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MAYBE IT'S THE CIRCUS influence hanging

on, but an item about a New York woman who

wants to give’ away an ocelot has created a furor around town. Shortly after a picture of the animal appeared in The Times, stating that the owner had to get rid of it because it wasn't an apartmentsized pet, at least half a dozen local residents called. Mrs. Henfietta Hilms, 245 N. Hamilton ave., wrote us a letter saying “if the ocelot is still available I'd Mrs. Betty Watkins, 604 Birch st., called and said she had always wanted a cat and that the ocelot “looked so cute I'd like to have it.” Warned it was a wild animal, she said it was still 0. k. Several other persons called to see if they could get .it. We told them all the same thing— that the owner and cat were in New York ahd that all information about it must be obtained at Acme Newspictures, 461 Eighth ave, New Ybrk city. However, we imagine that it's already taken, if the offer created as much response there as it did here . . , The Cinema theater, 213 E. 16th st., got its heavenly and geometrical bodies confused, One side of the marquee advertises “Ragged Angels” while the other reads: “Ragged Angles.” , . . Speak-

ing of spelling, we wonder who's responsible for the

signs on the mail trucks in the statehouse which read: “Mail Only Pleas.”

Does It or Doesn't It? WE HOPE this doesn’t set off one of those debates about whether fish can or cannot be rained in heavy showers, but this is what happened after a heavy rainstorm early last week. Ten-year-old Howard Hoffmeyer, son of Mr. and Mrs, Henry Hoffmeyer, 1422 Leonard st, was playing in the yard, throwing a stick up into a large tree. Suddenly he saw the stick knock something off a limb. Investigating, he found a four and one-half inch crawfish. The four and one-half inches represents only the distance from head to tail—the big feelers would add even more length. The boy is positive the ‘crustacean was in the tree, and neighbors are speculating how it got there . . , James W, Shirley, 822 Pleasant Run blvd, is trying to obtain some information for a friend in Utah, who's tracing her genealogy. She's trailed it back to Mary May Bowman, born in Valparaiso on Nov. 4, 1860, but from there the going is hazy. Mr, Shirley thinks Miss Bowman's father was John Lewis Bowman, born March 2, 1823 (place unknown) who died in

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1897 or 1898 in Valparaiso. He'd like to know if there are any old papers around which might have obituary material that would furnish a lead to Mr. Bowman's ancestors,

Those Street Signs Again THE CITY has put up a flock of newly painted street signs all over, the East side, and there's one East sider who's disgruntled about it. The oity has made a mistake which is this East sider’s pet peeve, misusing st. and ave. First off, the city has arbitrarily changed the abbreviation of avenue to “av.” And, against the best references of the city directory, they've called State ave. “State st.” and labeled Jefferson ave. as “Jefferson st.” “Who do they think they are, changing the East side around?” our. agent griped .. John Barnett reports that Butler university is slightly dismayed about response to appeals they sent out to residents for rooms for students this fall. The appeals sent out numbered 800. Thus far, the university has received a total of one reply. .

Vacationing Problem By Eldon Roark

LAKE TANEYCOMO, Mo., July 15.—Driving up through the Ozarks, we noticed women working in the rocky hillside fields alongside their men. Most of them were wearing dresses or blue jeans, long-sleeved shirts with the tails hanging out, old-fashioned sun bonnets or big sun hats. Some were even wearing gloves. They weren't taking any chances on getting tanned. And now here in this popular resort we see women lying out in the sun or walking along the street almost naked, trying desperately to take on a deep tan, Everybody'seems to be having a good time—swimming, riding horses, playing tennis, fishing, paddling boats. The hotels, stores, soda fountains, novelty shops, are on the main street facing the lake. On the hill back of them are cabins and cottages. But try to"lnd a vacant cabin! We've worked the hill pretty well, but the only vacancy was one tiny cabin, scarcely adequate for the four of us. I went into Hotel Taneycomo and asked if they had anything vacant. The middle-aged woman clerk was shouting a telegram into a telephone. I couldn't help but overhear the message, apparently being sent

for some guest: “Pat not feeling well. We are going home.” That finished, she turned to me. Room? “No, not a chance.” * “What's the earliest I could get something?” I asked. .

She pulled out a big book and sfudied it a few minutes. Well, a week from then she could give me a room—but for only one day. Then I'd have to get out and wait 17 days before I could come back and spend another day. As for spending a whole week— well, it might be arranged in September.

Cottages Booked Far in Advance THE ROOMS have twin beds, and the rates are $6 a day per person, which includes meals—American plan.

Aviation

NEW YORK, July 15.—A sleek, fast Pan American World Airways Clipper took off from La Guardia field early today, inaugurating direct daily 38-hour service between New York City and Buenos Aires, Argentina, It spearheaded what P.A.A. officials ‘say will become a fleet of 240 Clippers, flying approximately 2,700,000,000 seat-miles annually over Latin American routes by the end of 1947. It will connect with air service to every part of Latin America, and it marks the beginning of this nation’s battle for at least $5,000,000,000 in annual trade with Latin America in competition with European countries already in the field.

Aerial Commuter Service AS THE NEW daily service began, P. A. A. officials announced their complete program will eventually provide a multiple daily “aerial commuter service” to all Latin American capitals, carrying 2,000,000 passengers annually, moving 30,000,000 pounds of freight annually and linking all Latin American markets directly with United States industrial centers. The New York to Argentina daily schedule includes stops at San Juan, Puerto Rico; Port-of-Spain, Trinidad; Belem, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Montevideo, Uruguay, 2nd Buenos Aires, Argentina.

My Day

HYDE PARK, Sunday.—I was particularly glad yesterday Yo learn of the forming of the new council of American Business, Inc. This seems to be a group of progressive businessmen, from all over the United States, who want OPA controls primarily to prevent inflation. They seem to remember history, and in the letter which I received they quote facts going back to the period after world war I, when we tried combating inflationary pressures with a free price system. They remind us .that, in 1920 and thereafter, we did not achieve a balance between supply and demand because the demand did not hold up to the supply, since the public could not buy goods at the peak to which inflation had carried prices. A so-called balance was finally achieved by the falling off of demand to such a point that a third of our factory workers lost their jobs and the farmers were producing far more than they were able to sell,

Incomes Dropped THE ANNUAL average farm income dropped from $1360 a year to $460 a year, and 453,000 farmers lost their farms through mortgage foreclosures. By 1921 the manufacturers of the nation went into the red to the extent of $55,000,000—after making, in 1919, $5,896,000,000.

The hotel also has cottages for those who want to do their own cooking and spread out a little more, but they also -are booked far in advance. The cottages are $5.50 and $6 a day, without linen, accommodations for four. ~~ : Before leaving Harrison, Ark., I drove into a service station to get filled up. I noticed that the racks for new tires were empty except for a few tires of odd sizes, “No tires?” I asked. > Kill 2 States With One Stone “JUST CAN'T get 'em,” said the owner. “I'm lending a construction company a beat-up old tire so they can continue to operate their truck. . “A man came in heré yesterday looking for a tire for his car,” a young attendant said. “He knew where he could get one for $29, but said he wouldn't pay it. Before OPA went out that tire sold for about $17." . As we neared the Arkansas-Missouri line my daughter Selva asked me to stop and let her get a rock. She wanted to take home a rock from every state we visited on the tour. . I thought of our already overloaded car—and growled. But she was insistent, and we finally compromised. I let her pick up a little rock right on the state line. In that way she could kill two states with one stone, There was some pencilled writing on the sign marking the boundary. On one side the writing said: “Ralph Cooper has been here, also Kilroy's cousin.” On the other side: “Kilroy himself has been here.” So that Kilroy guy is still getting around, At Branson, Mo. the highway crossed Roark Creek, a right nice stream, and that, of course, called for us Roarks to stop and make a picture. There is an attractive motor court just south of the bridge, and it is run by Vernon M. James, county tax collector. I asked him how Roark Creek got its name, but he didn't know.

By Max B. Cook

San Juan is only eight hours out of New York, and Rio 28 hours out.

U. S. Closer to South America THE FLIGHTS will bring the United States closer by air to South America than is Europe. For instance, the London to Rio de Janeiro flight requires 16 hours longer. 3 Fares are $547 from New York to Buenos ‘Aires; $472 to Rio; $317 to Belem; and $130 to San Juan. Pan American's first flight to Buenos Aires in November, 1931, required almost five days. But today's four-engined DC-4 Clippers cruise at 220 miles per hour. They carry 55 passengers, with a total payload, including passengers, baggage, mail and air express, of six ani a half tons. Gross weight is 73,000 pounds. And among the new aircraft now upcoming for the proposed U. S.-Latin America fleet are three Lockheed Constellations; 49 Douglas DC-4's; 20 Consolidated Vultee Convair 240’s, and seven Martin 3083's. Aboard the plane leaving La Guardia today were this writer and a group of newspaper and magazine writers* and officials. Two days are to be spent by the party in Rio de Janeiro, and two more in Buenos Aires. Return will be directly from Rio to New York City. Flights from New York the length “of South America were made possible by the recent award of the New York-San Juan route to Pan. American by the civil aeronautics board. The line already was certified for routes south of Puerto Rico.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

These are some figures we had better think about. | Sometimes history is instructive,

New OPA Provisions AS 1 LISTENED over the radio yesterday morning to the provisions of the new OPA bill, it seemed as though it would have less meaning than before. Under this new bill, for example, rent control would be exercised only in such states as had not set up state machinery to contmol rents. | Since there are very few states that have ‘passed their own rent control legislation, it would seem more sensible for the whole problem to be handled on a federal basis. 1 was glad to see that as ceilings were being taken off dairy products and meat, they were also going to be taken off grain. It would be impossible to ship grain to the famine countries if we control the price of grain, yet remove all price control on meat and livestock and dairy products. The demand for grain to be diverted for food would be greater, and the

“prices in the United States will promptly go up and

translate themselves into higher prices for meat and dairy products. The balance between the supply of all products and prices and our real needs is essential to prevent world famine,

180 Stations Report

By Science Bérvice | Novel WEST HARTFORD, Conn. July

15.—~The “hams” first post-war

fleld day, & nation-wide contest for [tors with one “ham,” D. T. Feramateur radio operators June 22-23, | rier, Winchester, Mass., using a balalready has brought in 180 station [loon to support his antenna.

antennas equipment used by amateur opera-|67 foot vertical antenna. {

on 'Ham' Field Day

featured the erect a ground for a quarter-wave,

One record was broken when L.| |M: Vant and Donald F. Brown, both |

He |of Waltham, Mass, made contact

reports from 35 states and three set up his station, WILL, with a|over a distance of 1.6 miles on the |

radio relay league here said that | be announced for several weeks.

helium-filled balloon supporting 132 But headquarters of the American [feet of antenna wire. : The headquarters staff of the winners of the competition will not| ARRL here used 15 lengths of army

amateur 2300 megacycle: band. + Largest group reporting in the field day competition was the Tul-

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‘SECOND SECTION

By JACK THOMPSON An unheralded phase of law enforcement that has been digging away at the major root of ‘criminal development in Indianapolis for eight years is in difficulty. The PAL club of the juvenile aid division is having trouble keeping its tremendously increased membership in dthletic equipment. Baseball, basketball, boxing and other athletic paraphernalia not. only is inadequate, but the available items are wearing out. Based on this year's figures it is costing the juvenile ald division's budget $75 to handle juvenile arrest cases. * Only seven cents is allocated to each PAL club youth. With an eye out for some remedy for the situation, Lt. Golden Reynolds, head of J. A. D,, and Sgt. Em-

hit upon the idea of presenting a benefit show. ” » ~ NOW CLUB MEMBERS are looking forward to tomorrow when Jerry Colonna, radio and movie star, comes to the Coliseum at the state fairgrounds with his Hollywood show.

Lou Williams and Billy Butter-| worth and his orchestra. Following |

band will furnish music for three! hours of dancing. i

Block Co., L. Strauss & Co., L. 8. Ayres & Co., H. P. Wasson & Co, Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co, Bush-

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Smith Hassler Co. and Sportsman's Store. They also may be obtained at J. A. D. headquarters, 19 8. Alabama st., or from officers in charge of PAL club activities,

» = 1d LT. REYNOLDS RECENTLY received word ‘that 750 convalescent

GENERAL STRIKE IS RUSS WEAPON

Trieste Is Top Example Of Soviet Method.

By PARKER LAMOORE Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

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With Mr. Colonna will be Tony veterans from Ft. Harrison and, | Romano, Fay McKenzie, Bonnie Camp Atterbury want to attend the [Poy between the ages of 6 and 18 sults in character-building and citi-

He has requested that the

the big review, Mr. Butterworth's/Public buy tickets for them.

Those desiring to aid the servicemen should telephone RI-¥391,

Tickets are on sale at booths in[Tickets are $1.20 each. The Red the main-floor lobbies of Wm. H.|{Cross is co-operating in bringing

the veterans to the show. Allison Division of General Motors Corp. already has purchased 330 tickets but 420 servicemen are still without seats. Organized during Police Chief Michael (Mike) Morrisey's office term as the result of a nationwide big brother miovement, the PAL club is the prevention end of J. A. D. In fact it is the only probation system incorporated in the division.

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WASHINGTON, July 15. —Evidence is accumulating that the Big Four compromise on Trieste wasn't worth the paper it was written on. The rising tempo-of disturbances in that distressed city insures that the issue will come up when the European peace conference convenes late this month. It would appear the Russians had planned it that way. The organization behind the disturbances is the Union Syndicate, Trieste’s biggest trade union. That union is led around by the nose by the Venezia Giulia Communist party. Italians Aid Disorder The emotional Italians, of course, have contributed to the disorders. If, further along the road, they lose Trieste altogether, they can blame themselves for walking into an obvious trap. When, because the Trieste deal didn't suit them, the Italians de» nounced American troops as “traitors,” and Italians who associated with them as “collaborators,” they were doing just what the Reds wanted them to do. And they overlooked the point, which the Communists did not, that if the American and British troops left Trieste there would be nothing to hinder Marshal Tito from moving in. Whenever the Russian fifth column demands the removal of American troops, in.China or anywhere else, there is likely to be a Red army ready to march.

Strikers Eat Well

The Communists aré using their real secret weapon, the general strike, to keep the Trieste pot boiling. The strike has been going on for nearly two weeks and is bringing the city down to a starvation diet. But the strikers are eating well. The mystery may be explained by reports, now being investigated, that the strikers are being supplied by UNRRA food shipped in from Yugoslavia. If this is true, here is another case of our resources being used against us. Politicians throughout Europe might profit by the lessons of Trieste, particularly by observing the manner in which the general strike is being used to win a political objective. It's a Real Weapon Wherever Communist appeasement is the order, as in France, Red elements are securing key spots in government and gradually extending their control over labor | unions. Once entrenched, they can paralyze government, industry and transport by invoking the general strike, With this secret. weapon in their possession, the Reds can laugh off adverse election returns and sneer at international covenants. ' We should not worry too much about the Soviet veto when the Reds have this potent ace up their sleeves.

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BACK 1695 TROOPS

NEW YORK, July. 15 (U. P.).—! Three ships with 1695 troops aboard were due here today: They are: Alllambra Victory, from Le Havre, with 822 troops. Norway Victory, from Southamp-

trusting souls permit me to use don't own an auto.

the highway with other Hoosier drivers. But the odds for. my helping to increase insurance rates on automobiles are limited to how many

Police Cpl. Rohert N. Bell referees a PAL club game at Brookside park as Robert Crocker makes a vicious cut at the ball. The catcher is John Cory. Crocker, Robert Lunzie, Thomas Robinson, Warren Jones and William Smith.

MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN to any,

{who consents to abide by the self imposed rules of the club. The {only form of recruitment consists of referring boys charged with! minor law violations to the club. No| dues are required and activities are| arranged to comply with the desires of the members. Sgt. Staggs supervises a staff of | leight corporals, each of whom fis {assigned full time to the direction of PAL club activifies in eight city parks. Officers in charge of club branches are Edward Dersch, Albert Booth, Denzel Poindexter, Jesse Francis, Robert Bell, Harold Kemp, Anthony Watkins and Clardie Goodin, Carefully kept records have proved the worth of the club. Be-

189 Flunk Indiana Drivers’ Test

By LARRY STILLERMAN (Fourth of a Series)

TODAY I attained full membership in Ii .iana’s licensed automobile drivers’ “club.” Initiation fee was a dollar-and-a-quarter and

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I rocked away.

lobbed off two points for use of the cluth. Jected; the street must have been bumpy. A pedestrian dodged in front of my automobile before I turned. “You dumb bunny,” I shouted, using my horn to accentuate my prerogative.

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AFTER THIS checked the automobile, approving the lights, brakes, horn and windshield wiper. ’

corner and turn right.”

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JUVENILE GROUP SPONSORS JERRY COLONNA SHOW— ~

PAL Clubs Build Character

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zenship training of youths, members of the police department point out the spotless record maintained by the boys.

~ . » NOT ONCE HAS the club experienced a disciplinary problem of

The police department monthly report issued June 1 showed that over a hundred thousand boys- have participated in club activities in the various parks already this year, The report, though indicating a slight increase in first-time lawbreakers, shows a marked decline in the number of repeaters. Lt. Reynolds attributes the decrease to the fact that offenders are referred to the PAL club,

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I went to the basement of the statehouse and filled out a white application for driver's license. From here the friend, the automobile and 1I rolled to the annex at Senate ave. and Market st. where I learned by personal experience what the state's qualifications are for a’ driver's license, ‘Chief Examiner H. S. Sprouse handed me a written examination to test my knowledge of highway markers and comprehension of simple traffic procedures.

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I MISSED one circle-shaped sign question that signified a railroad crossing and one query that asked how soon an automobile accident should be reported. On this question I answered, “Immediately.” The correct answer, according to state ruling, is within 24 hours. I breezed through the eye-test, one eye at a time. Failures on these law and eye tests account for more than 10,000 persons being rejected since the first .of the year on applications for operator's licenses, state records show.

IN 90,313 drivers’ examinations given since January, more than 3500 were disqualified because of poor eyesight, However, an approval by an eye doetor will enable a rejected person to reapply for a test. If complete correction cannot be attained, a potential motorist can still receive a license with restrictions, Merle Remley, state chief examiner, explained. These restrictions vary from permission to drive only during the day to persons authorized to drive only’ their own automobiles because of physical

“Now come to & full stop and park over there.” Mr. Sprouse pointed to a space big enough to house a _kiddy-car. 4 I sweated and tugged at the wheel. ¥ “Hmmm. Fair,” he mumbled as the car squeezed into position three feet from the curb. More stops, backing up, U-turns, starting and

"About fo Take Your Vacation-

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN %s United Press Staff Correspondent 0 WASHINGTON, July 15.—88 ' you're about to take your My only suggestion is that you f float a loan on your house. ~~ - The 40-cent hamburger is upon us. So is the room for two at the seashore at $20 a night, including what the burglap-proprietor calls “meals,” and don't forget the quotes, The cost of a sunburned back this summer is fantastic. Hi I know. My back’s just begine | ning to peel. My bank account is no more,

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THE VACATION of the Othmans in ‘New England was educational, The air was free and the woods smelled liké pine-tar soap, but the tourists camps said, “No vacancies,® while the hotel clerk in Pittsfield, Mass., pulled a new one, He said if we wanted to spend the night in his place, we'd have to take a suite. Suites cost twice as much as rooms, but it was that or sleep in the gutter. ! ! At Lake Morey in Vermont, we were in luck. Here the price was (ouch) $22 a night, but the food was tiptop, the service was firsh class, and I could jump in the lak® whenever I got to thinking about my bill. 3 oo 88 : WE TOOK a look at Boston, where a room without meals, or days light, either (it was on an airshaft), was $8.60. We put up a fight and the management gave us a room with an outside window. This cost $10. ; y ; ¥ The coffee shop of this same hotel one warm evening socked us‘ 48 cents each, plus tip, for two small dishes of strawberry ice cteam. My bride said it was good ice cream. I glanced first, unfortunately, at the check. Sawdust was the flavor in my mouth. ’ Wherever we went we found printed menu prices crossed out and the 50-cent cottage cheese salad penciled up to 65 cents. I% was on Cape Cod that we encoun tered the 40-gent hamburger. Here, also, we did business with the burge lar running the hotel. He needed no gun; he was doing fine with fountain pen. : . 8» THE WELL - ESTABLISHED hoe tels smiled at us pityingly. You poor devils, they said, thinking you could find a place to stay without reservations made last winter. We wound up at a shingled barracks erected in 1904 and closed for the last 10 years. The burglar had res opened it this summer for the likes of us. § It would have made a wonderful setting for a murder mystery. The rooms were musty; the beds were hard; the string beans came from cans and the meat mostly was cods fish cakes. These consisted almost entirely of mashed potatoes.

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stopping on a hill and overtaking another automobile and being passed all followed in rapid succession, :

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‘Striking’ Buyers Are Actudlly [|

We: returned to the annex parking space. My| friend was standing on the corner mopping his| face. When he saw the car returning in good shape, a grin chased the apprehension crowding his face back behind his ears. “How'd you do?” he asked, inspecting his car's fenders. Mr. Sprouse reluctantly handed me my pink examination record. “He passed with seven points to spare,” replied. A passing score is 70 or above. » » - IN HIS office, Mr. Sprouse pointed to a huge file of rejections. “Of 200 who take the actual driver's test weekly, 18 per cent flunk,” he said. Flagrant violations include lack of arm signals, improper use of horn and edging forward ‘before the light changes. Fallure to observe simple traffic regulations sends many applicants back to “practicing” before receiving final operator's license. And "police say that the thoroughness of the examination tends to curb the serious traffic toll

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Good Shoppers

By RUTH MILLETT : PENNSYLVANIA members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars have an nounced that they will stage 8 buyers’ strike unless rent and price controls are restored. ‘ The housewives of America aren't organized-yet, individually, many of them are planning to do exactly the same thing. But they don't regard their contemplated action as being anything nearly so dramatie as a strike. ’ \ They are simply saying to their families: “We aren’t going to buy anything we don't absolutely have to have while prices are inflated.” = ” - THAT ISN'T a strike. It's simply self-preservation, so far as families

defects that restrict the use of any vehicle.

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D. A CHILD at birth is afraid of loud noises and of falling. All other fears are acquired. Ignorance is the basis of many fears, and in such cases the fear

stands the cause. Many childhood fears begin with the letter “d"—doctor, dentist, dog, dark, doubt, deception, ete. Some children are afraid of doctors becalise they have been told’ that if they are not good the doc~ tor will come and “cut off your ears.” Others became frightened of a physician in the course of a painful examination or treatment which was attempted without adequate explanation to the child. Ld » ~ WHEN CHILDREN make their first visit to a. physician's office, they should be prepared by the adult who accompanies them to accept the examination and treatment as an adventure, The physician should not force the child, nor should he show impatience. Most children do better if their companions stay in the background. Every physician should realize that many children remember a painful treatment at his hands be-

ton, with 520 troops. Willard A. Holbrook, from Le Havre, with 353 troops. I

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PARENTS are urged to. take their child to the dentist when he is between the ages of two and three; Few cavities are found at that time {and an: examination of the mouth {hence gives. the child a chance to become acquainted with the dentist | in a painless way. If the parents wait until the child has a toothache, the experience will not be ego pleasant. If possible, children should visit the dentist's office alone and should be encouraged to accept the responsibility of looking after their own teeth. ~ ¥ ” CHILDREN are afraid of dogs because of their lotid barking and sudden jumping, and not because of any inborn fear. Watching someone care for a dog, reading stories about dogs, or learning to play with a puppy are effective means of overcoming the fear of dogs. «Ns Children usually overcome . this fear after they have been in school for a year or two, largely through imitation. 3 Fear of the dark may result from imitation of the parents or from threatened punishment. Apparently, there are still some parents who lock their children in the closet to make them behave. Children should . be encouraged to enter a dark room alone and to sleép without » light.

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THE DOCTOR SAYS: Parents Should Aid in Understanding—

Most Childhood Fears Acquired

MANY CHILDREN are disturbed by feelings of insecurity which arise from overhearing discussions on family matters. The children of quarreling parents are afraid that they will be taken away to live with someone else and of being separated from their father or mother, Even though the home may not seem a pleasant place to outsiders, the average child would rather live with his own family than with any other. Deception and lying often start as a means of avoiding punishment. If children are expected to tell the truth and are not punished for fit, it makes it easier for them to he truthful. Children do not outgrow their fears, and ridicule usually drives them in deeper. Children should have their self-confidence built up by being taught to conquer their own fears.

~ » . QUESTION: I have a T-year-old nephew with Perthe’s disease. What is it, and what is the proper treatment for it? y .

Answer: Perthe's disease is a nutritional disorder of the head of the femur (thigh bone). It is most common: in active, well-developed boys between the ages of 3 and 132. The correct treatment is rest and traction, followed by the wearing of a special splint. The outlook for cure is good if the disease is recognised in time and is treated properis. ’ A : v

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on fixed salaries are concerned. It is the only possible way many thousands of families will be able to survive a period of serious ine flation without using up their save ings or going into debt. . It has already been reported that women are onge again beginning to shop around, to 4» from store to store comparing quality and prices, instead of grabbing greedily the first thing they see, no matter how inflated tlhe price. And this shopping thrift is bound to become more earnest and wide spread.

» » » AFTER ALL, housewives have waited a long time for many of the items on their private post-war They can walt a litthe longer, they have to. P They know now that goods are returning to” the shelves and. so they are no longer ready to buy anything at any price just because it happens to be “scarce.” ..,. Women aren't going fo strike. They are just going to wait, if they have to, in order to get goods at prices they can afford. And they have become expert at wilting. ¢

DELEGATE IS NAMED oh J. P. Lentz, metallurgist at the International Harvester Co. plant here ,will attend the third annual chapter contact conference of the American Foundrymen's association July 24-25 at Chicago. He is chaire man of the association's central Indiana chapter, A hn

PLANNING CONFERENCE SET A West-Central conference on community planning will be held Thursday in the Terre Haute house at Terre Haute. It will be spon | sored by the Terre Haute plan commission, ¢hamber of commerce, and

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