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Inside Indianapolis.

IN CASE A PARTY on the Garfield telephone exchange thinks she received an anonymous threatening phone call, here is the explanation. - Two short story writers, who collaborate on mysteries for their own enjoyment, were starting on a “who-dun-it."«To make a plot involving wa anonymous phone call authentie, it was decided one of the women would go to a drugstore and call the other back, so they could work out timing and dialogue. The one collaborationist went to a drugstore, dialed her friend's numsber, and said ominously: “You are living in a house of spite” Just then the connection was broken, so she dialed back. “How did it sound?” she asked as soon as her friend answered. “Sound?” the “Have you called already?” The upshot of it was that the woman who was making the call apparently had dialed a wrong number and made the threat to some unknown woman who answered the line. The amateur writers—who, incidentally, prefer to remain anonymous—would like to offer their apologies, in case they frightened anyone by their try for literary authenticity. . . . Talk about pet trouble. Miss Monica O'Rourke, of 550 N. Eastern ave., was given a kitten which formerly belonged to a Spanish family, The kitten can't understand a word of English, so Miss O'Rourke is thinking of learning Spanish so she can call the kitten for its milk,

Local Odds and Ends

EX-STAFF SGT. Benton Ford, stationed at Pt. Harrison, was discharged Tuesday and one of the first things he wanted to do was to get rid of his khakis and reconvert to civvies. Yesterday he and his wife were packing to return to Zanesville, O., when fire broke out in their third floor apartment at 1726 N. Illinois st. They rushed out of danger and when the excitement subsided Mr. Ford noticed the two items his excited wife had grabbed to take to safety. They were his G. I. hat and tie—two items he couldn't care less about saving. . . . Signs of the times: Fourteen fishing rods disappeared from the sixth floor of L. Strauss & Co., where construction work had been going on. . . . Jim Mannix, of Mannix Automotive service, 115 W. 34th st, was down town the other day when he spied the same sleek, long automobile that aroused our curiosity. He wondered what kind it was—and he soon found owt. When he returned to his shop, there was the oeg. The owner, a Connecticut Speedway visitor with a penchant for specially designed cars, had taken the low slung roadster to Mannix for servic-

‘Invisible’ Is Right * By Robert J. Casey

ATLANTA, June 6—The further federal income tax sleuths and agents for the Georgia bureau of investigation get along with their inquiry into the affairs of the recently exhumed ku klux klan, the more it becomes apparent there's very little to investigate. The one-time “invisible empire” seems finally to have justified its fantastic title by getting close to the vanishing point. The noise that accompanied the old klan in its invisibility still is echoing around Atlanta. The public press and some of the candidates pointing toward the mid-July primaries continue to be vocal and ndignant. Klan supporters are loud, if not numerous, in their restatement of what they call the principles of “a white man’s America.” But in the days that have gone since Gov. Arnall and Marion Allen, U. 8. collector of internal revenue started proceedings against the organization, little evidence has been produced to show the bag is going to be worth the hunt. There aren’t many activé klansmen in important offices in the government of Georgia. Only one of the old guard remains on Capitol Hill Grand Dragon Samuel Green and his boys, who have been trying to shoot adrenalin into the corpse that the treasury department made of the organization two years ago, are finding their job strictly a labor of love and patriotism.

No Money in the Pocket

DEFINITELY the big money has gone out of the racket and most of the little money—a. fact which probably annoys them just as much as it is going to annoy the federal tax operatives. The new version of the klan identifies itself in its charter application as a non-profit organization and, oddly enough, the investigators are beginning to believe it. The old klan theoretically went out of business in 1844, when the United States took action to recover $685,305 in taxes for the period 1915-1841, a modest enough assessment on a take estimated at from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000.

Aviation

THE TRANSPORT plane is an essential of modern industry. As the machinery of airline operations, we know its vital role. In ever increasing numbers, Jowever, progressive corporations are recognizing the necessity for owning and operating their own transport planes. The modern American business corporation with its far-flung network of personnel and distributing facilities is analogous to an army. The efficiency of an army in the field depends not only on the competency of its field and headquarters personnel and the uninterrupted flow of supplies to the front, but on the intimacy of the contact between headquarters and the front lines. Let there be a deficiency in the transmission of orders, or lack of understanding on the part of the general staff as to just what the front line men are encountering, and there is trouble. Apply these observations to the modern corporation. All other things being equal, the real yardstick of corporation efficiency is the size of the gap between the industrial general staff and the sales fronts. During the European war, Gen. Eisenhower was quick to seize upon the key to combat efficiency by maintaining a sizable transport force at his headquarters.

Planes Narrow. Gaps

IN A FEW hours he could bring all his field commanders to any given rendezvous to discuss ways and means of offsetting unforseen developments, and toward effecting changes and alterations of plans. Telephone, radio or written correspondence are inadequate substitutes for personal knowledge acquired on the spot. In fact, military students are unanimous in the conviction that it was this use

My Day

NEW YORK (Wednesday) —In Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, the Red Cross held a unique fashion show, They displayed samples of the garments which are being made in Red Cross workrooms. “These are ‘given to people in this country when disasters occur, and are also distributed In Europe and Asia, Thousands of layettes, clothes for grown-ups and for children have come out of sewing rooms all over the United States, though the particular garments shown yesterday in Brooklyn were products of the workers in that area, At the peak of wartime needs, more than 20,000 women in Brooklyn wore Red Cross production uniforms. This show yesterday was an appeal to these women to return to the job-of producing clothes for civilian populations, even though the war has come to an end, Such an appeal must be needed in many parts of the country where women feel that the. great effort they put forth during the war can now be decreased.

Beaten Boy Sent to School YESTERDAY AFTERNOON 1 attended the annual meeting of Wiltwyck school for boys. We heard again some of the stories which make one feel that there is still much to be done to make our civilization successful. They. ‘told us of one little boy sent to ghe school

M isguided ‘Rescue’

Ex-Sgt. and Mrs. Benton Ford , , . she saved these two “valuables” from the fire.

ing. Mr. Mannix says the car was a Hudson, designed with an unusually low rocket-like chassis.

The Unperturbed Harpist

SPIKE JONES, guest of honor at a luncheon for Associated Distributors of Indiana and RCA-Victor officials at the Columbia club yesterday, lagged between being complimented and bewildered when a telegram saying a Spencer, Ind. undertaker had closed up shop to attend the lunch and show was read. The telegram, from Morgan Drescher, which said: “Am leaving dishes in the sink to have cocktails for two,” added to the King of Corn’s confusion, He was relieved when he learned Mr. Drescher was a Victor record distributor as well as a mortician, . ,.| Incidentally, the girl harpist with the Spike Jones band reminded us of the slogan: “Never underestimate the power of a woman.” All through a show which was punctuated with gun shots and crashing sound effects, she sat calmly at her harp, knitting. . . . Harry Geisel, retired American league umpire, is around town with his arm in a cast, the result of a fall as he left. the Gatling Gun club a week ago. ‘He broke his arm Monday night, but didn't realize it was broken until 12 hours later.

Imperial Wizard James Colescott, who received the request, replied politely that his organization didn't have any such funds in its treasury. Activities ‘Suspended’ WITH A WAR going on and a growing public distaste for nonsense, it didn't seem likely he would be able to raise the deficit by an appeal to a disintegrating membership. So he issued an edict “suspending” all klan activities. As a matter of fact, the klan did not actually die—it went underground, maintaining a governing board of five members, one of whom was Dr. Samuel Green. Green in the good old days had been only an exalted cyclops—whatever that is. But he was an enthusiastic worker and an opportunist. Some months ago he took out a charter for an association known officially as “The Association of Georgia Klans, a voluntary unincorporated nonprofit, fraternal and benevolent organization.” He stated at the outset that his new association had nothing more than a spiritual connection with “The Ku Klux Klan, Inc,” that Colescott had laid away in lavender. Investigators have admitted that Dr. Green's outfit might be difficult to muzzle if it operated in strict adherence to the provisions of its charter. But Dr. Green's ambitions for the order soon brought him into conflict with the inactive Colescott and left

him out on what the attorney general's staff looks of

upon as a technical limb, Dr. Green generously granted a subcharter to a group near Chattanooga which seems to have dubious rights to membership as an association of Georgia klans. The interstate aspect of the maneuver made the present klan look enough like the old one to justify the government's latest effort to collect its $685,305. All information unearthed to date indicates that the collecion is going to be no easier now than it was in 1044. z

SECOND SECTION

By WILLIAM EGGERT WHAT STARTED as simple enthusiasm over collecting sea shells has developed into an educational method for teaching children at public school 9 at Fulton and Vermont sts, Miss Charlotte Derck, a "teacher, was more or less destined to have some sort of a hobby and by co-

incidence she decided on sea shells]

five years ago. Her father converted his hobby of inventing gadgets for machinists into a full-time basement job and her mother has collected 1000 figurines. Friends of the family have told them that they should sell admission tickets to their “museum” home at 3141 N. Illinois st.

ss 8 = MISS DERCK keeps her shell collection in her sixth grade school room and has managed to transplant her enthusiasm to her students. By learning common- names of sea shells, where they are found, how they grow and their habits, the children have, according to Miss Derck, become more observant. They have learned to use maps and get a basic knowledge of social studies especially the economic value of shells for their food, pearls and buttons. M » w TWO OTHER teachers in the city have the same hobby as Miss Derck. The three of them have visited Florida at various times to increase their collections. Mrs. Lois Scott uses her sea shell collection for study in junior high art class at school 50, Mrs. Grace Grimes of school 80 has a similar collection but since she teaches the second grade her hobby is a personal one. “We use shells for everything. There isn't one child in this school that doesn't know something about shells,” Miss Derck says. “Some of the students have brought me shells that their parents have had for three and four generations.”

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946 STUDENTS ENJOY 'TEACHER'S PET'—

FAVORITE SHELL of the students is the one that to them suggests the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. The birth is suggested by a five-pointed star on one side of the small pancakedshape shell. Five pin-point holes near the star convey the crucifixion and the resurréction is reminded by the resemblance of the shell to a five-leafed lily. Miss Derck's class has become so shell conscious that each student strives to outdo the other in spelling matches and composition work

| Sea Shell Hobby Pays Dividends

Two sixth grade students at public school 9 receive sea shells mounted in boxes as awards for proficiency in classroom studies from their teacher, Miss Charlotte Derck. The puplls are Velma § Lambert, 327 N. Davidson st. and Billy Kiepper, 623 N. Pine st.

because the prise is a choice of 15 shells mounted in a box.

” v ” THE STUDENTS have authored many names for various shells; such as “jingle,” “pussy toe,” “bubble” and “bleeding tooth.” Miss Derck cites oné example of the education dividend shells have paid in class. She had one boy student who has been judged subnormal but eventually he could recite the names of 60 shells. One of her former pupils, Nan Lou King, an eighth grade student,

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has started her own collection and “pinches” her savings to purchase specimens from other shell collectors. ~ » ~ ALTHOUGH her primary hobby is collecting shells, Miss Derck also collects rocks, minerals and post cards and this summer she plans to add to her shell collection by vacationing two or three weeks on Sanibel island off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico where, she says, the rarest lime objects can be found.

FAVORITE RESORT FOR HOOSIER FAMILIES—

Shakamak—Swimming, Fishing, Boating’

By Maj. Al Williams

of the air transport which provided the all- around] co-ordination of our combat forces and victory. Corporation executives tend to think of the com-pany-owned transport plane merely as a time-saving piece of machinery. This is true, but its basic value is to narrow the gap between those who formulate policies and procedures in headquarters and those who execute these policies and procedures on the sales| front. Rapid transportation is the key to this objective.

No Substitute for Boss

THE AVAILABILITY of transport planes is bound to effect a“‘tremendous change in the thinking of executives and their field forces. There is no substitute for the personal appearance of the boss and the sound of his voice. Alexander the Great knew it, so| did Caesar, Napoleon and every leader of men. Gen. Billy Mitchell was the sparkplug of the early army air forces. The various field’ and unit commanders eventually learned to expect the “flying general” at any time of the day or night. Gen. Mitchell formulated policies in Washington | and then flew out to see how these policies were being executed. No literary effort in making reports can fool the general or the industrial executive who “sees” the personnel, equipment and operations of his field forces. And so, instead of serving as a mere time-saving transportation vehicle, the airplane eventually will effect a revolutionary change in the psychology of! modern business administration. In place of the gap between home office and fleld forces which once was bridged by correspondence, later by telegraph and currently by telephone and paper work, we soon will begin to sense the close-knit | familiarity of the American business executive with! his men in the field.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

who at first was afraid of everything ard of everyone. His parents, both of whom drank, did not care about | him. His father beat his mother and, if the boy was in sight, he was beaten too. This drove the mother away from home, and the little boy became a waif in the New York City streets, stealing and begging what food and shelter he could and going home only | on rare occasions.

Families Not Rehabilitated

FINALLY, THE LAW caught up with him, and | the courts sent him to Wiltwyck. They said that he| might be mentally defective and unable to learn since, at the age of 9, he could neither read nor write and did not know how to learn, But after six months at the school, with a great deal of personal attention, he has become an almost normal little boy. He is so excited about his ability! ‘to learn that he wants to help anyone else who does | not get on as quickly as he does!

One of the problems brought before us was the! i

fact that sometimes, in spite of the efforts of our social workers, the families of these boys cannot be rehabilitated sufficiently so that the children can) return home when they are stabilized. It looks as ‘though we should establish tostér| homes for after-care when the children come back .to the community and yet have no real parents to care for them. A

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The old swimmin’ hole .

By VICTOR PETERSON Times’ Staff Writer SHAKAMAK STATE PARK,

Ind. June 6.—Near this heavily for-

lested twin-lake Hoosier resprt is

the Eel river. The Indians called it Shakamak, which means “river of the long fish.” Today this area better could be | described as the “Lakes of the Flying Fish,” for so popular has| |the state park become with the| nations swimmers that top-drawer swimming meets are an annual] event, From Aug. 11-19 the “swimming” | lake will be swarming with femi-

nine talent as the lady finsters hold |

{their National A. A. U. meet.

But the Waltons, Izaac and his tribe, are not left out, for Lake |

Shakamak is stocked for the lures| ory is near Jasonville on roads 48 Group camp buildings are located

as is beautiful Lake Le-Na-Pe, in-| dicated prosaically on the map| as New South lake.

*HANNAH

Victor Peterson, Times staff member, is Youring state parks to give Hoosiers a preview of what they can expect to find on week-ends and vacations. in these Indiana scenic spots. This is the first i in a series of articles.

| jested in the physical exertion of

| boating is free to do so. Established as a state park In 1929, the thousand acres of forest {and field were given by Clay, {Greene and Sullivan counties. 2-Hour Drive From Here | While not next door to Indianjapolis, it is no more than a twohour drive from the state capitol

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Anyone inter-| For all-around fun on a week-|i oto; buildings. These make

end, the whole family can find it here. Quiet, shaded picnio grounds or a cabin can be home plate. From here the clan can roam. If swimming, fishing or boating are not or the card, there are plenty of winding auto and foot trails for "both the inactive and active nat-

uralists. There are not mghy spots |in the state where the nature lover

. « one of the reasons Shakamak state park is a favorite with Hoosiers on week-ends.

can find a greater variety of birds and plants. In Mining Section Located in the heart of Hoosierdom’s mining territory, any number of mines may be seen en route. Shafts and strip pits line every road leading to the rustic retreat.

And if these should arouse in-| terest, first-hand information about one of the nation’s most talked-of industries can be had right in the park. { A small slope mine is on the] grounds. Although the tunnel extends into the hillside but a few feet, the curious visitor nevertheless can see a vein of coal in its natural stage. Group Camp Buildings But ‘Shakamak is not for the] | passer-by and the family alone.

{ here, which include bunk houses, | kitchens, mess halls and adminis-

| possible low-cost vacation outings | for organized junior groups such |as 4-H clubs and scouting units. The camps are equipped completely except for bedding and have a combined capacity of 600 occupants. In the few short years this park has been in existence it has becomé more and more popular yearly.

THE DOCTOR SAYS: Proper Eating Eases Pain—

Dieting Aids Gallblader Illness

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D. | ALTHOUGH no known diet will |cure gallbladder infection or stones, the patient will be more comfort- | able if he avoids those foods which cause distress. The general warning to eat less fat does not fit every case. "If the gallbladder patient 1s overweight, it is advisable for him to reduce. - This improves his general health, and, if an operation is advised, he is in much better condition for it. Another advantage in following a reduction diet is that eating smaller meals helps to control distress. (Large meals are apt to bring on ‘trouble.) Most patients with gallbladder ins fection and stones are constipated, and the excess of fruits and vegetables in the reducing diet alds in overcoming bowel sluggishness.

THE CHIEF objection to a reducing diet is that distress may be produced by eating certain vegetables. If cabbage and cauliflower

are avoided, and if others which may cause distress are pureed, this difficulty can be overcome. Gallbladder disease is not confined to the overweight, and a smooth bland diet is recommended for troubled thin persons. . If there is a tendency to gaseous distress at night, the patient should eat a light evening meal and have the large meal at noon. Immediately after a colic attack, the diet is limited to liquids such as milk soups and orange juice. Later, strained cereals are added and then vegetables, lean meat and fish in moderation. Among ‘ the vegetables, baked or mashed pota-

Continuous improvements -have gone hand-in-hand with the steady increase in traffic, providing addi-

du Strikes Purge = Labor's Gripes, | Spur Production |

By FRED W. PERKINS WASHINGTON, June 6.—Silver lining to the cloud of re€ent strikes; They have served to purge ace cumulated grievances of workers, The result is that Individual efficiency and total production show pronounced upswings, This is the report from several large concerns made idle by strikes of the last few .months. It is supported by information reaching government agencies. » ” MM i

A GENERAL MOTORS official says morale among that corpora tion's nearly 200,000 production em« ployees is now “very good.” This is stressed despite the bitterness whipped up in last winter's long strike, The official said these workers are attending diligently to their duties (in contrast to management charges between VJ-day and the strike's beginning in November). \G. M. total production promises to equal or exceed prewar figures, according to this official.

THE SAME kind of report comes from big steel concerns, A company reports all but two of its mills have noted improvement in individual efficiency. The magazine Iron Age says: “Free from strike threats for the first time since last fall, the steel industry is attempting to regain lost ground. “Contrary to general expectations the rebound will come quicker than even Industry 4 Stale had believed.” » NO EXACT Aarts on ime provement in individual efficiency are available from either employers or official sources. But W. Duane Evans, a division chief in the U. 8. bureau of labor statistics, said today informal reports show worker efficiency frequently rises after settlement of a labor controversy, The Sepuriment | of labor does not

relation between physical pros duction achieved in comparison to expenditure of man-hours of work. American workers in war as well as peace habitually lead the world in that respect, ” » » OFFICIAL DATA show produce tivity per individual in American manufacturing is continually going up over long periods. During the 50 years that depend able records have been kept proe ductivity per man-hour in manufacturing has been doubling every

20 years. The main reason for this steady ation of

climb lies in the a technical knowledge to industry, including the use of new machinery and methods, plus better manage~ ment, » ~ LJ LABOR LEADERS, who formerly were non-committal on the subject,

"|have begun to take positive stands

in favor of increasing efficiency in industry. They recognize that through such an improvement the standards of living can rise. The A. F. of L. executive council report for 1945 stated, “implicit in such a program (collective bargaine ing) is co-operation between unions and management to increase output per man-hour and to decrease production costs.”

tional facilities for picnicking, for camping and trailer parking and| for the greater enjoymerit of the area byall all,

SUSPECT POINTS Sun HOMES HE ROBBED!

Brought here from Washington, Pa., yesterday on a criminal court capias, Donald MacGregor, 31, of Des Moines, Ia., accompanied Detec~ tives Ed Gerdt and Paul Kennedy on a tour of North Indianapolis, pointing out 22 homes he had burglarized recently, Most of the homes were about 5000 north. MacGregor was arrested in Washington yesterday for a traffic violation. Police here were notified after approximately $12,000 in’ loot was discovered in his car.

reeset WOMAN AUTHOR HONORED HOLLYWOOD, June 6 (U, P.).— Adria Locke Langley learned today her first novel, “A Lion Is in the Streets,” was awarded the gold medal for literature of the Commonwealth Club of California. Mrs. Langley will accept the medal June 12 in San Francisco,

and squash usually cause the least distress.

” o ” GALLSTONES cannot be dissolved by any known medicine, “Remedies” are sold which are sald to dissolve gallstones, but they consist .of olive oil and salts. When the two are mixed in the stomach and intestines, small soapy lumps are formed, and when these are passed, the patient considers them to be gallstones. Occasionally, a gallstone will pass

We, the Wome » U.S. of Is a Nation In Waiting

By RUTH MILLETT OUR LIVES today are occupied mostly with waiting. We're on the waiting list for a house that is waiting on lumber, Sonny's name is on a list for a tricycle. Sister is waiting for a camera, Dad is waiting far a car. Mama is waiting for, a washing machine, an electric toaster, and a pair of stockings. ” ” » BUD is waiting until a university can find a place for him, so that he can utilize the educational bene~ fits of the GI Bill of Rights. The engaged couple down the street are waiting on marriage— waiting until they can find a place in which to set up housekeeping. The butcher is waiting for meat —meanwhile filling his showcase with sliced baloney, so that it won't look quite so bare. The professional man just out of service is waiting for office space. ” » » NEARLY every man is waiting for a suit of clothes that isn't yet made because it is waiting for a lining—or a higher price, We're waiting to take that vacation until we get new tires for the old car we have to use while we wait for the new one. . We're all waiting for different things, and yet for the same thing ~that beautiful post-war world they promised us, And, by golly, we are getting pretty tired of waiting. A country in waiting-—that’s us. /

VOLUNTEER FIREMEN SCHEDULE FISH FRY,

down the duct from the gallbladder to the intestine during an attack, or a dJarge stone may ulcerate through the gallbladder wall into the intestine. Gallbladder symptoms follow an irregular course. They may not bother the patient for months or years, ‘while at other” times they

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