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ANY BASEBALL CLUB THAT can take a 19-1
end deserves a lot of credit. 2 : : for clubs in the American and National association and the East Side
of the Cub league, else like it in Indiangreat American sport, league. trimming was handed Cub Pack 91 on Brookside park, by the league of Washington park. The other league are Packs 126 and 8. Umpire Charles Smoot called “Play ball” was great hope among Pack 91 rooters. Their had bright, new baseball] uniforms. They were playing on their ‘home grounds. And there was a chance to knock off 95, an outfit that hadn't lost a game,
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CUBMASTER CHARLES Howe and Lester Davis, coach, of Pack 95, were worried. So worried that Mr. Howe said he'd give every boy who hit a home run a quarter. He also promised the boys he'd do everything possible to get them uniforms. Wilbur Phillips, assistant cubmaster and manager of Pack 91, gave his club last minute instructions and sent them out in the field. Pack 95 came to bat with catcher Bob Poland first up. Pitcher Gary Henry and catcher Jim Billings exchanged signals and the game was on. Poland nicked a ball and was put out at first. First baseman Duane Cady took a base on balls, Second baseman Steve Smoot struck out even though his father called the strikes, Pitcher Dale Davis hit a hard single and Cady came in to score. Shortstop Johnny 8herril struck out to retire the side—1-0. ~*
HIGH STRATEGY—Pitcher Dale Davis (right! gets the 300d word from catcher Bob Poland as they lead Cub Pack 95 to a blazing 19-0 victory over Pack 91.
‘Rushing, Slowly
WASHINGTON, July 23.—I have spent a long day watching some gentlemen-in-a-hurry; senators “rus! ing"—and do not ignore the quotes—to adjourn by Saturday night. No sweat did I notice on their brows. They were, in fact, talking along as usual with only a moderate amount Of arm-waving, tablepounding, and floor-stomping. It turned out that the banking committee had voted to disapprove a bill disapproving President Truman's scheme to reorganize his housing agencies with the 13 assorted flavors, If that sounds complicated, it's merely the senate’s way of saying “yes.” So the committeemen (follow closely, students) were on the floor trying to get the senate to approve their disapproval of the disapproval. And there was Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, the economical Democrat, saying nuts to the whole idea. - And there was Senator Robert A. Taft, the " Republican, defending Mr. Truman's plan. You'd think, Senator Byrd said, when a President asks for authority to reorganize his housing set-fip, he’d figure out how to chop out a few bureaus, fire a few hundred bureaucrats, and save the taxpayers a little dough. But what happens?
A New Agency
“HE WANTS to add another one of these bureaus on top of all the other bureaus,” Senator Byrd said. “This is nothing ‘new. Time and time again the same thing has happened during the last few years.” Somebody wanted fo know the name of the proposed new agency to guide the 13 others in charge of housing. Senator Ralph E. Flanders (R. Vt.), in charge of getting the reorganization approved, said he first understood it was to be called the national housing agency. : . epee “They changed it to the housing and home finance agency,” he said. “Why?” demanded Senator Harry F. Cain (R. Wash).
After 21 Years
HOLLYWOOD, July 23—After 21 years as the “Clark Gable of the opera,” Ezio Pinza has been “discovered” by the nation’s bobbysoxers. The great basso, tall and graying, filled a cigaret holder with cotton put in a cigaret, lit it and said he was just about as surprised as Al Jolson. The . bobbysoxers discovered Mr. Jolson (thanks to Larry Parks) In “The Jolson Story,” and the same bobbysoxers are discovering 55-year-old Ezio (thanks only to himself) in the movie “Carnegie Hall.” Opera fans discovered a long time ago—he has been a Met opera star for 21 years—but until now, Hollywood has practically ignored him. “It is funny,” he says. “My greatest ambition—to act in the movies—has never been realized until now. It is funny because I am a big ham.”
M-G-M Called Te3t ‘Terrific’
M-G-M TESTED him in 1943, said the test was " “terrific” and that they would get in touch with his agents. But nothing happened. David O. Selznick offered him a contract. “But the money,” he says, “was much too little.” More than one Hollywood talent scout has seen Exio as the Spanish priest in “The Barber of Seville,” the sinister Egyptian high priest in “Aida,” the fhnloving philosopher Colline in “La Boheme,” the brutal murderer in “Rigoletto,” the crazy minstrel in “Mignon,” the jealous lover in “La Gioconda,” the romantic “Don Juan.”
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By Ed Sovola
“Catcher Jim Billings led off for Pack 91. He struck out. ird baseman Stanley Rice took the same route out as did right fielder, Paul, Taylor. Hurler Dale Davis was out to win. Sh The ball game went out of control in the first nalf of the second inning. Center fielder Jerry (Smoky) Whitaker was passed to first. Left fielder Jack Preston was hit by a ball and took first base. By that time Whitaker was on third. Third baseman Don Bowby struck out. Right flelder Mike Royce hit 4 pop fly to center field and the bases were loaded. Poland on his second try with the bat hit a-two-pagger. Whitaker and Preston scored. Cady stepped up and hit another two-bagger. Royce scored. Smoot slammed a three-bagger. Cady came in on Davis’ one-base hit and Smoot was put out at home plate. Sherril struck out to retire the side.
Phillips, shértstop John Heitz and second ‘baseman Lloyd Thompson, The score, 6-0. Pack 95 at bat again. Sherril and Preston score, making it 8-0. Bubble gum instead of chewing tobacco was getting a terrific workout. The fans, parents, brothers and sisters of the .bantam players were going wild. Pack 95 rooters, from joy. Pack 91 rooters, from SOITOW. Pitcher Davis was after that ball game. Left fielder David Mills took the count of three strikes. Center fielder Don Corey poked one to Davis who threw him out at first. Pitcher Gary Henry, his first time at bat, struck out. Pack 95 took the hickory in hand and slammed in three more runs before Henry could bring them under control. Davis picked up two more strikeouts and with & little help from his infield retired Pack 91. The score, 11-0. y > In the first of the fifth Smoot and Davis earned easy quarters from Mr. Howe by slamming homers while their teammates chalked up another two runs before they were stopped. Three Pack 91 batters stepped up and were stopped cold. The score, 15-0.
Not a Whitewash
THE SIXTH inning saw both sides sputter and die out. Starley Rice was now pitching and Gary Henry was holding dawn the third base. A noble but vain switch. Pack 95 was red hot. Sherril had the good fortune of pulling a home run out of the bag when the bases were loaded. A well earned quartér went into his pocket. (By this time Mr. Howe flatly stated his quarter offer was off in future games)™ ' ‘ What was loudly acclaimed by Pack 957as a whitewash when they took the field backfired. Pack 91 wasn’t through yet. Phillips picked up a hit. Thompson hit safely. Rice took first base on an error and Phillips scored. But it was too late. Pitcher Davis turned the heat on and the game was over. I had a chance to talk to Mr. Phillips before’ he left the field. He has big ideas for the league he initiated. Someday, he says, he’d like to see leagues on the. South. Side, West Side and North Side. At the end of the season, in Mr. Phillips’ dream, there would be playoffs and the winners would gathér under the lights at Victory field.
By Frederick C. Othman
“I have no idea,” confessed Senator Flanders.
SECOND SECTION
Whole Family Can Have Fun At McCormick's
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- NATURE'S ARTISTRY—The quiet charm of the falls at Cormick's Creek state park is typical of the untarnished natural setting of this vacation spot. The picture was taken years ago by Frank M. Hohenberger, Nashville, former official photographer
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ALTHOUGH TURKEY RUN has been called, with a certain amount | i of accuracy, the granddaddy of Indiana's state parks, McCormick's Creek!
“Well, I have,” interjected Senator Homer Fer- | beat “grandpappy’” under the wire for official adoption. Turkey Run, conservationists say, was the inspiration for the present system of 14 parks. But the residents of Owen county, not to be out-
guson (R. Mich). “They want to expand. So they expand first with their use of the alphabet.”
Senator Byrd returned to the subject, namely! done by the ballyhoo for Turkey Run, back in 1916 put McCormick's
etonomy, lack of. He said so far President Truman has sent up to the senate three different plans to reorganize three different segments of government. When the President started this reorganizing there were 1152 federal boards, bureaus, and agencies in-Wash-ington. “And all 1152 still are” moaned the gentleman from Virginia. “Only now they want to add another one. This housing thing will cost more, not less.” Senator Taft said not to be too sure about that. He said let these 13 separate housing bureaus go their separate way with responsibility to nobody bu the President, and all 13 will grow. «
A Better Job—Next Year, That Is HE GESTURED with both hands. I don't know exactly what his gesture meant, but I wouldysdy it somehow suggested a large elephant. Senator Taft said Mr. Truman was carrying out congress’ idea. “And another thing,” snapped Senator Byrd. “Take this home owners loan corporation. Established during the dépression to help people with their mortgages. It's still with us. And the President wants to keep it. Why shouldn’t the HOLC be liquidated? If it still has any houses on its hands, now is the
time if ever there was a time to sell 'em.” Senator Cain said it was odd, with 13 multi-mil-| lion dollar, nation-wide housing bureaus in opera-| tion, how few roofs the government had managed to put over the heads of the homeless. He said he realized the problem was a complicated one, but he knew of no other agencies which had given the taxpayer so poor a rum for "his money as the ‘ederal housing bureaus. And pretty soon the disapproval was disapproved, 47 to 38. That means Mr. Truman’s plan will go into effect.
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By Erskine Johnson
His make-up table has been the talk of the Met for 'years—an assortment of 35 noses, 47 beards, 51 mustaches, 22 pairs of ears, 11 warts, 15 different sets of fingernails, 41 pairs of eyebrows, seven pairs of eyelashes. But “Carnegie Hall,” just now being released, is his first appearance before a film camera. He likes it, too. He likes to act, |
“Someday,” he said, “I would like to act in a movie la
withcut singing. Then I will be happy.”
Co-stars With Daughter
EZIO 18 LIVING in Hollywood this summer with| his second wife, a former Met ballet dancer, their) two children, 6-year-old Clelia and 3-year-old Pietro. | and his 21-year-old daughter by his first marriage, Claudia. Claudia just arrived in America, after studying | opera in Italy and singing several important per-| formances there. And, of all things, Ezio will sing| “Mephisto” opposite her “Marguerite” in “Faust” with} the San Francisco Opera in San Francisco and Los Angeles in Septefnber. It's the first father-daughter| combination of that caliber in almost a hundred years. Pinza’s next film appearance will be in “Babes in Toyland,” scheduled for filming next year. He's billed in “Carnegie Hall” as “The Greatest Singing Actor of His Generation.” He likes that word actor. “Lots of people,” he says, “can sing. But it is the personality that counts.”
We, the Women
“HOW IN heaven's name can I persuade my 17-year-old daughter to quit going around in blue jeans, dirty shirts and dirtier saddle-oxfords mhich make her look like a freak, when she is actually a very pretty girl?” asks the mother of a teen-ager.
: By Ruth Millett
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Creek over first. Regardless of which was first, McCormick's Creek is well worth the drive to Spencer for summertime fun and relaxation, Located on Road 46 near the town, it's easily accessible from any part of Indiana and draws large numbers of visitors from other states. Canyon Inn offers year-around hotel accommodations and its facilities are augmented hy cabins,
take their first look from the fire tower near the entrance. The 90foot tower affords a view of a broad expanse of the park's 1055 wooded acres. Like most of the state parks, McCormick's Creek is a naturelover's paradise. Miles of hiking trails and.bridle paths have been laid out for first-hand study of nature's handiwork. The museum of natural history is a spot seldom passed by any visitor. Saddid horses are available at the park riding stable.
» # » VISITORS to the park frequently
» » » CAMPGROUNDS are fully equipped and three group camps are busy most of the summer. ' Beech wood Shelter is fitted with doors and has two fireplaces, making it a comfortable outing spot through most of the year. The swimming pool is set in a shady natural amphitheater and is flanked by a shallow wading pool for small youngsters. Thé creek itself flows through a deep gorge which geologists say once was a cave, the roof of which was worn away by erosion. Its sparkling waters are an invitation to fishermen and the falls is one of the park’s outstanding beauty spots,
” - » A NOW-ABANUDONED quarry within the park was the source of stone for the foundations of Injana’s statehouse, A playground fully equipped with swings, merry-go-round and other attractions completes’ the facilities
which give the park appeal for the| |
entire family.
Soviet Paper Lays Flying Disc Story To War Mongers
MOSCOW, July 23 (U. P.).—The New Times said yesterday that the “flying saucers” were conjured up deliberately by warmongers. “We are reminded of an old game, this time not being played by naive spinsters but by exceedingly respect able gentlemen,” the authoritative foreign commentary said. “By putting their hands on these
are calling up the spirit of war, and |
inflating war hysteria,” the commentary continued, “Take your hand away, gentlemen, and they will not only stop, but will ppear altogether from a horizon which Is none too clear as it is.”
Nelson to Leave Hospital Soon ;
NEW YORK, July 22 (U, P).—~ Nelson, 58, former head of
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2 Routes to Park There are two good routes to McCormick's Creek state park from Indianapolis. One is via Road 67 to Spencer and then east on Road 46 to park entrance. The other is via Road 37 to Bloomington, and west on Road 46 to the park. .
Indiana Cities Push Fun Programs
An increase of 25 per cent in the | number of Indiana cities and towns having recreation programs since V-J day was announced today by Garrett G. Eppley, chairman of the Indiana university department of
. (recreation.
He declared that 65 per cent of the residents of Indiana now have recreation programs accessible to them, but added that only a small percentage are participating because of a lack of facilities, adequately trained leaders and financial support. Mr. Eppley spoke at the second annual meeting of the Governor's advisory committee on recreation of the Indiana economic council at the Lincoln hotel today. John W, Clark, vice president of the Indianapolis council, American Youth Hostels, Inc, declared that the youth-hostels movement is making much progress in the state. P. L. McReynolds, assistant in 4-H club work at Purdue university, reported on county recreation programs.
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sitting in buggies drawn by ostriches. 1 never got around to visiting the ostrich farm until today—and then learned I had waited to6 long. No more big corrals filled with scores of them. No more. ostrich races and rodeos, with whooping, yelling crowds.
~ » » THE OSTRICH FARM ain't what it used to be. Even Eddie Cockburn, who owns it, admits that, He now has only about a dozen of the
pig birds. They are part of a little private zoo he runs for an admission price. In 1914 he ard his father had 2256 ostriches! Eddie, a dark-haired, middle-aged man, grew up in the business. His father, Thomas A. Cockburn, opened. the first ostrich farm in the U. 8. That was at South Pasadena, Cal. The birds came from Africa. In 1900 the elder Cockburn moved to Hot Springs and started an ostrich farm, and it has been in the family ever since. ' » » » THE FARM was profitable back before world war I. Those were the days when women wore plumes on their hats. There was a ready market for. every feather that could be plucked from unwilling tails. And, in addiddon, the take at the gate ran into real money. “Crowds would come out and spend the afternoon,” says Eddie. “We'd put on riding and driving exhibitions and contests. We'd offer
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1947
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LURE OF THE STREAM—Mrs. Barbara Ann Smith, Stinesville, yields to the attraction of McCormick's Creek and adds to the attraction, too. Whether you hike, fish, swim or ride, it comes naturafly and easily at this oldest of all Indiana state parks. Even Susie the dog
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[to let anybody ride an ostrich, and {usually some fellows would try. They'd: gefrthrown right over the ostriches’ ‘heads. An ostrich doesn’t buck, but it-has a very pecullar gait. He goes down in front, and you‘do a nose dive before you know it.” /His herd has dwindled steadily, and during the last war he got down to one bifd. The one that survived, |and is still here, is old Black Dia- | mond. He was hatched on the farm |44 years ago. The average life of an {ostrich under favorable conditions Hs 70 years, according to Eddie. | » ” n | In 1915 EDDIE traveled around the country with Black Diamond, racing him against harness horses. They used to beat some good trot» |ters and pacers. Black Diamond | once did a half mile in 1 minute and 5 seconds,
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strich Farm Starts Comeback To Golden Days When 225 Birds Paraded
Hot Springs Attraction a Family Affair;
Flock’s Leader Used to Beat Race Horses
By ELDON ROARK, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer HOT SPRINGS, Ark. July 23.—~There are lots of tourist attractions|for a nest around here, but the ostrich farm was the thing I wanted to_see. hen I was a kid in Louisiana, I used to hear folks. talk about it|six weeks. when they returned from trips to Hot Springs. Next to their baths, |nest in the daytime, they talked about the ostriches more than anything else. Some of |night. them brought home ostrich eggs and plumes and pictures of themselves
An h digs a ‘shallow hole and lays from 12 to 18 eggs. The period of incubation is The female sits on the the male at Most of the hatching at the farm, however, has been done in incu-
bators. Incubator babies are at disadvantage, because mother os-
are on their own as soon as they kick out of the eggs. { “You can find that in the Bible,” Eddie points out. “It says the ose trich recognizes not its young.” - »
» HE FEEDS the young birds oyster shell and chopped green alfalfa. The average weight of a grown ostrich is 200 pounds, the average height (neck stretched) is nine feet. The feathers are plucked every nine months—24 long ones and 75 short ones from each wing, and 856 from the tail. ‘Three or four feathers must be combined to make one thick, plume. Eddie ‘sells his at retail ‘from $8 to $25. :
Surplus U. S. War Materic Will Pay for Study Abroad
By WATSON DAVIS, Science Service Staff Writer { WASHINGTON, July 23—~Military equipment left on a hundred
| beachheads will soon be Americans in some 22 countries,
paying the cost of study and research by
Surplus U, 8. material sold abroad will be used under the Fulbright | law passed last year to finance educational grants for U. 8. citizens {in co-operating countries. The state department is ready to receive
| applications from those who want {to study abroad, although actual | Inauguration of the program may |be some months in the future | because of conditions abroad. Al{ready 12,000 have applied, 5000 who are veterans, | In Italy, the United Kingdom land China there will be a million
[dollars avajlable annually for the |
{next 20 years. Nineteen other {countries will have lesser amounts {for educational exchanges. The Fulbright law money can {not be spent within the United | States, but nations can arrange to defray the travel of their students {to and from the borders of the | United States if that travel expense |can be paid in their own currency Most fruitful use of the money Is expected to be for graduate study and investigations. Experience has shown that foreign study is most profitable to the student after regular college work has been completed. One member of the President's board of ten to select students is Dr: Ernest O. Lawrence, Nobel prize winner in physics who invented the cylcotron in which the atomic bomb element plutonium was first made.
Gets C. of C. Post Wilfred Bradshaw, head of the personnel relations department of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, has been elected vice chairman of the Labor Relations Council
of Chamber of Commerce. *
UN—'Hung Jury’: Legion WABHINGTON, July 23 (U. P.. Legion likened the
Legion Post 162 Elects Jesse D. Wright
Newly elected - officers of Osrig [Mills Watkins post 162, American | Legion, are: Jesse D. Wright, commander; Howard R. Smothers, 1st vice come mander; Frank Kendall Sr. 2d vice commander; Harry N. Merrick, ade jutant; Donald W. Ottenbacher, fle (nance officer; William R. Bolen,
chaplain, and George H. Horwitz, sergeant at arms,
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