Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 June 1946 — Page 7
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And just like that Johnny Morgan was in the* motorcycle business. He's been in it ever since, and everyone in. Indianapolis who ever has ridden a “hell-popper” knows Johnny. And there are thousands of them, Back in 1924 when Johnny took over the agency for Harley-Davidson there were 2800 cycles registered in Indiana. Today the list is around 15,000. Mr. Morgan figures that he has sold on an average of 100 a year mince he has been in business. Like anything else on wheels, théy're a scarce item now. Johnny's store room is as bare as a Puliver gum machine during the war. “Boy, I could sell em like hotcakes, now,” he said. But there's no motorcycle black market as far as Johnny's concerned. One chap offered him a “bonus” for a machine and was ordered out of the place. On one occasion, his bid to furnish the city motorcycles for the police department was considerably higher than that of a rival. * The board of works chairman pointed this out to Morgan, who refused to budge an inch in his bid. : “If I can't sell my machines and make a legitimate profit, I won't do business with the city,” he
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Life in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 22—The Russian army of occupation in Hungary, for the three months just beginning, requisitioned 6000 tons of meat, 1149 tons of lard, 203 tons of butter, 645 tons of milk, 10,000 tons of fruit and vegetables, 800,000 dozen eggs and “all the fish from Lake Balaton,” which is all the fish caught in Hungary. : For the year just ended, the Russian army took 49,073- tons of flour, 75,000 tons of corn, 10,500 tons of wheat and rye, 122,000 tons of potatoes, 4185 tons of lard, 16,000 tons of meat, 3750 tons of milk, 10,473 head of cattle. I studied the food reparation figures for the sevenyear period ending in 1951. They're on a graduated scale, evidently carefully worked out to keep a steady flow of commodities. Grains and seeds, in heavy demand last year and this won't be sent after 1948. Last year 202,000 tons of wheat were sent. This year and next it's 66,000 tons, 70,000 in 1948 and none thereafter.
Lower Livestock Demands LAST YEAR the quota was 51,000 horses, 60,000 Hogs. This year those figures are down a few thousand and after next year are negligible. Many wonder why Russia kept large occupation armies in these Eastern European states. The reason seems obvious: she wanted to be sure they didn’t renege on reparations. In Hungary, a nation of 9,000,000, the Nazis by 1944 had taken 52 per cent of the cattle, half the horses, 72 per cent of the hogs and 77 per cent of the sheep. Came peace, came the Russians in swarms, all eating and taking any stray bits the Nazis overlooked. And they stayed 'm’ stayed!
Science
EN ROUTE TO BIKINI—A century-old argument in science, one that involved the great Charles Darwin, may be settled by the second atomic bomb test at Bikini atoll. As readers know, it is planned to explode two bombs. The first will be dropped from a B-29 and will be detonated some hundreds of feet in the air. The second will be set off in the waters of the lagoon. It is this second one which may solve the problem of the structure of such coral atolls as the Bikini atoll. In the hopes that this may be the case, geologists, seismologists, and oceanographers connected with joint task force.one are making plans for an extended series of observations. The original idea of the growth of the coral atolls in the Pacific is that the living corals began to grow on the sides of volcanic peaks that rose from the ocean floor above the surface of the water. The corals would grow just below the surface of the water.
Traced Back to Glacial Age
THE IDEA was that with the passage of time, the ocean began to rise and so the corals began to build up higher and higher toward the new surface of the ocean. In this way, thought Darwin and others, the ocean finally became higher than the top of the volcanic peak. But thé coral kept growing and finally there was an atoll, a ring of coral with a lagoon in the center.
My Day
HYDE PARK, Friday—There is an article in the Nation by Freda Kirchvey, editor and publisher, which was written in Cairo about the Palestine question and the attitude of British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. This article appears at a very opportune time, Any one who has been noting what desperate things the Palestinian Jews are doing, in order to hold onto their arms and build up a defense group somewhat akin to underground groups everywhere, must realize the seriousness of the tragedy of the whole situation in Palestine. I think we should think back over the steps by which we as a nation became involved in this matter, There was a timy when we took no responsibility for Talestine. Then Great Britain invited us to take part iy a joint eommission to study the question.
We Knew Conditions WE KNEW the conditions in Europe, and so did
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sald firmly and started to gather up his papers." The board thought it over and finally bought Johnny's make of cycle. He still does business with Indianapolis when replacements are made—and at a fair profit; -no “gift” stuff, pa
Grows Flowers as Hobby AND THE motorcycle business has been kind to Johnny, although he has worked pretty hard gt it. He counts in his possessions two fine Hendricks county farms, the building in which his shop is operated and a pleasant home which he and Mrs. Morgan oceupy at 3744 N. LaSalle st. It is at this home that Johnny changes from a tired business man to a householder even more tired. You scarcely. associate motorcycles with flowers, but Johnny grows some of the biggest lilies in town; his roses are beautiful, and there's a rock garden pool complete with gold fish and bridge on that 100x225 lot, And that’s a lot of grass to cut and garden to maintain,
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One other love in Johnny's life is the Harley-|
Davidson Motorcycle club. He's really the club, Of-
ficers may come and go, but it usually is Mr, Mor-|
gan who does the work. When an outing is planned or a tourist trophy race scheduled, Johnny arranges for the “pop™ to sell and the guy to grade the track. Last year he rode the grader himself for nine hours. When it comes time to count up the profits, they go into the club's fund. And Johnny has something to say about this, too. “We don't let it get very large—might be a temptation to someone sometime,” he explains.
Tourist Trophy Race Planned JOHNNY HELPED organize the club in 1938. It was the outgrowth of the old Midwest Motorcycle club which came into being in Indianapolis back in 1925. Latest project of the club is a tourist trophy race sanctioned by the American Motorcycle association to be held at Fountain Curve course near Brownsburg on July 14. It's one of those “hell-on-wheels” affairs where the racers go up and down hills, around hairpin turns and zoom down a dirt straightaway at 85 miles an hour. If a guy is lucky enough to win an elimination and a feature race in his class, he can take home something like $100 and divers aches and pains. “It's a cinch they don’t do it for the money they get,” Johnny remarked. “They just like motorcycles.” It is sort of a combination picnic and race for the cycle followers. Wives and sweethearts are loaded on the back end or in a sidecar, and they come from all over the state to watch the fun or compete in it. Two of the outstanding riders in Indianapolis are from the club, Delbert (Deb) Moore and Perry Helton. Moore works for Johnny in his repair shop. Now 56 years old, Johnny doesn’t straddle a cycle very often any more. But he can still keep one under him, just as he did back in 1910 when he bought his first strap-drive Harley with its acetylene lamp. “Yep, the motorcycle business has been good to me,” Johnny says. And he has been good to the motorcycle business. (By Bob Stranahan.)
By Jack Bell
Hungary has a tripartite military commission: British, U. S. and Russian—in theory. Actually, it's a Russian show, as all American officers here readily admit. The Russians hardly go through the formalities of tripartite regulations. Hungary came up with a powerful party for the elections, the small landholders. They polled 60. per cent of the vote and the peasant party 8 per cent.
Repatriates Are In Saddle THEY HAVE almost identical ideas, so the president is a small landholder named Tildy, a Protestant clergyman. Prime Minister Nagy is straight from the peasants, an honest, sincere but inexperienced statesman, as is Mr. Tildy. “Why,” ask the people, “when we have such a huge majority vote do the Communists get everything their way in the government?” Well, rightly or wrongly, they get it because ‘way back in 1920 when the leftists were overthrown and impotent, and Horthy became premier, some of the Hungarian Communists fled to Russia. They're back now—probably sincere in the belief that what they advocate is best for Hungary. They're clever people. Rakosi, chief deputy prime minister, is one of them, and best authorities say he’s the quarterback. Mebbe I'm wrong, but my impressions are that Hungarians aren’t any more communistic in thought and desire than the Austrians, Copyright, 1946, by The Indianapolis Times and The Ohicago Daily News, Inc.
By David Dietz
It will be seen that the original volcanic peak was now deep below the surface of the lagoon. At this point, the layman will want to know why the level of water in the ocean should have grown higher with the passage of time. The answer to that is that during the glacial age, much of the earth’s water was locked up in the great ice sheets. As the glacial age ended and the water ran back into the oceans, the level of the oceans began to rise, inypdating peaks that once extended above the surface. However, there is another view of the origin of coral atolls. The second view holds that the forces of érosion, namely the action of wind and rain and waves, caused the top of the volcanic peak to be worn away.
Lagoon In Old Crater
MEANWHILE, however, corals began to grow on the sides of the volcanic peak. According to this view, the lagoon occupies the old crater of the volcano. It is difficult to decide between these two conilicting views because some atolls seem to support the second. But the seismic waves generated by the second atomic bomb test may decide the issue. The reason for that is that seismic waves travel with one speed through volcanic rock. Therefore, by timing the various waves received at distant stations and otherwise noting their character, it will be possible to tell which waves came through coral and which through volcanic rock.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
joint obligations to implement any such report would be. Now President Truman has appointed a commit tee to look: into this question of implementing the report, but the British foreign secretary, Mr. Bevin, has stated that the real reason we are anxious to see 100,000 Jews admitted to Palestine is that we do not want them in New York. He may be right in what he said, and I am only sorry that we have not made our position so clear that such things could not be said about us.
Could Absorb Refugees
IT MIGHT be unwise to bring into New York, which already is larger than any city should be, a great number of any particular group. But certainly throughout this country we could scatter our share of displaced persons without upsetting our economy. We are not yet at the point where an increase in population is a menace. In fact, it would be quite possible to absorb far more than our share of the displaced people in Europe who are seeking homes. The particular point at issue, however, is that there are 100,000 Jews in Europe who must find homes immediately and they want to go to Palestine, The Arabs threaten dire things. The British talk about the impossibility of increasing the military force, But surely, our allied chiefs of staff could work out some form of military defense for Palestine which would not mean an increase in manpower.
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CAMERA GLOSEUP . . . By Dan McCormack
Summer Heaven—For Boy Scouts
NO MERIT BADGE FOR THIS . . . A favorite spot after evening
chow at Boy Scout Camp Chank-
tun-un-gi is the canteen. Jerry
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NATURE STUDY .
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one of the many subjects at the 225-acre camp. Eager pupils are (left to right): James Hayes, Noel Thomas, Gordon Morey and Marlin
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John A. Sheedy, camp physician, checks over Frank Robertson (left) while Eugene Given stands by te make a record of the doctor's diagnosis in the camp's small infirmary.
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RE Hike on Coal May Prompt ° Other Pleas
By FRED W. PERKINS “ WASHINGTON, June 22-Up go
wage and other boosts the govern-
thé bituminous strike—and one question is whether these higher prices will bring demands . for further price and rate raises from the major coal-using industries, such as steel manufacturing and railroading. : That is the cycle of Inflation in which the government finds itself an ‘unwilling party. When it followed up seizure of
tract with John L. Lewis, instead of leaving determination of wages and working conditions to collective bargaining, the government bit off a hunk it may be chewing for quite a while.
» “ ” IT MAY NOT be able for months to turn the mines back to private owners without danger of further strikes, which Mr. Lewis’ union is in position. to start at any time it wishes to influence official action. The one-man leadership ‘of this powerful union can keep the mines indefinitely in government posses sion—unless the government decides to go into a fight t» the finish. No legal power exists to force Mr, Lewis to sign, a contract with the operators. Not is there any power to compel the operators to sign up with Mr. Lewis. No negotiations have been conducted through these parties, and the government not only is holding the mines but is holding the bag. " » # IT IS A perfect set-up for somebody to force actual nationalization or permanent public operation of the mines, The big operators do not want that, nor do the union leaders, according to repeated declarations of United Mine Worker conventions. The average increases of 40% cents a ton allowed by OPA to the coal companies to compensate for the wage raises will affect people who use soft coal to heat their homes. : But they are not important in the general picture. The vast bulk of bituminous coal goes for industrial uses, including steel mills, power plants and railroads. The price raise will show up eventually in those fields. - » » BITUMINOUS operators in general say the price concession is not enough, but indications are they will accept it. The price question,
CHOW TIME . . . There are no lagging appetites after a day full of activity. Clockwise around the table are: Bob McDonald, Gordon Morey, Larry Holland, David Bosworth, Supervisor Don Scheick, Herbert Jarboe, Richard Loucks, Dick Lohman and
“RETREAT” . . . Bugler James Hudson sounds out the silvery notes of the call that brings scouts together for the daily flag lowering ceremonies at the camp's first period to end a busy day of outdoor activities.
DISCIPLINE BETS Mss TILLIE'S NOTEBOOK . . . By Hilda Wesson Teachers’ Vacation Not All Fun
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“Democratize’ Army.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, June 22 (U. P.).—Gen, Jonathan M. Wwaihwright, hero of Bataan and 4th army commander, said today that less democracy and more of the old spit-and-polish discipline is what the U. 8. army needs right now. Wainwright, leader of American forces who surrendered on Bataan and went through four years of living hell in Japanese prison camps, said the army suffered a breakdown in rear area discipline during the war, He charged that attempts to “democratize’” the army were not being fostered by combat veterans “who know that discipline saved their lives on the battlefields.” “They are being fostered by men who spent most of the war encamped in the United States or in rear areas,” the four-star general said. Observes Changes Off-duty fraternization between officers and enlisted men and elimi~ nation of saluting during “off” hours ‘would further reduce army discipline “and thereby reduce effectiveness of the military force,” he predicted. o Wainwright, commander of the 4th army, San ‘Antonio, Tex, spoke at a memorial program for the Oklahoma victims of the Philippines “death march” apd Japanese prison brutalities. -
DEAR MISS TILLIE—Aren’t you teachers glad school’s out? You've
It must be a great relief to leave your 40 for awhile. Teachers work hard and we're awfully happy you're going to have time for a real loaf— PARENTS, ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
» ” » DEAR PARENTS Yes, we're glad school’s out, as happy about it as the kids. The big relief is not in getting away from the “wild Indians,” though. It's in having time dff from meetings and conferences and reports—and lunches out of paper sacks. You say you wish
{got such a big raise you can take a trip now. And you'll have all summer to rest! I wish I had a job that gave two months’ vacation. My, I'd certainly like to get away from my two “wild Indians” for that long!
(Your school worries are over for the summer but Miss Tillie doesn't want your letters to stop. Write her in care of The Times.)
you had two months’ vacation? We'd like to try it, too, sometime.
DO YOU KNOW That the “big raise” begins next October, not this June? That the “long trip” will be, most likely, to Harrison School or Washington High or Butler; maybe as far as Indiana university in Bloomington?
Teachers know (it well enough. After they've done their spring housecleaning, which they were too busy to do in April, they'll start to summer school, either teaching or studying so that they can do an even better job than they did this year. And when school opens in the fall, they'll be waiting, refreshed, refurbished, and ready to give your children the reapings of their summer “vacation.”
TODAY BILL SAID “I've just about decided I don’t want to go on any trips this summer, I'd have to tell about them in compositions and that sure
spoils my fun.”
TRAVEL-STUDY CLUB TO MEET AT ACTON
Mrs. C. O. Joyce will give a luncheon for the Venetian council of the International Travel-Study club at her Acton, Ind, home at noon Monday. She will be assisted by Mrs, ‘Walter Henderson and Mrs. Harry Shoobridge. Newly named officers of the group are Mrs. Harlan Bolinger, president; Mrs. Henderson, first vice president; Mrs. Elizabeth Underwood, second vice president; Mrs. Led Litas secretary; Mrs, Verlin Crousore, treasurer; 8hoobridge, publicity chairman; Miss Mae Dilliner, program, and Mrs, Joyce, hostess chairman,
MORE CANDY FOR BRITAIN LONDON, June 22 (U. P.).~-A two-ounce increase in the British candy ration will become effective Sunday, bringing the total fours week allotment to 14 ounces,
Wife-Killer in
LOS ANGELES, June 22 (U.P) — Counsel for wealthy Fred Hills, 42, who confesseed strangling his wife and burying her body in a squash patch, said today his defense would be based on “dementia Americana,” a mental disorder “peculiar to Amerfcans.” Hills’ story that his wife, Doris, 42, had “gone away” was broken yesterady after daylong questioning by three vacationing criminologists. Attorney 8. H, Hahn said Hills would plead that he “blacked out” in temporary insanity. “Dementia Americana is a kind of temporary insanity that is peculiar to the emotional instability of
the United States,” Mr. Hahn said. “When an Auisriiuly 1) sees his
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family jeopardized or his marriage threatened he goes out of his mind.” Hills and his wife had been arguing for months over plans of their son to buy a new car, As a result the son had left the home and each parent had sought a divorce, Mr, Hahn said the plea was used, “with partial success,” in the Harry Thaw case in New York. The three crime experts who interrupted their holiday to help local officers solve the case were Leonarde Keeler, Northwestern university; Dr. L. M. Snyder, Michigan state police, who helped solve the recent theft of the Hesse crown jewels, and Ray Schindler, New York, who helped
investigate the Sir Harry Oakes murder. }
however, is only one of those they have to settle before they are willing to talk turkey with Mr. Lewis on a contract. One of the questions relates to safety rules in the mines—whether the regulations of the U. 8. bureau of mines shall be accepted to supersede state laws on the subject. Most important to the operators is the question of unionization of supervisory employees, including foremen. Their antagonism is backed by managers of all other major industries. The government's administration of the coal mines is favorable to foremen unionization, although the courts have not spoken finally,
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Should Dollars Or G. I. Housing Get Sympathy ?
By RUTH MILLETT | PROPERTY owners in the neigh borhood of a small Iowa college are objecting to the proposed construction of temporary barracks to house students this fall, because they are afraid the temporary buildings will hurt the value of their own property. It is a shame that such makeshift dwellings as trailer camps, quonset hut§ and temparary barracks are-béing thrown up in college towns to house returning veterans. ” » ” BUT THE sympathy shouldn't go to lucky home-owners who may be worried because their property, which likely as not has doubled in value during the housing shortage, might be hurt by proximity of the temporary barracks. The sympathy should go to the students who, after spending several years living in “temporary barracks” all over the world, come home to the same makeshift housing while they complete their educations. ' . » . THE temporary shelters don't look good. But the colleges are doing the best they can to provide living places for all the GIs who want to finish their educations. And if the GIs can stand it, certainly the townsfolk haven't any kick coming. It ought to be reason for thanksgiving that so many of our young men have returned alive and whole and eager for education that our colleges are having to resort fo emergency housing in order to take care of them.
CITY WORKERS END CLEVELAND STRIKE
CLEVELAND, June 22 (U. P.).— Mayor Thomas Burke today was expected to take no disciplinary action against the 700 city hall employees who tied up city services with a brief strike yesterday.