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Inside Indianapolis

SHORTAGES—and more shortages are the rule of the day, What's to do about it? For our purpose— make the best of it like the people at Indiana Bell Telephone Co. When you pick up the receiver on your telephone you come in contact with the most familiar part of the business. And that's the part’ of the business which is steadily increasing. More equipment ig needed but it isn't coming in. Switchboards are operating at capacity 24 hours a day. Switchboards need operators and that's where the rub comes in, In the first 10 months of this year 900 girls were hired. Approximately 300 of those girls are working today. ‘Marriage and sundry other reasons will claim more by the end of the year, When a girl is hired she cannot be put on a switchboard immediately—they have to be trained. To train a girl on a real unit means that unit wiil be out of commercial service. That's not good these days.

Operation Is Complicated TO GET AROUND this problem, photographs were taken of live switchboards and photostati¢ copies, actual size, were made. These were mounted on duplicate boards simulating in every detail the real thing. They were even wired for basic connections. Clocks were installed for computing toll calls, Listen ing and recording ‘tables were hooked up with

Practice makes perfect. y . . Mrs. Lillian Coryell learns switchboard techniques on photostatic board,

«recording trunks for trainees to

business with a thorough explanation and discussion.

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By Ed Sovola

listen to calls coming in, 1 listened in on the recording table and my whole concept of long-distance calling has changed. A person calling long distance doesn’t always speak clearly—doesn’'t spell a complicated name slowly enough for accurate recording. Speed is essential and accuracy follows close behind, making:the entire operation a difficult one. Much—much more compli cated than dropping a couple of quarters and dimes and calling Uncle Jake in Sleepy Hollow, Ky. That's why assistant chief operator Carol Andrews, 4483 N. Rural st, puts every new girl through a 20-day course on the practice switchboards. A -rigid routine is followed which familiarizes the girls with every phase of the operaton before they talk to customers. The beginning toll operator is initiated in the Then they tour the operating room to get an idea of its complexity. Voices are tested and corrected to attain the “voice with the smile.”

Women More Patient INSTRUCTION begins with the simplest type of a call. That's when the caller knows the name and number in a distant city and the party is there to receive the call. The practice operator takes all the parts in this routine with the trainee. Conversations take place with the operator and the trainee to develop the voice. This procedure is repeated until the student is proficient. Gradually more difficult calls are practiced. The type of call where only the name and address are known—where there is a busy signal on the other end of the line or a call to-a point where there are no direct circuits. The girls are given drill in recording each call and computing the toll. Eventually, all the individual téchniques will be done in one simultaneous operation. : Mrs. Lillian Coryell, 40 N. Denny st, one of 26 women receiving instruction at the present time, was reviewing on her fifth day all the procedures she had learned up to date. This is done periodically to build up confidence in switchboard manipulation. Why are women used as operators? Simply because they have more patience than men. In the early days of the industry men were hired exclusively | but it soon became apparent that they were unsatisfactory. Miss Andrews. said that records show men would lose their tempers—sometimes even let loose with undesirable language and carve their initials on switchboards. Today, with 720 girls working around the clock | at Bell Telephone, there are no instances of Popping | tempers, whittling jackknives or strong language— thanks to the weaker sex, Miss Andrews declared. |

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Farmer’s Almanac

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Unflap your earmuffs, friends. Put your mittens on the shelf behind the stove so we can open the yellow ‘cover of the Old Farmer's Almanac. Pile on some more wood. “This,” says the old farmer, “will be a real, oldfashioned winter with plenty of snow and cold weather—the kind that grandpa knew when he was a boy.” The old farmer knows. He predicted snow for July 13, 1803. It DID snow. For 155 yearsgnow the almanac has been issuing’ the gospel truth about the tides, the phases of the moon, how to keep from burning down the barn, when to catch’ a mess or hornpout, and the date for battening down the storm cellar door. Publisher Robb Sagendorph writes from ‘Dubliff; 'N. H., that there's been nary a complaint in all that time. So, if the ice has melted from your whiskers, let us gaze ypon 1947: JANUARY: Stormy, raw winds, slippery going, rain, snow, fog and sleet. As you will want youl workshop stove heated in these bitter months it is best to have it in a separate building pretty well away from your hay barns.

Ever Raise Squabs?

FEBRUARY: Falling weather. "Set ‘hens 21st to 28th. Still wintry. More comfortable indoors. Ever try raising squab? A Sure market there with the summer people. k MARCH: Stormy. High winds. Altogether unpleastn until 25th. A few mild days. High time now to get your feet out of the oven. Mend everything that isn't junk and save the junk. APRIL: Pleasant. Then changes to lowery and dank. 11th, cold easterly storm with snow. A hive of bees to every acre of orchard is ample. Do not depend on wild honey bees and bumble bees for polination. MAY: Mackerel skies may hold rain until 5th.

By Frederick C. Othman |

{ | Windy and disagreeable. 19th, may shower. 29th. rainy days. Nature feeds the poor farmer with her half truths, her false promises, her juggling oracles. About now he’s looking for late frosts. He can forget | his worries with his fishing: pole. A good mess of hornpout fried crisp beats the sleekest trout. JUNE: Cooler. May hail, 10th. Now much warmer, 20th. Good growing weather. Real warm. His night-wandering cattle punch through the idle fences of the careless farmer to munch his neighbor's garden. Better no fence than a poor one. !

Don’t Miss County Fair JULY: Cold and rain. 8th, scorching sun. 2fst, sultry, 28th, moist. There's still the old swimming | hole. AUGUST: showers. 9th, dry spell. 20th, rains hard. Much colder. Saw your cordwood now and get | it under cover.

SEPTEMBER: Frost in places, 16th. Bad

Storms.

storm due, 23d. Sow fields before 20th, Don’t miss the county fair. OCTOBER: Good fall days. Heavy rains, 9th.

This is a good month Pirst killing

Brisk. Raw. to set out trees, frost, 24th. NOVEMBER: Cold and stormy, might snow. Good spell, 17th ‘through 20th. Chilly. Rains or snows. The hunter's moon. Prupe your grapevines. DECEMBER: Unfavorable. Clouds denote snow, 6th. Milder now, but better pull the rug to the crack of the door. Fine between dull days. Christmas, snowy. The cold reddens our cheeks and waters our eyes. And so to the new Year, And as the publisher adds, the second cold year| in a row. Good mostly for muskrats. Thickens their fur,

Cold. Snappy. either fruit or shade.

Science

By David Dietz

UNLESS prompt action is taken to save the na-tion's-synthetic-rubber-industry, the people of -America will pay millions of dollars in increased prices for crude natural rubber, Dr, Ray P. Dinsmore, internationally known authority on rubber, told the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in session in Charleston, W, Va. The American synthetic rubber industry is threat-: ened with destruction and this destruction will not only cost the nation millions of dollars in increased prices for crude natural rubber but will impair national defense and retard chemical progress, Dr. Dinsmore said. Dr. Dinsmore is vice president in charge of research and developmerit of the Geodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Durifig world war II he served as assist« ant deputy rubber director. and organized the government’s synthetic rubber research department program.

Supply to Be Short

A RISE of 1 cent per pound in the cost of crude rubber will cost nation $22,400,000 a year, Dr. Dinsmore said, He pointed out that next year’s production of crude rubber will run about one million tons, of which the United States cannot hope to get more than 720,200 tons. 8ince the United States needs about 980,000 tons of rubber next year, this means that only about 60 or 70 per cent of the demand can be met with natural rubber. A return to unrestrained competive bidding for natural rubber will skyrocket the price, Dr. Dinsmore said. Purthermore, he added, if this is coupled with unwise advertising campaigns regarding the relative

merits of natural and synthetic rubber, the synthetic rubber industry, built at a cost of millions of dollars during world war II, will be wrecked for all time to come He urged that congress adopt an integrated rubber program that would continue government purchase of natural rubber as long as a shortage exists and which would assure for the time being the use| of a minimum amount of synthetic rubber by product’ specification.

Foresees Scramble

“WITH AN UNDENIABLE prejudice in the public mind in favor of natural rubber products, there is certain to be a scramble for natural .rubber in a | free market with an inadequate supply,” he said

| matter. Mr. Lewis burns hard coal |

Indianapolis

“Grandma” is the title of this grand prize winner in the national

contest, ?taken by George Burns of Schenectady. The former Yank Ma

rapher, who served in the Pacific during the war, used a Speed Graphic camera and daylight and photofiood illumination with exposure of 1/10 second at f/8 to snap the Kodachrome picture that also captured the special press award and the first prize in

color class.

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Prize Winners In Te Fo

Graflex photo gazine photog-

First prize

Most prizes, ho of imagination

D. 1. W. Schmidt of New York City. panchromatic film with a 5-inch lense at f/8. The competition, for which $5000 ia prizes was offered, drew 8000 entries of which 60 per cent were submitted by amateurs,

winner in the portrait class was “Mother Gaspe,” (above) taken ey Also a Speed Graphic photo, it was taken on

wever, went to professionals. Judges criticized entries generally for lack and originality.

Lewis Burns Hard Coal And He Isn't Worrying

Mine Leader Has No Personal Problem At His Home in Alexandria, Va.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 (U. P.).—This ought to settle the questi#in of whether John L. Lewis faces any personal heating problem as a result of the soft coal strike,

He uses hard coal. And that isn't involved in die strike, Mr. Lewis’ coal dealer, Chester Fannon, said today he delivers about 20 tons of buckweat anthracite each year to the 155-year-old white

frame louse owned by the mine] union leader. FOR’s Son De ies

“There's been a lot of talk about | | MOSCOW, Dee.. 2

how much coal Mr. Lewis has in! his bin,” Fannon -said. “It doesn’t|

and the hard coal miners are not on strike.”

Except’ Yor a night fuara Mr.

. PoE |Lewis_has lived alope in his 16- liott Roosevelt, who fast, week de-

25-Year Service

F. B, Ransom . . . honored for

room home here since the death of his wife, Mirta, in 1942. A houseman, maid and chauffeur are em- gnents he made on Russian and ployed to serve him during the day.! United States policies, Sunday {sChildren Visit Him (Sued the following statement: “The origina] story as printed in Newsweek was completely inaccu- | rate. The denial of the story: as | carried by the Unifed Press w

{also inacc urate.

Lewis’ son, Dr.! a Baltimore | dis;

Occosionally Mr. John L. Lewis Jr, physician who recently was charged from the navy,.or his]

daughter, Kathryn, yialb. him. ..| any accusations against the Amer- | Mrs. Lewis took a much more aC-|{;... emhagey

tive interest in community affairs) than her husband does. She did day Roosevelt's version of the in-| | considerable work in behalf of the cident. The. United Press Moscow | {children's home ~and St. Paul's church. Roosevelt left a party given him Mr. Lewis doesn't mix much with! oon vinced that it was the residents of this old Virginia | jon to bait me. i town, which is across the Potomac | An excerpt from river from Washington and which | said: serves as a Suburban home for|‘ “Answering assurances that -forhundreds of government employees, eign correspondents were unaware | But there are occasions when the of ah§ Such ‘put up job’ by the em-

the dispatch!

miners’ union president stops tO! bassy as‘ he complained of, Mr. chat with a neighbor. | Roosevelt said: or “Sometimes Mr. Lewis drops in at| *‘I know better. I ndW made a one of the homes in the neighbor- | full investigation, including the hood for a few minutes,” one neigh- ‘length of “time the various ¢orre-| bor, Robert F. Downham,~ said. spondents have been here, and “These are just social calls, how- there was none of them there (at

i the recéption) who might have been

ever—nothing more.” | here Jong enough to bait us like | Likes Antique Shops that.

While he takes no active part in! whispering questions to ask us into

community life, Mr. Lewis does his| the ears of women who had no gored joiritly by Flanner House and |turn transportation for eastbound department.

business participating in the con-

y h ing in Alexanbanking and shopping versation anyway.

dria, and sometimes he may “be seen browsing through one of the REC LAMATION PIONEER DIES many antique shops here. PHOENIX, Ariz, Dec. 2 (U, P. om

People who know him recall that Reclamation advocate George He- | it was not uncommon to see him | bard Maxwell, 86, the man who!

{nied a Newsweek version of com-

I have not made | The United Press published Fri-| man,

correspondent reported ‘that Mr. | |25 years’ service to Flanner house!

“a put up|and other Indianapolis welfare or-|are uncertain how much this deters |

distinguished service.

F.B. Ransom To Be Honored “At Dinner

F. B. RANSOM, attorney, wel- | fare worker and former citv council-| will be honored tomorrow [night at the 48th annual Founders’ | Day dinner of Fianner house. Mr. Ransom is to be cited for his

| ganizations. Business and civic leaders will participate in the ob-| servance, which will start at 6 p. m. at Flanner house. ~ » * MR. RANSOM has served on the | board of directors of Flanner house | since 1920. For 15 years, he was treasurer of the welfare agency and for two years, president. He has also served as treasurer of | the Senate ave, branch of the Y. M.

|C. A. and is a member of Bethel

A. M. E. church.

Theme of the Founders’ Day |

I also saw embassy officials! meeting is “Housing for My Neigh- | Which aused an abnormal market. peen announced by Mrs, Helen Mex=

!bor.” The meeting is being spon- | Flanner ‘iiouse Homes, Inc. This| latter is a "nonprofit organization to | provide’, {housing for low teem © group ’ $

THEAPRINCIPAL ras 5b te | dinners be glyen by Dr. Frank S. | |

“Many manufacturers will foolishly and short-sight- j5aq his limousine with government made the desert bloom, died last | Horne, races remtions edviser to the

edly strive to obtain sufficient crude rubber so that they can advertise the superiority of their products] made 100 per cent from natural rubber. “Thus while the shortage exists, the British and | Dutch will reap the benefits and when the crude rubber surplus arrives, they will be in a -strong position to attack the weakened synthetic industry. . which will have been discredited in the public mind by further controversial advertising. “The rubber industry in this country is cértainly not asking for prolonged regulation but common sense dictates that two things be done by the government : “1. Continue government purchase of natural rubber while the shortage continues: “2: Set up a plan to assure the use of a minimum amount of synthetic rubber, preferably in the transition. period, by product specifications.”

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We, the Women

By Ruth Millett

HOW ARE YOU going to take care of Junior's Christmas shopping? Are you going to shop for him, wrap the gifts yourself, and, perhaps, even sign his name to the enclosure cards? Or will you hurriedly hand him some money and tell him “not to forget Aunt Susie, because you know she always sends you something’?

It's Bad for Junior

BOTH METHODS are bad for Junior, according to a woman educator. She points out that we neglect to instill the real spirit of Christmas in our children when we encourage them to think mainly of what they are going to receive, and to regard giving as almost an after-thought or a necessary chore. We women probably need to be reminded of that. Because all too often we do lake the easy way out

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| when it comes to the gifts our children are to give. |

Instead of taking time to help them plan just the right gift for each person, and to encourage {hen to save their money for Christmas spending, | we make one of the two mistakes mentioned above.

Make It an Ordeal

BESIDES THAT, we have so complicated Christmas ourselves that often we must make it seem more | like an ordeal to our families than like the most happy-hearted season of the year. A mother who tries to do too much is likely to talk in such terms as, “The stores are so crowded, and everything is so expensive, and, I declare, I don't know WHAT to give Uncle Will"—which is not exactly in the spirit of Christmas. That really isn't the feeling for Christmas we, want our children to have, is it?

workerg, during the wartime gasoline | night.

visit the ration board just as other people did.

shortage. Sometimés he had to] SILLY NOTIONS

national hbusing.agency.

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By Palumbo

“He was just like anybody else {when he visited the ration board,” -satd-Jaek-Tuloch~a-hoard--member-said. “He was one of the, meekest tmen I ever saw and. he stood in line like the rest of the folks.”

Reads Home Paper

Mr Lewis is a regular subscriber to the Alexandria Gazette, oldest daily newspaper ih the United States. Mr, Tulloch, who is man-

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Loses Burglar in Chase

| H. D. Miller, 2442 Salem, st., re- | | ported to police early today that he had lost a five-block chase with la man who had broken the window of the Radio Repair Shop, 1538 N.'

Illinois st. | Mr. Miller said he heard the win- | dow crash while waiting on a street | car. Frank Zenor, 1449 N. Illinois | st., owner of the shop said that two

radios were missing from the wins

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Eastbound Trans-Atlantic Travel by Air Slumps

Return to Service of Great Ocean Liners | Seen Factor; West Bound Jam Continues

By CHARLES CORDDRY United Press Aviation Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—The air lines today are fighting an east bound trans-Atlantic air travel slump which may get worse before it gets better, The extent of it has not yet been computed statistically. But the United States carriers concerned —- American Overseas airlines, Pane American Airways and Trans-World Airways—agree that traffic volume has declined in recent weeks. The slump affects only eastbound! traffic—New York to London and| beyond. There are 17 fights 3 week to London, seven to Pi reservation now can be Ai = pi hours whereas formerly it took days, even weeks. The jam on westbound schedules, however, may last well into next year. Pirst space from] Paris for instance wil] be available. Major Factors The airlines -are perplexed by the ‘decline but they commonly cite these as possibly the major factors: ONE: The return to service of mate goal is the British ocean liner

Ben Davis Pupils Pack Gift Boxes

Ben Davis high school students have packed 173 gifts boxes for the Junior Red Cross, more than any other Marion County school. Miss Mary McLane, who is super= vising the project said that the ultis’ 200 boxes, the total Queen reached by Technical high school,

lica. Together they can carry 4000 such lems a3 | across the Atlantic in less than a | pencils, toilet soap, toothpaste, balls, | week, more than 110 airplanes could (and writing paper, and are being ldo. Capacity for another 2000 will |Sént to needy children in Europe, be available when tthe Queen Mary joins the Elizabeth in January. | TWO: Seasonal bad weather over the North Atlantic. The air lines

Ben Davis will be represented at the National Agriculture contest at | Boston Dec. 5, 6 and 7 by a team {composed of Edward Schuh, Fred Schuh and Edwin Kendall,

travelers, but they had expected | {some seasonal slump. This results Takes Fifth Place from fear of accidents and possibili-| The Ben Davis team consisting of ties of being grounded. Hence a Edward Schuh, Edwin Kendall, [shift to ships. | Carolyn Bolander and Fred Schuh

THREE: Awareness that Europe took fifth place in the Vegetable Judging contest at Purdue Univers

now is no place for tourists. Re- : ports of food, fuel, transportation Sty Nov. 2. This was announced and other shortages may have this week by-George Whiteside, ag«

riculture instructor taking the place of R. F. Sproat, who is confined Ww’ {his home due to illness. Election of officers of the Latin travel club at Ben Davis high school has

reaused-postponement of many pro-; | jected trips. FOUR: The possibility that cari riers are catching up with the postwar backlog of essential

FIVE: Inability to guarantee re- cer, head of the foreign language David Grosdidier and This now is being cor-|Delbert Hinkley were chosen coe suls, i

travelers. rected somewhat. SIX: In _TWA's case, the recent! {pilots’ strike. TWA says business |‘ Those elected to other positions is better than expected this soon include: ponald Leis, Juanita Neff, | after resuming service, but it never- | Virginia Appleby, Veronica Pacala, the less has five to eight empty Betty Dishman, Pat Maguire, Ruth seats on Paris flights. It is not|gimmons, Wayne Harvey, Norman sure whether this owts to a 1ag | Miller, Audrey Savage, Joan Pere following the strike or the general |rott, Ruth Barton, Ralph Baldridge, decline. [Melvin Cook, Betty Lou Kernodle, Not mentioned. but perhaps fac- Shirley Whyland, Paul Angleton, tors also, were the two Newfound- |and Dean Toombs. land disasters this fall, one killing]

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SIX i — of the Spot

Another partial explanation may

be the fact that the sumptuous post- | | Barbara Farr, Tommie Stone, Rob«

, : | ert Leonard, Donald Leis and Betty He Super Diaties | Dalbey. Jean Gant and Mary Jean much are not now in service and Montrsda have Been added 2 he will not be for weeks, maybe Ba 5 specia repos io Thousands seem to have) Ft/eriom adviser, announeed. heard that, time permitting, oceab| pe; payis high school Spanish liners are more comfortable than... will hold a Christmas party | airplanes in which they have to Sit| pec, 17 at the home of Charles up 15 hours or more. | Pierson, near Valley Mills. The shipping companies at any| my. pierson is a brother of A. T, rate have noticed no slump. A|pjerson sponsor of ‘the club, A | National Federatiol of American program of games, Cnristmas carols Shipping source estimated there are in Spanish, and excnangg of gifts 130,000 persons who would like trans- | {is being planned by Joan Marlow, portation to Europe today. [John D. Smith, and Gladys Bure Airplane fare to Basis is $345. trum, the committee in charge. Steamship fares to Palis are $172.50 re to $500, according to class accom- Sponsors Exhibition { modations, Miss Dorcas Harger is sponsoring The shippers are less optimistic {exhibitions of various book displays - than the airlines from the long-(in the Ben Davis high school lirange standpoint. Big planes with [brary in connection with a school commodious lounges and sleeper ag- | reading program promoted by the commodations are coming next year. | distribution of the pamphlet, “Read The current backlog of demand for|Today . . . Star Tomorrow,” to the surface transport may wear thin, |roll’ rooms. Waltrud Dudziak and as the airlines’ has, after the initial|Lois Wright are assisting in makenthusiasm for the newly-returned!ing the signs and drawings for a . floating palaces dies down, eampaign,