Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1947 — Page 13

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¥s that good. A am a ham, thinks so, . 1. was initiated Into the wonders of skipping the world by means of a short wave set by pne--Mr, X. Sorry, but I can't reveal his name and here's why.. ! The local radio hams, and they're ae close-knit outfit of more than 30 operators, have a trophy. 14's not an ordinary trophy. And the “esprit de corps” among the hams ends when any mention of the trophy comes up. The trophy is presented to the radio ham who inadvertently or otherwise gets into print, And fit takes very little print to merit the trophy, The present holder of the trophy wants to get rid of It in the worst way and he has the help of all former trophy holders. The man who has not had the distinction better beware. That's the story behind Mr. X, a fine gentleman,

At least this “first-nighter,” a ham

who I'd hate to see get the trophy on my account,™

Mr. X's call number will. be WOXXX. All other call numbers used in the story will be authentic because the trophy angle is a local innovation,

Calling Yokohama 1 FOUND Mr. X turning the dial on his set with great gusto. “Got something good?" “I'm trying to get a guy in Yokohama, Japan, who is calling for a quick check.” Nothing but static was coming through, Mr. X flipped a switch, a red light lit up and he began calling, “J2LPG—JILPG—JILPG in Yokobama, Japan—-this is WOXXX in Indianapolis, Indiana, calling J2LPG, JILPG, J2LPG and standing by. What do you say, old man?” Mr. X flipped the switch up, a green light went on and we waited. Nothing but static came through. One of the qualities of a radio ham is persistance. When a ham goes after someone, he usually sticks. After many, many calls Mr. X said that if he had paid attention to his “knittin” he could have had the guy in Japan. Speed is essential in getting through. The time of the evening was good for calls in the Pacific ocean area. Since J2LPG was given up as hopeless, Mr. X tried the general call, “CQ-CQ-CQ-CQ-0Q—Calling CG-CG-CG—this is WHXXX in Indianapolis, Indiana, looking over the DX portion of the band. Will you say something, someone, please?” No luck. Try, try again, The patience of 8 ham is practically limitless. As the “chief operator” twirled the dial, beamed his electrically rotated antenna to catch a CQ—CQ, I heard a voice from Canada say goodnight, a woman In Ohio talk about her chickens, a ham in the Pacific area say “Good afternoon, Harvey,” someone In Santa Monica telling how beautiful it was there in the early evening, and a man quitting with the ®all number KP4. '. “What's KP4 mean?” “He's broadcasting from Puerto Rico,” was my answer,

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By Ed Sovola

.HAMMING UP THE AIRWAVES—Trophyshy Mr. X, local amateur radio operator, beams into the night for a friendly ham,

“Say, doesn't this static and power raise cain with the wgeighborhood home radio sets?” Busy Mr. X, who was chasing WSMUL in Austin, Tex., assured me that unless a person actually hears a voice breaking in on the receiver of a home set, an amateur phone set does not interfere with commercial broadcasting. “Yes, we get blamed for a lot of the static which we're not responsible for,” Mr, X said just as WSMUL came through. By the time we were through, Paul Erlandson, a former navy man now living in Austin, was an old buddy. It's wonderful how fast that “old-friend feeling” comes while Operating a ham set.

Fish Are Biting Good

OUR LUCK was holding, but good. We had long chats with WSDMQ in North Texas, and WOOYM in Moorhead, Minn. Stanley Schillerstrom in Moorhead told us he shovelled a foot of snow off his walk on Easter Sunday. The “chief” of W5DMQ, Bond Whitsett of North Texas, told us how. wonderful the fish were biting in Red river. I had a chance to operate the set and to each contact I publicized the fact that the local hams were jittery tonight about the local trophy. Mr. X told me to do this on purpose. Later in the evening I found out why. The local hams were listening in on our broadcasts and .weré getting all set to sue in the courts if someone was “framed.” A longwinded round table discussion followed with several hams in town. Everyone had an idea who ought to get the trophy. Even a vote didn’t settle the issue. At long last, QRT's (quitting signals), 73's (best wishes to male operators), 88's (love and” kisses to female operators) were given and WOXXX signed off. Something tells me the trophy issue isn’t over with Mr, X, Mr. ¥Y, Mr. Z, or Mr. B, who claimed he knew nothing about the trophy.

By Frederick C. Othman

WASHINGTON, April 28.—It is a well-known fact that I am a kind and thoughtful husband. I do not allow my bride to ruin her hands spading the potato patch. I make her use gloves. When she wears out her old washboard, I let her have a new one. Once I found her scrubbing the front hall floor. This was cruel, hard work. I bought her a pad for her knees. $ This generosity helps keep her contented, but I am writing no essay on how to be happy though married. Big business has e aware of my humane attitude and it is causing me trouble. Lawnmower trouble, My gardener was having a bad time with our prewar mower. It was so heavy that she hurt her back hauling it up the basement steps; it left clumps of grass uncut and shé had to go over these with her scissors. Seven days ago today I put out the call for one of those ilght-weight, easy-push magnesium Jawnmowers. This has resulted in knee-high confusion. ’

Horse-Drawn Mowers

A NEW JERSEY lawnmower mogul wrote that if I were any kind of man I'd buy the little woman (that's what he called her) one of his $215 lawnmowers with a gasoline engine to do the work. He added that he also manufactures horse-drawn mowers, but hesitated to suggest them to me because T'd probably put the L. W. (His abbreviation) between the shafts. For $110 an Ohio specialist offered to send me & mower with an electric motor; that is, if I had electricity in my house, which he was inclined to doubt. ‘ A Minnesota lawnmower maker urged upon me bis mower of aluminum and steel, which weighs 32

Myrna, Bill Split

pounds, but which costs no telling what. He didn't say. “Although your bride will not have to hold it down on windy days,” he wrote, “I would suggest. when using it that she wear spiked shoes because on a breezy day it will drag her all over the lot.” He added that he hated to knock a competitor and consequently would tell me nothing about his research into magnesium mowers. A magnesium lawnmower man in Pennsylvania said his product would be ideal (and I quote him, also) for the little lady. He wants my check for $33.55, plus 90 cents for express charges.

Box Heavier Than Mower

“THE EXPRESS will be very little,” he said, “due to the fact of the weight of the mower. It is so light. Your mower will come to you well-packed in. & cardboard box and the box may weight more than the mower.” ’ He forwarded an essay about tales of treasure wrested from the sea. “Visions of rusting hulks, gold coins of the realm and divers plunging through unplumbed depths conjure up a weird dream of primeval monsters and man's puny futility,” it said. “Yet man has unlocked the riddle of atomic power, bounced signals off the moon and traveled faster than sound. He has forced the boundless waves covering more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface to yleld their secrets. Today, through the alert application of its modern research to progressive industry, the Humtehumph Lawnmower Co. brings magnesium from the sea literally into your own back yard.” : That's literature. It is high-class prose. If his lawnmower is half so deluxe, and doesnt’ strip its briny gears there'll be a happy female soon, whistling while she works. Tonight I'll teach her how to whistle.

By Erskine Johnson

HOLLYWOOD, April 28.—The screen's perfect husband and wife team, Myrna Loy and William Powell, just got a “divorce” after completing the last of the Thin Man movies, “Song of the Thin Man.” Both will go separate ways—Myrna to freelance, Bill to remain on the M-G-M payroll, I was kidding them on the last day of the movie about some “how to get along” tips for future celluJoid husband and wife teams. = “Well,” said Myrna, “Bill never ate onions for lunch when we played romantic scenes in the afternoon.” “I don’t like onions,” said Bill. : “When we danced together,” said Myrna, “he always let me face the camera.” “She stepped on my feet if I didn't,” said Bill. “Bill never tried to persuade the writers to give Rim the best lines in the script,” said Myrna.

Airs His Success Formula

HOW NOT TO get famous department: A wouldbe actor was being interviewed by Sam Levene at the Hollywood Actors’ Laboratory. “Succes in acting takes a'lot of hard work,” said Sam. “I myself have been struggling for 25 years.” “Well,” snapped the youth, “that won't happen to me. I'm much bgtter-looking than you are.” Bob Cummings, who once gave me the lowdown

. on the kissing habits of Hollywood's glamour girls—

left and right-handed kissers and head-on kissers ~5ays he made an interesting discovery in his love

scene with Susan Hayward in “The Lost Moment.” “Susie,” says Bob, “is an all-over-the-face -kisser. I envy her husband.

Blarties Unlucky Star

THE NIGHT Jean Sabloh, the French Crosby, opened at a Hollywood nightclub, something went haywire with the public address system. The microphone hissed at him all through his songs. Sablon said he wasn’t surprised. “Eeet was becaze of thee star,” he said. Sablon is a very superstitious fellow. Someone painted a-star on his dressing-room door. One point of the star went straight down. “That eez bad luck,” Sablon said. “I knew somezing would happen. I rubbed out zee star. But somezing happened. Eet was too late.” . Few people remember it, but Sablon made his American debut with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Carmen Miranda in the 1930 Broadway musical, “Streets of Paris.” Everybody spoke French except Sablon. Everybody sang except Sablon. Says Sablon: “I just stood there with eggs on my face.” There's a merry little mixup on Igrid Bergman and Barbara Stanwyck and bathing suits. Bergman wears one in “Arch of Triumph” but has ordered that no stills be released to newspapers or magazines. \ La Stanwyck in a black bathing suit has been used extensively in newspapers and magazines to ballyhoo “The Other Love.” But the bathing suit scene has

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We, the Women

By Ruth Millett

DR. JAMES F. BENDER of the National Institute of Human Relations is trying to throw a scare into modern women. 3 : Armed with his statistics, he claims that the number of divorced or widowed males who remarry is rapidly diminishing and that 17 per cent of all American men prefer to remain single.

Doctor Blames the Women

WHO 18 to blame for this sad state of affairs? The women themselves, says Dr. Bender. He also predicts that if women don’t mend their ways, they will be sitting around looking at a lot detgrmined ‘bachelors, “no matter how beautiful are.” " . : That's what a man makes out of those

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So divorced and widowed men aren't mayrying as fast as they used to, eh? Maybe that is because women don’t consider them such good bets, matrimonially speaking. «Maybe the reason these men aren't getting re-

married is because women know that taking on the Job of bringing up another woman’s children isn’t

as appealing as it used to be.

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THOSE WERE the days when there weren't 50 many other fobs ppen to women. 2 The fact that a certain number of men aren't may be women’s fault, but not necessarily in the Dr. Bender means. 1t may be that the

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ss Association Director Says Police Department Has ‘Too Many Bosses’

By KENNETH HUFFORD A HEAVY-JOWLED MAN of big frame meditated, clinching a long, black cigar firmly between his teeth. the political fates that bring victory to one candidate and defeat to others .

How does a person go about the business of being elect-

ed mayor of a large city? Perry S. Ward admits he

is a political novice, that he has never held appointive or elective public office. Once, in 1628, he helped his friends, Frederick Shortemeier, when the latter was a Republican candidate for governor. The sincerjty shown by Republican Mr. Ward is one of his greatest political assets. ON THE SUBJECT of the muchdiscussed police department and its many ills, the director of the Indiana Small Business association believes there .are’' too many. cooks preparing the city administration broth, : a “The mayor and several other officials all have been giving orders to members of the department, I hear, There ought to be one boss only, with full authority. “Shakedowns must end in the de-

Transport Delays Marigny Ouster

OTTAWA, April 28 (U. P.)~— Count Alfred De Marigny, acquitted on a charge of slaying his father-in-law, Sir Harry Oakes, in the Bahamas in 1943, will be deported from Canada as soon as passage can be obtained for him to his native Mauritius, immigration department officials said today. _An order for De Marigny’s deportation was issued in 1945, it was stated. His departure has been held up by the problem of obtaining transportation. He has been living in Montreal Since the only country to which De Marigny can be deported is Mauritius, the government has no choice but to allow him to remain in Canada until it is able to send him to the tiny Indian ocean island where he holds citizenship. Passage is available to Britain but not from there to the island, the department said.

Ohio Man Talks

To Hairdressers.

James Kosta of of Dayton, O., will be featured guest artist for the Indianapolis Hairdressers and Cosmetologists association annual May day program next Sunday and Monday, Mr. Kosta, who owns his own shop in Dayton, lectures on shop management, & poise, personality and weighs Mi Ness control. Trophies for winners in the hair waving contest will be awarded at 8:30 p. m. Monday.

Early to Bed, Early To Rise—Father at 72

CHICAGO, April 28 (U. P.). — A 73-year-old grandfather, who has just become the father of a baby boy, said today the secret of staying young is to get plenty of sleep. Robert M. Good, a speed crane operator in a manufacturing plant, said he is in bed by 8 o'clock every night and always gets up at 3 in the morning. Mr. Good's wife Anna, 44, gave birth to a six-pound son. The couple has two daughters, Mrs. Anna Mae Colins, 26, and Delores Good, 17.

partment,” declared Mr. Ward. He called attention to the remarks of a recent political speaker at a rally sponsored by the Irvington Republican club. The politician said he didn't blame policemen for taking a “little money,” when their $2700 annual income “won’t meet presentday living needs.” # » ” MR. WARD deplores this attitude among publi officials and others with influence. He is for higher salaries for policemen. The novice candidate snorted with anger and hammered a fist on the table when he recalled a recent visit to the quiet, one-room, second floor ward headquarters by a local gambler. < The visitor let it be known that he might be “touched” for a $20,000 contribution for a certain consideration. The consideration was that Mr. Ward was to permit operation of an ornate downtown gambling

{spot if he became mayor.

“I don’t want that kind of money,” Mr, Ward shouted. » ” » MR. WARD believes in higher wages for garbage collectors and other city employees. Proper supervision in the health department and non-political em-

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the bull by the horns, as far

Will to Dispose 0f Hope Diamond

WASHINGTON, April’ 28 (U.P). —The sealed ‘will of the late Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean held the

whether her “accursed” $2 million Hope diamond would go to her sons or te some institution. Mrs. McLean scoffed at the idea that the stone was ill-fated. Yet her own life was marked by a series of tragedies, culminating in her death Saturday of pneumonia. She was 60.

Father Struck Gold

The Hope diamond also brought adversity to its previous owners. Among them were such figures of history as Catherine the Great of Russia and Marie Antoinette of France. Mrs. Mclean always said her misfortune stemmed from her own inability to discipline herself to handle great wealth. Born in a miner's cabin, she inherited millions from her father, the late Thomas F. Walsh, who struck it rich with a fabulous copper and gold mine in Colorado. Neither of her sons, John McLean of Dallas, Tex., or Edward of Beverly Hills, Cal, was able to reach her bedside before she died Saturday. Her funeral will be tomorTow.

Carnival—By Dick Turner

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MONDAY, APRIL 28, 147

Meet the Candidates for Mayor— pi i Perry S. Ward Admits He Is Pol Novice But Has Own Id

CIGAR-SMOKER—Republican Perry Ward, spokesman for

small businessmen, takes a firm g he plans his mayoralty campaign. ployees would do much toward im-

proving the too many “filthy” restaurants in the city, he says.

Dilworth Campaigns As Of Merit Plan, City Manager

Democrat-Independent Takes Firm Stand On Issues Held ‘Too Hot’ in Past Elections

CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR during the last several campaigns have held their breath for fear they would become involved in two questions before the last vote was

In this campaign, there is one candidate who has taken

as these issues are concerned.

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may exist ‘in the police department could be overcome by “a real merit system, not the semi-merit system that we have.” » " ” MR. DILWORTH is a neatlydressed citizen whose entire theory of ¢ government is based on the staunch belief that “it’s about time the city government was operated like a business, with efficiency.” Even ash and garbage collection troubles of the ,city would yield to this treatment, the candidate says.

The Heart of America—

without crutches; he suffered a lot, and all suggested remedies failed. “Finally my wife insisted that I try a chiropractor,” he says. -

X : we could stand.it no icnger. We Mr. and Mrs. Barron Quit Working to Relax |3¢ oud fn But Found Inactivity Was Too Boring and get busy doing something.” =» . By ELDON ROARK ALTHOUGH Mr. Barron has not : Seripps-Howard Staft Writer _ resumed practice, he occasionally SIKESTON, Mo., April 28.—~The elderly couple running the Pine|gives some neighbor a free “adjust- : Motel on highway 61 are Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Barron, both retired ment.” -And Mrs. Barron still gives chiropractors. They took over the place about six weeks ago and are hin sdjusienenis for that old back having a lot of fun. Sona on. He is her only patient When they came back home to Misouri, after 20 years in Atlanta, Ga.,| On the ‘way here we passed they had no idea of operating a motor court. Mr. Barron thought he [through Wickliffe, Ky. and stopped might get back to his first love, - to see the “ancient Buried City.” farming, and he was scouting| turned over all of the practice and |mounds on which Indians, or even around looking for land. When |their offices to one of the sons, and |éarlier inhabitants of the region, they stdbped at the motel one night they headed for California and a |lived and buried their dead possibly they got to talking to the owner. |life of ease. a thousand years ago. Some of the Before the conversation was over| “We soon found that doing noth- mounds have been excavated, and they had bought the place. ing is the hardest work in the [the skeletons, tools, pottery, weapNow they are busy painting and] world,” he says. “I fished and|ons and other articles of that anremodeling. Mr. Barron has con-|fished, and caught only one fish |cient culture are on display. The verted one of the garages into a| about eight inches long. We sat |discovery was made in 1932 when workshop, and is like a child with| around and got bored, and finally |a road was cut through the edge a playhouse. cet opotit it tts rie FOF NE “DARISE GREY nnn ~ : Owners of the Me. BaRRoN was bom wd | WORD=ADAY [lcd ans Mrs. rin whe King raised on a farm at Fayette, Mo, | recently entered into an agreement and that's where he ‘and Mrs. Bar-| By BACH with the Baptist church for the © ron were married and where they eration of the place. |raised their family, At one time will get $5000 a year, and he was president of the Missouri ditists will get the rest’ of farm bureau. for a projected hospital in A'back injury changed the whole ii Ky. . {i course of Mr. Barron's life. He was |Z Bob tton. ‘the ‘m then 35. He couldn't get around turer, on the

though’ they were just a bunch of quacks, but to please my wife I went to one.” Fas & &n HE DID Mr. Barron so much good Mr. Barron discarded his crutch He became so enthusias-! tic over chiropractic that he sold his farm and he and his wife and | two sons went to Davenport, Ia, to study it together at the Palmer

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He is John A. Dilworth, a Democrat-Independent, who

espouses a merit system for all city Jobs anda city manager for Indi-

The mild-mannered, 54-year-old candidate feels that faults that

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He is a member of the Episcopal church. He is married and at 18 E. 37th st.

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of them. : If residents -outlying districts willing ‘would to the city. But, not until then, he 0 thie city. Buty Bot until then, One-way and abolition . of

INDEPENDENT ' DEMOCRAT —John A. Dilworth, a mayoralty candidate, shows courage in facing a couple of hot issues that have faced many an office-

seeker in the past. He and e | A free rein to the present city Broadway. [smoke engineer, whom he thinks|daughters.

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