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AYRES' SERVICE flag is drawing comments from all over the city, Instead of sewing a star for each employee on a large flag, it has one large gold star, a blue one and a gold discharge button on a white background. The gold star has the*number three in the center, indicating the ET three Ayres’ employees killed in | go action. On the blue star is the figure 218, representing the Ayres’ 3 men in service, The 24 onthe gold.~ button stands for Ayres’ employees who have been discharged and returned to their jobs and other veterans who never before had been employed at the store. Row=land Allen, personnel r.anager, tells us that the flag was one of : the first of its kind in the city. ... Mrs. Ralph Good, 1359 Oli- Mr MeKitrick ver ave. writes that the ice cream vendor who put cotton under the leather halter of his pony to keep the flies away is Frank Smith, 801 Warren ave. Mr. Smith lost both his legs. He now sells ice cream while sitting on a chair in the back of his wagon. He is a friend of all the children, Mrs. Good says. and gives the invalid children of the neighborhood free ice cream.

Behind Union Station Scenes THE UNION STATION probably is one of the oldest and best known buildings in Indianapolis. But more goes on behind the scenes there than the thousands of travelers could ever dream of. Willlam MecKitrick, superintendent of the depot, completed his 40th year with the system last week. He tells us that business in the baggage department has increased 300 per cent during the war, ,., One of the “unseens” down at the depot is the 630-foot long baggage tunnel which starts at Capitol ave, goes under Illinois st. and out to Meridian st. The tunnel is 18 feet, wide and about 10 feet high. The station also has another tunnel which is 2100 feet long. It’s the power tunnel which holds all the steam and water pipes and the electric wiring for the trains and the station itselfy And while were in the tunnel line,

Tokyo Shopping By Sidney S. Whipple

TOKYO.—The blackened, burned-out shops along that one-time shopping avenue, the famous Ginza, are beginning cautiously to reopen, At the same time, inflation is’ setting in. : :

Wherever Americans gather, preters offer their services to obtain bargains. But they ggnerally turn out to be petty government

guides and inter-

clerks interested only in jack= ing up the prices. It is much better to shop alone, seeking shops on side

streets where the news of American lavishness with money has not yet reached the proprietors. The ratio is 15 yen for one American dollar has been widely accepted, but many places blandly attempt to fix the rate of exchange at 4% yen to one. The stocks in all stores are meagre, running largely to a jumble of gimcracks like those seen along the boardwalk at Atlantic City. Most of them are useJess, dime-store novelties which have been fished

“out of the ruins of warehouses.

Kibitzers Always on Hand NEVERTHELESS, shopping becomes an interesting adventure, partly because you are accompanied by a pushing crowd of staring, curious Japs. As you argue with a merchant their enthusiasm boils up almost to the point of open applause when you complete your bargain successfully. Incidentally, all the shopping kibitzers apparently have just eaten their daily ration of fish, onions and daikon. The last is an enormous radish, noted to American nostrils for its odor while cotking. The cumulative pungency of the diet surrounds the shopper like a cloud. ; The largest department store now operates two floors. It still carries the odors of fire, bombs and death. The ground floor of the store boasts a pharmacy, devoted for the most part to herbs, dried roots and

Science

A NATIONAL program for the control of research in the field of atomic energy by a body of highly qualified individuals independent of army domination and responsible to the people as a whole, is urged in an editorial in.Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, official publication of the American Chemical society. “Otherwise,” according to the editors of this journal, “army influence will inevitably throttle research, and release of research accomplishments of use to industry and mankind will be withheld or delayed on the plea of an army officialdom which thinks largely, if not entirely, of research as a military weapon and therefore necessarily secret information.” This editorial portrays an outgpoken distrust of army ‘policy which will not surprise anyone familiar with the long campaign conducted” during the war years by the American Chemical society to change the selective service organization's policy toward chemists, engineers, and students in training for those professions.

Charged Stripping Colleges THE SOCIETY maintained that our nation was the only one in the war which followed a policy of drafting trained engineers and using them in military ways that took no account of their training. The society also charged that selective service policies were stripping the colleges and universities -of scientific students so that there would be a whole “lost generation” of trained men in the sciences.

My Day

HYDE PARK, Wednesday.—A man who Is very much interested in creating new opportunities for veterans wrote me of a rather interesting idea which he has developed. He says that in almost every large community, and at main intersections in small . communities, a man might obtain i the use of parking space and a phone booth. The type of vehicle which could be used for delivering packages and messages is very inexpensive and can’ be produced

tle as $145.38, he says. In almost any community, he believes, a good business can be worked up by consolidating the delivery of messages and packages for the neighborhood stores and for individuals. I think that for small businesses and individuals one might even add to this service a wrapping service. People who live in apartments have very little

space for keeping boxes, wrapping paper and twine.

In New York City I know that a consolidated delivery service exists but all deliveries were curtailed ‘during the war to save gasoline, while messenger

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train time on the boards and calls out the trains

Union Station)

we can't forget the taming down of Pogue's run. The|’

creek which cuts in behind the station is enclosed in a concrete box for about two miles, This was done back in 1915. . . . Down near the car department are two ice houses. The one holds about 20 tons and each cake of ice weighs about 300 to 400 pounds. They're used for air conditioning of train cars and for ice water, ... Probably one of the oldest employees down at the station is 72-year-old Arthur Worley, head gateman, ‘He's the man who writes the

coming in and departing. Mr. Worley, who lives at 544 N, Oxford st., has been in the railroad business for 39=years and started out in the baggage department, He says he's ready to retire any day now and then is just going to take it easy. ... Remodeling of the depot’s restaurant began Monday and probably will be completed by around Nov. 7, . The temporary cafeteria now is in the same place that the -old restaurant -occupied before the station was renovated in 1913.

Promotions to “Mister”

ONE OF THE highest ranks an army or navy man

hopes to reach now is MISTER, The discharged serviceman passing through Indianapolis these days have been writing “MR.” very plainly in front of their names every time they get ‘a chance to put their

signatures on paper. ... Miss Ruth Sheerin, one of the women on duty down at the servicemen's canteen in the depot, told us about an army sergeant and a discharged private who ate ‘a few snacks at the canteen. The sergeant asked the private a question and the private answered, “Yes, sir,” Thén the private retracted his answer. The second reply was, “I mean yes.” . .. Visitors at the Union station servfcemen’s center jumped from 62,359 in July to 70,979 in August. The centers are expected to remain open from six months to a year yet. , . . The home service department of the Indianapolis chapter of the Red Cross is trying to locate Wilhelm Bretthauer whose last address was Indianapolis. Kurt Plarr, a German prisoner of war in Clinton, Miss, wants to contact Mr. Bretthauer, who is his uncle. If you know him, call the home service division, LI. 1441.

bottles of evil-looking liquids. These range among bandages, trusses and strength-giwing tonics labeled gaudily with pictures of our Johnny Weismuller.

THE war One shopper discovered a case containing some the peace must still be

interesting looking wine bottles. Thinking the liquor ban had been ‘lifted, the shopper purchased some bottles at 15 yen each and was about to lift his glass at the hotel when he decided to ask an interpreter the meaning of the labels on the bottles. He learned he had bought the Japanese version of Lydia Pinkham's compound. Near the store entrance is a counter selling lottery tickets with the numbers, days and winners posted above the cashier. This seems to be the only counter patronized by natives, with the exception of the horn rim spectacles department which always .does a rushing business. Optical goods, largely of German make, are plentiful. a

Yanks Want Kimonos THE AVERAGE G, I. shops immediately for a kimono to send to his girl back home. There isn't a kimono for sale in all Tokyo. The next request is for silk. There is no silk on the market except in little embroidered sashes, called obis, which are worn to bind the kimonos, Outrageous prices are asked for these. Many articles bear faded price tags showing the original price was 10 yen. These have been remarked at 100 yen. Many articles which could have been bought yesterday at 100 yen, now are priced at 200. : Stores are doing a brisk business in cheap prints, chromos, fans, lacquered boxes, figurines, vases and incense burners. But these generally are of the cheapest material and poorest workmanship. Real art work seems still to be in hiding. Not a single piece of clothing for men or women is offered for sale, except straw hats. " Competing with larger shops, scores of individual merchants have set up one-man emporiums on the sidewalks. They display herbs, shoestrings, nuts, bolts, small rope and twine. They haggle endlessly with native customers. Thus all sidewalks are so jammed that thesthrongs have to walk in the street.

| By David Dietz

It is interesting to #hote that somewhat similar criticism of selective service policies occurs in Dr. Vannevar Bush's report to President Truman In which he urges the creation of a National Research Foundation. Dr. Bush is director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and was one of the key figures in the development of the atomic bomb. “In view of the widespread knowledge of nuclear physics,” the journal continues, “we cannot expect that - scientists of other nations will not ultimately discover the processes by which the atomic bomb was produced and detonated.

Army Deserves Praise “INDEED, we should expect that they not only will make such discoveries independently but will improve upon them. Thus we must not depend alone upon secrecy enforced by the military, We must make certain that our research in the field of atomic energy will surpass that of any other nation on earth.”

I am inclined to agree with the journal in its opin: ||

jon that the secret of the atomic bomb cannot kept very long. In fact, former Prime Minister Churchill some weeks ago expressed the view that at best we might keep it a secret for three years. But in view of the magnificent job which the army did in co-ordinating all the diverse scientific and in. dustrial agencies which played a part in the development of the bomb, I feel that the army deserves the highest praise. It is a fact, however, that the development of the use of atomic energy is a problem for the whole nation. Consideration must be given to every aspect of it, not merely the military aspects, .

By Eleanor Roosevelt

senger service may also be increased. Therefore, in the big cities where such consolidations have taken place there might not be an opening for new small delivery services. Undoubtedly, however, in small towns and even in villages this might be made a very great convenience. No. doubt it could be built up into a varied and well paying service if the person running it was ingenious enough to watch for the needs of the community and offered méw services as he discovered those needs. Of course, this whole idea might be made more feasible if some big group would sponsor. it, furnish

the delivery vehicles and arrange for franchises to

* cover parking space and telephone service. But I think the individual would still have great play for personal development and personal ingenuity.

veterans, particularly those who are very heavy work. ~

I am told that one great bar to the employment |

of handicapped veterans, or any handicapped people, is a certain reluctance of many employers, particularly those who employ ‘a small number. They dislike to assume the risk of engaging those whom they fear may be more easily injured on the job and become more seriously disabled because of their pre-

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SECOND SECTION

(1) X-rays, discovered 50 years ago by Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, started a spectacular trail of research that produced the atomic bomb. They helped. Antoine Henri Becquere} at Paris in 1896 discover radioactivity. Roentgen’s X-rays caused certain minerals to glow with a phosporescence. Becquerel Observed some minerals had a

natural glew, and discovered that invisible rays irom these minerals

HOW WE MADE

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insured. And peace can be maintained only by actions based on the same thorough

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The peaceful invasion of Japan has given the United States a host of unexpected problems. to control them and how to re-educate them are questions in the minds of many readers. This timely series on Japanese psychology gives some of the answers,

produced photographs in the dark, A metal key placed between the and the photographic plate left its image on. the plate. Chief radioactive minerals were pitehblende, an ore containing uranium. Searching for the source of radioactivity in minerals, Pierre Curie and his wife Marie Sklodowska Curie in Paris isolated a small fraction of..a gram radium salt from tons of pitchThey also isolated radioactive polonium, and Andre De-

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bierne in France prepared a pure compound of radioactive actinium. All three charged the air around them with electricity. (3) Radium had startling properties never before observed among the chemical elements. It was a constant source of heat which seemed never to diminish, Radium compounds could be boiled in water or cooled in liquid air and the rate of heat production remained the same, An enormous supply of energy or power seemed

THE JAPS. WANT TO QUIT (Last of

Peace Must Still

The Japanese are shrewd; how

understanding of the psychology of the Japanese people that brought about their surrender. The Japanese guns are silent. But the Japs have mot by any means} surrendered their weapons of psychological warfare.” We are being constantly bombarded with shrewd and effective Japanese propaganda. We are being subjected to an extensive campaign intended to soften the hardships of a military occupation and dull the edge of our power over them. oo" THEY couldn't capture our ships and guns, so now their only hope is to win our sympathies and out-

IT IS anticipated that there will be a wholesale “abolishing” of vicious institutions merely through changihg the names to something

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return to Japan but Americans will| They read eagerly and widely if they be suspicious of the. Japanese mo- have the opportunity. tives in this. The Japanese have done an excel- dom of science. There should be inlent job of anticipating just what ternational exchange of scientific would be ordered by the occupation information and thought government and rushing to order the atomic bomb), Japanese scienthese measures themselves, Freedom .of the press and freedom over, want to have the respect of of assembly are to be restored, re- | their colleagues in other nations. ports from Japan indicate. A general election is planned. Fraternization between Americans and Japanese is forbidden,

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The free criticism, or even the anticipation of criticism, from worldrenowned scientists will serve to take the racist myths, the thought control, the fantasy and the just plain baloney out of Japanese science and education. ‘ # x = EDUCATION, psychologists know, cannot be disturbed like vitamin

the good and the bad, the educated

No. 4: Radium Another Stepping Stone

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4 THE PERPETUAL ATOMIC BOME

to be contained in an infinitesimal amount of matter. This gave some hint of a' new source of power, which later was to become an atomic bomb. (4) Studying radioactivity, scientists found that the chemi= cal elements, the foundation stones of the universe, were not as unchangeable as the 19th century chemists seemed to believe. The 20th century pnysicists found that radioactive elements, as they gave off their radiations, changed to

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ONE DANGER in thinking alii the people of a foreign country, especially one so far away and culturally different from our own nation, is that of assuming that all the people are alike. This is easily avoided by those who know the Japanese, and those who know psy: chology. In Japan, as in any large country, the individual citizens include

and the ignorant, the stupid and the intelligent. They have been regimented for many years, it is true, but ous hope of eventual reorientation and successful occupation lies in a recognition that individuals differ, Some of the Japanese will always be our enemies no matter how much “education” they receive. Others, perhaps, have always been our friends.

HOOSIER 1S HONORED

Lt, John M. Plummer, former Bedford attorney who is serving

other elements, The met al uranium changed to radium and radium finally to lead. The neat from these transmutations were believed to be the source of the heat in the earth's interior. It is ‘also believed thie heat of the sun is due to this form of atom smashing, and that the sun is actually ashuge atomic homb.

TOMORROW: How Einste 'n. Helped Pave the Way for the Bomb,

We, the Wonien Ideal Husband's Are Made, Not Born. That Way

By RUTH MILLETT

A HOLLYWOOD beauty sues for divorce on the grounds that her husband says he wasn't ‘made for marriage.’ ts Look, lady. No man was ever made for marriage. ‘Women are made for mar- ¢ riage, yes. It sh is what most = of them want | from the time that they are old enough to notice the boy :

next door. But men aren't. Sets

tling down to become good husbands and HAS fathers isn’t natural with them, Not at all. They have to be broken to .the harness by the

new with a democratic sound. The

student mobilization bureau under

. seems to me the idea is worthwhile consideration by not able to do

wit us. The . occupation forces go into} Japan on an entirely different foot ing from that in Germany. In Japan, they are received with military bands playing and with radio and press blaring Japanese propa-

officials and “taken” to view what the Japanese most want them to see. But first they are put up in the best suite of the best hotel, in rooms reserved +for Gen. MacArthur. td u 8 EACH day brings fresh tearjerking stories of the “mysterious” effects of the atomic bomb. Japanese “scientists” were said to have investigated the strange deaths of people who went into the area weeks later and then suddenly died as though cursed. These reports have been disproved by U. 8. investigators. It is obvious what the Japanese would like to have stressed in the reports of American correspondents in Japan.

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ganda. American correspondents were . “received” in Japan -by--Japanese plications,

the name physical education bureau is no less jingoistic. But the occupation government may be expected to see through all such ruses. And all these attempts] to outdo the conquerors in revising their ways may be turned to good account if we keep alert to the im-

pills which the Japanese might be forced to swallow for their own good. In order to learn it" is neces-

with the 7th fleet in the Pacific, has been awarded the bronze star medal for “distinguishing himself

sary to want to know. And so education must be a voluntary activity, It can be supervised, but it cannot be effectively enforced. Fortunately, there are in Japan Imany sound individuals who will

In Japan there are many fndi<| Welcome the opportunity to teacn

MOST important for Japan is a truly free press. And our interpretation of what constitutes a free press may be quite different from the ideas of the Japanese cabinet. Missionaries are being invited to|The Japanese are a literate people.

many - groups, violently opposed to militarism and to the present dictatorial regime. These people -are our friends. They need our help. Some have actually been in prison for 15 years. It is only necessary to see that 2 they are now permitted to do what they want to do to rebuild Japan and the tremendous job of re-edu-cation and reorientation will be taken care of for us.

which are

without being hampered by Japanese militarists. It is only necessary to encourage and support their activity. They may be expected to cooperate with the Americans if permitted to do so, ” ” IN THE development of a democ~ racy or even the seeds of a democracy, the opinions, the wishes, the judgment of the people are of vital importance. : Public opinion polls, based on sound scientific principles of a fair sampling of all groups—age, economic standing, religion, sex and education—will very likely be put into use and widely interpreted to guide the occupation government and control the Japanese officials,

WILLIE and JOE—By Mauldin

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Americans, with their knowledge of the importance of techniques of polling, are not likely to be fooled by “planfed” polls with loaded questions, biased samplin or intimidated interviewees, They will beware also of the results of street-corner, amateur sampling of public opinion or judgments of public opinion based only on the expressions of those who speak EngJish or who volunteer ‘to speak for |the whole population.

ACUTE hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) has been fairly com-

Jaundice, its real nature has been explained by investigations of miliMary and civilian

persons have loss of appetite, nau{sea after meals, | weakness, consti« (pation, abdominal discomfort, {fever, and chills. These complaints precede the onset .{about five days, Jaundice of bile staining of the

Dr. O'Brien

of Jaundice by vein.

skin is caused by interference with |destruction of the liver. bile circulation through the liver.

by heroism.” His wife, Marjorie, and son, John Jr, reside in Bedford.

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bile stoppage occurs. Recovery be-

gins when the bile starts to flow,

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THE DISEASE lasts from two to

epidemics, 112 weeks (average four weeks). When inflam- | There is a tendency for many to mation of the iget out of bed and to go back to liver develops, {work too soon, and this way result previously well

in return of all symptoms. Complete | | rest is advised until liver function] has returned to normal. | Diet is Important in the treat-| iment of acute hepatitis, as protein and sugar are increased. and fat| is limited. The upset stomach may | interfere with eating so much that sugar and protein may be given by Majority of patients with {actue hepatitis recover, . The fatal {cases are caused by progressive

| Acute hepatitis is caused by a

—By Buford Tune

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woman who succeeds in getting them to the altar. a " » : THAT'S THE woman's job. For: tunately, most ‘women realize that and don't throw up their hands

helplessly the first time the man they married kicks up his heels a bit and looks longingly toward the open range. It's true your husband came right out and claimed he wasn’t made for marriage, proving himself either less tactful or more courageous than most men who have taken on wives. But don't think just because they haven't been told, other women don't know their husbands weren't made for marriage either. ? .

THEY KNOW, all right. But they don’t let it discourage them. They just accept the fact as a challenge. And ‘in 10 or 20 or 30 years they have steady, dependable husbands who aren't even conscious there is such a thing as an open range beyond the marriage which has neatly fenced them in. So if you ever try marriage again, lady—don’t be surprised if you once more find yourself living with a man who isn't made for marriage. There's no other kind. And if there were, wouldn't marriage be dull for women? Imagine marrying a man who was made for marriage. It wouldn't be any challenge at all.

THE DOCTOR SAYS: Bile Stoppage Results in Jaundice

Rest Is Required in Liver Attack

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D.|The liver is tender and swollen as special virus transmitted oy nasal

secretion and bowel discharges. Human volunteers given the secre-

mon during the last few years. resulting in fading of the yellow | tions - of jaundiced patients devel Formerly known as acute catarrhal | skin color and the return of ap-|oped the disease. Water-borne in-

fection is caused by contaminated sewage- entering the drinking water supply. Acute hepatitis has developed after injections of certain vaccines | and after blood and plasma transfusions. Infection did not develop until long after the usual time which suggests that this disease may be different from ordinary acute hepatitis, n n n GAMMA globulin is useful in the prevention of acute hepatitis. This is an extract of human plasma which apparently has specific pro= tective properties against the dis« ease. Although it is difficult to destroy acute nepatitis virus in contaminated water, protection of water supplies from age contamination will prevent spread. Although the liver is the largest organ in the body, il. formerly has been inaccessible to direct examrination except through surgical incision. Research investigators have

| devised laboratory tests which de-

vious disability—which means longer and heavier payments of state workmen's compensation. Whether anything can be done by the federal

it easier. for handicapped veterans to Jog 4 pe 1 up b

‘government to lessen this risk for employees and, longer. therefore, to

termine liver function and with needle punctures secure pieces of the liver for microscopic examinatiom. “ 5 : From these studies it has been = learned that complete recovery occurs in the cases of acute he= patitis which survive

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