Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1947 — Page 19

—— head. That was a mistake. ; d? Calmly, Paul showed me turntable switches, mike w———— buttons, the day's music, log books, transcriptions and y > the commercials. Very interessing. : “Here, sl!p on this earphone and hear yourself * talk.” Crepe I put the thing over my ear. Words failed me. A fat “Say something,” urged Paul, . ) ‘ ust a Heel

in white gyle top.

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Ayo 1 can't say it. 4 : But T-want to ask you: ‘What would you think of & man who invited you to sée his radio show, got you in front of a microphone and then said, “I'll see you later.” Oh,-s0 you think it's a good gag? : Have you ever been in front of a live mike with not a turn thing to say? It's an awful feeling with few ha ha's: ¢ +R When Paul asked me if I'd like to be a radio announcer I said “Yes” When-he asked me if I thought I could run Rhythm at Random I nodded my

| »rHIS IS RECORDS and Rhythm, Roberts and Random . . * A bit fouled up. Wheh.I looked around for Paul he>was out of the studio. My pal, Roberts. - The only thing to do was to play some music and get organized. 1 grabbed a couple of records from the little record wagon behind me, Ah, “Temptation,” with Perry Como, and “Tonight We Love,” with Freddy Martin, an I slapped the record on a turntable. There were hundreds of switches in front of me. Well, it seemed there were. “Temptation” finally began to spin. All this time I tried to be fair and attempted to give-a running account of the trouble I was having. ‘ At last, music. Something was wrong. Bert Brouse, station engineer, was waving his arms in the other room. A .young fellow in the studio audience said, “1 think he means the turntable is turning too slow.” It was Off came the record. I pushed a thing-a-ma-jig and the turntable speeded up. Back went “Temptation.” Roberts was definitely gone. “Get organized, keep cool, take it easy and don't louse up the show” kept running through my mind. I'l). show Roberts, : . Mr. Brouse was waving his hands. My friend in the audience came to the rescue again. “Youre

.playing “Tonight We Love’ instead of “Temptation'”

He was right. “Temptation” was in front of me.

‘Randoin show every afternoon is &

ROBERTS FIDDLES WHILE SOVOLA BURNS —The boss of Rhythm at Random, Paul Roberts, telaxes after pulling a fast one on his show.

the Kitchen-Aire commercisl everything I had which wasn't much, “Southern..Scandal” by Stan Kenton was next. I might add that every word of dialogue that I used on the show cannot be recalled at- this moment. Announcer Dave Rogers came in to give me a hand. . Immediately, Paul Roberts came in and told

him to scram.

Brief List- of Chores THE NOTE PAUL sent in reminded me to play music, read commercials, play transcriptions, , keep logs on records and transcriptions, talk to studio

audience (I said hello to Patty Schusler and Pattye

Dietz). check record speeds (now I found out), check * time on studio clock (1 gave the time) and numerous other “musts.” Phooey.

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Apparently this “friend” got disgusted because he stomped out of the studio, Dyna Phillips, WFBM telephone girl, poked her head into the studio and said She was getting calls from Roberts’ fans who wanted to know what was going on. I threw up my hands. “Temptation”—I mean “Tonight We Love” ended. My guardian angel told me to play a big record. I grabbed one. “Sing Sing Sing” by Benny Goodman. The 12-incher went on the air without a hitch, I think, Paul Roberts dashed in, said I was doing “great” and threw a sheet of paper at me. He went out ihe door before I could lay my hands on him. ' “ The next few minutes were used to take stock of

the situation. The commercial was worrymg me: “The

sngineer Sent a Mote saying that everything was going sver the air in fine shape. Impossible. The beer transcription went over the air, I gave

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Pocket-Size War

WASHINGTON, June 12.—Why, demanded Rep. Harold Knutson of Minnesota, shouldn't ladies be smart and carry their plunder in their hip pockets? “Goodness,” cried Mrs. Carrie Wakeman of the New York Federation of Women's Clubs. That started war between the sexes and made the subject of bulges on.ladies (where ladies aren't supposed to be bumpy) an. integral part of the American fiscal program for 1048.

Mrs. Wakeman, a small lady (without bumps) wore a red hat, red plastic cherries, on her bosom, and a large red handbag. She was upbrajding Chairman Knutson, his ways and means. committee, and the entire congress for taxing ladies’ purses 20 per cent a8 luxuries. - 4 “It is a Jong time since I've gone through the pock-. ets of a man's clothes,” Mrs. Wakeman began, “but he has, including his overcoat, at least 20 pockets.” Women have no pockets; she sdid. Women must depend on their handbags. Luxuries? Hmpf! Mrs. Wakeman said if there were a few _piore women in the marble halls, congress wouldn't pass such silly tax laws.

You Know Pockets Cause Bumps

“BUT MADAM,” interrupted Chairman Knutson, “have the women made any attempt to get pockets for themselves?” ! Such a question! Mrs. Wakeman ignored it. She said taxing a lady's handbag one-fifth of its value was law directed against the female sex. It is class legisiation and the ladies aren't going to stand for it. The Federation of Women's Clubs adopted a resolution against taxing their purses. Mrs. Wakeman wrote H, herself, She read it aloud. “Yes, but madam,’ Chairman Knutson broke in,

something. I promptly smashed it. : /

frrepatably loused up. ‘My knees began to shake and my hands trembled.

came in.

over.”

. Mucho” by Morton Gould: My mood called for some=thing like “Entry of the Gods Into. Valhalla,” by Wa BL ipa : ‘ i

isn't just so much duck soup. And I take back all the

Without checking, I threw another record on the air. A little number called “Whoopin’ the Blues” o

Suddenly I had a feeling that everything was

1 gave a Chioe-like call for Roberts. Bless him, he

“How ya doin’? Hummm?"

“I've had enough, Paul. Please, PLEASE take

“Mr. Rqberts” took over and played. “Besame

WP. 8. Paul, T admit running & show like yours

nasty things I thought about your gag.)

By Frederick C. Othman

“the chair (meaning himself) has gone through all the statutes and he can find no law against women

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Few" Workers Remain

By KENNETH HUFFORD THERE IS little left of rent control ‘and sugar-rationing in Indiana—functions that were co.tinued

Here's a sizeup of the situaticn

today: Thirty-Ave former OPA employ-

ters at 420 N, Peunsylvania st. where OPA was located. Included in this figure are those employed at the Richmond and Connersville control offices. An additional 18 persons at the| Pennsylvania st, address administer the state's shaky sugar-rationing program, now & part of the U, 8. department of agriculture.

. » ” AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Clinton P. Anderson yesterday abolished domestic and institutional rationing of sugar, leaving unly industrial rationing and price controls wo be enforced. And real estate interests—dong the foe of rent control— are increasing pressure to’ end this government function. ' Meanwhile, Hoosier landlords’ and tenants continue to pile complaints

Piles bulge with allegations of gouging by landlords. The latter, not without their share of troubles, have filed numerous charges that tenants have damaged properiy.

o ” “" ENFORCEMENT of the regulations rests upon government attorneys at Clevelafti, O., who must handle violations in several states. This spreads enforcement manpower almost to the breaking point. Other attorneys, also located in Cleveland, *are charged with the responsibility of prosecuting fla-

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and assumed by other agencies afrer| | the death of OPA. :

{ees are working .or the office of the housing expediter, with headquar-

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regulations. Their efforts, too, must be divided among several states. When OPA was killed Jan. 1, the few rent division employees of the | Indiana agency who remained were transferred to the office of tempo-| rary controls. Later, they were placed on the payroll of the hous-|

Death Cheated In Traffic Mishaps

3 Unhurt as Train

Smashes Auto

Death took a brief holiday in five trafic’ accidents near Indianapolis last night and late yesterday. ° Mrs. Paul C. Koehring of Route 9,

having pockets.” Mrs. Wakeman gasped. She smoothed her own pocketless hips. She caught her breath and she said dressmakers did not make pockets in feminine clothes because they caused bumps. The lawmakers leaned forward and listened closely. J . “Now,” continued Mrs. W., “Let: me show you gentlemen something.” > #

Turns Her Back on Lawmakers SHE PICKED up her pocketbook, opened the clasp, and turned it upsidé down. Bang, bang; bankety bang, went her possessions. Boom, went the flashlights. @areful reporter that I am (Adv) I made an inventory of Mrs. Wakeman's merchandise and can report that she dumped under Rep. Knutson’s nose these things: A red” leather eyeglass case, a stamp box, two spools of thread, a package of needles, one glove, a knife, a match case, a package of lipstick tissue, one new lipstick and one old, three letters, a brass widget of face powder, a thirror with one corner nicked off, a comb, a note book, a pencil with a broken point, a check book, a fresh handkerchief, a ring of keys and a wad of tan cloth which looked like it might be a nylon stocking. “Gentlemen,” she asked, “do you want me to carry all that in a paper bag with a string around it?”

Chairman Knutson said, no he didn't. He wanted not hurt. Mr. Trobst told state poher to carry it in pockets. Mrs. Wakeman gave Up.|lice he had barely stopped the

What was the use? ‘Men are exasperating, stubborn creatures. Of this there can be no doubt.

Mrs. W. said as much, without ever saying another| ¢

word as she turned her back on the lawmakers an repatked her tax-paid handbag,

Love and a Bey

HOLLYWOOD, June 12.—“I don’t mind going out with Hollywood glamour girls socially, but I've never met one yet I'd consider marrying.” Turhan Bey speaking, girls. Yes, the same Turhan Bey who has had romantic interludes with Lana Turner, Yvonne de Carlo, and quite a tew other movietown queens. «Just beautiful friendships, nothing more,” he told me on the set of the Eagle-Lion movie, “Out of the Blue.” Then he cracked out with some opinions that will probably have him diving off the Santa Monica pier, with the glamour dolls in hot pursuit. “You just can’t tell whether a Hollywood actress means what she's saying. After all, actresses get paid for parading their, emotions. After a while they become accustomed to emoting all the time and probably can't help themselves." ; Like, he said, the first time he fell in love with a Hollywood star. “She was beautiful in a slinky black evening gown,” Turhan said. “The night was balmy and the stars were twinkling overhead. I told her that I loved her, and she turned toward me and said, ‘I love yéu, too, darling.’

Old Script Talk

“THEN SHE started talking about love and emotions. Her choice of words was beautiful and I listened, entranced. All -of a sudden it hit me. I'd heard those words before—in her last picture, com= plete with the same gestures. “Bven .then I wouldn't have minded so much,” Turhan said, “but she upstaged me.” z

We, the Women

By Erskine Johnson

Turhan looked gloomy. ‘ “But you know what will probably happen. I'l meet a girl, an actress, a truly great actress. She'll

convince me that all she wants out of life is to be happily married. So I'll propose and she’ll accept.

And as I turn to kiss her after the marriage cere-

mony, I'll find that she has upstaged me so that the

audience can only see the back of my neck.”

‘Bogie’ Gets a Break

HUMPHREY BOGART'S former wife,

a wealthy gent from Portland, Ore.

would sit on deck and glare at each other. “

: Don Ameche had to walk down a long flight of stairs in pajamas, bathrobe, and bare feet for a ] After one rehearsal, Douglas Sirk ordered Don to put on socks and slippers. Said the director, “I'm sorry, Don, but

scene in “Sleep, My Love.” Director

your bare' feet just don't have sex appeal.” Now that her with

to England. Says Joan: “For a bicycle vacation.” vt

No truth to those separation rumors for the Ray Millands. Mrs. M. goes to England to join Ray this

month, with 7-year-old Danny tagging along.

, Reason “Nightmare ANey” is keeping its terrific punch ending, as in the novel, is because Ty Power wanted it that way, The Johnston office, however,

now is reconsidering its origingl approval.

By Ruth Millett

———————— Dear Ofklandon last night. William

Mayo Methot, will try matrimony again, it's reported, with Bogie probably is much, relieved. Until recently, Mayo was going places with a fellow who moored his yacht near Bogart's at Newport Beach. Mayo and Layren Bacall

Mike Todd has cracked up, Joan Blondell ‘will take her two children

Box 330, and two children narrowly {escaped death when their car was’ {smashed by a speeding passenger train. The accident occurred at ‘the Post road crossing of the Balti{more & Ohio tracks. Mrs. Koehring told pélice she became panicky when she saw the train bearing down on the interséction and leaped from the car. Her {15-year-old daughter, Lida, jumped from the other door carrying 2-{year-old Eric in her arms. All escaped injury. Faces Traffic Court Mrs. Koehring ‘was slated to appear in Beech Grove magistrate court ‘on a charge of driving without an operator's license. » . Braden Patterson, 20, of Cumberland, was injured seriously when the car in which he was riding sideswiped a parked truck in the $800 block on E. Washington st. He was taken to City hospital. The driver of the car, Don Little,

Norman Trobst of Cincinnati were

truck and had not had time to put out flares. Suffers Face Injuries William D. Estes of 735 :N. Denny st. received face injuries in a collision with a“ truck on road 67

L. Gebhart, 5256 N. Alabama st. driver of the truck, was slated to appear in Beech Grove magistrate court tonight on a drunken driving charge, Mike A. Raimondi, 6056 E. McCarty st., was treated for injuries received late yesterday when the brakes failed to stop the truck in which he was riding on Girls School road. The truck, driven by Anthony T. Constantino, plunged off the road as the driver attempted to stop for the intersection with state road. 34. Mr. Constantino was not injufed. Roy Millikan, 50, a civilian employee at F't. Harrison, was in serious condition at Billings hospital after being struck by a car as he walked along Road 67 southwest of Lawrence, The car was driven by Thomas Beggs of 633 N. Pennsylvania st.

Five Men Arrested After Police Raid

Five men were arrested on charges of keeping a room for pool selling after a raid yesterday on the

also of Cumberland, and truckep{they compete with stable and pig-

IN AN ANTI-FLY campaign it “sweep before your own door first.”

and stops there.

flies will still. be there, There is one.fly-attracting institution .that is more or less on the borderline between individual and community responsibility. This is the old-fashioned open-pit privy. . Outdoor toilets are still far more numerous and widespread than the average urban citizen is aware. The U. S. bureau of census (which gets data on all mentionable subjects, and some that are unmentionable) reports that more than a third of American dwellings (35.4 per cent, {0 be precise) are without flush toilets: they either ‘have the outdoor variety, or (In a small but shocking proportion) nothing at all. o

8 » » MOST OF these houses that depend on privies are on farms, where

sty for the attention of flies. Of all farmsteads checked by the census bureau, only 11.4 per cent had flush toilets. : The group classified as “rural, non-farm,” which would include many houses commonly thought of as suburban,.is a good deal better off. 45 per cent of them have flush toilets. : There is solid economic reason for this: sewer extensions into remote suburbs are costly, and so are private septic tanks. ” » o OBVIOUSLY these necessary but noisome installations cannot be abolished, or even materially reduced in number in one or a few seasons. They can, however, be made less accessible to flies by tight construction and screening. More important still, flies can be prevented from using them for breeding-places Ly liberal use of borax.

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move will be their dismissal. *

Naturally, their morale is not high. But like good soldiers, they

stand by their posts and will accept

complaints until the end comes. Meanwhile, each has his eye on another job.

Householder Who Cleans Own Door Must Aid

In Drive on Pests at Unsightly Places

By DR. FRANK THONE (Copyright, 1947, by Science Service

) - is well to obey the old adage to But victory will still remain with

the flies if the individual householder simply cleans up his own premises

Some of the worst fly-breeding spots are matters of community concern, and if the community doesn’t take action on them—well, the

the strictly urban areas. Census figures show that 9.5 per cent of all city dwellings are without flush toilets. Most of the outdoor installations are to be found in slums and blighted areas—old buildings, not worth the cost of modern plumbing, yet inhabited by human beings compelled often to live at a sub-human level. They are for the most part so poor that they cannot afford to buy borax for sprinkling. =) ] a >

[EE THIS SQUALID filth of the slums thus becomes the community’s preklem. Unless it is cleaned up, and kept constantly cleaned up, a citywide anti-fly campaign will be & failure because of these worst, most critical spots. It is right here that fly-fighting forces are sure to meetsthe toughest going. Little “€osoperation can be expected from slum dwellers. Worse still, active opposition is likely to be encountered from the landlords. Part of the profit in operating a slum property normally comes out of hanging onto money that would normally be spent on repairs and upkeep. » » ” IT MAY therefore be necessary to get the city authorities to apply a little special pressure, to get these reservoirs of potential pestilence emptied, cleaned up, and frequently checked to see that at least elementary decency is observed, and breeding of flies prevented. Here's where community spray apparatus loaded with DDT can do much good. It is possible, of course, to bypass these plague-spots as too difficult to handle,

The really critical problem posed

That will mean the acceptance of

by the outdoor privy, however, is inia certain number of fly-infested

Carnival—By

Dick Turner 0h

Nu-Da Advertising Co. office, 1242 College ave.

Bader found marked racing forms,

equipment when they entered: the place on a search warrant.

dell, 1242 College ave’; Amil Corodell, 1311 N.! Denny st.; John Lane, 970 W. 30th st.

Terpsichoreans. Win

A squad headed by Sgt. Ralph

run-down sheets and other betting |

Those arrested were John D. Rijd-|

silli, 700 W. 30th st; Maurice Rid-| Wayne | Cummings, 3215 Kenwood ave, and |

A SCHOOL teacher says: “It disgusts me to see

a woman teacher take evident pride In someone's » remark: ‘I never would have taken you for a teacher.’ The, public mever will put an appraisal on any profession that is higher than that accorded it by its own members.” 2 /

Don't Admit Their Job ~

SHE 18 absolutely right, of course. And yet I've hedrd young, #ttractive school teachers say that when they get away from their ‘home ‘towns on vacation trips they don't admit to. strangers that they are school teachers. “They are sure they will have a “better time if they don't wear the school teacher label. Now just why should an attractive member of the ‘profession be ashamed to admit Wat she is

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a teacher? Nurses aren't’ ashamed to let the world Battle of Teacups 4 know they are nurses. Alr line hostesses are proud | SHANGHAI China, June 132 CARES 12 of their jobs. A girl says, “I'm a private secretary,” |P.)~—After undergoing bombard- : with a feeling of pride and importance, ment by teacups and inkwells, the SO

Time to Change Ideas WHAT 1F ‘the public hasn't outgrown the notion’ that “prim,” and “strait-laced” are the proper adjectives to apply to a school teacher? Isn't it about time the public forgot that silly attitude? But how is the public going to do it when women |

teachers themselves are flattered by the remark, “I argume: : | Fin@ly, the harassed council dodged the issue by agreeing ‘to, prohibit the opening of

never would have taken you for a teacher.” . What they ought to reply to that ded attempt at flattery is: "Yes, I'm a teacher—and I'm ‘proud of it.” TA WF ore Cw 4 ay

Shanghai, The councilmen fought a .fiveminute duel in a bitter dispute over.

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THE VACANT CHAIRS—Where many busy typists once ground out volumes of paper work for the old OP processing clerk now remains. She is Mrs. Lois Hurley, 1535 Spann ave., who first came to the office in April,

grant violators of sugar-rationing ing expediter. They expect the next the sugar-rationing workers, who, James Strickland have found jobs y continue to process the vast amount | in private industry. Wea

of paper work necessary in provid-

ing Hoosier industry with the sweet |in some phase of private industry > jobs. Young 'stenographers women | clerical employees who once comprised an Indians|those who sought and found other This same attitude is shared by! OPA working staff of 650 under|governinent jobs. 3

stuff, : » »

” MOST OF the men and

Worst Fly-Breeding Nuisances Need Community Co-operation

1943.

Many of the men were

make up most

islands in an otherwise clean city, there may find the rim of your mille

and they may travel miles from bottle on its way from the dairy

their filthy breeding places.

» ® » IT SHOULD always be remembered that these open pest-holes in

the slums are exactly the. spots eaning where germs of typhoid fever, dysen- Set in an overseas tery and other intestinal diseases | what that is likely to mean,

are most apt to be deposited.

Sweetheart Slayer

Faces Life Term

HAGERSTOWN, Md, June 12 (U. P.)—Bruce Davis, 31, faced prospects «of \ life imprisonment today for the hammer slaying lyst Nov. 29 of Mrs. Florence McAllister, his 29-year-old sweetheart. An all-male jury found the navy veteran guilty of first degree murder late yesterday after 50 minutes of deliberation but stipulated that he should not be executed. The verdict made life imprisonment mandatory, Mrs. McAllister's battered i was found in a half-empty farmohuse near Burtonsville, Md., last Dec. 10. -

French Railway Strike Settled -

PARIS, June 12 (U. P.).—Trains began running on the nationalized French railroads today a few hours after settlement of a six-day strike by 500,000 railroad workers. An agreement ending’ the paralyzing tieup was signed early this morning by government and strike leaders.

the deserted Paris terminals when news of the settlement was published. By 9 a. m. the stations were packed with travelers, many of them stranded since Friday.

Premier Paul Ramadier signed an agreement with union leaders at 5 a. m. after 13 hours of almost continuous negotiating. The agreement granted the railroad men wage increases and other pay benes fits totaling 9 billion francs ($75, 630,252) for the remainder of 1947. “The strike against the state-con-

Can Substitute A-Bomb AUCKLAND, New Zealand, June 12 (U. P)~Prof. T. D. J. Leech, one of the scientists decorated in the new British honors list, was reported today to be a leading figure in the development of a still

fective alternative to the atom bomb.” Prof, Leech is engineering professor at Auckland university. Informants said the weapon he

among allied nations v- gave

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