Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1941 — Page 15

THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 194] SECOND SECTION

The Indianapolis Hoosier Vagabond ~~ vEmie be Installation to Clos

ALBUQUERQUE, April 24—One of England's un- Any why ants? And did they all act together, or did sung heroes. as far as I'm concerned, is the fellow each of the 20 hold up the train for one minute, and who writes the daily humorous column in Lord Beav- then retire? And why on earth did the train stop erbrook’s “Express.” for them? It is that appalling, oblique, non-sense type of Perhaps it is a misprint for aunts. Each aunt humor that can be concocted only armed with a threatening umbrella. Or, if it really out of pure genius. And to keep was ants, perhaps they wanted their eggs put in the it up in wartime is simply double- luggage van. genius. We shall never know. The column is signed “Beach- NEVER POACH AN ANTS EGGS

comber.” I never did get to meet : : 5 the man who writes it. But they What astounds me is that no scientists has dissay he is middle-aged, very quiet, covered that ants’ eggs are crammed with voluminin and one of Englands greatest and other nutritious stuff. When mixea with sahd authorities on early French his- they are a good substitute for lard. They can also he tory. Like many humorists, he is boiled and served in tiny egg-cups to remarkably first a schoiar. small people, who are asked not to tap too hard with The column was the bright spot their noisy little spoons. of my day this winter. I read :t (See also: With Prof. Caddle in Search of Ants; every moeming before breakfast. I the journal of a voyage up and down the Amazon.)

tore out quite a bunch and carried them home with SHORT CUTS TO METABOLISM me. The rest of this column is put together from LC them. I give you Beachcomber: (1) Living-rave table for adults:

OR NOT

“While inspecting the reservoirs of the Metropoli- 42 tan Water Board the other day, it occurred to me that 19 much might be done to combat the menace of rats 8 1 barns and cuthouses, if women postmen were al- 0 fowed to carry ferrets in their mailbags. It may 9 be observed that the ferrets would eat the letters. 16 That is all the more reason to let them out of the 1 bags.” |

Sad Fate of a Horse Fly

I had a horse-fly once To care for and cherish; How was I ever {o guess It would one day perish? It fell from the horse's ear All on a summer's day, And was crushed by the callous foot Of the man from the S. P.— (CHORUS)—Not the man irom the 8S. P.—?

((Note by E. Pyle: The following day Beachcomber had a correction in his column, saying that the third figure down in column two should have been nine, instead of eight, and that he hoped nobody was in-| convenienced by the error.) | i

SUNDAYS TREAT

__. The whole habitable world recognizes that the battle which will settle the high fate of mankind

i " = ” for the next 50,000 years is smouldering in apocryphal Yes, the man from the S. P.-C. A. stormlight. Out of this crepuscular devil's cauldron The

HOME CARPENTRY may at any moment overboil the hell's brew.

ki : ery nour is apocalyptic, the hazard epochal. We repeat (How to make a Marine Bojler ., —as we have repeated week by week—that this is the First curve the plates by passing them through .... guick and core of crisis, the engulfing oa]

A ers, Ines Se oa ange ang ae of destiny, brooking no pot of surcease. We are girt the bars on a ack-grinder before caulking the Joins, 15, To(°T Ye: | TIE PAnOR are 18 Presi a : pit the Bickel 1s mangle: Se the serews er Le MEE LF omen MPS. Wolf, Grand Matron; burr up the lagging sheets with a pneumatic hammer. wi gaps on A ier: After that last] Vey Leads Discussion on Gea Defeat ree ereat.

It will then be tea-time. p : Ano] . } st goes on to a different subject, leaving] Ant Lunds? J I Ee y Masonic Home. ANTS Or Aunts! ¢ | ; : nuts. But to be nuts like that takes a mind that A FEN 3 EL r : I & MELBOURNE, Australia, April 24 The installation of officers and SAN : ¥ ae ; FY tN HE (U. P).)—Acting Prime Minister

Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith (left) Elkhart, Worthy Advisor of Rainbow Girls, and Mrs. Edith Bowman, Logansport, a member of the 18th District, were busy delegates to the convention which opened Tuesday night, ‘

+ Frank Scott, Lafayette, and Mrs. Louise Wolf, Peru, will be installed today as Grand Patron and Grand Matron of the Indiana Grand Chapter, O. E. S. as its 67th annual | convention here draws to a close.

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UNITY 1S URGED ON AUSTRALIANS

Labor Party Asked to Join Government After

Liberty's manful reply forever unspoken. The man is) (NEWS ITEM: Twenty ants held up a Melbourne would grace the Prime Ministry or dignify the hall : | electric train for 20 minutes) of Cambridge. Carry on, Beachcomber. Youre a war| the announcement of committees] Yes, but I mean. Well, why? Why Melbourne? hero to me. for the vear today will conclude the! 67th annual convention of the In- » ® ® »» | diana Grand Chapter, OC. E. S. Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town”) sews iow vor ren: {and Frank Scott, Lafayette; were | | elected worthy grand matron and | THE SMOG PROBLEM has entered a new and this spring are not forthcoming—vet. Lieut. GOV.| worthy grand patron. They succeed | more serious phase—it’s interfering with national de- Charles Dawson who heads the Department of Com-| yrs Nellie Johnson, Perrvsville. | fence. We have this on the best authority and it works merce and Industry isn't so sure the cars are) .,4 Charles Hume. Logansport. | thus: needed. The Republicans, if they get compiete con-| Mrs. Wolf, who has been active There are some 45 student aviators at the Munic- trol, will decide that. . . . The “seeing-eye” door, in the O. E. S., is a retired deputy! ipal Airport whose aviation train- at Haag’s 22d and Meridian store went awry Ves- auditor of Miami County and a ing 1s being sponsored by the Civil terday. It would open by itself, but required 2 member of the Drama League and Aeronautics Board. They arise push to close it. . . . The Indianapolis Public Links| Women's Literary Club, of Peru. “Australia calls its manhood to with the birds and get to the air- Association is toying with the idea of having a She also is associated with the JES : p enlist in the fighting services,” he port as early as 5 a. m. They have novice golf tournament sometime this summer. The Miami County Federation of Clubs| “Fass > a : 2 % |said. “How much more urgent is to get in their instruction before tourney would be divided into two sections—one for|and the Eleventh District Federa-| a 5. so ; ¥ : the call to those who can by their 9 or 10 a. m. when they have to the duffers who started playing last year and the tion of Clubs. influence and ability do much to be at schoo] or work. i i other ol the EW; Shen hw SO en Held Many Posts Si secure the raising of equipment Now, the CAB regulations pro- their bets. Nery Ten Ourname The convention Courtesy Committee is composed of (left to right) Mrs. Alene Vey, Marion; Mrs. | for our armed forces. The path to

Arthur W. Fadden today urged the powerful Labor Party, which ope i > o : . ; poses participation in the war over | a a oP EE seas, to join a national Government,

saying, “no single party can win this war, if we don't all take a full share of responsibility we must go down.” Mr. Fadden issued his statement at Sydney in an attempt to stop the Laborites’ criticism of the Govern=ment’s war policy in the face of the German victory in Greece,

Menzies Replies

vide that the students must not may be brought back here next year. They would] She is a member of Naomi po uy Miers, Greensburg; Mrs, Mary Frances Price, Vincennes, and Mrs. Hazel Thompson Coats, Veed- | victory is clear.” take the air with the visibility like to get Kovacs, the No. 1 screwball, but he Shrine and White Shrine of Je-| ersburg, chairman. All are past grand matrons. Newspapers published a state less than three miles. But for some Is hard to get on the line. rusalem at Logansport SE ment from Prime Minister Robert time now. on about four davs a Mrs. Wolf's career in the O. E. S. | S » it 4 B bi Vi + G. Mepzigs, wha. is in London, in Indianapolis has cut the visibility { has included posts of worthy ma- NAZIS SINKING | piri oO om ng IC ms criticism for the British set-back down togtwo miles or less. The students travel out v v v r { in Greece and answered it by sayto the airport, sit around waiting for the smog to the rai ot Saouned cha ns a 1926; district deputy in 1927, grand| H / N e | Bi f H d/ ing, “Whatever criticism arose from lift and often have to return to town with nothing oo 00 "ell 5° civec the officers a on osing| oR in 1931, grand representative e Qzis Igges ur © our assistance to Greece, much but wasted time under their belts It happens appearance and D tiEuTsies them from nn lav n Indiana hy van ve | greater (criticism) would have been » ; : . : "| Chapter in 1934, and grand Esther| , 0 or encountered from throughout the And Elvan Tarkington. the CAB instructor. Cnforcement agencies. . . . The local bookies are ac-| in 1934, and associate worthy grand By HELEN RIRRPATRIOR great number of small homes had g ‘ , v bac . . : ) | on : ’ . Times and the Chicago Daily News, Inc.).| The Welsh seaport of Swansea|couraged the Greeks for months just fiv to 3000 feet some smoggy morning. The city yg oS Eo a vp En pI, ot I leant Of Che Beaverbrook Admits Many LONDON, April 24. — Nothing seemed to have por the cruelest| we had then said we were unable ooks lik 2 inkspot! 0 : § by os > uncan Electric Manufacturing Co., y | : di . ’ i \ , 0 JOOES Vike 9s . vear the Mothers’ Club of Park School prays for|of Lafayette, formerly was a teach- American Planes Sent [short of a personal visit to such Mow ne Se. hed or; phen} 10 aid them against Germany. A round the Town warm weather in mid-May so the flowers will be ou: er in Wabash County schools and is centers as Bristol, Cardiff and y modern. Lani hall white the Calls for ‘Closed Ranks’ : . : for their garden tour. This year they're hoping for | a graduate of Marion Normal Col- To Bottom. | Sawnsea—which were visited on the 1e modern hall, re ; THE NEW AUTOS several of the State de- cool weather so the premature blossoms won't be lege. He completed a Purdue Uni- : 18 [Mayor and the Oiy Council were| Mr. Menzies added that it was partments were supposed to blossom out with gone hy May 17 and 18. | versity electrical engineering course. Copyright, 1941. by The Indianapolis Times | Second day of our tour through nine meeting, thanks for the war relief| imperative to form ‘a completely he served overseas as captain of LONDON, April 24.—Supplies of| hv . + Jones in a simple, brief speech. crisis, and he called on all parties | Company A. 309th Bina 84th American airplanes to Great srt] ue German wind As he spoke of the valley of de-|to “close ranks and form a truly By Raymond ( dapper Division. I exactly what Hitler is up against instruction through which Britain is| national war administration.” He is a member of the American, Un are being steadily depleted by| trying to defeat the British. passing, the man next to me leaned| Despite Mr. Menzies’ appeal and WASHINGTON, April 24—The bad news from a gentlemen's agreement if nothing more formal— Chamber of Commerce. I CS rake Se ory, = a en] lost. his wie, oh Suldre and Big) & S: Fallen, presivens 2 “i " ronk — ' " i i i ; ; with- | " g R ¢ > a - SCH mother in e last raid. e Australian Labor Party, - Greece will not weaken the will of the American Cg) us ee nl Bude sory an Production. Lord Beaverbrook. Channel take it is impossible (0| Leaving the town hall we visited|clared that there was not likely to Government but will only strengthen it. The Balkan Wad ne £ . Slofs | ; : Achar “There has been, of course, a believe unless seen. 'a housing estate where the most be an emergency meeting of the ih ¥ Cb us of a final British defeat would be the danger of! Mr. Scott is at present master of ¢ sing es st| be 3 collapse was no surprise. From the day it began (canada. our neighbor to the north, also making peace the Tippecanoe Lodge, 492. He is

d ; ’ week, the smog drifting over from Ah, Mountie Hats! which he anticipated Labor Party THE STATE POLICE Department is considering tron of the Ruth Chapter, Peru, in every time there is ar east breeze says if you want to see the sort of place we live in, CcPUNg no bets made with ink. Somebody used|matron. JCopvright. Seu The Indianapolis been destroyed. | World Jr, having Shesrad and enA veteran of the first Warld War ana The Chicago Daily News, Inc. ‘of Britain’s worst-bombed cities— check were moved by Alderman) unified national front during this Washingt ’ Legion and the Greater Lafavette ‘It, heavy toll that U-boats are| If damage and destruction are gyep to say that the Alderman had/a clamor in the newspapers for Report on Home steady drain on cur shipments by; In each of these three towns, it attractive modern workers’ houses party's federal executive, which was officials of the Government realized that the odds and setting up a Vichy-type Government, a member of Lafayette Chapter 3. sea of aircraft from America, due was evident that the American lay crushed and battered. But the| taken to indicate that the party were against the Allies holding and That was the implication in President Roosevelt's R. A. M., Lafayette Council 681, © losses in convoy. We deplore relief money which had been pre-|gtreet was full of children, many would not join a National Governthey were even then already con- celebrated Kingston pledge of nearly three years ago R- A. S. M., Lafayette Commandery STeatly =the destruction of these sented to their mayors by Mertram of whom had their heads bandaged | ment and would proceed with its cerned about Suez and Egypt and when he declared that if Canada should ever be at- K. T., Bethany Shrine 8 and SPlendid aircraft so suitable for our|Cruger, London director of theiarms in splints and faces still plan to attack the Government's the west coast of Africa. tacked. the United States would not stand idly by. By Hope Chapter 5. O. E. S. purpose.’ Beaverbrook told the, 2merican-British War Relief So-/gcarred by cuts and bruises. | war policy at a special meeting of If the German victory in the that declaration, President Roosevelt brought Canada| 100ay’s session was called to House of Lords yesterday afternoon. ciety, would be most useful. Amer-| gwansea is the only British city| Parliament early in May. Balkans is any surprise to the under the protection of the Monroe Doctrine as| Order by Mrs. Abbie Hanson, right| This is the first official admission|ican food and clothing had al- so far to have received the full

American people, it is only because Greenland was brought under it only recently, We YOrthy grand trustee, and Albert "0 be obtained that American ma-|ready saved many lives. brunt of Nazi attack for three suc- AIRPORT EXECUTIVES the Administration has not effec- guarantee 0 protect Canada from attack. But py | Phillips, past worthy grand patron. terial aid to Britain is suffering Standing amid the ruins, the cessive nights. Its casualty list was

tively war . v A 4 " atitee \ A report on the Masonic home seriously from the U-boat warfare.! Mayor of Bristol and his wife | reiatively small. The Sheriff ex- ’ Hr armed ths CoUNTY oh (na! We ale mean, ac wih, Latin American contri og ie” iacusion of fhe Int: TL has, been Known here for come deserved. one-of the. worst rads buinea nar is vas parimiy dus COMING HERE IN 42 I say in which we are engaged same ends even though they came about not by for-| lution was conducted today by 'ime that with shipping losses as simply as if it had been a very to the fact that one part of the| The 1042 national convention of because the Administration has eign attack but by acquiescence in foreign domi-| lene C. Vey, junior past worthy reaching and sometimes exceeding bad storm. leity had to be evacuated the|the American Association of Airport made British victory, total victory. nation. ? : "grand matron and superintendent 100000 tons weekly, quantities ofl “We were in the closet under the frst night because of time bombs | Executives will be held in Indianits objective. Our ‘purpose is the | Elmer F. Gay, past grand master. badly needed war materials from stairs, at one moment,” said the when the Nazis returned the next| apolis next spring, I. J. (Nish) Diene same as if we were deep in the Our Defense Strengthened _Last night was devoted to the the United States have never Mayor's wife. "My husband was pjght and dumped hundreds of| hart, Municipal Airport superine fighting. It is only in the technical sense that we o, : ; | Nettie Ransford Memorial Fund reached their destination. just about to leave the house 0 tons of explosives into this part of tendent, said today. are at peace and in the sense that we have given Canada and Mexico, neighbors on either side, have Ball at the Murat Temple with the In a different category is the loss help the fire-fighters when the the city, there was no one there] Mr, Dienhart won the Associae Hitler no opportunity to hit at us directly. Governments which fortunately hold views coinciding grand march under the direction of important consignments for the bomb came, with a crash. We were to pe hit. | tion's 1942 meeting during the cone We have now the important union with Canada. with ours in this matter. Both recognize that their of worthy matrons and worthy pa- American Embassy in London. One| certain that it was our last mo- | As we drove up the Wye Valley, vention at St. Louis from which he It is a close union, going far beyond the joint mii- greatest asset in the last analysis is the industrial trons of the 11th District. (recent shipment which was tor- ment and we said goodby to each|jn the twilight, through scenes of | returned yesterday. tary defense preparations that were begun under the machine and the rapidly developing war strength of pedoed included $3000 worth of sta- other. It was wonderful when we peace which contrasted strangely| Approximately 500 airport officials Ogdensburg agreement of last summer. Now, through the conversations at Hyde Park between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King, the

the United States. Fi d Hi R . (tionery and office equipment, two discovered we were still alive with| ith the desolation and destruction| representing the nation’s larger inds His Rabbits two Governments are entering upon a close economic

war on the other side of the Atlantic. No matter what happens in the Mediterranean, Britain still is the

DE TOvey Mei ens HoH ATS Tah soieny army trucks for the use of the mili-| the house in bits all about us.” |ywe had left behind, we thought of | municipal and private air fields will tary attache’s office and 10 diplo-| In Cardiff, as in many cities, the the policeman who had escorted us attend. Mr. Dienhart was accome and industrial alliance. U. S.-Canadian Pact

matic pouches. | houses of the workers had suffered from Swansea. His wife had that| panied to St. Louis by Col. Roscoe In Poultry Store This brings the number of diplo-|the most and the famous Welsh | gay had ‘both. legs and one arm| Turner, who spoke. It is a union which pools, so to speak, the resources of the two countries under the principle that

each country should provide the other with the defence articles which it is best able to produce. and to produce quickly What transpired in the Hyde Park conference is not fully known. But it would not be surprising if

defense of these shores, Its effort still is to keep tor |

outpost for us. It still is the barrier to menacing threats against the Western Hemisphere. On the shoulders of American industry, now to work closely with Canadian industry in exchange of | raw materials and special parts, rests the main brunt | of the task of holding that outpost across the Atlantic. To let it go is to fall back to our own waters, | perhaps to our own coastline and to sentence the American people to live thereafter under the constant! danger of attack and under the constant necessity of being prepared against surprise.

W. C. FLORY, who lives at 2827 Moore Ave, owns two rabbits, a black one valued at 30 cents and a white one valued at 80 cents. Last Saturday they were missing from their pen in the back vard. Mr. Flory searched the neighborhood but failed to find either. Yesterday, however, while walk-

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‘matic pouches lost at sea up to 65.) fighting spirit was well aroused. A|amputated.

“Tell our American friends we'll win this war if we have to fight to the last man,” he said.

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POST WAR HANDICAPS

Times Special

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Gold is weighed by the troy, or avoirdupois system? 2—Name the’ Roman goddess of wisdom.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. April 24.—|3—Is Jacqueline Cochran a noted

| “Prepare for a worst and then work| painter, musician or aviatrix? | hard to see that it does not hap-|4—In which state is the Aroostook

| pen,” Dr. Harold Stonier, executive River?

ing on E. Washington St. Mr. Flory saw the rabbits in a poultry store cage. Police were summoned,

By Eleanor Roosevelt an argument wore itself out and

between the two Governments is an understanding— finally it was determined that Mr. ‘manager of the American Bankers 5—Who wrote the “Rape of the

Flory was to have his rabbits back | ¢ : Lock”? : | Association, told Indiana University : LAS VEGAS, N. M, Wednesday—We are on the last month, but I was extremely sorry to note in the 2nd police are now Conte » 9 § |! students yesterday. ¥|6—Why can't a man marry his train en route todos Angeles. We awoke this morn. papers, that a shipload of Red Cross supplies bound Shareh i Cor / "|| Speaking at'a university convo-| Widow's sister ing to find ourselves some 7000 feet up in the moun. Of Greece had come to grief on its voyage. Somehow. 50 paws ‘cation, Dr. Stonier said “If you|!— Was Oliver P. Morton or Levi P,

. store. Os § ! > I where tte state of Colorade and the state of one feels-that no Red Cross supplies should be war ag } & | graduate into a world at peace, Barton 2 ye President of the : vayualties. URGE U. S. EMERGENCY iN | you will find a world in the process

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New Mexico join. A driving rainstorm, at time turn- I read. too, a little pamphlet issued by the Ameri- | | 8—Name the president of the C : eh : ’ : | : | of adjustment after a great war. . ing into snow, has been With us can Association for Adult Education, called “Women| NEW YORK, April 2¢ (U. P). — FM of men will TE + LO? snows lie on the ground. Now we groups and seems to me excellent. lat war now” with Adolf Hitler, the are looking at miles of prairie There is a new quarterly magazine called “The Fight for Freedom Committee urged I rvs ie. tomes va passed many, many cattle and should be on everybody's table. It is a magazine, & state of national emergency and een . » sheep, none of them looking too which hopes to make us all conservation conscious. |the use of American naval and air | world in which to find a job. 3-=Malne der Pope The houses are so far apart in Fire” It is a collection of articles written by John|In telegrams to all members of this part of our country, one can- Cowles, president of the Minneapolis Star Journal Congress, it also advocated the LICENSE IS NEEDED T—Levi P. Morton, 8 SiiflgFent Suni to live and to this way, they make impressive reading. One of them With the “aggressor nations.” 8 | | ss = 8 e happy where so much of the in particular interested me. It is called “What Will — 1 13 SURVIVORS LAND COLUMBUS, O., April 24 (U. P). ASK THE TIMES . It must be hard sometimes, are worth much thought on our part: | HAVANA, Cuba, April 24 (U. P). jewelry and wearing apparel store, and yet I think it must give one a sense of self-re- “English trades unions and Labor Party leaders, —Thirteen survivors of the Finnish discovered today a merchant has|/ ply when addressing any question outdoors puts iron into their souls. government, have as one of their basic aims the re- German bombers while en route to business” with a sale. The Indianapolis Times WashI read the American Red Cross report yesterday on establishment of strong. free trades unions in Ger- Philadelphia, were landed here to-| He was given a $50 suspended| ington Service Bureau, 1013 13th that the help made available by and through the Red “To attain this end, they say Britain must help holm. The survivors included seven | mit for his “going out of business”| Legal and medical advice cannot Cross up to March 1, totaled in value $22981942. I build a sound and thriving national economy in post-| Finnish diplomats en route to the “I can’t help It if you are having maneuvers today—my horoscope sale as required by a new aly prate be given nor can extended re-

all day and in places really deep in Defense.” It is designed for use by discussion Declaring that the United States “is | to peace-time jobs which they left powdered with snow and have » ; “Fri » whi y i i eclaration of Land,” published by “Friends of the Land,” which today an immediate d (work. It will not be an easy|3—Axiatrix, happy at this last burst of winter. Finally, I read a pamphlet called “Britain Under| forces to control the North Atlantic. S—Because he is dead a \ not help but think that it requires I have read some before, but gathered together in|Severance of diplomatic relations T0 “QUIT BUSINESS’ | 8—Fhilip Murray. time must be spent alone. the Peace Terms Be?” I think these two paragraphs! ~—Marvin Kauffman, proprietor of a Inclose a 3-cent stamp for reliance. Perhaps the nearness to the soil and the great who are co-operating completely with the Churchill steamer Carolina Thorner, sunk by| to obtain a $10 city license to “quit! of fact or information to war relief, and I think we can be proud of the record many as a bulwark against future militarism. day by the Swedish steamer Tuna- COPR. 1941 BY NEA SERVICE INC. TM. REG U. § PAY. OFF. 824 1 fine for failure to obtain a city per-| St, N. W. Washington, D. ©. was glad to note that relief to Finland had increased war Germany.” Finnish legation in Wi me to stay in bed!” - _ hance, seaich be undertaken. »