Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1947 — Page 17

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won out—on the oulaide-~ipaldeimor straight? You are wearing them out on the outside of your shoe, aren't you? It not you should be if my survey has ny. merit,

| “the 300 pairs of heels with legs attached that

‘looked at and recorded, 176 women were tearing . out on the outside. Think of it—more than one out of two Indianapolis women wear their ‘heels out on the outside, I must hasten to lift 38 pairs of heels out of “the outside category because they are somewhat ina class by themselves—the duck waddle. class. Very interesting category—feet spread apart as the shoe ‘goes down clonk on the outside of the heel, then rolls down flat. Disregarding statistics for a moment, it might be said many a shapely limb is spoiled by the waddle. Legs No. 167 come to my mind. Beautiful alligator shoes, seams straight in the back, sheer hose—so round, so firm, so fully packed, all the qualifications for a gentlemanly sale but what's wrong? Duck waddle, Mow~-if you don't wear your heels out on the out-

“SADDEST STORY EVER TOLD—O: ne out Fe every

two Indianapolis women walk this way.

i sid Shanken ake the bed. 1 Sad take.» heating. Approximately one-sixth, or 54 out of 300 of the heels: investigated around town, show signs of inside wear. ‘We must lift 11 out of this class. Not only does the heel itself show wear on the inside, but the upper part of the shoe is being scuffed,’ Bort of a two-way wear job.”

Pigeon-Toed Class

THE NEXT large category belongs to the pigeontoed individuals, There's an overall tendency to wear heels out the inside although there were four of the 33 who wore the right heel out on the outside and the left on the inside. Strange why this should happen. This being a secret survey I couldn't go; up and ask “Lady why do you're feet do such-and-such.” Just isn't being done, that's all. Eighteen women were found wearing out their heels straight back. The statistics here are marred by the fact that five women not only were wearing them out straight back but they were also bending them under the shoe, This doés absolutely nothing for the leg. Ladies, when your heels bend under your shoes, your legs aren't worth a piffle. You might as well face the facts,

Ball Point—In Shoes

BEFORE WE get to the good part (shoes and legs in the excellent class) let's get some of the incidentals out of the way. Four pairs of saddle shoes were noted, Three sets of heels were worn on the outside and one on the inside. Saddle shoes leave me cold—I don’t care what kind of a leg they support. Women who wear high heels and look as if they are going to tip over any second almost threw a monkey wrench in my survey. I-couldn't tell which side of the heel was being worn out so I just called this tyne the ‘ball point class. This class is also tough on g looking legs. It's hard to keep-an eye on a leg that wobbles like a piston, The next category—there were four—is utterly hopeless. Sheepskin boots, especially if they are new, do not reveal anything about the condition of the heels. Now to the cheesecake. Alas, there were only 11 in the 300. One of the 11 has to come out as the extra special of the special. WOW. This pair of gams alone made the survey worthwhile. Unfortunafely this lady passed over the horizon too quickly. But that’s the way it goes. Some of the bentheel jobbies would linger and linger in my sights but

not the good ones. They were always hurrying some-

place, It was the same with the other 10 which made the excellent class. 3 when we get rid of the cheesecake, what do we

Bei BO. “have left? Only one out of two women wearing out

their heels on the outside and the memory of a interesting survey.

a very

Greedy, Aren't They? By Frederick C. Othman

* . WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—I wish the government kindly would get its greedy paws off my home town. We St. Louisans are sore. Rep. Walter Ploeser, an old St. Louis neighbor of mine, says bureau-

\ cratic viciousness is running rampant. I claim the

government's pulling the old shell game. Rep, Ploeser says this is a national scandal. What do you think we are, government? Yokels who'd buy the Brooklyn bridge? I mustreport with civic pride that we used to have outside St, Louis an airport de luxe we called Lambert fleld. We were proud of it. Came the war and we let the RPC build an engine plant onthe field. We leased another chunk of our airport to the navy ifor $50 for use as a training station. We gave the army the glassed~in top of our passencer terminal for use by one of those Yodar dinguses. we: Sich Then we gave the army shout eight acres of our alrport and one of our best hangars for an air , transport command te Our fee for this was $1 a year. We didn’t have much airport left for our own use, but we were patriotic. We didn't care. We were helping win the war.

We Don’t Move In

SAME FINALLY ended and the army moved out of our hangar and our eight acres. Did we move back * in? No siree. The army declared the property surplus and now, so help us, the war assets administration is trying to sell the lease. “Do I understand the war assets people actually are attempting that?” demanded Rep. Robert PF. Rich of Pa. “Trying to sell something” they don't even own?”

“They paid $1 for the lease so I guess they do own that,” Rep. Ploeser replied. “They have put it up for sale.” “Well,” sald Rep. Rich, “You can't tell what the WAA is going to.do.”

«St. Louis Ignorant

“NO, AND they can’t either, agreed Rep. Ploeser. “They were told this lease was valuable, and while the city of St. Louis has a priority, we don't like the idea of buying back our own property.” “Why don't you fellows make ‘em give you a bargain price?” Rep. Rich inquired, “Pay a bargain price for our own property?” retorted Rep. Ploeser. “They can't sell it to us. It already belongs ‘to us.” . That's not all. The RFC quit making engines Al WTC, TRC on. our - lspert. apd ented it. $0. some. body else, who may be' making doll buggies for all we know. Rep. Ploeser snarls at the RFC and it won't even say, boo.” Just ignores St. Louis, We tried to get back the upstairs to ‘our passenger terminal, which used to be a pleasant place for us to spend moonlit evenings watching the airplanes land. We couldn't even get in. The army said it couldn't ‘let us on our roof because the war was over and it had turned its lease over ‘to the civil aeronautics administration, “Yes, but why does the navy want to stay in your airport,” Rep. Rich demanded. “That,” said ‘Rep. Ploeser, “you’ll have to ask the ‘navy. We can't find out anything. We are being pushed from one agency to another on the vicious Washington merry-go-round.” Get off our property, government, before we put you off,

‘Oscar’ Possibilities

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10.—The Academy awards are Just around the cormer—and already there's talk of ehanging the rules for next year. For the first time in Oscar’s history, two outstanding performanes may handicap an actor or actress in the final voting this year. Gregory Peck could conceivably be cheated out of an award because his votes will be split between “The Yearling” and “Duel in the Sun.” A similar situation exists for Olivia de Havilland, who came through with crack performances in “To Each His Own” and “The Dark Mirror.” According to the present rules, the votes are not gombined, whereas they really should be. Mr. Peck is in more of a spot than is Olivia, with both M-G-M and Selznick plugging him for an award. Olivia is being ballyhooed by Paramount, which has arranged for the reissue of “To Each His Own” in order to call attention to her performance. But even with such a ‘situation, the balloting this year promises to give a more honest picture of Hollywood’s greatest achievements-of the past year than ever before was possible. For the first time, the voting will be confined to the 1700 actual members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,

Public to Share in Festivities

THE NOMINATION ballots will be mailed on Jan. 17, with the nominations to be announced Feb. 3. Final ballots will be mailed Feb. 24, with the 11 major winners sipted to’ receive their Oscars at the .Los 4. Angeles Shrine auditorium on the night of March 13. For the first time, the public will share, in the festivities. The Shrine auditorium seats 6800, Thirtyfive hundred seats will be sold to Mr. and Mrs. Moviegoer. Chief interest in the voting, of course, will center on the best picture of the year. y “The Yearling,” “It's a Wonderful Life,” and “The

; We, the Women

By Erskine Johnson

Best Years of Our Lives,” we think, will battlé it out

to a close finish,

Leading Contender

ALTHOUGH “DUEL IN THE SUN” and .“The Razor's Edge” -are doing tremendous business, due to circusy publicity campaigns, neither is in the. same class with these three. They don’t award Oscars for publicity campaigns. But maybe they should. Sometimes the campaigns are better than the pictures. As we said before, Gregory Peck will be a leading contender in the race for. the best male-acting performance. Jimmy Stewart's work in “It’s a Wonderful Life” and Fredric March's performance in “The Best Years” will be the competition to beat. For the best feminine performance, Olivia de Havilland should win for “To Each His Own.” Jennifer Jones may have had a more spectacular and difficult role in “Duel,” but it was beyond her talents. Clarence Brown is our choice for the best direc tion award, for “The Yearling.” The film's beauty and simplicity, and the patience and skill behind the performance of Claude Jarman Jr.,, a 10-year-old who had never acted before constitute a great tribute to Mr. Brown's ability. And speaking of Claude, there. should be a special juvenile award for his performance. And a special award, too, for the work-of the handless veteran in the Goldwyn picture. In the supporting performances division, Anne Baxter, for. “The Razor's Edge,” and Claude Rains, for “Deception,” have the. inside track—IF they are nominated in the supporting bracket. The roles were so important they may find themselves in the starring awards, If Mr. Rains wins the nomination in the upper bracket, our second choice is William Demarest’s work in “The Jolson Story.” Gale Sondergaard rates similar consideration for her mother part in “Anna and the King of Siam.”

By Ruth Millet

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“NEVER ANSWER the telephone with a flat ‘No,’ "

L % \Gperiotch New York secretary advises girls entering

the business world. That is about as good advice as a girl who wants ° to get ahead in het job is ever likely to receive. The flat “No” 1s such an easy way of taking tare of a request which might involve a little extra trou- ! ple that many girls in small jobs employ it almost routinely. Consequently, they stay in small jobs.

| Newcomers Try Positive Answers

. THE NEWCOMERS to the business world who give the impression of wanting to do their jobs as well as possible are the ones who try to give a positive answer to any request for service or information. Perhaps a new salesgirl doesn’t know her stock as 1 well. as she should. She doesn’t appear dumb or dissiesneteg 4, fatead oF acting 48 32 ole bad never

heard of the article requested by a customer, she says, “I am not sure whether we have it o- not, but if you'll wait just a moment I will find out.” No Reason for Flat ‘No’ IT IS EASY TO SAY, “I don’t know,” to a request

for information—but it. is likely to sound pretty in-

efficient when the answer could be, “I haven't that information, but you can get it from such-and-such a place,” or, “I'll see if I can find out for you.” And even when & “No” must be given, there is no reason for making ita flat “No.” It is accepted in a much better spirit if accompanied by ah explanation, or at least hy a sincere “I'm sorry.” There are 50 many lazy, careless, or just plain

_ disinterested job-holders that the girl who takes the

trouble to give positive rather than negative answers

Millions. From

System Would Enable Part of Nation's Physically Handicapped to Work Again

" (Second of a Series)

also served humanity. These “conchies” were the tools in an experiment conducted by Dr. Ancel Keys, noted physiologist, to study the highly touted benefit of bed rest. When the experiments had run their course they had blasted the age-old theory to sorry shreds. Their normal reaction time was reduced by 5 per cent, their blood volume fell 10 to 20 per cent and their hearts shrank on the average by 11 per” cent. At the end of six weeks * they performed work tests with a pulse rate of 170 which had required a rate of only 125 before they took to their pallets. = » #" "

DR. KEYS found that the men heeded two months to recover a normal ‘pulse response for the same work load. He noted that it became exceedingly difficult to keep the patients in positive calcium balance and that more than twice the| normal amount: of protein in the diet was necessary to maintain normal nitrogen balance. He also found that there was a marked loss, through urinary output, of vitamin C and thiamine, so necessary to top physical wellbeing. While these startling discoveries were being made in Minnesota. Dr. Allan Whipple of the Columbia university-Presbyterian hospital medical center revealed before the New York Academy of Medicine that studies made with 1000 patients given early ambulation, that is, forced to get up and around on the first or second post-operative day, (proved such methods cut five days off the average hospitalization period. 3 oo » s POST-OPERATIVE complications were diminished about 50 per cent with this group and they went on a -regular diet on the second or third day: «In the army rair-Icrces convalescent centers the men recovering from illness or wounds were given the same speedup treatment. Their wards were changed from chambers of pain and boredom to hives of activity. Radio men who normally lost

within two weeks away from their instruments found that when loud speakers were used: to broadcast Morse code from record players they not only kept up their speed but usually increased it. » » » : WITH THE exception of Dr. Whipple's work, these experiments dealt largely with soldiers and the military scene. The war was on, and this was only natural. A man in khaki or blue whose sleeve was empty was

To Each His Own—,

Silly Songs Lo

Change Worries ‘The

By ROBERT

it into their pockets.

makes me uneasy.”

Silly tunes of the past, like “Chickery Chick,” or the “Cement Mixer,” just don't rate any longer. “Ashby de la Zooch Castle Abbey” dropped dead before it even started, while “Onsie, Twosie, I Love Yousie” never really threatened. Billboard magazine’s honor roll shows that “The Gypsy” and “To Each His Own"—two slick tearjerkers—led all the rest. “And things aren't apt tq get any better,” Mr, Brodsky said sadly. He and his partner, 8id Tepper, like to write silly songs. “The new craze will be a song called ‘How are things in Glocca Morra’” he said. “It ‘sounds like a screwballer, but isn’t. It's from the new musical ‘Finian’s Rainbow,’ and all about some guy who wants to know what gives back home in a little Irish town. “It's sad, and definitely a ballad.” Broadway Trembles

When ballads take over, Broadway has just cause to tremble, « Back before 1929, in the daffy twenties, people were singing “Diga, Diga, Do,” “I'm just Wild About Animal Crackers,” “All The Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Down in Quaker Town» or “Who Played Poker With Pocahontas?” “It was pretty dumb,” Mr, Brodsky admitted, “but they were Rappy.” After 1929, the public turned to pieces like “Stardust,” “I'm In The Mood For Love,” or “For Sentimental Reasons.” “They were ballads, and most of ‘em were sad,” Mr. Brodsky pointed ovt: “So look what happened?” ~ Mr. Brodsky and Mr. Tepper just completed a tune, to be recorded

to requests whenever possible is sure to push ahead of those who don't,

tomorrow by Louis Prima, called ."Basiagaloop."

their ‘sending and receiving speed’

As ‘Tear Jerkers' Top List

Same Thing Happened Before 1929 Crash

© "United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 10—Sentimental ballads topped American song titles during 1946, and now Broadway is worried. Superstitious gents ‘are taking a fgst dollar these days and sewing

“And trouble’ll come,” warned song-writer Roy Brodsky, shivering slightly. “When these slow, sad tunes get the public's big eye it always

Silly “Tunes Out “\

By ALLAN KELLER, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 10~It wasn't particularly hazardous duty for the conscientious objectors at the University of Minnesota school of medicine. . While other men, with different convictions, crawled through the muck and mire of battle, they stayed in bed, day after day, eating clean, nourishing food, far from any threat of death. Yet, in ‘their way, they

some to tug at the heart.

last war there were 17,000 amputations in the army. This was a partial payment on victory’s account. Yet during those same four years there were 120000 majér' amputations from disease or accidents in our civilian population. By and large we wept over the former. brushed off the latter,

” ” » THE AMPUTEE is a dramatic casualty but’ he is in a minority in the total of our incapacitated civilians. Eight million men who should be earning. money are not doing so. With women, children and aged the, fotal number of Americans who today are partially or completely .disabled physically or mentally grows 10.23 million: ‘Based upon the aires in the air forces convalescent centers, it is possible to diagram, fairly accurately, the needs of a typical community rehabilitation center. » » ~ THE PATIENT traffic flow originates from civilian hospitals, labor groups, industry, insurance firms, social and governmental organizations, the home and doctors’ offices. The patients will first be evaluated medically, vocationally and by psycho-social standards. On the basis of these findings the patient will have a program of physical and occupational therapy, physical retaining, psycho-social

special educational projects, voca-

tation research. “There will be a dormitory for the 25 per cent who cannot travel, There will be no need for the ex-.

hospitals, such as X-ray machines, operating theaters and the Since the patienfs are riot i ina medical sense or are not critically ill there will be a much smaller nursing sag.

A PATIENT long to use artificial arms can help care for the man in the wheel chair. Most will be able to work part time in the kitchens, the mess halls, dormitory or work shops; By working they speed their own recovery. Depending upon the ‘extent of the injury and incapacity, the patient will finally leave the center and do one of four things: return te full employment, enter selective for which he has been tted &f ‘the center, go into a sheltered warkshop, or to a homebound program. Only 3 per cent of the Sisabled

to wonder at, something During the first four years of the

readjustment and will benefit from. * tional guidance tests and rehabili-

pensive equipment found in medical

. BARUCH COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL MEDICINE

y Si

DESIGN FOR REHABILITATION—This diagram pictures the operations. of a community rehabilitation service and center, as recommended by the Baruch Come: mittee on Physical Medicine, from the source of the patients, at uppeE left, fo their be

final status, at lower right.

DR. HOWARD A: RUSK, chairman of the subcommittee on civilian rehabilitation centers of the Baruch committee, and guiding figure in this great effort to better the lives of millions of the nation’s population, states categorically that the system has paid off in the few places it has been tried. The most startling figures in support of hi§ thesis come from the federal office of vocational rehabilitation. :

are beyond help. §

se Favor

Great White Way,’

RICHARDS

“The title's dizzy but the words make sense,” Mr. Brodsky said. It's about a little Italian guy, named Baciagaloop, who makes love on .a stoop.” Yes, the daffy ditties are definitely jinxed. “For instance, we looked on the map and found a, town in England called Abergavanny,” Mr. Brodsky said, “We decided to do a tune around fit.” “And we did,” added Sid Tepper. “We called it Aber-Gav-Anee. We finished it and called in the British band leader, Geraldo.” After humming it for him, they asked: “Well, how will England like it?” “Pine,” Geraldo said. “There's only one thing wrong, ‘You pronounce it Aber-Gav-Anee. At home they call it Aberga-Van-Nee. They won't know what you're talking about.” “We had to change the name to Blackpool,” Mr. Brodsky said, “and start all over.” You see what they mean about trouble?

ORLEANS MAN INJURED Times State Service BEDFORD, Ind, Jan. 10.—-John C. Gooding, 56, Orleans, was treated at Dunn Memorial hospital here for. lacerations, received when his automobile skidded on an icy pavement and plunged over an embankment on road 37, south of the city,

BYRD SAILS TODAY : BALBOA, nal Zone, Jan. 10 (U, P).—Rear Adm. Richard’ E. Byrd was scheduled to sail today for the southern polar feglons

8. employment service.

In 1944 this agency trained 43,997 persons, of whom 10,000 never be-

. Council to Hear

Safety Supervisor

Walter W. Bryant, Chicago, district. supervisor of safety engineering, Markel Service, Inc. will address

the fleet division |

of the Indianapo- i lis Safety Council at-a 6:30 p. m. dinner meeting Wednesday in th Lincoln hotel. j A specialist in : highway transpor

safety for the past ten years, Mr. Bryant formerly was Virginia state director for the U.

Mr, Bryant

PF. Elbert Glass, chairman of the fleet division, will preside.

fore had been gainfully erployed and of whom more than 90 per cent were not employed at the start of their rehabilitation. The average annual wage of the trainees prior to the project was $148. After rehabilitation the earnings rose to $1768 and the total wearnings rose from S050 to $77,786,696.

PRIOR 10 thelr yy the majority relied on general public sassistance for themselves and their families. The total cost of their re-

% By NEA Servi ice

REGINA, Saskatchewan, Jan. 10.—|mum . $30.00 per family). 8 Hospitalizatior? = costs become a|income from this La) worry of the past this year for the|to cover all costs, the provinée 900,000 pegple in this sprawling/make up the difference. & *

Canadian province. ab Every man, woman or child in Saskatchewan needing hospital care can be admitted to a hospital simply on recommendation of a doctor -and may stay as long as medically required. All costs (except for the added expense of a private room and the physician's or surgeon's own fee) is paid by the government. Cost to the citizens of the prov-

SILLY NOTIONS

By Palumbo

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province six months or longer, as of Jan, 1, is eligible under the