Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1945 — Page 10

Monday, Sept. 10, 1945

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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

WAINWRIGHT COMES HOME

MERICA'S welcome of Gen. Wainwright is turning out to be one of the largest ever given a returning military hero. Yesterday it was San Francisco with a tremendous celebration. Today is it Washingtonton. And on Thursday New York hopes to top them both. : The only surprise is that the general himself is completely surprised. One of the saddest parts of the long Jap imprisonment and humiliation of the hero of Bataan and Corregidor is that he apparently did not realize how deeply his fellow-countrymen understood that tragedy. And so the best part of these celebrations is that they help to wipe out the loneliness with which he carried the terrible burden of surrender. Gen. Wainwright has become the symbol of the Amer{can fighting man who can take it. As such he was chosen by his old chief in the Philippines, Supreme Commander MacArthur, to witness the Jap surrenders in Tokyo bay and in Manila—which even the most stupid Jap will get. Now it is fitting—and very American—that the folks back home have reserved a special place in their hearts for the commander who did not win, but who held out so long against crushing odds while his country prepared for later victory, Americans do not forget,

HOLDING UP THE PROCESSION

THE chairman of Detroit's war labor board charges that strikes now going on in the automobile center “flout the President of the United States.” Mr. Truman, the chairman points out, has asked for a period of “peaceful equilibrium” while he gets leadens of labor and industry together to develop a new program for ~ uninterrupted production. We understand the feeling of tension among workers at a time like this. Now that the war is over, the impulse to enforce demands ‘and: compel quick adjustment of grievances by strike action must be very hard to resist. Yet, all workers have far more to gain, we believe, than they could ibly lose by heeding the President's appeal. Consider the effect of one Detroit strike: : Twelve Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co. employees were discharged for ejecting a foreman from the plant. The re- = gional labor board ordered only .nine of them reinstated. The company’s 4500 workers struck more than two weeks * ago, and have just voted to continue the strike until the ~ other three discharged men—officers of the local union— get their jobs back. » ~ » ELSEY-HAYES was making wheels and brake drums for the Ford Motor Co. Cut off from that source, Ford has stopped its recently started automobile and truck assembly lines in Detroit and eight other cities and laid off * 80,000 workers. Ford dealers have postponed plans to show new cars late this month. And smaller strikes in other automotive parts plants threaten to delay other big auto companies in starting post-war output. There is nothing much more important to American workers than getting the automobile industry rolling quickly into high-gear production of cars. Each day lost means that many persons all over the country must go longer without jobs. Each day gained means earlier, surer victory over unemployment—victory for all workers.

WE WANT DRAWERS

HE time has come to speak out in the name of men’s underdrawers. For Christmas we want some new ones. We ‘could do with a pair or two before then, But we're willing to wait and let our drawers take their place in the reconversion queue. : Ever since Atomic Day we've been reading promises that fabrics and textiles will descend on us jn bales, come autumn. Gaudily, glamorously, giddily, the nylon stocking invariably gets first mention, We yield to no man in our purely academic deference to the female shin and its potential sheen, The slicker and trimmer the better. But what about our underpants? ~~ We know about the return of draperies to enhance the charm of the living room window; and for that we rejoice. We dutifully ponder the dolman sleeve and try to appreciate the thrill of hearing that it may be reborn and then again may not. But what about our drawers? We are delighted that wives soon may purchase bed tickings, damasks, children’s dresses, bath towels and other items that will erase the ersatz smudge from our way of living. We steel ourselves to homes with antimacassars back of our head and tidies under our wrists, to doilies and cocktail napkins, to birdcage bags and slip covers, to luncheon sets instead of tablecloths, to diapers on doorknobs. Such: are the bedeckments of peacetime living and such are the burdens males must survive. To all we are resigned. But what we want is some drawers.

. STRENGTH IN MONEY

WE SOMETIMES speak of America's mighty industrial empires as though they represented the largest groupings of money in the country. They don’t. The greatest : concentrations of money are in banks and insurance com- - panies. - A United Press survey shows that 43 private enterprises have resources of a billion or more dollars each. Nine of them are insurance firms, 18 are banks, six are railroads, three are public utilities. Seven are industrial or - manufacturng concerns. ” : General Motors stands 15th, while Ford Motor Co., is at © the bottom with’ $1,021,825159. Tops is Metropolitan Life Insurance, reporting $6,995,450,571, Industry and manufacturing armed this country and much of the world with weapons that brought victory. Yet, our strongest muscle flexes in financial houses. And a prodigious thing it is; a vast cash power to-sustain enterprises, both old and new; a reserve in ingurance to support the amil es of those who drop out of the race. It is there,

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ow TOWN— | Sting Cure By Anton Scherrer

"THE MEDICAL professoin will probably. run me out of town for this, but with me duty comes be~ fore everything else, Once upon a time, and extending over a period

honeybee (Axis mellifica) had the therapeutic property of curing rheumatism, I don’t care whether the doctors believe’ it or not. I know what I'm talking about. As a matter of fact, I know of three bona fide cures. The first case to come under my observation was that of Carl Aprogel, a thrifty and thriving German market gardener who lived“on the outskirts of Indianapolis, He was so badly crippled with rheumatism that he had to be carried to a wagon and hauled to the home of a farmer friend who kept bees, Mr. Aproge] had let it be known what he was up to, with the result that it brought crowds from miles around. When he arrived at his friend's farm, Mr. Aprogel insisted on taking off all his clothes. He said he wanted the dose to be a good one. The presence of ladies, however, finally persuaded him to appear In a long-tailed nightshirt: Arrayed in this compromise, he hobbled to the bee hives and challenged the honey=makers to pump him full of formic acid.

Nightshirt Was Polka-Dotted

THE BEES didn’t act quickly enough to suit Mr. Aprogel, whereupon he "poked one of his crutches into the hives. It worked. The infuriated bees, buzzing lke mad, attacked him in a concentrated phalanx and, in less time that it takes to tell, com~ pletely covered Mr, Aprogel's thinly clad anatomy. At this stage, Mr. Aprogel’s nightshirt, which was originally of a pure white color, looked like a polkadotted affair, When Mr. Aprogel yelled that he had had enough, a long rope was thrown to him. He was told to catch hold and the next thing the bewildered spectators saw was the limp body of a badly-bitten man dragged over the ground by a dozen or more farmers who ran like greyhounds after they had their patient deposited out of harm’s way, Next morning Mr. Aprogel threw away” his crutches. He never asked for them again: Another successful case was that of Jonathan Kerr who, if I remember correctly, was a member of some board” over in the state house. ~~ - Mr, Kerr, a sufferer from rheumatism which had yielded to no treatment, bought a couple of dozen bees—the healthiest and toughest he could find=~ and wrapped them in a towel. He then shook them up until they were fighting mad. That done, he held the towel against his naked body and let the bees puncture him to their hearts’ content, They stuck him good and plenty, and from that day on he never had another touch of rheumatism—not even in rainy weather, The third case was that of Mayor Lew Shank. The doctors diagnosed it as lumbago. I trust their geographical connotation will not invalidate my ‘claim, Bo far as pain was concerned, it was just another case of old-fashioned rheumatism.

Widely Interesting Cures LEW COULDN'T find anything to do him any good Finally, Frank Johnson, who had a bunch ‘of beehives out at his place at 38th st. and Fail Creek, in-'} vited Lew to call and get stung, Mr, Johnson said there was nothing like a good bee bite to cure rheumatism—even if it was called lumbago, In some way known only to politicians, Mr. John-

rheumatism (lumbago)., Even Mayor Gaynor of New York started to worry about the pitiful condition of

course of which he expressed doubt concerning Mr, Johnson's plan of curing Lew's rheumatism with bee bites, Mr. Gaynor suggested trying wasps or, better still, snakes. Well, Mayor S8hank’s rheumatism finally got to be §0 painful that he had to leave city hall. When he returned, he was completely cured, and to this day nobody knows for sure whether he profited by the waters of Martinsville or whether he took advantage of Mr. Johnson's invitation. I, for one, have aligned myself on the side of those who firmly believe that Mr. Jolinson's, bees cured Mayor Shanks’ rheumatism (lumbago).

WORLD AFFAIRS— Filipino Ties By William. Philip Simms

THE PHILIPPINES are going to get their independence on or before July 4, 1946, as planned, despite rumors to the contrary. The assurance. comes from the highest sources. Congress last year authorized the President to make this historic and final gesture as soon after the ejection of the Japs as he might deem wise, - He could do so today, therefore, if convinced it would be best for all concerned. However, there remains a number of points which the Filipinos themselves wish cleared up before exist~ ing ties are severed—such as the status of the proposed joint military and naval bases, trade relations and so on, These problems, said Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine resident commissioner and secretary of information will probably be taken up by the present congress. .

Islands in Appalling Plight ON ITS SIDE, the United States does not wish. to appear in too great a hurry to shed its burden in the Philippines, The Jap occupation left the {slands in an appalling plight, physically and economically. A tremendous. rehabilitation job les ahead and this country is morally bound to lend a generous hand, Which is one reason why the President is sending Paul V. McNutt back to Manila as U. 8. high commissioner. No American knows the islands more intimately, is more respected by the Filipinos, or would be better qualified for the enormous task which will be his, Failure of the United States to live up to ‘the letter and the spirit of its pledges to the Filipino people, would be disastrous to its prestige. It would prove a tragic disillusionment to the hundreds of millions of subject peoples throughout .the Far East and the rest of the world. “In the Philippines,” said Gen. MacArthur in his speech at the Jap surrender ceremony “America has evolved a model for this new free world of Asia; In the Philippines, America has demonstrated that peoples of the East and peoples of the West may walk side by side in mutual respect and mutual benefit, The history of our sovereignty there has now the full confidence of the East.” Thesé words came at the end of the American commander's speech. And so bedazzling was the occasion itself that on many they became lost in the shuffle. But not on the billion people of the Orient who pin their faith on the fairness and essential justice of the United States.

Filipinos May Change Minds THAT THE Filipino people themselves may vol untarily change their minds about complete independence may be possible. That is anybody's guess. Certainly many of them--what percentage I do not know—favor something like a dominion status. But the Filipinos themselves—not the Americans—will

of something like 20 years, the bite of an Indianapolis |-

son's invitation got into the papers and, in no time {Such experiences as they have had at all, everybody in America was interested in Lew's |overseas?

his colleague. Indeed, he wrote a long letter In the [to think that he may be the vic-

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® Hoosier “TIME WE DID SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS SAFER PLACE”

By D. E. B., Indisnapolis’ How many more accidents must we have at 38th st. and Boulevard pl. before something is done about placing a stop-light at that intersection? 3 On the average of almost once a

month for the past two years, there has been a rather serious ac-

night. another occurred in Which a veteran of world war II was inMust our

lives, after having been through

My husband has been overseas two years and is still safe. I hate

tim of an automobile accident through the thoughtlessness and carelessness of some of us here at home. : : Now that the war is over, it seems to me it’s time we did something about making Indianapolis a safer place to live. How about it? ® 5 # “SHOULD BE THANKFUL HUSBAND IS IN U. 8.” By Mrs. P. M. and Mrs, RB. R., Indianapolis We are two of the unfortunate

war widows who have had our husbands overseas for three years, facing all the hostilities, and are not too sure that they aren’t going

to be in the occupational army. But we feel very fortunate that they are still living, even if it means another year or two waiting. We think women that have trailed from one army camp to another and worked in civil service and army installations have done very, very little t6 help the war effort. We each have a child and a home well furnished. We have shouldered this all alone since our husbands have been overseas. As far as the 18-year-olds are cone cerned, they also have a life ahead of them to live and build. Nobody’s husband is a darn bit better thdah ours. If he hasn't been overseas, let him go. ‘ FE “OCCUPATION WORK IS DUTY OF OLDER MEN" By Clara Cheadle, 620 Division st. Shall we teach.18-year-old youth the tricks, the risks and the hell of battle? ) Shall we send youth for the occupation of foreign countries before we judge them capable of voting in the U. 8. A.? Shall we force them to leave wives

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cident at this intersection. Just to-|.

returning soldiers have] to contend with haphazard traffic markings and thus endanger théir

and sweethearts here and not

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fraternize: with the The work of the occupation is the duty of older men, political missionaries. Men should understand government problems by experience, social dangers by mature learning, control by practical military measures, This should be the work of men who lived here in peace and plenty during the fighting and now are trying to crowd out the returning veterans in regard to seniority rights. Give youth a chance to grow up, to learn peaceable social living, to marry and make successful homes. This is as necessary to the strength of our nation as policing outposts that have become our war responsibility. » # ” “DRAFT THE 4-F'S . . . THEY'LL CHANGE THEIR MINDS” By Pe. Don Waggoner, Indianapolis I just read an article in the Hoosier Forum written by L. FP. P,, where he said to send the home soldiers overseas, the ones that have been in the States all the time, I wish to inform him that some of us have been in this army three or four years, and it isn't our fault that we never went over. If he only realized that a lot of us guys got hurt in the service before ever getting the chance to go overseas, and that there are a lot of 4-Fs that are holding down good jobs, and now that they are being laid off, have the chance to find another job—and we're still in the army. What are we going to get? I've been married six years and am 26 years old. I was just getting started when this war began. Was I wrong in enlisting? let the guy complaining all the time and who has had _four years

years of it and change their minds.

Carnival —By Dick Turner

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“I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it”

“TALK GETS NOWHERE, ACTION IS WHAT COUNTS” By A. J. McKinnon, 434 Irving pL I enjoy reading the Hoosier Forum contributions by the Watchman, Mr. Communist, Ben Shapero of Muncie, and others. Back in my own life there was a time I tried to fathom the many rackets around the world. 1 talked about them, wrote about them until I could see stars. I could not> sleep at night until one day a change came over me and believé it or not, the world seemed to change overnight, and what a wonderful

~ipescs of Foingd fempe pith it srhiok

I wouldVnot give up for all of Solomon's gold. This great peace of mind came in a small booklet entitled, “The Key to Cornu-A-Copia” which came to the people of Egypt in the middle ages. The synopsis of the first chapter was “talkgets a man nowhere, action is what counts.” Away back in that age, the people of Egypt were in the same. boat as we in America. They were ruled by kings, lords, queens and landlords who kept the people in slavery. They owned the lands, the natural resources and material wealth. They kept the people's minds on plenty of amusements which they created. Education was in their hands and they looked to it that real education was a dangerous threat to their setup so they made education in the lower grades a mere plaything. The teachers were not qualified; about one in a dozen was a real teacher. However, these teachers did get by with picture painting apd drawings of all kinds that kept the young tots interested and finally, they did develop a nation with the outstanding profession as cartoonists. These kings and landlords devised a means to get rid of the old coun-. try schoolhouse and brought all children, big and little, into the nearest town school which they made large to accommodate all. The object here was to wreck the morals of the young with the actions of the older ones and thus the nation became a nation of juvenile delinquents. ) Aside from this, the people were well fed. Everyone had plenty to eat; even the school children were fed at school. They installed soup kitchen for the children, plenty of milk and porridge in the morning. They filled the little tots’ bellies so full they could not think. Finally the older people began to smell a rat and got together in small elubs

Why in every township on how to better

their conditions, To make a long story short, these clubs found out from one to anpther that the real people that could help all were found right in their own ranks and files while those who were chosen by the kings and queens and landlords were just tools in their racket,

It seems to me if we could get ail that are interested in the Hoosier Forum, readers and writers, in one body or ong club and talk it over and what we are going ‘to do about it, we would get somewhere and I feel that we have some real timber

By M. C., Indianapolis It's wonderful the way Indianapolis has come through for Mr. Leaver, but what happened to the ones who really

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IN WASHINGTON—

By Charles T. Lucey

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10—The

tation administration is headed for rough going when it makes its bid {0 congress soon for additional : funds to aid war-torn countries, : Chiet opposition will come not on the ground that this country should not help needy nations—there is general congressional support for the idea of help. But UNRAA's operating methods have been under critical fire for a long time, and congress is expected to demand a close accounting. officials say they're ready to provide it. a The: U. 8. originally pledged $1,350,000,000 to UNRRA—about 70 per cent of the all-nations kitty —and of this $550 million are still to be appropriated by congress. There probably won't be much trouble * dbout this. But the recent UNRRA council meeting in London called for a second “go-around” levy of one per cent of the national income of the paying nations. That means another $1,350,000,000 from this country. In the end it may be granted, but not until UNRRA opearting methods have been thoroughly dissected.

Dirksen Wants Inquiry _ A MOVE is on in the house, by way of a resolution offered by Rep. Dirksen (R. Ill) for an Investigation of UNRRA. If it is voted down, Mr. Dirk~ sen says, he will conduct his own inquiry when the new fund bid reaches the house appropriations committee, of which he is a member. Director-General Herbert H. Lehman of UNRRA says further aid must come if the U. S. is to keep its promises to hations needing help. We asked these nations to resist the axis, he says, and now the time has come to redeem our promise. China’s needs have been placed at $800 million, Italy’s at $450 million and Russia has a bid in—as yet not acted on—for $750 million. Besides the U. S., the chief contributing nations are Great Britain, $320 million in the first assessment: Canada, $69 million; Australia, $38 million, and Brazil, $30 million. The invaded countries, such as Russia and France, pay nothing toward so-called UNRRA operating expenses, and only relatively. small amounts for administrative expenses. UNRRA’s chief aid to date has gone to Greece, 2 ~ Bub... help is ticketed now for Austria, Korea and Chins, with the big Russian appeal still to be weighed. France, Belgium andthe Netherlands, which have suffered greatly because of war, are supposed to have funds with which to buy relief and rehabilitation supplies, and hence don’t come in for big UNRRA grants.

Faulty Organization Charged A FEW MONTHS ago, UNRRA's collection record looked poor in regard to many nations, but they've been laying it on the line better recently. Conditions are almost as severe in some of the small contributing nations as in some of the countries being aided. UNRRA has been beset by many difficulties, including trouble in getting shipping space and goods, which have been scarce in contributing countries. But aside from these troubles, it has been blistered Yepearediy OF Taully Organ, SORE: WT coming out of the recent UNRRA council meeting” was that UNRRA books were so confused as to make auditing all but impossible. Foreign government representatives have been critical in past council meetings and in private comments here. = Rep. Dirksen says he has compiled much data critical of UNRRA operations, some of .it on a round-the-world trip during which he observed what UNRRA was doing, and some UNRRA employes or former employes. Other congressmen returning from abroad also have been critical of what they have seen of the organization, he said. ! UNRRA officials say its administration has been improved in recent months.

VETERANS— bi

Bowling Crutch

By Andy Anderson

HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 10.—This is the story of & ° crutch, a bowling alley and a one-legged boy. In fact, some 18,000 one-legged boys, and a luncheon in New. York many months ago with Charles Vance, who is assistant executive secretary of the American Bowling congress, which runs bowling in America. Charley was very much concerned about whether or “not disabled veterans would be able to bowl. So we got a piece of paper, and before the waiter had brought our soup, we found that most every type of disabled veteran except the leg amputee, the blind boy and the paralyzed boy ought to be able to bowl if he cared fo. Then we felt there was also a possibility that the chap who had lost one and even two legs could bowl too. The more we discussed if the more we became convinced that he could. So we began to draw designs oh the tablecloth. Finally we concluded that if the veteran had some sort of support to carry with him when he took his run, he could do a right handy job. . We first worked on the idea of a little walking cart, made of pipe and mounted on wheels. Bus further work brought forth this idea—an adjustable rolling crutch, with an automatic brake which could be provided by the alleys for any leg amputee,

Model Constructed THE WORK on the crutch is beyond the drawing stage now. In fact, a rough model of it is about

bowlers such as Ned Day, Andy Varippas, Buddy Bomar and Nelson Burton will be asked to check it. And should it work, the A, B. C. will be asked to amend its tournament rules so that the leg amputee will be able to compete in the big tournaments, should he become proficient enough. . Roughly, here is how the crutch is made. There is a bottom plate, about 18 inches long and three inches wide. In each corner is a swivel caster, set in ball bearings. The strut of the crutch is made in two hollow sections, the top part telescoping into the lower, and a thumb screw provides for quick height adjustment. Down the inside of the hollow tubing is a smaller rod on which is a shoe about two inches wide and three inches long. The rod is held by the hand grip on the crutch. The bowler makes his run, delivers the ball and releases the.hand grip, and that allows the brake shoe to drop to the floor and helps the bowler keep his balance. ‘ ; And attention, bowlers of America—got any suggestions?

So They Say—

IF WE are to be charged with the responsibil of maintaining peace (in the Pacific) ny the authority and the means—one of the means being authority over strategic islands —House naval affairs subcommittee report. x . . . THERE WAS a steady bureaucratic wth bef Hie waz, Sad there 15 i rd grow)

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LAFAYETTEMrs, Anna } + Bon, Fred J.; brother, Charles MARTINSVIL) Wilgbach, 76. 8 . daughters, Mrs { Mattie Russell; | sister, Gertrude i Robert and Eds i CTE—Mis 8. Survivors: ank; father, Mrs. Martha