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+ 'A COPPLE OF DAYS AGO we got a postcard urging us to “go out amd see” Mrs. Otto Swanson, 1324 Sturm ave. That was all, and it wasn't signed. lour curiosity and an E. Michigan street car. took us [there to find Mrs. Swanson just as puzzled as we were labout the card. . . . All of a sudden she said: “Oh, that must be. about Billy!” Billy is her pet canary, bird who numbers singing’ as only one of his many accomplishments, First of all, Billy, is something of an alarm clock. The Swansons often let him fly around at night. If they don’t get up as early he thinks they should, however, he flies inte their - room and awakens them by pulling their eyebrows and hair. For breakfast, Billy spurns seed—he holds out for pancakes. He flies excitedly around the kitchen while Mrs. Swanson whips up the cakes, then he sits on her shoulder and eats. ., . . Mrs. Swanson started training him when he was 6 weeks old, and in the intervening five years has taught him many a trick. She adds that his talents miake up for the fact that he.isn’t a very “handsome” bird—and he isn't. He has an overlapping “toupee” which gives him a wise, top heavy appearance. . . . Billy has another peculiarity—he can’t stand hats. Visitors must take off their hats immediatély or he raises a fuss and eyen Mr, Swanson, who's worn an Indianapolis Railways cap 47 years, has to enter the house bareheaded to keep peace.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, July 23—The famous Broadmoor hotel here in the shadow of Pike's Peak boasts, and with plenty of justification, thet it is America’s most complete resort. + It's a picture, all right—it and its vast layout of recreational buildings, courts, and fields, spread out across 3000 green acres. But you know, after touring their setup this afternoon, with T. O. Johnston, public relations director, as guide, I'm glad we're not stopping there. That place would kill me. be I like to get my money's worth. I want everything I pay for—even if it kills me. If I were a guest at the Broadmoor, I'd be up at 4 a. m. for a plunge in =X li the indoor swimming pool. Then I'd be off for five ; sets of tennis on their all-weather courts, after yhich Td race to the dining room for breakfast. The hotel is run on the American plan in the summer—meals included with your room, and you pay for them whether you eat them or not, so I wouldn't miss one. After breakfast I'd go to the stables and have a gallop, returning to tee off at 10 a. m. for 18 holes of golf over one of the world's most picturesque courses, It's so sporty the little log cabin that was Colorado's first capitol, in 1868, is now a restroom at the 17th hole. I'd try to finish my golf in time to get in a game of badminton or try my hand at a little archery before lunch. 2 >

A Zoo for the Kiddies AFTER LUNCH I'd fight off drowsiness by paddling a canoe up and down Cheyenne lake. Then to the Ice Palace for some skating. Td never been on ice skates in my life. As they picked me up I'd murmur, “Please take me on to

Science

LET ME SUM up.my reactions to the atomic bomb

explosion over Bikini lagoon on July 1 and then let

me try to explain why so many confused and conflicting impressions.of this event have gotten around the country,

at the sheer beauty of the scene.

bomb. It" was not intense or frightening.

from it.

It was disappointingly : Damage Done by Early Reports

all around that filled all space. what he means,

that the atomic bomb was of no great importance

As nearly as I can figure it out, they expected a mighty blast that would fill all space and blow them off the boat deck of the Appalachian, and when it didn’t happen, the enly answer was that the atomic

pomb was a “bust.”

A number of these correspondents told me within the hour or two after the detonation of the bomb

My Day

and Mrs. Chester W. Nimitz busily canning,

of the best ways to help the food situation throughou

80 they can enjoy it next winter.

you already know the joys of taking out your vege tables or your fruits'and using then all through th * winter and spring. Many things are far better pu

d into the freezer than preserved in any other way, y ‘ particularly now when there is such a shortage vo’ sugar. One can do so much better in the deep freeze

with less sugar,

I have only just finished using up peaches which 1 put into the deep freeze last summer. I can vouch

for the fact that they made very good peach short cake. -

Like Fresh Vegetables

are those which 1 have grown myself.

to eal part of it now. 1 did drive up

fon ae

"the evening.

Resort in Rockies

My own reaction to the bomb explosion, as I viewed it from the deck of the U. 8. 8. Appalachian at approximately 20 miles, was one of amazement

At that distance, I felt a wave of heat from the It was about what you would experience if someone opened a furnace door when you were three or four feet

About two minutes after the first flash of light, a sound like that of distant thunder came rolling to our ship. When I say “distant, I mean just that.

ONE OF THE correspondents aboard the Appalachian wrote that there came a mighty blast from I just don’t know

On the other hand, I feel that the serious damage

was done by those radio and newspaper commentators aboard: the Appalachian who immediately concluded

Z NEW YORK, Monday. In the papers last week, | there was a nice photograph of Mrs, James F. Byrnes

I hope it reminded a great many people that one

the world is for every one who can do so to have a garden, and to put up anything they can't eat now,

Of ‘course, if you happen to have a deep freeze,

THE THINGS, however, which give me real Joy I find that and beans, ‘beets and carrots, put straight from the garden into the deep freeze, come out just like fresh vegetables. During these two or three weeks while I am away from Hyde Park, everything possible is going into my deep freeze, sinte I eannot. be home

Hyde Park late Saturdhd afternoon with three guests, and we enjoyed our country

Wilson, .

Sturm. ave.

King said.

fair.” boastful. . .

heard a couple voices calling “Donna.” the word of our visit had gotten around pretty quickly, when we learned the “Donna” being called us. It was Mrs. Robert Hudson of 1301 Sturm "#ve, calling her five-year-old “Donna,” and a bunch of youngsters paging young Donna’ Hoftman, who lives nearby. Oh well, it was nice to feel popular—even

for a little while. Historian of Neighborhood

DONNA HUDSON'S great-granmother, Mrs. Martha Harris, of 1305 Sturm ave. has lived in that vicinity 58 of her 86 years and is something of a neighporhood historian. This summer she “told stories” at the vacation Bible school at Woodruff Place Baptist . Some of her stories dated back into the early 1800's, when the East side block was part of what was known as “Davidson’s hill.” named because it was the property of the fifth governor of Indiana, Noah Noble (for whom Noble st. was named) and it passed on to his daughter whose . She also recalls when Ellenberger park was a big farm. to go out there and buy butter and’eggs from. Mr. According to neighbor's, Mrs. Harris’ daily trek to the Bible school was something to see. She'd leave her block with about a dozen children, including some of her great-grand-children, and en route to the church would pick up as many as half a dozen more who waited on street Among her many mementoes, Mrs. Harris has an original grant for land in Illinois which was made out as a bounty to a veteran of the War of 1812. It was signed by President Franklin Pierce back in 1854. . . . Mrs. Harris was in the mood for reminiscing when" we saw her. The night before Mr. and Mrs, Fred W. Behmer of Birmingham, Ala., who lived on the East side 31 years ago, dropped into town unexpectedly. An impromptu reunion resulted and friends of more than a quarter of a century ago took their supper out to Ellenberger “It sort of put me in the mood for looking back,” Sturm ave's “oldtimer” told us.

church. . .

married name was Davidson, . .

Ellenberger,” she told us, ., . .

corners to walk with her. . . .

park.

ming in the afternoon.

Just back of the beach is the children’s playground | the veteran and the station for the ligtle cog railroad that takes the kiddies up the mountaifi’ to the hotel's private zoo, “which has more than" 200 species of wild animals.

Hotel Looks Like College

J oe ‘ . » . . » Inside Indianapolis By Donna Mikels MRS. SWANSON’S next door neighbor, Mrs. John Wilder, of 1320 Sturm ave., was out washing windows, | despite the boiling hot sun, On the inside playing peek-a-boo with -her was her 14-month-old niece, Linda Sue Wilson, .daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Irvin . We ran into a “never miss” weathér prophet a few houses down, Charles King, of 1314 Mr. King pulled us back from the brink of heat prostration hy prophesying rain, sometime in “I have been around long enough to know pretty much what the weather’s gonna do,” Mr. “And I usually hit it right.” .who was busy making a dress for one of her,seven grandchildren, agreed his batting average is “pretty “But that doesn’t mean you haven't missed,” she reminded him, just in case he was getting too . When we left the Kings’ house we We'd decided

“By Eldon Roark

the lake swimming beach.” Having tried the indoor pool that morning, I'd want to try the lake swim-

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boil.

THE INDIANAPOLIS veterans

The bureau's present difficulty

VA is located at the fairgrounds.

Mo BARRING this immediate emer|gency, veterans administration offi|cials confide that they “think” the |inittal onslaught of ex-G. I." prob{lems has been met. There's still {personnel shortages, of course, and is frequently misinformed by well-meaning company part-time advisors, and some sundry problems arise now and then. But for the first time since the VA expanded on its newly-enlarged project, that of helping the G: 1

IF POSSIBLE T'd try to get in at least one chukker of world war II, the future is dis-

of polo before dinner, and if a rodeo happened to be going on that afternoon in Spencer Penrose stadium— a big horseshoe with covered stands—¥'d have to look

in.

cernable. And it isn’t disconcerting. » » " THE CHIEF problems center in the rehabilitation division. This

After dinner, 'd be off again—to services in the : chapel, to the bowling alleys and the pool room, to [one i the Little Theater, to the old-fashioned square dances, |, =o worker, in July 1943, to the

and on to the Hawaiian Village night club. About 3 a. m. I'd stagger to/my room, disappointed because I had missed the supervised steak fry.

present size of 481. Here the facilities of the VA presently are wncerned with seeing

The Broadmoor, because of its many buildings, that the boys in college get their

drives and athletic fields, looks more like a college than a hotel. It has 325 rooms. A million-dollar expansion program is under way, however, and two new apartment buildings are being constructed. They will increase the number of rooms to 405. The Broadmoor is open the year round, but operates on the American plan only in the summer. Here are the present rates: Single rooms (one person) $10 to $17 a day; double rooms $18 to $30 a day; Lanai suites $17 a day single, $30 double, $39 triple; tworoom suites $21 to $29 a day single, $31 to $42 a day double; third person in room $9 a day extra. There is no room charge for children under two; those two

to six pay $6.50 a day.

By David Diet| rer to afford greater training

that they were unimpressed and that they were going |® to send back dispatches saying that the atomic bomb|n8 some Kad been greatly overrated. Several showed me dis- |cials assert. patches they were sending back in which they said

just that. ‘

In every case, I tried to persuade them to hold|tional training recently with the off their judgment until later. I pointed out to them rest in on-the-job instruction. that there was no reason to suppose that at the distance we were from the bomb blast that the effects would be any more pronounced than they were. ,

The real test of the bomb, I said, was what had PURCHASING AGENTS happened to the target ships in Bikini lagoon and TO INSTALL OFFICERS

I suggested that it might be wise to wait until we got into the lagoon and found out what had really

happened.

Horrified at Impression Given HOWEVER, they wouldn't wait. And so, on my

monthly subsistence checks and obtain greater support on the part of management for the on-the-job training program. Ex-G. 1's returning to college complained’ uhtil recently of difficulty in getting their allowance checks. A stepped-up system developed by Mr. Dexter's department has eliminated this bog. Any delay on the part of the veteran in receiving living funds now may be attributed to the schools which sométime file erroneous reports.

# = EJ HESITANCY of many manufacfacilities to the disabled veteran

and the on-the-job trainee is causdifficulty, veterans offi-

They point ofit that 81 per cent of the ex-soldiers were taking institu-

Loans to veterans are increasing at the rate

By HARVEY HARRIS and the officials can't seem to soothe them. vacate the state fairgrounds by Aug. 1.

whether ‘the tenants of the Century building should be forced out according to the original Aug. 1 schedule.

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of 331; per cent monthly, ‘according to John E. Buenting, VA loan guarantee officer, who is shown above approving applications.

office is still having growing pains

stems froin the fact that it must Hotly debated is the argument

The, finance office of the

versed with already 5000 veterans working on the job, Dependent on employméht condi tions, the department anticipates a peak load in the fall of 1947. Indiana's colleges will be crowded to a 52,500 capacity at that time with a 20,000 G. I. enroilment—or better. On-the-job training will have to absorb the thousands of other veterans who seek further instruction. "8 » TO MEET al] these needs, the department is currently working three or four nights weekly. Increased personnel, common denominator for dissatisfaction in the VA office at present, and greater space will solve this difficulty. . The loan division is enjoying the greatest office expansion at the present time, It is handling 33% per cent greater volume monthly and is enlarging on the same basis to meet that need. With the approval of the local lending institutions, the loan office has telescoped its lending process into a 10-12 day basis. A projected G. I. loan can meet the green light of the New York office and be pack in the local department in es Lon a fortnight. Ld = THE LEGAL department of the VA is working at par. ‘Chief among its present difficulties are explaining to troubled G. I's that it does not handle marital cases, divorces, and assorted non-veteran related issues. The veterans administration is in the midst of its decentralization program. - This will afford out-state residents greater conveniences. Where formerly the rural -veteran would have to journey to Indianapolis for services, he will be able to use the facilities of a nearby sub-regional department. And

This figure is being sharply re-

VOLUME OF CLERICAL WORK INCREASES MONTHLY—

VA Office Has Growing Pains

William L. Lockhart (left) explains G. L bill of rights to Charles E. Hopkins, formerly a leutenant in the navy dental corps, and nave permitted explosion of the Thomas W. Roberts, ex-lieutenant commander in the naval dental corps. | underwater bomb. .

On the job training applications have taken a sharp increase, ac- yon cording to veterans administration officials. James Stark, an auto mechanic, who is taking advantage of the program, works under the

scrutiny of C. M: Alexander.

OFTENTIMES - an ex-serviceman found himself traveling to Indianapolis only to find that he couldn't get out-patient treatment or was not eligible for other government service. Under the new setup, subregional VA facilities will be placed in Evansville, Ft. Wayne, South Bend, Lafayette, Muncie, and Terre Haute. ‘ Here a medical and dental laboratory will be installed for periodic check-ups on the pensioned veterans along with other administration accomodations such as subsistence, and loans. . » ~ BUT LIKE private enterprisers, the government is faring badly in its efforts to obtain scarce office

that's all for the best, too.

space in these communities. When

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Weather Need In Second Test < » * Is Less Rigid By 8. BURTON HEATH BIKINI, July 23.~Weather ree quirements for the next atom bomb test Thursday are considerably less exacting than for the first test, ; Nevertheless, chances of exploding i the bomb Thursday are slightly | ie | less than 50-50. “| If the test should be delayed by i | wind or weather, deferment probe i | ably would not’ be for more than "| two or three days. Weather will od matter less because the bomb will ~~ | be in a 'fixed position in contrast 3 to the first. Odds against the planned exploe sion are based upon weather obe served during the first 21 days in July, including the day our press ship passed through Kwajalein en route to Mkini, That day was only

the ninth in the month on which wind and weather conditions would

. » » PROBABILITY OF good weather on any pre-selected day Is consider ably less now, and difficulty of ace curate prediction 24 hours in ade vance is greater than when the first test went off on the day chosen far in advance. Scientists expect the underwater bomb to produce a water spout about a half-mile across at the base. They differ considerably in their estimates of its height. Col, R. L. Snyder, senior radiological air monitor, believes this column of : spray, intermingled with the } ‘atomic cloud, will attain a height of : 12,000 feet. » » ” THIS CONTRASTS with the maximum of 42,000 feet attained by the cloud in the first test. Therefore photographic planes will fly a§ much lower elevations and can dis regard clouds that would have been insuperable obstacles in the first test. Also, the atomic cloud cannot be endangered by winds at higher levels. In view of this, it may prove feasible to cut the minimum requirements even lower without ene dangering either life or experi. mental data. This would reduce the odds against the bomb exploding on schedule. The decision may be one of the headaches faced in the next few days by Adm. W. H. P, Blandy, commander of the experie ment. : : Weather in this vicinity is safe for flying, according to one meteor ologist, 999 per cent of the tims, So that is is no problem.

BUT THERE are two conditions this test must have: 4 ONE: Clear skies through which and where the sub-regional offices |Cameras both of planes and at fixed will be located is a mystery. points can photograph the test = Muncie is the lone city. wi pegion to gnd from every, ey

space has been obtafl no office furniture, minimum requirement is

Expanded state services will bene- | that seven-tenths of the sky's dome fit Indianapolis vets. They'll have |8bove the target must not have greater use of the local department [clouds lower than 20,000 feet, and now shared with the rest of In- (Preferably none lower than 35,000

diana. feet. . =u = TWO: Winds must permit the

AND TO the harassed. leaders of atomic cloud to remain relatively

the Indianapolis veterans office, the completion of the decentralization program with ultimate removal to the Century building, will mean relief, too. Then they'll be able to give the ex-soldier the time to which they feel he is entitled. Meanwhile, VA officials continue to hope. But hoping doesn’t vacate the Century building. And that Aug. 1 deadline nears for the exodus from the fairgrounds.

The Country Club of Indianapolis will be the scene of the Indianapolis Purchasing Agents association annual officers’ installation Thurs-

return to the United States I was literally horrified day.

to find an impression that an atomic bomb isn’t s6

very important after all.

we did experience a wave of heat.

film exposed in closed containers on the deck of the Appalachian showed definite darkening. received some gamma radiation at 20 miles, though less than what you would get if you had your chest

. X-rayed. These things

public opinion. has confirmed that first surmise. .

By Eleanor Roosevelt

On Sunday, Mr, David Dubinsky, president of the Ladies Garment Workers union, and Mr. Gleb W. Derujinsky, the sculptor, went with us to lunch at my son’s house. Then we went to the library to’ dist cuss the gift which Mr, Dubinsky’s union proposes to make—a bust of my husband by Mr. Derujinsky. Two of my sons and I have seen the bust and like | it very much. We are extremely grateful for this gift! to the library from the Ladies Garment Workers)

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iv Visits Miss Thompson

hospital.

- even better.

Fala was delighted to see .us on our arrival in Hyde Park, but was completely disgusted yesterday when he saw the bags being packed into the car for our departure, A little dog’s joy is a great pleasure, but his dejection is very baffling, because there is no way’ to ‘explain why ‘you don't take him with you. I had taken my guests over tothe library and big house in the morning, and Fala. went with us. The visitors there always seem particularly - thrilled to'

‘see him.

anise and pet him.

I have mentioned the fact that while we did not hear very much of a noise when the bomb went off, | Installation. In addition, X-ray |chestra will play at a dance later.

were extremely impressive to me. So was the sight of that cloud of radioactive isotopes] boiling up to a height of five miles in the stratosphere. | | I had the feeling then that premature judgments! of the bomb would have an unfortunate effect upon! What I have heard on my return

I DROVE back to New York soon after lunch and spent an hour or so visiting Miss Thompson in the] I found her feeling much better. In fact, for the first time since her operation, she seemed interested in what was going on around her, and I hope that, by this afternoon, she will be feeling

Ong of the guards told me that many people, ask, where he is and how he is. They seem disappointed |

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that he is not always at the big house where they

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A golf tournament and card party will precede the 6:30 p. m. dinnerTed Campbell's or-

A, N. Phillips, retiring president,

We had|will be in charge of the event.

S By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M.D. SINUS infections develop In swimmers who go into the water while suffernig from an upper

respiratory infection (common cold), or in those who have a sensitive (allergic) lining of the nose and sinuses. The sinuses are cavities in the

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bones of the skull and face which are lined with a membrane con-

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—maxillary, in the upper jaw beside the nose; frontal, over the eyes; ethmoid and sphenoid, in the base of the skull behind the nose.

and with a small amount of mucus ” » ” WHY WE have sinuses is still a mystery, as, apparently, they are more of a liability than an asset. Acute sinusitis probably exists In every persistent infection of the nose and throat. In most cases the condition clears up without special treatment, and it is passed off as a heavy head-cold. During the swimming season, however, the infection may persist because of water pressure and irritation in the. nose. ~ » ”

feet first may cause a sudden rush

into the sinuses. .

THE DOCTOR SAYS: Use Precaution Jumping in Water—

nfect Sinus

These guards also are recommended for swimmers whose ears

nected with that of the nose (nar-|become infected easily, because inrow tubes connect the sinuses and|fections in the nose and throat

work their way up to the ears by

There are four pairs of sinuses way of the eustachian tubes.

. » ¥ . MAN 18 inferior to all the animals in his ability to swim under water.. When the seal readies for

Normally, they are filled with air|, dive, for example, special mem-

branes come dowm over his eyes, ears, nose, and throat, making his head water-tight. The human body also loses heat rapidly on exposure, and youngsters who are allowed to stay in the water too long shiver and become blue with the cold. Physiological measurements indicate that under these conditions heat loss may be excessive. When acute sinusitis develops, there is discharge from the nose, pain over the sinuses, and a headache, accompanied by fever, cough

UNLESS? special precautions are| and general aches. observed, jumping into the water Ph

THE BEST way to help the body

of alet Spward Js Mie nies overcome the infection is to go to which can sweep infectious materiali poq ang apply heat over the sinus.

A sedative can be taken to relieve

One midwestern university health distress.

service found that practically all As a general rule, it is not wise (abscesses) among its patients occurred in those: who had gone swimming while suffering from an should be consulted in all

«the severe frontal sinus infections for the patient or his family to

tamper swith his nose. A physician cases

intact after the blast and then blow ,it gently in a southwesterly direction. That will take it where it will not pass above task force I, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Rongerik or any other concentration of persons before its radioactivity has had time to “cool off.”

We, the Wome Mrs. Truman

Shows How To Save Food -

By RUTH MILLETT RELAX, ladies. You can quit tearing your hair over how to get enough sugar for some kind of fate tening pastry to serve at your next club-meeting. You can even dis~ band the refreshment committee and give the members more ime portant jobs. Mrs, Truman entertained 1000 guests at a garden party the other day, and she announced ahead of time that no refreshments would

shortage. » . “

IF THE FIRST LADY can get by with it, so can you. It's really a wonderful idea—from everybody's standpoint. The food-fixers won't have to spend half a day baking fancy cup-cakes, or twisting bread into weird sandwich shapes, There won't be any dishwashing afterward. The plumper guests won't have a struggle with their *consclences over whether or not to have a second serving. 4 ” ” THE HOSTESS’ family will get a real dinner, instead of having to eat party leftovers, And everybody can feel noble about the whole thing. Food will

in the country would pass a “no refreshments” rule, the amount of

be served, because of the world food

upper respiratory infection.

mer with nasal

matters worse. » .

refrain from putting

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There is a tendency for a swimtrouble to use

sprays, oils, and antiseptics in his nose. As a general rule, this makes the right ovary, and my physician) yay to save food to in

» IN FACT, everyone is advised to|sources that this will not cure it. ahything| Will removal effect a cure? )

which is oily or irritating into his

A special rubber guard hag been is followed by cure. devised to be worn by swimmers who are allergic or are susceptible ‘to head colds. This»consists of a clamp which holds the nostrils shut Homemakers will be held at 11{top A rubber a. m. tomorrow in Riverside pazk. | it _|pand which passes ovef the swim- A covered-dish lurichéon be of saving food,

which do not respond to “simple|,,q saved would really be worthe treatment. : a » =»

QUESTION: I have a fibroid on|too simple and uncomplicated a»

has recommended its removal. I|en's clubs. have since heard from various

Answer: As fibroid tumors are benign growths, complete removal| nating money, for

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