” bers of the Alpha Phi Omega, na-| He said all reports
planned and created by the Brook- |i; : are fraternity |B1VEN prompt attention. side Garden Clb Was awaried a) ronal Scout honorary fraternity, Action on a request from Charles=
{members that Indiana citizens who [observe suspicious activities which (might hamper national defense [should report such cases immedi=«
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, in
3 LOCAL BOYS HEAD
have turned loose here a propaganda agent, Robert . Marett. They stocked him with cash and put im | 1, 35, we assumed bo Youle a Me one of his rare excursions beyond on his own. He has produced some startling changes | office and others con Cerne d that the the Mile Square, broadcast the n : r Avew in ed i licv i ‘tai i ws or a | y yy opening message over WIBC. the real earthquake. They drew in editorial policy in certain Mexican newspape 'adoption should be made prior to To ht a seh of a bi " i - 0h ; ; sens een a bigger crowd than Vice Presi German Agents Busy Ma tale avoid any question as to gratitude that we here in Indiana . < gality. can plan our lives and our sur-
dent Henry Wallace had on his goodwill trip here recently. Henry There are probably 75 to 150 German top agents| “Tt appears, however, that a dif- ; i fire was good with his Spanish and a " } Stas : i; p : ferent course has been taken ahd roundings with calm and optimism made a big hit but when he working in Mexico—mostly out in the provinces where the adoption set for May 1, 1941." (for the future,” he said. his mouth he wasn't as they are not subject to the frowning scrutiny of the| : NS | “We are far from the roar of 4 : ~ ! : x ny as Joe E. Brown. The Central Mexican Government here. They are active | the Reaper declined to rule POR | destructive guns and dive bombers. |first prize but all of the gardens 2'€ ii charge of arrangements for town authorities that $25.000 be Mexicans didn't mob him for put the American Embassy doesn’t have the men nor lis a long standing custom of the | Co.ess future opments exceed did credit to their clubs. [the ne ls Be oases) slice ed from State fonds for pay= s as they did Mickey . : i BB 9 our present stretches of imagina-| The Women’s Department Club \ engineering fees in cons ace 1s 3 beauty In ) | the v We pid gig ty Brg! EE Jar Ls gh hi tion, we always will be far from | placed second and the Blue Flow-|C3MPus May 3 and 4. nection with the enlargement of now. e are ) | n S pending re te the hideous scenes now being en- Harold Bennett, 130 N. Jefferson|the water and sewage systems was
Rooney. Mrs. Wallace is a beauty in her own right | a ut Norma Shearer really packed them in. ¢ ei inister , (er Garden Club received third prize. |, =." eBiS Lia tion: {EEL b o y DP and Foreign Minister Padilla are honestly working courts acted in Europe and Asia.” | Honorable mention went to the Irv.|AVes 1s in charge of registration; deferred by the Administrative
But the big earthquake was the visit of the screen stars. They drew a bigger street crowd than
would be
After seeing this goodwill movie demonstration, which was first suggested by Jimmy Roosevelt and taken over by the Will Hays organization in cooperation with Nelson Rockefeller's Government Committee on Cultural Relations, I am of the opinion that the way to lick the Nazi fifth column in Latin America is to send out an army of movie stars,
South American Tour Urged
In fact, Jock Whitney, movie representative of the Rockefeller committee, is considering sending an expedition of screen people into Buenos Aires and Rio to say it with smiles in those Nazi-infested areas. The value of this Hollywood expedition was that it reached the lower layers of the Mexican people. The Government tops are co-operating with the United States. But down below, the Nazis do better
My Day
WILKESBARRE, Pa. Friday.—I have been doing so many things the last few days, that I keep remembering happenings which I forgot to tell you. Last Wednesday afternoon, in Washington, there was a meeting of the workers in the rural electrification program from all over the country. I had the pleasure of being with them for a few minutes and I mention it here because, from the beginning, this program has seemed to me to be of such general importance to ours rural people, Every time electricity is taken to some remote spot, it brings new opportunity to the farmer to lighten his labors. It allows him to accomplish more and, therefore, increases his buying power. To the woman of the house it brings relief from back-breaking toil, a better standard in home life, more time to spend with the children, and less weariness at the end of the day. The men and women working in this program are fundamentally changing our life for the better. Then, I forgot to tell you I was presented bv Madame Espil, wife of the Ambassador from the Argentine, with a beautiful Argentine alligator skin bag, which I am now proudly carrying. {hese are on
with the United States—and I have heard enough to | convince me that they do not have their fingers] crossed in this. But the people are not all sold. There are strong German communities with considerable intermarriage. In one locality Rotary Club members were intimidated recently by Nazis. The leader of the student federation of the University of Mexico was offered 1500 pesos by a German businessman if he would issue a statement saving the students favored Germany. The student leader rejected the offer. But the Nazis did organize a small student demonstration against the Mexican Foreign Office's attitude of friendliness toward the United States. d Against these tactics, the United States has been | able to offer little except goodwill and now a flock! of movie stars.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
sale in many shops throughout the United States. Perhaps we will buy them instead of Argentine beef! Last, but not least, there is an interesting exhibit in the art section of WPA under Mr. Cahill. Around the walls, you may see the story of every type of work done by this division. You will be surprised to learn into how many things WPA art workers have delved. In Buffalo yesterday morning, I saw my first two airplane factories, greatly expanded since the effort for defense and aid to Britain began. Airplanes are rolling along the assembly line more rapidly than 1 had realized, but many things enter into their final competion and “take off.” One must be sure that engines, instruments, guns and ammunition are all produced with the same rapidity. This synchronizing does not as yet seem to be working perfectly. I was interested to see cld men, skilled workers of many years’ experience, working side by side with young people who, in many cases, held their first jobs. These factories are running schools to supplement the work already done by trade schools and NYA. They work three shifts and there has been a tremendous drop in both the WPA and relief rolls in Buffalo. The NYA quota there is a little higher than it was in October, 1940, but that does not mean that the boys have not been getting jobs, because the turnover last month was greater than ever before. It simply means that NYA always has a waiting list of boys and girls who need training. .
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‘Assume It's Legal’ | i “Since it is now too late to set a| new adoption date prior to May 1,” |
Work to Last Minute
ington Garden Club.
Landscaping around the big house Ten minutes before the white |was rewarded by “ohs” and
Mr. Beamer concluded, “we sug- satin ribbon was cut opening the continually during the evening. gest that you proceed on the as- show, workmen were still sweeping, | sumption that the action of the polishing and adding final touches |E. Luebking, Mrs. H. W. Rieman, W.|State have been invited to the meetL. Horn, Alex Tuschinsky, Kenneth Ing. Conference president is Philip Although the two small houses of |Randel, and Mrs. Clarence Greene. Robertson of Indianapolis, present
Board will be legal. tion is subsequently raised relative | to the legality of the adoption it can
If any ques- to the homes of 1941.
Garden judges were Mrs. Frank
“ahs
(Donald Snepp, 2423 E. 12th St., is {in charge of the banquet, and Rob{ert Harger, 5015 Graceland Ave. is [in charge of housing. Eagle Scouts from throughout the
be settled by litigation.” Books up for adoption are all.elementary geography, grammar, spelling, physiology, U. S. history and elementary home economics texts. They will be adopted for a five-year period. In another opinion to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Mr. Beamer held that the Board had the authority to make changes in its existing rules and regulations.
RECRUIT MEN HERE FOR NAVAL RESERVE
The U. S. Navy Recruiting Station | here is seeking men for the Naval Reserve, Lieut. Commander F. D.| McWorter, recruiting officer, announced today. Commander McWorter said that the recruiting is of an emergency | nature. Men will be enlisted as] apprentice seaman, for seaman, fireman ratings, yeoman, signal-| men, radiomen, machinists mates, aviation mechanics and electricians. . They will be sent to training sta- | tions for the regular recruit train-| ing period and if found qualified, will be sent to schools for special training. Enlistments will be accepted between ages of 17 and 36. However, if a man is under 21, he must obtain consent of guardians, The local Recruiting office is lo-| cated at Room 646 at the Federal Building.
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FRESHMAN TEACHES
AT MATH COUNCIL |
Indiana high school mathematics] teachers are set today to learn a few things from a freshman.
“Teacher” at the Indiana Council of Mathematics Teachers, meeting all day in the World War Memorial, will be Miss Barbara Sue Reidy, a Hartford City student. She will tell the schoolmasters how she and her fellow classmates are writing a mathematics textbook as they proceed with their studies. There are other speakers and subjects on the program, which will
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IN COURT MONDAY
The Lawyers’ Association of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Bar Association will hold a _ joint memorial meeting Monday in honor of Pauf F. Rhoadarmer, local attorney who was killed in a truck-auto ac[cident with his wife last Tuesday [near Clarksdale, Miss. Services for Mr. and Mrs. Rhoadarmer were held yesterday. The meeting will be held at 11 a. m. in the Criminal Courtroom at the Court House. Mr. Rhoadarmer (was a member of both law organizations and was a World War veteran, having served overseas with the Rainbow Division.
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(Defense Council. An effort is to {be made to get PWA funds for this { work.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1--On the Fahrenheit thermometer scale, 212 degrees is the boiling point of water; what is it on the Centigrade scale? 2—What plant is known as the poor man’s orchid? 3—Besides physiology and medicine, chemistry, physics and literature, in which other field is a Nobel prize awarded? 4—Supply the name of the Dionne quintuplet sister omitted from the following list: Yvonne, Ane nette, Cecile, Emelie. 5—Bismarck is the capital of North Dakota, South Dakota or Wyoms= ing? 6—Which war was terminated by the Treaty of Ghent? T—Who was known as “the Labrae dor Doctor”?
Answers
1—100 Degrees. 2—Schizanthus. 3—Peace. 4—Marie. 5—North Dakota. 6—War of 1812. T—The late Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfall.
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