Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1942 — Page 19
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Hoosier Vagabond By Ernie Pyle]
Tos one of the simplest of the fundamentals. And| yet Mr. Othman thought and thought, and realized that actually he hadn’t the remotest idea where to] put the camera. From that day to this, you better not belittle directors in his presence, Five years ago the United Press sent him to Hollywood, because they needed a regular man out here and Fred had displayed a pretty gay touch .on his typewriter in Washington. In these .five years al ragher remuaigabie coinpanionship has grown up between #red Othman and Hollywood. Each has taken the other over,
Happy. . . . Except for One Thing! J.
OTHMAN HAS FALLEN so hard for California that he practieally buttonholes people on the street; to tell them about it. Othman’s house is the wonder of all visiting fire. | men, and he displays it with almost ¢hildish delight. I've heard about it:for years, now finally I've seen it.| The thing sits on a hilltop, just a little way from| |
HOLLYWOOD, ‘Cal, March 20.—One day Fred ' Othman got an indignant letter from some female ‘newspaper reader in the East, giving him the dickens for something he had written about the movies. She closed by saying scornfully “Anyone can tell from your writing that you are fat, red-headed, and completely without sex appeal.” » Othman laughs about the woman's .anger, and then says gravely “but isn’t it strange how she hit the nail on the head?” So that’s Fred Othman—fat, red-headed and without sex appeal—and one of the happiest men I've run. onto, in years. He is Hollywood correspendent for the United Press. He: ‘writes a daily , feature story—not a gossip column ‘ —gbout the movies. He has been doing it for five years. And it is no secret that around the studios,
he is the most respected writer in Hollywood. His integrity is supreme, - In return, he has a very high regard: for motion picture people. He has no sneers for Hollywood. Di-
rectors are his special heroes.
explain why,
Fred tells a story to
For a long time he went around, like other people, thinking directors were over-touted, and kept
their jobs mainly by wearing polo shirts and yelling ~
wise-cracks.
Then one day, as material for his daily story, it was arranged that Fred should direct a picture himself for one afternoon: .
The Great Director
HE READ THE script until he knew it by heart. ~ On the first scene he called the actors.to their places, gave a few instructions; got everything all ready to fire, and then a cameraman had, to come over and
speak as follows:
“Mr. Othman, where | do you want me to put the
camera?”
That’s a civil question. It’s plain, and to.the point.
of the biggest jobs of streetcar and bus operators
during the rush hours.
Passengers seem to prefer
being squeezed into the shape of a sardine rather than to move back. One Illinois streetcar operator
goes through the formality of asking people to “move back, please,” and then adds, dripping sarcasm with every word: “Thank you, folks, even if you didn’t move back.” That generally gets some of them. And then there’s another Illinois streetcar operator who, after his car gets filled almost to capacity, uses this bit of psychology: “Come on, folks, these people that want to get on are defense workers. They've got to get to work if they're going to ‘keep ‘em
flying,’ so let's make room and ‘keep ’em rolling.’”
Here From Pearl Harbor
THREE RAILROAD cafloads of soldiers still suffering from wounds received in the Pearl Harbor attack are reported to have arrived at the Ft. Harrison hospital this week. . . . Harry Skornia, program director of WIRE, called the Library yesterday and said he’d had an argument with ‘a couple of station announcers over the pronunciation of the words “rationing” and “Caribbean.” The ‘Library looked them up in the latest dictionaries, reported the long “A” was preferred in “rationing,” and that the preferred accent was on the next to the last syllable of “Carib-
bean.” We just thought you'd be interested. . . .
Six
girls on the Curtiss-Wright office staff are planning their first sirplane Tides for. the Easter . i
F rom Cairo
‘CAIRO, March 20 By Wireless) —Of all the theaters in this world-wide war, the Middle East. is the place where there can be the most intimate and effective co-operation between the British and Amerloan ¢ efforts. 1 hope the censors, and others in author-
ity in both countries, will not misunderstand my intentions when I say that much remains to be done
in that direction.
Without minimizing the progress that has been made in dovetailing the efforts of the two nations, I think it is desirable to emphasize the possibilities of even closer teamwork. The R. A. F. has made all of its African facilities available for the transportation of American
- suppliés, making possible a rapid
Suguration of our service. The American army air forces and the R. A. F. appear to be co-operating
sincerely.
I believe a closer co-operation between American:
and ‘British commercial air services is possible. These
Hollywood blvd. Nine families live up there, including the mayor of Los Angeles. And the only way they can get up:to the hilltop is ‘by elevator!
_ Yessir, -the hillsides are sheer.
The elevator is in
a concrete shaft, like a square silo, which sticks up in the air alongside the cliff that forms one side of
the hill"
Those’ niné families up there own and operate the
elevator,
They pay $3 a month each. They call it
“The Hightower Elevator Company,” and each year at income tax time they have to hire a lawyer to go down and explain to Uncle Sam that they don’t manu-
facture elevators for profit.
Othman’s house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the noted architect. I don’t know what happened, but it became unoccupied, and ran down ter-
ribly.
The house, however, does have It’s so damn nice Fred can’t write afternoon, after doing the studios,
Tramps. were sleeping on the lower floor. That's how the Othmans picked it up for a song.
one grave fault. in it! So every he has to drive
clear to downtown Los Angeles, among the ticker machines and the frenzy of the UP office, and there he writes his Sadly dissertation about the movies.
Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
GETTING PEOPLE to “move back, please,” is one
They're going to hop an American Air Lines plane to Cincinnati Saturday evening, April 4, stay at the Netherlands Plaza over hight, then attend Easter serv-
ices in Cincinnati.
They are Mary Ellen Sullivan,
Louise Campbell, Carolyn Norris, Norma Zapp, Mary
Grace Crum and Mrs. Betty Fifth Columning
O'Connor.
WE TOLD you several days ago about the pro- -Japanese fifth column attempts by certain persons to stir up discontent among Negro residents of some other cities by suggesting to them that “all colored men—black and yellow—should stick together.” Well,
since then we've learned the same
thing’s going on
here. And, we hear, a few credulous persons have been more or less swayed by the propaganda. We trust these folks will give a thought to how the Japanese have been treating the Chinese. The colored race baloney certainly is shown up by the brutal Jap treat-
ment over there. . . Teis, $1.25.
Around the Town
. Sign in the L.
Strauss window:
SIGN ON a passing truck: “The Old Trash Man
and General Hauling.”
Sounds like a partnership,
Several young men of military age had an embarrassing moment yesterday. They were walking along N. Emerson ave. Along came several truck loads of soldier boys headed toward the fort. One group
shouted: “Draft dodgers!”
“Come on, there’s room
for more in here,” shouted some of the boys in the next truck. The abashed youths on the sidewalk didn’t
answer.
Lucky Gen. Lear wasn't around.
. Mrs.
Chauncey Eno, of the Civilian Defense council fire defense training, was attending a fire defense meet-
ing Monday. While she was there, her home was!
struck and damaged by lightning.
By Raymond
Clapper
ougls misapprehensions could be removed, perhaps through a clarification by ' Washington and London.
There probably could be some shipping operations on both sides.
improvement ip Slow turnaround
and inefficient unloading leave badly needed bottoms
idle longer than is necessary. it is more a question of someone
As with other matters,
undertaking the
‘job of straightening out, than any trouble about
policy.
The only reason for stressing such a question is
that this is a major theater of war, being the place where America can make an effective contribution now without waiting for more navy or a larger army, since ‘the chief immediate needs are supplies, tech-
nical and maintenance personnel, planes.
and above all
U. S. Military Mission Busy
ON THE AMERICAN side of the show, consider-
able teamwork is visible.
The United States’ military mission for North Africa, under Gen. Maxwell, has headquarters here. The mission lett the United States before Pearl Harbor, to facilitate the problem of delivering supplies to this area. America’s entry into the war increased
Check These Tips To Save On Electricity
This is the fifth of a series of articles on how to economize dur-
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and recreation.
By LOWELL LL NUSSBAUM
ONE OF THE housewife’s easiest means of combatting the high cost of living is by holding down electricity bills. The way to do that is to avoid waste. Ask the average person how best to reduce light bills and he’s likely to answer: “Don’t burn lights unnecessarily. Remember to turn them off when not using them.” That’s right, but it’s only a beginning. For instance: | The light company says dusty fixtures can absorb as much as one-fourth of a bulb’s light output. Clean bulbs, glass shades and metal reflectors thoroughly every few weeks. Those blackened bulbs burn 20
ones, but use just as much electricity as the new ones. Replace them before they actually burn out. ® ” ”
Buy Em Big Enough REMEMBER THAT a large sized bulb often is more economical than several small ones of equal or even greater total wattage. A 100-watt bulb gives more light than six 25-watt bulbs and costs less to operate than the half dozen smaller ones. At the same time, the 100-watt bulb costs 15 cents; the 25-watt bulbs a dime —an initial saving of 45 cents. Check the arrangement of your lamps with regard to chairs and
ing war-time. The Times suggests
such topics as water, gas, clothes :
per cent less efficiently than new -
ty The 100-watt bulb in the center produces more light and costs less than the half dozen 25-watt
bulbs shown with it.
2. Leaving the refrigerator door open unnecessarily not only wastes electricity but places Fido under
an unfair temptation.
3. You can help cut down your light bills by turning out the lights when you leave a room.
tables used for reading or working. Even the best lamp with
~ proper wattage is not fully ef-
fective if it is too far away. A three-way floor lamp at the end of a davenport also will give a good light for a nearby chair, or a sight saving table study lamp’ in the center of the dining room table will do duty for several members of the family, * Substitute colored shades for : colored bulbs, and :see that the - shades have white linings. Dark linings absorb light.
Leaks Costly
SO MUCH FOR lighting. Your electric’ water heating bills can be pared, too. For instance, don’t wash your hands under running water, Don’t wash or rinse dishes under run-
ning hot water. Rinse dishes in a separate pan of hot water and change as needed. Watch the leaky hot water faucet. It not only wastes water; it also wastes heat which is a waste of current which costs money. Insulate long runs of pipe from the water heater to the hot water
faucet. Don’t use any more hot water than necessary in the bathtub, and don’t let it cool off before using. In a shower bath, make it snappy. If you want to soak in hot water, take a tub bath. If the laundry is done at home, have the clothes sorted before you run hot water into the laundry tubs so it doesn’t cool off. And don't use Sxcessively | hot rinse water. ” ” »
Check Wiring
YOUR ELECTRC wiring should be checked. . . . Watch for worn cords and broken sockets which may result in short circuits. and blown fuses. Examine appliance plugs and tighten loose screws before they become unfastened and lost, necessitating a new cord. Replace wiring that is frayed or has dried or cracked insulation. Many of the cooking suggestions that apply to gas ranges and refrigerators also apply to electric kitchens. ‘The light company estimates about 13,000 homes ‘have electric ranges. Here are a few: Place utensils ready for use on surface units of your stove before
. water,
turning on the heat. Don’t turn on the heat and then walk to the sink or cabinet and back with the utensil. Turn off the heat switch before cooking or baking is entirely completed. Stored heat will finish the job. Reduce heat when the boiling point is reached. Low -or simmer
«eat ,will maintain the boiling. /Use tightly fitting lids which hold
in heat and steam.
Use the minimum amount of Excess water not only destroys vitamin content but requires extra heat to raise to the boiling point. Follow time and temperature instructions in rec.ipes. Heat beyond the specified amount and time not only wastes heat but may spoil the dish. ¢ #8
Conserve on Burners
PLAN MEALS which permit cooking several foods at a time. An entire meal of meat, vegetables and desserts can be prepared in the range oven instead of, using two or three surface
_ units. Part of tomorrow’s meal
often can be prepared when the oven is heated for today’s dinner.
_...-. —
Vary your menu with soups, stews and other nourishing dishes that can be cooked with low heat. Such dishes save on food costs, too. Adjust oven racks, or remove racks or broiler pan that are not required, before heating the oven, These unused metal parts absorb heat, and oven cools off when the door ‘is opened to remove them. Don’t “peek” in the even during baking. Each minute the oven door is open may lower the oven temperature as much as 150 degrees. : Don’t take frozen meats directly from the refrigerator and start cooking. Thawing them out at room temperature is cheaper than using current. If a small quantity of water is to be heated on surface units, such as for sterilizing nursing bottles, draw the water from the hot water faucet. Avoid opening your refrigerator door more than absolutely necessary. Each time it .is opened, cold air is lost from the inside and the refrigerating mechanism starts operating to restore the proper temperature. That takes . current which costs money.
Keep Ice Trays Full.
MAKE A HABIT of planning each refrigerator door opening. For example, if baking a cake, decide the ingredients needed and remove eggs, milk, butter and shortening all at one time instead of opening the door again for each ingredient. Don’t place hot foods in the refrigerator, Refill ice trays with water as cold as possible. See that your refrigerator is in the coolest spot in your kitchen. Keep it clean. If it runs notice. ably more than it did when new, have a service man inspect it. Avoid quick freezing and don't set the unit for “freezing” or “extra cold” when normal temperature is all that is required. Turn your control down to the lowest operating point when you leave for a week-end. Defrost your refrigerator whenever the crust of frosty ice around the freezing unit gets as much as a quarter® inch thick. A large accumulation of frost will interfere with the refrigerator’s efficiency. Follow these rules and you're pretty certain Lo notice a worth while reduction in your electricity bills.
TOMORROW: Ho How to cut your water and gas bills.
POOL SUPPLIES
Lend-Lease Pact Assures .‘U. S. Troops of Full
Co-operation. CANBERRA, Australia, March 20
IN AUSTRALIA
HOLD EVERYTHING
By Clyde Lewis
WOMAN ADMITS TRUNK MURDER
Housewife Alleges Victim Was Love Rival of Her Daughter.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 20 (U. P.).
How to Get a Ring Off Finger
By Science Service WASHINGTON, March 20-— Here’s a tip from the U. S. army medical corps on how to.remove a ring from a tightly swollen finger. The item is published in the cur= rent issue of The Military Sure geon, official publication of the Association of Military Surgeons of the U. 8., and is written by Col. ° Millard F. Arbuckle, medical corps,
companies are playing a most important role in the transportation of supplies and personnel. Pan-Amer-ican is operating under the direction of the army air forces with high efficiency, and is expanding rapidly. : An Unfortunate Impression UNFORTUNATELY the impression is abroad in some quarters that this is later to become a competitive commercial service. | It does not seem practical as a postwar venture for profit, yet undoubtedly some British commercial interests have these suspicions. As’ a result there is some surface irritation on both sides. This does not extend to the military on either side. But I think the military operation would benefit if
My Day
NEW YORK CITY, Thursday—We: spent Yesterday in New York City. I was busy.s good part of the day with personal things, ‘but at 4 o'clock I
went to the Y. W. C. A. at the invitation of Mi: og 1 who were lunching together yesterday, quite Jam. Finley, fo receive some charming Chinese’, unexpectedly met Louis Bromfield. We invited him scrolls from the students’ of to joiri us, and that led to much exciting and veheChina... ‘ment talk among Franklin Jr., Ethel, Mr. Bromfield The: v. w. Cc. A has done & and myself. great deal of work in fareign It is a delightful combination to be a farmer and countries for many’ years, but it a writer. The kind of farm Mr. Bromfield runs
(U. P.).—America and Australia have worked out a sweeping leaselend agreement which will give the United States fighting ‘forces here a steady stream of needed Australian® supplies while assuring Australia continued allotments of American war products. The agreement was worked out by William S. Wasserman of Philadelphia, lease-lend administrator, and Gen. Arthur C. Wilson, quartermaster general of United States forces in the southwest Pacific, with Australian Supply Minister J. A. Beasley and other Australian officials. The Americans promptly made out their first requisition for Australian supplies for the American forces.
All Supplies Affected
—A housewife insisted to police today that she had been justified in .|slaying the neighbor she alleged was her daughter's love rival—in that
way she had: saved her son-in-law from sin and had preserved “the home.” Mrs. Minnie Lee Griffin, 46, confessed readily to a murder which police said had been startlingly brutal. The body fof the victim, Mrs. Mildred Seymour Williams, 22, had been in a detachable automobile trunk in Mrs, Griffin’s basement for four months while Mrs. Williams’ distraught husband searched throughout the South for her. Relatives of the slain woman and her husband, P. M. Williams, an insurance salesman, insisted that there was no justification whatever]. for Mrs. Griffin's allegations.
Married for Five Years The victim had been a faithful wife and had been happily married to her husband for five years.
Mrs. Williams’ body was found) in the trunk Wednesday by two
U. 8. army.
The first step, says Col. Arbuckle, is to thoroughly soap the finger, then slip a thin cord string underneath the ring. The end nearest you is held taut and the other end wound tightly around the finger from the lower border of the ring down to the tip of the finger, and held tightly; this com« presses the finger uniformly. The end of the string nearest you is then grasped and while still tight it is unwound against the upper edge of the ring. As it is unwound the ring slides down the finger the distance of the string’s width with each turn.
® WAR QUIZ
1-—The concessionaire at a rifle range at a country fair wasn't sure prised when a sailor wearing this in=
the size of the job without materially changing its nature for the present. Every technical service of the army is represented in the Maxwell mission, one of the important divisions’ being under Gen. Adler. The navy is also represented, and the maritime commission. There is need for more personnel in these divisions. U. S. Minister Alexander C. Kirk is co-operating in diplomatic phases of the work, to which Gen. Maxwell is obliged to give considerable time. ; - Fundamentally ‘the biggest help would be a clearcut decision by Washington and London as to the basic point; that is, as to which theater of war is to get the major emphasis. When it becomes possible to do that, much time can be saved and operations can be improved.
By Eleanor Rooseutlh
3-20
| corn. 1942 BY MEA SERVICE, INC. 7. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.
“Don’t you have anything by Rembrandt or Michelangelo?”
U. S. O. Makes Plans for Camp Atterbury Troops
the week-end leave area for soldiers| Planning to attend the meeting
dlosely: The affiliation between the students of the two countries will probably be very significant in the future. ' ‘: I mast not forget to tell you that my children
in every respect and that the conference at which it was negotiated was one of vital importance for the united nations forces in the Austra-lia-New Zealand area. The prompt granting of the first
is particularly - proud of its jelisvefteshe in China, and rightSO. At the simple ceremony . yes-
must be an exciting adventure. Farming on a scale
large enough to have the workers
partners and really make it a business, is one
9n ‘the place your
one of the
things, ‘which, if I were young, would appeal to me.
On one-thing at least, Mr. Bromfleld and I did|
factories as well as American plants would play their full part in ex-
{tative of the national USO;
who will come to Camp Atterbury this summer, USO officials here will meet tonight to plan how to serve the 10,000 soldiers from the camp. Maj.
| beth Blaisdell,
are Fred Owens, mayor of Columbus; IL. W. Oliver, mayor of Franklin; Mrs. Thomas D. Sheerin, -|Prank Millis, Capt. Francis E.
Conder, William Sayre, William Book, Miss ‘Eliza-
Bloom, H. W. Virgil |
and much evidence of that authorities
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