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pack, some smokers claim they'll quit smoking.

A couple of local tobacco salesmen report an in- ~ creased interest in pipes and the cigaret making kits, ~ Nothing sensational, as yet, but there have been questions, A smoke-ring survey yesterday revealed that as a : Whole, smokers are not going to quit ‘puffing the Weeds, are not going to chew snuff, tobacco or plug, ' and are not going to quit. They're just going to pay the, tax. There are exceptions. Marilyn Cairns, 1512 N. Meridian st., purchased a pack of cigarets and said,

+ “I'm tapering off right now .and by the time the tax °

- is effective I won't be smoking.”

: Great Trick—Iif They Do it AFTER MISS CAIRNS ys the #alésman sald several smokers have told him they were planning to

* give up the habit,

“It's fine if they can do it,” he said, “but I've sola

: tobacco all my life. I've heard a lot of people swear

off smoking and then they'd be back.” As far as pipes are concerned, the salesman thinks they won't replace cigarets, “People buy pipes because they like to smoke pipes,

hot to et around the cigaret tax.”

SECOND SECTION

Vacation.

Mr. Petrie is of the opinioft that there will be some grumbling against the tax to start with but it won't mean a thing, “A number of states have gone through a similar } ily Smokie Mr. Petrie sald. t do though, it might in-

il T asked, “Oh, a couple don't know if that 1 know one thing,

4 smokes dispensary, Mrs, Ethel Winters, 1267 Kappes st., frankly admitted that she'd “keep on buying. ” Douglas B, Hill, 3230 N. Pennsylvania st., while playing sidewalk superinterident across the street from Pearson Music Co., where workmen are installing a new outdoor sign, said, “I guess I'll have to pay if I want to smoke cigarets, and I want to smoke.” When asked if he considered anything else besides cigarets, Mr, Hill said," “I've smoked cigarets all my life and I'm not changing now.”

Sees Machines Populai--For a Time A RETIRED CITY FIREMAN, Nolen Gaston, R. R.

"1, tobacco salesman, Pennsylvania and Washington |

CIGARET TAX CUT AND DRIED—Douglas B. Hill says he'll "Keep right on smoking and

paying.”

Unhappy Halleck

WASHINGTON, June 18.—Never before in America

had congress agreed to a presidential veto of a tax ' Jaw. That made the actual upholding of President

Truman's high tax policy unprecedented and also historic. I think I'd better tell you about it. The chaplain’s prayer was extra solemn. Speaker

. Joe Martin said there was so much business on hard

he'd have to choke off the miscellaneous speechmakers. At the big mahogany table on the Republican side sat Rep. Harold Knutson of Minnesota, whose committee wrote the tax slashing bill the President said was {ll-timed and ill-conceived. Mr. Martin announced that the question was whether to override the veto. Mr. Knutson, a sar-

, torial symphony of browns accented by a baby blue

"fle, sat there smiling. Confidently he waited the

{ime to ask for the vote to be taken and kick the President™in the political teeth. pn He had an hour to argue with the Democrats before the vote. Mr. Martin called upon him, and the fog-horn voice of the gentleman began:

More Noes Than Ayes “WE'RE all pretty well agreed that this veto is pretty much unusual, more or less filled with sophistry. But I don't see much sense in talking about it.” Ponderously he sat down. No Democrat challenged him. That's all the speechmaking there was. Speaker Martin told George Maurer, the clerk with the mellifulous larynx, to call the roll. This was historic in itself. The house had been fn session only eight minutes and already it was at work. Dosens of members hadn't bothered to get there on time. Name after name went unanswered. As Mr. Maurer’s voice rippled on, there were far more np: than nayes. Many a Republican strolled down the aisle and gave the broad back of Mr. Knutson a complimentary thump. The chamber

Pix Nix Geek

HOLLYWOOD, June 18.-—Mike Mazurki, the wrestler turned actor, will have a beautifying operation on his caulifiower ear. The influence, no doubt, of his first romantic role in “Nightmare Alley.” The censors, incidentally, objected to a scene in this film in which Coleen Gray and Ty Power run an “indecent show” in a carnival. It's okay now. They get arrested. This is the film in which Tyrone starts out as a carnival barker, becomes a famous mind reader in cafe society and then, double-crossed by a gal, returns to the carnival as a geek. A geek is a guy who bites the heads off chickens to entertain the customers. “Body of a man—soul of a beast,” that’s the way chicken-biter Ty is billed.

Bearded Lady Wooed Glamour

AN OLD CARNIVAL man, Ed Mundy, is helping supervise the carnival stuff for the picture. There's a fire-eater, a thin man, and a fat lady, Jollie Nellie. Nellie weighs 614 pounds and has been in show business for 16 years. Mr. Mundy gave a sigh of relief when he found the studio wouldn't need a bearded lady. His last experience with one, for an M-G-M film, was disastrous. BEd located America’s most famous bearded lady and brought her to Hollywood. “She was getting s little old,” he said, “and her beard was graying around the edges. But they gave her a screen test and the studio said she was just

We, the Women

WHEN PAPA BUYS a new suit Mama usually goes along. She figures she is better able than he to judge just what looks good on him. But when Mama goes to make an important purchase for herself, she goes alone or takes another woman with her.

Mama, Papa Pleased RESULT: Both Mama and Papa are pleased with Papa's suit, but all too often not even Mama is pleased with her purchase. Then why don’t women take their husbands with them when they make

their more important clothes selections?

A husband is a fine clothes critic. He doesn’t have his head full of pre-conceived ideas planted there by fashion magazines interested in plugging the current “promotion.” He doesn't give a hoot whether a suit

Reds Near Tientsin Prowl Cars

NANKING, June 18 (U. P.)~—| DULUTH, Minn. (U. P.).—Police | Communist troops; landed on the|patrol cars in

Duluth now

sts., said that more people are buying cigarets by the carton. “About these people who claim theyll quit smoking,” said Mr. Gaston. “I've had several tell me that, Heck, they won't quit. Do you smoke?” “Yes.” “Are you going to quit?” I didn’t think I would. “Neither are a lot of people,” said Mr. Gaston. One downtown tobacco dealer expects to sell cigaret-making kits. “Whenever there's a cigaret shortage or a hike in prices the kits go. Then when the public's wrath cools off the tallor-mades sell again,” he said, Cigaret smokers were plentiful all over town. There was no sign of anyone using.a toothpick to get the last puff out of their cigarets. Many a good-sized snipe hit the sidewalk. As scarce as hen’s teeth were smokers who planned to quit. Carl Losey, 731 Olin ave. just about sums up the cigaret tax problem. “Other states tax the cigaret smokers and they keep on buying. They'll object here once they begin to feel it but they'll buy. No, I don't plan on quitting.”

By Frederick C. Othman

was beginning to flll. Mr. Maurer started to read the list of those who hadn't answered. And, hey? What's this? More noes than ayes, for a while. The smiles rubbed off the Republicans’ faces. Charlie Halleck of Indiana, their leader, furiously scribbled figures on a sheet of paper. Then the balloting was finished. The two clerks who had counted the vote with push button widgets handed the result to Speaker Martin. He read the news: President Truman's veto upheld by two votes. If I'd had a pin then, I'd have dropped it from the press gallery and listened to it bounce on the congressional carpet, Then the Democrats recovered from the shock and chedred. “Mr. Speaker,” eried Mr. Halleck with tears in his voice, “I demand a recapitulation.” Mr. Martin told the clerk to read off how everyone voted, “A parliamentary inquiry,” shouted Adolph Sabath, Chicago's elderly Democrat. “This doesn't mean that a member can change his vote now, does it?”

Already Been Counted INDEED NOT, Mr. Martin replied. He said a member could correct his vote, if it was wrong, but he couldn’t change it. Changing a vote and correcting a vote sounded identical to the gentlemen of the press. Two Republicans said they didn’t’ hear their names called on the recapituation. They said they wanted to vote aye. The Speaker told them they'd already been counted. Nobody else wanted to do any vote correcting. Mr. Martin pounded his silver-bound gavel. “The recapitulation confirms the vote” announced. The press gallery exploded a hundred reporters. The Democrats cheered again, They clapped their hands. The Speaker banged his hammer some more and Leader Halleck slumped so far down on his spine his chin slipped out of his hand.

By Erskine Johnson

what they wanted. Then the dame double-crossed me. Darned if she didn't go to a beauty salon and have her beard dyed black and all curled up. “I asked her why she did it, and she said that she wanted to ‘look glamorous for my film debut’.” Producer George Jessel figured it would help. the picture if he could get a real geek for the carnival scenes. But the studio nixed the idea. “The trouble was,” said Jessel, “that they were afraid he'd get out| here in Hollywood and become a producer.”

Rita to Seek Freedom SHORT TAKES: Rita Hayworth sails home from Europe after the London premiere of “Down to Earth” July 26. The papers for divorcing Orson Welles are all typed up and in her attorney's office. She'll sign ’em the day she lands in Hollyweod. Now it's Rex Harrison who would like to do a western. Currently he’s a Louisiana gambler in “The Foxes of Harrow.” They finally changed that title. “Scudda Hoo, Scudda Hay” will be released as “Summer Lightning.” Glenn Ford gets the léad opposite Ginger Rogers in “Wild Calendar.” Puzzle Department: Loretta Young and Cary Grant tiffing on the set of “The Bishop's Wife”? After 20 years of getting his name, via signs, in all of Sam Goldwyn's movies, Prop Man Irving Sindler gets himself in the new Danny Kaye flicker, “That's Life.” He'll play a walk-on in a crowd scene.

By Ruth Millett

has “the new sleeves” or the “fashionable silhouette.” All he knows is whether what the little woman tries on is becoming or not. ; Without wasting words he says “That's swell” or “That's terrible.” And his judgment is almost always right. He may not know clothes, but he knows when a woman looks well in what she is wearing,

Asking Advice First BUT INSTEAD of using their husband's clothes criticism constructively—by asking their advice before they buy—most women buy their clothes first and then say, “How do you like it?" Then their'feelings are hurt if a new hat or dress doesn’t get their husband’s vote of" confidence and

approval, ‘ Improved |Dinner to Open Fiesta

8t. Roch’s Catholic church, 3601 are|8. Meridian st, will open the sum-

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his sister, Barbara, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A tour of the West lies before the family.

PUZZLE—How to get four people's luggage into one funk c com-

partment. Mr, Kryter used trial and error method,

10 of 11 Tourists Show Preference for That

Section in Requests at Hoosier Motor Club By LOUIS ARMSTRONG 'PHE GREATEST mass summer exodus. in Indianapolis history is underway today. Thousands of families are packing their luggage and preparing to take off on that long awaited vacation. The Hoosier Motor club travel department had 1100 requests for planned trips in May. Miss Louann Myers, manager of the department said June is going to be an even bigger month and July and August|a frenzy of preparation. The head are always tops. of the housé is oiling up the “This year undoubtedly will set|limousine or jalopy as the case may a record,” Miss Myers said from be and mom is seeing to the packbehind a large stack of maps and |ing. The kids are wild with. antravel requests. ticipation. # Py # » ” » AND THERE seems to be a| THE R. J. KRYTER, family in Hoosier preference for the West.| Speedway. City is a typical example. Ten out of 11 tourists request in-| Bobby, Barbar formation for a trip in that direc-|1g 0 3 iy for JRES Asis

west. They could hardly wait for Saturday, the day they departed. Mr. *Kryter, sales manager at Esterline-Angus Co. outlined the

“We get some strange requests, too,” said Miss Myers. “The other day a person called for the best route to Los Angeles by way of Mexico City, and another] trip amid the bustle of preparation. wanted to visit “all the national] “We have planned this primarily parks in the West but didn't want|as an educational trip for the any mountain driving.” children,” he said. “Before the . Out on the home front there is! war they were too young and during

Carnival—By Dick Turner

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UNDER WAY—The last item loaded and all the lights furtied" each member breathes a sigh as they pull away, Neighbor boys wave

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anyhow. Now we're all ready to go.”

» » ” THE KRYTERS will go West through the Bad Lands, Black Hills, and spend five days at a cabin in Yellowstone national park near Old Faithful. From there they will drop down into the Teton national forest and then over into the Craters of the Moon country in Idaho. Their return will include Cheyenne, Wyo., and Hannibal, Mo. scene of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer stories. Barbara, who is interested in na-

ends. Mr. Kryter took a large quantity of camera equipment that Was a must. » " ”

the " truck, “but I'm. not sure it

will carry all our travel gear.” Mrs. Kryter saw to the clothes

and a myriad of other odds and] estimates the le. trip

ready. Bobby had to have a hair | Canada.

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