Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1946 — Page 21

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THEY'RE STILL talking about this incidént over at the Athenaeum. Mrs.. Sherlie Deming, wife of the work’s board vice president, returned home from an evening at tH¥~Athenaeum and distoveitd she had lost her watch. She called the manager, Mar Hoffman, in case anyone should turn the watch in. The

.chances looked pretty slim, though, since it was then

about 11 p. m. The next morning Mr. Hoffman's secretary, Miss Louise Knop, came in the office and handed him a watch-which she had just found at the intersection of E. Michigan and New Jersey sts. The watch, which turned out to be Mrs, Deming’s, had lain all night in the busy street and. had been untouched by hundreds of passing vehicles and ped-

* estrians, It was still ticking merrily away when Miss

Knop returned it to Mrs. Deming, refusing the reward Mrs. Deming had offered. Who said, "Time waits for no one.”

Firemen Having a Big Time THE FIREMEN at station 7 hid a variation from their usual duties this week. Every other day

Miss Louise Knop . . . Time waited for her,

‘Liberty’ By

HOLLYWOOD, April 5—~Today I had the honor of seeing the face and form which go with the voice of Cecil B. De Mille. The first part of the audience was devoted to a lecture on his forthcoming picture, “Unconquered,” which, in technicolor, will reveal hitherto unknown facts about the Pontiac rebellion. His office was crowded with color sketches of the costumes worn in the days of Pontiac—a graphic demonstration of the research which goes into the filming of a historical picture. There were ship models, too, and volumes of closely typed notes on the daily life of our ancestors. Said Mr. De Mille, several times: “This picture will reveal things not to be found in the little red schoolbooks.” His" audience—myself and consort, two studio officials and a photographer, waiting to take his picture—nodded with approval. (All except the photographer. He, I regret to say, yawned.) Eventually, I managed to shift Mr. De Mille from his monologue on “Unconquered,” to a discussion of the De Mille foundation for political freedom.

Conflicting Version THIS ORGANIZATION was born when Mr. De Mille—member of a labor union, as is virtually everyone in Hollywood—protested at an assessment levied on him for a political campaign fund. He refused to pay it; and was debarred from further appearances on the Lux Radio Theater. This eost the listening public a suave and persuasive voice. It cost Mr. De Mille $100,000 a year (before taxes) and turned him to crusading for liberty instead of soap. Hollywood seethes with conflicting versions of that word “liberty.” I have been assured by one school of thought that constant vigilance must be exercised to keep the “Reds” from insinuating “messages” into movie scripts. The other school insists that the dan-

Aviation

NEW YORK, April 5—The parachute—originally a lifesaving device—is rapidly becoming aviation's aerial delivery wagon. Invented in 1889 as a means of leaving tall buildings in case of fire or collapse, it now is “delivering” everything from human beings to medical supplies, live rabbits and fod. And commercial aviation is making more and more use of the device. One of the strangest loads dropped by parachute was that of dozens of baby diapers, requested by a British officer working with the underground in France during the war. Just what he wanted them for was never made known, But he got them— and fast. “Baseball” cargo parachutes, so-named because of their shape and the fact they do not oscillate in Hescending, are carrying many strange loads from plane to ground,

Don’t ‘Squish’ on Landing MONEY, AT $10,000 a crack; whisky rations, oranges and citrus fruits (which do not “squish” on landing), wine and oysters, chinaware, fresh eggs, bottled medical supplies and surgical instruments are all “touched down” gently from planes traveling about 150 miles per hour, A male and female rabbit occupy each box that is dropped to rabbit fanciers. One of the strangest requests for us of parachute delivery came from a Chicago cattle breeder who has

My Day

NEW YORK, (Thursday).—I see by the papers that Robert Hannegan, Democratic national chairman, has been denounced by a congressional group of southern Democrats because of a sentence iri an article printed in the Democratic Digest, an) official party publication. The administration opposed the Case strike-con-trol -bill, and this group of Democrats proceeded to vote for it, but when a party publication takes them to task for opposing their own administration, they turn around and complain. What their complaint amounts to is that being Now, T am all for teamwork, but it seems to me that the people who got off the team here were these gentlemen who voted against an administration bill. Ome part of the newspaper account stated that Rep. John E. Rankin of Mississippi told reporters: “1 denounced the C. I. O-P: A. C. as a Communistfront organization - that is now out trying to get control of the Democratic party. It is rumored that President . Truman won't run for the presidency again. If that be true, Governor Tuck of Virginia is far out in front.”

- weight in both political parties and that candidates

they've been washibp down the elephants from the Shrine circus. The usual washers were Capt. Oscar Stevenson and Pvts, Richard “Wilkerson and Terry McGovern. . .. That also goes to prove you don’t have to be a * fireman from station 13 to get”’in this column, a rumor that some of the firemen at station 17 were circulating. ... Here's a case where the secretary had the ‘last laugh on her boss. Mrs. Becky Gilliom, secretary to Norman McCready, at American United Life Insurance Co. had a rush job a couple ‘weeks ago. She had to have it downtown in the hands of Morris Conn at 3:15 p. m. She finished it |. on the dot” of 3, hurried to town and got in Mr, Conn’s office at just 3.15. There she discovered that in her haste she'd forgotten the document. Just a week later Mr. McCready took the job over himself. He checked into Mr. Conn’s office in just the nick of time, opened his briefcase and found that he too had left the document he wanted at the home office, . . . Which page of “This Week in Indianapolis” do you read? On page 7 of the first April issue of the publication of the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors bureau it states that Indianapolis has 350 churches. On page 14, it says the city has “more than 400 churches.” Just to give anybody who's interested a wider range of choice, the Church Federation of Indianapolis sets the number at 416 last count,

A Sleepy Share-the-Rider

HERE WE haven't even got around to our first batch of dandelion greens yet, and Mrs, Kathryn Loftis, 631 N. Temple ave. phones in to say she already has 48 quarts canned. Mrs. Loftis gathered the greens in Washington park and cold packed them a month earlier than she usually does. . . . One of our agents told us about a couple of signs on the rear of trucks. He admits he hasn't seen them but says he has a friend who did. A truck from a local bakery is supposed to have this sign painted across the rear: “Don’t hit me, I'm full of pie.” The other sign, on the rear of a local windowshade firm, i§ said to be: “This truck is driven by a blind man” ,.. Ed Fritsch, Beech Grove, employed at the Electronic Laboratories, shares the ride with another Electronics worker and meets him at the corner of Southern and Churchman aves. every morning. Recently Mr. Fritsch was standing there sleepily, and when the car pulled ap he just opened the door and got in. Closing the: door, he commented that it closed easier than usual and asked if his friend had it fixed. “No,” said a strange .voice, “It's always closed easy.” Then Mr. Fritsch ‘looked up and saw a stranger. The driver had just stopped for an intersection and was a little amazed by Mr. Fritsch's sudden entry. The embarrassed share-the-rider was so flustered that he left his lunch behind when he hurriedly exited and went back to wait for his ride.

Howard Vincent O’Brien

ger is from “reactionary” propaganda. More specific were the views expressed by a Paramount hairdresser. “The public has a wrong idea about this business,” he said. “They talk about it as if it were something fly-by-night. Well, maybe it is when you're talking about actors or even producers. Their average life in pictures is not to exceed five years. But underneath gre the technicians—fellows like me who've been at this work for 25 years or more. The ‘names’ come and go; but we keep right on. 1 “One reason is that we're organized. We have something to say about things; and while we don’t get as much pay as these people who call themselves ‘artists,’ we get what we get steadier.” I interrupted him to ask who really OWNED the picture industry. Who were his actual bosses? “I don’t really know,” he answered airily. “They come and go, just like the stars. We don’t pay much attention to them.”

It’s a Relative Word

AND SO, from these weighty problems to the oldworid home of Earle Lawrence, composer, clinging to the side of what might have been a Tuscan CIiff; where we found Charles Starrett, Yankee-born star of western thrillers, with a problem of his own. Screen censors won't permit a cowboy to enter a celluloid saloon and demand a slug of rye. “But what else can hé ask for,” wailed Mr. rett. “Surely not three fingers of soda pop?” 1 suppose, if the truth were known, the censors have their troubles, too. After all, “liberty” is a relative word.

Star-

By Max B. Cook

to deliver his prize bulls to far-off points in rural sections of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and other Midwest states.

A New Type of Stork?

COVERING THIS territory with bulls in personal appearances is impractical, he wrote. Artificial insemination therefore is resorted to, and time is essential. Therefore, he added, parachutes must be used for deliveries right at the farmhouse door. “A new type of stork—what?” About $30,000 worth of silverware recently was dropped to dealers in key cities clear across the United States, through an arrangement with General Textile Mills, Inc., New York City, manufacturers of the baseball parachute. The packages were dropped neatly on the grass alongside of airport runways, picked up and taken under armed guard to 'the downtown branches. The delivery plane piloted by Robert P. (Duke) Hedman, of National Skyways Freight Corp., covered some 4000 miles in the first routed commercial parachute express in history. Feeder lines, now engaged in mail and cargo pick- | ups, are experimenting with parachute deliveries of all types of material. Airline cargo planes soon may be dropping off express packages at towns and cities along their routes. Comes a Midwest diaper shortage—well, they may have 'em in the East. So don’t worry, mothers.

“Time Waits!

The Indianapolis

jured girl.

By Eleanor Roosevelt!

bers. This is the case where the C. I. O.-P. A. C. is concerned. I do not think they are out to control either one ‘of our major political parties. However, since organized labor is a large and increasing part of almost every constituency in the United States, it will be increasingly true that their organizations will carry

will seek their support, eventually even in such states as Mississippi.

National Majority Necessary

THE LAST part 6f Mr. Rankin's remarks seems to me rather irrelevant, since we are not now preparing for the convention to nominate & presidential candidate. Instead, our next elections will be concerned with “congress. Chairman Hannegan, of course, is hoping to elect as many Democratic congressmen as possible and he is following the wise practice of trying to build up his organization into a functioning machine. It might be well for the group whom the southern Democrats appointed as “a committee on harmony and co-operation” to look beyond their .own membership in the south and realize that a successful political party has to carry a majority throughout

|ing starches and sugars,

Emergency . help comes in, a City hospital ambulance careens out of the garage on its mission of mercy.

Twenty-nine” years of experience . . . answers the phone and prepares to send a man out on call. he and his drivers answered an average of 22 calls a day. was tops with 46 runs between 7 p. m. and midnight.

Radio flash . . on the two-way radio while enroute to see an inAt any time on the run Driver Heyob could be reached to alter his course or be called in. remarked the parachute man.| __-

THE DOCTOR SAYS: All Fat Persons Eat Too Much

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D. l ALL fat people ‘eat more than | tein is not restricted, but the sugars |canned without sugar, and no sugar even though | {and starches are decreased and the some fat people eat very little and fat is practically eliminated. |some lean people eat a great deal requires the body to balance the at any time if cream and sugar are | Fats, sugars, and starches are used diet by using ifs"own fat to mainby the body as sources of energy, tin energy needs. and the excess is stored as fat for| later use or as a protection (actual-|tain pasteurized milk and milk ly, an insulation) against temperature changes or injury.

their bodies require,

MOST PEOPLE eat more starches of a portion of fruit, and sugars than fats, weight reduction is possible by limit- | cereal without sugar,

By DAVID DIETZ

- SECOND SECTION - CAMERA CLOSEUPS

. Within seconds after a call for

. Dr. Paul 8. Jarrett answers a call

Driver Heyob,

Milk, Eggs And

|products, eggs, meat, vegetables and fruit. A good diet

fish, u u

50 a simple unbuttered bread or toast

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ADVENTURES IN SPACE: The

Supervisor Leonard Cox Last year But V-J day

Sad spring vacation .

In proper reducing diets, the pro-

This | cooking. Coffee or tea may be taken

Ideal weight reduction diets concheese,

breakfast consists one slice of or a an egg, and

- FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1946

By Victor Peterson

Emergency—A Mission of Mercy

We, the W. Clothes Don't | Make the Man In Yer 1946

decided to revive the pre-war custom of naming America’s 10 best~ dressed men of the year, says that if you are a well-dressed man your

wardrobe will include the following:

“Three sports jackets in solid

colors, six pairs of slacks in solids

{and plaids, six business suits, mostly

of solid colors, one camel’s hair and

‘ lone blue topcoat, one brown or

gray and one blue overcoat, one

# |summer tux, one regular tux, six

On his way . . . Newland McEilfresh stops on the spiral stairway leading from the drivers’ dormitory to call Edward Heyob for another run. Death becomes commonplace to these men, but their hearts go

out to injured children.

Vegetables

The fruit should be fresh or

should be added to fresh fruits in

omitted. (Saccharin may be substituted for sugar.) » » ~ PLAIN BEEF bouillon is a lowcalory food which may be used as a filler at any time, if eaten without crackers or bread. Vegetables and fruits can be eaten as salids with vinegar or mineral oil dressing. If the oil is used ex-

cessively, however, it has a tendency

Story of Radar . .

enemy, could keep a continuous stream of

« + 10-year-old Dorothy Stivers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Stivers, 959 N. Dorman st., bites her lips to keep back tears. She and her twin sister, Doris, were wading in Pogues Run when she stepped on a piece of glass cutting a - deep gash in her foot. Here Dr. Jarrett applies emergency first aid with the help of

hats, 12 pairs of shoes.” » » » ANY resemblance between that wardrobe and the one possessed by a returned veteran would be more

a [than a coincidence; it would be &

Always ready . . . Clen Dunn, mechanic and driver, works on one of the ambulances which last year totaled better than 50,000 miles in runs, THe hospital cannot afford to chance a balky car. They must be ready night and day.

miracle. Many a woman's favorite gentle man today has a wardrobe more like this: Slacks in one of two colors: either pink or olive-drab. A sports jacket or two in whate ever colors or combinations of colors happened to bé available ir his size the week he got out of uniform. . . . SEVERAL suits—not quite as loose fitting as once they were— brought out after several years of storage

One new suit—maybe. A few shirts, all four or five years old, which miraculously escaped the old-clothes drives to which the little woman contributed during the war years. One shiny and precious discharge button. Mr, Billetta might not approve of that wardrobe. But on Her Man it looks good to Mrs. America, pres ent or future.

HOLDS OFFICERS PREFER ‘CASTE

Senator Says That’s Why They Insist on Draft.

By JIM G. LUCAS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, April 5.—Highe ranking army officers “don’t want a volunteer army” if it means ime proving the status of enlisted pere sonnel, says Senator Edwin Johne son (D. Colo), member of the Sene ate Military Affairs Committee. To forestall what he described as a behind-scenes maneuver to make the draft permanent, Senator Johnson, an enlisted man in World war I, said “several of us” would introduce legislation aimed at “the root of our recruiting difficulties”—the

| caste

system, He said he first became aware of “this strange attitude” in 1939 when

: | he sponsored legislation increasing

a private’s salary from $21 to $50 a month. The War Department, he said, fought the bil] on the grounds it would “spoil the men.” They attempted, he charged, to make it a “Colonel's pay bill.” Recently, he said, Gen. Eisen hower told the committee he wants ed the draft continued indefinitely “if it only brought in one man a month.” He pointed -to the testie mony last week of Maj. Gen. L. B, Hershey, selective service chief, and Maj. Gen. Willard Paul, army per= sonnel director, who said their “most sanguine hopes” for volune tary enlistments are 170,000 men short of army needs. They urged continuation of the draft “until we

no longer need it.”

“he

Good For Reducing

to dissolve the fat soluble vitamins in the diet, thus producing a state of deficiency. Vegetables should be served without cream sauce or butter. Pasteurized buttermilk may be used instead of pasteurized skim sweet milk. Sugar free gelatin can be purchased, and whole wheat bread is preferable to white or rye bread. . » » NOON AND evening diet meals consist of lean meat, fish, cheese, or eggs, vegetables, fruit, skim milk, and black coffee or tea. As all reducing diets are low in vitamins,

supplements are advised. These die ets also lack calcium, which should be added. Weight reduction does not take place at a steady pace, for water is stored as the fat leaves the body, and sudden release of this water results in excessive loss in a short period. Daily weighing is not rece ommended; every two weeks ig often enough. Exercise as a means of weight reduction usually fails, because of its stimulating effect upon the ap= petite and because it may be harme ful to those of sedentary habits,

No. 5: Radio Turns Detective

ICOPR. 1946 BY NEA Si

Two widely distant stations were set up. One station sent messages to the other, one wave traveling along the ground and

with heat waves. Heat waves, like. and radio, are also considéred a f electromagetic waves, Like Te

the country. We are the leading democracy in the world and

Scripps-Howard Selence Editor (1)- Two scientists working at the naval

radio waves flowing between them, If an enemy vessel passed anywhere between the

Labor's Strength Growing

JUST WHAT makes the C. I. O.-P. A. C. a Communist organization? Among the members of the various - workers’ groups, there are Communists. I, happens to think that, in the United States, people who belong to the ‘Communist party should got be ‘officials or leaders in any group which does not openly avow itself to be a#Communist-controlled

what we do is of great importance at the present time, because the whole world is watching us. The two strongest nations in the world today are probs ably the United States and Russia. They must cooperate on the world stage, but there are bound to be constant comparisons of their two systems, both political and economic.

research laboratory in Washington in 1922 detected—with radio waves—the presence of a small wooden vessel steaming up the Potomac river scientists were Dr.' A, Hoyt Leo C, Young. Their experiment was an important milestone in the study and de-

The Taylor and

some distance away.

screen,”

two destroyers they could become “immediately aware” of the fact and take action in tracking it down and sinking it. This could be dofje, the scientists added, “irrespective of fog, darkness or smoke

each other, like when he “flats”

the other through the air, The two waves kept in perfect time with each other until an airplane or similar object crossed their path, When this happened the ground and’ air waves were thrown out of tune with

can be

the discord of a singer a note,

planes,

they can penetrate clouds and fi

picked up by os .

sensitive that they can detect the presen: of stars billions of miles away. They de tected heat waves from the engines of aire

blimps and ocean liners in New

York harbor. The thermocoup’es generate weak electric currents registered on sense tive instruments,

(3) Eight years later, the navy department ordered Dr. Taylor's laboratory “to investigate the use of radio to detect the presence of .enemy vessels: and aircraft.”

velopment of radio “detection, (2) Next, Pr. Taylor and Young suggested that two destreyers, traveling miles -. apart on a mission of tracking down the

organisation, Trece ile many organizations, however, that are overwhelmingly democratic in feeling g@d in action bué within which there are some C unist ‘mem-

. If the southern members of the Democratic party realize this, they will try to make the party meet the needs of the majority of the people and forget as many sectional differences as possible.

(4) While experiments with radio de-’ tektion were in progress, United States

army corps scientists were experimenting AromoRROW: Rada Radar Goes to War, - . :

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