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IN CASE YOU hadn't noticed before turning here, today is Friday the 13th. And before we go any further we pledge not to mention any “13.on the 13th” birthdays. The last time we did proved unlucky for us—for two or three days we were snowed under with tips on similar birthdays. . . . Perhaps you don't know why the combination of Friday and 13 is considered unlucky. That's nothing; neither do we, : THe most we could find out about ill-omened 13 was that ‘it's a “venerable superstition” that it's ucky. The Friday part of the comMmation is ually hard to track down. For centuries Friday was considered a lucky day by the Norsemen. It was tagged as unlucky, however, by the Christians, because it was the day on which Christ was cruci- . The Moslems also believed it unlucky, because it was said to be the day Adam and Eve tasted the apple and the day gn which they died.

i Conversely, the Mohammedans observed Friday as ‘a holy day, believing it to be the day on which

Adam was created. . , . And that's that, except that today is one of two “double trouble” days this year, The next is Friday, Dec. 13,

Some Think It Good Luck

SOME PEOPLE who get tagged with “13” in any way think it unlucky. Others brag it's good luck, still others don't give it a thought either way. In the latter categories are a couple people who have double 13 telephone numbers, , . . George H. Michaelis,

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He scoffs at Friday the 13th. , . . Frank Ray Myers, who's been fixing truck for 13 years, picked today te work on truck 13.

Just Ask Me

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Congress asked for it; I got it: The biggest headache of 1046. ~ If you want to start an opium factory, borrow a bull, inspect a typewriter ribbon, or spend $262,000 for a set of handsome photdgraphs, stick with me. Do not ask your. congressmal, because I don't think

"he knows.

The lawmakers in their wisdom last July ordered all the government bureaus to write ‘down on paper what their jobs were. This was to be for the information of bewildered congressmen. The chore finally was eompleted last night (a couple of days late) by the government printing office. It ran to 735.000 well-chosen words on 966 closelyprinted pages in four volumes, with index. No congressman has read it; I doubt if any statesman ever does read it. I doubt if anybody

“ou Gotta Get a Permit, Fellows MY EYES are blurry and my head aches, but I have digested the facts, or at least some of them, for congress’ information. For instance: If any senator intends to manufacture smoking opium, he must get a permit from the treasury department. If he has a fog horn, he’s got to let the coast guard tune it. If he wants to shoot a duck or catch a whale he must apply to the interior department. This department: also runs a slaughter house, presumably steakless at the moment, in the Virgin islands. Should he want to borrow a bull, the agriculture department will lend it to him. It will issue him a permit to import honey bees. Any bee that flies across the border is breaking the law and should be swatted. The agriculture department will advise senators

Science

TWO KINDS of worlds have now been offered to the mations of the earth by the United States. The offers have been made through our delegates to the United Nations atomic energy commission. . We shall live in one world or the other and the responsibility for the decision will rest upon Soviet Russia. One world was offered by Bernard Baruch in his original statement to the atomic energy commission. This statement followed the main outlines of the Lilienthal report and proposed international control atomic energy under an atomic development

uthority. Long before the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, nuclear physicists saw the implications of this new weapon for the future of civilization. They realized that it was not “just another weapon,” and that the future of mankind was bound up with its control.

Feared No Offer

IMMEDIATELY after the surrender of Japan,

other scientists joined them in an’ attempt to awaken

the nation to the situation. I did everything-in my power to bring their viewpoint before the public through this column and I like to think that I played some small:part in bringing about the passage of the McMahon bill for the control of atomic energy and in marshaling public opinion to the extent that made possible the ‘Lilienthal report and Baruch's offer to the United Nations atomic energy: commission. The great fear of the scientists was that the United States would not make this sort of an offer to the world. Perhaps because of the reaction of America to the league of nations after world war I, it was feared that

My Day

HYDE PARK, Thursday —Last Tuesday I went down to Philadelphia by train and was met by a delegation from the Helen Fleisher Vocational school which, together with the Benjamin Franklin school, is being used for veterans. These students are finishing their high school courses or taking refresher courses preparatory to going to college They have a committee which is running a series of lectures on questions of public interest. For the lecture lass Tuesday, 1700 veterans were gathered in the auditorium of the Benjamin Franklin school for an hour of speaking and questions, I was. very much interested in this audience of young veterans because they were so attentive and asked such good questions.

‘eed New Building THIS is an old school and they are hoping before long to get a new building. I must say that this

, would seem to be a real need.

Yesterday, I was taken to Newark, N. J, to Speak in the orientation course®at the war department's office of dependéncy benefits, ,

This office; during the war, had more than 10,000

ervplopess and sont out the ‘allotments and payments

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‘Inside. Indianapolis . By Donna Mikes

&* $ of 5820 Ceniral, shrugs at his phone number, BR-1313. To _show his contempt for superstition, he's going to try his luck at fishing today—and he expects a “big haul.” . . . Equally unperturbed at her exposure to ill luck is Mrs. Jessie Roberts, 3226 Arsenal ave. who's ‘been "answering WA-1313 for five years without any catastrophies. . , , Our telephone poli got somewhere, though, when Frank Ray Myers, of 3220 W. 16th st, answered BE-1313. For 70 years Mr. Myers has considered 13 lucky. He used to be a trick bicycle rider (he performed a daring 60-foot leap at the St. Louis world’s fair in 1903) and he always tried to get the room 13 in hotels during tours. He has 13 letters in his name and he was born on Friday the 13th. He found the numerals still tagging him when he settled down and built a garage here, When he went to get a’ number for the garage at Belmont and Michigan, the number assigned him was 2113.

just suited me. Hasn't hurt me in 70 years so it shouldn't now.” , , . Our poll showed that GA-1313 was the number of Mrs. Dorothy Wilhite, 4700 8. Fast st, until she moved recently. Then the number was changed to GA-0607—adding up to 13.

Flaunt Ill Fortune

THE ONLY BAD luck the H. N. Powells, 2804 N. New Jersey st, got when the phone company issued them HI-1313, was some of the calls meant for the fire department. The fire station's number is LI-1313. The Powells also flaunted ill-fortune by adopting a black cat. ., , . We had bad luck with MA-1313 by repeatedly getting the. Retail Credit association, MA-1312. After we got the) operator, the repair shop and everyone ‘else at the phone company mixed in we learned that both 1312 and 1313 were issued to Retail Credit. The only bad luck that the association secretary, Mrs, Thelma Barnes, associates with the number is the volume of calls she gets for Fletcher Trust (MA-1331). ... The 1313 on the Irvington exchange was issued to the Butler Beauty shoppe. Wonder if they break many mirrors? . . . There are a lot of Friday the 13th anecdotes around state offices. Paul Ulman, of the state entomologist's office, was born on the 13th; was in the 113th Engineers during world war I, was pulled out of camp for overseas on Engine 113, boarded ship on Friday the 13th and stayed “on the pond” 13 days. He now lives on state road 13... . Milton Matter, director of the “department of conservation, picked up the habit ‘of regarding 13 as lucky from a classmate at Harvard, a guy named Woodrow Wilson. Asked if he had anything else in common with Democrat Wilson, Republican Matter said uu-uh. , . . Lt. Gov. Dick James knows a Friday the 13th story about Treasurer Frank Millis but we couldn't worm it out of either of them. . . . Our last Friday the 13th random note comes from . Armed Forces Induction station (3). Today some 25 to 30 guys who received “Greetings from the President” will R. 8. V. P. at the station. And as for what they think of Friday the 13—your guess is as good as ours,

By Frederick C. Othman

(and anybody. else) about their clam, Farina and calf’s foot jelly problems. It will help them peddle their apples in Europe. The coast and geodetic survey checks all earthquakes. w The bureau of standayds tests the performance of automobile engines. I think I'll ask it to take a look at mine. The bureau also worries about typewriter ribbons, Swiss watches, uranium, beer meters, (why does the stuff fade?), shoe soles, and tea cups. If tea cups were made of stronger stuffs they wouldn't lose their handles.

Mustn't Sneak Out Crop Reports THE WEATHER BUREAU will fine anybody, senators included, $10,000 if he tries to sneak out the weather:crop reports ahead of time. The postoffice department rents lock boxes only to people of good character. The average congressman should qualify. v The war damage corporation uses 18 pages (at $40 a page) to list the 532 fire insurance companies, which will sell you a policy if you're still worried about bombs on your roof. The food and drug administration examines every oyster that goes into a can; senators thinking about manufacturing penicillin-flavored coughdrops must fill in a special form. I wish I had more space to tell the lawmakers about their book; I've room only to mention the fact that the war department has for sale at 50| cents each, a file of 525,000 war-like phetographs,| size eight by ten, glossy finish. Call me, senators, if you have any other questions. Want to open a parking lot in downtown Los Angeles? Manufacture pin ball machines for gambling purposes? I am the fellow to ask. I read (heaven help me) your book.

By David Dietz

public opinion would not support the proposal of international control of atomic energy. Nevertheless, the domestic victory was won and Bernard Baruch made his proposal before the United Nations. The Lilienthal report, drawn up by a commission headed by David E. Lilienthal, director of TVA, but including a vice president] of General Electric and a vice president of Monsanto | Chemical Co. among its members. |

Bomb Race Alternative

it will be recalled, was

; vhich is the chief rival of | faulty diet. I WAS PRESENT at a conference with the Mon- Party whic | ; santo executive, Dr. Charles Thomas, on the day thatthe Communists. He, too, is quoted | Acne most often develops at! lowed to remain on overnight. |as saying the present frondier is puberty and because of this a dis-| | permanent, blessed by “tranfusion turbance in the endocrine glands |

the report was released. Dr. Thomas was asked whether the provisions of

“The fellow tried to apologize,” Mr. Myers told us, “but I told him it|3§

{saw press “says the

SECOND SECTION

Beity Sue Bonnett . . . She will have 13 guests

the year. Add it up and it

it is , , , the 13th and a Friday. ; But as usual, on any and every Friday the 13th, there are a lot of people who don’t mind it a bit. They are not superstitious. These same people usually have a birthday on one of these Fridays and today is no exception. , Take Mary Franks of 40 8. Rural |st. for instance. She would be in | for triple, trouble. Mary, the {daughter of Mrs. Agnes Prim, is 113 on the 13th of the day of the year which adds up to 13, » » w | BUT NO reporter can take credit for adding up ‘this 256th day. That is all Mary's work and she “thinks that it is, wonderful.” She is in the eighth grade at St. Phillip Neri school.

PARIS, Sept. 13.—The Warsaw Stuttgart speech of Secretary Byrn

temporary and agreed that a future peace conference on Germany would determine the permanent western Polish frontier. British officials confirmed this despite Polish - denials, Unquestionably Mr. Byrnes’ reminder of the undecided legal status of the dish puted eastern German area now occupied by PoMr. denny land has inflamed the traditional nationalistic spirit of Poland. . That was iffevitable. The Warsaw foreign office is now charging that Mr, Byrnes’ speech was‘ “at variance” with the facts, and it says that at the Potsdam conference, “the western frontier of Poland categorically and unequivocally was agreed upon by the three great powers.”

Express National Reaction ;

The government-controlled War-Oder-Neisse frontier line is now an accomplished

fact which cannot be changed with- of the adolescent and young adult, leached white by chemicals,

out a war. As proof that the Warsaw government is not expressing merely the Polish communist attitude but a national reaction, officials cite the Copenhagen statement

{of Vice Premier Stanislaw Mik-|

olajczky, leader of the Peasants’

| TODAY is the 256th day of |

Polish fight to keep her former German provinces and for Polish election to perpetuate Communist control, That is a view in authoritative circles here. Mr. Byrnes pobnted out that the Potsdam conference accepted

~ The Indianapolis J FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1946 YOUNGSTERS THRILLED -BY BIRTHDAYS—

Friday, 13th—'lf's Wonderful

equals 13. That is just what| Donald McLaughlin . . . He's just

| lucky.

,Little Betty 8 *~ Bonnet, daughter of Mr. and M 1. Albert Bonnet, stitious, either. She is five today {and to top things off will have 13 guests at a birthday party. Then there are the lucky “13” | brothers of Mooresville. The sons {of Mr, and Mrs. Wilbert Zoller, | both were born on a 13th day. | Nickie will celebrate - his second | birthday today with his older | brother looking on. Brother David was born July 13, 1942, ~ ~ ” BLACK CATS enter the picture

with Alice Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norton Wood, 1537 Fin-

ley ave. Alice is 2 today and fis a lot more interested in her black kitty than a birthday, Her mother,

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Warsaw ‘Using’ Byrnes’ Border Speech

By LUDWELL DENNY Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

government thinks it can make the es boomerang to the benefit of the A one-party

the Oder-Neisse line as only

German state, would cause bloodshed. : Imperialist Interests Conflict Nevertheless such frontier violence would not cause a major war unless Poland were supported by Russia. The general assumption

that Russia would make war on | this issue may not be true. For {this is a case of conflict between two Russian imperialist interests— to keep Poland a Moscow satellite and to win Germany as a Red state. That makes it no easy choice for {the Kremlin. Poland is the nearer bird and in hand. But Germany

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bigger prize.

Clogge

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D. ACNE, the common skin disorder |

| results from secretion of a thick oily | | substance by. the sebaceous skin

|glands, Pores become clggged and | | secondary infection results. Acne is not a disease of the blood |

{nor does it directly result from! |

international and national control set up by the report |0f our own blood from old Poland.” has been suspected, but treatnient | were not a long ways from what is commonly called| Poland's threat to fight if neces-| With endocrine gland products has

“free enterprise.”

that he and his colleagues saw no other way for in-! suring the safety of the world.

a bluff.

| sary to hold all that former German {not ‘been successful, i

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SKIN treatment in acne is di-|

There was reasom, therefore, to wonder whether ference decision to restore part of ling the plugs in the glands.

this nation would offer the world a plan based on | this report.

of the President and the secretary of state, did so. And who, of all nations, turned its back upon the| plan? Soviet Russia. { By the recent report to the United Nation's atomic] energy commission, this nation has in effect pro- | posed a second kind of world. Or, perhaps, more, exactly, we have pointed out the only other kind of world possible, What we have said, in effect, is that if Russia will not agree to international control of atomic energy, then we must embark upon an international atomic bomb race. Wa must be so well prepared to retaliate that no nation will find it expedient to attack us,

By Eleanor Roosevelt

to all dependents of army men. Now it is down to a little over 4000 employees, but it is still a big

business undertaking, over which Col. Leonard He Sims presides. Since he had charge of the finances. for the D-day invasion of Europe, I imagine this does

not seem to him an overwhelming job.

Meets Group From Cuba

AS AN OUTSIDER who has been familiar with the

those provinces to Germany, as

Contrary to popular belief, acne

|essential to economic balance of does not develop from dirt clogging |and then resumed. No other medAnd then Mr. Baruch, acting with thé approval the desired democratic and peaceful | the pores, as blackheads are the re- {icine should be applied to the skin

SILLY NOTIONS

troubles and difficulties of people who did not get their allotments on time, or whose insurance was not being paid, etc, etc, I have a deep sense of the importance—tq the dependents of our men in the service—of the work which is one in this Newark office. !

After my talk, I was whisked back to my apartment |

in New York, where a large group of Cuban ladies, who had been making a good-will visit to this country, came to tell me about a new association of women which they have formed in Cuba. i - When. I caught my train back to Hyde Park I was feeling a little breathless from my day, and it was certainly a joy to wake up im the pountry this

“HOW MARY "MORE | STEPS J TO GO;

By Palumbo.

Pa.

334 N. Jefferson ave. isn't super-'

{served her policy toward Germany, agreements or for ruthless daring,

{ ficult choice until odds are clearer! [as the key to Europe is a vastly on the German gamble—say until| {after Russia is doubly involved because month. she "allowed Poland to occupy Ger-!

THE DOCTOR SAYS: Cleanliness Helps Cure Skin Disease—

David and Nickie ZolleF (left to right) . . . Both born on a 13th day.

Alice Wood . . . She loves her black kitty.

incidenfilly, 1s a ‘I3th" specialist, too, although her birthday falls in | March. She celebrated her 13th {year on a Friday the 13th. | How this story gets around to 6- | year-old Donald McLaughlin, 4545 Brookville rd., isn't quite clear. Don Is not having any birthday party today for it isn't his birthday,

Poi «+ 13 on the 13t Don has another outlook on the

” ” ” BUT HE is a lucky youngster {About five weeks ago his right big |

toe nearly was severed and it) seemed for a time as though he would lose it. Medical science,

Mary Franks .

situation, however. Here he,is on |an “unlucky 13th” still enjoying however, made it possible to paich| summer vacation while other chilhim up, and today he is hobbling|dren are pouring over their school around with all 10 digits on his feet. | books. For that reason his parents, Mr.! His dog, Penny, likes the idea, too. and Mrs. Travis McLaughlin,” think | He didn't want his young master both he and they are lucky. to desert him for a school ‘marm.”

many’'s eastern provinces in com- ment thinks it has definite Russian pensation for her own seizure of assurance that Stalin will not run Poland's eastern areas. This is one out on the Poles. They appear

| with Mr. Byrnes speech. Await Berlin Election But since then Russia

to and wouldn't dare, Few nonPoles would put such a limitation on Stalin's capacity for breaking

has re-|

or at least tried to make the Ger- Party Unity Sought

(point on which the Poles agree confident that Stalin does not ‘want

U. S. Suggests | 18-Month Pact For Miners

By ROBERT TAYLOR Soripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The government is hoping for an 18+

| month period of uninterrupted coal.

production when—and if—it gets rid of the soft-coal industry by turning it back to the owners. : « Vice Adm. Ben Moreell, federal

| coal mines administrator, suggested,

for purposes of discussion, that

|John L. Lewis and the coal operas

tors consider a contract extending to April 1, 1948, Such a contract, if maintained in effect, would guard against any further stophbages in production bee cause of coal strikes. It would also tide the nation over the period of coal shortage. By 1048, coal supply and demand, by available estimates, should be back to normal for the first time since 1040, » ” »

ADM. MOREELL also suggested that a provision be inserted enable ing reopening of the contract om 30 days notice, but only on a ques tion of wages and hours, The suggestion would rule out, during the period of the contract, strikes over organization of foree

imen, or additional demands noé

related to wages and hours. vl. 8 . APRIL 1 TRADITIONALLY hds been a dread day for coal operators. That's when most contracts expired and for years the operators have been in notice that unless they.. agree with Mr, Lewis by that dats, ~ their mines close. “No contract, ne work,” has been a union slogan. The last contract had no expira« tion date, but could be opened on 30 days’ notice. Mr. Lewis opened it, again with the April 1 deadline, and sprung his demands for a wele fare fund in addition to pay ine crease. THe existing contract, bee tween the government and the union, covers “the period of gove ernment possession.” Mr. Lewis says it's up to the operators to make an offer good enough to induce the miners to abandon that government contract. The operators agreed to come back in 24 hours, but then they had another look at the situation and postponed their reappearance. They're scheduled to be back with an answer late this afternoon.

mans and the world think so. That! Another angle is the

Warsaw was the purpose of Foreign Min- hope that the general national re-

ister, Molotov's statement July 10, action against Mr. Byrnes’ reopen-

{that Russia will be the savior and ty into unity with the Communists | defender of the new Germany,

| propaganda, which is not yet con-!cause of the Peasants’

| Stalin will support German claims trap which | for restoration of part of the { ritory held by Poland. Whether | lite countries. | this is Stalin's policy or not is any-{ Mr. Mikolajcayvk in the same [one's guess. statement challenging Mr. Byrnes Perhaps he is postponing the dif-/ on the frontier question said specifically this would not change his party's electoral policy. “We next not want a single election bioe -as [this would mean to free elsctions,” "he explained.

has perpetuated Red

the Berlin elections

Nevertheless the Warsaw govern-

d Pores Cause Acne

sult of chemical change in the oily | skin

more than any other food secretion. The black color can be!1f the

patient notices that the skin | which | gets worse after eating any food, | rules out dirt as the cause. | this should be called to the atten-! The acne facé should be washed tion of the physician. with hot ‘water and a good white

soap three times a day, and a rough |

~ nu { DO NOT wear woolen or rough |

be used. After the night washing a|clean washcloths and clean towels| medicine prescribed by the phy-|in bathing. - sician schould be applied and al-| Before washing the face, the! { hands should be washed thoroughly | + {with soap and water and dried on| a clean towel. The washbowl should! be cleaned and filled with fresh hot water for use on the face. {

ACNE LOTION or cream should be rubbed gently into the skin. As

& result of the treatment the skin| For extra oily skin and overe| will become dry and start to peel, Active glands, X-ray treatments | which will open the pores. are used. This is a safe method | po when administered by physicians

If the skin becomes excessively red or rritated, the medicine should be stopped a night or two

| experienced in its use.

~ ~ n PURPOSE is to shrink the oil] glands in the skin and decrease| : their activity. If deep-seated inwhile it is | : Lis being treated. : fections have developed already, the Care of the scalp is of equal im- | portance. Lon rons’ hair “ab | X-ray will not prevent scarring. | " 8 greasy hair should patients with acne should not |

not be allowed to fall across the ;..o drugs containing fodides, bro-| face. Hair should be shampooed ides or sleeping medicine as twice a week until all oil and dirt thess usually make the eruption | is removed. | worse. : - | Avoid cough medicine containing PHYSICIANS often prescribe a | potash also bromoseltzer, bromides, | scalp lotion” irf® acne, which should | And bromoquinine ‘mixtures. ~ ~ ~ be applied. as directed to the skin QUESTION: Is there any harm at the roots of the hair. {in taking injections for the meno-| Instruction by physicians as to | pause? I have heard that ‘they diet varies, but all are agreed that might cause cancer. ; the patients should eat a well-bal-| ANSWER: There is no harm in anced diet and avoid excesses, taking" these Injections. Cancer In the ‘average case, chocolate is| would be caused by using them in avoided as it seems to irritate the!another way. -

Aid Offered Irish War Bride

LAS VEGAS, Nev. Sept. 13 (U. there,” she sobbed after opening P.). — Irish “ war bride Bridget| the package. Waters, waiti, to lea The green-eyed - County Cork hg nm learn nurse,” 26, will learn Tuesday

whether she must stand trial for slaying her American husband, today killed time by answering the hundreds of letters delivered "to her cell, Most of the letters were friendly, she sald, and many of them offered to help her. But one woman tpok her to task for shooting her husband, declaring “men are alveady too scarce,” and a pamphlet - titled “The Consola-| show you how to live.” tion of Jesus in the Death Cell’| “I'm going to answer them all” sent her into tears. she sald. “These nice people are “Why den’ they weit nil I gestae considerate.” :

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whether she must stand trial for the Labor day shooting of her estranged husband, Prapk K. Waters Sr, 38. She said she was afraid -he would hurt their year-old gon, Frank Jr, : Among the letters were one from a widower cowboy in Oklahoma who offered her a home. A 76 year-old Los Angeles man wrote “after you come to Los Angeles I'll

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The Polish election pledged fof Part of that German Communist!this year was delayed hitherto beparty refus< (firmed by Moscow, is that Premier al to enter the familiar bloc-voting

ter- | minority dictatorship in other satel- d

Scottish, Rim here and will ond whiz highest

We, The Women- : Clerks Say | Shoppers man Communist propaganda. im seven the imma rion +il| Are Rude

. By RUTH MILLETT WORKING girls have themselves {answered my charge that “the dead-pan in the business world ls here to stay.” They say that if a clerk Is a ead-pan, chances are she has be{come one through having to serve

|a rude, demanding, inconsiderate { publie. Here, Mrs. Shopper, are . the

{charges made against you by the | saleswomen themselves: » » ~ YOU LOOK unbelieving or accus~ ing when the clerk tells you she doesn't have a scarce article, and you may even say: “That's funny, for a friend of mine told me you had some just a few minutes ago.”

mussing and disarranging them, and you make no attempt to pus them back as they were before walking away. » ® . YOU DON'T talk loud enough te be“ heard the first time, and you are vague about what you want. You pull out a 10-dollar bill te

| You paw over articles on display,

{cloth or a complexion brush should | clothing next to the skin and use| PAY for a 20-cent purchase, and

then you grow impatient when you have to wait for change. If there is a line, there are al ways a few who try to crowd im at the front, and a few who go through a line for scarce goods two or three times.

. » » YOU THINK if you get confidene tial with a clerk you can expec$ her to pull a scarce articie out of a hat, after she has already told you she hasn't the article, You ask too many questions, exe pecting a clerk to be an informae tion bureau. wo’ ~ » » YOU ASK a clerk to telephone you when a hard-to-get article are rives, not realizing that you are perhaps the 100th person who has made the same request that day, “After all this,” say the sales girls, “you expect us to stand and look sympathetic while you ask just how you are going to get along without a scarce article, “If we're dead-pans, is it any wonder?”

GEN. CLARK PLANS VISIT THIS MONTH

Lt. Gen. Mark W, Clark, member of the four-nation allied council im Vienna and commander of the American zone of occupation in Austria, is expected to be in Indie anapolis late this month, He is to arrive here following ceremonies in Pittsburgh Sept. 24 to 26 at which time he will become a 33d degree Mason. Gen. Clark, who arrived yesiere day in Washington for talks with war and state department officials,

was & captain instructing the’ Jn =

diana National guard here . from 1920 to 1933. | He is a member of