Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1945 — Page 10

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Record - Business. SANTA CLAUS, Ind, Dec. 3 (U. P)~St. Nick's corresponding sec retary was prepared today to do a

peacetime Christmas in five years. Santa Claus may live at the north pole, but he gets his mail at Santa Claus, Ind, and to village Oscar Phillips falls the duty of postmarking millions of and “forwarding” hundreds of letters addressed to Kris Kringle. “We sure will be busy this year, NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (U. P)— Bronx 200 experts were up a tree today. They needed to learn how to scratch'a male monkey's back. And they'd better learn fast, or Dr i Deri they'll ruin a beautiful marriage bePhillip that Ee fry VO" Joo and Susie Gibbon. in hod sald a ® cards for for.| William Bridges, curator of publiwith the famous “Santa cations, said that everything was Vandi tmark. He said he ex- fine until Joe and Susie awoke one uy pos lume of mail than|MOTRIng and discovered that they pec Juss | were parents. Business fell off somewhat during Zoo Het tek od Hk oe the war, he said. The record volume extremely rare cap a few years back totaled more than expe Gibbon. thought 1 was 8 3,000,000 pieces. ” Phillips to add 10 helpers pretty good idea, too — at first, planned mn taft Then he wanted Susie to settle hg gy py Tom down and scratch his back. A Nobody chases fleas like that usually begin to pour in about Susie. Dec. 12. But Susie wouldn't do it. - No, sir. Santa Claus residents have an ad- |g, woo os mother now, and old Joe ional Ne ig would just have to look after him- ‘ self. have had to depend for their live-{ 5,5 tried, but he just couldn't lihood upon a highly seasonal tour- reach all those itchy places. ist trade. Sympathetic human pais also tried Start New Industry. to help Joe. They massaged him This year, construction has begun|with broom handles, But it on a mw year-around enterprise, and the 80 Santa Claus residents are looking forward to full em-|

said, as he readied his little office for the rush and brought out the “big city” stamp cancelling machine that gathers dust 11 months

The Modern Products Co. Inc. subsidiary of an Evansville, Ind, firm, plans to employ from 50 to 200 men and women when its $50,000

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Name Was ‘Inspired’

General James A. Farley to retain it. Parley also designated that all letters addressed to “Santa Claus” be sent here instead of to the dead Phillips’ village post office, nestled in the Spencer county hills, may ‘be a “dead letter office” from January to November, but this time of year the Southern railway mail clerks get a real workout. : “Pretty soon now,” Phillips said, “the mail bags will be pouring in here by the wagon load. It's & good

But once a year.”

LIVING MEMORIALS ~ GAIN POPULARITY

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 3 (U. P).— Living memorials which reflect community life and contribute to the fitness of America, now on file from all parts of the nation with the office of the American Commission for Living Memorials, total ‘over 5500, George M. Trautman, commission chairman, said today. “This total is growing every day and represents every state in the United States. In addition, we have had inquiries from a large number of foreign countries interested In pursuing the thought of living memorials,” Trautman said. The November elections gave momentum to the hundreds of me-

and tax levies were passed, he said. Many communities are waiting until the necessary building materials are released before starting work. A number of memorial projects haye been completed including the Memorial Plunge at Lone Pine, Cal. where the entire community assisted in the construction of a

swimming pool. A memorial forest at Hagerstown, Md., has been dedicated as has the , Roadside Tree Planting at Jackson, . Mich,

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Four Technical high school groups will present at 9 p. m. Dec. 29 In the K. of C. building. : orchestra will play. Representatives of the clubs sponsering the dances are (left to right) Henrietta Clayton, VaVeta; Dean Murphy, Hawks; William Stafford, M. U. G. S, and Rudy Snider, Jesters.

Monkey's Marriage on Rocks, She Won't Scratch His Back

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wasn't. the same. They just didn't have Susie's touch. Well, sir, Joe stood it as long as he could. He watched Susie using her ever-loving fingers to caress that baby’s hide, and finally he blew his top. One day, about three weeks ago, he pulled back and started

They got him, at last, into a neighboring cage. “Now you be good,” they said. But how can Jos be good with such an itchy back? Busy for 7 Months He just sits there all day and stares as Susie and the baby. Sometimes he tries to lure Susie close to the bars, but she’s too sharp for him. The little gibbon is about as big a surprise package to the experts as it is to Joe. They don't even know if it’s a boy or a girl, All they know is that the baby will cling to its mother for at least seven months, - . And old Joe will bd nuts by then —unless they leam to scratch his back,

FAR EAST POLICY Archbishop Spellman May Be Papal Secretary.

of New York's Archbishop Francis J. Bpellman as papal secretary of state was ‘revived today by the

Far East through closer ties with the United States. Authoritative Vatican sources said they had reason to hope the greatly-increased prestige and influence of the United States among the peoples of the Orient would be’ reflected in new gains for the Catholic church there. N\ Fitted for Job Because of Archbishop Spellman'’s close sdgociation with North and South American Christianity, he was regarded . as especially fitted for guiding Vatican policy among the Far Eastern who, having been liberated in large part by the United States, feel akin to Americans, In- addition, Archbishop Spellman’s recent journey through Europe, the Middle East and Africa, which gave him an opportunity to confer with many important personages in those areas, has brought him into prominence as a church diplomat, Although official Vatican circles have retained a non-committal attitude on the possibility of Archbishop Spellman becoming papal secretary of state, it was generally agreed that his appoiniment would have deep international significance,

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ROME, Dec. 3 (U, PJ). —Specula~| tion on ‘the possible appointment].

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SCHOOL PROBLEM T0 BE DISCUSSED

A panel discussion on “Indiana Secondary Schools and Colleges

and Their Relations to the Problems of Returning Veterans” will be the feature of the Indiana Schoolmen’s club meeting Saturday in the Claypool hotel. A business session will be held at 10 a. m. “Man’s Quest for Freedom” will be presented by Dr. Clark G. Kuebler, president of Ripon college, Ripon, Wis,, at the luncheon.

ADJUTANT GENERAL SPEAKS Ben H. Watt, recently appointed Adjutant General for Indiana, will address members of the American Chemical society at a meeting at noon tomorrow in the Warren hotel. He will discuss “Post-War Military

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