Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1947 — Page 21
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Like Father, Like Son-Campai Nothing New To Dailey Family
Father of George S. Once Ran for Governor Of State but Lost in Hoover Landslide
By KENNETH HUFFORD HIS THREE CHILDREN see very little of George S. Dailey these days. : The fisherman they know their father to be has no time to teach them the finer points of casting, a paternal duty he enjoys under normal conditions. But home life is not normal when a man runs for public ‘office. The gray-haired, 43-year-old attorney looks tense
life when he begins to feel confined, frustrated and dissatisfied. That's the time when the bathroom walls have the wrong acoustic qualities. That's the time when each soap bubble is a spotlight—on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera house. That's also the time when an “artist” feels obliged to give his voice to the world instead of his family and the neighborhood. 2% Bravo—BRAVO, . But, alas, all bathroom tonsilosos—heed my words ‘ime, dear heart, when I say the road to fame via the voice route is Jong. At least it is the way Charles Hedley, chair- =¥; man of the voice facility at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, explained it after my audition. I was nervous when I entered the audition room. : 7 3 The scowling countenance of Richard Wagner on the ~——] wall did nothing to improve my condition. On another wall hung a picture of sad faced Franz Liszt. In the centér of the room stood a black grand piano which did nothing to an occasion I had planned to be one of great rejoicing and acclaim.” The feeling of a great “discovery” was fading fast.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947
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Seated at Piano . =
MR. HEDLEY, a very busy man, seated himself at the piano. He limbered up his fingers by running them up and down the keyboard. \ “What do you sing?” Mr. Hedley asked. puzzled. “What do you mean?” “What do you sing—what do you sing—bass, tenor, baritone?” Since I've never been classified I just cut loose with the first lige of the aria—"Mama’s little baby loves short'nin’—short'nin'—-mamma’s little baby loves
AW—NUTS|—There's just too much music |
on the road to singing fame. . I was °
piano. even went sideways a couple of times, “Amazing,” Mr, Hedley told me. “It's amazing the range you have—from low E to top F.” and admits he has had an “Is that good?” average of only five hours “Yes, the range is good. And taking into consid- sleep a night the last month: eration that you can't read a note of music, ever/ The Daily family faced this same
health department checking of dishwashing methods especially has been weak. “You can’t tell me the health de~
min'—." had any voice training, in fact, don't know a thing| ny basso cantante, I think,” Mr Hedley re- About music—the range is darn good.” sayin, 19. years ago. Av that PRrUenY pan i oe SH marked : , : “What do you suggest I do with my voice?” Ex- time, George's father, Frank, fought | Men% e officials wan .
. It’s simply another example of ‘the his way to the Democratic nomina- | ;.u covernment not funcioning,” tion as governor of Indiana. The|Mr. Dailey believes. former U, 8S. district attorney—now de Tae 76 but still a law partner with his| AND, we definiely are not getting the maximum benefits from our tax - — he candidate-son went down in t dollar, he has decided. He wants a
citement was rampant.
Highly Competitive Field “THAT'S A HARD question. You must realize that music is a highly competitive field. I don’t want to sound discouraging,” continued Mr, Hedley, looking |
Sounded pretty good whatever it was. being a basso cantante just like that. “Now, take a deep breath and fill your diaphram stomach to you®-with air. When 1 give you the musical note“you sing out. Sing out as if you want the whole neighborhood to hear, I sucked in all
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the air I could hold and let loose. As I wavered, trying to hit the note Mr. Hedley was pounding by this time, I saw the expression on his face change from deadpan to one of extreme pain. He waved me down. “You're a monotnme The pronouneemaems was shocking and I protested
vigorously. “What Be were you hitting?” “A flat.” Mr. Hedley rubbed his- chin for a moment. “Bellowing may not be the right word.
Maybe we should try something more delicate.” I was confused. He asked me to sing out for the entire neighborhood and I did. “Is there anything wrong with my volume?” I ksked the voice teacher. “No—you have all kinds of volume, but unfortunately or fortunately as the case may be, there's more to singing than just volume.” I knew that. “I'm going to go up and down the scale. Sing out And try to follow me,” directed Mr. Hedley, For a full five minutes I followed the notes of the
at the floor, “but if you were serious about singing you'd have to learn to play the piano. Then time and|
Hoover landslide. = » »
MR. DAILEY tears into issues of
serious study would have to follow. You would have the mayoralty campaign, hoping to {win the Democratic nomination.
to concentrate on memorization, sight reading, showmanship, languages and most of all your voice.”
“If we had the right kind of a
“Okay—okay, but how long would all this take?” | safety board, the integrity of our
I asked. “Oh, you're getting some place.” | TWENTY YEARS, That's too long. “Would I be sure of anything in 20 years?”
“You could be sure of being heard on the Circle if {the police department,
vou stood next to the window here and did what you just did,” was his answer, |
policemen would be above reproach,”
in 20 years you should begin to feel that he declares.
What would he-do, if he were mayor? He would find the best man in from the viewpoint of ability and honesty, and let him serve as chief without
The idea of practicing 20 years so T could stand |interference. in the 1200 block on N. Delaware st. and be sure to be| Mr. Dailey, feels there have been
heard on the Circle doesn't appeal to me. Where's my soap and towel? “Mama's little baby loves short'nin’—short'nin’.”
Money Business
| secure,” he points out.
{too many politicians with a finger in operations of the department. ” ” s “NO WONDER the men feel in“They don’t
| know which way to turn, listening
By Frederick C. Othman
[to so many persons. morale has become low and shake-
As a result,
| downs extensiye,
WASHINGTON, April 24. — Room 312 of the Senate Office building was jammed with law makers, fiscal experts, reporters and photographers, all staring at Secretary of Treasury John Snyder. The freshly-shaven Mr. Snyder was holding his own pretty well against the Republicans, who couldn't understand why he insisted on using all the government’s surplus money to pay off the public debt. Why, they demanded, couldn't some of it be used to cut income taxes? The voice of Chairman Eugene Millikin rumbled Jow like the thunder behind one of his Colorado mountains. Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio and Senator Owen Brewster of Maine kept insisting that the government was taking too much money away from its people. The mild-faced Mr. Snyder retorted again and again that if the government had any spare money it should pay its debts. That's one way, he cried, to prevent inflation. Senator Tom Connally took his cigar from his lips. The gentleman from Texas waited to give the secretary of treasury an assist.
Somebody Gets It
SENATOR CONNALLY said a dollar was one Bimoleon, a piece of lettuce, or one buck, no matter what. He couldn't understand what all the Republican shooting was about. “If you pay off the debt” goes to somebody, doesn't it? crease purchasing power?”
he said, “the money And doesn’t that in-
Secretary Snyder's mouth opened soundlessly. Visibly, he winced. He gripped tightly the arms of his chair, Senator Taft of the red necktie grinned until his teeth glistened nearly as brightly as the crystal candelabra. «“Aha,” he cried. “If that's the case, then debt reduction is just as inflationary as tax reduction. Now Mr. Secretary, let me get this straight. Did you answer Senator Connally's question ‘yes,’ or ‘no?’ ”
No Answer Given
POOR ‘MR. SNYDER. He looked at the senator | Mr. Dailey asserted.
“I believe the present chief could stop some of this by asking business places to report to him personally. Of course, business men would have to be assured beyond a doubt that they would receive co-operation and protection against reprisals.” Ash, trash and garbage collections are inefficient, but they could be improved with proper supervision, the attorney feels. ” ” » . “EACH COLLECTOR should have three chances before being fired,” “Then, there
from Texas. Then he averted his eyes and he said: | should be no hesitancy to replace
“I did not answer it at all.
The senator from [ him. If the canvas sides to garbage
Texas has made a statement that doesn’t require a wagons were used more extensively,
reply.” All the treasury’s hot-shots laughed. The Republicans laughed. Everybody laughed except Senator Connaliy and me. that the hair fringing his neck looked whiter than | ever. He clamped his cigar between his teeth and he ! said not one more word. I'm on his side. I don't understand all this money | business about disappearing billions either. Mr. Snyder, the Republicans, the experts, every-! body (but Senator Connally and me) agrees that a! billion dollars paid on the public debt is a billion dolars of bank credit taken out of circulation. They have got to prove this to Senator Connally and citizen Othman. Everybody's out of step but us.
‘Prince’ on Floor
He flushed such a deep red |places needs attention.
a lot of the odor and unsightliness would be overcome.” He believes inspection of eating He says
Fifth of Berlin's Children Underfed
Times Foreign Service
BERLIN, April 24—Some idea of
| Berlin’s difficulties may be gained
[tary school in Wedding,
from a careful check made by doctors of 275 students in an elemenin the
By Erskine Johnson city's French sector of occupation.
HOLLYWOOD, April 24—After all that publicity and two weeks’ work as an actor at $1000 a week, the boniface of Beverly Hills, “Prince” Mike Romanoff, has been cut out of Barbara Stanwyck's new movie, “The Other Love.” Someone asked Mike if he would sue Enterprise studio. Said Mike, “No, I'm not going to sue. But they won't get reservations anymore at Romanoff’s restaurant.” Barbara and Bob Taylor, incidentally, are still rather amazed over the blase attitude of the French people toward Hollywood film stars. After a luncheon welcoming them back to Hollywood from their Ruropean trip, Barbara told me that she and Boh went walking in: Paris one day. A French couple passed them. The man said, “Isn't that Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor?” The woman replied, “Yes. 1 wonder what they're doing in’ Paris.” Their faces were expressionless, they didn't miss a step, they didn't give Barbara or Bob a second look. It was strangely different from London, where they were mobbed everywhere they went.
Lonesome Leo ” i
LEO DUROCHER went to Lone Pine, Cal, on the “Tycoon” location with Laraine Day. But because of the California divorce law it was Lonely Leo in a Lone Pine auto court. whether Leo will play the role of himself or anybody in Eddie Bracken's baseball movie, “50 Smith.” Robert Cummings will sign up as a Lockheed employee for a day's work. The day's “work” will be flying a jet plane, his pet ambition ever since the
It's doubtful now
jets were invented. get behind the controls of one. England has retitled the Warner film, “Two Guys From Milwaukee,” to “Royal Flush.” On the theory,
says the studio, that Britishers never heard of Mil-| healtiy authorities on suspicion. of | You mean they never heard of Milwaukee! ' tuberculosis
waukee, beer? Janis Paige describes “Cheyenne” as being abou
the period in the old West when none of the girls ment, and 25 were suffering from |
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It was the only way he could) dernourishment,
Doctors found that 51, almost one-fifth, were suffering from unand that were critically affected. Eighteen were turned over to
infections;
were shy and all was not well with Wells Fargo. Pies,
Back to pre-war normalcy note: Give-aways are coming back to film theaters.
to get Clark Gable plus automobiles, dishes, groceries, | clothes; {sheets or other changeable linen;
and bubble gum.
Hip Resistance
HOLLYWOOD reconnaissance: Two fellows got | $25 a day for a week for ‘dropping apple blossoms on| Ty Power and Jean Peters during a clinch sequence for “Captain From Castile.” The 20th Century-Fox wardrobe department says ‘It will “resist” the current Paris craze for padded hips.
‘a stenographer told Wilkie Mahoney: tough to type with your fingers crossed.” Sight of the week: Gene Kelly in that curlv| black wig and mustache for his role in “The Pirate.”
" He looks like John Gilbert.
That spot near Monterey, Cal, where Greer Garson almost drowned last year is now marked with a sign reading: “Greer Garson Slipped Here.”
We, the Women
By Ruth Millett
IT'S WOMEN like Mrs. Walter Pearson of Liberty, Mo., who make life tough for other women. Mrs. Pearson is the young woman who recently had her picture in the papers after she had given birth to twins in a singularly nonchalant manner. Not only did she skip the formality of calling in a doctor, but when her husband came home -two hours after the twins’ arrival, he found his wife sitting on the davenport peeling potatoes. The newest members of the family were lying beside her.
Hard to Boast
80 LONG as that story Is remembered, it 1s going to be a~bit hard for a woman to make much of a story out of her “ordeal.”
It’s going to be especially hard on the mothers]
who have been holding their bridge table audiences spell-bound telling about how their doctors made them get out of bed the very next day.
Put to Shame
IT'S. THESE “super women” who always make it hard for the average woman to find anything to brag about,
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They can 200 quarts of vegetables, while the aver- |
age woman feels good about a few glasses of jelly. { . They can turn their husbands’ old suits into fash-
ionable suits for themselves. No matter how good a woman thinks she is, there’ s always a ‘super woman" to put her to shame.
Name Hoosier Jurist on War Trial Court
p3d st., has been appointed to the |
Judge Frank N. Richman, 524 E.|rich Flick, German industrialist. The Hoosier jurist became an |Richman military tribunal 4 at the Nuern- Indiana supreme court, judge in 1041
when he went to Germany. Judge Iso taught at Indiana university ‘school of law, Indianapolis division, shortly before accept
You'fl soon be able! brush; 44 had no change of under
17 slept in beds without 104 had inadequate shoes, while 21 had no shoes at all. Seventeen of the group ate no hot | meals other than those served | through the school.
lis Times and The Chicago Daily News, In
Cobb's
trained budget director. Smoke control methods might well follow the example of several railroads, which have shown the problem can. be overcome, is another opinion he holds. “We have the law and the agency for overcoming the smoke nuisance here,” Mr. Dailey asserted. “It's just another problem of enforcement. “We can have efficiency in the city administration, if a mayor has nerve and a free hand to make appointments. Today, a man who wants to do a good job has a hard time getting by his political organization. “Top leadership of political paries often is no good.” Mr. Dailey lapsed for a moment into his philosophy ‘of government, 5 » » RETURNING TO the condition of the city's streets and alleys, the attorney wrinkled his forehead. “I believe our alleys have been cleaned only once during this administration, a deplorable condition. And, it looks like nearly all our streets need repairing and replacing.” He feels that more thoroughfares leading through the city would be of help in speeding traffic. He agrees in any merit system “consistent with our government.” Mr. Dailey does not feel we can change to Shine all patronage. » »
port the merit system, to take candidates off . the spot. Constantly changing administrations make it difficult to inaugurate a merit system.” He called attention to the police merit system, which he believes has not been followed.
The Heart of America—
Humorist’s Last Note
a sort of shrine, » ” PICTURE Siar of it have
just been placed on sale. You also {can buy Cobb novelties—bookmarks with his picture on them, for instance. Fred G. Neuman, columnist
for the Sun-Democrat, Cobb's Boswell, says 50,000 people a year visit
'Carnival—By pick Turner
With drastic cuts still going on at major studios, |
Of Love and Gratitude for His Friends
By ELDON ROARK Scripps-Howard Staff Writer PADUCAH, Ky., April 24.—This is the home town of two great fellows—Chief Paduke and Irvin S. Cobb. Chief Paguke, for whom the. city was named, was the head man of eight a tribe of Chickasaw Indians. He beat Cobb here and got off to a running start at capturing honors as a favorite son. But after Irvin S. arrived and got up a full head ‘of steam, poor old Chief Paduke never had a chance,|——————— —- They have a statue of Paduke | 10 were here, but neither the local people} ...owucie grave. ¢ found to require orthopedic treat- nor tourists give it much &tten. tion. But the Irvin 8. Cobb dog- hotel. (wood tree and granite boulder in| jar 5 named for him,
Fifty-two did not own a tooth- | Oak Grove cemetery have become gn4 a dahlia grown here.
{pass on, please see to the immedi-
NO FISHING—George S. Dailey, candidate for the Democratic mayoralty nomi- : nation, has been so busy campaigning that his children have lost a fishing pal. :
A lot of outlying sections should be annexed, he thinks. But, there are some places where it wouldn't
“THE NEWSPAPERS should sup-|pay to consolidate the territory.
He agrees that some trafic plan will have to be outlined for the future, if the city’s traffic is to be moved swiftly. A number of bottlenecks will have to be eliminated, he|%
MR. DAILEY denied that any support for him is coming from ele-
ments that would benefit from lax
enforcement. But, he is frank enough to admit that “almost any candidate is open to possible embarrassment through the zealous
feels, and will demand the closest acts of his supporters.”
SY.
Also Full
the cemetery to see the famous
I am stopping at the Irvin Cobb The bridge across the Ohio also a cigar A tow- | boat is the Irvin 8. Cobb, and so is one of the Illinois Central's passenger trains that runs through here. These honors all came while Mr. Cobb was alive and could enjoy them. He accepted them with gratitude and modesty. As he stood looking at the towboat named for him, he said to Fred Neuman: “I appreciate all this, but you know a man isn't, really famous till he has some disease named for him— like Bright's disease, for instance,” ”n » » MR. COBB knew he ws adying several months before the end came. In December, 1943, Mr. Neu. man received an airmail letter from him, written in New York. It said:
“Dear Fred: If, as. and when I
ate publication of the accompanying manuscript. Meanwhile, I'm asking that the envelope containing it shall be kept with the seal unbroken, in a safe or safety deposit box in the custody of the SunDemocrat management, All this is strictly between ourselves. . . . I|¢ know I can count en you and the Paztons (publishers) to carry out! my wishes. This copy is-to be published as written or not at all” »
» » ~ ON MARCH 10, 1944, Mr. Cobb died in New York, and the sealed farewell manuscript was brought out of the safe. It was opened by
|B. J. Paxton Sr. publisher of the |S
Sun-Demaocrat, a Catholic; Joe LaGore, manager editor, 8 member of the Christian church, and Mr. Neuman, a Baptist. The document shocked all three, for in it Cobb let fly some caustic
“Certainly, this kind of support
Farewell Letter to Citizens Of Paducah, Ky., Was a Bombshell
our forebears from our® remote pagan ancestors.”
= 2 = HE ASKED that no one he permitted to look upon his face in death, that his body be cremated and the ashes used to fertilize a dogwood tree at a short and snappy service.
Mr. Paxton was stunned when he {finished reading it. Padueah is a city of churches and deeply religious people. “What shall we do?” he asked. “I would prefer. to omit portions of the manuscript,” Fred said, “but we must do as he re-
written.” The publisher and the managing editor egreed. The paper that afternoon was a bombshell, as Mr. Cobb probably intended it should be. In the farewell letter he made this confession: ‘One advantage of dying is that ite affords a fellow opportunity to say a lot of things that have been curdling in his system all these years, Frankly, I'm enJoying myself.” » » ” BUT THE farewell was not
caustic and unorthodox in its entirety. It also was full of good humor, love and gratitude. Now most people recognize it as a great human-interest document— and typically Cobb. It was type-|
written, and then ‘edited by the | humorist with a pen. The last
line, as types, read: “You've been mighty good to me
and I appreciate it. Much obliged, everybody, and bless you.” In editing it Cobb ran a line through “everybady” and wrote ‘you-all.”
General Foods Head
Foresees Competition NEW YORK, April 4 (U. P).~ Clarence Francis, chairman of General Foods ' Corp, predicts that
por passed’ their peak.” He, told
quested. We must print it as
“food prices generally have reached
would not receive my approval” Te added.
A resident of Indianapolis n years, he knows the city and the personality of its people, loves the feel of “being home.” He lives at 5303 N. Pennsylvania st. A graduate of Indiana univers sity, where he was a Beta Theta Pl, he is a member of all Masonic bodies and a Presbyterian.
Some Busses Go On Daylight Time
The following transportation lines will operate bus schedules on cene tral ‘daylight savings time effective Sunday at 2 a. m. Central Swallow Coach Lines, Ine, operating between, . Indianapolis, Greenfield, Knightstown and New Castle. Transit Service Co. operating be= tween Indianapolis, Franklin and Camp Atterbury. Suburban Lines, Inc. operating between Indianapolis, Greenwood, Franklin, Columbus and Seymour, New Augusta and Zionsville. Indianapolis Transit, Inc., opere ating between Indianapolis, - Ben |Davis, Weir Cook airport, Bridgee [port and Plainfield.
State Health Official Praises Public Nurses
Dr. L. E. Burney, state health commissioner, today paid tribute to public health nurses as the nation observed a week dedicated to their services. “For 70 years public health nurses have been leading communities in planning for better health,” he said, “Public health nurses may claim their share of credit for the tremendous strides we have made during the past several decades in controlling many causes of death, particularly among mothers, infants and children.”
‘New York Central Train Schedules Change
| New York Central system today ‘announced schedule changes which ' will become effective Sunday. The Southwestern limited will leave here for New York and Boston at 1:45 p. m. (CST) on a schedule which will be 55 minutes faster than formerly. The Knickerbocker will leave a 5:20 p. m. (CST) to New York on a 35 minute faster schedule. Yok The Missourian will . leave for New York at 10:50 p. m. (OST) om a schedule 30 minutes faster. in