Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1945 — Page 11

Inside Indianapolis

NOW WE'VE found another sure way to get rid of flies. Get more than five stories high and “you'll find yourself in a pestless. paradise, according to Frank Wallace, state entomologist. One of our agents noticed a dentist's office -on the 9th floor of the Hume-Mansur building had screenless windows but was absolutely flyless. At first we thought it might be the cotton near the window that kept the flies away but Mr. Wallace straightened us out. “Flies definitely are not airminded, he said. . . . From the entomologist we also learned that the heavy rains. have been responsible for the light cp of

tions to the end of gasoline rationing. One woman who was waiting impatiently for a long ‘line of traffic to move into the Circle indignantly declared the ban should be restored so people could get across the streets. . . There's at least one woman in Indianapolis who believes the old saying about the early bird. She called the Times sports desk Friday to ask if tickets for the 500-mile race were on sale yet. The race isn't scheduled until Memorial day, 1946. . . . We noticed a woman in front of a department store, putting on a pair of gloves she'd evidently just purchased. A look of horror came over her face when she pulled them out of the sack. One was a purple wine shade, the other was a glaring red. She turned a little red herself when she noticed people watching and hurried back into the store. . . . Incidentally, we heard two women shoppers planning to separate for a few

SECOND SECTION

By S. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Writer

MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 19434,

'CRACKLE AND GROAN' ERA OF ETHER WAVES GONE—

adio in the World of Tomorrow

EW YORK—Almost any

‘he Indianapolis Times

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Labor

Auto Industry Ends War-Time

Organization

By FRED W. PERKINS DETROIT, Aug. 20. -- War's

week now you'll be able to begin seeing, with your own eyes, what great strides have been made in the radio, television and lighting sciences since the war forced industry to stop making things for you and me.

The home gadget makers were given what they called “hunting licenses” some weeks ago. “Go ahead and begin producing limited quantities of gadgets just as soon as you can find man-

mosquitoes in Indianapollis, Warm, rainy weather usually produces a flock of the pests but the ; rains here have been so heavy that the waters keep moving instead of standing still. This prevents mosquitoes from multiplying, since it keeps their usual breeding places—pools, gutters, etc.—constantly moving. , .-» Hay fever season is here again. The state house seems to be particularly hard hit: We stopped in three offices there recently and in each one we were greeted by red-eyed, red-nosed victims.

The Driver Screamed KATHERINE FOX, 2023 N. Talbot st., a newcomer to Indianapolis, boarded a Pennsylvania trolley, en

minutes. “I have to go upstairs,” said one, “and I'll meet you in 10 minutes in the glove compartment.”

New Street Wear THOSE WOODEN sandals some street repairmen around town are wearing aren't a new vogue. They're prescribed wearing apparel, provided by the city tor its workmen. City Engineer Art Henry explained that the workmen in the odd looking shoes are working in asphalt. That material is poured on the street at the temperature of about 300 degrees—good mate-

rial for a hot foot. The sandals with a wooden sole about an inch thick are strapped over regular shoes as a protection against burns. ... One of our agents

end brings another casualty in this motor metropolis. This is the automotive council for war production. A few weeks after Pearl Harbor it substituted co= operation for fierce competition among more than 500 companies, large and small, in the automobile production business. Even ° Ford,

» Mr. Wallace

route tp the public library, She explained to the driver that she was a stranger and asked if he'd scream when they got to the library. She was riding along peacably when the obliging driver stopped the trolley and let out & blood-curdling scream. Miss Fox smiled and got off. The car went on with all the other ‘passengers completely baffled about what the scream was for. ... We keep hearing about new reac- \

was deeply affected by a scene in front of Block's the other night. Two Chinese were walking down Illinois st. When they were directly opposite of the large flag on the front of Block's they stopped, came to attention, and saluted sharply. Our informant said he had been parked there for about half an

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hour and of all the crowd these two men were the only ones who had displayed reverence for our flag. |

{full production

back, to begin actual of some consumer products. It will is rolling, because no other

power, materials and factory space not needed for war stuff,” Wash-

THIS put them in position the moment. military orders were cut production

be some time before a if only industry was

Stratovision plans call for planes, hovering at 30,000 feet to serve as relay stations for FM and

the “great independent,” who never before belonged to any trade association, joined in. " = = IN PLACE of the automotive council will be the several trade associations which existed prior to Pear] Harbor. They will speak as before for the industry in general, but will lack the co-operative functions

Down In Trinidad By Jack Bell

obliged to convert quite so com[pletely for war as was the electrical. Also the number of dealer out-

television programs. Two planes would be in the air at each location—one broadcasting and the other

that distinguished the wartime standing by for emergencies.

confederation.

TRINIDAD, B. W. I.—A colonel was talking (and usually they're a dime a dozen), so I was using only a casual left ear and trving to listen to two other guys—when I caught a snatch of conversation:

“You can't’ tell me the Russians aren't all right. I'm tellin’ you, that time we were shot up over Warsaw , , .” Right away I thought, “why, this colonels a fightin’ soldier! How'd he get into air transport command ‘way down in Trinidad?” Well, he's Col. Karl Truesdale Jr.. his dady’s a major general at the Ft Leavenworth school, and when he flew those missions over Warsaw he was skippering the 95th bomb group of the 8th air force and leading 125 of Uncle Sugar's famous flying forts into some of Adolf Hitler's most terrific fighter opposition. Col. Truesdale has more taan 4000 hours flying time, 25 missions, every flying medal you ever heard of and one you didn't-—the virtuti minitari, Poland's highest military award. Gens. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mark W. Clark are the only other Americans wearing it.

A Fightin’ Skipper, Too COL. TRUESDALE introduced me to his operations chief, Lt. Col. J. D. Bridges, Oklahoma City. He, too is a fighting skipper, having flown in Java, Australia and New Guinea in the early days of the war and in Italy later with the 15th. Lt. Col. O. B. Hardy, in charge of maintenance, flew with the 15th in Italy before coming here. And I ran into Lt. Col. Joe Mackey, Miami Beach, a pre-war stunt flier, who commanded the world-famous Fireball Express which ferried about 1,000,000 tons ef stuff out of Miami into Kunming, China, These are the kind of men I find in charge of the green project which just now is flying 36 planes daily from Natal, Brazil, into Miami. Scattered from Natal to Miami are some 400 crews for the 260 planes; pilot, co-pilot, radio operator and navigator for night flights. Every man is a veteran with many missions in the European theater with paratroops, food and

ack-ack and

Science

NEW YORK.—War's end quickened the chemical industry's plans today for mass distribution of DDT, the world's most effective insect killer, but medical experts warned that it must be used cautiously.

Dr, Paul A. Neal, senior surgeon of the. Industrial Hygiene Research laboratory, national institute of health, found that careless handling of DDT residues —that part of a DDT spray which remains when, the liquid carrying agent has evaporated—may cause toxic effects in humans. DDT is a tasteless white powder. When it is dissolved in liquids to make a spray, it assumes a commercial name of the manufacturer's choice. Geigy & Co., Inc. holders of the use patent on DDT, calls its DDT-containing spray “Neocid.” Other such commercial names will become household words in the United States.

Looks Like Flour

NEAL POINTED out in his report, “DDT Toxicity,” that DDT bears a physical reserfiblance to flour and therefore “it must not be stored alongside food

supplies. He said that “ingestion (eating) of massive “doses of DDT will be toxic (poisonous).” DDT, Neal said, should be “used under conditions which exclude the heavy contamination of food.” This means caution in spraying the new insecticide liberally in kitchens or other food-storage places in the home, Neal pointed out that normal use of DDT sprays is not injurious to humans, He said “contamination of the skin from such residues as produced by the desired insecticidal concentration of DDT in air is of such low order that it will not cause injurious effects to humans.”

My Day

NEW YORK, Sunday.—I hope that everyone In this country read with extreme care the accounts of former Prime Minister Churchill's speech in the house of commons on Aug. 16. He told us things that we need to remember. He and President Truman learned of the success of the atomic bomb in Potsdam. They ade the necessary military decisions. and communicated to Marshal Stalin the news that this ew explosive could be used to bring about peace. Full knowledge remains with us in the United States alone, and, added Mr. Churchill in words I hope we will remember: “I reoice that this is so. Let them (the United States) act up to the evel of their power and responsibility, not for themselves, but for all men in all ands, and then a brighter day may dawn in human history.”

That is a pretty heavy burden, and one placed ipon us not alone by the former prime minister. It as placed with us when the scientists working in bur” country, as.well as the availability of our great esources, made my husband decide that we should rry on this research to its ultimate conclusion, We must note and remember, also, Mr. Churchill's orlhright statement that Marshal Stalin had made clear a long time ago that three months after the lose of the war in Europe he would be able to throw e might ‘of the Soviet Republics into the ‘war in he Pacifie, . * 3

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| ammunition dropping. and air evacuations. They've |

flown in all kinds of weather, through flak and enemy fighters. When the krauts folded the top pilots and crewmen of those air cargo planes were selected for this all-important job of ferrying American soldiers home. They loaded extra gas tanks into their trusty old C-47s and flew the Atlantic from Africa, stopping at Ascension island to refuel. These C-47 planes flying the green project don’t 100K too swanky—in fact, they aren’t—but they're as good as new mechanically when they go up, and in charge of the best transport crews in the army. Virtually all of the ships have had long service a-sky in Africa and Europe. Painted on the left sides are their working histories. A parachute with man dangling means paratroop missions. . A loaded camel means cargo missions in North Africa. Mules with packs are freight runs over Sicily. An engine is a freight run over United Kingdom, with each added car a mission. A big red cross is for air evacuation missions. A parachute with bundles is food or re-supply. Some have strings of mules or freight cars running clear back to the tail. Often the skipper’s name appears, with those of his crew members who saw months of service together. There's great pride and sentiment among those men who flew through fire, just as among those who fought through fire afoot,

All That Was Different

ALL THAT was different trom this green project.

of each item will be each store. But as the stream, and

the stream

will

ta satisfy

” ” ” FM (Frequency

broadcasting, for example,

gét out of your radio today. Already there are 51

By DOROTHY WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent

There was danger—yes; but thrill in flying over the

range. There's something about combat , , .! “It's awfully quiet here,” Col. Truesdale harking to missions in Italy, Poltova, Warsaw,

says, “but

to have any.”

e¢ Chicago Daily News, Inc.

By Jack Row

In experiments with lower animal forms, Neal found that DDT, when dissolved in oily, fatty liquids | for a heavy spray, will kill mice. Death is no

when mice lick their fur which is coated with the, insecticide,

“suffered irritation of the muscous membranes of| the eyes, the upper respiratory tract (lungs) and the skin which was caused by the solvent.”

Harmless Solvent Needed

THE DISCOVERY of a mild solvent, or carrying

: | lenges facing manufacturers of DDT for civilian use|

today. In such solvents as deoddrized kerosene, the| The imperative need to keep se-

the invabase of such sectici i cret the intended date for f such common insecticides as Flit, DDT has 8| Gon of Europe caused one newspa~

per to hold up a humorous feature

tendency to irritate the eyes and upper lungs. Geigy 1s experimenting broadly to find a solvent that will! eliminate these effects. Neal reported that in August, 1944, “a thorough clinical and laboratory study was made on three men who each had several] months of continuous exposure to DDT when used as a mist and dusting powder (for delousing). . The exposure of these individuals to DDT was extremely. great—more so than necessary | for the work they were doing. . . .” Neal said that “after carefully evaluating all the, evidence . . , we were led to the conclusion that none | of them presented definite findings that can be attributed to the toxic action of DDT." Danger, Neal implied, lies only in the reckless use| of DDT. The individual must be the judge in handling chemistry’s new boon.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

Anyone knowing transportation conditions on the trans-Siberjan railroad knew, without being told, that this three-month period would be a necessity. But the point is that Marshal Stalin gave his word and

kept it. I have been told that it was given as far| back as the conference in Tehran, That is a fact we must remember, j

One cannot help but be glad that we will have the strong voice and courage of Mr. Churchill as leader of the opposition in Great Britain. It will be a loyal and straightforward opposition, and that is healthy and good for any country. This is especially so where one party is advocating new ideas and new methods, for clear-thinking opposition will force bettér thinking on the government in power. . The situation in Great Britain is a very clear-cut situation, and many of us understand well why the British people—in spite of their undiminished devotion, affection and never-ending gratitude to former Prime Minister Churchill—still felt that the peacetime problems would be more effectively met by the Labor government. ’ We, here, have the same fundamental problems to meet, but our political situation is different. The forces in opposition to each ether here are not as clearly visible to the average citizen.

In the coming months we will have to devote more

‘time to knowing our representatives as individuals, ‘regardless of théir party labels. We will have to make up our minds which are the| §j men who are leading us in the way that we feel will! (&

be most effective for our peacetime life as the

nies” without a worry. But it wasn't always so.

While the war was on and the Day.” Her syndicate was promptly with censoring all non-military mail through an official clearing comGod, how important it is to get those kids home. need for military secrecy para-|reminded of the rules. The next entering or leaving this country. | mittee. They've been through hell and didn’t get killed. We've | mount, some of the heroes in the | just got to get every man of 'em home, It's routine, | “futuristic comic strips gave the and flying every day over the jungles or sea gets ctnsors uneasy moments when the monotonous. But no ship’s going out of this field |Scripts—quite inadvertently on the until we know it’s as good as new. We've not had a |8rtists’ part—appeared to be getmishap since we began June 15—and we're not going | ing too close to the subject of

the atomic bomb. " " »

THEODORE F. KOOP, assistant director of censorship, said the office was forced to send for adof a couple such és strips to see how they turned out. | “We found they were harmless

vance copies

and they were printed,” he said.

From time to time editors were t alerted on the atomic bomb and caused by breathing the spray, he said, but results Other secret projects and asked tO mouth,

cooperate. They always did.

Several fiction editors informed Rabbits exposed for 48 minutes daily to -a heavy the office of censorship that they mist (spray) of a DDT mixture for four weeks de- had stories touching upon atomic veloped no signs of DDT poisoning, Neal said, but| energy and agreed to the sugges-

tion that they be held up.

JAPANESE balloons also brought censorship much concern. All information sources were watched to prevent the enemy from learning

i (that the balloons had caused foragent, for DDT is one of the miost important chal-|est fires and that one landed as

far east as Michigan.

on ouija boards.

The editor notified censorship |that all ouija boards in his town | predicted a certain D-day date and [that he was considering printing

a story to that effect.

" » ”

CENSORSHIP replied that it had ers before birth. After six months] of censoring oliija this protection runs down and chil-| — he department of commerce said board forecasts, but suggested that dren become more liable to all the that publication be delayed until after |contagious diseases of youngsters.

no - intention

lets is so great that a vast number eral communications commission. required merely to put show samples into

trickle becomes a reaches the #nelves of your dealer, you # 2 2 find emphasis being. placed upon new appliances even while the older types are being rushed the huge backlog of demand pent up during the war.

Modulation) has made huge strides during the war. It is supposed to sound a lot better than the crackles and groans you

stations distributing FM programs, including many network shows, and more than 400 applications for station licenses are pending with the fed-

JUST ONE MORE DETAIL THAT HELPED WIN THE WAR—

Even Our Funnies Felt Censors’ Pencils

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.— Top wiser to hold up the story. enemy and getting away before his guns got the men in the office of censorship | ti |pnce again are readthg the “fun-|local weather conditions was for-

that they will put off buying a Informed authorities predict that new radio until television is more near future, plus some small AM within five years there will be 1500 nearly ready. Insiders discourage

models for those who either do FM broadcasting stations on the ail | this. There are only nine televi-|not want to pay for the combinaand virtually everybody will

be sion stations now broadcasting, |tions or who live where FM is within easy range of at least one. with two more in immediate sight.|[hot available now or in quick | prospect.

combination AM-FM sets in the

\ { 2 8 ; : ; i IT WILL require about 18] inghouse, in conjunction with Glenn MISS Fahsbender

Martin, to use. planes hovering at months,” after. work is begun, to Westingtonhouse predicts that about 30,000 feet as relay stations for FM get other stations operating. Mean- | 49 per cent of nomes built from and television, may speed the day while manufacturers say you would | now on will have fluorescent lightwhen the best of such programs miss a lot of good audio radio if ing This is in addition to the will be available all over the coun- you put off getting that FM-AM | fuorescence that will be put into try. set until television is ready. | existing homes. Experts predict that in the near | Moreover, the television set! Aside from future most radios, except the small- | should be a separate unit, because! mental est table models, will combine what it has to be located so that a| has two you have now—amplitude modifica-| maximum number of seats will tion—with the new frequency modu- face its screen, whereas you may lation, so that you can take ad- like your radio off in a corner, or | vantage of the old while benefiting beside the lounge chair where you from the new. {can fiddle with the dials. Some householders have an idea |

THE startling proposal by West-

Myrtle of

its extensive ornapossibilities, fluorescence major advantages. One is that its light is better for the eyes than incandescence. The other is that, once installed, it is extremely economical, and much {less current is needed to give the So you can look for a flood of same amount of light.

the invasion. Anyway. the date was) ship movements when she named; To prevent any information leaks, wrong, but the office believed it some members of the royal navy censorship halted all international {in a guest list. Her paper was| chess games being carried on by Once, while mention of all but asked to guard against this in the'mail or cable and impounded a rich future. | supply of stamps from the mail of bidden, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt re- | 5 = =x |collectors. However, some stamp ferred to fog in her column “My | CENSORSHIP also was charged, exchange was allowed to continue

day she praised censorship in her | This action was enforced legally,| Monitoring of all non-military column. |as opposed to the voluntary method | telephone calls to foreign countries A Név York society writer once | followed in the publishing and|and censoring of cables were other gave a possible tipoff to British'broadcasting field. | censorship chores.

THE DOCTOR SAYS: This is a Dangerous Time of Year

Infantile Paralysis Facts—No. 1

(First of a Series) i IT IS possible for several mem-|pital authorities will isolate the p {bers of a family to be infected with patient with this disease to preBy WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D. infantile paralysis at the same time. vent its spread. INFANTILE PARALYSIS Some may be paralyzed while the is caused by a virus which enters others are not, although all may by way of the nose, throat, or have the disease. infecting the spinal and brain stem, Exposure to this

virus is a com-

" n 5 PARENTS should not become Many infantile panicky, but they should keep their cord | paralysis patients tell us that other|children away from crowds.- The members of their family have had question of opening or closing the disease in the past, which sug- schools is a matter of local demon occ urehce, [gests that there is a special sus-|cision. Because of the possibility especially at this ceptibility which is inherited. of its spread through water, swimtime of the year. | ¥ ug {ming pools are often closed if there % Since most of us| SCIENCE DOES not have a spe- is any suspicion that the water may © # have had infan- cific preventive for infantile par-|P€ contaminated.

Largest of these peace-time bodies is the Automobile Manus facturers association, Others are the Automotive Aviation Parts Manufacturers, Inc, Automotive Tool and Die association, Motor .and EquipManufacturers association, and National Standard Parts associa tion. Lo ” ” THE COUNCIL'S break - up means less contact among the employers on labor matters. The automotive council won the 1944 award of the American Trade Association executives for the most outstanding achievement in

‘the field of {rade associations,

The award was based on a statement which described the problem as: “How to maké the quickest and maximum contribution to the wine ning of the war?” And the method: “Removing peacetime competi tive _barriers to industry-wida teamwork, without diminishing the individual freedom and responsibility essential to maximum production [or victory.” And the achievement: “Helping ‘the automotive industry attain a war production rate of more tnan $1,000,000 an hour, or $26,000,000 a day. = ” = PRINCIPAL among the funce tions that produce this achieve= ment were free interchange of information on production methods; indexing of information on auto motive manufacturing equipment; weekly reports on equipment to break wartime bottlenecks; tabulation of companies seeking war work; application of industrywide knowledge to manpower problems; close liaison on every phase of the automotive subject with the armed services and other government agencies; prompt in=- - formation to automotive war contractors on government policies, rules and regulations. » The automotive council was so successful that government authorities immediately took note, Comparable associations were formed among aircraft companies,

tile paralysis, . ; | It would be difficult for an - either with or | BIYSIS comparable Io the protection munity to handle a wm «without paralysis, afforded against smallpox, diptheria, alone, so the National’ Foundation | when we were typhoid fever and other diseases. for Infantile Paralysis is ready to younger, the ma- If infantile paralysis breaks out in help in emergencies. ied jority of infec-|your community, your health offi-| Although infantile paralysis is one tions occur in|cer will give you proper warning of the few diseases in which public | Dr. O’Brien children under 10.|and instruction. {health methods of control are not| The virus is carried by those sick | He will tell you how to suspect fully efficient, a great deal is known | with infantile paralysig, by recov-| when the disease is present and about the disease and much can be ered cases for some time afterward, what treatment to anticipate. Hos-!done to minimize its and by apparently normal persons. | . - It is found in their nose, throat and bowel discharges. Infants un- MANILA IN GRIP der the age of six months seldom | contract infantile paralysis or the | OF BLACK MARKET other contagious diseases, because

{they are protected by their moth- WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (U. P.)

nl effects.

SHIP ‘FOUGHT WAR | "IN CHESAPEAKE BAY

NORFOLK, Va. Aug. 20 (U. P)) —The U. 8. S. Wyoming used more anti-aircraft ammunition than any ship in world war II—but didn't fire a shot at the enemy;

despite price ceilings black market transactions apeared to

WILLIE and JOE—By Mauldin

(the rule rather than the exception in-newly-liberated Manila. For example:

vice as an anti-aircraft training center on the Chesapeake bay.

Onions sell for $3.25 a pound. Eggs, which are about half the size of the customary American| | product, sell for 30 to 40 cents each | when they can be found. | Less than a pound of charcoal [costs 40 cents, or at the rate of] {about $900 a long ton. | Fifty cents will buy a bundle of firewood containing eight or nine sticks 18 inches long and one inch in diameter. A water glass or a combination of cup and saucer costs $3. An ordinary dinner plate brings from $3 to $5. An enamelware coffee pot of vinte age variety sells for $20. However, to offset all of ‘this as much as possible, commissaries have been set up to sell non-official American residents and other occidentals concentrated rations for $185 per week. These, however, must bé supplemented by outside purchases. Hotel accommodations are not available for civilians, the commerce department said.

SADDLE REACHES GUAM

GUAM, Aug. 20 (U. P'. — A {saddle and bridlé for the white {horse Adm. William F. Halsey in-| tends to ride down the streets of Tokyo have arrived and. are en route to Halsey, the navy announced today. The gifts were

» HANNAH ¢

and most powerful nation in the'world,

sent by the Reno, Nev, chamber of commerce. wl %

We, the Women Share-The Ride Marital Hazard Finally Is Ended

By RUTH MILLETT GASOLINE rationing has end. ed! That ‘will, perhaps, mean more to one section of the feminine world than to others—tha women whose husbands belong to share-the-ride groups.. That is, if the trouble a New Jersey court blames on the war-born share-the - ride scheme 1s true throughout the the country All too often, says the court, the little group becomes too cozy, and pretty soon some worker wants a dle vorce to marry a worker he has had time to get chummy with on those long rides to and from work. n ” ~ WHILE SHARING been necessary, Mama couldn't, protest Papa's. stopping .on the corner every morning to pick up some pert young thing working in the same plant. Nor could Mama sav anything about his waiting for her after work each evening to d«ive her home. » It could have become a pretiy cozy set-up—and anparently often has — with everybody's official okay, Mama was in no position to argue.

rides has

o ” » BUT ONCE there is gasoline, Papa can just expect Mama to start saying who she approves of riding in the family car. If it can’t be worked out any other way, just leave it to Mama to decide Papa doesn't need the car after all, and she is tired of carrying groceries, ete. Then Papa will be in a car pool that is a closed corporation. He'll ride to work beside Mama, who'll igo back to the good days of driving him to picking him : 4