Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1942 — Page 7

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PROFILE OF THE WEEK: Leo Thomas Dwyer, garment manufacturer, president of the Indiana Navy Boosters’ club, fishing and hunting enthusiast, scientic farmer, owner of probably the largest flock of pure bred Hampshire sheep this side of the Rocky mountains, and undoubtedly the White Owl cigar company’s very best customer. He's smoked nothing but White Owls for years; buys ‘em by. the 300, and usually has one stuck in the corner of his mouth, tilted upward at a determined angle. He doesn’t bother to remove it when he talks, and it doesn’t interfere with his fluency. Leo Dwyer is a 51-year-old bundle of energy. He's never still Mr. Dwyer a moment. Rather short—maybe 5 feet T—he weighs probably 150. He wears rimless glasses, has large gray eyes, a dark complexion and grayish-brown hair that’s. getting pretty thin around the crown, His chin is square and firm. He's pretty serious most of the time, but at times exhibits a dry wit that’s startling because he’s so poker-faced about it. He is decided in his opinions and equally positive in his statements. He never says maybe; it’s either yes or no. In a group discussion, he usually listens more than he talks.

He Talks Farming, Too |

GIVE HIM HALF a chance, though, and he'll swing the conversation around to farming, and then to sheep. His Lakewood farms—400 acres or so—near Franklin, Ind., are his pride and joy. He's been. interested in farming ever since his youth when he worked a

- summer vacation or two on, a ranch. - After studying

animal husbandry at the University of Illinois, he went into the textile industry—salesman, sales mana, general monager. In 1919, he helped found the “{cLoughln Manufacturing Co., of which he’s been p. “sident since 1933. . Six or .wen years ago, he decided he could afford a little time €or play, so he bought his farms and began specializ.“g, first, in Percheron horses, and then in" Hampshit. Xr

" Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

He now has probably 600 or 700 pure breds in his flock, and is recognized widely as a sheep breeder. He’s a director of the American Hampshire Sheep association.

He's Proud of Those Seep

HIS HAMPSHIRE RAM, Valley View Esquire, has been grand champion 14 times. Polo Masterpiece, his all-American aged ram, has been first and champion wherever shown. Leo Dwyer’s heart nearly bursts with pride when the Ford Motor Co. used a picture of Polo in one of a series of institutional ads, with the comment: “In Hampshire sheep, it’s rams like Polo Masterpiece, champion at the Golden Gate exposition, Pacific International and Chicago International.” At home, he reads a lot—enjoys historical novels and sporting magazines. His favorite sport is duck hunting in Illinois, where he has a hunting lodge. Fishing—in Canada, or Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.—runs a close second. He enjoys picnics at the farm, doesn’t care for dancing and social affairs, rarely plays cards or goes to the movies. He doesn’t care for the radio and won’t stand for it being turned on while he’s reading.

Just a Born Salesman

HELPLESS AT HANDYMAN jobs, he'll pull weeds at the farm but wouldn’t notice them at ‘his home, 3446 E. Fall Creek blvd. Slightly erratic in his habits, he’s likely to arrive home any time from 4 to 10 p. m, and, like most men, expect his meals right then. He's a doodler—draws geometrical designs and fills them in while telephoning. In phoning, he talks in a loud voice, especially on a long distance call. He has a habit of idly jingling the coins in his pocket. And he’s crazy about dogs. He used to have a lot of hunting dogs, now has a Scottie named Pat who leads him around with a leash and goes with him to. the farm.

And maybe it's typical of Leo Dwyer that last year down at Ft. Lauderdale, while visiting a physician, he discovered the doctor was interested in sheep. And before he left sold the doctor five pure bred ewes.

Ernie Pyle is in Ireland. His stories from the army camps are now expected to start within a few days. . . . Raymond Clapper is on a month’s vacation.

Old Man Worry

NEW YORK, July 11.—Stomach ulcers are being reported among members of the R. A. F. ground crews

“but not among the pilots, bombardiers and machine-

gunners who go aloft in the British planes, Dr. Waltor, C. Alvarez, world-famous diagnostician of the ‘Mayo Clinic, - Rochester, Minn., revealed at the annual convention of the American Medical association. The explanation is simple, according to Dr. Alvarez, and points a moral for civilians as well as for members of the military establishments. The members of the ground crew stay. behind and worry. When the battle is on, they are consigned to inaction. But they feel .the tremendous responsibili-

. ties which are theirs for the outcome. The perform- ,

ance of a plane depends upon how well they tuned it up, how well they loaded the ammunition and bombs, and so on.

The Role of Adrenalin

THE FIGHTERS, ON the other hand, go into the battle. The nervous tensions which they have built up arg vented in action. Nature meant things to be that way, according

to Dr. Alvarez. Excitement and strong emotion

Share the Rides

CLEVELAND, July 11.—If you are one of those who have demanded that Washington find something concrete you can do toward winning this war, your time has come. Right at home, without hardship or sacrifice, you can help to save lives of tens of thousands of Americans, to knock months or years off the time it will require to whip Hitler, perhaps even to save us from defeat. \ You can resolve, and plan, and 4 \ organize—and make good—to save rubber by sharing your car with | others when you drive to work, J go shopping, take the children to /»school, or use the automobile for any essential purpose. If we continue operating our’ cars as we have, 20 millions out of the 33 millions will be laid up by late summer of 1943, for the duration of the war. + That would be a national tragedy. It would slow down to a snail’s pace the present mad tempo of our It would prolong the war by reducing the weight of material we can throw against Hitler and the Japs. If would mean the death of tens of thousands and the maiming of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, sailors and marines who need not be sacrificed.

It Is Worth the Effort

OUR WHOLE PRODUCTIVE economy is based upon use of the automobile. Without it, we cannot get our war workers to and from their jobs. We cannot possibly meet the production demands of all out war without automobiles for workers’ transportation,

My Day

NEW YORK cITY, Priday. —The world we shall face when the war is over will be one in which every citizen must work hard to make his community a good place in which to live. It will mean that every citizen

will give part of his time to some kind of work which serves the community. Much will have to be done for other countries all over the world. If we have the resources in this country, they will be drawn upon to help the people of the rest of the globe. Therefore, we can look forward to an interesting new world—one of opportunity, of service, but not of luxury. Not a world . where human greed can run riot for the benefit of any in- . dividuals. If we are going to take our citizenship seriously, every man, woman and child will have an obligation to his community—and the first one which we should face today and begin to plan 10r, is the obligation toward children. They should be well fed. That does not merely mean they shoutd have enough to eat-=1b means they should have the right kind of food.

One of the ways t sahiove thie is 4 sive every

By David Dietz

cause the adrenal glands to pour a powerful stimulant, adrenalin, into the blood stream. This stimulant spurs the muscles and organs of the body to greater action. But if it is: not used up in action, then it has a bad repercussion upon the nervous system. Dr. Alvarez has spent a great part of his distinguished career studying the mental factors that enter into physical diseases. He says these factors make themselves apparent in many diseases besides stomach ulcers.

Tied Up With Emotions

I HAVE NOTICED that flare-ups of certain kinds of arthritis are connected with emotional disturbances,” he said. “When ever I am visited by certain

‘patients’ who come to complain of their pains, I

know that their business affairs are in a muddle.” Dr. Alvarez is careful to point out that such diseases as stomach ulcers are not caused primarily by worry. Some basic physical condition must first exist. But this condition becomes aggravated when worry

"interferes with the normal functioning of the body,

runs down the reserve of physical energy, etc. “In most victims of stomach ulcers, the disease is a recurring one,” he said. “An ulcer will heal. Then some years later it recurs. These recurrences are usually timed to coincide with emotional disturbances.”

By S. Burton Heath

In a year or 15 months, if we ignore present warnings and continue to waste rubber, vital factories must slow down because many workmen won’t be able to get to their jobs. By sharing rides the available tire supply can be made to last between ‘three and four years. By that time we hope to have ended the war. If we haven't there will be at least a possibility of relief through the production of synthetic rubber for the most pressing needs. We can triple the lifetime of our national tire supply by sharing rides systematically, intelligently

STATE BOASTS

_ Holds Promise of Cut In Property Levy.

this. It may help a little.

general fund balance of a cool $20,613,000 on hand, State Auditor Richard James announced today. No one can tell, of course, what the next legislature will do, here are some of the things Mr.

balance ought to mean to you: Good News

That the 1943 legislature should not need to enact any new taxes. That the state board of finance should be able to reduce further the state property tax rate. (The rate was cut from 15 to 14 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation several months ago.) Mr. James, a Republican who is a candidate for re-election, said that in his opinion a large pro-

should be frozen by legislative enactment for the duration of the war.

Would Be Insurance

This action would, in effect, provide the state with insurance against a possible post-war economic decline, the auditor asserted. The present balance on hand is the biggest in the state’s history

500 over the balance of June 30, 1941, Mr. James said. Of this increase, he added, over $8,400,000 is due to increased tax revenue and the remainder is due to decreased state expenditures and other small fees. The gross income tax provided the biggest increase, turning $7,546,000 more into the state treasury last year than during the previous year.

Taxes Increase

Insurance taxes increased $382,000; liquor taxes, $344,000, and oil inspection fees, $86,000. Significantly, the only major general fund tax decline was in store

licenses which showed a decrease

of $31,921. The decline resulted from the closing of a large number of stores throughout: the state. Mr. James said that during the fiscal year just ended the state had actually expended $18,045,000 from the general fund, a decrease of $486,000 over the previous year. Discussing the operations of the various state departments, Mr. James said that the welfare department was the only state department to increase to a sizable extent its expenditures over the previous year.

Welfare Spends More

The welfare department spent $9,275,796, an increase of $1,347,797. That department too was the only one requesting additional appropriations of any sizable amount during the year, the auditor said. It asked for and received additional appropriations of approximately $800,000 to meet federal requirements.

James Compares Assemblies

“Eliminating welfare costs from general fund expenditures for both years, the record would show that under appropriations made by the ’41 legislature for the operation of ti

year ending June 30, 1942, there was $1,833,846 less disbursed than

$20,613,000 IN} GENERAL FUNDY

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Hey, Mr. Hoosier taxpayer, read

The state of Indiana ended the fiscal year on June -30, with a net|

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James. says that this sizable bank |

portion of the $20,000,000 balancej:

THE TIMES’ TOMAT|

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=Governor Schricker (right, as if you didn’t

know) visits Fremont Pow; the tomato editor, and his corn cob tomato

plant. Somehow the tw the picture,

and is an increase of over $10,660,-|

Production.

WASHINGTON, July 11 | —Inspection of a Philadelp!

WPB Rubber Co-ordinati B. Newhall said the pres b synthetic rubber program is | along” to justify any c schedule. . ih But OPA’s William S. [iil, Lacy said the “only logical thy g” for the government to do “is t

gram from petroleum to ; Inspect Plant ||

In this recommendation, § had the approval of a seni

in Philadelphia yesterday, According to official re plant turns out Butadiene, | for synthetic rubber, from cohol, in a single step. said the process can prod at less expense, with few metals, and much quicker {i petroleum process can po

Favor Alcohol Metli}

After the tour, commit bers said they were “more i convinced,” that the o

the alcohol process. Senator Gillette has

and universally. Probably we won't. No such system [during the previous fiscal year legislation, described by

ever works perfectly. But, to beat Hitler, it would seem worth the attempt.

Help Shorten -the War!

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY isolated agencies are promoting the idea. The National Association of Manufacturers is co-operating with the office of defense transportation. The Michigan state highway department is experimenting in Pontiac. 2 The Associated Industries of Maine, the Massachusetts planning board, the Connecticut Manufacturers association are surveying the possibilities. The California Shipbuilding Co.-in Los Angeles, the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. in Birmingham are in the midst of experiments. The U. S. Rubber Co, recently carried a fullpage advertisement in many newspapers urging individuals to co-operate. Here is a chance for individuals and organizations, labor unions and service clubs, civic associations, Legion posts and women’s clubs to organize share-the-ride groups, to save rubber, to shorten the war, to save good American lives.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

child in the community a midday meal which contains the real necessities for proper nourishment. In this way, the children will become educated to eat what is good for them. The family will become educated to serve at home, as well as at the school, food that is of value to it. Over and over again we find: that raw vegetables are not used, that the latest discoveries of science are ignored, and that children whose families are well able to afford the type of food which they should eat, give them the kind of food which produces undernourishment. This gives us, in time of war, a great number of boys who have to be rejected in the draft. In time of peace there are citizens who not only cannot do their work with the highest efficiency, but cannot be the type required by a democracy. No woman can do a greater service today in the war effort than to devote herself to seeing that her home meets, to the limit, the demands made by the government. She will have the satisfaction of knowing that as each community does its full job for the present and the future, the war is bound to be shortened. Proper nourishment of the generation which must bear the brunt of the affer-war period is essential war work. Every woman should ask for a .school-

Junch program in her community and offer to help {be ¢ . she n . + a

which operated under appropriations made by the ’39 assembly,” Mr. James stated. The auditor said that the reduction in general fund expenditures resulted from economies put into effect by the 1941 legislature and by economies practiced by state administrative officers. “We must continue to spend less money in public offfce,” Mr. James said. “If state and local taxes are reduced, more money becomes available for the winning of the war.”

8 COMPLETE WAR COURSE AT PURDUE :

Recent graduates of the war department’s civilian protection school at Purdue university included four Indianapolis firemen, three policemen and a chemical engineer. The graduates are: Capt. Paul

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Dwyer, 940 N. Kealing ave. firemen. Sergt. Walter E. Houck, 1416 N. New Jersey st.; Sergt. Howard O. Hunter, 447 N. Dearborn st., and Patrolman Lawrence W. Smith, 1525 Linden st., policemen, and Albert S. Burns, 3142 Boulevard place, chemical engineer. The men are now qualified civilian defense instructors and will teach others here in various defense duties. The course included instructions on aerial tactics, gas defense, camouflage, blackouts, organization of defense sabotage, operation of a contre center and other related subj be held within a few days.

WARREN GROUP MEETS The Warren Township Democratic club will meet at 7:20 p. m. Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Moyer, 7500 Brookville road. F. M. Gordon, club president,

directed by members

Boling, 112 N. Elder ave.; Battalion Chief Fred C. Dilger, 1338 Comer Capt. Louis Roeckel, 1137 N. DeQuincy st., and Lieut. Herbert L.

Donald M. Nelson as dangerous,” to remove {; jurisdiction the control duction of rubber from sin. Mr. Nelson said this mi “take out of the hands of dent the right to control and asked for more tim On his plea members agr pone bringing the bill senate.

Charge Authority

They said that “what is afraid of is not t deprive the president of powers, but that we will some of his authority.” | WPB experts, they sa; the petroleum rubber Pl

that the grain process I! be set up in less than § if materials were made |

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pmatoes on this plant didn’t show up in Poor photog shy, ‘probably.

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of this area, back in 1788. Maybe the governor was picking up a few pointers on how these parts used to be run.

Couldn't say about that.

I had urgent tomato business on the brain. » ” ”

Good Morning, Governor “GOOD MORNING, governor,” I said, hoping he wouldn't say anything about my being late, which he didn’t. “You the father and mother of this tomato, as they say?” asked the governor. I acknowledged such responsibility. “Well, you know, my folks used to tell me that when they were young people, they used tomato plants as ornaments around a garden.” Then the governor shook his head and spat upon the ground, apparently thinking over how times have changed. Presently we started ambling down toward The Times’ famous tomato.

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“Now, Down at The Greenhouses—"

“LOOKS TO ME like it needs some manure,” said the governor. Half-heartedly, I agreed that maybe it needed something. ! But before the governor had a chance to go into this any further, I hoisted up two green tomatoes on the plant and showed him. Frankly, I can’t say that the governor was bowled over. “Down at those greenhouses on the south side the other day I saw some tomatoes I couldn’t reac” the top of,” he said. Well, of course, if I had gone to the expense of building a greenhouse over thig plant, well...

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Flowers Only (At the Mansion

“YOU LIKE TOMATO juice?” I asked, slyly, changing the subject. “Yeh, I could drink tomato juice everyday,” he said. After the photographer took the picture, we walked on down the gravel path. “Got a garden out at the mansion?” I asked. “No, we've got a little plot out there but it’s in flowers. Too

Fremont and Wallace ,

THE WALLACE TOMATO-—Vice President Wallace harvests the first tomatoes from his “victory garden” in Washington. As we see it,

there are nine tomatoes on the plant and more coming.

‘Well, every=

body can’t be vice president, you know.

Sight of Times Plant Fails To Bowl Over Schricker

By FREMONT POWER Times Tomato Editor SO THERE STOOD the governor, chewing tobacco and reading that big plaque about old Gen. Arthur St. Clair, the Indian fighter. And wearing his white hat, of course. It looked like maybe I was late. I was supposed to meet the governor at central library at 8:45 a. m.-but he was already there, reading the words on that plaque. Gen. St. Clair, you know, was also governor

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many trees and shrubs, too shady for a garden. And then Governor Schricker adjusted his white hat, got into his car with a state policeman-

chauffer .and went on downtown to work. I took another glance at the tomato. It looked about the same.

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BACK AT THE OFFICE there was & stack of mail and a picture of Vice President Wallace, the Washington man with a hoe.

Seems that three months ago the vice president started work on a victory garden (50 by 100 feet) and now he’s picking his first

‘tomatoes.

On the plant in the picture I counted nine tomatoes, more thd it on mine, but after all, Mr. Wallace is vice president and entitled to a few things like that.

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All About Andy :

THE MAIL concerned Andy McOuat’s 47-inch tomato plant at Southport, the general idea apparently being that Andy’s plant is among the smaller ones in this part of the country. His is the one I wrote about last week. The letters went like this: MRS. ORA FISHER, 929 Campbell ave.—“After six weeks I have some plants measuring 67 inches on down to 49 inches high, all having green fruit on ‘em. Now if you don’t believe this come on out and see what a city woman, can grow in the way of tomatoes, with no muss or fuss.” Mrs. Fisher said she didn’t use The Times’ plan. ALVA E. HINES, Whitestown, Ind—“I wish to report snine, planted according to your instructions, measuring 64 inches.” MRS. H. G. JACKSON, Linden, Ind.—“I have three that measure more than 60 inches tall and they are not tree tomatoes.”

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HAROLD L. BARKER, 109 S. Hancock ave.—“I have six plants set out the old (underlined) way and two are 47 inches and the rest are over 40 inches. Hard telling how high: they would be if planted your way.” R. G. GORMAN, 443 N, Colorado ave.—“I planted mine my special way but I believe they will surpass Mr. McOuat’s plant in height, width around and more tomatoes on the vine.” LEONARD C. SMALL, 1050 S. Belmont ave— “My plant (put out The Times’ way) now has 25 tomatoes ranging from the size of a pea to an inch and one-half in diameter and more blossoms than I can count.” The note was dated July 5, and so I suppose Mr. Small’s plant is much {further progressed by this time. . S. BUCKNER, 1001 Sanders

-st ye seven vines, the smallest

is 47 inches and the highest six feet. And not on The Times’ plan, I've been rigidly informed. WILLIAM B. FINFROCK, 5750 E. New York st.—Terrific garden out this way, they say, and I'm to come out and see it, sure. FLOYD ESLINGER, 3241 Guil-

ford ave.—There are 50 plants out |

at the Eslinger place and one measures 51 inches and has 19

tomatoes on it. And I'm to come out and see it. ¢ : * 8 8

‘LD FOLKS nN ARMY SHOW 'EM

Veterans in in Air | Force Are ~ ldolized by the

Crews. UNITED STATES ARMY CAMB,

Australia, July 10 (U. P)—Ths

young fellows in America’s air foreg call him “old folks,” but when they want to know about the fine points of a bombardier’s job they come to him for advice, for he’s been sight ing the targets for 17 years and he knows all the tricks. The “old fellow” is Master Sergh. Clarence A. Carr. He's 39 and has been in the army since he was 23, when he left Arkansas and became one of the army’s first bombardiers, His wife lives in Savannah, Ga.

It’s a Cinch

“This present day job is a cinch compared to.the old days when you dumped bombs from an old attack crate,” Sergt. Carr said. “Then you just about had to pull the string and trust to luck.” Sergt. Carr formerly went on bombing missions against the Jape anese but recently he has been de= tailed to instructing newcomers. ii “They are the world’s straightest shooters,” he says, “and if you think I'm wrong just find out what the enemy thinks about them.”

Idolized by Crew

Sergt. Carr has a couple of mates

in the flying service who also have reached master sergeant’s rating and the three comprise .a group

idolized by the crews and depended

upon and respected by the officers.

Sergt. Archie B, Hill, 39, has been

in an air corps attack squadron 14 years and his pal, Sergt. August W.

A s, 45, of Houston, Tex., has NE

served 19 years.

Sergt. Hill is squadron inspector =

and assistant line chief, and with Sergt. Adams, who is the squadron’s armament chief, makes up a “Cap= tain - Flagg and Sergeant Quirt” team. Likes Australia Sergt. Hill likes Australia and finds it just as fine a place to live as Panama, Louisiana, Texas OF Georgia, where he formerly served, Sergt. Adams, who served in

France with the 33d division field.

artillery, returned to civilian life in 1919 and re-enlisted in 1925 in the air corps. Lis “It’s a nice life,” he said, “but I reckon this war will be over before I'm eligible for 30 years retirement, Anyway, it will if us old fellows can keep these young ones hustling and Curley can teach them how to aim those bombs.” “Who is Curley?” I asked. “Oh, that’s ‘Old Folks’ Carr, a8 they call him now,” Sergt. Adams said. “Years ago when he had more hair they called him Curley, bub just a few of us remember those pretty locks he used to have.”

. TENT 9 TO MEET Catherine Merrill tent 9, Daughe ters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, will meet at 1 p. m. Mond in Ft. Friendly.

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