Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1941 — Page 11
Hoosier,
“TOLEDO, O. Sept. 3.1 divided into two parts. In one they make the beautiful -and “xpensive “Modern American” line of fine table glass. In the ‘other, everything is done by machirie, and they turn out glasses as-though they were pouring grains of sand. The machines are monstrous, many-headed affairs.” And yet, after it’s all over, you see that the machine works exactly as the hand-blower does, in principle. ~. ¥1 try to tell you about these machines. First;- we have a big brick furnace, all filled with molten glass—glass kept at the constant, hideousg temperature: of . 2600 degrees. : The huge glass-blowing machine sits right outside this fur-
e Libby glass factory is
_nace. It is taller than a man’s head, It is, in a way,
like a merry-go-round. . {On.top of the machine is an arm which moves" * forward and backward, forward and backward. When ‘it moves forward it goes through a small door into the furnace. cup. When this touches the surface of the molten > Jake inside, the machine sucks in a little air, and a small ‘gob of molten glass sticks to the cup. Then .it moves back out. Now the air pressure’ is reversed. Air is forced ‘out, causing the gob of molten glass to drop "off. But, so marvelous is the precision of this machine, there is always a new suction cup on the end of an upright arm at exactly the right place, and the gob of glass drops onto this new cup and sticks there.
Gosh, These Machines Are Smart!
The machine has dozens of these upright arms, .
extending clear around it. They go constantly around and around, not very fast. When the arm has proceeded on its journey with its new gob of glass, the arm swings slowly downward, so that a couple of . seconds later it has completely reversed itself, and & gob of glass is, hanging from it, rather than .on top of it. Gravity now causes the glass to droop and extend ftselt, for it is still molten, you know. It sags until it is’ about six; ‘inches long, and Jost at that second something eise happens.
Vagabond
On the end of the arm is a suction -
Right beneath each hanging arm there travels-a metal mold, split in half as though it were a pair of jaws. Now suddenly this metal form opens its jaws, the drooping glass is. léwered into it and the jaws close again. You can’t see what happens next. But actually another puff of air goes down through the arm and into the molten glass. This Is exactly the same as a
glass-blower blowing with his mouth. The air ex-} ‘tends the glass until the walls are thin, and the glass} -
fits skin-tight within the mens walls of this hollow] mold.
And then, Anree-quarters. of the way around the >
By Ernie Pyle|
machine, the mold / automatically opens its jaws}. a i again, and a device removes the brand new glass from}
the form. Then the arm slowly sw
furnace. Go Break Your Own, Ernest!
When the glasses ‘leave this machine; ‘they look :
like glasses, all right, except that about two inches of misshapen glass protrudes around the top. This has to come off. So a moving belt takes them to another machine a_few feet away. where this surplus material is liters
-ally burned off by a ring of flame from little gas jets.
This burn-off process also puts a ridge clear around the rim of the glass. They say this whole thing was discovered by accident. adds to the looks of the glass and makes the rim cisip-proof. This is what Libby calls its “Safedge”.
SS. ‘The thing 1 enjoyed most about the whole day was watching the girls take the glasses off the end of the belt. They. lift each glass and hold it before a light. If there are any imperfections, they set. it aside. They really don’t find very many. But they save the bad ones till they have a bench full, and then they shove them all down a chute into: a wooden box beneath the bench. The glass break with a loud and merry crashing. It gives you a feeling of complete abandon to see new and pretty glasses just tossed cynically away and broken. I wanted to get an armful of brand new tumblers and hurl them in all’ directions, and listen to the tinkle, tinkle of destruction. But nobody offered to let me do it. Suppose I'll just: ‘have to go home and break my own glasses. ; :
Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town”)
OUR ZOOLOGICAL: SOCIETY, (Insidé Indian---apolis, curator) learns with envy that Master Sergt. Frank M. Newland, 1952 E. Park Ave. has quite a . respectable zoo, unlike eur etherwise fair City which Chas, hone, yet. . From a press release of the 139th Field Artillery HQ, at Sugartown, La. where Sergt. Newland is participating in the ‘maneuvers, we find that Army service is providing him a “rare” "opportunity to add to his already large collection of snakes.” “Snakes,” Sergt. Newland is quoted as saying, “make splendid pets and are not cold or slimy, as people often think, but are the - cleanest of animals in their personal habits.” Sergt. Newland spikes several “popular fallacies” regarding snakes. “For instance, he says, snakes cut in half do not -grow back together; there are no hoop snakes which “take their tails in their mouths and roll down ‘hills, and snakes WILL cross a rope. Snakes do not eoil before striking and ‘cannot strike. more than two-thirds their. length. ~~ And, last but not least, whisky drinking is not an effective snake remedy. ® The opposite, says Sergt. Newland, is true... Ms
‘Those Schricker Hats
~ GOVERNOR SCHRICKER has ,decided he has about enough of those famous ‘white hats of his to last him “quite some time.” i "You see, he had two, and then a souvenir hunter
stole oné at Muncie. Last Saturday was his birthday and his office force gave him another. Monday night the Governor was one -of those interviewed on the Vox Pop national- broadcast at
omen’s Work
: LONDON, Sept. 3.—When I left the. United States civilian defense De irities there seemed to be tending toward imitation of those in England. Competent persons to whom I have talked here think it would be a mistake for American women to copy foo Closely the British pattern. Civilian defense work here is pointed directly at air, raids. This means fire fighting, ev 'acuation of ‘women and children, blackout , work, and dozens of other duties growing out of the fact that the cities of England are always in ginger of being hammered from the In Ee United States the danger . of air raids is as yet remote. It is hardly worth while at this stage to spend a great amount of energy in practicing blackout driving. There is no need for American women to form fire brigade auxiliaries and to be constantly on call for instant duty, as women fire-fighters are here.
In English communities women volunteers are !
trained under Lady Reading, head of the Women's Voluntary Services, to become neighborhood captains. Each has about 50 dwellings for which she is responsible. She knows her 50 hemes as a Tammany captain knows his block—how: many people live "in each house, what rooms they sleep in, whether there ° are invalids: in: a ‘house 'who might have to be carried to safely in the event of a raid, and all the other information necessary if a locality is under aftack. 2 =n os : THE PROBLEMS are different in the United States. The situation there is not-likely to call on women for the type of heroism required here. : ~ Young Engli omen who have never done any sort of work ore are now on nightly duty at - fire stations. telephone controls through which fire-fighting appaTatus is directed. They go out and help pull victims from the: wreckage.- They drive mobile: units throtigh
3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday —We arrived in Washington this morning tp find it fairly. cool, and my daughter-in-law, Ruth, and I are both delighted. How one can become when the state of the weather really makes any difference in one’s morning outlook. ‘As a matter of fact, both of us were thinking far more about the ‘things we had to do, and how much easier it is to do them when the thermometer dees not register 95 degrees in the shade, with corresponding humidity! had an appointment this morning with Dr. Valiera Parker, who then went to see Administrator McNutt.. I also spoke with Dean Russell to discuss his meeting,: which: is to be held here tomorrow. on the subject of citizenship training for aliens. is will be attended by the state directors of cation and many others. 4 am shocked to find through some ef the clippings ch. have come to me, that my answer.to a press ference question last week, as to whether I was ed with the volunteer participation in civilian , seems to have caused a complete ‘misunder-
nding of my attitude, 1 answered truthfully, that not satisfied with the le Siviliah 4 defense participa-
as it was Sppar..
“He spent it in a ‘dentist’s chair. . theater marquee: Yotith Will Be Served—Too Many
them as the robbers. .in here,” the Sheriff ordered.
na raid begins they operate the’
.the Fair Ground, and they gave him another white
hat as a souvenir. Well, commercial announcement. As the announcer began singing - the praises of the sponsor’s product, the Governor began trying om\his hat. That seemed to amuse the crowd, which let out a huge roar of laughter. You should have seen the production manager hushing them It sounded like the deuce for the studio’ audience to be laughing while fhe announcer praised the sponsor’s product.
Who's Identifying Who
THE BACK TO SCHOOL trek pleases the auto insurance compdnies, even if it does displease the kids. Insurance records, we hear, show the companies take a beating during the summer vacation. Some of the irrepressibles, out of school and with nothing else to do, kill time by swiping cars either for overnight joyrides, or for long trips. The pickup in thefts starts about the time school lets out in the spring and eases off the week before school starts again, -. . . John Longsdorf, the Power & Light
Company's advertising director, just got back from|
a week’s vacation that was, to say the least, unusual. . « Seen on a
Girls. Seen on another: Glamour. 10 Cents.
Those greeting: ~card’~manufacturers don’t let any| °
grass grow under feet. Among the latest, we| see, are cards” for -the soldier friend bearing the greeting: “Yoo Hoo, Soldier”. Sheriff Feeney’s deputies nabbed the bandits within a short time and- obtained signed confessions. When the victim ‘was given ‘a peek at the prisoners, he was so rattled: that he was unable to identify “Bring one of the bandits “Do you know this man?” he asked the prispner. “Sure,” he replied, “that’s the man we tqbbeéd.” a
By Raymond Clapper
debris-filled streets to get first aid in quickly to bombed areas. "All this work goes on out in(the open while a blitz is in progress. American women who are familiar with, the problem here believe that civilian defense activity in the United States can profit greatly from the experience of British women in methods of organization, but that the nature of the activities undertaken should be modified to meet American needs.
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ONE THING SHARPLY noticeable by a visitor is that class lines have been obliterated, except in the sense that ladies of leisure who go into this work here must show that they have the stuff before working-class wives wili accept them around the fire stations. ‘A naval officer’s wife will work alongside, or possibly as a subordinate to, the wife of a machinist.
Among Lady Reading’s 12 regional directors, covering
the British Isles, there is one woman who formerly was a guide. Another, was a trap drummer. One is a society woman, another the wife of a lawyer, and still another an artist. » J 2
. OUT OF A NUMBER of conversations with various women, both British and American, the chief sug‘gestions I have gathered are that women in‘ the United States might well give considerable attention to -first-aid training, to communal feeding and fo automobile transport. ‘The thought is that civilian defense training in America can be adapted to work which would have peaceful as well as war-time value. First-aid : training is of the greatest importance to: a blitzed community, but it is also important ir every peace-time community. Communal feeding has become an urgent necessity in England, both in the blitzed communities and in industrial neighborhoods where heavy workers need an extra hot midday meal. Such training in the United States at present would have the same ultimate usefulness in .an emergency, but it also would be immediately serviceable in connection with the" difficult housing and feeding conditions around our huge Army posts and musihyoom ‘industrial centers. :
By Elarior Roosevelt|
am sure he is not satisfied either! How could any of us be content whsn the organi-
zation is just beginning and will never be complete until every man, woman and child.in every community throughout the nation, feels that in one way
or another, they are contributing to national deferise? Secondly, I find that certain groups of women} think that I do not believe in the participation of women in national defense. I can hardly understand how this misconception took place, because I have wanted women to take their place in national defense long before the Government machinery was set up. I felt strongly that, while it was well to take up any training available, it was better not to set up programs which could not. later be Sasily |incoritaial with whatever arrangements were made through Go ernment channels. I believe that there is work To be done by every man, woman and child in the country. Some of us can take training®which will make us ysetg) in ways that are closely related to military wor : This is a very importan} part of national defense, for it is this life in our own. communities which makes national defense worth while. If it is a good life and meets our needs, and we know our neighbors are co-operating to achieve better conditions, ‘then any sacrifices we niake to preserve what we have and
to ditain’ what we h for, are cheerfully made, andj ope or we recognize a “citizens
are. yuri of the Gly which in a free d
This ridge both |-
that white hat darned near ruined the]
. In a recent holdup,{
-again into an} upright position, ready for its next gob from the :
ND SECTION
A LIDDLE BRODECTION, a
LU. S. Firms Foge Gangster Tactics’
In Attempts to Trade With Nazis
. This is the ainth of 12 installments taken from Douglas’ ‘Miller's You CAN'T DO BUSINESS WITH HIT! HITLER.
By DOUGLAS AS MILLER
THERE IS NO doubt that, if’ Germaty wins the war,
she will attempt more or: less to standardize industry for all Europe and can hold out to individual firms the hope that their desigh might become the standard one for an entire continent or even for a Nazified world. Hitler can use prospects such as these as bait to tempt foreign busineéssmen to co-operate with him. = Probably more important than such promises and inducements, though, are the threats that the Nazis can use
and the control which they now exercise over the property
of unfortunate firms in their territory. Before the war started, most of our smaller American companies had fled. from Germany, abandoning such, property as they had, but larger firms with more extensive investments were hanging on desperately and sending in good money after bad, because they could “hardly afford to give up their large holdings.
"Now the property of these firms and many other firms In.
surrounding European countries is affected. Supposing Great Britain falls and other parts of the British Empire; this would increase the pressure which the ‘Nazis could put upon American firms with property in such areas.
Look down the list of our large ° industrial .firms as quoted on the
New York Stock Exchange. You will find ‘almost every one’ has
‘property abroad, if not in plant,
then in. distribution organization,™ patents, or stocks of goods. All, this property is in danger of being used by Hitler as a hostage Tor the good behavior of the parent companies in -the United States. : i 2”. .8
Pile Up Pressure
SOME PEOPLE express the fear that the Nazis may confiscate such American properties. This seems unlikely. trick 10 times as effective. They will allow the American holders to maintain their title to
- property in lands under Nazi con-
trol, but will subject them to threats of punishment and confiscation on the one side, and promises and inducements for good behavior on the other. i
In this way, Hitler can be as-~
sured of plenty of points to apply pressure right inside the United States. Of course, if he puts on the pressure too strongly, he will de feat his’ panies are- patriotic. They would not betray the interests of the
United States ‘under pressure, if the issue were clearly presented to |
them in that light—but it would not be. They would be asked to make |
only small concessions of policy to
at the beginning for adjust their personnel and ade vertising policies to bring them: more in line with German wishes.
One concession, if made, would |
inevitably lead to another. The great trouble in dealing’ with the Nazis is the fact that we | never know their last word. No matter how ntuch you have Syren to today, fey. will demand ne OI ye experience
Vichy government is an excellent. illustration of this point.
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No Private Trade .
IN OCTOBER, 1931, nearly one
and a half years before the Nazis came to power, expressed
They know ‘a °
Accordingly, I had lunch with him and talked until 5 o'clock in
‘the afternoon. At that time, he -gave me a warning to American
business firms that they had better leave Germany. He explained that the National Socialist Party regarded the economic life of the country as a
living ' organism, and that the
presence of ‘foreign firms inside their ‘territory was: like that of destructive bacteria in the human body—they set up an inflammatien or irritation; and he said that, in due time, such firms
“would be forced to closé their
business ahd return home. In a friendly spirit, . he asked me to warn them so that they
/ might ‘leave before geting into
actual ‘trouble. Some years later, Funk,
Walther
nomics, stated officially that in world trade after the war no pri-
vate international .trade would be .
permitted, that all trade must be
’ between governments, as private
then President of the ' - Reichsbank and Minister of Eco-
transactions only lead to inter‘national anarchy.
‘n # ”
. Buying ‘Protection’
’
National Socialist Germany by .relating the experience of . an ‘ American firm making soft drinks. This firm, surprisingly enough, had. a satisfactory business in
Germany, the land of beer, for a
number of years. : After Hitler came into power, the company began to run into difficulties. German doctors gertified that their product was in-
.. jurious to health. The police re-
ported that some of their buildings must be torn down, because
‘they did not measure up Wo the
building code. After several experiences of ‘this kind, the company approached me and said, “We understand that there is 'a way of arranging matters with the National Socialist Party Headquarters to keep foreign firms out of trouble. Perhaps you could help make an arrangement for us.” - I passed this word on ‘to the Party Headquarters, and a few days later, a young man a little under 30 years, dressed in the
+ party uniform, came into’ my of-
fice. He explained that he was the Propaganda Leader in the Province of Saxony and nothing would please him better than to assist the American company in their difficulty.
“In fact?” said he, “I am al-,
ready helping 17 other companies and would be glad to assist an
18th, particularly since it .is: an
American concern.”
“Just how is that arranged?” ‘said I. |
“The company -should, first of all appoint me as a member of their Board of Directors in Ger-
‘many.’
“Just | how much would nis cost?” | “Eight. hundred dollars a
“month.”
I began to see why this young
LET ME ILLUSTRATE the dif. . ficulties of doing business with
w Ve
~ \
SIME c——
“There is a way of arranging Party to keep foreign firms out of
tters with the National Socialis} rouble.” :
Nazi enjoyed ‘helping foreign firms and wondered whether he was doing equally well with the other 17. The company agreed to this proposal, and their troubles miraculously stopped for a while.
2 8 2
The Price Is Raised
BUT THIS TYPE of agrange-
ment, while working well for short periods, is not satisfactory in the long run. It is an old experience that blackmailers always raise their price. So, after about two years, another Nazi official, superior to the friendly young man just described, and who apparently had ‘not received a proper cut of the
$800 a month, made a new ruling’
—namely, that the product was Jewish and would pollute any pure Aryans that might happen to drink it. The company came to mé a second time. I suggested that we consult Dr. Robert Ley, head of
the. German ‘Labor Front. Dr Ley made the suggestion that a Nazi delegation visit the nite States,” at the firm's expense, in order to investigate whether the
product was, in fact, Jewish. This,
was done, and an official report was duly prepared which certified " that it could be enjoyed by the purest Aryans without racial contamination. _ Unfortunately, ‘we had made the mistake of going right over the head of the official who had made the ruling in the first place. He was offended, and shortly came out ‘with another ruling which stated that the beverage was not Jewish, but because it was foreign could not be consumed by any good. Nazis.
# o s
Many Difficulties
THE COMPANY came back to ‘me a third time. I thought this matter over for a long time and
. finally gave ‘them advice which
"usually has to be given fo any foreign firm. that works long enough. in totalitarian territory. I explained that there were several possible . courses of action which a
firm in their situation could take: 1. They could approach the official in questian and find out how much it would cost to have ‘him change his ruling. It might.
purpose. American com- .
ine dai to alk ovr policies - with
HOLD EVERYTHING
amount to their profits for several years; but it would be worth finding out, at any rate. 2. They could close their German business and go back to the United States. That was the course which I thought best under. the eircumstances. ~ "3. A Nazi firm in similar circumstance might consider having the official assassinated. -Such are the usual alternatives ‘which present themselves to businessmen who: iy to operate m a totalitarian state
TOMORROW: W:—“THREAT TO AMERICAN SYSTEM.”
Be Bad by Little, aroun and
POLIO POSTPONES “ CHURCH ASSEMBLY
Yi Sept. 3. (U. B).~ yom dssembly of the
Church of God, scheduled to be indefl-
‘health authorities in several Southy an States
‘They feared, he said, that|
the postpone-
ir of about 150,000 would - aggravate th
ENGLISH GUARD WOMEN S JOBS
Seek Same Guarantee as For Men in War Work; | Wages Equalized.
By HELEN KIRKPATRICK -
Co yr ih isd by The Indianapolis Times ah Chicago Daily News, Inc. LON
, Sept. 3.—The Trades Union Congress. meeting in Edine burgh -has* decided to ask the Gove: ernment to guarantee that women
given back theit jobs after the war, It is likely that the Congress also will endorse the views of the men that women doing similar jobs: should be paid equal wages.
Early in the war the Government
ordered that men called up for
armed forces should be promised they would be taken back.by their former employers after the war. ed for factory work or fof womens services as much as men are dra 5 for the Army, Navy and Air Force, the Congress feels that women should not be forced to give up their jobs now without the guarane tee that they will get them back. It is eStimated that more than 500,000 women will be called up within the next 12 months. Already many women are working : in munitions and. aircraft factories, One: trade unionist’ cited the exe ample of the woman working next to him in an aircraft factory doing the same job he does. Whereas he is paid three pounds sixpence weeke ly she only gets one pound, 18 shill«’ ings. - In the. past. it has been women who have campaigned for equal wages but now. men have initiated [the demand here and, therefore, it more likely to receive serious consideration. A proposal that the trades unions be reorganized along industrial ine stead of craft lines has been ree jected. The advisory committee may examine the merits of induse trial organization but it is the gene eral feeling of the Congress that the unions alone have the right to de {cide whether they are to: maintain their present organization, which is similar to the American Federation f Dabor unions, or whether they will change to the industrial type like the”American C. I. O. ; Lahor leaders here are determined on- one thing at least—that there should not be the same split among British trades unions as there has been among American unions.
“TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1Spbnges belong to the mineral; vegetable, or animal kingdom? 2—Which cities in Minnesota are called “Twin Cities”? s 3—Name the first Vice President of the United States. : 4—With what food industry is the Damme Rudolph Spreckels identie ?
5—Who wrote “The Song of Hiae . watha”? 6—The land at the source of a river is called the delta; true or false?
Answers . 1—Animal. :
2—Minneapolis and St. Paul. 8—John Adams.
4—Sugar. 5—Henry. Ww. Longietion. False.
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