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L Ee a AN AFTERNOON IN A wine cellar can be, as we French would say, “Tres bon.” Provided, of course,

Before you get the wrong idea I'd better say tha: all my previous experience with wine cellars has been on the movie screen. Now the one I rubbed elbows with isn’t exactly the kind you'd see in the movies but it will do. Would you quibble about a little Hollywood atmosphere if you were sitting on a case of Charles Heidsleck champagne, leaning on a case of Chateau d'Yquem and had your feet on a case of 12-year-old Scotch? See what 1 mean? Before my visit at Haag drugstore, 122 E. 22d st. 1 thought bottled delight was just bottled delight, Not so. Norbert Franz, store manager, registered pharma-

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Franz was stacking Moet & Chandon chamshelves when I arrived. He handled gently, almost reverently. e you're so careful, Mr. Franz?” I asked. bottle pretty thick? Heck, you them on the shelf and they wouldn't

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lesson coming up. down my friend. The case of Charles Heidall right to sit on. Now look. Wine is a delicomplex organism. Wine is temperamental

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full of life and bouquet and should be hanth care. Let me ask you a question. How do your wine gldss?”

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some "royalty" in a wine cellal where hiccups are as rare as some of the wines,

Autos and Steel

WASHINGTON, July 22.—Let's talk today about automobiles, fhigh price of, scarcity of, and old-fash-jonedness of. Walter P. Reuther doing the talking. And saying a few things he may not have intended. You understand how it is when senators start asking questions. First thing you know you're sounding off on things that weren't even mentioned in your 19-page mimeographed statement. That's what happened fo young Reuther—he’s 38~the red-headed president of the United Automobile Workers union. He slipped into a well-pressed and well-tailored gray suit (with pleated trousers) and dropped in on the senate small business committee to say that if the steel industry didn’t stir its stumps and bring production up to 100 million tons a year, it would plunge America into a swell-elegant depression.

Fresh Out of Sheet Steel

355-- MENTIONED. - 115,000-«@adilias;— Chevrolet,

8 rise Bontige and Oldgvo-igamorkers Jialing, the,

streets now in Flint and Detroit, because the factories are fresh out of sheet steel. He said it was well and good for President. Truman to ask for in-

_ creased production, but you can’t make motor cars

of Spearmint chewing gum. Senator Harry P. Cain of Washington reminded him that last week a steel maker had testified the automobile industry didn't need as much stee] per car as it used to because it now makes bodies and fenders of light (and easily crumpled) metal. “No, sir,” said Mr. Reuther.- “Most automobile companies still are using their dies from the -1941 models and you can’t change the gauge of vhe steel if you're going to keep on using the same dies.” . “You mean they are using the dies todag that they used in 1940 to make the '41 models?” Senator Cain

..Ansisted.

They are, Mr. Reuther replied. This meant that

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Gruesome Twosome

HOLLYWOOD, July 22.—The ballots are in and that gruesome twosome, the double feature, is out. By a two to one majority, in a nation-wide poll, the readers of this column voted down double features in favor of the single bill plus a newsreel and a short subject. The ballots, from every state, revealed an interesting fact. Big city moviegoers prefer single bills, while rural communities like double features. Comments ran all the way from: “The producers of those cheap B pictures should be shot.” To: “Don’t take away double features. With admission prices so high and pictures so terrible, it's the only way we can get our money's worth.”

‘Impossible Pictures’

GENE RAYMOND, who checked out of the air corps as a major, will concentrate on night flying during a two-week stint back in uniform late this month, Despite Hollywood's wails, the movie box office take is still 50 per cent better than in the early 40's, . . . Paulette Goddard and Burgess Meredith, in London, celebrated their third wedding anniversary over a bottle of burgundy. A movie company finally has picked a name I suspect has been used before, but never officially. A new cartoon company will be known as “Impossible Pictures.”

We, the Women

AMERICAN men are pretty much convinced that their women folks are weak-willed slaves to fashion.

Don't Understand Women

“THAT JUST GOES to show how little the men

quickly : Mr, Frans seemed shocked. He stopped putting

away the Moet & Chandon champagne and sat down on a case of Noflly-Prat vermouth. ‘ $s “Wrong. All wrong,” said Mr. Franz. “You shoukl never fill a glass full Half full is correct. Wipe must breathe just as you and I breathe. And it should be taken with food to be really appreciated.” “What if you don't have any food?” “Then you shouldn't have wine,” was the man's answer. Isn't a bad idea either.

Not With Hamburgers “IN OTHER WORDS,” I said, “you're not supposed to guzzle the stuff.”

1 was ‘informed that the words guzzle, popped,

stewed, slug, ete, etc, never found their way int the vocabulary of a real connoisseur, . “What's your best wine?" “you're leaning on it, Chateau d'Yquem,” said Mr.’ Franz softly. “It's known as the royalty of wines. The grapes that go into this wine are picked one by one as each grape becomes ripe, exactly ripe.” ih “You wouldn't drink the stuff while you ate ham-~ burgers, would you?” “CHAUTEAU D'YQUEM WITH HAMBURGERS!" I don’t know ‘why I ask such questions, After the atmosphere cleared, Mr. Franz continued with his discourse. I learned for instance that tokay wine came from Hungary, sherry from Spain, port from Portugal, light wines and champagne from France, rhines and moselles from Germany and scotch from (that one was easy). Scotland.

Red Wine for Red Meals

LISTENING TO Mr. Franz I had a feeling that I

had been ‘extremely sacrilegious in my life time as| §

far as rare wines were coneerned. He spun a story of the sun, soil, patience and tender care in the manufacture of the fermented golden and red nectars. Another interesting thing, Mr. Franz said that age doesn't make any difference in wines. Often the grapes in one year are better than the next. Thus the wine is better. “Look for the vintage vear when you're choosing good wine,” suggested Mr. Franz. “Another thing. Do you smoke before you sip your wine?” “IT guess I do. I smoke quite a bit.” ; Well, smoking is wrong, too. Somehow the whole business gets complicated. Wine is supposed to be laid flat when stored. Twenty-four hours before using, it is supposed to be stood up on end. Has something to do with sediment. Certain wines go .with certain food. Red wines for red meat. White wines for ligh® meat. And the lighter the meat the dryer the wine. Would almost drive a man away from drink, One question still bothered me and I thought Mr. Franz would be the man to answer it. “As a pharmacist and a connoisseur, Mr. Franz, what do you recommend for a hangover, a plain hangover.” “You're not supposed to drink until you get al, hangover.” He’s got something there. :

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aesthetics. “Pdss me the decanter, Francois.”

By Frederick C. Othman

few motor cars being produced today are different,| .aside from the chromium knick-knacks, from their

ancestors which rolled off the line seven years ago. About the only difference between the 1947 model and the 1941 job is a 50 per cent boost in price. Mr. Reuther had something to say about that, too. He said critics of labor charged union men with featherbedding, but they hadn't seen anything in that line until they examined the steel business. “I mean real, high-priced feather-bedding,” he said. “Before the war the automobile industry used mostly hot rolled steel.” This, he explained, is a rough-looking, semi-fin-ished product, which is perfect for most auto construction.

Costs Extra $14 a Ton “NOW,” HE SAID, “they're selling us mostly cold-

rolled steel -which-is-smoother (and looks -protsior-diy mn oF Shit ¢ . . 4 «.- Shapely Lady Lifanuard gf Canay Island, 98

By ROBERT RICHARDS, United Press. Staff Correspondent

the rally. opewhbich. does no better. ioh in an, auto] mobile.” Only it costs extra $14 a ton.” aT He charged that the automobile makers have been forced to buy 1 million tons of cold-rolled steel they didn’t want at a cost of $14 million. And who paid the $14 million? Why, he said, the fellow who put his name on the dealer's list for eventual delivery. In the one month of April, he continued, the automobile business was short so much steel—hot and cold both—that 98,000 new sedans disappeared forever because they never got built. No telling how many more will go up the flue of the steel shortage this month, “And in Detroit,” he added, “they are selling steel in the classified ads, among the baby buggies.” He is an unhappy man. He'll not be appeased until there's steel enough to grind out some new, new models at a rate of around

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I'll open a parking lot and get rich.

By Erskine Johnson

That lonesome-looking gent playing the piano for his own amusement in the bar at Jack's-at-the-Beach was Cole Porter, completely unrecognized. Jean Sablon, the crooner, and writer Fred Heider are competing for the affections of Margaret Whiting. Bob Crosby, who made six movies as a romantic lover, now wants to be a light comedian. He's turned down two pictures recently to escape romantic parts. Peggy Knudsen is helping Vic Orsatti forget Ma= rie McDonald. They were a twosome at Ciro’s,

You've Seen It Before

THERE'S A PRACTICE going on in Hollywood which should bring John Q. Public down on the studios in a body. You've probably had this experience: You go to the theater. About four bags of popcorn

something familiar about the action on the screen. A little later you begin calling the shots for che next scene. You know exactly how it will turn out. You

first saw the picture anywhere from five to 10 years! |

before, But then they called it “Hollyhocks in Twilight,” and now it's “Morning Glories at Dawn.” The stars are different, that's true, and they've used a new locale. That's what they call a remake in Holly-wood-—and it re-makes the same amount of money for al} concerned, at your expense, If you go to see a play on the stage the second time, yon know what you're getting. They don't change the title of “King- Lear” to something like “The Royal Sneer.” But in Hollywood they have to do it differently—the wrong way. ie

By Ruth Millett

Bul if she had decided on her own that she needed a complete new wardrobe, her husband would have thought she had lost her mind. Now she has a chance to blame somebody else for making all of hér clothes passe. She's ranting and raving against the fashion designers and some-

times even fooling herself intg thinking she really

is against a complete and radical change in styles.

Why They Do It - MEN, hearing her storm, say with logic: “Well.

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5 million a year. Think|choee park at Coney. Island. She's

SECOND SECTION

WATER SAFETY DON'TS—This trio of Sue Franklin (left), E. V. Cooley and Mimi Farson takes a water outing to show the things not to do if water enthusiasts intend to end the day as they started it—alive. Don't smoke while gas tank is being filled,

FLIRTING WITH DAVY JONES—Sue demonstrates another ''don't" water enthusiasts as she edges out precariously over the water to recover a lost paddle. Another don't put forth by water safety experts: Don't lose the paddle,

~The Indianapolis Times

TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1947 re

Don’t Do It—Antics Lik: These Can Cost Lives Of Boating Fans

shift around as unconcernedly as

would send the girls and Mr, Cooley in for a sud den swim. Danger of being caught under the boat or knocked unconscious is also ever-present in these

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TWO UN paddler should

Eastern Males

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NEW YORK, July 22.—The life eastern men are too proud to be resc son charged today.

dives in to help them.

signal me,” she sighed.

suddenly gets over his cramps or weariness and starts back to swim- |

Evelyn, 21, with 108 pounds in the proper places, works at Steeple-

from old San Antonio (421 Warwick blvd.) and learned her lifeguard work in the Lone Star state. Texas Boys Willing “Our boys down there were always willing to let me pull them in,” she asserted, “even when they weren't really in trouble. I guess they realized that I needed the practice.” Evelyn is a lifeguard three days a week, eight hours a day—the only one of her breed in the New York area, The rest of the time she works as a commercial model and acts in television. “1 want to apologize for this old-| fashioned bathing suit,” Evelyn blushed. It was an all-white thing. | ‘one-piece, and extrgmely niity. | “1 tried wearing one of the mew

‘Too Proud’

To Be Rescued by Women

d Speed Away,’ Complains

of a lady lifeguard is dull because ued by women, lovely Evelyn Peter-

They huff and py and speed away, whenever shapely Evelyn

“Even if they were really drowning, I don't think they would

“ fp ———— -— a Why, | diaper types—a dainty red one” every time I try to help a man, he|ghs explained.

“But I was afraid it wouldn't stay on if I really got down to work. Also there wasn't enough room on it to spell out ‘lifeguard.’ People wouldn't even know what I was doing.” Evelyn. knows all the. different carrying grips and what to do if a panicky msn tried to grab her about the meck when she moves in to rescue him. “At first, Pd just pull his hair” she said, “but. if he still acted wild, 1 would have to sock him.” y Evelyn has one genuine rescue to her credit. It was a small child who had thoughtlessly wandered into deep water.

THAT'S MY MAN NEW YORK, July 22 (U. P).— Police locked the doors,. quietly searched a darkened movie ‘theater late yesterday and arrested two alleged jewel robbers without disturbing 400 patrons watching the pic ture “That's My Man.”

Carnival =By Dick Turner

dresses, why do yo bullied into the

it?" . answer is that the change in i giving

a lot of new clothes and dwenty—iwenty

“Oh! | see what you mean when ; the eculist

7-22 ‘tested twentytwenty for his consultant!"

TEMPTING FATE—It's never time for a change for passengers in a canoe. Here Sue and Mimi '

is the smart aleck in the speed boat which is buzzing the cance. Also, the

THE SHOWOFFS—Here the girls strike a pose. Such show-off antics may bring an unscheduled dunking should anything jar the boat. No wiser is the driver who also forgets that perches were meant

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if they were on the Queen Mary. One misstep in the flimsy cance

circumstances, : |

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SAFE PRACTICES—What's wrong with his picture? No. | wrong canoe teduce danger by riding head-on into speedboat waves,

Photos by Tim Timmerman, Times staff photographes,

for birds.

Roark’s Travels—

By ELDON ROARK, Scr

house prices.

| a million gallons a day, ranging in temperature from 115 to. 147 degrees, flows into a reservoir, and {then 1s piped to the bathhouses. They pay the government $80 a year for each tub installed. All the baths are under National Park service supervision. Some are permitted to charge more than others because they have more expensive equipment and service. Here are the rates charged by one me-dium-priced bath housé: Single path, $1.25; five baths, $5.85; baths, $11.10; 21 baths, $21.25. » . ” YOU DON'T HAVE to have an order from a doctor in order to take baths. If you are ailing, though, it is strongly recommended that you see a physician first. The bath

_|routine is harmful to people with ‘| some diseases.

The city has 300,000 visitors annually, and about two-thirds of

Want to Sit Under Tree, Let World Go By? Hot Springs Beckons When You Retire ;

Boosfers Point to Nice Climate and Scenery, Plan Campaign to Steal Florida's Thunder

HOT BPRINGS, Ark., July 22.-—If you came to Hot Springs to take the baths for your arthritis or rheumatism, or just to tone up your system and reduce your paunch, you will find some variation in bathBut you'll get the same water everybody else gets. All of the 47 hot springs that have mad® this a famous spa for over 100 years are in Hot Springs National park. The water from them,

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thing but name for 115 years. i Local boosters are planning a big national campaign to advertise this as the ideal place for people to live when they retire—nice climate, benches under the trees, friendlie | ness, scenery. Watch yourself, St. Petersburg, Fla.! Hot Springs is out to lure your old folks.

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| means to pay for baths.” And then |tickéts are issued only to those “who, after examination, are found tobe suffering from diseases that may reasonably be expected to be

S———— — WORD-A-DAY benefited by the baths.” All ap-

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and have train fare home. AL: a nt n » ”n | (tur maTHE KNIGHTS oF hi A NOISY, VIOLENT, AND operate a bathhouse for Negroes. MAN Although this is primarily al QUARRELSOME WO mecca for arthritics, it is branch- | Esssm—— ing out into another field. Several of the bath houses have pools for| paralytics—“for muscle re-educa-| tion” similar to the system at Warm Springs, Ga. Col. Tom Boles, superintendent of | the Hot Springs National park, says it's the nation's oldest. ; : “This was a national park 40 years before Yellowstone was created,” he says. “In 1832 the gov: ernment set apart the springs as a reservation for the benefit of all the people.” 2 2s . »

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