Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1947 — Page 9

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A YOUNG PRINCETON university student leanea forward eagerly to catch every word being spoken by an ascetic professor who later rose to become President of the U. 8. The student, George IL. Denny, was to remember Almost a half-century later what he had learned there about the science of government. He was to accept the political philosophy of Woodrow Wilson, changing it only as he learned the practical aspects of day-to-day government, This was. a- first-hand opportunity, for few boys have fathers who are elected to the office of mayor, The father, Caleb 8. Denny, was re-elected twice on a platform of good government, Small wonder that the former student began his new duties as city controller this week with definite ideas on what constitutes good government. “A policeman should be thrown off the force, if it is proved he has taken money from a law violator, even a minor offender,” is one positive opinion the slender, 68-year-old tax attorney holds. : He is not prudish, although some of his friends like to kid him about being straight-laced. He strongly opposes commercialized vice,

Eye to Eye With Tyndall

IN THIS RESPECT, he sees eye to eye with the No. 1 man in city government, Mayor Tyndall. The

‘mayor, incidentally, followed a policy that has de-

veloped during his administration, that of picking for office persons he has known a long time.

IDEALIST—George L. Denny combines lofty motives and practical knowledge in his approach to the science of government,

Mr. Denny, now the No. 2 man in the adminiatintion, holds some sort of a record along this line. He and the mayor first met in 1888, when their fathers went to a Knights of Pythias encampment and took the boys along as orderlies. : He has a lot of confidence in Mayor Tyndall. He believes the mayor has done “everything possible to enforce the law and has shown good faith in his efforts,” Moreover, the mayor “has not wasted the ‘taxpayers money, either.”

hip age, says that as far as he personally knows, organized gambling has been eliminated in the city He admits, however, that he doesn't “get around much.” A member ‘of numerous organizations, the new controller underestimates his activity. He keeps busy every hour of the day. He was chairman of the platform committee at the last Republican state convention. He qualifies for his city post by being a member of the city and state chambers of commerce, In addition, he was a member of the finance committee, when he served on the city council from 1910-14. On” the council, he ‘received his first introduction into the sordid side of public office.

“I was sickened at the graft and corruption I saw|

in the police department,” he recalled. “I was determined then that the standards of police should be raised.” He believes that they have been, too, despite present reports of graft in the department. His interest in increasing the caliber of police department appointees led to his being appointed by Mayor Tyndall to head the police and firemen’s merit commission. Mr, Denny rolled a cigaret-—a habit he has had since youth—and meditated. “You know, I feel intensely that our only défense against the present threat of communism is to make democracy work,” he declared. The cowboy cigaret looked incongruous between the fingers of this top- | noteh corporation lawyer, i

Must Be Above Suspicion

“WE MUST INSIST on honesty in public officials; more than that, we must demand: efficiency and progress. All our officials must be above suspicion.” He smiled to relieve the serious moment and emphasized that he was talking only as an individual citizen. “You government, affairs of the other city departments.” His wife, Elizabeth, says he is not without his own “vices,” though. His fishing and hunting enthusiasm | knows no bounds; he used to play golf and tennis in | younger days. He like to talk “back-fence” politics | with Dr. A. Dale Beeler, Butler university history and | government professor, who is a neighbor. A native of the city, he lives at 638 Berkley rd.; has his law office at 1311 Fletcher Trust bldg., where | a partner is Robert Adams, county welfare board president. (By Kenneth Hufford.)

know, I'm only the controller in the city

Movie Overtime

By Frederick C. Othman

WASHINGTON, April 5~For interviewing Hedy Lamarr I won't charge extra. Nor will I demand double pay for spending my time with Joan Crawford.

These are my only concessions. No other movie star, at my present wages, do I interview. When I talk to an actor from now on I get a bonus for the" ordeal or I don't lak, I mean I dant ie him talk. T°

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THE LABOR DEPARTMENT here has received the demands of that plushiest of all labor unions, the Screen Actors’ Guild. More money the members want, shorter hours and—so help me, Hannah—full pay for the valuable hours they spend allowing themselves to be interviewed by newspaper reporters. ¢ This works both ways, as I intend to prove when next I am in Hollywood. For’ five: years there an assortment of beauties bent back my ears with eulogies of themselves. They told me dbout their spiritual qualities, their charms, and their unappreciated abil-

to resume this chore at no further cost to the com-

pany. Miss Crawford also was a joy to the eye and | in addition could speak on subjects other than herself. I'll continue to talk to her at the old rate and thereby ‘demonstrate that my demands are more moderate! than the movie guild's.

themselves to reporters. Harder ‘yet is persuading

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The actors claim it is hard work talking a,

iors 1p puidahan 1 Know The one who would stop when told was Victor Mature. He'd | be disappointed, but he'd stop. ° The occupational hazards of interviewing actors are considerable. Once one of these gentlemen plied

me (and himself) on a hot afternoon with highballs “‘W hat's this?” “What's that?” “Is this for |

in silver goblets the size of quart jars. A fellow} couldn't see the Plimsoll mark. By sundown we were like brothers. When I got

to my office I couldn't remember a thing he'd said. I| couldn't even rementber his name. I wrote no story | about him. That made him sore. Next time he saw me, he tried to trip me. This was dangerous. I respectfully submit to the national labor relations board |

SECOND SECTION

DEVOTIONS — The Rev. Fr. Richard Langen leads devotions before one of 14 crosses erected in War I'm not concerned as controller with! Memorial plaza for Good Friday services vesterday.

Worshipers

Mr. Denny, who looks many years younger than |”

WORSHIPERS — Above is part of the crowd of Catholic worshipers whe gathered yesterday for the annual open air services. Many were office workers who left their desks for the devotions. Knights of Columbus sponsor the services.

A Parent Comes Home

By Barton Rees Pogue

ARE there children in that home of yours? Have you had them at your knee, | Whose inquiring minds have never heard | An umpire yell, “Strike three!”? | When you have made a shopping tour, | And come back home from town, What do they do, those inquisitors, When you lay your bundles down? -

{In every home where children are A curiosity knot { Grows bumptiously and gumptiously On the head of each little tot. LQhrere kr hvia. 000m. their. pugs arise, Big eyes of Blue wid brown, | And you have seen the raid they make, | When you lay your bundles down! me?” “Where is'the candy, mom?” a | “Where’s my-ball?” “Where's my dress?” And “Where did this come from?” The paper crackles and cackles and shouts, | The broken strings don’t frown,

ities. I took it without charging my employers an that in the future my fee must correspond to the peril.’ A hen never scratched as those youngsters

extra nickel. Once 1 watched a celebrated hero fall off of a mechanical horse and onto an innerspring mattress while he galloped across the sands of the Sahara on the process screen. Came then the interview. He spent an hour telling how his career would be ruined if I mentioned his accident in print. So I didn't

+ mention it. And I had to work overtime myself that

day finding another story. No more. If an actor is to be paid for telling me why I shouldn't write about him, then I demand an extra fee for not doing it. Fair is fair. Miss Lamarr never had much to say, but I didn't mind. I just sat there, looking at her. I am prepared

Extra for Long Kisses

THE SCREEN ACTORS make their demands on|

the producers formally on May 15, when their present contract expires. They want a 40-hour week, with overtime for both participants when" a kiss runs pas that limit, and a minimum wage of $100 a day for bit players. These whiskers who tells Gene Autry the injuns went that-a-way. These benefits I don't mind.

I just want to be paid extra whenever an actor |

punches a time clock before he starts talking about himself to me. If the mediation board ever has been to Hollywood, it will understand.

Immobile Actress

HOLLYWOOD, April 5—A movie queen whose name I shall not mention has been slipping at the box office of late, Her complaints fo the studio. is that the stories have not been right, the direction was

. bad, she was given the wrong co-star.

Yet’ the real reason movie-goers have stopped going to see*her on the screen is .so obvious. The lady has become an immobile actress. It's a

| “disease frequently contracted by feqinine s stars, Heres 5 ~ wit happens: — Ee Wit

An actress makes a ‘hit in a picture acting completely natural. The critics laud her, the public applauds her. The actress becomes conscious of the act thet she's a great star.

Becomes Stock Trick

THEN SHE notices a wrinkle on her neck when she moves her head a certain way. She remembers that and never again moves her head that way. She falls in love with a certain way of smiling.” So she smiles that way in every scene. She likes a certain gesture. The gesture becomes a stock trick. Her favorite cameraman, anxious to remain in her good graces, lights her beautifully in a eloséeup. She demands more closeups in every picture. It isn't long before she stops acting and becomes completely immobile, afraid to move her head, giving prop smiles, posing in a series of dull closeups. Peo-

cently. --But everytime I-see-ane-of- her -stitl photo=

By Erskine Johnson

ple. begin staying away from her pictures, and she wonders what has happened.

The lady we are talking about might study id

Bergman and Bette Davis. They have always acted

completely natural. Joan Crawford learned her lesson _ in two sad years off the screen.

immobile. “She came back in “Mildred Pierce” as the lady who didn't care how she looked. I haven't seen Maureen O'Hara on the screen re-

»KTADhS, she. i. wearing. that. identigal: smile._.It's a Sigh” of immobility. And immobility is fatal on the screen. »

Hollywood Ailments

MOVIETOWN DOCTORS will tell you that the|

greatest ailment in Hollywood is “option time.” Whenever they take -on a new patient in the film business, most medicos ask: “Now when is the option due on your contract?” They carefully write down the date apd treat subsequent nervous disorders. and ulcers around that time accordingly. Sam Levene won stardom in “Three Men On a Horse.” Now he's a Hollywood actor and teaches acting on the side at the Actors’ Lab. Sam is playing a role in RKO's “Crossfire.” Just before a scene, Director. Edward Dmytryk pointed out that Sam's coat didn't seem to fit properly around the neckline, Sam struggled with it for a moment, ‘then turned helplessly to the director and said: “Oh, well, we'll just have to cover it up with talent.”

We, the Women

By Ruth Millett

THE PROUD®young father, on his way to a hosVital to visit a brand-new mother, had better make two stops on the way-—one for the traditional bouquet of flowers, the other for a newly published book,

. “Doctor Has a Baby.”

It is written by a doctor's wife who tossed baby

| ‘books out the window when she brought her own

first-born ‘home from the hospital. She has seen teo. many parents “lis. down like rugs and “say, over us, baby, walk" over us; we love. every minu

Becomes a y. Nightmore.

: ' THIS BOOK had ‘to ‘be’ written. Long-haired ex- (days before the children came yers hav $heories on why. educated 3 pvt hast pretty wite fol a Sire, hadsard

Walk of three, tells young niothers they needn't let’ a baby

have one or two children and leave large families to parents less equipped financially and educationally. One reason, usually overlooked, is that educated mothers have become so tense over all the child care rules that having a baby in the home becomes a nightmare instead of a happy, natural fact.

Common Sense Attitude |. BUT THIS 38-year-old AULhOF, neréeif a. mother

put a heavy strdin on. theif, marriage.

_., Now it's up to young fathers to sell their wives| on this common sense attitude. If they do they'll

never find themselves talking wistfully of the happy

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Come home, O Risen Parent to us all, We tire of war and wrong, : ! Bring Faith and Hope and Love You bought With tree and thorn and thong; New worlds of Brotherhood will rise Upon Your Cross and Crown, | If eagerly we claim our gifts, \ , When You lay Your bundles down!

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After Wild 14-Hour Flight

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Radio Operator From South Bend Flashed SOS Announcing Trouble

April 5 (U. P.).—A B-29 pilot who flew his crew of seven here non-stop trom Alaska, after a propeller fell off in midair and smashed into a wing, explained today why he passed up an | emergency stop at Seattle. “I . knew the airplane would’ need repairs and this was the place to Leet t them," said 1st-Lt. Robert C. Johnson of Monroe, La,

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Gardening— %

‘Watch The Times For Planting Dates

By MARGUERITE SMITH SOIL CAN MAKE or ruin a successful garden. It’s that important. Practically no gardener starts out with perfect soil. But good garden management can develop ideal soil on a clay or sandy base. Good soil crumbles like coarse corn meal. Air and water can get

clay the particles are too fine and pack too tightly -so- that water doesn’t drain easily. To lighten clay, nee. and OF sifted coal ashes, as

Humus is decayed or decaying garbage, grass clippings, peat moss. It is especially needed on sandy soil that lets rain water drain too easily. During droughts there are no

little, water reservoirs (the particles |

of humus) for plant roots to get moisture. Humus acts like a sponge absorbing water when there's plenty of rain. In dry weather it lets

Miant rotos take up the moisture as they need Je

» IF YOUR APL of sand and humus is small you can get better results by concentrating it where it’s most needed. Experienced gardeners with clay soil often use coal ashes or sand in the holes they prepare for eggplant, a vegetable that insists on a light soil. Or they use compost in holes prepared for cabbage or tomato transplants. To lime or not to lime is the most controversial question in garden management. If you have any doubts about your soil's“need, the best solution is to send a soil sam- ~ |ple to the county agent's office, 902 N. Meridian st.,, where it will be analyzed. w » s MOST vegetables grow best on 'a neutral or slightly acid soil. Practical observations you can make are these. If you raised beets and spinach successfully last summer your {garden probably does not need lime l—at least not for acidity. has other functions in soil, however. If your soil has been gardened for several years with no application of lime, if it packs badly and gets hard in dry weather,

lime may improve its physical con-

dition; — The “organic gardeners,” |:

The crippled plane” landed at the Fairfield army “gif base here Tast night on three éngines after flying |for 14 hours over the Pacific ocean land rugged coastal land. The pro{peller was’ lost in rough weather near Kodiak, Alaska, five hours after the plane took off from Elmendorf field .at Anchorage, Alaska, at dawn yesterday on a routine weather reporting flight. Soosier in Crew At one point during the next nine torturous hours the plane hovered only 800 feet above the choppy ocean waves. Lt. Johnson said he and the crew at first believed that two engines). were knocked out. The: detached propeller struck the propeller of the next engine and then caromed {into the wing. | 8. Sgt. Morris C. Jacobs, South | Bend, Ind., plane's radio operator, began flashing an SOS call, announcing that two engines were out. The" pilot set his course for Seattle and then decided, however, to go on to Fairfield, a major Repair base near San Francisco.

‘Purdue's “Glee “Club Makes Four-Day Trip

Times State Service ‘LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 5.—~The Purdue university varsity glee club, composed of 58 men students and directed by Albert P. Stewart, head of -Purdue ‘musical organizations, will: make ‘a four-day t¥ip through Indiana cities next week during the spring vacation at the university. On Monday evening the glee club] will sing before District 156 of Rotary clubs at French Lick; Tuesday ‘at Evansville, Wednesday at Prinoceton and Thursday a tNew Albany. » 5 7

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table for planting, as issued by Horace Abbott} futon.

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Asparagus, rhubarb, peas, spinach, onions, lettuce; Fadishes; mustard, kale, turnips, early cabbage, small fruits, tree fruits and trees, straws berries, shrubs, hardy flowers and grass,

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July 15-August 1 Cucumbers, beans, Chinese cabbage, turnips, celery, ale, wine ;

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who believe in no chemical ferti{lizers but plenty of humus, and lime for the soil, emphasize the importance calcium lime provides growing vegetables. This in turn brings calcium into the gardener’s diet. » ” ” MANY GOOD gardeners use lime regularly every three years on their plots. One pound to 20 sq. ft. is the average rate of application.

planting dates published in The Times. Many tender plants like tomatoes and beans get nipped because they are planted too early. Many cool season crops like peas just don’t get started early enough. Many gardeners find seed treatments valuable. One type prevents damping-off, another stimulates root growth, another is a legume lea inoculant. All seeds cannot be treated; in the same way. Talk this over with your seedsman and follow package directions. : » » MM o SOIL NEEDS to be carefully raked and pulverized especially for such fine seeds as lettuce and carrots. A cord between two sticks is a great help in making straight rows and ‘a neat garden. If you

Frost 1s. Gone. for‘Weather Bureau Believes

Ground Is Generally Moist to Wet; Above Normal Temperatures Due

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People are not digging up dandelion greens as ir} past years, accords | ing to State Entomologist Frank N. Wallace, who notices these little | things as he drives about city, county and state. “It isn't that there aren’t as many. The people just don't get out and » said Mr. Wallace. Up to a few years ago you could ses hundreds of. people digging at this time of the year. They would wash

dig any more,

the leaves carefully and cook them —usually with bacon. So many people are using vitamin pills duff the winter that they don’t have the urge for greens in the spring, according to Mr, Wallace. Incidentally, the greens have literally shot up this week, The late spring has its silver lining because nothing will be caught by frost this year, weather observers agree. Right now the ground is generally moist to wet and ‘about free of frost. Above normal temperatures are in store for us the first of the

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in shallow depressions will benefit by having their roots near deep moist soil when top ol] dries out.

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covering seeds too deep. The rule of planting a seed as deep twice its width is recommended. But remember also that a seed n push its first leaves earth or die. Mainy carrots, parsley be barely covered. 10 ones as peas and beans germination if you scantily in the bottom trench, then pull more dirt them as they grow.

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