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man, and partly because I was forcing myself to get used to it, for you can't hide from death when you're in a war. This G®man was just a kid, surely not over 15. His face had already turned black, but you could sense his youth through the death-distorted features.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

GOVERNOR SCHRICKER got a bawling out—or at least a vigorous tootling—from a city policeman the other day. The Governor, accompanied by his secretary, Ray Smith, and Hugh Barnhart, state conservation director, were heading south on Illinois (en route to the Hotel Spencer for lunch) and started across Maryland against the red light, When the corner cop gave a lusty blast on his whistle, the Governor and his companions embarrassedly stopped and waited until the signal changed to green. . . . One of our agents wants to know what has become of the one-time custom of motorists picking up persons waiting for a bus or streetcar. He stood at the corner of 58th and Central yesterday morning hbout 10 minutes and in that time counted 63 five-passenger ears, occupied only by the drivers, passing him up. And there were plenty of others with only one or two passengers. , . . Lt. Cmdr. Robert K. Walker, who practiced medicine at 46th and College before the war, is home on leave after long service in the Pacific. He wag in the first medical unit to land on Guadalcanal. . .. Seen in front of the Hote] Washington: A pink baby cap with pink ribbons on it, hanging on a pole. . . . Double billing at the Rivoli theater: “I Married a Witch” and “I Woke Up Screaming.”

Mike Goes Visiting

MIKE KELLY, manager of the Indianapolis Indians, was out at the fairgrounds yesterday for lunch as the guest of the army's private fire department, of which Mike used to be a member. He took with him his brother, Sgt. Joseph T. Kelly, who is home on furlough from his duties with the military police at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Joe used to be a salesman for Em-Roe’s. When he got in town the other day, he started straight for home. And the first person he saw en route was his other brother, Patrolman Bob. Kelly, dragging a drunk from under

Voting by Proxy

(First of a series discussing the machinery by which men are selected for the presidency.) WASHINGTON, June 21.—Every fourth year the people of the United States pretend to themselves that they have elected a President. Yet from a

legal viewpoint the truth is they have little to say in the matter,

Although the public will is nearly always accomplished, no machinery exists for guaranteeing to a majority of the voters the right to name the man they prefer. Voters debate, take sides, register, vote, and most of them come out of the experience quite % sure they helped decide the result. # This assurance is due to ignorance or comfortable vagueness about the electoral process. When something comes along like the present southern revolt against President Roosevelt, it bewilders voters to learn that strictly legal methods exist for electing a President in defiance of popular will. Most people still don’t believe, today, that results of

the popular voting next fall could actually be set .

aside by "the revolting southerners, if they carry through their present plans.

Process Is Long One

STEP BY STEP, this is the way Presidents are made: The process is a long one, covering an entire year from the first presidential primary in January to the eounting of electoral ballots the January following. It begins with selection of delegates to the great political conventions—which, incidentally, were unknown to ‘the framers of the constitution and are not mentioned in that document. When national conventions first came into being as a means of nominating party candidates for President, delegates were selected by party conventions in the states. The business of picking two men to run for the presidency was entirely in the hands of the political organizations. "Early in this century there was considerable agitation for bringing the nominating machinery closer

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and said: “Now don’t you run away while we're gone.”

Sentries Mean Business

THE GERMANS leave snipers behind when they

I know was working late, as all our staff officers do

over. He had gone only about 20 feet when a sen challenged him. And just at that moment the general, groping around in the dark, fell headlong into a deep slit trench, : It was funny, even to the general, but there was nothing humorous’ about it to the sentry. He suspected monkey business, He rushed up to the trench, pointed his gun at the general, and in a tone that was a mixture of terror and intent to kill he yelled: “Git out of there and git recognized, you!”

a hedge at a mortuary on E Morris st. The brothers took time out to shake hands. ... A reader phoned to twit us because we had two Pages 13 in yesterday's capital edition. One should have been Page 11. «++ And the eagle eye of H. L. Litchfield, 323 N. Kealing ave., spotted an amusing typographical error in a recent classified ad. It read: “Lost—Silver necklace in Red Cat... .” An odd means of transportation, eh! . .. And a Mr, Gallagher called, while we were out, and called our attention to the Charles Mayer & Co. ad on Page 20 of The Times last Friday. Offering letter scales at $1.50, the ad commented: “Nice gift for service men.” What, asks Mr. Gallagher, would a service man do with letter scales when all he has to do to mail a letter is to write “Free” on it? +,»

Aid for Convalescents

IF YOU HAVE some woodworking tools that are Just gathering dust, you can put them to good use by contributing them to the Red Cross, They're needed badly to equip a workshop at Ft. Harrison for ill and wounded war veterans convalescing at Billings hospital. The army has set aside ¢ room for the Red Cross to equip. Many of the tools needed couldn't be purchased nowadays, even if the Red Cross had the money. The army has a regular occupational therapy department at the hospital, but the workshop is planned to provide mental therapy, It will give the soldiers something to do and keep their minds occupied while convalescing. Among the major needs are three jig saws, a small disc sander, a bench or

circular saw. They also need varying numbers of hand saws, keyhole and coping saws, planes, hammers, braces, bits, dividers, chisels, carbon drills for the drill press, screw drivers, tin snips, gauges, and all the other tools needed to equip a workshop, If you have one or more of these tools that you would like to donate to the shop, take them to the Red Cross chapter house at 1126 N. Meridian, or to the Blood bank in the Board of Trade building. Or if you can't deJiver them, phone Ll. 1441 and a volunteer will come after them,

By Ruth Finney

to the people, so they might actually participate in selecting candidates, not just choose, later, between the two who had been picked. But today party conventions still pick delegates in 30 states. In only 18 of the states is there any semblance of a direct presidential primary, and at no time has it been possible for a candidate to assure himself of nomination by going to the people in this manner, Theodore Roosevelt found that out in 1912.

Included by Courtesy

OF THE 18 primary states, one, Georgia, is Included by courtesy only. The state committee there determines each election year whether a presidential primary shall or shall not be held. If the 17 other primary states, only 11 permit candidates for the presidency to place their names on the ballot so that voters may know definitely for whom they are voting when they select delegates. Seven states do not permit presidential candidates to put their names on the ballot, though the men and women seeking election as delegates may. if they wish say which presidential candidate they favor. In all states except Ohio, would-be delegates may say simply of themselves “no preference.” Some states forbid men and women running for delegate to express a preference for a candidate— Dewey, for instance—unless the candidate permits use of his name. If a candidate for President carried every state’ primary and every delegate in those primaries, he might, theoretically, emerge with a scant majority of convention delegates, Actually this has never been And even if at the convention he started with all these delegates there is no assurance he would have them when balloting got under way. For in only one or two states are delegates bound to ballot for the candidate their voters preferred. In nearly all, delegates are free to jump on the bandwagon at whatever moment they think wise, and vote for the man they believe is going to win. The way is just as open as it was 50 years ago for trading at conventions

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llumination By the Yard

(One of a Series)

By MARY WELLS RIDLEY Scripps-Howard Staft’ Writer

‘NEW YORK, June 21.— One of the post-war plums that dangle most enticingly before our eyes is “lighting by the yard.” Even the phrase is fascinating—it promises the flexible sort of illumination that winds around the ceiling, glows through the draperies, shines up through the flowers on the dining room table and sheds daylight brightness over the kitchen sink. While we know that fluorescent tubing can produce all these fine effects, we've never made the most of it. Cost and confusion scared us off; a negligent attitude toward correct lighting left us contented ly sitting in the semi-dark. But after the war we'll put more decorative demands on more scientific lighting. When peacetime production begins again there'll be doughnutshaped fluorescent coils to replace the familiar incandescent bulbs in our reading lamps; plastic sheeting called Louverplas, to shade fluorescent tubes as venetian blinds regulate daylight. Even the low intensity lighting well need for television and home movies is promised us right after the war, (Experiments in submarine lighting and night flying will develop that.) Really revolutionary styling in fixtures is a fact, even if all we're permitted to see at the moment is the gleam in designers’ eyes,

Lest You Enthuse

But let's curb enthusiasm to fit the facts. The new home you're going to build will not be 100 per cent geared to fluorescent lighting. Pluorescent bulbs won't change color at the press of a button nor automatically turn themselves on and off as you enter or leave. Such promises have been made, but NOT by the lighting engineers. Executives of General Electric, Westinghouse, Sylvania — biggest names in the field—have all told us that the ideal illumination for proper vision and comfortable living combines the good old incandescent bulb with the more exciting fluorescent. They don’t pretend the latter will have budget appeal immediately. While less current is consumed for the same amount of light, fluorescent bulbs are more expensive than incandescent. Where an incandescent 40-watt bulb would cost 10 cents, a fluorescent bulb of the same watts would cost 95 cents, but will last twice as long. Fixtures, too, run higher. Besides, they add, fluorescent lighting has its limitations. In the first flush of development it got off to a poor start because of improper shading, insufficient number of tubes and confusion as to just what sort of effect the various color tones would produce. This last slip-up made the lighting. experts more than cautious. They were dodging restaurant owners who complained that one type of bulb made the coffee look like pea soup, the vegetables like hay and the customers like corpses. Worse yet,

TAYLOR IS RECEIVED IN PRIVATE BY POPE

VATICAN CITY, June 21 (U. P). —Pope Plus XII conferred today with President Roosevelt's personal emissary, Myron C. Taylor, reviving speculation over a new European peace move centering about the Holy See. The Pontiff granted a private audience to Taylor and his aide, Harold Tittman, after which the Americans were scheduled to meet

with Luigi Cardinal Maglione, papal

secretary of state. Taylor held a press conference with American correspondents yesterday, but he refused to discuss the purpose of his visit or even to say how long he expected to remain in

He intimated, however, that he intended to see a large number of foreign

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- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1944

Your Post-War Home

scraped away. Bulbs set into ledges beneath glass bowls light up the panels. Westinghouse designed these dramatic effects.

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Louverplas, made of duPont Plasticele, will be used to shade fluorescent lights. Direct rays shine down onto working surfaces, yet the louvers cut off glare at an angle.

a night club reported in anguished embarrassment that their new fluorescent lighting was making second lieutenants out of first lieutenants. When silver began to look like gold everybody knew it was time to take measures. As a matter of fact, measures are still being taken. What we now know as Soft-White—the fluorescent bulb with a pinkish tinge—needs warming up with a touch of amber. Woman's complexion is too precious to be tri fled with! '

Some Big Advantages

But the fact remains that fluorescent lighting has enormous advantages. Compared to incandescent, it gives more than twice as much light for the current used; only one-fourth the amount of heat; and it permits you to place light exactly where you want it. It approximates daylight more nearly than any other lighting. The objection that it takes several seconds for fluorescent tubes to light up is fast being overcome. The experts declare that the waiting time is being cut to a fraction of a second—such an infinitesimal delay that the eye won't be able to detect it. Myrtle Fahsbender, director of residential lighting at Westinghouse, Bloomfield, N. J. predicts that the average woman will want fluorescent lighting installed first in the utility rooms—kitchen, laundry, basement and bath—of her new home. And that she'll be content to bring it gradually into the living, dining and bedrooms. She believes, however, that no more than 2 per cent of the 28 million wired homes in the country will convert from incandescent to fluorescent lighting right after the war. Lack of familiarity with

Right Around Corner: Arc lamp bulbs shaped like doughnuts . . . door knockers that glow when you lift them . . . light fixtures that control the glare as venetian blinds sift light through our windows tinted bulbs that improve our complexions ., . . light-control that will exactly frame our pictures . . lighting arrangements that provide 24hour daylight . . . low light that won't interfere with television or our home movies . . . fluorescent tubes that light up at the flick of the switch with no perceptible delay.

the latter, she says, will postpone it, while cost and originally inferior wiring in our houses will also have a bearing. E. W. Commery, head of the home lighting division of General Electric at Nela Park, Cleveland, says we'll have more home lighting fixtures that combine the two types of bulbs; incandescent to throw light upward and fluorescent to direct it downward. W. F. Rooney, head of home lighting at Sylvania, ,is one of those who make tantalizing remarks about revolutionary fixtures which will be on the market soon after peace comes. While Mr. Rooney plays it close to his vest, because his company makes fixtures as well as bulbs, he commits himself this far:

“Why all the research and work of fine engineering brains if the result is simply the same old lighting fixtures we've always had? Fluorescent ones can be designed to harmonize with any period in decoration. But we prefer to reason this way: How would de-

signers in Thomas Jefferson's day have used fluorescent lighting if they'd had it? It's silly, for instance, to keep on using electric light fixtfires in the shape of candles, just because candles were once the only source of light.”

The Psychological Appeal

. Mr. Rooney really scores, we think, when he says that women may not relish the idea of artificial daylight after the sun goes down. They appreciate too well the flattery of the warm-toned incandescent bulb. That's why he predicts an improvement in softwhite fluorescent light, which will simulate more closely the warmth of firelight and late afternoon sunshine, Firelight, particularly, he says, has always meant security, peace, companionship and, therefore, has a psychological as well as visual appeal. Most interesting devklopment we've seen in shades to date is made of du Pont plasticele, called louverplas. This transparent plastic has what appears to be tiny lines running across it at regular intervals. Actually these lines are louvers which permit light to shine directly through the transparent surfaces between them but which act like venetian blinds to cut off the brightness as you look into the shade from an angle. Mr. Nutt, of the Ivan T. Johnson Co. explains that even the low brightness of fluorescent lighting still is too bright ~ for eye comfort. Louverplas is made with pink, black or white louvers. The glow shed by the colored louverplas is 90 per cent white, 10 per cent tinged. The black, says Mr. Nutt, has possibilities for ceiling fixtures in sick rooms, as the patient lying in bed would see only a softly luminous dark shade, yet there would be sufficient light beneath the fixture for necessary

Public Soon to Get Whisky—for a While

WASHINGTON, June 21 (U.P). —The bottles of brandy, rum and wine which have dominated U. S.

by that vanishing American—the!American—on the market in the bottle of whisky. Distillers expect to pour an extra liquor store windows for two years| 200,000,000 quarts of blended whisky will soon be joined for a brief spell|—about five pints for every adult

Up Front With Mauldin

next three of four months with the blessing of the federal government. War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson gave the signal for turning on the spigot when he notified distillers yesterday that their August output of war alcohol will not be needed, thus clearing the way for resumption of beverage alcohol production.

290,000,000-Gallon Reserve

since Oct. 8, 1942, when the indus-

try was converted to 100 per cent industrial alcohol production. According to industry statistics, the country now has in reserve only 290,000,000 gallons, compared with the normal pre-war stock of 500,000,000 gallons. ® Industry sources said the psychological effect of Nelson's action— which they jubilantly described as “courageous”—may result in more abundant retail whisky supplies than the figures indicate. For one thing, consumers prob-

to feel the .effects of the August

Not a single drop of the amber- | colored beverage has been made!

ably will not have to wait until fall}

activities. The pink or white louverplas set above the keyboard of a piano would direct light on the music above it, not into the eyes of the pianist. Ceiling fixtures in any room can be so placed that louverplas shades would shield uncomfortable brightness from people sitting anywhere but directly beneath it,

Light Without Glare

Another type of this plastic sheeting combines prisms with the louvers, making a criss-cross pate tern. No direct light shines through at any angle. You'd use it, for instance, along the sides and top of your dressing table, as it provides plenty of illumination but no glare. Louverplas is flexible, light in weight, nonbreakable. Still more spectacular are the doughnut fluorescent coils, which Westinghouse tells us can be used in lamp bases you already have, They'll come in three sizes: 814, 12% and 16 inches measuring the outside diameter of the coil. General Electric gives us plenty of ideas to play’ with for our post-war homes. In the living room fluorescent tubing is stripped along the inside frames of corner cupboard and bookcases; above recessed windows, where the tubing is shielded by glass or plastic, which helps diffuse the light evenly down onto the sofa. Cove lighting glows just below the ceiling, over window cornices and around doorways. Pictures are framed, literally, by means of pine point lighting from the ceiling.

Some Lighting Effects

Dr. Matthew Luckiesh, G. Es famed lighting expert, explains that nobody in the room can possibly stand so that this beam of light is cut off from the picture. When lighting is directed from the molding of the opposite wall—the usual method—a restless guest might spoil everything! Beautiful effect in the dining room is managed with fluorescent lighting that frames only the table in its glow. And a lighting unit beneath the flower centerpiece throws rays up through the blossoms, fairly taking your breath away, It's important to remember, though, that fluorescent light can play mean tricks with your decorative fabrics. There's considerable experimenting to be done by lighting engineers and forwardlooking interior decorators.

TIRE SHORTAGE DUE T0 LAY UP TRUCKS |

Passenger car tires will be scarce

for another 90 days, and some

trucks will be laid up due to lack of tires, William Aitchison, Indianapolis’ OPA district rationing executive, predicted today. The number of passenger car tire applications is expected to exceed ration board quotas for the

next three months, Mr. Aitchison

said, and he has notified local boards not to expect further quota increases this month. In the past slight increases in quotas have been granted some boards as other found their needs lessened, Te “The large truck tire situation is acute,” he said. “There is no relief in sight, at least this summer. We know some trucks will be, laid up.” 4

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