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A CARDIOGRAPH plus a pneumograph, plus a galvanometer equals one polygraph (lie detector). “Hook them up, chief. I'm full of little white Hes, great big fibs and ready to beat the whole she-bang,” I told Robert F. Borkenstein, chief tecnician for the Indiana state police, : * : ;

A quiet and reserved man, Mr, Borkenstein just

, looked at me for a few seconds and said, “Sit down.”

His composure and appdafent disregard for my enthusiasm to beat the lle detector” on its home grounds, almost unnerved me, Not quite. T felt In great shape to tell a few without getting hot around the ears, shifting my eyes or stammering. Besides, 1 wanted to know how the infernal machine operated.

A Messy Gadget

THE CARDIOGRAPH went on my arm first, It °

looks, feels and works like a blpod pressure gadget. The pneumograph attachment, a round rubber tube with a spring inside, was fastened around my chest. The cycle galvanometer attachments, two copper electrodes, are a bit messy to attach. Mr, Borkenstein squeezed a small batch of zinc gxide ointment.on the second fingers of both hands and taped the electrodes tightly into place. : I waited with apprehension for him to turn the

electric current on, I braced myself for the shock.

“Before we start I better explain to you about the He detector and exactly what we use it for at headquarters,” Mr. Borkenstein said. What he told me certainly was news. Lie detection fs not an exact science, Findings are not admitted in courts of law as evidence and even if they were, Mr. Borkenstein said, state police would not use detector records, ; “Use of lie detector records in court would hinder use of the machine in future investigative work. And investigation is ‘what we're interested in when we give tests,” the chief technician explained. : A person cannot be forced to take lie detector tests. The Constitution guarantees a man that he doesn't have to testify against himself, but for the innocent man, or a man who commits a crime and sees the error of his way; the lie detector by virtue of its being an instrument for evaluating a person's guilt, can make the way easier for all concerned in the final disposition of a charge. Mr. Borkenstein flipped a switch, I was shocked, not by the shock, but the lack of one. I was informed that a fraction of a volt is used to operate the lie detector. , “Relax and we'll go ahead with the lie tests.” 1 was to think of a number from 1 to 10 and then say no to whatever number Mr. Borkenstein asked

Pencil Boy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The city editor assigned me many years ago to hoof over to the first press conference of David E. Lilienthal, who'd just taken over as chief of the TVA. I made an embarrassing discovery upon arrival. No pencil. A nice-looking youngster with a head of wavy hair, a sharp nose and a baggy tweed suit was hanging around in the back of the room talking to some other youths who also looked like office boys. “Son,” I sald, “I seem to have forgotten my pencil. Can you lend me one?” : “Sir,” he replied, “let me get you a new one. Il just be a minute.” He beat it out the door, rushed back with a freshly sharpened pencil and then, to my bug-eyed amazement, he walked to the front, tapped diffidently on the table and said his name was Lilienthal, David E, and did the gentlemen of the press have any questions? : Nobody thought then to ask him if he, was a Communist. : The years passed and the dams grew. Mr. Lilien~ thal's battles with Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee became history, I lost Mr. Lilienthal's pencil and though I read about him once in a while, 1 never saw him again until yesterday.

Nose Is the Same

THE WAVY HAIR was no more; he was bald as a frosted bulb and only slightly pinker. The loose tweeds were gone; now he was wearing a well-tailored suit’ of blue-gray flannel. Only his nose was the same. It was sharp as ever. Day long he sat in’ the front row, as he'd sat for nearly two weeks, while a senate committee pondered his qualifications as chairman of the atomic

THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH—Robert F. Borkenstein readles his pet—the lie detector. me. The first three numbers he asked me I told the truth, they weren't the one I had in mind.

Shame on Me, | Lied

THE FOURTH was eight and the one I had picked. I lled. Finally we had all the numbers eliminated. Mr. Borkenstein studied the needle readings for a moment. All I saw was a bunch of red; wavy lines. . “Tell the truth now—was it eight?” “Yes. Try asking me some other questions. Something I can lie about good,” I pleaded.

smoked and finally a good question: “Where were you between the hours of 6 and 12 on the night of Jan, 31st?” “I was home in bed reading a magazine and listening to the radio,” I answered. The cycle galvanometer jumped off the pneumograph and cardiograph needles were scratc ing long arcs and Mr. Borkenstein turned the switch off. “You lied,” he told me. ' “I know,” I told him. “Still think you can beat the polygraph?” he asked turning the switch back on. : “No.” The machine was calm, “Step down.”

By Frederick C. Othman

energy commission. The committeemen, including

Chairman Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa, Tom Con- for nally of Texas, Arthur Vandenburg of Michigen, and wishing to consult him come from tact,” he deplored.

others who wandered in and out, didn’t say much. 1 7

McKellar Pounds Away

THEY LEFT the talking to Senator McKellar, who | insisted that my pencil boy was a Communist hence no fit fellow to be in charge of the most dangerous weapon inthe - world. Mr. - Lilienthal -haddenied this and, in fact, had made the statement a few days ago on his idea of Americanism, which would | seem to be a small classic of its kind. This didn't bother Mr. McKellar. ‘He kept pounding away. For hours he questioned a small citizen, name of | James L. Smith, who claimed he was fired as chief file clerk of the TVA bécause he was against Com-' munism, Communists, and their newspaper, the Daily Worker, which he said they sneaked into the office, hidden inside copies of the Knoxville News-Sentinel. ! The shaggy-haired Senator McKellar asked him if he'd evep, heard Mr. Lilienthal objecting to Com-| mufism. YMr. Smith said he had not. Mr. Lilienthal was on the verge of smiling, but thought better of it. Senator McKellar's next witness was a Birmingham, Ala. cop, who had photostated some aiysieriovs| and missing letters he had captured in a raid on| Communist headquarters in Alabama. He recounted the circumstances in detail. Senator McKellar asked him if he believed it wise to appoint to the atomic!

American. “No sir. I do not,” solemnly replied Police Lt.| Ollie F. Osborne. This time Mr. Lilienthal did smile. ! He almost laughed out loud. Senator McKellar was: not amused. .

Hollywood Confusion

? | By Erskine Johnson

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 13.—Do you know how a gal gets a Swedish accent in Hollywood? The studio hires the same voice teacher who shows Ingrid Bergman how NOT to speak with a

Swedish accent. Which gives you a rough idea of why Hollywood

is such a confusing place. Loretta Young is the lady who acquires the Swed{sh accent, plus braided blond hair that goes with it, in her new movie, “The Farmer's Daughter.” And the lady who gave her the accent is vocal coach Ruth Roberts, who always sits on the set when Ingrid fs acting, coaching her on how to avoid a Swedish accent. Loretta and husband Tom Lewis, the radio hucksters, just bought the Constance Bennett house, formerly rented by Clifton Webb, who was evicted to make room for ‘Loretta, Tom, their 11-year-old adopted daughter and their two baby sons, Chris, 21, and Peter, 18 months. “Clifton,” Loretta said, “tried to talk us out of buying the place by pointing out a lot of bad features. Like the bathroom—where Tom has to sort of lean to see himself in the mirror while shaving.” But Tom. didn’t mind leaning. He whispered to Loretta: “TU. lean. as Clifton.”

‘Peacocks on Wallpaper ;

IT’S A big place. “We needed seven bedrooms,” Loretta said. But she wouldn't tell us just how many rooms there are. “It's indecent,” she said.

It won't bother me. I'm not as old

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We, the Women

"GIRLS WHO want husbands are advised b Dr.

Paul Popenoce, director of the American Institute of Family Relations at Los Angeles, that the happiest

hunting-grounds are Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona, Montana, California, Michigan, Idaho and Washington.

But before you go west, young woman, you might consider the advice of an older man who is NOT a marriage expert, but who hasslived long enough to watch a number. of smart, attractive girls become “old maids.” : i .

look for Too Much

SAYS HE: “The trouble with these girls is—they want too much in a husband. They look at an at-

tractive married man and say, ‘I'd get married if I

could find a man who had all of his good points.’

Before moving in, Loretta spent nine months redecorating. “It was too much like Connie. There were great big, blue peacocks on the wallpaper in the reception hall. It “was a wonderful background for Connie, but not for me and my three children.”

Loretta has another movie coming up, “The Per- |

fect Marriage.” It's about little things that married people fight over. One night Loretta took her husband to see it. The constant bickering of Loretta and her film husband, David Niven, sent Tom into hysterical laughter.

Personal Triumph for Victor Moore

FINALLY he leaned over and whispered to her: “Loretta, you've been holding out on me.” “Why?” she whispered pack. “Because,” he said, “you're not only in the picture —you WROTE it.” Comedienne Joan Davis gets the glamour treatment opposite Eddie Cantor in “If You Knew Susie.” Eighteen changes of wardrobe and no comedy falls. Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth have those passport photos for their trip to Europe next month. (Rita looks good even in a passport photo.) Director Roy Del Ruth has one of the best comedies of the new year in “It Happened on 5th Avenue.” It's a personal triumph for Victor Moore. Jimmy Savo, the comedian who recently had a leg amputated, has lost none of his spirit. In a letter to a Hollywood pal, he wrote: “I'm spending all my time with the squirrels in Centra] park—getting new material for my act.” In “The Unfaithful,” a wolf makes a pass at Ann Sheridan at a party, and she gives him the brush. 8a; . the wolf: “Yes, 1 know you're a .good girl, but you don't have to be a fanatic about it.”

: By Ruth Millet

. “What they don't consider is the fact that mar-

riage to the right woman improves a man.

of All

riage problems.

‘SECOND SECTION,

Jindianapolis Churct

Publish - Directory on Tia

Marriage Counseling

By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor

ALTHOUGH 17000 DIVORCES were granted in In'dianapolis last year and delinquency cases rose proportion- | ately, local specitlists in social £ welfare are not giving up & hope for improvement. Dr. E. Burdette Backus, pastor Souls Unitarian church, gives many hours of his time to counselling individuals on marThe stories of | stormy marriages poured into his ear would fill many pages. He can tell of many others who are combatting the rising divorce rate. Among them is Dr. Lillian what kind of cigarets I Moulton, physician in private pracFle asked me mY age) is tice and assistgnt to Dr. David Boyd at Riley hospital, »

THE SOCIAL service committee |of the Indianapolis church federation and Dr. Grover L. Hartman, Fretk, he social service director of the fed- | eration are preparing a directory ot agencies which offer marriage counseling. The directory will be dis-

tributed this month.

Among agencies listed will be the Pamily Service association and Miss Ruby Little of its staff; the Jewish Family Service association; Y. M. C. A, Y. W. C. A, Butler university and Indiana Central college, all four of which give pertinent courses from ‘time to time. Maternal Health league and the . Indianapolis Social Hygiene asso-

ciation also will be mentioned,

AT THE MOMENT, discharged G. I's form the majority of those | who seek advice from the Unitarian| minister. Dr. Backus has no specific hours, Without the information that woul

Those help them to keep their home in-|

marriage counseling.

all parts of the state and take al “Young people looking forward marriage while they are still too chance of finding him “in.” Few|to marriage and to establishing immature emontionally to meet its of them belong to All Souls. Many families are enrolled have heard Dr. Backus speak on'in ‘Parent-Education’ on Monday |immaturity renders a person unable and | the radio and decided he could help nights at All Souls church,

them. He doesn't hold the

lack of adjustment.

on the road to married life.

The

“warring” |is limited to 50. Persons of all dominates the scene as the chief couples entirely to blame for their The trouble, as he sees it, goes back to their parents who failed to fortify them |For learning to live with one's | self-reliant and eager to do for with knowledge of what lies ahead children makes for a successfullothers.

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OUNCE OF PREVENTION—Dr. Lilian Moulton and

their bit to preserve Indianapolis marriages and homes by ‘serving as marriage psychiatrists, priests and Jewish rabbis all give : . such counsel. But some of the riage without any adequate under- | ministers do not consider themselves standing that the proper use of sex Well equipped for the task, Dr. is one of the greatest factors in! Backus has found. He en the way parents should meet them. cementing the tie. Sex is by no/the book, “Parents’ Manual’ by Wolf as being an invaluable source of information. NRE

counsellors.

“A BRIDE and groom thus all too| Then he explained that Dr. Moul{often come to their wedding day | ton deals with the basic emotional

d problems of children and indicates!

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» » “SOME YOUNG people enter

in classes demands,” he said. “Emotional Dr. to face reality and causes him to

| Moulton instruéts the class which run away from responsibility. Self

faiths and walks of life are wel- | object of his love.” comed. “But in maturity, the reverse is “She’s doing a constructive thing.|trye. Love is out-going, the person

{marriage,* Dr. Backus continued. | “Young people also come to mar-

'5 Kisses to Midnight'—Or New Song in 42 Minutes

Two Tin Pan Alley Writers Can’t Play Piano But Turn Out Number in Record Time

By ROBERT RICHARDS United Press Staff Correspondent St. NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Sometime during the next two months you're

ck hip a man who was not 100 per cent likely to turn on your radio and hear a song called “Five Kisses to Mid- |

night.”

It was written in Tin Pan Alley yesterday in only 42 minutes. To a guy like me, who can’t learn a tune—much less write one in 42 with the D. D. T. club on a Valen- |

minutes, it seemed a miracle.

But to writers Roy Brodsky and

Sid Tepper it was mere routine.

“It’s a trade secret,” Mr. Brodsky serious if it- were a child, an / y . not said. “We shouldn't do it, but we'll 3 tune, that was being Sand ©

show you how." Hit Parade Dream

big dreams. The hit parade . ah’. ;. the hit parade.

we gotta have a title.”

times for luck on his toes. night?’ ” he asked. utes were already gone. demanding some reaction. “Gee,” Mr Brodsky said. Minutes More.” ”

What Does It Mean?

interested.

“Pive kisses,” he said.

ry. So he's keeping score.” “And he's kinda nostalgic.

sang) I'm keeping the score Five kisses till midnight

only 7 Only 15 Minutes Gone

way. this, “Just three kisses, two kisses Say, this is fun While the clock goes tickety-tock

is done.”

been at it only 15 minutes.

“A title,” Mr. Brodsky said. “Pirst, | When they discovered it had taken |

“How about ‘Five Kisses to Mid- craftsmen, My watch said that three min-

“Five Kisses to Midnight,” Mr. | Tepper repeated, frowning at us— mer L. Nolte can call himself offi-|

“I hope they won't confuse it with ‘Five

“What does it mean? The guy's in a hur-

“Yah,” agreed Mr. Tepper, beating on the desk with both hands. Guys

in good songs are always nostalgic: “It's five kisses till midnight (he

Wish we had time for more, it's

“That's it,” Mr. Brodsky shouted. He pushed the brunette out of his| fi “Now the next one goes like

Honey, hold me tight till the day I looked at my watch. They had

“That last one’s got an internal

Teen Canteens Set Valentine Dances

Schedule Events During Week-End

Valentine's day dances are planned for most of the city’s teen canteens and teen-aged groups. | Bug A Boo Inn will co-operate

{tine dance tomorrow night at Rho- { dius center. Jive Hive will dance at Howe high . (school tomorrow night from 9 p. m, {“It'’s one kiss until midnight (he to 12:30 a. m., with Tom Mulinix wai RR iva ew oo oul his band. Christian Teeners Spell “Whaddya? he asked YOU will have a Cupid Hop at Christian center. Brookside will be the scene of the orchestra dance for Melody “We're good,” Brodsky said, as if Manor. Shag Shanty will dance at

He couldn't have heen more

Both bo wi i ys Were 3. little irked Valentine dance at First Presby-

hem a fat 42 minutes to do the terian church at 16th and Delaware

Mr. Tepper is a tiny man, - He JP: | sts. reached down and rapped three

“We could have done it faster,”| Northwestern will have a dance |Mr. Brodsky explained. “but we're at its center. Buzz Buckett will

Me and Mr, Tepper— have jlke boxing at the canteen,

we like to take our time.” - ; Aaa 2500 W. Michigan st. School 21

NOW, IT’S OFFICIAL Junior Kanteen will have a Valen- ¢ {tine party from 3:30 to 5:30 p. m.

LEWISTOWN, Pa. (U. P).—El-| Rhythm Inn will have an installation dance on Saturday night

school now. Unofficially, he's been maintenance superintendent, a graduate since 1889. The school master of ceremonies. board decided-Nolte should be given| An Infantile Paralysis Benefit the diploma he didn't get when the dance will be held Saturday night

“as

Then Mr. Brodsky, himself, got 8¥eAt June flood of 1889 halted {rom 9 p. m. to midnight at the ¥.

graduation exercises, 'w. C. A.

SILLY NOTIONS

By Palumbo

[OO LI ut

* THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1947

at! {cially a graduate of Lewistown High |the Northeast center, with Ed Lacey, |

rhyme,” Mr. Brodsky told me proudly. “Hear it? That's what Why Leave Home? root 5 Songr THE GOOD-LOOKING, charming, successful hus-| Neither man plays a piano. They band of 45 prdbably didn't cut quite such a figure at just hum and shout at each other. | 25. ‘Then the right girl married him, made him a "We're Good® good home, built up his ego, gave him some kids to ere , | spur his ambition, joined her wisdom to his, and The strain of it got Mr. Tepper | made Rin happy 524 cotiopiable haps instead of 90" He buried his nose in the, s noh-expert is. right, perhaps instead o ; going west a girl could do better by looking over ihe ayers 2 iis Sesk and fanned she prospects a home with a less critical an checked again. This time 2 min“If a-girl can't find anyone good enough for het ine were gone, . i ; her own hometown, chances are she won't find anyone 3 coming out now, ehpes , good enough for Far in a spot where the grass. is said. "I can hear it bubbling.

\ Lat Jast Verse is Jolling up’ WL : bi 7 oh wif Lay : avs a A a Ll Ag inl ik Ld :

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Dr. E. Burdette Backus do

means a purely physical matter. It is much further reaching than that; it affects every phase of the marriage relation. »” » » “THE WHOLE social atmosphere

have lessened our standards. The reasons for the breakdown are so: cial, economic and psychological. “Divorces are said to be more prevalent in cities than in rural areas. This is because more city women go out to work. They earn

~ are going to straighten it out.’ in this matter of divorces.

Backus spoke of the’ Protestant Episcopal church

struction to any join in marriage.

rector of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, was approached for an explanation of piscope toward marriage has changed. We church's attitude toward

those vows,” he In death do us part,” indicates how

“I'm like“ most Americans. T'm realist without being a pessimist.

Ses

In summing |

espec {ally

The ‘Rev. Thomas R. Thrasher,

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d and ‘Until

their own money and so acquire a!enduring they should be!”

Coffee Drinking

ment.

Workers Starts

Senate Wants fo Know How Many of 23,000 Cups Are Drunk on Government Time :

By DOROTHY WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent > J Sota os WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—What the senators want to know is what 23,000 cups of coffee add up to in man-hours of labor lost to the govern=

Senators investigating operation of 1 ; teens have found out that 23,000 cups of coffee are drunk daily by work in the war department's Pentagon building. The question is, how

government cafeterias and . .

of them are drunk on government | time?

learn all about the coffee-and-chat customs, if any, in other government departments and agencies. May Close Eateries They are considering asking the government to close eateries except meal times. bos Senator Raymond E. Baldwin (R. Conn.), chairman of a subcommittee which is looking into such matters, wants to hnd out how many man hours of work are lost by the between-memn] eating and drinking ‘habits of government workers. |. He said he would suggest that the (full senate civil service committee explore the situation. “Not that I have

anything

coffee or a soft drink” he said. “But I am against abuses of this | privilege.” >

1 Keeps Chocolate Handy | Mr. Baldwin, himself, keeps a (couple of chocolate bars. handy to nibble on instead of stepping out for coffee. Senator Ralph E. Flanders (R. Vt.), another subcommittee mem-| ber, seconded Senator Baldwin's) views. He personally, never eats

| between meals, Senator The investigators also want to said, although he used to go across

a. m. But two canteens stay op

against a rest period for a cup of|ly about 70 employees at any on of the Pentagon's bars at any given time in mid-morning and mid-afte err ; TE Sei

. a Planders

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treasury and the veterans admin. istration, authorize 10-minute

noon, Officials believe this efficiency. ; VA, however, was impelled recent. ly to send out notices against abuse of the rest privileges, Sg ——

By Science Service NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—The massive, tumbled granite boulders of Cape Ann on the Massachusetts coast have been tapped for their story by a New York. high school senior, Anne Hershey, 17, of Walton high school. She is one of 40 winners in the Sixth Annual Science Talent Search, and has reported her findings in an essay to the Washington, D. C., headquarters of Science Clubs of America. The foundation of Cape Ann, Miss Hersey states, is a solid mass of granite, seamed with trap and quartz and covered with a mantle of soil, carried in by ice age glaciers. Embedded in the soil, and exposed on its surface, are enormous numbers of boulders of all types and sizes, i \ h]

N. Y. Schoolgirl Studies Work of Glacier on Coast

so thick that there is really no

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