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| Inside Indianapolis
DARN HAT CITY HALL! Something is ‘always ‘popping up over there that leaves us in a quandary. Take, for instance, the birthday of Ms. Agnes Ostrom, juvenile court thief deputy, yesterday. “Chief deputy, what?” we asked, and nobody could answer us. As a matter of fact, we then ledrned hat’ the question
' came up during ‘a recent budget session. As far as
budgeteers ‘could learn, “chief deputy” is the only title ever connected with the post. The dictionary ays & deputy is a person Appointed as a “subitute” of another, to serve in his stead. But if the city council decided differently, who are we to argue? . . . And then there's that note from Maude Hobson, city weights and measures director. The note, in a pile on our desk when we returned from vacation, said Mrs. Hobson knew semeone who had a plant that only blooms once every 28 years. “And it's on the verge now,” the note added. We called Mrs. Hobson, only to find that she’s in Canada, on eacation. No one else in her office seems to know ef the sluggish plant. Guess we'll just have to wait and try again in 28 years, °, |, vacation, Louise Fletcher, The Times woman's editor, fook her, vacation from newspaper work -whole-
“East is east and west is west—or is it?” . East 29th became West 29th when the ity street narkers got confused.
Home at Last
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept. 6.—Last night if you had asked us to name the most beautiful word in the English language we would have said “home.” As we_ breezed southward through Illinois and
across Kentucky.and west Tennessee, we had a grand
feeling. < We knew a comfortable cabin would be waiting for us at the end-of the day. There would be room for us to spread out, innerspring mattresses, hot water, cooking facllities, electrical refrigeration, slippers and easy chairs, and such wonderful, homey sounds as the dripping of that faucet I should have fixed two years ago. Our big circle tour through the West, Northwest and Midwest is finished, and I'd like to give you a summary of it. One of the purposes of the trip was to find out what the motorist was up against—to find out if touring was still fun, After seven weeks and 6684 miles of it, we can report that it is. Oh, there are times when you run into inconveniences and unexpected expense, anid you get weary and fed: up and wish you were back home. But a good dinner ‘and a night's sleep usually work magic.
Camped by Choice
WE EXPECTED to find it difficult to get hotel and motor court. accomodations at times, so we carried a tent and other camping equipment for use in an emergency. We used it a total of 12 nights. but eight of those nights we camped by choice and ot by necessity. Since there were four of us. we tented double cabins or units with baths and cooking facilities
Science
I AM RELIABLY informed that some of the big«gest, astronomical observatories in the United States are considering closing down some of their telescopes because of the lack of funds with which to operate
them. Among the group is an observatory maintained by an institution whose name has been a synonym in “the world of science for lavish endownment. This news is shocking and doubly shocking because it comes at a time when Russia has announced plans for the building of a great chain of observatories ‘rivaling the largest in this country. It is not merely a question of national prestige sithough I am-frank to-admit-that-I -would-hate -tosee American pre-eminence in the field of observational astronomy pass to Russia or Great Britain or Holland or any other country. There is much more than that at stake. What happens in the field of astronomy is an excellent barometer of what is happening in the whole field of fundamental science and what happens there is an index of the future. Not only Russia, but every country of ‘Europe is spending more money today on fundamental scientific research than ever before. France, crippled as that nation was by the events of world war II, is now embarking upon a tremendous program to promote research in the‘field of pure Science.
Spare No Necessary Support
A RECENT visitor in the ‘United States was the brilliant French astronomer, Dr, Bernard Lyot, inventor of the corongraph: for the study of the sun’s corona. Questioned about the financing of his work, he made it plain that France was sparing no necessary support to work such as his.
My Day
HYDE PARK, Thursday—I stayed in Albany until the end of the Democratic state. convention yesterday, and I thought Senator James M. Mead and former Governor Herbert H. Lehman gave excellent speeches in accepting the nominations for governor and senator. And I liked very much the speech made by young Mayor Erastus Corning II of Albany in accepting the nomination for lieutenaht governor. He is young, but has considerable political experience behind him. It is interesting for me to sée the second generation of this family coming into active public. service. Mayor Corning received a tremendous ovation,
. which was natural, as he was in his home town,
where he is very popular. A good background from which to start to win popularity in the state. Since he was a private in Gen, George S. Patton's 1st army, he must’ have been through plenty of hardships and must also be a wgood- soldier. » This should make him a good campaigner, since whoever fought under Gen. Patton fought hard and long and kept going on no matter how weary he might be,
Obligation to Do Best IT WAS interesting’ to see how thé whole spirit of the convention seemed to rise as the nominations were ‘made and as the nominees accepted. (I think everyone left Albany with the feeling that they had an obligation to do their best; because the-Pemocratic ticket is a good ticket. Unlike the ‘Republicans- in Saratoga Springs, we _“eame through our deliberations with no hard feelings
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East Goes West
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in The Times a few weeks ago. He was ‘one of the
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“man bites dog” story.
SOMEONE SHOULD PUT \.UP street markers for the city workers who are putting up street markers. They seem to have gotten lost out on 29th and Penn sylvania sts.’ At the corner of what we'd swear was E. 20th st. and Pennsylvania, the street sign reads
“W. 20th st.” Always confusios. . ., If the practice field is any indication, Butler's Bulldogs may be Butler's Barefoot Bulldogs this season. The can-
oy" J By Donna Mikels “heartedly. The little girl next door to Miss Fletcher bit a pup. Miss Fletcher didn't even phone in a
SECOND. SECTION"
LARGEST STUDENT INVASION BULGES FAIRVIEW CAMPUS—
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didates are out chasing the pigskin in sneakers, street shoes, G. I. boots, and very few regular grid shoes. The university expected—and had. prepared for— about 80 candidates. The turn out was 142, so the school wasn't quite able to shoe: them all. The proper ‘footgear is on order now, though, officials tell us. . ..
Vacationers Go West
ALSO A LEFTOVER from pre-vacation days is our query about when “Chickie,” the first serial published in The Times ran. According to several callers, it. was about 1026, One of our. callers, Mrs. Calleén Webb, phone operator at the department of conservation, told us it. was the thrill ‘of my
engineers at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and was “shot” while _+ « The residents of Southern.ave. have been heeding Greeley’s “Go west,” recommendation this summer. Sixteen persons who live within a radius of one block chose the w for vacations this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brandt, 951 Southern, are leaving for Cali-| fornia tomorrow; Dr. and Mrs. Harold Kinney, 935| Southern, went to San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Meyer and family went to California; Dr. and Mrs. Everett L. Hays and daughters, who live on Southern and Manker, went to Yellowstone park, and a near Southern family, Mr. and Mrs. william Harrison and family, went to Los Angeles Maybe ‘the avenue’s name should be changed to “Western.”
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By Eldon Roark,
when we could, and paid from $4 to $6 a night. A] few times we had to take cabins without baths or even lavoratories. The prices on those ran from $3 | to $5. Tourists who stop early in the afternoon, say 3: 30|
those who drive till 6 or 7. The lowest price we paid for gasoline was in Springfield, Mo.—17% cents a gallon. The highest | price was at Moran, Wyo.—30 cents.
Don’t Need a Lot of Clothes
TIRES ARE scarce. The service station men say the biggest part of. the tire production is going on! new cars, and that doesn’t leave enough for the | millions of old cars. The few tires that stations get | each’ month go to their steady customers. Tourists | have to make out with used tires and recaps. Most motor tourists take too much baggage. | That's especially true of those who tour in the] West. After you get’ out” there, you don't want a | lot of clothes. All you need are jeans, sport and |
- flannel shirts, a jacket, and some underwear.
A large percentage of those who: tour in the West | prepare their own meals. That's why so many of the | motor court cabins have cooking facilities. Groceries | cost just about what they cost at home. - Conditions next summer should be better. Hotels| and motor courts are being built all over the terri- | tory we traveled. :
As for the national parks—well, maybe the thous | sands who visited,them this summer and saw their |
needs will prod their:congressmen into giving the National Park Service a-little more money.
{manager of the Butler book store,
By David Dietz |
To date such fundamental work, not only in astronomy, but in physics, chemistry, geology, etc., has been left to the endowed universities and research institutions.
Possibilities Well Exhausted
DURING THE war these institutions suffered from the decline in the value of their holdings and they have had difficulty in attracting new funds because of the war, the tax situation, the unsettled business “conditions, ete. Billions of dollars. were made available by the government during the war for researches on the atomic bomb, radar, the radio proximity fuse, etc. But these were all types of research in the field of applied science. They drew upon the stock of fundamental science already on hand. As a good example, let us take the atomic bomb. It was possible because of the prior work in the field of physics on atomic structure. Today we are in danger of fooling ourselves into thinking that our success with these applications during the war is proof of our strong position in the world of science. The fact of the matter is that we pretty well exhausted the possibilities of previous scientific discoveries in arriving at these applications. In many fields, we are at the point of diminishing returns and we must open up and explore new fields of pure science, We dare not let other nations get ahead of us in that regard. That is why it is so important that we do not let our big astronomical observatories close down their telescopes. For it will be a symbol of what has happened to American science. If sufficient funds can no longer be found through private sources, then the government must step in with the creation of 'a national science foundation.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
times have had in our conventions. My son, Elliott, and his wife, Faye Emerson Roosevelt, who was a delegate, seemed to havé a wonderful time with the Dutchess county delegation. I thought the whole delegation enjoyed marching around the hall in the demonstrations, carrying their banner high. I hope this means that this Republican county is going to see a good Democratic organization built up which, with the aid of the Independent Voters Committee, should elect our very excellent candidate for congress, Capt. Killgrew, and perhaps some of the other members of our local ticket.
Editorial Praises Candidates ONE OF the big metropolitan newspapers this morning has a wonderful editorial which praises the candidates for governor and the United States senate on ‘both tickets, .It says that these excellent candidates should certainly clarify the issues of the campaign for the independent voters who will be making up their minds how to vote between pow and election day. ~ “ I entirely agree with this statement, but it seems to me that, very soon on its editorial page, even this so-called independent paper carries the responsibility to make up its mind which candidates are best, since there are so many partisan papers whose minds are made up before nominations are made. Miss Thompson and I motored home with’ Mrs, Henry Morgenthau Jr, in the late- afternoon, We
{to equip all students for ‘the fall
Soaking up a little tradition . .
rivalry between Butler and Wabash college grid squads, awarded an-
nually to the winning team.
“DOUBLE, DOUBLE, toil and trouble.” { Everything—including toil| ‘and trouble—is being dou|bled at Butler university as ‘the school’s enrollment stands
|at more than twice its normal vol-|" 5
ume. The educational boom which is crowding the nation's universities {has increased Butler's enrollment from about 2000 to bet®een 3500 and 4000 students.
ADMINISTRATORS are multiplying normal supply .orders by two to make available enough supplies
term. Mrs. Jean ‘M. DaVie, assistant | has doubled orders of textbaoks, supplies and stationery. In anticipation of the boom year, school heads spent the summer ex-| panding the curriculum, physical facilities, cafeteria space, parking space and he, Tash.
WHEN classes start “Sept. 16, some 30 new instructors, added to the faculty during summer vacation,| will begin work. The largest influx of students is in the freshman class, which will] number approximately 1800 students. This is a larger enrollment than the entire university had in| 1941. Dr. P. M. Bail, director of| the university college in which all] beginning students will enroll, has| increased his staff of faculty fresh-| men advisers from 13 to 25. » » » CLASSROOM space has never before been a problem at the uni-
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Iment Doubled at Butler
. Butler Freshmen Alice Robertson, 3720 N. Pennsylvania st., (left) and John Pabst, South Bend, (right) hear of the tradition of the “Iron Key” from upperclassman Barbara Montgomery, 5926 Pleasant Run blvd. The “Key” is the symbol of
Books for “baok larnin’" . . . Two freshmen “eager beavers,” Barbara Willis, Ft. Wayne, and Mike Medich, South Bend, were early visitors fo the Butler bookshop. The two early birds foresaw a recordbreaking rush because of doubled enrollment at Butler. Mrs. Jean M. DaVie, assistant manager of the book store, peers over a stack
of books to serve the customers.
“It's like this”. .. Dr. C. R. Maxam, Butler registrar, explains “signing in” procedure to three freshmen, Robert Richey, Ft. Wayne; Barbara Boyer, 958 Parker ave.; Marjean McKay, 3938 N. Cabitol ave, and
Jerry Sharfinski, South Bend, while Mrs, Ruth Deming, assistant registrar, tries to squeeze ahothel file |
in the bulging drawer. \ versity, but the increased student|staff of 'assistants to enroll begin-! Paul “Tony” ‘Hinkle, Butler's athbody has the sides bulging. Butler's ning students, Sept. 12-14, and up- | letic director, has reported his 1946 huge Arthur Jordan Memorial hall! perclassmen, Sept. 12. will be put {o.constant use each| Because of the press of students| with approximately 142 candidates. school day from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. {in Jordan hall on Sept. 12, registra- | The average number of candidates {Many classes will have to meet on| tion will be taken on an hourly | was 75. Athletic equipment and Saturday mornings, although Sat-| basis. . "| student's athletic cards for home urday was not a “school day” in the nk. 3 + (football and basketball games have past. | EATING facilities have beeh ex-|been ordered in double quantity. Expansion is taking over the panded. Steam table equipment for halls during pre-semester opening the university has been doubled and! THE UNIVERSITY is entering activities. The book shop has|a third as many tables and chairs i. 1946-47 school year with the moved out into the hall for the rush ‘added. [period Its: staff, aswell as its| Lunch hours will be staggered to] brightest prospects in ius 98 years, | stock, is doubled. cut. down “waiting in line,” a pet | With total resources of approxi- » » hate of the many G. L's enrolled. mately $9,000,000 and an enrollment THE FIRST few days also will Also enlarged is the students’ |and academic program completely ‘mean “double trouble” in the reg-|lounge, the Campus club with both recovered from thé war years, there's istfar’s office. Dr. C. R. Maxam, its serving capacity and stocks in-|a fair view ahead out on Fairview |registrar, has“more than doubled his | | creased. | campus.
By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D. THE AMERICAN Red Cross is now distributing dried blood plasma through the various state departments of health from the surplus
which was collected for the army) and navy during the war. Transfusions of whole blood, of | plasma (the liquid portion of unclotted blood), or of serum (the | liquid portion of clotted blood) are used under many circumstances. ” ” . WHOLE blood is given to patients | in shock from hemorrhage or in-| jury and to patients suffering from| anemia, carbon-monoxide poison- | ing, coal-tar poisoning, and conditions in which the clotting of the blood is delayed. Plasma or serum is the first eholce| in cases involving shock from burns | or crushing injuries, deficiency of
The Journal of Parenteral Ther- | apy reports that when whole blood, |
the physician can make a deliberate choice of the one which is best suited for the case,
who are suffering from shock due to hemorrhage, because their vessels | are empty and they need blood. Al preliminary injection..of salt water | or plasma will-t{de the patient over, | in an emergency. In shock caused by burns or
is used because in this condition the body has lost the liquid portion (not the cells) of the blood.
stroyed in severe burns, however, such cases,
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the blood protein, and infections.
plasma, and serum all are available,
» ” » | WHOLE blood is given to patients
crushing injuries, plasma or serum |
A certain amount of blood is de- |
so whole blood must be given in|
THE DOCTOR SAYS: Red Cross Releases Surplus Plasma— Blood Transfusions Often Factor in Saving Lives
the oxygen from the Jungs to the tissues. A supply of fresh blood hence gives the patient a new source of oxygen-carrying power, In starvation, or as the result of
a leakage of albumin through the kidney in nephritis, the protein of the blood (albumin) drops to low levels. It can be replaced ‘By ‘the injection of plasma or of serum, which contains the natural proteins of the blood in large amounts. » ” » THE antibodies (special bodily protective agents) for the various diseases (the body develops antibodies to a disease after having had either the infection itself or the vaccine for the disease) are found in the plasma or serum. The plasma of a person who has recovered from, or who has been vaccinated against, a disease contains antibodies which a patient ill with that disease may need. For that reason plasma is often administered to patients battling certain diseases. When the blood fails to clot, as in hemophilia (an Inherited bleeding disease. in males), or in purpura (a lack of platelets), a transfusion of whole blood, plasma, or serum 1s given. The American Red Cross has |made a major contribution to
whole blood to put him back on |blood at that level with repeated transfusions if necessary.
It is possible to restore complete-| In carbon-monoxide and coally all or part of the blood that is|tar poisoning the difficulty is in the missing in anemia and to hold the [red cells, which are unable to bring
By Palumbo
the United States by releasing the surplus supplies of blood plasma for civilian use. tJ * » QUESTION: Is skin-tan of any health value? ANSWER: No. It is a sign that a certain type of skin has been exposed to the sun's rays. It is ingidental to the effect of sunlight * — ~ ws teint - - — hth sbeebs J on the body. : z ~ : : i : A
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N.Y. Democrats | Find Commies A Liability
By CHARLES T, LUCEY sl t NEW YORK; Sept. 86. | munist- -leftist support in an Ker 3 can election has becopié a costly political lability in 1046 and New York Democrats are sweating over the damagethe Commies ‘may do | thelr state ticket in the November ‘election,
The tumult and trumpeting of the {Democratic state convention at: Albany had. scarcely subsided when |ex= -Postmaster General James A, | Parley—the big man who wasn’t | there—put them squarely on the i spot: ;
PR Ai cape. : ments faces pogo om by the. party rank and file. Mr, Farley warned. He said the Democrais are now trying te rid themselves of Communists and fellow travelers who attached themselves to the party ‘for their own subversive ends. y8 8,
.| SENATOR James M. Mead, nomi-_
Inated by the Democrats to oppose Thomas E. Dewey for the governor= ship, already had proclaimed that ; he wants no help from Reds, Fasists or the Ku Klux Klan, - | -Already, in this year's primaries, {the Commies have been able to {make themselves felt, Communist {domination of some unions gives them political influence "far out | of proportion to their numerical strength. In New York, the Communists as such may have 50,000 or more votes. But they have been a powerful in fluence in the American Labor party, with a strength of perhaps 400,000 votes. DEMOCRATS ® neretofore have been happy to have A. L. P. support. It was easier to observe the votes delivered by Communists and Leftists than to calculate how many votes were being lost simultaneously as a result of this brand of sup. port. It is the lability they're thinking about now. The Leftists have been ‘running the A. L. P. show since the right wing formed the Liberal party in 1044. The Liberal party, fighting communism, is headed by David Dubinsky, president of the Ladies Gar. ment Workers union; John L, Childs, Columbia university professor, and Alex Rose, who directed A. L. P, affairs for eight years before the split. They represent a progressive liberalism which they stress as American, and they are’ supporting the Democratic ticket, ” » . A, L. P. support has been counted for the Democrats, but critics of the A. L.-P. have taken Senator Mead's disclaimer of leftist help as meaning that Democrats are afraid of the reaction.
We, Thé Women
We Can Dream In 1946 About World We Wish
By RUTH MILLETT THESE are still dreams in 1846: A restaurant that has everything listed on thé bill of fare. A stocking eounter. with stockings and without a line of customers. Being able to telephone an order
“We'll send it right out.”
Those beautiful “For Rent” signs in front of apartment houses, » » » A WORLD through with talk of war, * An end to waiting lists. Easy, uncomplicated travel. Prices that stay put. An end to bribery and under~ the-counter selling. Competition among sellers, rather than among buyers. Being able to talk back to the landlord, Service with a smile. The customer being right—at least part of the time. Buying that doésn't involve begging. Being able to read a newspaper without a long face. Being able to build a house in three months. ” ~ w BEING able to look at yotr chil« dren and think “Thank heaven, they live in a world at peace.” Feeling that the war Just endured was not in vain, Being able to be optimistic with out being scolded for it. Having fun without feeling that it is only an escape from reality. All Just dreams—and on every hand someone yelling at you to wake up.
Dutch 'Polders' Gain Fertility
AMSTERDAM, Holland, Sept. 6.— German “schrecklichkeit” (terror) in Holland has had one good result. The “thousands, of acres of land surrounded by dikes in this. area: is perfectly flat, ideal for plane landings or for parachutists. The Germans wanted to prevent allied landings near Amsterdam, so they broke the dikes and let in the water. In so doing the enemy unknowingly added a thick: layer of fertile - soil to the flooded districts, because the - water here is fresh. Dutch farmers have plated their fields again after the engineers. drained them and the “polders,” as they are galled: are proguetng 4s never ew
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to the grocer and have him say,