Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1947 — Page 13

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Especially if you're blessed with an active imagination, ust ‘such an engineer is George Pyle, who works for the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co. Als, but he has a great sense of humor, All the safety business started on Market st. as we headed for a coffee shop. “See that hole in the sidewalk?’ Mr. Pyle asked suddenly. “Where? What hole?” . Mr. Pyle stopped, turned me around and pointed out a hole right under my feet the size of a baseball. “You could have broken your leg,” he admonished. “And worse than that, women with high heels can break their legs easier.” No Cement Available ; HEAVEN FORBID. For several minutes we

watched limbs which should never be broken. I was hole with concrete. Engineer

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SAFETY ENGINEER DEMONSTRATES— George Pyle walks unafraid across a broken-up sidewalk downtown and lives to tell about it.

Colossal, Also Epic

* WASHINGTON, June 25—Today I want you to meet Uncle Bam in beret and sports jacket, as the

bashful Mr. Moneybags behind he production of a,

high-class costume movie. ° Uncle (and I hope Hollywood is taking notes on

my tale as the basis for a rip-snorting comedy of

the Wild West), found himself at war's end with the basic magnesium plant outside of Las Vegas, Nev. As far as the eye could see stretched the mighty factories, the mills and the warehouses, from which spewed the metal that did so much to lick the Japs. So , was this $135 million enterprise that it included ‘4 “wtble new Sty, named Henderson: Uncle tried to sell his magnesium works, but nobody seemed to want it because of the high cost of electricity to turn its wheels. _ Through his war assets administration, Uncle sought then to rent his factory to folks who could use at least part of it. After all, he was spending $200,000 a month just to guard it and provide running water to the residents of Henderson. A brick company rented a piece of the plant. So did a jewelry maker and a brewer of caustic soda.

Opportunity Knocks, Moves In ALONG CAME the agents of Allied Productions, Inc., of New York, a movie concern. Nevada's sunlight looked as good to them as California's. They sold Uncle on the idea of signing a 25-year lease on a large segment of the works as a movie studio. Uncle put his name on the dotted line. Allied Productions, Inc, moved in a load of costumes for the first of its epics and sent out half a dozen men to get film production started. They settled down in rented houses at Henderson.

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On N. Pennsylvania st, a Wet mop m & store

doorway became a potential wrenched back, a twisted arm or a cut head, ' A jutting cornice, black with age, turned into a bomb ready to dent an unsuspecting cranium. ’ “Let's walk nearer the street,” I suggested.

AG “Well, then you run into this sort of thing,” Mr.

Pyle sald, painting to a section of & sidewalk that was coming apart. . “The walk slopes towards the street. A pedestrian who happens to be walking without looking has a very good chance of breaking his leg, being thrown out into the street and then having a car run over him, putting him out of his misery.” We passed jutting hose connections which somehow should have had bits of chin bones on them. Doorways to business houses had slippery mats with turned up corners, Overhead swung many signs with not enough steel in the U-straps. “A high wind has been known to blow those things high enough to where they come bouncing down to the sidewalk,” explained Mr. Pyle. ' “How about right here? Is it safe to walk along this stretch of the sidewalk?” I asked. * “Get away from that doorway. Do you want your teeth knocked out?” “Now what?” - “That doorway to the tavern opens directly on to the sidewalk. A man making a fast exit through that door would have knocked you clean out in the street.” Happy day. Then a car would have run over me and I would be put out of my misery. “That door should be recessed if it opens out. The way it's fixed now, it’s a great hazard,” said Mr. Pyle. u A ride on a department store escalator produced: “Don’t stick your fingers under the moving rubber bannister.” ’ In front of a display window, Mr. Pyle pointed out the danger of standing on’top of a sidewalk elevator. “Very had, very bad.” We passed a downtown hotel There 1 was shown a rainspout that emptied on the sidewalk. “Remember where that is so you can avoid it next winter when the wager trickles out and freezes.” “Mr. Pyle, how did I ever live to be 28 years old?” “You're a lucky man,” was his answer,

Jitters Producer GS CERTAINLY couldn't be as bad as Mr. painted them. I excused myself from the presence of the jitters producer. “Be careful,” were the final words of Mr. Pyle. With great care I made my way to the Safety division of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. “Mr. Mosier, how bad is this accident business?” “git down,” said Charles Mosier, assistant director, “and I'll tell you.” The chair appeared fo be of strong sat down. “Statistics show that if we talk for 10 minutes, during that time two persons probably will be killed and 200 more injured,” said Mr. Mosier. “Thanks.” There's no use talking while hundreds of people are being mangled. Who has a large safety deposit box for rent? .

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First inkling Uncle had that all was not well at the studio came when the six movie makers fell behind in the rent on their bungalows. They seemed to be broke. The U. 8. senate by how was wondering out loud about Uncle's flier in the art of the einema. How much money, demanded Senator Homer F. Ferguson. of Michigan, was Allied Productions, Inc. paying Uncle in rents?

Lawyer Speaks His Lines THE WAR ASSETS boys said not a cent, because the lease called for payments only when actual nfovie-meking begahl, * . v These spokesmen added that Uncle couldn’t cancel the lease unless he proved that Allied Productions, Inc, was insolvent. He couldn't do that. “Why not?” asked Senator Ferguson. Well, sir, said Uncle, he'd tried and he'd tried, put he couldn't find Allied Productions, Inc. It had no office, no phone, nothing except some costumes and six hungry caretakers at Henderson. “H-m-m-m-m-m-m,” the senator said. Gen. Robert Littlejohn, head man of the WAA, was wondering a few days later what to do about the movie business, when up came a tellow who said he was the lawyer for Allied Productions. He reminded the general that the lease was legal document. If the corporation gets around to making a movie (and they may take 25 years), the government will get its rent monev. He suggested in the meantime that Uncle, as landlord, keep his hands off the costumes stored in the Nevada studios of his firm. Take it Roll em!

away, Hollywood. Lights! Camera!

Filmtown Briefs

By Erskine Johnson

IT ——" HOLLYWOOD, June 25.—Johnston office censors are fretting about a scene in “The Foxes of Harrow” in which Rex Harrison breaks down Maureen O'Hara's bedroom door with his shoulder. The boys didn’t like the expression on Harrison's face. It was pain, boys, not passion. He strained a couple of ligaments. Such 1s fame dept.: A woman walked up to Larry Parks in the Hollywood Brown Derby to ask for his autograph. She explained that it was for her small daughter back in Ohio. She said: “My daughter insists she's going to marry Al Jolson when she grows up. Of course, she thinks he’s you.” Ida Lupino’s remark on leaving a boring party belongs with the collection of Ida's justly famous bon mots. She said: “It was a fete worse than death.”

Glamour Gal Dunks

SIGHT OF THE WEEK: A Hollywood glamour doll dunking herself in the Bel Air swimming pool. Her idea of a swimming costume: Bathing suit, one pair of diamond earrings, one diamond bracelet, one © ‘I'm-bored-with-it-all” expression. Sam Goldwyn will not film James Thurber’s “The Catbird” originally planned as a sequel to “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” They disagreed on the’ interpretation. Maureen O'Hara is Katharine Mary Flannigan's

RTI —— personal choice for the title role of the filmization of the best seller, “Mrs. Mike.” Rita Johnson is up for the role of Selma in “Wild Calendar.” It's the important role of Ginger Rogers’ friend. : & Jesse Lasky and walter MacEwen plan to star Vincent Price and John Mills in Galsworthy’s “The Apple Tree.”

Under Water Ballets

“ON AN ISLAND With You” sounds more like “Under Water With You.” M-G-M dance director Jack Donohue will shoot under water ballets for the next five weeks. The sets are anchored at the bottom of a water tank. One ©f the sequences is a tango dance under water. Mary Jane Ward, author of the best seller, “The Snake Pit,” which is the story of a woman who lost her mind, is in town. She says she feels quite at home in Hollywood. George Glass gives this definition of a Hallywood writer in this month's Script magazine: “One who must write a script to please a star who won't take the part unless she gets a director good enough to rewrite the script.” Now that Andy Devine has dropped from 320 to 240 pounds, his favorite chair out at Republic bears the inscription, “The Thin Man.”

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We, the Women

EVERY COMMUNITY has one or more middleaged widows with too much time on their hands and too little income for real security. And every mid-dle-class neighborhood has young mothers who would gladly pay for the occasional services of a proxy

grandmother, ‘ So why, then, don’t the young and the older women of a community get together?

For Proxy Grandmother HERE 18 ONE case where they did:

The proxy grandmother is entirely self-supporting .

and is in such demand that prospective mothers call her months in advance to make sure she will be on ‘hand to run. their houses and look after the other

children while they are in the hospital.

By Ruth Millett

The young mothers of her community also call on her when vacation time rolls around. : The proxy grandmother has her calendar filled for months ahead. She is one of the best-loved women of her community. And she is financially independent.

Helps Young Couples SHE ALSO has the satisfaction of knowing that she has helped dozens of young couples through periods of their lives when they desperately needed help: Tee - The middle-aged woman without business experience or any particular talent besides home-making who wants to be self-supporting and make a real contribution to her community might well consider the possibility of becoming a proxy grandmother.

He Didn't Think Of a Mickey Finn

Municipal Judge Edward Ruetz|- Zipck pleaded guilty to charges | gave him the alternative: 12 to 30!of driving a seven-ton city truck [months in state prison for operat-|into the side of a brick tavern Ma ing a truck without the owner's|4, collapsing the wall. . t . KENOSHA, Wis., June 25 (U. P.).| consent, and six months in county| Zieck explained John V. Zieck, 38, Kenosha, to-|jail-for destroying pro

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City Is Too Small For Ms Limits

By VICTOR PETERSON Times Staff Writer COLUMBUS, Ind. June 25.—For more than 40 years Columbus has attempted to annex East Colum-~ bus, its neighbor across Hawcreek. Today, town fathers don’t know if East Columbus is part of the city or not. Officially the territory was' * annexed in May 1946. Since then legal battles have raged through the Bartholomew. circuit court and now are being fought in the state appellate court. Final court decision will determine if and when the Hawcreek neighbors pay $5.02 a $100 valuation tax or the old rate of $2.705.

Fire, Police Protection Incorporation into the city, however, will bring fire and police protection and health and sanitation facilities which Columbus officials claim now are inadequate. If Columbus is to expand, it is necessary to absorb the people to the east. The city cannot push south or west because of the river and low, marshy ground. it And the city is too small for its limits. In 1940 the population ran 11,000. Today the number is estimated at better than 18000 if East Columbus, with its 4000, is included. I The record population, however, is finding the highest plane of living in history. People are looking for housing as they are the nation ¥2A over, Be

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62 Planis Established But work is plentiful and plants are expanding rapidly, Daily the chamber of commerce receives ine quiries from industries wishing to settle in the growing town. To date there are 62 plants established, 10 of which were located within the last year. Employment figures have risen from 3705 in 1940 to an all-time high of 7076 today. This passes the war-time load of 648¢ which was reached in 1943. Even during the conversion period employment fell #8 off only 1200. Plant expansions, which will: add thousands of square feet of floor space, currently are in progress at the Hamilton Manufacturing Co., Cummins Engine Co. and Reeves Pulley Co.

Sweeping School Plan Meanwhile, the city continues plans for a sweeping school program which will cost more than $2 million £ dollars in the next 10 years. Included, and first on list in oe the plan, is a giant fieldh wh i HD a Ean inde wc PUBLIC RECREATION—One of Columbus’ two new city and rental for public use will be parks will be landscaped out of the ground now the site of the old to defray the cost. Christian church. Workmen hope to have the building demolished On tap for the citizens are two in five months. “a new parks, one of which will be

readied as soon as workmen Com-|ijeieq next summer and that a na-|tion building.

lete demolition of the old Christian De tional swimming event will be held, Al in all, Columbus has gone

This week also will see the first|at formal opening. steps inithe construction of a halfmillion dollar public swimming pool,| Philadelphia, Pa., never lost the|overlooking White river. a gift of William H. Donner, tin|love for his birthplace, Donner park,| In later years he donated 30 acr plate and steel magnate, who moved|in the city, bears his name, and re-|of land to found the city. which fir from Columbus 50 years ago. cently he gave $100,000 to his former'was known as Tiptona.

Burglars (et Carnival =By Dick Turner $200 in Loot Burglars netted more than $200 fo cash and miscellaneous jewelry ! dl; il nih SIRT REERENI TE

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Mrs. Pearl Roberts, 1647 Park ave., said she was awakened about 3 a. m. by the flashlight of a bur~ glar who had entered her apartment. She screamed, she told police, and the man fled. She said he took $52 from her purse, Two men at the same address also reported losses, presumably to the same burglar. Sam Van Noy said he was short $16 this morning and Marshall Laffey reported a loss of $3. ' /A burglar hurled a brick through the window of a jewelry shop at 803 W. 30th st. about 5 a. m, and escaped with a gold wrist watch valued at $28.50. The shop is owned by W. B. and H. W. Schaefer, 1139 Ww. 33d st. Lois Tate, 708 E. 11th st., reported to police that a burglar removed a screen from a window in her room, reached in and took a purse eontaining $656 in cash and a wrist watch valued at $60.

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It is believed the pool will be com- Presbyterian church for a recrea-|,... heen used to playing on dirt

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COLUMBUS, IND., 1947—No longer is the main street thronged with soldiers from Camp. A

WILDWQOD, N. J., June 25.

Steubenville, O.; for second place in

into the coveted first place held by Ben Sklar, red-hot shooter from Pittsburgh, Pa., who led the field with 25 wins and five losses. Charles and Ben both had totals of 16 wins and 14 losses vesterday.

Off to Bad Start " The Indianapolis boy got off to a bad start yesterday, losing two games to the Steubenville shooter before regaining control to take one win from Skellar and three straight from Issac Vendrasco, Vineland, N. J. He thén lost two games to John Savoy, Chicago, but got back into the lead with one win from Savoy, and two from - Philip Dimichele, Brownsville, Pa. He lost the next three and closed with a win over league leader Sklar. Charles was still having trouble with his spin. Although the Hoosier champ scarcely ever misses, his shooter rolls out of the ring on a number. of otherwise good shots. Smooth Surface Hurts Officials said smooth composition surface of the ring fools boys who

surfaces. &| Between games yesterday Chagles \plans to become a jockey 1 an make the weight. (Pre-and newly acquired buddies, Ralph Brunty and Charlie Morris, both of Huntington, W. Va. Larry Vinson, Roanoke, Va. and Irwin Yates, Monongehala, Pa., attended a movie last night as guests of Wildwood theaters. The cool breezes here and hard work playing marbles have stimu lated the boys’ already excellent appetites and the hotel management is running kitchens full speed to keep them all satisfied. Reach Halfway Mark At the halfway mark the top boys in the other leagues are as follows: League 1, Charles Morris, Huntington, W. Va, won 26, lost 4;

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Wis., won 24, last 6.

Pittsburgh Leader for First in L Landrigan, 14, set out to battle .toward first place in ‘his lesgue as play in the National Marbles tournament resumed today. . ... °° The Irish boy with the big smile was tied with Robert Skellar,

league 2, Allen Hettinga, Wasau,|

h and downtown business is: better than Times Mibs Champ Forges Into Second-Place Tie

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league 3 as play finished yesterday,

Today both the Buckeye and Hoosier mibs champs were out to move

Youth, 16, Admi Part in- Slain

League 4, Herbert Turman, won 19, lost 11; league 5, Harold Scott,

Ralph Brunty, Huntington, W. va. | won 24, lost 6. Sy An istnd boat trip is planned] for the champions by the local committee today.. The finals will

Cleveland, won 24, lost 6; league 6,']

have complete news reel coverage as well as Time and Life magazines.

'Hot Foot' Spurs Wife's Confession

OLERMONT PERRAND, France, June 28 (U, P)~-Lucien Greinard,

George D. Peck, owner of a grosery store. at 511 E. 40th s

taled his costs and decided to-|the city $278 for, its truck, | stool ‘ et ere ty damages for, k, | stool and refusing to go home. He

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