Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1942 — Page 2
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He Tilted And Tilted For An Ho
By WILLIAM CRABB
I took a couple handsful of the put two nickels each in 16 different
poss’ nickles and went out to beat machines in various sections of town. The score there was 32 games tom “at any time.”
played and six games won — not! Bach of the “free games” I won
a pinball machine today. I knew I couldn't win but I didn't think I'd take such a thumping.
waggled, and here's the bad news: Games played—40. Free games won—12. Net loss—$1.40. | The average slot machine “pays| off” around 60 per cent. Trusting that the pinball machine I chose at random was average, the p. b. pays around 30 per cent i And in order to make
hatin’t chosen a sour machine, I|pending which side gate I had
quite 20 per cent.
Now, the game in which I de-
For one solid hour I wiggled and [posited $140 of the boss’ dOURhjjghts The average number of lights “For per game was 7.3. Nine lights went jout in four out of the 40 games
carried the usual notice:
amusement only,
“wilh: 1. Make 47.000 or over. 2. Put out all 10 lights. 3. Go through a gate at the side when a red light is on and then get two “free games” each time
sure I'I hit the seven or eight light, de-
a game of skill.” There are four different ways to and the fewest was five.
negotiated. 4. Go through a gate at the bot-
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|was on scores of 47,000 once, 48,000 once, 49.000 twice, and 53,000 once. Not once did I put out all 10
Mostly seven or eight lights went out. In one game I went through the side gate but failed to hit the seven light. Not one of the 200 balls came close to going through the] bottom. gate. Despite apologies to the contrary!
and with some exceptions, pinball as a gamble is almost “wide-open.” I visited a restaurant two blocks from a high school. It was a busy
place and every bit of space was utilized—in fact, a few more booths for the restaurant trade could have been used. But in prominent places in the front of the establishment, space was left for two pinball machines. Each machine reminded that “minors do not play.” A lad, not over 17 or 18, was playing one of the machines when I walked in. He was playing ‘one of “those” games—the one in a hundred which
[are “just right.” All the lights were
off and he had two more balls to
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ur And The Final Score Was Pinball, $1.40; Crabb, 0
go. The “replay games” began to pile up on the glass face of the machine. When he finished he had 20 “free games.” The lad called the restaurant manager who came over, saw the games on the board and then reached under the machine to trip a little lever. This “took” the games off the machine, in the same way a filling station attendant prepares his pump for the next customer. The boy, if he hadn't wished to “cash in,” could have played the games off by pushing in the coin slot for each game, no more nickels being necessary until he had exhdusted his 20 free games. But this particular lad had hit the jackpot and asked for his
money. The manager returned to his cash register and got the boy a dollar bill. Meanwhile, another boy about the same age had seen the other’s success and followed him to the machine. I watched him play three games. ¢ I asked him if he ever did as well as the chap just ahead of him. “I hit one like that once,” replied. I then asked him how he came out in the long run. The lad just grunted. At another store a crowd of young men were around a companion playing the pinball game. They cheered him and jibed him. He enjoyed the attention he was re-
he
ceiving. Then he reached down in his left pocket and brought up nothing. “Well, that's a buck,” he sighed, and the other young men drifted to the soda fountain. The erstwhile player dipped into his right pocket and pulled out some change. “Well, I've still enough left for postage,” he said. And from underneath, the machine he pulled a laundry bag, the kind students use to mail their clothes home. He bought some stamps, put them on the bag and left the drug store. I made some inquiries. The young man is employed here. He is single. And he puts at least 50 cents a day in pinball machines. He also
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1942
mails his laundry home mother. And the possibility of making a “sure thing” out of a gamble has appealed to the baser natures of some of the players. For example, one regular customer at a drugstore brought a little drill with which he bored a tiny hole in the wooden side of the machine. He rammed the drill against one of the lights and jiggled it, registering a thousand each time it contacted the bumper. He had %4 coming on the machine when
to his
‘the druggist discovered the “racket”
and ran him out of the store. The fellow didn't realize that “for amusement only” meant just what it said, because you can't win.
Rotary Good Will Envoys
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there would be strict supervision and policing of the conquered coun-| tries while they established new
governments. It would be during this time, he explained, that “our organization | could be helpful.” “In practically all of them there| are roots that can be brought to life,” Mr. Head said.
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Page Four) Since World war II, Rotary has
been “dropped” in 15 countries, |
though it still maintains 5042 active clubs in 55 countries.
Speaking of Germany, which has “dropped” Rotary, Mr. Head said
that “if the government would change, Rotary would be revived within 60 days.”
Though there are no official activities of the Rotary in axis-sub-jugated countries now, nevertheless the spirit of the organization continues, he said. Such a spirit, he added, was revealed in letters which, by one means or another, have been sent out of the conquered lands. Rotary ambassadors after the war would provide “someone they can talk to like a human being” without the atmosphere of hidden intentions, he said. Mr. Head is a graduate of Columbia and Harvard universities and since 1925 has been headmaster of the Montclair (New Jersey) Academy for Boys.
AMPUTATION OF After War Debated Here ARM IS FORBIDDEN
| —A decision of the Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash, june 9 (U. P.).
supreme court today forbade amputation of an 11-year-old girl's ens larged arm in the face of her mother's opposition. The girl, Patricia Hudson of Seattle, had wanted the arm removed so she might live a more normal life but her mother, Nora Hudson, objected because she feared the operation might cost the child’s life. Patricia's four brothers and five sisters were aligned against their mother and appealed to Superior Judge William G. Long at Seattle to order the operation. Judge Long ordered the operation, conditional on supreme court approval. Overruling Judge Long's order, the high court held in a 6 to 3 decision that unless custody of the child were awarded to another guardian “the child may not be subjected to a surgical operation without the mother's consent.” Doctors testified there was a “5050” chance that the operation would kil: the girl.
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San Francisco
—ain uniform, or to
san. You will hear
peng steeets.....
Gold Rush days.”
San Francisco is
men and women in
come here, you will cable, the night
sccmstomed Care.
Ke cicuotions wisomed te soot it see Five with 2 hundred years of romance and adventute in San Francisco today. They see it all about
them like the stories from a book. If you know San Francisco and come here now
visit someone in the service,
or on business (we're not inviting merely pleasure seekers now because of the national dedication to the War)—you will find this the same lovely
city as before, rising pastel-tinted on its hills in the
the same church bells on the
moening air, scent the same flowers on the sidewalk stands, glide in the same cable cars over the hills, see the same attractive windows in the shop-
But—San Francisco will be different; more thrilling . . . more inspiring. You may say, “This city has the feeling which it must have had in
There's a new vigor in the people, a new forthsightness and adventure in the way they live. And this, like the cool salt-laden breezes, will get into your blood, filling you with buoyant energy and confidence.
the same world-loved sym-
that it always was, but with new notes in the score... swift planes occasionally roaring overhead, busy army trucks and jeeps in the streets,
uniform everywhere, air-raid-
shelter notices on the granite fronts of buildings...
Of course, the ships on the bay are all gray now. One may stand oa Telegraph Hill and see it all, including the world’s two greatest bridges. ..the islands. .. the all-encircling hills... Landward are the pagodas of Chinatown and the tall buildings of the business city. When this towa was young, men signalled to it with a semafrom this hill to tell the coming of each vessel through the Golden Gate. San Francisco has
| always been a port of adventure.
And just as men and women here have always loved good living, so they do today. If you
find your hotel service impec-
clubs various and cosmopolitan, the world-famous food of this city served with
You may join with San Franciscans in their love
of the theatre, of mesic and the Some morning you may play
fairways above the Golden Gate, or take a horse and ride with others through the fragrance of Golden Gate Park —omut to the white sand beach and the waves that roll from China.
Little things will make pictures in your mind, to
stay: the splendid bearing of
the sailors in dungarees from the merchant ships; the cheerfulness and good manners of people every where; the rhythmic dance-crowds in hotels at night; little restaurants with the food and atmosphere of many lands; the gilded splendor of 2 Chinese temple; shops with rare books... with elegant things in silver, glass and pottery... with
treasures from the Orient; the palaces...
with visitors from everywhere.
brings you here in this wartime, you should make your transportation and hotel arrangements well
in advance.
Within a few hours of San Francisco are many delightful places that you should some time see: the famous wine country of little val leys and gently rolling hills; the forests of giant redwoods, biggest trees on earth; Yosemite Na-
tional Park, with its soaring
silvery waterfalls; mile-high Lake Tahoe, Mark Twain's “Sea of the Sky”; the quaint mining towns of "49 along the Mother Lode; Monterey, once
capital of all the Californias, and Carmel and Santa Cruz. We will be glad to send you
the delightful region centered by this city, telling also what to see and where to dine and dance and shop in San Francisco. Please address:
Californians Ine. 703 Market Street, San Francisco, California
Buy War Bonds and Stamps Now « See California after the War
Mrs. [Waste food; 3, eat fresh fruits and |vegetables to conserve tin; 4, use locally grown vegetables to reduce
stitutes for fish and pork.
officials drew the following picture of what's ahead:
of lack of staples or vital elements of diet.
likely” to be rationed on a choice or block system permitting the
The Civilian Outlook
Lifelong Eating Habits May Be Changed; Clothing to Be Adequate but Without Frills.
WASHINGTON, June 9 (U.P) —What's ahead for civilians in the!
next few months? Government officials gave the it may expect in food, clothing, tra
public a preview today of changes nsporting, housing and social habits.
General suggestions to consumers made by Joseph L. Weiner, deputy
1, don’t hoard or overbuy:; 2, don't
transportation needs; 5, eat sub-
Mr. Weiner and other war agency
Food
A balanced, nourishing diet is assured, but life-long eating habits may have to be changed. No danger
COFFEE, TEA AND COCOA — These imported beverages are “quite
housewife tc choose the beverage she wants.
arts, and of sports. golf on the green
the fighting men;
glittering jewelry
So if your business
'
granite cliffs and
nearby Del Monte, a little booklet on
counted on originally.
{director of the division of civilian supply of the war production board:
BANANAS—Not as freely available as they used to be. PORK — Increased demands by other united nations may decrease the amount available for civilians. FISH—Some shortages because some waters are no longer safe for fishermen. Salmon becoming scarce. FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES—Ample supplies on hand: housewives should use as many as possible to relieve demands for tin cans. WHEAT — Large surpluses from previous years on hand. CANNED GOODS-—Civilian supplies being cut down in favor of orders for lend-lease and the armed forces.
Clothing RATIONING—Undoubtedly
hand to meet normal demands but not enough for “panic buying.” STYLE—Additional changes will be ordered for men, women and
can | be avoided this year; enough on|
children; no more frills, because “dressing as usual” is out, but clothes will be warm and adequate. COTTON—Will be used more and more for civilian garments. Ample stocks on hand. WOOL—Demands of armed services will make less of this available for civilians, but transports from Australia are bringing back large amounts which had not been
SHOES—Plenty of shoes in retail stores now to meet immediate demands, but future developments may eventually affect civilian supply.
Transportation and Heating GASOLINE—AIlready being rationed on east coast. Discussions for nation-wide rationing as rubber conservation measure going forward. TIRES—Present stocks will have to last until the end of 1943—maybe longer. AUTOMOBILES—No more being manufactured, those in the stockpile being rationed to essential users. FUEL OIL—Shortage exists because of transportation difficulties. Officials urge oil-burning heating apparatus be converted to coalburning type. | COAL—Ample supplies but diffi-| culties in moving it may cause shortage next winter, Consumers, should buy coal now. BUSSES—Already restricted to essential uses. Sightseeing busses, for instance, are out. Additional] pooling for necéssary transporation is inevitable. RAILROADS—Less deluxe service, even famous streamliners may | be converted to carrying more local traffic. AIRPLANES—Lines already taken | over by government, many sched-! ules reduced, and informal “rationing” of space in effect. Housing: CONSTRUCTION — Virtually! stopped except in war-boomed com- | munities. UNOCCUPIED HOUSES — Will not be commandeered, as in Britain! now, unless situation becomes more serious.
VERYONE of us must keep ourselves in tiptop shape regardless of what our tasks may be. | Your eyes are very impor- | tant. Have them checked periodically. If you need | glasses you can get them on easy credit at Kays. There is no extra charge for the convenience.
ICTORY demands that we keep in top physical condition at all times.
DHE Fasnbuck
Optometrist—Office at
137 W, Washington St.
EYES EXAMINED
MARY MEYER DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Mrs. Mary Meyer, a resident of Indianapolis since 1909, died here yesterday after a brief illness. She was T4 and lived at 526 E. Morris st. Mrs. Meyer was the widow of Henry Meyer, and a native of Germany. Surviving are three sons, Henry, Adolph and Ernest, all of Indianapolis, and nine grandchildren. Services will be conducted by the Rev. William C. Nelson, pastor of the Emanuel Reformed church, at 1 p. m, Thursday at the G. H. Herrmann funeral home. Burial will be Crown Hill cemetery.
Petit Challenges All Ballots In 5 Precincts of 7th Ward
The validity of all ballots in precincts 1, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of the seventh ward were challenged today by Otto
Petit in the recount contest brought by Jesse Hutsell for the Republican sheriff nomination. Mr. Petit charged, in protesting the ballots, that initials on the back of the votes were not those of certified clerks In the precincts. At the same time, Glenn B. Ralston challenged the validity of 79 ballots in the sixth precinct of the seventh ward in the recount contest brought against him by Toney
Flack for the Democratic nomination, i] * Mr. Raiston charged that the vote marks on the 79 ballots were similar, indicating that they had been marked by someone other than the voters. All challenged ballots were laid aside for a hearing to determine their validity. In the third recount contest brought by Dr. Walter Hemphill against Jack Tilson in the Repube lican clerk nomination race, Dr, Hemphill showed a gain of two votes in 14 precincts.
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