Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1947 — Page 17
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ah (3h te morn prs! or rom Karas otty, Mo., muscles his’ way through the crowd and, Pies down in his g andstond’ ‘seat.
Ee aw Soke Sat i Toons of tht ea arated on the way to their seats but eventually os up together, A group of race fans from Jerseyville, IIL, leave their overnight shelter and step up to the ket takér,
The great day is here. But what about the people 0 live within a stone's throw (an underhand .toss at that) of the Speedway oval?
Well, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Joseph Dunne, 1748 Georgetown rd, will have wished Ted Horn good’ luck as he"leaves their trailer court early this morning and keep right on with their work--Mr, Dunne parking cars and Mrs. Dunne cooking and tidying. tp after Sher 22 house guests have gone,
"Too Much Work to Be Done"
“TVR LIVED here 20 years,” Mrs. Dunne told me yesterday, “snd I've never seen a race. There's just Yom work around here race day—just too much work.”
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THIS IS THE LAST TIME=-Every year Mr. and Mrs. Downing Phillips say they won't fix up the garage for Speedway visitors—but every year they relent,
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Walter Zeiher, 1638 Georgetown rd, old. me the)" Tare Face 6 saw vas Jo 34. i
the Zeihe’s going to be’ doing today? X tnber sumed thls day up: 1]
we'll ‘make| and listen |
n we're through parking up a nh of lemonade, turn on the to the race. It saves a lot of ‘wear and tear on the nerves."
Mr, Zeiher thinks his uncle, Roy Smith, who lives i several houses away on the Georgetown line, holds
some kind of » record. “My uncle as lived around here for 45 years and he’s never seen a race, I have lived herei 31 years, but of course, I've been to a race.” At 1648 rgetown rd, Mrs. Lester Tower flatly
stated that she'll be “chief cook and bottle washer”
Memorial day at 6:30 in the morning.
“The race? 1 probably won't even know it's going| on—-I take that back. I WILL KNOW it's going on but when yolt have three young daughters to take|
care of, Les Anderson and his mechanics and several house guests—well, I'll have a race of my own,” Mrs, Tower said.
On W. 16th st, the folks within an overhand|
stone's throw of the track are in the doubtful class for the race. ; .- “I have tickets for the race,” Downing Phillips, 4920 W. 16th st. said, “but by the time all the relatives get here Mom and I may not have tickets.” “Don’t forget, D,” Mrs. Phillips said, “we still have to cleah up the garage for: those folks from Jerseyville.”
Mr, Phillips said he hadn't forgotten but he hated 4
to ‘start in. He explained that every year after a race they say no more guests in the garage. Then racetime comes along. “Just the other night we got a long distance call from these folks in Jerseyville, Ill. They come every year. Well, it's the same old story. We finally say yes and now I've got to get that garage cleaned up,” Mr. Phillips said.
Relatives Come First
ACROSS THE STREET, Gus Schoenewey is in the same boat. He has tickets but visiting relatives may use them up. “I don’t mind too much, though,” Mr. Schoenewey said. “I've been going for years and every year I say it's my last race. Funny thing, though, when Memorial day comes along you want to be out there.” Next door neighbors, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Arlie W. Steffey, ag so many in Speedway City, aren't worrying too much about the race. “With nine guests, and I don’t know how many cars will be storming our yard for space this year, we’l] be busy. I went to two days of qualifications Sid Uist WIE hola me lor anther years: sighed Jims fey,
Mystery Man
. By Frederick C. Othman
WASHINGTON, May 30.—After the build-up that the senate small business committee gave Herbert M. Karp, Brooklyn attorney, ‘as the missing and mysterious middie<mar’ in the fizzle of one multimillion dollar steel deal after another, his appearance was something of an anti-climax.
Counselor Karp was so tall and so thin ‘that his Adam's apple bobbled an inch above his collar. He had a kewpie doll tuft of hair at the front of\ his bald pate, shiny eyeglasses, and &n unhappy expression. You'll understand why in a minute. He was the lawyer in the efforts of E. A. Kerschbaumer of Pittsburgh to buy 300,000 tons of steel
‘sheets for $40 million, He delivered the confirmation
of the sale on stationery of the Firth-Sterling Steel Co. to Kerschbaumer all right, and that seemed to have been a mistake.
Karp a ‘Will-o-the-Wisp’
THE STEEL COMPANY claims it was a forgery. Kerschbaumer says he'll sue Kirth-Sterling. A Mr. Zapp, who worked at the steel mill and whose name was on the letter, said he didn't sign it. All he did, he said, was buy Counsellor Karp a drink and even then he had to be quick about it. “He was in and “He was a regular will-o-the-
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wisp.”
Not so, retorted Counséllor Karp. Nothing mys-
. terious about him. Then, demanded Committee Coun-
sel Ray Dickey, where'd he get the letter offering to produce the steel that was going to make Kerschbaumer and pals multi-millionaires? The counsellor said it was an amazing thing. He was in the lobby of the William Penn hotel in Pittsburgh, minding his own business, when somebody had him paged. Up came a man who handed him an envelope. The man went away. Hours later Counsellor Karp reached. in. his pocket, opened the envelope, and found the offer of the Kirth-Sterling company to deliver the steel,
The New Katie
later to learn steel in
He was surprised again a little late Kirth-Sterling never had made sheet its years in business. Karp spent two hours telling the committee Senator Edward Martin of Pa., how much he didn know about the steel business. Life was one after another for the counsellor. The gents in the fancy hotels, wearing the hand-painted neckties and
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talking ebout millions, never seemed to have any|
money. One of them did hand ‘Counsellor Karp a check for $25,000. “But it was made out to Herbert M. Karp, trustee, blah, blah, blah,” Karp testified. for deposit.”
But He Got Experience
IT BOUNCED. The counsellor said he did get $200 in cash from Kerschbaumer, plus some inyals uable experience. “I learned that it is the easiest thing in the world to pick up a telephone and buy more steel than the whole industry can manufacture in a year,” he said. “Only you never do get delivery.” The boys on what they call the merry-go-round seldom have steel for sale at any price; the ones to whom they try to sell it usually have no money to pay. That is not a nutritious situation for a hardworking lawyer. Counsellor Karp said he wants no more of the steelless steel business. And another
g. : WR ts the idea of calling him a mystery man? If he'd only known the U. 8. marshal in New, York wanted to hand him a subpena, he’d have been delighted. As it was, the counsellor said, he got here as quickly as he could. Was it his fault that a fog grounded his airplane? And if this dispatch seems confused, it has accomplished its purpose. Confused was the way the senators felt when Counsellor Karp unwound his leg from the arm of his chair and strolled into the sunshine,
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By Erskine Johnson
HOLLYWOOD, May 30.—While conducting Eddie Rickenbacker and a group of eastern’ newspaper executives and reporters through M-G-M studio, Katharine Hepburn took them to the set where Frank Sinatra was working in "The Kissing Bandit.” Katy commented: “Sinatra and I have the skinniest legs ih Hollywood. His are even skinnier than mine.” The eastern reporters, incidentally, were amazed at Katie's complete personality renovation. They found her charming and amiable, apparently enjoying being a gracious human being—a perfect sales woman for Hollywood. Boyd lewis of New York, NEA executive editor, delighted her by remembering her first stage appearance 10 years ago in New Haven. The play lasted only three days.
‘Bing Crosby Story’ Coming? 1 DOUBT IF Paramount is ready to confirm this, but it's a ‘good bet that “The Bing Crosby Story” may be in the offing. Crosby would play himself, singing all the hit songs he has made famous for the last
20 years. There nmy be legal difficulties over “Mam’selle,” the song Director Edmund Goulding wrote for “The Razor's Bdge.” Xavier Cugat is telling his attorneys that it's too similar to “Illusion,” which he wrote three years ago. Laurence Olivier is wearing a hat and refusing to take it off. ‘They bleached his hair a Grable blonde for “Hamlet.” . Hedy Lamarr is finally admitting that she and John Loder aren't getting along. But
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they're hoth trying to avoid a divorce, she said. Mae West probably will do a movie in London this summer. She's headed there for a 12-week personal appearance tour. Republic studio struck out on-plans to film the life story of Babe Rush. Two other studios are now dickering for the yarn. - This is Hollywood: “Ggeen Grass in Wyoming” will be filmed on location in. Utah. “The Fabulous Texan” will be made in Arizona. It finally happened. Don Loper fashioned a hat made of a lamp shade frame covered with Bowers, Carol Landis bought it.
Stars Boost Aviation
A GROUP OF 25 air-minded stars who fly their own planes, headed by Dick Powell, are asking the nation's aviation writers what they can do to advance
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“I put it through|
- opening of gates,
QUITE COOL FOR MAY —This quartet of race fans huddled around a fire this. morning ‘before a warm sun in the clear skies brought the temperature up from the low 40's. Left to right are: Robert Duncan, Indianapolis; Joseph Zarka; Dayton, O.; Louis Stanfield, Indianapolis, and James Harris, Louisville, Ky.
THEY MADE IT — With. the brave legend: “Indiana or Bust" this St, Louis car of ancient vintage was in the ‘autos lined up outside the Speedway grounds before the sunrise bomb signaled
Of Best in Black and
mountains,
and technical perfection is constantly rolling from presses here. Much of it is seen by only a handful of persons. That's because it is done just for practice by students in the technical trade school of the International Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America. Pressmen’s Home is the name of a post office, but not the name of a town.. This is a collection of buildings in a landscaped and picturesque setting, It houses the union headquarters. The school is the No. 1 activity, aside from the actual running of the YOR itself. »n ” “MANY of our enibers work in shops that have only one or two types of presses,” says Thomas E. Dunwody, director of the school. “So they don't have a chance to learn about other types while on the job. That's why we have a school.
courses and learn to operate the
broadens their skill and their
Medical Pioneers
the cause of private aviation. The basic thought is To Be Honored
that film stars, due to. their ability to command pub-
Hoosier pioneering in medical
lic attention from non-flying people, could be the education throtigh use ‘of specimen
opening wedge in a program designed to sell private aviation to the general public,
Columbia sneak-previewed the Orson Welles-Rita Hayworth movie, “The, . Lady From Shanghai,” in
Santa Barbara, They say it's a hit. Selena Royle has an important role in “Cass Timberlane.” Spencer Tracy. The story behind the story: A num-
ber of years ago Tracy was in a Rhode Island stock
company which starred Miss Royle. When the man-
ager wanted to fire Tracy, she intervened and saved
his job. She didn't agree with the manager, who insisted that Tracy lacked sex appeal.
We, the Women
A NEW YORK ‘educator claims most of the public hates children. He protests that “this hatred of children and anger at them is a serious adult’ symptom.” Letters I receive convince me the educator isn't sexaggerating. Never have I read such vicious attacks on children as are in these letters,
Most Are From Women
MOST OF are from women who say, “J ve raised my own : , 80. why should I be annoyed by neighborhood. children?”
That's thé usual theme song. Why should I be
__ pothered? They're not my children. Why don't their mothers ieep them in their own yards, Were they
By Ruth Millets
And in these letters children have done nothing mens and prepared .an exhibit for a meeting of the association in 1899
more vicious than pick a flower, cut across a neighbor’s lawn, or climb a garden tree. These acts aroused so much anger in letter writers that the children are described to sound like hardened criminals,
Widespread Hatred
NO WONDER we have a juvenile delinquency problem, if this hatred of children is as widespread by Dr. Thurman B. Rice, professor
and deep-rooted as these letters indicate.
The educator quoted above also said, “I have never at Indiana medical school. encountered a delinquent child who had what I would cluded will” be enlarged reproduc
call a decent adult friend.” Think that over, you at the slgnt of & small child on your prized awn.
She was recommended for the part by
displays ‘will receive national recognition at the American Medical association’s tennial meeting ifn Atlantic City June 9-14. Featured in a historical display, ¢ 0 mm emorating Indiana's role in initiating medical exhibits as a part of A. M. A's annual meetings, will: be a picture of the late Dr.
Dr. Wynn
Frank B. Wynn. Dr. Wynn, a member of the I. v.|
his death in 1922, collected speci-
cen-.
medical school staff from 1895 to
The Heart of America—
Isolated Mountain District Is Birthplace For Fine Art That World Seldom Sees
Pressmen’s Home School Turns Out Examples
Color Typography
By ELDON ROARK, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer PRESSMEN’'S HOME, Tenn., May 30.—If you were asked to name the cities where the finest graphic arts are being produced today, you'd probably never think of this isolated place in the eastern Tennessee
Yet, your list wouldn't be complete if it didn't include Pressmen’s Home. Printing, both in black and in color, that is unsurpassed in beauty
chances for better jobs.” * The students live in the union’s four-story, 200-room hotel, and pay $18 a week for room, board and instruction. And, of course, while here they ‘enjoy a bit of outdoor mountain life.
y ” » ONLY ABOUT 35 students can be accommodated ‘at each short course for a total of about 100 a year, but the number will be doubled on completion of a big brick-and-steel building now under construction. The top story, the fourth, will be an auditorium with a seating capacity of 2000. The union's quadrennial conventions will be held in it, Maj. George L. Berry, international president, was away, so Mr. Dunwody showed me around. In addition to being a director of the technical school, he is editor of the union’s magazine, The American
They come here, take intensive short |Pressman.
He pointed out a large room
latest presses of all types. That filled with scores of filing cabinets.
“This,” said Mr. Dunwody, laugh-
ing, “is tHe ammunition department. This is where we compile and file the facts and figures with which we answer publishers and shop operators in negotiating with them.”
» » » ANOTHER room is filled with steel racks containing newspapers and other publications. The union's press experts study the papers and criticize them from a technical viewpoint. Ahd they are always ready to work with publishers, free, in solving. printing problems, Up the valley a bit away from the central cluster of buildings, is the sanatorium for tubercular members: It is built in the shape of a cross so that patients:in all rooms can: get plenty of air and sunshine. About 30 are receiving treatment. ” " - THE HOME for superannuated members has 250 rooms and is the largest in the whole layout, but it looks deserted. This phase of the union’s activity is on the decrease, and only a few aged mem-
prefer to take their pension of $7 every two weeks and live at home or ‘elsewhere. The union has its own power plant, dairy and farm, and produces most of the food consumed here. It owns 5000 acres and employs 250. Baseball diamonds, tennis courts, a swimming pool and other recreational facilities and a
at Columbus, O.
good women Who get enraged | medical journals about Dr. ‘Wynn's
His collection of photographs and organs illustrating various diseases was made while he was practicing medicine in Indianapolis. This year’s exhibit was assembled
of bacteriology and public health Ine
| tions of articles appearing in early
“Postibly you'd feel better about the of your inheritance as the ‘residue of the estate,’ instead of | the ‘dirty end of the tick'!" Ly
chapel help to make life pleasant.
Carnival—By Dick Turner
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~~ TROUBLE, TROUBLE, : pants of llinois- ran into tough luck er wheeling into the morning. Their car bogged down i in a gooey fuagmire, to get out gd push. :
bers are living here. Most of them|:
|hold its annual reunion at the
BREAKFAST A LA CARTE Shi morning coglness, these three men’ from Louisville. got i their breakfast out of their car trunk. .Left to right are: Don Zabel, Cp Ww. Zabel and Sern Ball,
who bills himself as a "master vendors at the race track today.
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GOT YOUR SOUVENIRS 7—John Brice. af Boom
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field, N. J.
salesman” was among the busy
Reunions to Mark Butler Graduation
Plans for Butler university's annual commencement week-end June 7-9 were announced today by M. O. Ross, president. Commencement will conclude the current school year one week before the start of the summer session, June 16. Saturday, June 7, will be alumni and senior class day. Reunions, class day exercises and a baseball game between alumni and varsity are scheduled. At 10:30 a. m, June T Arthur Jordan Conservatory of music will hold graduation = exercises at Roberts Park Methodist church. Members of the Butlér board of directors will meet at 1:30 p. m. in Jordan hall to vote on degrees. From 3 to 5 p. m. Scarlet Quill, senior women’s honor’ society, will
home of Dr. and Mrs. Thor G. Wesenberg, 420 Buckingham dr. ~ The traditional alumni-varsity
baseball game will be at 3 p. m, in the athletic field north of the field- | house. Senior class day oxesois) will be held at 4 p. m. in Jordan | hall and the annual alumni supper | and. business meeting of Butler alumni’ association will be at 5: 0 p. m. in the cafeteria. Golden Legion medals will bel
graduates at 4 p. m. in the Belde house; reception for graduates fol lowing baccalaureate; band concerts arid a reception sponsored by the Women's Faculty. cib of Bulless Sunday afternoon special stud reunions are scheduled for the of 1897 at the home of Mr. and } Frapk T. Brown, 5120 Plepstit pkwy., South dr. and the class of 1917 at the home of Mrs. George E. Gill, 5008 University. ave. : The 92d annual commencement will be held at 10 a. m. Monday at the fieJdhouse with Gov. es 24
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