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Inside Indianapolis

PAUL EDMUND RUPPRECHT, Lincoin hotel

* manager, and his wife, Mildred, daily face ‘more re-

decorating problems than the average family does in But here the husband wins out although theré is a chance to disagree on several hundred rooms. In fact, he has been the winner and champion since he took over the hotel's top spot in 1933.

If he wants plaid drapes and his wife wants stripes,

" plaid it is.

A. little hesitantly, however, he admits that when it comes to their own apartment, his wife has a tendency to have her own way. ; ' Mild-mannered and soft-spoken, the 42-year-old hotel manager has had his full share of tribulations during the war years but says it wasn't too bad as he is “pretty easy to get along with,” Customers, too, were considerate. It was question of taking enough time tion to otherwise irate guests. But the headaches haven't lessened with the war's

just a fo explain the situa-

Paul Edmund Rupprecht , . . he has hundreds of headaches a day.

Moon Almanac

PEIPING, China, Feb. 2—China has a very important publication called the Moon Almanac. Indeed, Chinese peasants regulate their daily lives by it. Today is New Year's day in China, the first day, not of 1946 but of the “year of the cock,” and the new Moon Almanac is now on sale, Of course, officially, the *Republic of China has used the Gregorian calendar, which is the same as ours, ever since the overthrow of the monarchy 35 years ago.. But unofficially the peasants cling to the old-style “moon year” calendar which has been used for 2000 years. And they identify their years by the names of animals instead of by numbers. So now the Chinese know which days in the year are auspicious and which are inauspicious. They know what day to get a haircut, to take a bath, to trim their nails. » They know when to marry, bury, travel, trade, hunt, fish, cure sickness, digsdrain, build, lay founda-

‘tion stones, pray for offspring, make wine, cross.a

river, visit relatives, fell trees, hold coming-of-age ceremonies and make spy pickles, to mention just a. few items in ordinary social and official life here.

Helpful General Advice

THIS LIST, only a sampling from the 46-page Chinese peasant’s guide to living, is an interesting indication of the blessings and calamities which figure in the Chinese evaluation of life. The Moon Almanac has helpful general advice as well. If, for example, your heart palpitates, your ears burn, your eyelids twitch, you sneeze, a dog howls. your ears tingle, your skin tickles, you hear a magpie chatter, it means something.

Look at your watch, then consult the timetable in

Science

PUBLIC HEALTH authorities. are . wondering whether or not-infantile paralysis is on the increase in the United States. The year just ended—1945-—was the fourth worst

polio year on record. There were approximately 14,000 cases in the United States. The preceding year—1944—was the second worst on record. The incidence of polio in the last three years exceeds the total for any five-year period on record. (The worst single year on record was 1916.) Funds raised in the March of Dimes campaign are divided equally between the local chapters of the foundation and the foundation itself. The money that remains at home gpes for the care of polio victims, the purchase of hospital equipment, etc.

Needs in Emergency THE NATIONAL organization is concerned chiefly with research into the causes and cure of the disease, the training of expert personnel and the education of the public. But it makes available emergency funds to supplement local funds when an epidemic strikes a given locality. In 1945 the national foundation and its local

‘chapters spent more than $6,500,000 for the treat-

ment of polio. This included $1,500,000 made available by the national organization to local chapters for emergency epidemic aid. Similarly in. 1944, the national organization made $1,000,000 available for emergency aid in epidemics. A thrilling example of the effectiveness of this aid was the 1944 “Miracle of Hickory.” North Carolina was among the first states hit in

My Day

LONDON, Feb, 2.-+8Some of our committees are meeting at night. When I met Senator Connally of Texas on Thursday morning,’ I ‘thought he felt a distinct resentment at being kept up so late! He reminds me of another well-known Texan, former Vice President Garner. Mr. Garner who used to tell me, on the rare occasions when we attended the same evening party, that he always went to bed at 9 o'clock. I doubt if many of the delegates here are going to bed at 9 o'clock. . And I'm quite sure that one of their advisers or their staffs are getting through with their work until late in the evening. In the debate on refugees which has continued in the social, humanitarian and cultural committee, I was particularly impressed by a speech made by the Belgian delegate. The debate was in connection with ‘Yugoslavia's proposal that no more assistance should pe granted to displaced persons after four months’ time if they refused to return:to their native lands. The Belgian speaker took up the thorny problem which the delegate from Yugoslavia and the delegate from Poland had brought out—namely, that there are a great many categories of refugees. Among political refugees one may find, besides war criminals and outright traitors to their country, groups | of men who love their country but are opposed to its present form ‘of government.

Discuss Party Differences THE BELGIAN delegate cited the fact that the Socialists and Communists in his country were as far from the right wing as it was possible to be, and yet you could belong to the right wing and’ still love

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Hoosier Profile end. Right now he anticipates one of the city's Tenspopns Disappear . CONSEQUENTLY the room situation isn't ‘going to imprave and in his estimation it will not ease off until the middle of 1948. ; Meanwhile shortages are a plague with some 2000 teaspoons following customers out of the hotel every year to take up residence with kindred silverware from other hotels. : : Teaspoons are only part of the loot. Weekly room

inspection tours merely add to Mr. Rupprecht's shop-| -

ping list as blankets, towels, bed linens, pictures, elec’ tric fans and door numbers disappear. A native of St. Louis, he is a Hoosier by adoption and virtually “a fixture” at the Lincoln where he took his first job after college days. Serving first as auditor, beginning in 1924, he was made assistant manager in 1929. He became head man four years later. ¥ Serious and thoughtful, he gives much consideration to local, national and international affairs. Dear to his heart is the advancement of Indianapolis which he believes to be far above the average of towns equal in size, But he would like to see smoke abatement go into effect. Indianapolis’ smog is his pet peeve. If the city can afford them, Mr. Rupprecht would like fo see a city zoo and museum and the success of the summer theater project in Garfield park. Very active in business organizations, any inter. view is punctuated with incessant phone calls. In

pressing his point he tacks on his favorite phrase,

“you know.”

Directs Association

CURRENTLY SOME of the things keeping him too occupied to take time for relaxation are his duties as president of the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors bureau, director of the Indiana Hotel association, trustee and member of the Trinity Lutheran church and member of the Indianapolis Hotel n. But there are time-out periods, for as a father of two there are many problems laid at his feet. Paul Jr. is 11 and attends the Trinity Lutheran

school while 14-year-old Georgiana goes to Shortridge |

high school. To the:n the Lincoln hotel always’ has been home but their lives are little different from any child in the neighborhoods. Right now the hotel maids keep & wary eye when they know Paul Jr. is around. He is steeping himself in magic and finds the maids his greatest audience though he delights in tricks which his dad says “scares them out of their skins” (By Victor Peterson.)

By William McGaffin

the almanac. If your heart palpitates between 11 p. m. and 1 a. m. you will be fortunate in your affairs. But if it does so between 1 a. m. and 3 a. m. you will be unfortunate. If your ears burn between 5 and 7 p. m. a woman will come to discuss marriage affairs with you. If they don’t burn but tingle, at 5 p. m.—that is, your left ear—do not start a journey. If it's your right ear that tingles at that time look out for a chance to become famous. ? If a Dog Howls IF YOU sneeze between 3 and 5 p. m. three peo-| ple should avoid having a meal together, If a dog howls between 5 p. m. and 7-p. m. you will get a raise in salary. But if between 11 p. m. and 1 a. m. quarreling women will bring you trouble. If your skin tickles between 1 and 3 a. m., fortune and luck will come easily your way. If between 3 and 5 a. m., you *will have words with someone. t If you hear a magpie chatter between 1 and 3 p. m., you will lose your domestic animals. If between

11 p. m. and 1 a. m,, a relative from a distance will|

visit you. The. moon year calendar has its complications, however. For the moon system is not as efficient as the sun ‘system on which we figure our calendar, We have 12 months. The Chinese have 12 months. But their ‘months have only 29 and sometimes 30 days, never more. ! The result is that the Chinese moon year has only 354 days compared with our 365. Fo strike a balance | it is necessary to insert an extra moon every two or three years,

By David Dietz

the 1044 epidemic. The first case was reported on May 30, 1944. A half dozen more cases appeared in, the next few days. Then the plague of polio swept through the Catawba river valley like a tidal wave and the! victims began to pour into the hospital at Charlotte, N. C. There were youngsters with painful, useléss limbs, | some unable to swallow or scarcely to breathe. | They came from mining villages in the hills, mill! towns in the valley, rural areas and urban centers. |

‘Miracle of Hickory’ SOON THE hospitals of both Charlotte and Gastonia were so overcrowded that they could admit no, more patients. And so the decision was made to| build an emergency hospital at Hickory. Hickory, which was at the center of one of the worst outbreaks in the state, is a pleasant little city! of 15,000 inhabitants in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains, 55 miles north of Charlotte. In 54 hours \a small summer camp for underprivileged children in the outskirts of Hickory was converted into a 40-bed hdspital with doctors, nurses, physical therapists and ‘all the material necessary for grappling with the worst outbreak of infantile paralysis in the history of North Carolina. | That was the beginning of the Hickory Emergency Infantile Paralysis hospital, better known in North Carolina as the “Miracle of Hickory.” The name was well chosen for it was truly a miracle of swift action, successful co-operation between local citizens, the medical profession and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

By Eleanor Roosevelt |

question, it seemed to me that his was the first one that said something really new which required our attention. He received a round of applause, : 1 have felt, of course, ‘that the delegate from Yugoslavia made a very telling point when he said that it was rather ludicrous for a country to have td’ support, in some other country, enemies of the existing government in their own country. Imagine, for instance, Franco's Spain being requried to support refugees who were driven out after the civil war and, ever since, have been working steadily to oust Pranco's regime. That would demand an amount of altruism which one usually does not find either in governments or individuals.

Questions Should Go to Commission

HOWEVER, I think that all these questions should be left to the consideration of a commission set up| by the economic and social council, as proposed in the resolution originally presented by the United Kingdom and backed by the United States. I heard; the other day, of a country where some of the people look upon the Nuernberg trial as a joke. They think that all they hear about the horrors of concentration camps is pure propaganda. I hope there is no one left in our own country who is so willfully blind and deaf as these people are reported to be. Among my callers recently was a very young girl. from Sweden who was full of enthusiasm and hope. She was anxious that the UNO, which semed very complicated to her, should be translated into some-

thing simple in which every individual in every|

country would feel’ that he had a part. That wilt have to come, of course, but tHe way is not yet clear. Young people, however, are the ones to do’ it

SECOND SECTION

These students rehearse for the annual junior vaudeville,

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“County Fair” number of the 26th

Students designed their own costumes for this exotic scene from

the “Enchanted Gardens.”

HERE are strange things

going on at Shortridge high

school after class these days. It is something that has

been happening every year at this time for 26 years.

Here is what a casual observer might see:

A ° pre-occupied youngster| standing in a corner mumbling to himself. A young miss with a daub of paint on her cheek

tent look on her face. 8 = = ! THE OCCASION? The famous | annual Junior Vaudeville which | will be held next Thursday, Friday

and Satufday evening in the Short- | ridge auditorium. i Although the Vaudeville belongs | to the affair through a committee] annually, everyone from freshman |

to faculty member is vitally in-| terested. .

MANUAL PLAN BIRTHDAY FETE

Alumni of 54 Classes to Meet Feb. 16.

Preparations for the 51st Manual high school birthday celebration, Feb. 16, continue at a rapid pace with key men of 54 graduating classes meeting Monday night in the school library to address announcements to more than 10,000 alumni. . The three-part anniversary program centers about a “Welcome Home” theme for veterans and a dance in the boys’ gymnasium, Feb. 16. A supper in the school cafeteria at 6:15 p. m. precedes the program. Classes of '11 and '36 are planning celebrations of their 35th and 10th anniversaries. Other groups slated for special reunions are '96 and '01, '06, '16, '21, "26, '31 and ‘41, Will Bridges, chairman.of reunions, announced, Other committee chairmen are Ray Fatout and Ray Siebert, key

A manly looking football player striding about in purple tights.” A winsome girl trailing by in a gay ‘90s hoop skirt. ¢

Plans for this year's show got underway last September.

gs = = : IN DECEMBER, student commit-|

hopefully presented their efforts! before a committee of judges. | Since then the students have! been spending nearly every after-| noon after school rehearsing, i The students built all the scenery, | designed their own costumes, did!

their own choreography, wrote their

the junior ‘class, which sponsors own music and had a lot of fun|the opening curtain.

experimenting with grease paint, 8 8. #8 |

| LIKE all the vaudevilles that | parents and other have gone into the history of the Shortridge assure that the “stand-| Geisler.

ianapo ho i SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1946 SHORTRIDGE PREPARES FOR ANNUAL VAUDEVILLE SHOW—

~ Footlights Lure Local Pupils/|?

Here's another reason why the ways a sell-out,

: “Panhandle Four” is the title of this vaudeville act. school, this year's edition promises|ing room only” sign is hung out.

be a lively spot in the school calendar. Miss Margie Hartley, chairman

of this year's vaudeville Committee, | remainder of the proceeds annually

that there will be six separate

acts entitled “Encha “i |a hammer in her hand and gn in-| tees that had spent long hours «4: Night in Arabia,” pied Sm » i planning acts for the annual event! «panhandle Four,” “LaJazs Tap”

and “Louie and the Lady.” »

” ~ | THE STUDENTS who thought]

{up the acts also are responsible Roland;

for the fancy names. Like all aspiring thespians, the|

students are jittery as they await Fair,” Dottie Webb, Martha Turpin| pook

But one

| thing they are not worrying about| Tap,” Ben Barth, |

is the boxoffice. Every year proud

students at

annual student production is al-

Procéeds from the first night's performance will go to the school’s Parent-Teacher association. The

{go into the class fund to defray

|cost of the production and to sup~| .

| port other class activities.

2 # » CHAIRMEN of the various acts are: “Enchanted Gates,” Nancy Darmin; “Louie and the Lady,” Gene Whitney and Mary Ann] “Panhandle Four,” John Rawlings; “A Night in Arabia,” Pat’ Barton and Chris Viola; “County! “LaJagz |

and William Stevenson;

Faculty co-sponsors are Mrs, Nell | Merrick Thomas and Walter. C.!

GARDENING—We All Have Lot fo Learn

By MARGUERITE SMITH | OES the thought of a garden. column make you | sigh, “Oh, it'll be just the] same old stuff—I've read it] all before. Why doesn’t

someone tell us what other gardeners do when their carrots don't taste sweet and their roses look sick?” Well, this garden column is going to be based on the practical experience of local gardeners, including, if you will, your own. 4 For though you have trouble with roses and carrots—if you are at the same time a humdinger with beets and iris—I want to tell other gardeners how you do it, even if you defy all the rules. Don't be over-modest. The knowledge of ignorance is the beginning |of wisdom, says. one of my gar-| dening friends.

men; Robert Johnson, program; Carl Specher, supper, and Elbert

| Glass, dance.

Plans for pupil celebration of the anniversary on the school birthday proper, Feb. 18, include roll room contests on Manual's hall of fame, an auditorium at which movies of the 50th anniversary will be shown for the first time. There will be an all school matinee dance. Miss Dorothy Ellis, dean of girls: WwW. F. Wright, dean of boys, and Miss Helen Tipton, director of girls’ activities, will direct the pupil celebration. CLEAR WAY FOR G. I. BRIDES TO SET SAIL WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (U, P.).—~ The way was clear today for ordinary G. I. brides to join their husbands overseas—when and if the necessary accommodations are available, The war department announced yesterday that dependents of sol.diers of all ranks would be permitted to join their men. overseas if the G. 1.'s agree to remain on foreign duty for at least a year. The announcement added that the army would pay the cost of transporting the families overseas except for a nominal subsistence

and I ‘hope that, the world over, they will band together for better understanding gf the efforts in the. United Nations Org Rn. :

charge. A definite plan by which this. can be done still must be ‘worked out, 4

» » J SEND IN your questions, too. A {lot of top notch gardeners around | {here know not only their spécialty | {but some extra answers. | | Here are a few I'm planning to tell you about later with exactly how they got results: Petri Georgescu, 1230 N. Riley ave, has for years been raising delphiniums that look like the pic- | tures in the catalogs. Mrs. David E. Fox, 4240 Roland rd., raises tropical water lilies from seed. “When your garden is a pool you don’t have weeds to pull” she remarks.) L. Gray Burdin, 839 W. 44th st, raises popcorn for a hobby. One {of his six varieties pops a kernel “literally as big as a teacup.” (A popcorn ball to a kernel, so to speak.) : ;

~ » » THEN there are the many useful tips experienced folks can pass on, like this from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hyde, 5960 N. Ewing st. They've learned that ®roccoll plants “set out under Hot-Kaps as early as- the ground can be. worked” produce a much better tasting product, are less buggy than plants set out later. Once you've tried it, they say, you'll never go back to the later planted | broccolt. | | Mrs. W. Irving. Palmer, 5726 Broadway terrace, has one of those violets that just can't wait for

. Experience Better Than Advice:

By way of introduction—Mrs

dianapolis practical gardener, today begins writing for The Times. Mrs. Smith and her husband, Leland R. Smith, started raising parsley

in an apartment window box, gra yard and finally to an acre in the advise gardeners the right thing

will tell of the practical experiences of local garderiers. You are invited to ask questions. If you are having garden prob‘lems you can't solve, write to Marguerite Smith, in care of The Times, 214 W. Maryland St. Mrs. twice a week—on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

. Marguerite Smith, well-known In-

duated to a postage stamp backcountry. Mrs. Smith will not only to do at the right time, but also

Smith's column will be published

a couple of weeks ago isn't so unusual, she said. It was the fragrant pink spring and fall blooming Rosina (one of her several named | varieties). “It doesn't take much| sun to bring its. flowers out, so! it's always in bloom early.” » » » AS EVERY experienced gardener knows, no garden can take the place of actual experimenting in your own plot. But the dirt digger who is successfully raising head lettuce under the same hot sun that makes | your salad row go to seed, can| point the way: for your crisp Iceberg. i All of us gardeners have a lot to] learn. | We earth dwellers may be able to send space ships to the moon,

but of the miracles that go on in| i

our bean rows and marigold beds | we still know comparatively little. And there's a whole unending plant world to explore as well, . ” ” ~ THAT'S WHY gardening is forever fun, Winter and summer we

PLEADS GUILTY TO 2D-DEGREE MURDER

Odie Thomas, 34, of 909 E. 22d st., |

pleaded guilty to a charge of sec-ond-degree murder in criminal court yesterday. He is being tried in the death of his wife, Willie May, who was shot and, killed Aug. 12. Bin

Judge William D. Bain withheld|

formal acceptance of the plea pending introduction of evidence next Friday as the grand jury originally

spring. But: the flower she picked

indicted Thomas on charge of murder in the first sree: ik

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can experiment, we can learn, and as long as we do that it doesn’t meke much difference whether

we're 17 or 70 (at least that's what I told the mirror on my last birthday!).

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ganized labor. ‘But Mr. Sabath, on issues of this nature, ordie narily is supported by only one or two other committee members.

aie 8 THE RULES committee 18

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procedure. There are other ways of by«

mittee, neither

from the rules committee, a they have been passed by 3-to-1 majorities in- the house. . ” » ’ » ANOTHER method is to give 8, bill a judicial twist, and have it, routed to the conservative judi ciary committee. Instances of this sort involved the Hobbs anti. racketeering bill, which jis an amendment to existing criminal statutes. ©

We, the Wome Fair Warning: Camera Fan Up To New Tricks

By RUTH MILLETT ~* WHAT 1S good news for the camera fan ist’t always good news for his friends. : The home movie gave the cams«