Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 June 1947 — Page 13

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applicant ‘until one of the examiners went out for a test. “You'll hive to take your chances. Just like

"iy “What's the percentage of failures on the test?" Mr, Essex said it was approximately 14 to 18 per t. “Often a beginner comes for his driving test too * Mr, Essex said. of the 16-year-old who couldn't wait until

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on an incline, started on an incline, turned around): in the middle of the street and used hand signals as|

if she had been driving for years.

After Miss Hill had gone to the statehouse to get her operator's license, Mr. Essex remarked that “If more beginners drove like that the whole city would be much safer” ~~ »

“Ready to take the test?” Mr, Holzhouse asked a |

blond youth in front of the desk. He was ready and it would be all right for a reporter to.ride along “if he wants to.” - John 8. Lyman Jr. 117 W, 23d st., junior at Broad Ripple, seemed to be a little nervous. He demonstrated the mechanical safety features quickly. Mr. Holzhouse told him to “go to tip comer and tum right.” \ The car lurched forward and John said, “I guess I'm a little nervous.” I was a little nervous myself in the back seat. by

In By Eight Points AFTER THAT INITIAL start I could imagine how John felt. An examiner with a pad making check marks in a book would make anyone nervous, especially after you had just shook him up a bit, We took the identical course that Miss Hill took. The ride seemed to take longer. Maybe it was my imagination. Whatever the score, I thought, as Mr.

Holzhouse made his computation, John should get

100 for effort. He really tried. “You passed with eight points to spare, Mr. Holshouse told John.

The candidate for an operator's license smiled}

from ear to ear and said: “Gosh.” Mr. Holzhouse went over the mistakes one by one.

Then he told John to take his copy of the examination

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A LADY DRIVER WHO CAN DRIVE—Betty Ahn Hill is about ready to prove to Charles Essex that she can get out of the beginner class. She did, too, with peints to spare.

A Lot of Rot?

WASHINGTON, June 11.—The government can't give away any of its $85,000,000 worth of surplus potatoes for people to eat because that would send

down and mash the potato business, Beiter to: Jet. the spuds rot. Pour coal oll on ‘em. Dye ‘em purple. Bury ‘em. Or never even dig ‘em out of the

If that Sounds hard-hearted, make the most of it. so sald 8. R. Smith of the agriculture department almost 30°many words. Potato Chieftain Smith mild>mannered little man in heavy eye-glasses tan summer suit, but he obviously was ex-

8 s questions. of his congressional in-

‘Congress “Passed. the Law’

CONGRESS PASSED fhe price support Taw, be

| said as poiltely as he could, and he was doing his i dead-levelest to carry it out.

Chairman August H. Andresen (R. Minn.) of the

! house agriculture sub-committee, said it was a shame

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to let thousands of .carloads of potatoes spoil Rep. Charles B. Hoeven .(R. Iowa) said Americans abhor the destruction of food. Spud ‘King Smith said he didn't like it, either. “But 1 have {5-say that so long as you are under obligations to maintain prices on potatoes, you can’t do it if you give these potatoes to those who can't pay the price,” he added. “That sounds hard-hearted but it's the way it 1s.” Shades of the little pigs plowed under by Henry Wallace! - When I attended the inquiries into the fate of the unfortunate porkers a dozen years ago, I seem ‘to remember that all hands agreed they'd never destroy good things to eat again, so help ‘em. Somebody must have forgotten.’ The potato hearings are reminiscent of the pig imbroglios. They're even being held in the same eool, green-carpeted room with the sepia scenes of rural life on the walls. The government, said Smith, euchered itsklf into a souffie on the potato deal. So many farmers insisted on their lawful privilege of selling potatoes to their Uncle Sam for more than

record and study it for improvement. = «1 sure will,” John said “and when Dad sees this he'll see to it that I do.” : “Good boy.” Prankly, I had enough of the driving test business. And yet, last year, 31 examiners throughout the state gave 151,463 examinations for operators, chauffeurs and public passenger licenses. Wow.

* By Frederick C. Othman,

they could get from their regular customers, that Mr. Smith was swamped.

There were so many potatoes coming out of the|

ears of the agriculture department that he paid off farmers in North Carolina and Virginia for potatoes still in the ground. Then he sent federal cops south to see that the farmers didn't dig the government's potatoes—about 1,500,000 bushels—from their fields. When I say “about” 1,500,000 bushels, I mean. just that. It is not easy to measure potatoes unless you

"IS THAT YOU, MABEL?" ~~ Allison Plant 3, Miss Stella Hemeier, | army airforce secretary, dives for a telephone "her weariness in an animated conversation wi As far as she's concerned chit-chat is relaxafi

EASY DOES IT—Summer heat brings warning from doctors to "take it easy” and to relax at every opportunity to stave off hot weather fatigue and possible heat prostration. At Allison Plants 2 and 3 workers demonstrate how to make every relaxation moment count. Here Harry Pock Jr., 5601 Winthrop ave., leans back and reads a magazine as he eats his lunch in Plant 3 cafeteria. :

dig ‘em from the earth. Mr. Smith said his experts|

dug a few samples from each field, and on the basis of that estimated the amount left to rot below the surface. ; If he'd received better co-operation from the rest of the Sovernment, he said, the potato surplus might not have Been such a mess. The army wasn’t interested in his potatoes last fall. Neither was UNRRA. Nobody wanted ‘em.

Army Changed Its Mind THEN IN JANUARY-after about 8,200,000 100pound sacks of potatoes froze and had to be dumped in Maine, alone—the Spanish government ordered 18 shiploads of potatoes to feed the hungry across the ocean. Simultaneously the army changed its mind and ordered 239,000 long tons of potatoes for seed purposes ‘in Germany. “The army dgmanded immediate delivery,” Mr. Smith moaned. He did his dead-levelest, he said, but there weren't enough railroad trains to take fhe potatoes to the piers, nor boats to carry them abroad. Mr. Smith never did fill all the Germany order, or the Spanish requisition either, : He still has thousands of fons of potatoes on hand. He'll sell for a cent a bushel to anybody who'll use 'em for starch, alcohol, or fertilizer. But nobody can buy ‘em to eat. Mr, Smithll dump ‘em first and sprinkle ‘em with kerosene to make sure nobody eats the government's potatoes. That's the law and he intends to carry it out. : : 1 think I'll quit ‘eating potatoes, myself. As a taxpayer, I hate to pay for ‘em twice. .

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Eyes Up, Boys

HOLLYWOOD, June 11.—~Walter Florell, the mad milliner of movie stars and New York socialites, took off & sheared beaver coat, laboriously waved a

slim hand weighted down with a 38-carat diamond ring, and predicted that milady’s hats will be “sexier” this Talk They have to be, Walter said, because skirts are getting longer. “The men won't be looking at legs this fall. They will: be looking at hats. And the hats will have to carry ‘all the sex appeal.” The Florell contribution to the 47 sex appeal atop nillady’s head: A group of hats, along with two score others, which he introduced to Hollywood at a fashion show, Mr. Florell's subtle name for the group: “Bedtime Stories.” His not so subtle individual names for the hats: Henry, Charles, Bill, Walter, Tom, Dick, Harry, etc. ’ Walter Florell is a character. A former ballet dancer, he made a fortune designing mad hats priced as high as $350 and spent a good share of his profits on diamonds,

The Husbands’ Shrine THE 38-CARAT boulder he's wearing on this trip to Hollywood is’ his’ latest acquisition. It’s only two carats less than the famous Hope diamond. “It's really nothing” he said. “It's just a little shrine built for me by the husbands of America, They eventually pay for all my hats.” 4 But men, Walter is on our side. He said the price of milady’s hats is much too high. Then he'ducked

We, the Women

A MAN who has co-authored a book for brides has come out’ with his list of 10 do's and don’ts for a happy marriage—all of them aimed directly at the bride. \ Nine of the rules have been best sellers for years on the “how to keep your husband happy” market.

New Rule Points Way BUT THERE'S a new one on the list that June brides should take to heart. If they do, they can Just about forget all the others. The tip is: “Have a lot of fun and let

you're enjoying yourself.” - : ; 's happy marriage that too many women overlook. .Such women become the

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By Erskine Johnson

behind his 38-carat diamond ring and said, “I've already cut my prices. My $75 hat is now only $7250. I just can’t design a hat for less than that. I'd rather be a dish washer.” . Shirley Temple was photographed wearing a Florell hat for a recent magazine cover. .Mr. Florell is stil} chuckling about that. “After the photograph was made, the magazine wired me for the name .of the hat. I looked it up and almost fainted. The name of the hat was Juve: nile Delinquency. I knew I had to do something quick. So I changed the name of the hat to Fragrance.” !

Ten Besl—Hatless AS USUAL, Mr. Florell is" introducing some new tricks for fall hats. He's using lots of gold trim “to give the ladies a sense of security in these trying times.” He's putting fishing flies on sport hats and is eliminating wide brims.. He's also making his hats higher, because “skirts are getting ~longer and I don’t want women who wear my: hats to look like they're walking on their knees.” Although it may be bad for his business, Walter said there are certain women who should never wear hats. These" women, for example, should never wear hats: Ginger Rogers, Claudette Colbert, Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Annabella, Mrs. Howard Hawks, Elsa Maxwell, Ingrid Bergman, Dorothy Parker add Greta Garbo. “When they wear hats,” he said, “the results are disastrous.”

‘By Ruth Millett

They make a grim business out of social life, instead of relaxing and enjoying a few good friends. They sayy “We simply MUST entertain so-and-so,” ~instead of “Let’s have the Joneses over; they're so much fun.”

Dull to Live With : WOMEN LIKE that are deadly dull Yo live with even though they follow all the other rules for being good wives. And the funny thing is, such women usually follow rules to the letter. They are often good cooks and housekeepers, conscientious mothers, good managers, attractive to look at. : they keep the ability to them is going to have much

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whith means it is not using them. |business here.

~ TIME OUT—Between dessert and time fo go back to work these Allison’ Plant 3: workers catch up on their reading and sewing. These * few minutes of relaxation will tide them through a hot afternoon. Left to right they are Miss Alberta Highland, 1320 N. Delaware st.; Miss Midge Hunter, 2063 N. Meridian st.; Miss Juanita Harris, 45 W. 27th st., and Miss Claribel Fitzpatrick, 4911 Central ave. :

maps and settle down for a few minutes" serious thought-ab to spend their vacations. : Relaxed as they scan- the. map are right) Mrs. David Bernhardt, 5049 W. I5th st.:' Miss Eva Nell: lock. 49.18 W. 13th st. and Mrs. Earl Smith, 3304 W./ 10th sk

TO EACH HIS OWN—There are those who would find this hot euchre game work, but it's relaxation for these

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four Allison workers, who spend part of their lunch hour table-pounding in Plant 2 canteen eve day. Wrapped up ‘lo City officials today were probing [received a number of new cabs on In Theft in Lond Proposed Chorus mits. had been retired from service in| e S in on oil Rite chorus was announced today torney Henry B. Krug charged He emphatically denied = black|to the British government against pointed music director of, Scottish Universél ment the city attorney's recoms \ Mr. Krug indicated. other ta school operated by the embassy, it was disclosed today. A ! The mayosaid his findings would The embassy reported that it had that $27 annual taxi licenses were youaid his 5 an ordinance ‘increasing the num-| A foreign office spokesman of , Second

in their game are (left fo right] George Feldmaier, Ben M. Wassan, John F. Schmitt and William S. Breadon. : ” * . ‘ . i / 4 i Racket Is Charged in Cab Permits Russ Protest Biltcliffe to Lead reported monopolistic control and order. : black market resale of taxi cab per-| He sald some of the older cabs Appointment of Edwin: Bilteliffe) “4 as conductor of a proposed Scottish At a meeting in the mayor's of- the interest. of public safety. LONDON, June 11 (u. P.)—The| . hn ; ‘| venture fice yesterday afternoon, City At- Denies Resale Russian embassy here has protested |™Y Fabien Sevitzky, recently ap-|iorney, United Taxi Co., Inc. is not using ne any Jax) permiite. fois alleged burglaries at apartments Rite Valley of Indianapolis. | Chester ; all of its permits. of Soviet diplomats in London and a | The statio mendation that the licenses be re- AY operators were following similar |voked. practices and also made allegations be used as 8 basis for determining|forwarded protests May 30 and June being resold hy some cab officials {whether to ask city council to pass|4 over the réported intrusions. for as muchas $1000 each. J said ber of cab permits from 420 to 475.[one such: profest had been received | The city attorney recommended Bootleg Cabs Target and the “matter is under

tion.” re 200 Fur revocation of 17 permits issued to The measure has been proposed| + oo ieee | oubOAGO, United. He said city-records showed |py the safety board in a move oly. - Tri | to R at the . company had failed to get provide more adequate cab service ap a > ecess 4 monthly, inspection stickers from fin certain sections of the city.and| TOKYO, June 11 (U. P.).~The} the city controller for the cabs, {to help eliminate the bootleg cab|international ' military sl : . |ranted ea request of the there | counsel today for a six- -| in the war crimes trial ps | 25 top war leaders. The

- Roscoe M. Hardwick, president of | Mayor Tyndall declared the firm, second largest in Indian- would be no advantage in-aut) apolis, explained the permits were ling additional licenses if not in use because United had not already issued were not: