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Inside Indianapolis

NEVER HAS a measles victin waited more

* anxiously“for the spots to disappear..than Marjorie . Baxter, daughter of Col. and Mrs. E. R. Baxter, does

aily at-her home at 5676 N. Pennsylvania st. Miss Baxter was elected senior beauty queen at Stephens college a few weeks ago. Just between festivities in which she was to participate she came home for a visit and became ill with the measles. Fortunately, one of the big events came off before her illness, and she hopes she'll be completely recovered in time to reign as Ivy queen next week. .,. Add to our notes about street name confusion: ave, Pleasant Run pkwy. intersects with Southeastern (all one word) ave. The ‘similarity to Eastern ave. confused“even the city, however, so in putting’ up the new-street signs they put S. Eastern ave. at what is

really Southeastern. Pity the poor Speedway ‘visitor 3

who doesn’t know about the two similarly named streets. . . . The new signs, incidentally, are popping up all over town. Maybe it's part of the service for all the strangers who'll be in town for the 500-mile race,

Feeding Takes Lots of Time MOST DOG LOVERS become attached to pets they've reared from puppyhood but Mr. and Mrs. James Beckham, 550 S. Lyndhurst dr. have almost, parental affection for nine dachshunds which constituted the first litter at their recently opened kennel. The mother of the dogs died the day they arrived by Caesarian operation. Mr. and Mrs. Beckham rushed out and bought all varieties of bottles and nipples to keep the dogs alive, hut found none was suitable. In despération they tried an eyedropper and found it the only means by which the puppies could get milk. Another rough spot was the feeding schedule. The dogs had to be, fed every two hours for their first two weeks. This cut deeply into the Beckhams’ sleeping time since the actual feeding time took more than an hour. There were dozens of other problems that rose to harry the proxy parents until the pups finally got big enough to shift for themselvs to some extent. The other day the Beckhams broke up ‘the happy family by selling one of the puppies, but the remaining eight are still enough to keep both Mr. and Mrs. Beckham busy. - Speaking of dogs. Jackie, a 21-month-old male Schipperke owned by L. F. Newlin, 1110 N. Euclid &ve., won some honors at the Lake Shore Kennel club dog show in Hammond recently, Jackie was “best of winners” in conformation to breed and placed first in a field of 12 in Open A obedience,

G. I. Joe Coll

; (Last of a Series.) NEW YORK, May 15.—With the same triumphant spirit that conquered Nazis in Europe and Japs in the Pacific, G. I. Joe is conquering the American college campus. But he may have another fight on his hands. Educators say all is serene, that veterans returning to colleges and universities are just like other students except that they are a little older, a little wiser perhaps, and definitely doing better than nonveterans in their studies. But ask the boys themselves, veterans and non-

- Veterans, and you get a different picture.

For one thing, G. I. Joe is popular with the girls, #0 popular that one midwestern non-veteran who was rejected by the ‘draft for physical reasons and then called up for re-examination, looked forward to it with glee. “When I come back, maybe I'll stand a chance -around this burg,” he said. "Right now, on most campuses, the average veteran is getting all the dates he can find time to keep. One just released from the naval air reserve co-ordinated his program and scheduled five tete-a-tetes in one afternoon and evening. ,

Take Sides in Draft Debate

DEBATE’ over extension of the draft law finds the collegiate veterans lined up squarely against

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Most veterans feel that “a year in the army won't hurt anyone.” They've done their bit and are back. finishing their education. They see no real reason why men who have had ‘no service should object so strongly to serving, especially now when the danger of war itself is over, 7

Science

THE ARMY has announced the creation of a research and developments division “as a top-level general #&ff organization.” Its purpose, according to Becretary of War Robert P. Patterson, is to ce-ordi-

‘nate army research with the activities of industry

and educational institutions. Gen. Eisenhower, army chief of staff, before leaving for the Pacific, completed plans for the operation of the yew division on a level with the personnel, intelligence, training, supnly, and operations sections of the general staff. A director has not yet been selected for the new division but a number of ranking generals are under consideration,

New Division Set-Up ‘IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT of the new division, Gen. Eisenhower states: “ONE. The army must have civilian assistance in military planning as well as for the production of weapons. “TWO. Scientists and industrialists must, be given the greatest possible freedom to carry out their research. ’ “THREE. The possibility of utilizing some of our industrial and technological resources as organic parts of our military structure in time of emergency should be carefully examined. “FOUR. Within the army we must separate responsibility for research and development from the functions of procurement, purchase, storage, and dis-, tribution. “FIVE. Officers of all arms and services must become fully aware of the advantages which the army can derive from the close integration of civilian talent with military plans and developments.”

My Day

NEW YORK (Tuesday).—I forgot entirely to tell you of an art exhibition at the library in Hyde Park which I had the pleasure of seeing. The artist, Olin Dows, had sent me a card remarking that this might be the only time his war paintings would be gathered together, ‘Of course, I was most anxious to see them. They are well worth seeing, not only as paintings but because of the picture they give. of our soldiers in Europe. The weariness and the dirt are there, but so are the alertness and the strength, I enjoyed the little while that I spent looking at the collection. Mr, Dows is one of our native products. The murals in both the little postoffice in Hyde Park and the postoffice in Rhinebeck, N. Y., were done by him some years ago. Yesterday afternoon, the United Nations commission on human rights virtually finished the major part of its current work. There remains, of course, the consideration of the report’ of the subcommission on the status of women, which will come today, and the final going-over of the commission's whole report as put together in one document by the secretarfat and the rapporteur, Mr. K. C. Neogi of India.

Information Freedom Vital

BEARING in mind that we, a nuclear commission, were asked to make recommendations for the set-up of the full commission and for its work and plans, I think we have done a helpful piece of work. The real work, of course, remains to be done in the next series of meetings, when the actual writing of an international bill of rights ‘will have to be under taken; and when the full subcommission on the status of women, and one on freedom. of information, wi be set up and will begin their work. ge . We have felt that there could be no human righ without freedom of information.

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Rough Game of Croquet SAM FREEMAN, of L. Strauss & Co., went out to lunch as the well-dressed business man yesterday but returned hatless. When he started to leaVe the Lincoln he found his hat was missing. The one left in its place was similar but not similar enough, 80 Mr. Freeman took the short jaunt bareheaded. . . . At that, though, he was better off than a dummy in Strauss’ window yesterday. The male model was all togged out in the latest sportswear, but his head was in a window nearby. As a matter of fact, there were several heads and two arms strung around a display of croquet mallets, making it look like it had been a rough game. Dean Hedley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hedley, 5152 E. Michigan st. already has cultivated a dislike for people who phone right in the middle of a bath, even though he’s only some 6 months old. Just as Dean was getting his bath the other day Mrs. Hedley had to leave him to answer the phone. The baby got pretty annoyed and rolled himself off the bathinette, landing right in the middle! of the tub. Right about then he gave out with | a vocal solo that would have astonished even his! father, head of the voice department of Arthur Jordan's conservatory.

By Marc J. Parsons

Non-vetergns say it was no fault of theirs that they didn’t get into the fighting. An 18-year-old sophomore declared: “I was too young then and I'm just old enough now to want to get through school.

If these guys figure the army's so good let them g0 back!” }

Through With ‘Kid Stuff

EDUCATORS agree that G. Is are through with “kid stuff” and many veterans look at college fraternities as the epitome of childishness. The: cleavage between fraternity men and veterans is not yet too strong but it is growing, and the social status of fraternity men as campus leaders is being seriously threatened for the first time in years. Many of the veterans who entered service from college were fraternity men before the war. Admittedly, many veterans envy the nonchalance and devil-may-care attitude of some of the younger fraternity men. But they also feel that it takes too much play to keep the fraternity Jack from becoming a dull boy. And veterans, older, used to werking harder, out to get as much as possible out of the second chance at college that the G. I. bill of rights has given them, look on their schooling as a job to which they intend to give a full day's work. If attendance of veterans in college is raising the scholastic average of the whole school as many educators believe, it may well follow that when the veteran’s schooling days are over he will leave the nonveteran who follows him in years to come a more serious, harder working student. > He may have a fight on his hands to change the pattern of college life, but the pattern is changing slowly. And the G. I. Joe is not one to avoid a fight.

By David Dietz

THE DIRECTOR of the new division will serve as a general staff member and in that capacity will advise the secretary of war and the chief qf staff on all research and development matters. According to the announcement of the war department, he will “be responsible for the initiation, allocation, co-ordination and progress of research and development programs.” “He is also charged,” the announcement continues, “with demonstration of new or improved weapons, filitary equipment and techniques to the army services which would use them.” For the present an acting director of the division has been appointed. He is Col. Gervais W, Trichel. Graduating from West Point in 1918, Col. Tricheél received graduate degrees subsequently from M. I. T.

SECOND SECTION

Hillis

: Times Special HILLISBURG, Ind, May 15.— Amid whining fiddles and cracker barrels, this Clinton county community of 300 honored its four

day party at the general store.

timers celebrated birthdays on either May 9 or May 10, Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Myers, general store owners, the shindig was held last Thursday. # »

THE HONORED guests, all ploneer settlers, were L. N. Sandlin, 89, J. A. Carter,” 85, Arthur Smith, 77, and 8, L. Bougher, 76. While the young folks (anybody under: 70) ate ice cream and cake and listened to the Stinson brothers’ Frankfort, Ind. band, the oldsters combed the cobwebs from their memories and reminisced. ” » »

MR. SANDLIN the eldest resident, danced a jig and made a speech. After coming here from Boone county, he said, he operated a barbershop where he snipped hair for a bushel of corn per head. He

called. Corn at the time was worth 25 cents a bushel, Mr. Carter founded the town’s first general store and later opened a hardware establishment, which he operated for 55 years. He's retired now, but his sons are still running the hardware store. He, was born in 1861, the year the civil war began. »

MR. SMITH came to Indiana with his parents in a bobsled. His father settled in Clinton county ang started farming. Mr. Smith, as a youth, cleared their fields of virgin forest. The “baby” of the quartet, Mr. Bougher, has dwealt in Hillisburg for 17 years, having been born in Clinton county in 1870.

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By MARGUERITE SMITH A GOOD LOOKING rock garden, like any other planting, must belong to its setting. It must blend into its surroundings and not be pushed into your yard. That's the experience of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Blessing, 5855 Allisonville rd. A rock garden of some 600 sq. ft.

blanket of delicate pastels. Pale yellow tulips lingering beside sky blue flax, contrasting with rose pink and rock cress and lavender verbena —these are a few of the flowers that are ushering their rock garden into its second burst of bloom. Earlier, creeping phlox in five different shades, crocuses, tulips and dwarf iris made a different picture. » 2 ” A ROCK GARDEN is a bit of work the first year, Mrs. Blessing said. You need annuals in it while your perennial plants are getting started.- But the perennials, once established, “are your faithful friends forever.” Though like all friends, she added, they do. need some attention. After they've flowered they'll need dividing. Then if you keep weeds from getting a start a rock garden will remain lovely with little care. The Blessings used petunias and

in electrical engineering, and in physics from the Uni- imoss roses for some of their first-

versity of California. He received his Ph. D. degree at the latter institution. He was the assistant military attache in Paris in 1940 when the Nazis overran France. Returning to this country, he became the héad af the Ordnance Fire Control Design projects at the Frankfort arsenal and later organized the rocket de: velopment. Toward the’ end of the war he served as deputy ordnance officer and later chief ordnance officer of the armed forces in the western Pacific. According to Dr. Edward L. Bowles, expert civilian consultant to the secretary of war, who helped develop plans for the new division, its director will act as the liaison officer between army planning chiefs on the one hand and industry and the universities and research laboratories on the other, . It is expected that army-sponsored research will not only result in improved techniques of- war but in great civilian advances as well.

year annuals. “Then I took packets of perennial seed, rock cress, dwarf sweet william, platycodon, and candytuft, for example, and sprinkied pinches of the seed here and there all over the rock garden,” Mrs. Blessing explained,

w » . VIOLAS she left to seed themselves, though ordinarily she never lets a perennial plant spend its strength in making seed. AI think every rock garden needs a touch of yellow,” she said. “The pale yellow and white flowers stand out ‘at night and you can enjoy your garden after the blues and reds are lost in shadows.” Memorial $aisies, blooming now, give height to the mass of low

By Eleanor Roosevelt

ing to give it priority over everything else. It will involve much work, because information today is not furnished just by the press. The radio and the movie industry take a great part in informing the people of the world. .

Different in Other Countries OF COURSE, in this country, all these avenues of information are very highly developed -and they are run as extensive businesses. There is no government control, and whatever information the government itself furnishes, either at home or abroad, is very jealously watched by those avenues of information which are run as private enterprises. In many other countries, however, the situation will be very different for a long time. Freedom of information as we understand it may be almost unattainable in many parts of the world for some time to’ come. I am sure everyone read with great interest the report which Herbert Hoover made to the President on his return from his worldwide trip. It is gratifying to know that the world grain deficit is less today than it was when he started out. : ] Though his solutions for the problem seem to involve decisions on the part of Great Britain and Russia, which have not as yet been made, still it seems probable that any nation will do the maximum it is able to do under the circumstances. . It is obvious that rationing in this country would not provide the food nedéd for famine relief abroad, but if the amount set aside for shipment is very great, it is bound to reduce our home supplies. It seems to me, therefore, that it would be fairer to plan as soon as possible on rationing such things

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GARDENING: Perennials Are Faithful Friends Forever—

Rock Gardens Must Be Planned

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The old timers take the cake in Hillisburg . , . Slicing the icing from (left to right) are Arthur Smith, 77, L. N. Sandlin, 89, J. A. Carter, 85, and S. L. Bougher, 76.

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Paul Browning, 10 E. 71st st. . . . of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Blessin

growing flowers, Later floribunda roses will flower over a long period. Later still azaleamums take over, Other pointers from the Blessings’ experience: If you trim dead blossoms off your wild flowers so they dont go to seed they will bloom a second time like any other perennial. » 5 ” A NICE beside-the-driveway planting for a narrow bed combines iris, peonies, perennial phlox and Oriental poppies edged with narcissus. It produces several periods of bloom, and the peonies and iris have attractive foliage all summer, The Blessings had a temperamental magnolia. Purchased four years ago when it was in bloom, it stubbornly refused to flower in |its new surroundings. Mrs, Bless- | ing tested the soil, found it decid- | edly alkaline. Beginning late last

lend a hand with the rock garden g, 5855 Allisonville rd.

spring she gave it several treatments with aluminum sulfate until the soil tester indicated proper acidity. This spring the magnolia | proclaimed its satisfaction by flow- | ering again, | » n " [ MR. BLESSING, who likes to | stick things in the ground just {to see if they'll grow,” is rooting | some lilac cuttings. Taken from | a bouquet of specially nice lilacs brought to them by a gardening friend, the cuttings are already beginning to show new growth. He took sections about 6 inches {long midway up the stem, whittled | them down” to expose a good por[tion of inner stem, stuck them in | pots of ordinary garden soil with one or more buds above the surface. Mrs. Blessing uses DDT. (bug | spray strength) to pour down ant hills in the rock garden. The aunts are soon gone, he said.

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——Othman's Travels— Jeep Driver in Rome Speeds Up Sight-Seeing

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staft Correspondent ROME, May 15—~No New York taxi ever gill scare me again. I've been seeing the sights with fearless Francesco, the driver of the office jeep, who believes in giving pedestrians a sporting chance. He blows his horn at ‘em. The idea was to look over a hunk of ancient Roman adueduct. I wanted to take a squint at a 14story marble birthday cake - with gold trimmings erected in honor of the father of the little king who doesn't live here any more. And maybe stamp my feet on Mussolini's private balcony, I FIGURED without Francesco. He tramped on the gas and we roared down the Corco Umberto, scattering his fellow Romans like, bantam chickens, . Francesco bared his white teeth in a smile, indicating he was at peace with the world. He was amazed when I insisted that he halt instead of plowing through a crowd of perhaps 200 citizens in the middle of the street. They turned out to be none of these. They were Romans shooting craps on the main drag and using a wall built in the fifth century for a backstop.

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said he believed it was crooked. A few steps further down the street was another smaller crowd. I never saw the like, Here was a gent operating a portable roulette wheel, Francesco sald it was crooked too. He wanted to be on his way. Only I was surrounded by at least 50 black marketeers now, mostly in their teens, trying to sell me cigarets Americanos for $1.35 a pack. . ” .

IT BROKE his heart when I ine sisted he wait while I investigated ‘a black market shop established on the sidewalk. : Such a stock I never expect to see again, It included two telephones yanked out of the Italian phone system, typewriters, binoculars, brassieres, rayon stockings, canned fish and checked socks.

ALCOHOL TO TEA

Chicago Business Group ‘Reconverts as Example.’

By EDWARD ELLIS United Press Staff Correspondent

| One item the proprietor did his {level best to sell me. If I'd only been |in the market for a fiwe malacca cane with a sword. inside, it would have been a bargain at $4. Francesco said he thought I ought to get it. He said it would be handy

ing a name). All of them are men who own limousiries — attordeys, architects, educators, publishers, realtors, editors—but they collectively climbed onto the wagon. Stating that they were dismayed at the example they had been setting the younger generation, the members agreed they “will carry no banners, act under no compulsion of religious, business or social pressurge or principles.” Instead, they will drink tea, To assist themselves in reconverting from alcohol to tea, they invited a young Chinese to the staid union league club. They asked him to instruct them in the niceties of tea-drinking.

CHICAGO, May 15.—A “declaration of independence from cocktail parties” was proclaimed today by ting ori with our sightseeing? a group of prominent Chicago busi« nessmen who call themselves “Alcoholics Onymous” (Omymous: Bear-|reened over holes in the pavement,

in case of banditti. He also. said how about us get-

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|and we got to the Forum Romano where there were the remains of buildings erected B. C. There also were some guys making speeches at each other, They seemed sore. Just politicos, Francesco said. Pay em no attention. I took his advice and this was a mistake. Later on the police arrested the whole shebang and I wasn’t there to see ‘em. I was looking at monuments, The place at Venezia palace where Musso used to howl down from his balcony to mobs was a grave disappointment to me. It's not nearly so big as the newsreels indicated. It's in use now as an allied army car park. el

“Tea is sipped, not drunk,” sternly

assistant at the Chinese news sery- | ice office here. | Clad in a Mandarin gown, he| eyed their cups reprovingly. “And| in China we never drink tea with| milk of sugar. It is considered a great offense.” A collective shiver shook the blue serge suits and tweeds of his listeners. But they stuck to their tea. “Tea - sipping is very delicate, very graceful,” the Chinese added. By tanking up on tea, the Alcoholics Onymous strove to prove one point of their declaration. This is, that tea promotes good conversation better than whisky. So they talked about Shakespeare, They talked long. They talked loud. And they concluded Shakespeare is here to stay. By this time they had imbibed quantities of tea. Straight. The Chinese, a wise man who knows his capacity, left early.

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THE DOCTOR SAYS: Injections Ease Facial Neuralgia

‘Alcohol Used to Give Relief

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D.

Injections of alcohol Into the nerve to combat neuralgia of the face bring relief, in the majority of cases, for at least 6 to 18 months, Alcohol injections must be made by physicians skilled in the method, {but no other treatment gives more | gratifying relief when properly administered. The pain of true facial neuralgia is shooting, stabbing, burning and lightning-like. Attacks usually are {of short duration, and there is no soreness between the spells. The spasms may come so close together that little relief is experienced. Eating, drinking, talking, exposure to drafts, washing -the face, or brushing the teeth may cause an attack, Trigger spots around the face, nose and mouth are very sensitive, and touching one of these may bring on an attack. ” » 1d FACIAL NEURALGIA usually begins after the victim has reached

the age ‘of 40, but it may develop, |in

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a few weeks, after which the pa- | tient may be free from pain for {as long as six months. The pain {rarely keeps the patient awake in (the beginning, but later sleep is impossible, Decayed teeth or infections of the sinuses may cause neuralgia[like pain of the face, but real facial neuralgia is never confused | with anything else, even though it | seems to be coming from the teeth. | The cause of facial neuralgia is not definitely known. For a long time it was believed it resulted from infection or irritation in the nerve, but most likely it originates in the brain, from poor circulation. Although more than one member of a family may be infected, there is no evidence that it is inherited. " ® =»

UNDER LIGHT anesthesia, a

*flong needle is inserted in the nerve, and one-sixth of an ounce of 98}

per cent. alcohol is injected. This is followed "by numbness, loss of sensation, and complete freedom

Another method of treatment consists of cutting the sensitive portion of the nerve, as this does

not affect the appearance of the face or the ability to move the muscles. The operation is recommended in cases where the alcohol injections ‘are not successful, or where sufficient relief is not obtained from them. Another variety of neuralgia with similar painful attacks originates in the throat and tonsil region and extends to the ear. This pain may be provoked by swallowing or yawning, and it may recur several times an hour. This is known as glossopharyngeal neuralgia, and its attacks may be so frequent that the pain is almost continuous. A special operation brings relief.

MEMORIAL GROUP TO MEET

Reports on cemeteries will be made at a meeting of the General Memorial, association at 8 p. m. Friday in the World War Memorial

We, the Women

Miss America Won't Lengthen

Dresses Yet

By RUTH MILLETT

THE CIVILIAN Production Administratiqn doesn't credit Miss and Mrs. America with being very bright. Maybe CPA is right. Here is what is worrying CPA. Joan Crawford, movie star style setter, went to court the other day to get a divorce, all dressed up for news photographers in a skirt trailing about five inches below her knees. And that right after CPA had told American women they, would have to forget all about long skirts, in the interest of conserving materials, and go right on wearing the short skirt that has been in style for nearly a decade. _ wa a CPA OFFICIALS are holding

began Hubert -C.- Wang, editorial

| their "heads, fearing that “half the

women who saw a picture of Miss "Crawford's long skirt are probably out right now raising cain because their favorite shops can't supply a dress like hers.”

telligence as CPA thinks they are, then they will fall from the long skirt that, despite all of CPA’s efforts to hold the skirt line, is trying to swish into the fashion picture. But that would be stupid of them. For one longer skirt in each woman's wardrobe would suddenly make everything else she owned look like something she'd rather not be caught dead in. ” ” » THEN OUT would have to go the perfectly good suits, skirts, dresses, and coats hanging in closets, so that mother and’ daughter could look up-to-the-minute in the “new, longer skirt.” © : With papa unablé to buy a suit at all, and with mama paying high prices for clothes often so

gether, this is no time for z women to fall for a fashion

complete new wardrobe. They would be wiser to take CPA—rather than any movie

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