Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 June 1947 — Page 13
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, Charlfe blew on his shooter and proceeded to shine 1t on his trousers. I remembered that I didn't
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ig wse mine, 1 best Landrigan one set with The dark agate felt good against my knuckle. I limbered. up with a couple of practice shows. My
- power Was obvieusly worrying the King.
fo a Slow Start MARBLES were placed in the center of - lagged for the first shot. I won,
knicked a glassy. It rolled for a
i. My next shot went wild and far, While I looked in the tall grass behind the backWillard park, Charlie got himself angther marble, Two to nothing. . N Power without accuracy doesn't pay off. I took deadly aim. Right behind me someone yelled “Knuckles down.” My shot went wild, Charlie set one up for me. I missed it. Charlie didn't. Things looked pretty black. The worried look left
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stopped about a foot from the edge of the ‘ring. Charlie picked it off to make it four to one. The contest. was practically deadlocked. , ' We both missed the next two shots. Charlie slapped another marble out of the ring. I was getting behind. LL ‘While the champ was. calling to some of his ballplaying friends that he “won the marble tournament,” I picked up one to make it five to two. Charlie knuckled down, took aim and got another. His shooter stopped in the center of the ring. That's bad. Charlie picked up one more easily and the game WARS over. “Say, you're. pretty good,” I said to Charlie as we lagged. \ “Aw— I'm just lucky. I don't know how I won this tournament. I think Neale Strayhorn was the best in the tournament.” A real champion was speaking. The 14-year-old Cathedral high school freshman lost the second lag.
“AIT Had to do was 10 win the next two games.
My agate connected on the first shot. I WENT INTO THE LEAD. Porgetting the rules for a second I started across the ring to pick up my marble. The rooting section let me know that you couldn't walk across the ring. Those kids don’t miss much.
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Kerosened Spuds
WASHINGTON, . June 10.—Richmond, Va. (correct me, if I'm wrong, sgriculture department) is a city surrounded by ditches of potatoes bought, kerosened, and buried by the government. Richmond restaurant owners therefore: must buy potatoes imported 10s Kiksipds. These cost like sin, or $450 per h And that, according to Restaursnteur Orville D. Judd, is why the national potato surplus becomes a shortage on the plate of the ultimate consumer. Canadian spuds ‘are so expensive, Mr. Judd testified (without regard for the squirmings of the federal men) 4 dab ‘of mashed potatoes he serves & cus 187 . Mr. Judd is's leading member of the Virginia state restaurant association. When he heard that Rep. August H. Andresen’s agriculture sub-committee ‘was investigating the potato crisis, he came to Washinglon loaded for the government's potato price sup-
Brought the Bills Along . HE UGHT along the tags from the potatoes sacked in New Brunswick, Canada, and sold in Richmond; the bills of lading, and the customs documents. Last month, he said, nine cars of these Canadian potatoes came to one Richmond dealer. He either bought imported potatoes at high prices, or he didn't serve potatoes at all, Mr. Judd added. ~ This, he said, was because all of last year’s remaining potato crop-for’ 20 miles around Richmond was bought by the governmerit and buried. He said he told this to Undersecretary of Agriculture Norris E. Dodd, who refused to believe him. S80 Mr. Judd and his fellow restaurant owners dropped out to Toano, Va., about 20 miles from Richmond, and there saw with their own eyes 34 carloads of local potatoes rotting in.a ravine, “And we fail to see how food prices can come down so long as support programs, providing for the
Billing, No Cooing
HOLLYWOOD, June 10.—Here's the lowdown on Maria Monteg’s current battle with Universal International, according to Maria. The studio cast her in a small role pith Doug Fairbanks Jr. in-“The Exile.” It’s only a 20-minute part, Maria says she refused the role, saying it was too small. The studio threatened a suspension, which would disrupt Maria's outside film schedule. In retaliation she adreed to play the part, but first she pointed to her contract, whi¢h specifies top billing in‘ all her pictures. She played the role and now, says Maria, the studio wants to give her only minor billing. Doug Jr. is smack - in the middle of the row.
Clark, Ava Going East CLARK GABLE and Aya Gardner will be vacationing in: New York at the same time. Coincidence? Bob Turnpull's reaction to - plea for another Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire musical: “Wonderful— if Astaire doesn't try tg sing.” Deanna Durbin, they're saying out at Universal International, has her best movie in years in “Something in tHe Wind.” Ells Raines was on suspension when she landed that chofce role opposite Bill Powell in “The Senator Was Indiscreét.” Sometimes it pays for a gal to get huffy about her roles. : I've just been Invited to a cocktail party at the Hollywdod Brown Derby for Lassie, about to make her debut as the star of a new rallio show. I haven't
We, the Women
+» A WOMAN in Lincoln, Neb, called train information and asked, “Do you have any trains leaving between 9 and 10?” When asked where she wanted to go, she replied, “It doesn’t matter. I'm leaving my husband.” J : ; That story was good for a chuckle when it hit the newspapers. And yet the saddest thing about mfny women who decide to run out on their marriages is they don’t know where they're going.
Running Away From Life 4 AWAY from life so fast, they don't even take time to look into the future. Anything win
do, jue to get away from it all. And so like the woman who didn’t care what tragn she 100k— just s0.thet it took her away from her’mar-
setup for Charlie. He knocked it out easily,
- NONCHALANT MARBLE CHAMP—As the Windy City's 14th st. champ knuckles down, Charles _Landrigan, Indianapolis marble king, admires his gold watch between shots.
Charlie bopped a marble on his first shot and stayed in the center. He was deadly in that position. In one of the tournament games, I saw him spin into the center on his first shot and pick off his sev without missing once. His opponent didn't even ge a shot in that game. Charlie picked up two and: spun out. Saved by a knuckle.
Spectator Yells for Blood
THE CHICAGO SHARK of 14th st. in 1928 missed again. The Indianapolis shark of 650 8. Lyons ave. in 1047 hit two more. 1 wasn't long for that marble game. Pive to nothing. " Ebert Jones told Charlie to “PFihish- him off.” But it was “Never sa, die” with me. I popped a bluesy out of the ring. Charlie got himself a black agate. i PFudging on the next shot didn’t help. Sharp eyes caught my maneuver but they were good sports. They knew it was hopeless. Deadeye Charlie apparently had had enough. He took careful aim. Splat—No. 7 marble hurried out of the ring. “You want to play another set?” asked he inspected his gold watch. I looked at my knuckles. They had that sandlot look. . ; “Well, Charlie, if you want to play some more ly “It's up to you." : A little tyke spake up. . “Aw, let's go, Charlie.” It was a tough fight, Ma, but I lost. The 14th st. champion can take it. : Best of luck in the nationals, Champ.
Charlie as
By Frederick C. Othman
waste of vital commodities, is encouraged by the government,” he declared. : The Republican congressmen were sympathetic; the Democrats were inclined to argue. Rep. W. R. Poage of Texas, one of the latter, said he bet the potatoes buried outside Richmond never were much
“The farmers told us they were grade No. 1,” Mr. Judd retorted. “The government does not pay any farmer for destroying anything,” Rep. Poage insisted. “Well, I can name you one farmer in North Carolina who was paid for potatoes he didn’t even dig out of -the ground,” the gestaurant. man said. “But thé government ‘paid him for ‘producing them,” snapped the gentleman from Texas.” “If he didn’t dig 'em, how could he produce ‘em?” queried Mr. Judd.
Offers to ‘Take Orders’
THAT STOPPED Rep. Poage and he tried a new tack. He said if the restaurant owners wanted to buy any potatoes from the government he'd gladly take their orders at $5 a carload, or four cents a hundred pounds. : “That's not four cents a pound” he said. four cents a hundred pounds.” 3 “And where did the gentleman get authority to sell government-owned potatoes?” inquired Chairman Andresen. “From the agriculture department,” snapped Rep. Poage. “You want to buy some potatoes?” Mr. Andresen said he didn’t, but he would like to know—since Mr. Poage represented the agriculture department—where it got the authority to spend public funds on kerosene to pour on public-owned potatoes? Touche. That stopped Mr. Poage. The federal potato buriers, who spent the day looking uncomfortable, will do their explaining later. I don’t envy ‘em. 2 :
“It's
By Erskine Johnson
yet consulted Emily Post on how to eat at™e cocktail party for a dog. But I think T shall, I'd haté to make a faux PAW. Enterprise studio should really be on the way to success with a film version of the novel, “Pursuit of Love.” The book has just been banned in Atlanta. Bob Hope's new movie, “The Paleface,” -will kid the chaps off all western movies, including “Duel in the Sun.” Bob has a hectic romance with Calamity Jane, gets mixed up in a’ rough poker game in the Dirty Shame saloon, and fights a street duel with the villain (Bob's gun is loaded with blanks only he doesn’t know it). ” .
Another New Title VAN JOHNSON’S new picture, “Night Raiders,” is back to “The Romance of Rosy Ridge.” The film has had more titles than Van has freckles. The others werey “The Yankee,” “Wild Harvest,” “Missouri Story,” and “Clouds on the Sun.” That song I'm touting for the Hit Parade, “Spring Came Back to Vienna,” will be sung as a duet by Lauritz Melchior and Jane Powell in Joe Pasternak’s “Luxury Liner.” It's also used as background music for a swimming scene Esther Williams does in “This Time for, Keeps.” « Elissa Landi is back in town to resume her film career. Fe ; . ‘ An expectant father is Eddie Green, the clever comic. who is Ed “Archie” Gardner's foil on radio's
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By Ruth Millett
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riage—many women get a divorce first and then face the future. Maybe their lives. would have been far better in the long run if they had swallowed their pride and tried harder to make a go of their marriages.
Door Slammed BeHind Them BUT BY THE fime they reach that conclusion, it's too late. They have already made their exit and slammed the door shut behind them. °v The country is fill of divorcees leading aimless, useless lives because they didn’t stop to figure out where they were going before they decided to leave their husbands. Like a runaway child, they didn’t
State Government
Of 121 Actions
BY NOBLE REED
THE NEWLY CREATED Crim{inal court No. 2 has disposed of 121
during its two’ and a half ths of operation, But the doubled up procedure nas scarcely" made a dent in the heavy backlog ' of untried cases, : The new court was created by the 1047 legislature after it was . dis-
1, presided over oy Judge W. D. Bain, was swamped with nearly 600 untried cases—about a year’s
. 50 y The records further showed that new cases were flooding the docket at the rate of 85 to 90 a month and that the one-court operation was able to dispose of only 30 to 40 a month.
J » . JUDGE SAUL L RABB, appointed to the new court by Governor Gates, started trying cases on March 13, but was handicapped for tore than a month by lack of courtroom equipment and an adequate staff. ’ The new court™got a jury box fixed up last month and jury trials, the ruinous bottleneck of any court, were started. Last year and so far this year 30 first-degree murder indictments were returned by the grand juries. “This backlog of ‘murder cases alone would keep one court busy for a whole year. Jury trials sometimes require two weeks or more, not to mention time lost by postponements and legal maneuvers,” Judge Bain explained.
» # ¥ IN ADDITION . to the murder cases more than 1000 other cases are filed every year. Liha The court jam was getting to such a point that several murderers were
Theme of Parley
5-Day Meeting Begins Monday
The Indiana Council for Social Studies will hold a conference on the theme “Meet Your State Government,” at Butler university Monday through next Friday, under the sponsorship of thie colleges of liberal arts and sciences and education. The five-day meeting for elementary and high school teachers, supervisors, principals and superintendents ‘is divided into two groups. Prof. lewis Gilfoy, direcior of conferences in the Butler college of education, will lead the group studying civics teaching. O. 8. Flick, head of the department of social studies of Technical high school will act as group leader for those studying problems Sr, X diana government. Plan Daily Lectures
Dr. Frank H. Gorman, director of the conference and head of the department of elementary education at Butler, will lecture daily during the meeting and lead discussions,
Paul M. Ross, executive director of the Indiana department of commerce and public relations, will speak Monday on “What Children and Youth Should Be Taught About Their State of Indiana.”
Other speakers include Howard R. Andefson, specialist in social studies in the U. 8S. office of education, Washington, D. C. speaking on “The Civic Training of Today's Children and Youth” and round table discussion leader on “Problems in Civic Education” June 18. Dr. L. E. Burney, state health commissioner, June 19 on “Indiana’s Health Problem”; Robert Yoho, director of the state bureau of health education, records and statistics,” June 19 on “The Place of the School in Indiana’s Program for Improvement of Health.” Otto F. Walls, administrator of the state welfare department will speak on “Problems of the State Department of Welfare That Should Concern Education” nn June 20.
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Local Catholics Going
To Ottawa Congress
A pArty of 31 persons. from Indi-{ anapolis will attend the Marian congress in "Ottawa, Canada next week. . The congress will include a series of Catholic masses and other liturgical services featuring prayers for peace. They will be arranged on a gigantic scale to acommodate thousands of the faithful and will be dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Rev. Pr. Victor Goossens and 30 members of the Legion of Mary will represent Indianapolis Catholic churches at the congress.
Bar Group's Banquet, Golf Tourney Friday
The Indianapolis Bar association will hold its annual golf tournament and banquet at the Woodstock country .club Friday afternoon and night. The principal speaker at the ban quet will be Lt. Gov. Richard T. James. Erle A. Kightlinger will be toastmaster.
ATTENDS LAST ‘TRIMESTER’
summer “trimester” at Carnegie Institute of Technology. The “trimester,” a normal full-length . semester, will end in September after
think beyond the decision to punish the person who had made them unhappy. Ngan wil?
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in danger of going scot free. The situation wag due to failure of the state to bring them to trial within three legally specified terms of court (six months each term). Two or three cases were tried during the last two weeks, in the nick of time to avoid dismissal on pleas of lack of trial. » " »
ADDING to the congestion, of
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course, is the deliberate delaying tactics of some defendants. They permit their cases to be set for trial and then, after 100 prospective jurors are called into court, they file a motion for change of venue from the presiding judge. The process has to be started all over again. This sometimes delays cases an extra month or two. Judge Rabb ‘is trying - a‘ new
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speed-up. system counteract the delaying tactics. He is setting three jury cases for trial on the same day, thus| assuring that at least one case will actually be started that day, # = . “IF ALL three defendants come up on that day ready for frial, two at the of them ‘will just have to wait,” [will ' take Judge Rabb said. “Some lawyers
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Soviet Decree Tightens
Rules for Keeping 'Secrets' In B: 20-Year Prison Texms Provided for Giving ST
Information on Inventions or Foreign Trade’
M 'W, Juné 10 (U.-P.).—A cabinet decree designed to bulwark Soviet security today put on the secret list information concerning the armed forces, scientific inventions, natural resources, foreign trade and foreign relations.
other secold choice high on her list. Not so good, though still capable of nurturing her young, are masses of fermenting vegetable matter— like refuse in. the alley back of an untidy market, or sour garbage on | a city dump. ” » » LET NO ONE smugly think that|, “in our fair city Sach fly nurseries} just ‘don’t exist.” True, the garage has replaced the family horse bam and the public
Charles A. Bookwalter, 111 W.| | Kessler blvd., is attending the final} |
livery stable. But increasing popularity of horséback riding as a recreation has brought the riding stable into practically every large and middle-sized city in the land. In suburban areas there will be plenty of family cows, or one-man, three-cow neighborhood dairies; likewise flocks of chickens, and even pigpens.
any information on the new secret taining such information. Besides military information, the cabinet decré®d that henceforth the following would be considered state secrets: ONE: Discoveries, technical improvements, research and experiffiental works in all spheres of science and industry “until their final completion and publication is permitted.” : TWO: The state of currency and funds, and information on the current balance and operative financial plans of the U. 8. 8. R. THREE: Plans or proposed plans concerning the import or export of “yarious goods” and the size of
inventions,
” td » ALL THESE places, and others that local conditions may produce, give the fly a wide choice of spots where she may lay her eggs. She deposits about 130 of them at a time—little, pin-point things you would never notice unless you were an entomologist. In 24 hours or less they hatch out
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the export stocks of these goods, which were not itemized. FOUR: Mineral. deposits and the production of “colored and rare metals.” FIVE: “Information which concerns negotiations, relations and agreements of the U. 8. S. R. with foreign states, and equally with other measures in the sphere of foreign policy and foreign trade which are not contained in officially published information.” In the list of classified military information, stocks of material and food, reserves and “manpower reserves liable to mobilization” were included.
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Man Hit by Auto Dies of Injuries
John Stanley, Hotel Roosevelt, died yesterday im Methodist hospital of internal injuries suffered when he was struck by a car Saturday at Washington and Taft sts. He was 34. . Driver of the car, Harry E. Shaf-fer,-54, of 3838 W, Washington st. said Mr. Stanley ran in front of his car and was knocked into a ditch. Meanwhile, relatives here learned of the death™f Andrew J. Murphy, || former Indianapolis resident, who was killed Sunday in an automobile accident In Portland, Ore. He was 61. pl ‘ A Mr. Murphy moved to Portland from Indianapolis several years ago and was employed by a railroad. A sister, Mrs, Margaret wv IN dianapolis