Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1943 — Page 17

“mock gravity, and then he said, “Do you mean to tell me that to your hopeless heritage of - malhutrition,]-

Human , .. and Homesick 2 met Steinbeck for the first time in Africa, just time

round and introduce myself. ften happens in such cases, neither dificult nor blunt. turned out to be human as hell, friendly, story aughy and ny. He even admits he’s awfully

Inside Indianapolis By Lowel! Nussbaum

EVERY DAY it's something new. Frinstance: One of our friends notiéed her heels were slightly an over, so she stopped in‘ a northside ‘shoe repair shop. The veteran cobbler examined the heels closely, then: “Hummmbh. Those aren't bad. I don't know about doing them.” Our friend remarked that she didn't want to Jet them get bad. Shaking his ‘head, the cobbler replied: “Well, ~Jjeather's scarce these days. I was 8 whole week recently without leather for heels.” Finally, he a agreed to do the job. . . . You wr Tiever know what you're going to = P run into when you take a trip CB these days. Dorothy Knisely, the | 1 > Indianapolis Symphony press \ agent; was returning from a visit to the Sevitzkys’ summer home at Lagrange, Ind. the other evening and had to hold a 4-months-old infant on her Jap all the way from Ft. Wayne to Anderson. The bus was packed and the child's mother had two other children to hold. + « » By the way, Sevitzky has purchased a small trailer to transport the canned goods Mrs. Sevitzky Nas preserved this summer at the lake. They're‘due back about Sept. 27. . . . That reminds us. of the George M. Bingers. Mrs, Binger learned to preserve food this summer, Ad ever since has been canning everything within sight—even to chicken broth.

George say they now have 460 jars of food for. the

two of them. Around the Town.

PAUL H, MOORE, the state OPA food rationing officer, is in the market for some live flies. Paul has a couple of kids who went to the circus last week-end and acquired a pair of chameleons. It seems the

Washingt WASHINGTON, Sept. 16—This ghastly news -about the American 5th army at Salerno gives a far more somber cast to the future of the war. It should put a stop to the silly business reported’ Around here of government employees throwing up their jobs and rushing back home to get going in private life before comes to a sudden end. have a year, or two, or We may very well be all ter driving the Nazis out of taly—if they do not drive us out. It is a battle for all or nothing

“Hitler's © we ama Hitler's opportunity 1 slash to pieces our best divisions and set us for many months. _ Italy may well be 8 war of attrition and Hitler 388 tore. divisions near at hand to in than we have. : "Our best way of saving the situation Is to cut his

bane. We had time before luneh to unpack and I 10 get some washing and pressing done.

. for ‘money.

‘child turned and ran away.

“quarters. Fred reminds us that the 20 really is more

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must be provided. There is danger also that political

pierced and impressed by every little event or scene before him. His consciousness is fertile and always at work. Sometimes he's serious and.sometimes he's funny and Sometimes he's sardonic. But it's slyays

himself; he isn't one of those people who act. 1

‘War Better for Having Him’

He makes such remarks as, “There’s something ;

when a dirty, ragged Arab child ran up and asked Steinbeck looked down at him a long time with]

ignorance and internecine wajare, you now propose

to add the degradation of chafity?” The bewildered

Steinbeck isn’t dour, or taciturn, as T had somehow gathered from his writings that he would be, He's willing for anything; you don't have to do what-

ever Steinbeck wants to do; he does what the crowd “wants to do. wi

If somebody tells a story he'll tell one, too, and laugh at his own stories like the rest of us humans. Correspondent H, R. Knickerbocker has a good description of him. Knick says, “A lot of these celebrated writers, when you meet them, act as though they might let out some secret of their professiopAf] they opened their mouths. But this guy Steinbeck, hell, he gives forth and keeps on giving”

I don't know how long Steinbeck intends to stay}.

abroad. I hope not too long. You ‘don't have to live .. with war forever to absorb its basic character. A few months will equip him with all the sight and understanding of war he needs for the production of a great book. He is so alert and aware that he gets something from and contributes something to every little move or word of the day. The war is better for having him in it. :

chameleony insist on live flies as a diet, and the kids |

have driven Paul half crazy making him try to catch flies for the little lizards. .., English’s impresario, was in an elevator in the Merchants National bank the other day. On the elevator were a Western Urfion messenger, who looked about 12, and a boy of about 6. “Is he a messenger, too?" asked Vince. “No,” responded the messenger, “but we sure could use him.” . , . One of Block's better selling items are Eisenberg pins. There's never a day that at: least one customer doesn't ask the salesgirl for “one of those Eisenhower pins.” It's the war influence. . .-. An announcer on WIBC Tuesday evening must have been using an old script. On behalf of Homer Capehart's Packare Manufacturing Ce. the announcer said he now..would take his listeners to “Viedory field where the Indians are battling the Columbus Red Birds.” Then came the sports announcer at the fleld with the statement: “Toledo now is at bat.” (That's okay, announcer. We pull boners, too.)

Just Like the Governor's

WALDO HOUSEL, the Columbia-Indiana trackless trolley. operator, is proudly sporting a spiffy white hat, just like the governor's. Waldo, who recently won a‘safety citation, says he’s always wanted a hat like that. And the other day he was in Harry Levinson's and saw a white hat. - Sorry, told him, but we're holding that one in reserve for the governor. Waldo says he raised .cain until finally they sold it to him... . Fred Hayoz says we didn't tell the whole story when we mentioned the service flag with 20 stars om it at the Legion national head-

impressive than it looks, since all male employees of the Legion must be veterans of world war I, and the 20 “retreads” are out of a total-of about 33 male employees. A pretty heavy percentage.

By Raymond Clapper ub

It would be unfortunate if we are influenced in

our decisions on the basis of what Canada does. Gen. Marshall and Adm. King are to state their arguments about drafting fathers before the senate military affairs committee at once. It will be dificult, regardiess of what arguments they advance, to convince many senators and representatives, and many others, that it is necessary to go on drafting fathers for the time being. The main question is whether more soldiers can be used at the moment. We have many divisions that are trained and awaiting transportation. Until transportation catches up with the divisions we have on hand in this country, theré¢ must be question about further stripping down industry now— which is what the drafting of fathers means. ‘ Needed now are more troop transports, more landing eraft, more of the items that make it possible to transport = divisions and throw them against the

Politicat Motives Feared J _IT.18 TRUE. that. replacements and special units

motives’ might carry congress too far in restricting

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Hopkins to Quit The White House

_ WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (U. se HA the president's adviser - Who came 16 lve at the White House May 10, 1940, the day Hitler in"vaded the lowlands, is expected to ‘move to a mansion of bis own inGeorgetown on Oct. 1. Friends of Mrs. Hopkins, the former Mrs. Louise Macy of New York, revealed the impending move and said they considered {it - a sign that world conditions are better fhan they were “the > the president sent . for

There were no reasons given for the move, but one rumor blamed it on an alleged “falling out” of Hopkins with Mrs. Roosevelt. Some congressmen have been critical of Hopkins for living at the White House, Hopkins’ daughter, Diana, lived at the White House even before her father moved in, She went there after her mother died.

SAYS BRITISH FAVOR FREEDOM FOR INDIA

LONDON, Eebt. 18 (U. P.) ~The British ‘people are united in wanting to help India obtain full freedom

Lbut. the first requirement is a de-} cisive and speedy victory over Japan,

Viscount Wavell, viceroy-designate of India, said today.

Pilgrims, | British-American club, Wavell said all classes and sections of opinion here support Indian aspirations for freedom and that the great ‘weight of féeling in both

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MILK DEALERS

Election of Directors Today

Concludes Meeting of State Group.

The ‘two-day ninth annual meeting of the Indiana Milk and Cream Improvement - Association, Inc, will | close at the Lincoln hotel today with a dificussion of dairy foods in the army and the election of directors, The feature of this morning's session was a discussion of a quality milk supply by E. H. Parfitt, director of the Sanitary Standards Milk association of Chicago. He outlined . the ‘sanitary practices

. | necessary to produce the fine milk

needed for evaporated milk, cheese and other dairy products. Prof. H. W. Gregory, chief of the dairy husbandry at Purdue university, talked on consumption, grading and manufacturing. E. A. Gannon of the Purdue extension division, spoke on the 1043-44 pro-

CORCORAN Quits - ATTORNEY JOB

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1. Dr. Max Lerner 2. Walter Duranty 3. Dr. Mordecal Johnson ~«_& Louis Fischer 5C ‘ol.- Carlos P. Romule A R. Yharra

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HUNGARY: LEARY

OF LEAVING AXIS

Lost Man Off Batdani fo Speck At Kirshbaum Center Oct. 31

Col. Carlos P. Romulo, famons # ‘last man off Bataan" and personal said, than done,

aide to Gen. Douglas MacArthur,

will open the 18th season of the|

Indianapolis OpenForum Oct. 31 at the Kirshbaum center,

Colonel Romulo, whose lecture tour was authorized by General) He MacArthur ahd Manuel Quezon, president of the Phippines, will speak | prejudicial to the allled cause, but He wears the silver Mar and the Order of purple | pointed out that swapping horses in

on the Pacific war. heart, given him by the Pacific general, and has been cited twice on | the fleld by General Wainright. He was the first man outside the | contingntal United States to win | the Pulitzer prize, awarded him in 1941 for the best interprptive correspoudence of the. year, He is a Philippine editor and publisher, and was vice president of Rotary Inter national: Colénel Romulo holds a degree from Columbia university and an honorary LL.D. from the | university of Notre Dame,

Other Speakérs

Other speakers include: Nov. 28—Walter Duranty, distin guished correspondent on Russia, who will speak on “Russia and Post-War Europe.” , Dee. 5--Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard university, to talk on “The Negro in America” Jan. 23-T. R. Ybarra, LatinAmerican correspondent, who will speak on “Good Neighbors of the War.” Feb. 27—Louis Pischer, personal friend of Gandhi, talking on “The Riddle of India.” March 26—Dr. Max Lerner, professor of political science and government at Williams college, speaking on “Looking Toward 1044.” Questions Invited All programs begin at 8:15 p. m. and tne audience is permitted to ask questions folloying the talks. The Open Forum committee is gomposed of Norman E. Isaacs, chairman; Mrs. J. A. Goodman and Louis D. Young, co-chairmen; Dr. M. O. Ross, president of Butler university; Russell J. Ryan, former superior court judge; Mrs. John K. Goodwin, president of the state league of women voters; Cleo W. Blackburn, director of ¢ Flanner house; Mrs, Barbara Blatt Rubin, John K. Ruckelshaus, Dr. Louis H Segar, Rowland Allen, Leonard A Strauss, and Theodore R. Dann, and Allan Bloom, general secretary, of the Jewish Comily: Gini} Center association; under auspices the : forum conducted.

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CRADLE-GRAVE ~ ACTION URGED

‘Wagner Asks Speody Con-

sideration of Security Program.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (U. P)

—Declaring that it & &iready late to]

begin preparation for a broader social security program, ‘Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D. N. Y.). last night urged early congressional action on his bill to provide “cgadle-to-tHe-grave” security.

In a radio address, Wagner warned l,

that the armistice after the last war |* caught the United States completely without plans for economic adjustment at home, “The resulting depression fell with cruel effect on the generation that had fought and bled in world war L"” he said.

“Already Late”

“It requires a year or more to pass and perfect legislation of this importance, to set up administrative machinery, and build up working re serves in the trust fund. It fis already late to begin this task. having In mind the uncertainties of the military and political picture abroad.” The bill for an increase in social security funds, providing contributions of six per cent each from employers and employees with the government coming in “some years. hence,” was introduced last June, It would provide beh#fits for the first time for farm and domestic workers, give 26 to 52 weeks unemployment benefits to returning servicemen and at the same time set up employment offices to help them find jobs, and provide a comprehensive system of medical insurance for workers and their families.

VETERAN FLIER GETS LEGION OF MERIT

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (U. P.).— Brig. Gen. Prank P. Lahm, retired

pioneer army aviator who flew the|/

Wright brothers, today held the medal of the legion of merit, the

But, Premier Says, She Must Manage to Quit The War.

By PAUL GHALI

( "opyright 194); by THe Indianapolis Times nd The Chicago Dally News, Ine.

BERN, Sept. 16—The Hungarian government is not yes ready to | break with the axis, stated private [information reaching here today. | No official stand has been taken re | garding an armistice, Premier Nicholas ‘Kallay, it is re vealed, admitted in a recent con

ference with the government party [that he intends to get Hungary out [of the war, but added that is easier

Hungary. must, ‘he said, continue policy on the lines laid down. Jedged to undertake nothing

[its

midstream might result in condi tions lke those in-Italy. : Developments in Italy have” discouraged the Hungarians. Confusion reigns in politiéal circles and panic amang the people. Although | dissatisfaction grows apace, | government lacks courage and is {letting things drag along. Unrest among the masses is on the Increase. The new experiment of simultaneous increase of prices | and wages is a complete . fiasco, { higher wages being nowhere in pro= | ortion, to the increased cost of live

i Phe’ black, market is an ever-ine creasing menace to the poorer classes, who find themsel es “unable to afford even the bare hey of life.

LOWER HOSPITAL COSTS ARE URGED

BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 16 (U.P). —Post-war hospital planning must include some means of reducing the cost of hospitalization to the individual and at the same time returning to- the hospital the real costs of service, Dr. V, M. Hoge, surgeon-in-charge of the hospital facilities

today. “It is doubtful that endowments and contributions will continue to play the important. part in future hospital financing that “they have in the past, and patients able and willing to pay the cost of their own care cannot be expected to contribute to the care of those unable to pay. “Some more adequate and equitable means than charity for meeting the cost of care must be found” Dr. Hoge told delegates to the American Hospital association's 45th annual convention. He said the state should take an active part in caring for the sick, “as a matter of political and military expediency.”

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