Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1942 — Page 15
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942
Hoosier Vagabond
PALM SPRINGS. Cal, March 28. —Nellie Coffman, the extraordinary woman who owns the Desert Inn here, and who is the founder of the entire institution of desert-vacationing, is almost 75 now. She was 42 when she came to Palm Springs, a mature woman mother of two grown sons. At the end of her first season as a resort proprietor she had $85 n the bank. She paid $50 of that on land. She had to get through the fall and start her second season on $13. That was in 1909. Today you couldn't buy her put for two million Like veople
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Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
pretty definitely The plan e Community Fund wesar difficulty in raising the funds f conflicting fund campaigns by war-related groups. The present pl it is reported, is for the Red Cro postpone its annual roll call until some time early next vear and combine with a war fund campaign That will leave fall for a Community campaigh Which reus that it looks like another due raise funds for the Civilian Defense council The 83000 raised previously is about gone. Suggestion has been made that the money be contribtreasuries, since the
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of description were so vivid that Mrs. Coffman took a vow that some dav she would see this fabulous little village. The year was 1898. She didn't see Palm ! Springs until 10 years later. She came down off the mountain a well woman, Her husband finished medical school and set up practice in Santa Monica. For a decade Mrs. Coffman was a mother and housewife. » Finally she made her long-delayed trip to Palm Springs. As soon as she saw this desert, she knew she was here forever,
“When That Day Comes . .
SHE MADE A plan. She would start an inn for people on holiday. She went back and laid the plan before her father. “Nobody will ever go out there.” he said. “It's too far and there's nothing on the desert for people.” “You believe in Lios Angeles, don't you?” she asked. He did indeed. He sat that day and told her that some day Los Angeles would grow until it was solid city from downtown clear to the ocean. It's that way today. “All right.” said Mrs. Coffman, “I think it will, too. And when that day comes, I'm going to have the sandpile in Lio Angeles’ backyard for peopie to play in!” And so in 1909 Mrs. Coffman and ner husband and her two boys came to Palm Springs. The village consisted of 13 houses, 11 white people and 58 Indians. It would be two vears before the first auto arrived. | It was six miles to the railroad, and they made the ip to the depot for supplies in a spring wagon. There was no water pressure in the town, no electricity, no gas, no phone. Everybody had his ownh| cow, including the Coffmans Mrs. Coffman opened her establishment on Oct. 16, 1208. She had seven rooms. Three were in a frame house: four were in a converted barn, They weren't, much, but they were clean. She waited a whole | month before her first guest came. She charged him $5 a day for room and board, and she did most of the work herself. Today a single guest pavs from $12 to $20 a day. and Mrs. Coffman hires 200 people to see that he is properly pampered.
Thewack a Hog? Mercy, No
OUR ITEM the other day about the unloading of a ckload of hogs at Kingan's seems to have stirred up a lot of trouble for Ray Henderson, foreman of} the stockyards. We referred to one man standing in the back of the truck “thwacking the shrieking porkers on rump with a stick, presumably trying to drive them out.” while another man “stood behind the truck tootling a clarinet” Mr. Henderson says it's} against regulations to hit a hog with a stick or cane] because it would bruise the animals. Instead. the unloaders use canvas fappers which make a big noise when struck against the side of the truck or fence! Only rarely do they have to land one on a porcine] flank. The report a stick was being used brought) Mir. Henderson a flood of criticism “from the president on down.” The clarinetist. saves Mr. Henderson, is a trick driver who plays in the Legion band and practices whenever he has time to spare
Here and There
ATTICS AND other storage spaces are yielding up keepsakes, relics and many unusual items to the| unk dealers as a result of the waste materials salvage campaign For instance, among the items] gathered by collectors for the American Waste Ma-| terials Co. is a case of new spinal hypodermic needles. | The needles, included in some “junk” sold by a woman will be offered to City Hospital by Max Rutenberg. | head of the firm. Among the itemg thrown in by one householder was a full set of golf elubs. Mr Rutenberg doesn't play golf. but is thinking about) taking up the game
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® A very proud vouth is 13-year-old Billy Jo Fancler | 5131 EB Oth st. After Carole Lombards death. Billy | without telling anyone, bought a sympathy card and mailed it to Clark Gable. Some time later he received an acknowledgement from the famous movie star Billy has framed the card
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From New Delhi By Raymond Clapper|
NEW DELHI March 26 In America, when you think of India think of Gandhi Out here the Aret that of almost any conversation is Nehru, He is the rising figure. the action leader Complex though India may be. Nehru must be dealt with first and then the other segfitted in. He is the first problem that Sir Stafford Cripps deal with Read all vou can about Nehru, or he iS gnificant personty here now. He is sophistiEducated in England at Cambridge. he is indifferent to old Hindu A socialist, he forsees a industrialized, independent as part of some international organization. He has been much impressed by Communist success in Russia, and undoubtedly visualizes India az able. likewise in one generation, to leap from backward peasantry into a modern industrial state Gandhi ik a “saint
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hands of Nehru, hig strictly Must Stick to High Spots
I DONT MEAN to be dogmatic. A newly arrived American must write with much caution about India One old hand told me today that any statement one makes about India can be contradicted. I have found that correct thus far This place is so complex that sone one told Clare
My Day
SEATTLE, Wash, Wednesday ly giving me beautiful weather, I cannot help being somewhat envious of daffodils in the garden and flowering shrubs in actual bioom, when I realize that I shall probably return to find the countryside at Hyde Park still looking as though spring is far away I have a letter from a lady who lives near here and who read in the paper that our White House greenhouses would have to be demolished. She feels that this if a very heartless performance because she loves flowers and says that many people long to have even a small greenhouse. so to demolish one that is in service seems to her a wanton waste. Unfortunately. people who live in the White House have little or nothing to say about ft. The grounds of the White House, like the parks of the city of Washington, are under the direction of an army officer The greenhouses happen te be across road from the bureau of engraving and printing. Those who plan cities decided there must be a road where the greenhouses now are, and that wartime was not the time when one should spend money for new
greenhouses.
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Boothe: “No one can grasp the Indian problem without living here 30 vears To which she replied ‘After one lived here 30 years he would be unable to grasp anything” If one is not to bog down in details, must stick to high spots. The high spot is the fact that deep. brooding forces of India are insistent ch a new deal to obtain more self-government The extent to which freedom will be demanded is as vet uncertain. The war hag complicated the situaNormally, Indians want complete independence. | But, with Japan hammering at their gates, sensible mdians know they must have protection Therein lies one hope for the Cripps mission.
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Democracy Impossible at Moment
NEHRU IS THE driving force now behind the allIndia congte chief force for Indian independence Just over 30, he has been in jail often. He was released the last time just before Peari Harbor, bel had been charged with discouraging war effort. Since | his release. and since the Japanese menace has come! closer, he has modified his position Nehru now savg the Indian congress must oppose the aggressors. He is an admirer of China and Russia, both of which he has visited. So he is torn be- | tween immediate independence and aiding allied vie-| tory, whch he considers essential for world progress The question is raised whether India is ready for| self-government. It has several years of experience With local and provineial assemblies but only a small portion of the population has the franchise. There is much illiteracy. Democracy, as we know it, would be impossible in India for the present. It would have to be largely a dictatorship under much the same sit- | uation as Russia. with a democratic goal but dictator | ship methods to get quick results
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the world could be than I am to lose the greenhouses. [1 am aware of what it will mean in years to come to] other people, for I have enjoyed the abundance of cut flowers, plants about the house and beautiful, decorative ferns and palms, probably more than anything else since I have been in Washington, Above everything else, I have enjoyed being able] to send flowers at Christmas and Easter time, not
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Child's Care
Of Clothes Is Patriotic Now
By ROSEMARY REDDING
It may be hard for Johnny to understand the whys and wherefores, but there is bound to be a lot more cautioning about sliding into first base on his trousers. After all, a new pair and as good a pair may not be
forthcoming. Put it to him this way. There is a war. Dad is helping Uncle Sam's soldiers and sailors by paying heavier taxes. That means there is not as much money for pants ahd other things as last year. And even if there was the money, wool fabries for trousers might hot be available. Drive home the point that caring for his clothes is one of the most important ways to save and thereby help Uncle Sam's soldiers. There is a lot of hero worship by youngsters of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. Parents should capitalize on it. Point out the neat appearance of these “idols.” Remind the youngster of the shoe shinings, the brushings, ete, that are a part of a service man's day. Ten to one, hell fall for it As religiously as parents drove home the daily brushing of teeth to children, they can have a campaign for clothes care
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They Don’t Last
NATURALLY, childrens clothes don’t last like those of adults and will eventually have to be replaced. Three factors enter into the purchase: Choosing clothes for the health, comfort and pleasure of the child, actually trying the clothes on the child, for fit or buying by body measutrements (not by size) and reading labels and asking specific information about the garment Needless to say, with all parents anxious to stretch their dollars, more attention will be paid to purchases, The Consumer Division of the office of price administration offers these tips on shopping for youngsters Washable materials, stich as cottons, should be used wherever possible since they are more hygienic and less expensive to keep in order. Where additional warmth is required, wool may be introdiced. Colors fast to light as well as cleaning are practical, and pre-shrinking of fabrics is extremely desirable SQeamiz should be well made Those ih underwear, especially at armholes and eroteh, should be smooth and flat to avoid irritation of skin Good garment designs have “agpion” features—-raglan sleeves for long reaching, seats with extra length and spread, shoulders with small tucks or gathers for “give They also aliow for growth—six to eight inches in dress hems: five to six inches below button level in boys’ blouses Good designs encourage selfhelp in dressing with front plackets. simple fastenings, mediumsized buitons, slide fasteners. At points of strain — placket ends, pocket openings croteh, underarm —reinforee ments of tape and double stitching ate good protection. Under buttons, both twilled tape
LOA, DEFENSE ——
City and County Activity Streamlined by Mrs. | H. H. Arnholter,
Activities of the Marion and Indianapolis civilian defense organizations have been streamlined into one program under Mrs H. H. Arnholter, director of community and volunteer participation. Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall and Mayor Sullivan, as directors of the two councils, announced the trevamping of the organization today and explained that it would now have greater flexibility and covers age. Four bureaus are to be established to handle all activities of the county and city defense organization,
The Office Bureau First of these, the office bureau. will function under the direction of
Harry F. Hoover. Included will be the volunteer office force, registra
county
only to friends and officials, but to hospitals and | fling. {yping, placement, telephone
churches, long a White House custom, times, it has been possible to send flowers in far greater profusion than if they had to be bought. to people who were ill I can, therefore, say to my correspondent that she does not begin to know how much I shall miss the White House greenhouses. I am sure in the future. whoever comes to live at the White House will feel as I do. This is a war measure. however, and we must bow to the decisions of the bureau of the budget and whatever government and congressional officials are involved. Last evening we had a nice talk with two boys from Seattle college, who are at present working at the Boeing plant. One of them was at the institute conducted by the International Student Service at Campobello last summer, I am always glad to see
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these young people again when I am out here “@
At other exchange. charts and surveys.
The second-—the emergency and education bureau—will be co-ordi-by Miss Gertrude Brown, Mrs. Rudolph PF. Grosskopf, Mrs, Berlin, salvage committee, air raid warden]
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1—Howard Alley (right) knuckles down for a shot during a game with Carl Jacobs, a schoolmate at 38 Even those boyish pleasures like marble playing may have to undergo some kind of revision to help save the knees of wool pants. Sinee the better marble players say the knee position is practically a must, the boys will have to remember to wear old trousers when at play. 2—_The correct fit probably is more important in shoes than anything else. Miss Hazel Gee, assistant buyer of children’s shoes at Ayres’, helps Mrs. L. J. Eckstein fit a pair for her daughter, Susann,
and small stay butons are needed to prevent tears. Buttonholes also ned to be the right size for the buttons, firmly worked. yet pliable for easy handling
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Remember Weather
IT IS IMPORTANT to remember that the type of clothing worn should be regulated by actual weather, not just by the season. When a warm day comes along in winter, be careful that children are not wrapped up too much If perspiring very freely when they come indoors. they have been wrapped too warmly for the tvpe of exercise they have been taking and may catch cold Shopping tips on several items of apparel follow UNDERWEAR -—-Khitted cotton absorbs perspiration easily, dries quickly, lets air reach the skin, stands frequent laundering, needs no ironing, is elastic and wears well, Wool and cotton or wool and silk in eold climates: smooth, thin, cotton material or light weight mesh for summer. Rayon, alone or combined with cotton or wool, ig being used more and more. In knit underwear, seams should have the same elasticity as fabric STOCKINGS —Should be one inch longer than the foot to allow for shrinkage; after washe ing should be one-half to three-
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ization.
The promotion bureau is (he for the county outside of the city.
Thomas Sheerin and Miss Janice | third unit and will be directed by, A consultant training staff has In this bureau will be the| Paul Richey and Russell Campbell. | been division will come | board will be named. assistants, fire defense, housing sur-| under this bureau, as will the press| Mrs. Arnholter’s organisation will
The speakers’
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welfare committee, aid to agricul ture committee and nurses’ aids.
Teaches in Home
The fourth bureau will be civilian | raid control center along with 23 are Mrs | air raid warden offices in the city Clayton | and eight in the county. The offices be five will be for business purposes of the The education bureau incorpo- area chairmen—Mrs. Frank Lents | wardens and will not function in rates the teaching of the many de-| west; Mre I. R. Yeagey, south; Mrs. an emergency. fense subjects in thé home. Among Robert Mannfeld, east; Mrs. Glenn have a secretary who will issue these subjects are nutrition, recrea- | Parish, center, and Mrs, Harry Dane | calls
mobilization Directors Brandt Downey and Mrs Ridge, under whom will
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fourths inch longer than For general wear, cotton preferable to wool, except in very cold climates. Rocks are prefrerred to stockings, allowing more freedom since they don't require garters—but in eold weather, the child's legs should be protected by leggings or play= suits SHOES—Design should follow natural shape of foot; shoe should be one-fourth inch wider and one-half to three-fourths ineh longer than tracing of the foot made with child standing. Blkskin and light-weight caifskin are excellent; patent leather is poor since it prevents evaporation of perspiration; sneakers are undesirable since (hey are slip« pery and poorly ventilated. PLAYSUITS—Washable shows er-proofed cotton with warm de=
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the child's time is spent in sleep. ing garments, they should be as carefully selected daytime clothing==big enough not to be uncomfortable in any way Knitted cotton is especially good because of elasticity. For one piece pajamas and night draws ers, care should be taken that they are long enough from neck to crotch and roomy through the seat. Buy or make them several sizes too large. They should open down the front and have a drop seat. For winter wear, suits with feet are warmest
tachable lining or a separate inside suit may be used for warmth. For small children, onepiece suits are recommended COATS—=Most desirable material is closely woven wool, light in weight, soft, pliable and moisture proof. Knitted materials do not keep out wind. For added warmth, coat may be lined with wool material or interlined with “lambs wool.” Leather coats are windproof and good for riding, but not for play. ag they are likely to be heavy and bulky. SWEATERS -- Useful for extra warmth, either indoors or out Should never be worn under the dress or house suit. If possible, each child should have a light sweater for summer and a heavier one for winter, NIGHTCLOTHES — Since half
with others” and “finding meaning
lin life.” | Students under the experimental
[program entered college in 1936, Mr. | Alken reported. In a comparison with other students during their college years, he said, they received higher average grades in all subjects except | foreign languages,
CLASSES IN MECHANICS More than 160 semi-skilled {motive mechanics will by the civilian conservation from its central motor repair shop at Martinsville in 1942, it was announced today.
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An article on what the younger set will wear in the Easter parade this year appears today on the woman's
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Educator Says Traditional Study Programs Fail to Meet Needs.
CHICAGO, March 26 (U. P).— Prof. Wilford M. Aikin of Ohio state university asserted yesterday that the nation’s high schools, by clinging to traditional study programs, were failing to meet the needs of their 10,000,000 students. A” Addressing a convention of educators, Mr. Aikin charged high schools were neglecting students who do not expect to attend colleges. He urged high schools to dis card their traditional curriculum and colleges to abandon their credit and admission requirements. Mr. Afkin spoke at a session of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the nation’s largest organization setting standards for educational institutions.
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do you know what branch it is? 2-~Admiral Tells of Experiments THOIRS v Bar; He based his criticism on an!pand of naval eight-year study which he directed |g ph {pg in the for the progressive education as80= | southern Pacific laughingly denied ciation. | Jap reports that he had heen Kilicd, He told how students in 30 Se- npg yoy know what Mark Twain said lected high schools had been re- i, somewhat similar circumstances? leased from the standard require-| s__who are Daladier and Blum, ments for college entrance. now being tried at Riom, France, The schools attempted to “lead on charges of having contributed their students into the fullest pos-|,, {he French defeat? sible appreciation and understanding of their American heritage and to give them abundant experience in democratic living in school,” he said. Mr. Aikin explained that “artificial barriers” between subjects were eliminated and courses such as the “study of modern culture” were taught.
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A basic course dealt with “living