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géneral manager of the centennial program, and Jack L. Hatfield of the Civic theater, stage director. The Romberg operetta opens at 8:30 p. m. next Friday

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Inside Indianapolis

WHAT HAPPENS to an elective labor union official if he gets the short end of the ballot? “If worse comes to worst,” says Arnold Atwood, regional director of the C. I. O. United Auto Workers, “1 still have my seniority at the plant in New Castle where I.got my start.” But it was a flying start Mr. Atwood got, and the “worst” isn't even in sight at the moment, so meanwhile he has more fun than most people while doing one of the most serious and exacting jobs in the labor world. A job like his calls for a born organizer with a highly developed business sense, a lot of political “know how” and the decisiveness to say “yes” or “no” without hesitation. A “natural” for his work, Mr. Atwood went to the top in the labor movement with a rush. He was elected to the post he holds now only a year and a half after he got into the union, and got his first elective job the day before he joined up. On the personality side, he likes fast cars, trick gadgets and lots to eat. At 39 he’s still single and in his “spare” time invents some of his own trick gadgets. He's been known to order everything on a restaurant menu and eat the whole works before the bulging eyes of -an astounded waitress. He travels 60,000 to 80,000 miles a year and says 90 per cent of the folks who travel talk about labor.” He always makes it clear who he is before getting into a train or plane conversation, though, because he learned the hard way that “folks sometimes get embarrassed if they find out later.”

Learned Lesson in Detroit “I FIRST FOUND OUT something about what this labor business is all about during the sit-down strikes in Detroit in 1937,” he says. Before that he'd had some political experience, as an unsuccessful candidate for city clerk-treasurer nomination in the

LABOR'S GADGETEER — Arnold Afwood's pet pen writes red, green or blue, according to his mood and financial condition,

Mr. D. in Garden

HOLLYWOOD, July. 5.-—Exclusively yours: Joan Crawford heads for South America for a vaca tion after completing “Daisy Kenyon.” It will be her first real one in 10 years. Joan Leslie, who speaks French fluently, has been

offered the lead in “Madame Bovary.” The picture will be made in France in two versions, English and French. : Jimmy Stewart, who will have to look up to that rabbit in “Harvey” on Broadway this summer, will insist he is an eight instead of a seven-foot Harvey. Jimmy 1s six-feet-two. Your ‘ballots in my nation-wide double feature poll are still pouritig in, with the majority favoring single bills, The results will be announced soon. Laraine Day is redecorating ber. Beverly Hills home. It was Leo D.s idea. Mr. D. has taken up gardening in the backyard of the Day mansion. ‘We called it! When interviewing Charlie Barnet after his fifth marriage, I asked when comes the sixth. ‘and despite the never ‘again I don't believe it.

Hoosier Profile

Democratic party at New Castle,

It was experience that stood him in good stead lateg,

But when feeder plants began to shut down be

cause of sit-downs in the assembly plant, he got to checking. What he learned, plus a sudden reputation gained when hé helped 250 workers in his own plant protect their seniority after a reorganization, set him off.

“The local union elected me chairman of the bargaining committee in April, 1938,” he says. “The, day after I was elected I paid my dues and joined the union.” He's frank about union politics. “Where you have elections you have politics,” is! Arnold's philosophy. “So long as you play ethical politics, that's a healthy, democratic situation.”

s His political acumen got the acid test last year at |

the national U. A. W. convention. Mr. Atwood voted for R. J. Thomas, who was defeated in a touch-and-go election by Walter Reuther,

“It was only natural and good politics,” he admits, “for Mr. Reuther to drive hard for election of regional directors who had backed him.” But it ddn't take, and Arnold came back for another term.

His -Inventions Are Just Fun

INVENTING is something Mr. - Atwood does for fun. He figures he's been away ahead of the pack on a lot of things but is content to let someone else invent them later and exploit them practically, Back in 1936 he had a car with the starter button between the clutch and brake pedals. He whipped up a gadget to start the car by depressing the clutch pedal, eliminating the invariable search for the elusive starter and also any chance of starting with the | car in gear. He also found that folks in the back seat couldn't hear the radio very well, so he put an-| other loud speaker there. Today the starter is standard equipment on at least one make of car and the, back seat speaker is becoming increasingly popular. | On thé speed side he likes his cars “souped up.” JBeen doing it ever since I was a kid,” he says, One day a few years ago he was driving through | Ohio in a “souped up” car, when a police patrol gave, chase. The pursuit ended at a stoplight and Ammold braced himself for “Say,” said the burly police officer, “would you mind if.T took a look under the hood af that car to see what you've got in there. You left me like I was tied.” His present car is in the luxury class, a Cadillac, strictly a big job. Although he's got an airplane compass in it, two spot lights and a windshield “squirter” for washing off summer bugs, he sounds just a little disappointed’when he talks about it. “Can't think of anything more to put on it,” is! the kick. “It's gét everything already.” Six months ago Arnold acquirgd a ring-dinger of a gadget for his office—a voice recorder that he uses as a dictating machine and to record intra-office communications and conferences. Just for the fun of playing with it he likes to hang the microphone out of the window to pick up street sounds, and he has| one of the most complete collections of parade sound effects anywhere. | Lately he's heard of a better one that records on|

wire instead of on a plastic disc. Anybody want to|

buy a slightly used and very interesting voice ref

corder? (By Robert Bloem.)

By Erskine Johnson |

Studio Boss Harry Cohn and Director Charles Vidor are still battling, the result of that contract fight which Harry woh in court a few months back. Vidor was ousted as director of a big budget “A” film for taking too much time, ‘and given a 12-day quickie to direct. I'm waiting, with a great deal of relish, Vidor's assignment, by Cohn, to direct “The Harry Cohn Story.” There inust have been more to Dick Haymes’ parting from 20th Century-Fox than meets the eye. Dick and his boss, Darryl Zanuck, weren't speaking when the final blowoff came. Hollywood is chuckling about an item in this month's issue of the fan mag Movie Show. It says that Rita Hayworth's: new heartbeat is the former war correspondent, George Lait. For the sake of the record, Lait is Wita’s press agent at Columbia studio, ‘2nd is happily married.

Divorce Likely to Bar Tour

JANE RUSSELL is going on another night club singing tour—against the advice of her agents. Leatrice Joy Gilbert is in New York to welcome her first grandchild. Had he lived, John Gilbert would

“have been a grandfather

Hunt Stromberg wants Hedy Lamar, Dennis SSeefe and Willimm Lundigan io 5.05 3 key, sity openings’ of “Dis

GOOD OMEN~—The new moon, name of the ship in Romberg's operetta, for ages has symbolized hope. It's a good omen for the beginning of Indianapolis’ first big-time summer music season, opening next Fri-

day and continuing through Aug. 23.

CHORUS LINE—Boys and girls of "The New Moon "

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT—Miss Phyl Wilcox, Indianapolis soprano (center), has her costume for the comedianne role of Julie in "The New Moon" fitted by Mrs. Walter S. Russell (left) and Mrs. Kathryn Story in the wardrobe room at Butler field house.

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chorus have a strenuous singing and marching work-

out in the Athenaeum ballroom, where rehearsals have been in progress several weeks,

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"ARREST THAT MAN!"—Mr. Hatfield (left foreground), pinch-hitting for Conrad Thibault in the hero's role of Robert, incites his followers against Charles Dosch (right foreground), who plays the part of villainous Detective Ribaud. Rehearsal prob-

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LATER ATTRACTION —Winifred Heidt, who will sing the role of Amneris in "Aida," special grand opera attraction to be conducted by Fabien | Sevitzky in two perform_ances Aug. | and a.

Harrold Heads Rushville C. of C. |

Times State Service RUSHVILLE, Ind. July 5--Pre-

paring for an aggressive campaign for the improvement of Rushville, the - chamber of commerce his elected new officers for the coming year, Roy Harrold, local theater manager and owner, was elected to the

Next Fri

By HENRY BUTLER SUMMER opera in India: apolis. It's been planned fc hoped for—even tried pre: ously on a smaller scale.

Last season's production « Noel Coward's “Bitter Sweet” at | fairgrounds met with gratify. . popular response. But it was still experimental.

THIS SUMMER, for the firdt tir in Indianapolis history, we're | have a full six weeks' season «° operetta, concerts, grand opera a: for extra variety, the famou wacky antic: of Olsen and Johns With the indianapolis. centenr program at Butler Bowl, Indic apolis moves into a class with | Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago and ot! Midwestern cities which have est: lished summer musical seasc Were on the summer-music m

» # » JUDGING - FROM the progr: announced by J. Charles Gilbx general manager of the centenn' ' project, we've got a good spot -. that map. The season will open with a ba’ © For next Friday, at 8:30 p. m,, Co {poser Sigmund Romberg hims {long an Indianapolis favorite, \ direct the opening performance «! {his operetta, “The New, Moon,” st: {ring Conrad Thibault as Robert ¢ - Virginia Card as Marianne, w Bert Matthews, Ruth Gillette ¢ Dennis Carroll in the supporti. cast. Some 8000 seats at the south ¢ of the vast Butler Bowl are rer for spectators. This morning cc structjon crews started putting * the elaborate sets designed by W.' ter 8: Russell of the Civic thea stafl,

” ” oy SPECIAL TRANSFORMERS » what looks like miles of wire bei rigged up inside the fieldhouse v take care of the big problems lighting and sound. An orchestra of 60 Indianapc Symphony musicians will be in t pit before the huge outdoor star There'll be singing, dancir drama, color and, above all, t Romberg music, which seems ah¢ tops in popular appeal. “The New Moon" will run ni nights, -with its final performar Saturday, July 19, Following it Aug. 20 comes an all-Gershwin p concert, Fabien Sevitzky conductit and Abram Chasins, piano soloi the program featuring the “Rha sody in Blue” and the “Concel inp."

n » ” AT THE JULY 23 pop: concer Thomas L. Thomas, baritone, wi be soloist, followed by Tenor Lam Ross as tenor soloist on the July | pop concert program. A special “Broadway Hit Parac of 1047" program on July 27 wi feature Ernest McChesney, star ¢ |“The Chocolate Soldier,” and Polyn Stoska, star of the musical versio: of Elmer Rice's “Street Scene.” Jennie Tourel, Metropolitan oper" mezzo-soprano, will be soloist & the July 30 pop corcert. A high point in the series will L {“Alda,” Verdi's great’ opera, cor ducted by Dr, Sevitzky wien Ti fred Heidt in the le of Amnerix Aug. 1 and 2. gr j

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