Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 1947 — Page 11

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Ted Lewis, merry-go-round operator, “eased the long ‘handle of the friction: clutch tothe left and

brought the revolving oak Horse racetrack to, a stop.

Most of the youngsters hopped. ‘off their brightly painted steeds and headed out the exit gate’ Parents

swung several others off the chargers into their arms. An anxious mother walked around the wire fence to a spot where she could get her offspring’s attention |

One little fellow stayed glued to ‘his-saddle.

and called, to get off.” / The boy haa his own .idea about the ride. He grasped: the iron pipe in front of him tighter. Mama

“The ride's over darling. You'll have

made herself heard clearly, well above the persistent

strains of “Under the Double Eagle.”

Tried to Make Him Go 3

THE YOUNG HORSEMAN shook the bar and + bouiced ‘in the saddle,

The horse wouldn't move. Mama came over and pried his fingers loose, from the pole, swung the objecting young cabaliero ‘under her arm and off they went. “Do you have much of that?" 1 asked Mr. Lewis. “No, not too much. But every once in a “while you get a kid who wants to ride as long as the Jights are on.” A fresh batch of youngsters , stood at the gate. Mr. Lewia unhooked the chain and they streamed in. Two young girls raced for a white charger on the outside of the circle. A serious-eyed boy of about three walked slowly among the stationary animals. He was going to choose a good one. A lion caught his eye. After climbing on the beast’s back he bounced a couple of times. No good. The boy's parents called to him to take a horse. He wasn't in any hurry. An ostrich didn’t appeal to him either.’ At last he made his choice. Mr. Lewis said, “Oh-oh. That's one we call a ‘dead horse’ because it won't go up and down. Now let's see what happens.” Mr, Lewis put the mérry-go-round in motion. The boy caught on quick and decided to change horses, The operator brought the merry-go-round to a stop. Youngsters began to raise their voices.” Without batting an eye the little fellow chose another horse and scrambled on. The merry-go-round started again. This horse galloped for the boy and he smiled at the whole world. The crisis was over. Ronald Cahn, ticket taker in the evening and student at the Lincoln Chiropractic college in the daytime, jumped on the revolving platform to the tune of “Over the Waves.” I mentioned to Mr. Lewis that I was getting dizay watching the horses go around while I stood in the center of the circle. “You'll get used to it after a while. I remember the same feeling back in 1904 when I started to operate a merry-go-round in Vincennes." “Do _you mean by 1990 I can stand here and not

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REIN HIM HIGH, SON—Bobby Wright; 6742. Hillside ave., gets some last minute point- -

ers about his "charger" from Operator Ted Lewis, get dizzy?” He assured me it wouldn't take quite

that long. “One thing about this ride. When the kids stop smiling that's when you have to watch them,” Mr. Lewis explained. “Like that kid there?” ' “OH NO. They're ‘all right when their eyes are the size of saucers. They're having fun.

Taking Care of His Steed

THE SAUCER-EYED tyke held the reins with both hands and stared straight ahead without batting an eye. Only when the merry-go-round slowed down did he look from side to side. I mentioned to Mr. Cahn that a cattails lady with a little boy apparently liked the ride. ‘Their third was coming up. : i “That's my wife and 3':-year-old som, Eric,” Mr. Cahn, said. Oh. “Eric ‘comes here to ‘see Daddy work but I'm not so sure ‘that. is the main reason. He ‘likes to ride the merry-go-round.” The Wurlitzer kept puffing out the concert of disconcerted music. The children and the grownups came and went but the horses, Mr, Lewis and Mr: Cahn stayed on thejr merry-go-round. Watching youngsters having fun is a treat I don't tire of easily but the revolving lights and the horses made me lose my smile. I remembered what Mr. Lewis said: “When the kids stop smiling that's when you have to watch them.” : Wouldn't it be awful if T had to wait until 1990 before I got used to the spinning of a merry-go-round,

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Beefsteak Blues

By Frederick C. Othman

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WASHINGTON, June 16—Tenderly my doubletalking butcher spread upon the counter, like a queen's diadem, a nondescript chunk of beefsteak. A dollar and ten cents a pound. My lip curled involuntarily, baring my long, sharp teeth. I snapped 'em. I was a cannibal for the moment and suddenly he knew it. He chopped off his tale of wholesale price Mikes. He fled screaming and my razor-sharp fangs (whetted by a diet of rutabaga cutlets and ground peanut patties) barely punctured his hide. Cpa All right, Maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but hot much. I am a hungry vegetarian again, as in the days ot Chester Bowles, and. I am fed up with

the hocus-pocus in the meat ‘Busifiess. Somewhere’

between the cow and my frying pan is a buck-passing profiteer. The butcher who barely’ escaped with his life blames the wholesaler, The wholesalers have blamed government purchases of meat for relief shipments to Europe. Secretary of Agriculture Clint Anderson, says, not 30. He can't imagine why meat prices should have jumped so high. He says it is a mystery.

There's Plenty of Meat

HIS OPTIMISTIC helpers say they don't think costs will go much higher, Other experts talk learpedly about the historic price curve of meat, which goes up in the summer and down in the fall The figures indicate that seldom has there been more meat in big city storage. In seven days, when Fetail prices were soaring from six to 16 cents a pound, 37 million pounds of dressed meat, far above normal, arrived in New York City alone. You can't eat statistics, nor digest (even mentally) the conflicting statements of the meat trade. I'll inflict no more of them upon you. There is no shortage

Red Gets Break

of meat—only a shortage of people, including my bride, who can afford to buy it. She says, in a lady-like may, the devil with the highbinders, may their refrigerators break down, and where is her recipe for mock meat loaf mostly made of oatmeal? She is an optimistic woman still. Look at George Bernard Shaw, she says. He's never even tasted 89 cent ground round steak, nor 92 cent pot roast and look at him. Spry, chipper, 90-odd and still grinding out literaturé. Mrs. O. says that

if I'm to earn my living by the typewriter, maybe a

permanent vegetable diet is indicated. That isn’t all » She remembers from our Hollywood. days one of the huskiest, han gents in the movie star business, name of Walter Pidgeon. He didn't like meat when it was cheap. He preferred carrots and other rabbit food, with an occasional handfu] of English walnuts to give him strength.

Vegetables or Bankruptcy

EATING A’ MEAL then with Mr. Pidgeon was a trying experience. He chomped: his turnips as if he liked 'em; simultaneously he expressed sorrow for fellows like me, addicted to pork chops. Why, demands my bride, can't I be like Mr. Pidgeon? At least until the meat industry comes groveling to our door with 19-cent hamburger and says, please, won't we give beef another chance? She adds, by way of ending the conversation, that, I either join the Messrs. Shaw and Pidgeon at the fresh vegetable plate, or I go bankrupt. I have promised, I told her I'd eat no more meat, with one exception, until prices drop. She approved the exception. Anytime a butcher gets too close to me, she said, it will be all right to take a bite of him. A big bite. (I think she’s part cannibal, too.)

By Erskine | Johnson

HOLLYWOOD, June 16.—Ef¢lusively yours: Red Skelton ‘gets Paul Jones "to produce his future ffims at M-G-M. Jones has guided most of Bob Hope's pictures at Paramount. S80 now there's hope for Red, it seems.

M-G-M and Spencer Tracy. are making with the arguments over his new contract. Cornel Wilde is back at Fox for re-takes on “Forever Amber.” The Joan Crawford-Donald “Red” Barry romance is surprising just about everybody, including Barry. Leo Durocher ‘is denying my exclusive that Ace Press Agent Steve Hannegan is quietly doing a goodwill job for him. Don't believe Leo's denials. The story is true. Alan Ladd hopes to be on the radio in the fall in a detective series a la Dick Powell's Rogues Gallery.

‘Eat Their Pictures’

ON THE SET of “The Time of Your Life,” Bill Bendix was raving about the food served in a cer“That's the one good thing about the studio,” he said. “In fact, they ought to release their food and eat the pictures.” Quick film career: New York actress Zama Cunningham flew into town, did a quick five-minute scene with Betty Hutton in “Dream Girl” and flew out again, Zama plays her singing coach. Paulette Goddard bought so many clothes in Paris, on a flying spree from her London film activities, that she had to hire a small plane to cart all the stuff back to London.

Sigh on a fancy Hollywood station wagon: “No Rancho Yetto.” Humphrey Bogart has been gnashing his teeth ever since he Jearned the production schedule of “The Treasure of Sierra Madre” would keep him out of the Honolulu yacht race. He spent $15,000 refitting his Santana for the race.

The Hollywood Pawns: Before R-K-O landed Ethel Barrymore for a role in “Memory of Love,” there was some doubt whether she would be able to accept the part because of other film commitments. So for a couple of days R-K-O switched the role to a man—and Walter Brennan was penciled in to play it. When Ethel became available, the role was rewritten back into a woman's part.

Ney Fires His Agent RICHARD NEY just fired his agent. That reconciliation with Greer Garson hasn't materialized yet, with a divorce predicted in the offing. Kirk Douglas will get one of the ‘top roles in “Serenade.” Marilyn Buferd, Miss America, just dropped by M-G-M, will be tested for “The Miracle of the Bells.” Famous artist Edgar Miller tells me the only glamor girl he'll paint. while in Hollywood will be Barbara Stanwyck. He says: “Her face interests me. In fact, it's the only face in Hollywood that does.” Margaret Whiting has been testing for the lead in the film version of “Annie Get Your Gun.” Judy Garland, husband Vincent Minnelli, and 15-month-old Liza head for Nassau and a vacation following completion of “The Pirate.”

We, the Women

-. "By Ruth Millett

WHILE THE EXPERTS shake their heads over

“Momism” in America and write books referring to

woman as “the lost sex” bécause she can no longer find employment in the home after her children are

grown, middle-aged Mama apparently is quietly but energetically finding a place for herself in the world.

More Than Half Married

MORE THAN half of the 4 million women who have gone to work since 1940 are middle-aged, married women according to a recent survey made by Bryn Mawr college. These women are probably headed in the right direction. When home duties are no longer exacting enough to keep them busy and happy, why not a

The responsibilities of a job dnd the satisfaction of a pay check ought to take care of their restless energy. And by adding to the family income instead of sitting around figuring out ways of spending more of what their husbands earn, they may add a few years on to the lives of their husbands.

Two Incomes Helpful

CERTAINLY THE HEAD OF a two-income family isn't going to worry as much about the future as the middle-aged man who is struggling alone to put aside enough money for a secure old age for two.

Portage Cooly Area Scene of -Wild Beauty

IF TIME, distance or money have chilled your dreams a of seashore vacation, you ‘can still ‘have everybut the salt air at the*Dunes. on the southern shore of e . Michigan only a few hours

| from Indianapolis, is one of nature's

mos} Mol Vickiestuie gifts to pleasure-~

' Scenic. beauties ranging from 1jungle-like tangles of swamp vegetation to the rolling white sands that ebb.and flow like a sea of heavy molasses are there to enjoy almost for the asking.

SET OFF BY the broad expanse of thé lake. itself, the Dunes has become one of the most popular playgrounds in Indian's fabulous state park system. Along the shore for miles, “live” dunes are swept like huge waves over wooded sections just beyond, Naked trees, long dead, stand in’ the “blowouts” where wind has covered them with smothering sand, then blown them clear again. To preserve this last battleground of natural forces Indiana took over the 2200-acrea in Porter county: in 1925. A hotel, cottages, beach facilities and playground equipment were installed. Miles of scenic trails were laid out. ’ ~ » »

'CAMP GROUNDS were cleared and camping facilities set up. The price to Hoosiers, bent on either a vacation or just a weekend jaunt, is 10 cents plus tax for each adult and each car, Opportunities for acquiring a vacation tan are tops on the broad expanses of beach. The sand and water are clean, lifeguards are on duty, the Pavilion offers modern dressing-room convenience. . The Arcade hotel and the Duneside Inn with its array ‘of cottages: offer overnight shelter» But like most of the parks, the Dunes is popular and reservations must be made well in advance, particularly for week-ends. ” . ~~ IF SWIMMING and beach lounging hold no appeal, the park offers naturalist services, boating equipment for pleasure or for fishing. The group camping grounds are among the finest in the siate. Rates at the Dunes hotel on the beach are $2.25 to $4.50 a day, European plan. The Pavilion has a dining room, coffee shop, plate lunches, sandwich and soft drink counters and offers lockers, bathing suits, umbrellas and blankets for rent to bathers. Rooms and family-style meals at the ipn, near the Tremont entrance, come at $3.50 to $4.00 a day. The canteen at the Wilson picnic area serves sandwiches, coffee, ice cream, and has a grocery store where picnickers can stock up on items they forgot. Main entrance to the park is near Chesterton on state road 490 north of Valparaiso.

‘Persecution Complex’ Blamed in Slaying MAYWOOD, N. J., June 16 (U. P.). —Prosecutor Walter G. Winne said today Mrs. Henrietta Manifico, 34, accused of slaying one woman and critically - wounding- another, was “sufering from a persecution complex.” She is the mother of three children, The prosecutor said Mrs. Marguerite Gardner, 57, died instantly yesterday with a bullet from a Ger-man-made pistol through her head. He said Mrs. Manifico fired the shot after the older woman wnter-| vened in a family quarrel, and vhen| turned the gun on thg dead woman's sister, Mrs. Jeanette Silvestri, 60. Mrs. Silvestri was reported near death in a Hackensack hospital from four bullet wounds. TEHRAN ENDING ARMY RULE TEHRAN, June 16 (U. P.).—The military government that has ruled Tehran since the allies entered Iran in 1041 will be dissolved Tuesday, an announcement by Premier Ahmed Ghavam said today. The premier said military rule was no longer necessary,

SAND DRIFTS—Windswept sands of the Dunes state park-0 on ihe southern ore of Lake Michigan drift like a sort of summer snow. Scenes like this are typical at the 2200-acre Hoosier playground.

BEACH SCENE— When the heat's on thivugh the summer, Hoosiers can relax on the sparkling white sand & the Dunes state-park or plunge into the cooling waters of Lake Michigan. For those who prefer other vacation pleat, ure, the woods beyond the beach and the dunes are criss- crossed with hiking trails.

Asks Congress OK Agency Changes

WASHINGTON, June 16 (U, P.). |—Secretary of Labor Lewis B. { Schwellenbach today urged congress {to approve reorganization of governmental functions asked by Pres-| | ident Truman, * Mr. Schwellenbach appeared before the senate labor committee in support of the President's reorganization plan No. 2. It would continue permanently the United States employment service under the department of labor and would transfer to the labor sec~ retary the duties and powers of {the administrator of thie wage and

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Carnival—By Dick Turner

‘America’s middle-aged Mamas who are taking on outside jobs may be working not only toward upper OR. gelul Hives {oF Sheuaeives, bub alse - toward F Bsbands.

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I5-Year-Old Boy Tried fot Murder

ALBANY, N. Y., June 16 (U. P). —The first degree murder trial’ of 15-year-old Carl de Fulmer, accused of the “impulse hanging” of 8-year-old Bobby Wahrman, opened today. De Fulmer, who passed his 15th birthday anniversary in Albany county jail, was indicted three months ago in the March 15th slaying of his young playmate. Bobby's body was found hanging from a tree, a clothes-line twisted around his neck, in a wooded section of nearby Loudonville, A tip from a 7-year-old girl led to the De Fulmer boy's arrest. District Attorney Julian B. Erway said the youth readily “confessed” to the crime, and ‘admitted he had “an impulse” to hang his companion as they walked through the fields toward the wooded section.

Employment Dips Slightly Here

The number of productibn workers employed in Indiana tapered off slightly from mid-April to mid-May, the state employment security division reported today. Despite the dip, the report said] employment figures still showed jobs more than 12 per cent over May of 1946 and payrolls still were on the upgrade. The slight employment loss, which amounted to about 5000 workers, was attributed primarily. to reduced orders and shortages of sheet steel and copper. ‘But while manufacturing groups and. production incdustries as a whole reflected the slight employment decline, the re. port said, food processors showed

gains, The increase in the number of workers in food processing was laid vy increases in one

I. G. Farben Trial Set

NUERNBERG, June 16 (U. P.).—

The United States case against officials of the I. G. Farben combine

will be brought to trial around |ye

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Barkley Pleads For Refugee Aid

A powerful appeal for aid to {Europe's displaced persons and the {relaxation of British immigration restrictions against Jewish refugees entering Palestine was made to an overflow audience at Kirshbaum center last night by U. 8. Senator Alben W. Barkley (D. Ky.). The former majority leader of the senate said the plight of refugees in Europe today virtually defies description. Relating the conditions he th in the German extermination camps he visited shortly after the end of the war the senator said: “Nothing can be done for the

alive are desperately in need of help.” 600,000 Seek Security He said 600,000 Jews are on the march in, Burope seeking peace and security. ‘The one place they hope to go, he said, is Palestine. He urged universal support te President Truman's plea for admission of 100,000 more Jews to the

displaced European Jews, he said,

Senator Barkley who revisited Palestine earlier this year for the first time since 1936 said he was | astonished at the work done by Jew-' ish colonists in reclaiming arid land and swamps for intensive cultivation. i There are at least 100.000 more acres to be reclaimed, and these will support ‘thousands more ad ugees, he said.

. The Kentucky senator expressed,

six million dead, but 1,500,000 still |B!

Holy Land. It is the only hope for

under an attorney general's of holding that he alone was a ‘gate official in the constitutional sense. All five have voluntatily mitted their $1200 legislative be deducted from their. office p aries. They will meet Inter tay