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Inside Indianapolis

By Ed Sovola

“YES—ARGYLES ARE FUN TO KNIT the pamphlet said. So I took a whack at it. . “Yes—Argyles are fun to knit,” if you don't mind

+ driving yourself" completely batty doing the first .

couple of hundred purls and knits and knits and purls. “Are you sure anyone can learn to knit just like the pamphlet says?” I asked Mrs, Margery Cole, buyer for the art and needlework department at L. 8 Ayres & Co. “Why, of course,” said Mrs. Cole. “If you can add, subtract and hold a pair of knitting needles, you can knit. Now what materials will you need?” “I'l need the works.” Mrs. Cole laid out four needles, 10 celluloid bob-

‘bins and a package of yarn for the socks

“How would you like a sweater to match the socks?” I thought it would be a fine idea. Argyle socks and sweater sounded real sporty. “A man comes up here who knitted 15 sweaters already,” Mrs, Cole said. “And he hasn't been knitting very long.” Keep talking, lady, that's Argyle music in my ears. Winding the yarn on the bobbins was easy. Didn't even have to use addition or subtraction. The bobbins serve a useful purpose, Mrs. Cole explained. They keep the different yarns from getting tangled as you work.

The 64 Stitches

MRS. COLE SHOWED me the mysteries of casting on stitches. After 15 minutes of grueling effort I caught on with her help. My instructor cheered me up by saying that casting was the hardest part of

'WATCH CLOSELY' — And Mrs. Margery Cole was so right. What you see her knitting is an hi. A sock, a most Sonlieing little gadget.

Oh, . Josephine

WASHINGTON, July 29.—The longer I listened to the evidence about the mighty flying boat of How-

- ard Hughes—said to be the finest job of carpentry

since Noah's Ark—the more I thought about that celebrated ditty of the gay Nineties: “Come, Josephine in My Flying Machine.” The senatorial investigators tried to stick to the $18,000,000 the government spent for a wooden plane with wings as long as a football field. And the witnesses kept mentioning the Hollywood beauties who seem destined to become an integral part of the story about the biggest flying machine ever built. * There was, for instance, a toothy little man, gray of hair, precise of manner—and clad in a suit of widely spaced checks and shoes with rubber soles nearly an inch thick. He identified himself as Grover Loening, the pioneer aviator, assistant to Orville Wright, inventor, plane designer, and war-time consultant. to the war production board. ‘1 am the oldest (he’s 58) active pilot in America,” he said. “In the world, I guess.”

His Hollywood Josephines HE WENT on from there, to tell how he urged the government to steer clear of the visions dreamed up by Henry Kaiser of ocean-going freighters with wings on ’em to foil the German subs. Mr. Loening told how he went west to inspect Mr.

* Kaiser's plans, which consisted of artist’s drawings of

the ship winging hundreds of tons of freight across the Atlantic. He told also how he met Howard Hughes, the sometimes movie magnaje, tool builder, and airplane designer—who became iser's partner and who actually built the first plane.

| Knits Not Knots

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knitting and the idea of casting myself out the seventh floor window was utterly ridiculous. To speed up the whole business, Mrs. Cole cast on the Fequired 64 stitches.

We went over the directions point by point. The only thing that made any sensé at all were the washing, directions, Mrs. Cole insisted I would catch on soon.’ The knit two, purl two routine was next. There was to he an inch of this stuff before the colors came in. From sheer mental exhaustion I admitted, yeh; verily, I swore that I was on to knitting and purling but would Mrs. Cole please finish the inch of ribbing? It was shocking to learn that English Argyles were selling in the neighborhood of $5 a pair. That was no way out. “Oh, you're doing fine for a beginner” Mrs. Cole remarked time and again. Finally, we were ready to start working with the colored yarn. rs. Cole knit 13 stitches with the basic color, tan, and tied in the red yarn. One stitch and she tied in the.yellow. One more stitch and the tan yarn was ready to go for 13.more stitches, where the green began. That was the half-way mark. “Now you do exactly the same for the other half,” Mrs. Colg said, still in high spirits. Remarkable woman. After goofing up several stitches, Mrs. Cole took over again. conversation quite regularly. We went over the whole purl and knit routine again. I began to doubt my ability to add and subtract. Mrs. Cole brought in two instruction books. Flipping the pages briefly I read such nonsense as “Here's the first step—All right, let's go!” Equally ridiculous was the pitch: “Beginner's problems solved.” The green, brown .and tan diamonds began to appear under Mrs. Coles’ fingers. My Argyles were on their way. I can truthfully say that I had several successful purl and knit -stitches. When my nerves began to snap, I retired with all my’ sock and sweater makings, instruction books and bobbins.

“I HAVE A "WHOLE week-end to" figure this sta | out,” I assured Mrs, Cole. “I'll be all right. In fact, don’t be surprised if I come around Tuesday with a finished sock.” “Good for you. That's the way I like to hear people talk,” Mrs. Cole said. “Just follow the directions.” Yes, sir, just follow directions. Three sets of directions were read and re-read. Diagrams for casting, purling and knitting were followed time and again. More than one stitch was started on a chair, almost completed on the floor and finished on the davenport. A search in an Encyclopaedia for the fiehd who figured out knitting proved useless. Taverns were closed Sunday. The second-story window beckoned, but who could ‘be sure at that height.

“Watch closely,” began to occur in her

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full of riders these summ

and enjoyment of a Clifty

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World Travelers Rate

There's no swimming at Clifty Madison, but what it lacks in sports scenic beauty. The view from Clifty Inn out over the broad flood flats of the Ohio

I don’t hesitate far a secang to. sai. sheer guts, river rates with world travellers as

finally brought me to the point where a purl was|,

a purl and a knit was a knit and not & combination of knots. I'm not making any hasty statements, but I do believe I've got the Argyles whipped. In fact, the last two purls were so slick that I'm considering taking orders for next Christmas. Pleasé limit your order to a dozen.

By Frederick C. Othman

He said he didn’t need to accept the hospitality of Johnny Meyer, the fabulous press agent of the fabulous Hughes, who will tel} Thursday about the lovelies he hired to entertain the big-wigs from Washington. None of these curvaceous cuties entertained Mr. Loening. “I have my own girl friends in Hollywood,” he read. “With them I passed those necessary relaxing moments that any normal man should do to keep a good sane balance in his health and work.”

Like Any Old Movie Set SENATOR HOMER FERGUSON of Michigan, heading the investigating sub-committee, gulped. He said he hadn’t intended to bring up the subject of girls just yet, but since Mr. Loening had dene 50, perhaps he'd care to tell more. “Exactly,” said Mr. Loening.- “I. had my own friends. But Mr. Meyer did offer to entertain me. I did not accept, but I was not surprised or shocked at his offer.” He went on to say that after the contract was made against his advice and $9 million had been spent on aerial carpentry, he urged that it be cancelled before the government wasted any more money. “Well, do you think the plane ever will fly?” tor Ferguson asked. “Yes, I think so,” Mr. Loening replied. “And because of its sheer size it will break many world records. If it goes very fast I should very much fear, because of its wooden construction, flutter in the tail and the wings. But it will fly, And after the pilots have been thoroughly photographed, including Mr. Hughes looking very tired, it will be run up on the beach like any old movie set.”

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Reducing Macbet

While Erskine Johnson is on vacation, outstanding Hollywood personalities are pinch-hitting for him.

HOLLYWOOD, July 29..— I'm jingling my spurs across the Republic lot oné day when I see a pair of gams up ahead that look strangely familiar. They've got a bow-legged, raised-in-the-saddle look about ‘em,

if you get what I mean. ‘ “Why Cactus Pete!” 1 tion's happened to you?” I bust out laughin’. Because here is Cactus, about as horny-handed a hell-for-leather cowpoke as you'd expect to run into this side of Kansas City, gallivanting around in a skirt and a head of long hair that looks like he'd scalped a strawberry roan’s forelock. Cactus hangs his head kinda sheepish—like he’s Just been throwed by a mangy burro—and gives me the lowdown. He's workin’ a picture called “Macbeth” with, as he puts it, “a“eller named Orson Welles, who forks 4 mighty high horse in these parts.”

The Rustler of Avon HE EDGED UP close with a wary look around: “Roy, I ben wantin’ to see you about somepin’. I got an idee, an idee this Shakespeare ain't on the level A low-down rustler—steals his yarns! “Take this ‘Macbeth’—why it's a-dead ringer for that picture we made—the ‘Carson City Kid’ seems

bust out. “What in tranaAnd then I can't help it—

- like twas. Only this Sheakespeare fells is. plenty

smart. He changes things just enough. Fer instance, instead of Texas, he set this'n 'way off in Scotland.” - 80 Cactus goes on to reduce “Macbeth” to range terms, ’ . “They’s an old galoot named Duncan, who's king of the biggest ranch in these parts,” says Cactus.

We, The Women

There aroul

SHE 18 ALMOST » perfect, hostess, The warmth in her welcome. She looks after the come fort of guests without fussing. She knows how to make her company feel happy, relaxed and at ease. And then her husband moves into the picture, and

By Roy Rogers

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“Well, he's havin’ trouble with rustlers and nesters, who's crowding his range. So what does Dunk do? Why he sends his top-hand, a guy called Macbeth— that's the par Orson Welles plays-out to scare 'em off.

Thickening Plot “THIS MACK is a tough hombre, but he ain't on the level, it turns out. So when he comes back after cleanin’ up them rustlers, he ain't satisfied when Dunk hands him a hunk of range all his own. He'd been pow-wowing with a passell of witches—they was Indian medicine-men in ‘Durango Kid'—and he gets to itching to take over the whole shebang. Further, Mack's wife cottons to the idea, she wanting to queen it over the hull range. Dunk, acourse, figures on passing his layout over to his son, Malcolm—that's Roddy McDowall in the picture—when he kicks the bucket. “80 Mack carves the old fellow up complete, only he makes it look like somebody else done it. But he don’t fool some of the other ranchers, especial two hands, Banquo and Macduff. - So Mack figures he'll have to do for them, too. Can you guess the payoff?” I pretend just enough innocence to please Cactus. “Mack goes a little soft when he sees his old neighbor Duffy. Then he lets out a bellow: ‘Lay on Macduff!” And they bang at each other hammer and tongs. Nachely Duffy hasta win account of censorship. and acourse the ranch is turned over to young Malcolm in the end.” . “Cactus,” I said soberly, slapping him on the back, ||( “you've got something. Sheer genius.” And in Hollywood parlance, that's exactly what I meant,

By Ruth Millett

YPOB 10 WY to make up to Henry for ‘his wife's rest: ment,

comfortable and happy misses the mark.

And the evening that coud have been oxy and]

something you have to see before you say you've seen everything. The falls itself and the wooded ravines add to the restful beauty of the 600-acre park. “ » » » A NETWORK of hiking trails offers opportunity to stroll at leisure through the woods. A centrally located stable offers riding horses for a still easier way to cover the ground. Scattered shelters and a well equipped picnic grounds are available for one-day outings and the inn is open:the year aretuind, with rooms and meals, There are playground facilities for children. The six-mile scenic drive between park entrances crosses the gorge cut by .Clifty creek and winds along most of the length of. the canydh.

Udell Club Loses Injunction Fight

Judge Dissolves &

Restgaining Order

The Udell Social club, 2856: Clifton st., victim of an “unreported” holdup in which $3000 in gambling

today had lost its fight for a sui perior court injunction . against police interference.

raiding the club's quarters.

attorneys appeared.

Jeffrey dissolved the temporary restraining order and dismissed the case. City attorneys contended that no injunction should be issued on the ground that several of the clu members had been convicted on| gambling charges. Demand by Sanders Meanwhile, Secretary of State Thomas Bath said the Udell club's charter and. incorporation papers had been turned over to the attor-

solution. State action to dissolve the charters of the Udell group and those of six other social clubs was de- | manded recently by Police Chief Howard Sanders. The chief asked for dissolution of the clubs on his contention that they operated gamsbling establishments. Five of the seven clubs whose {charters Chief Sanders asked to be (dissolved were not even listed as having charters, Secretary of State Bath said.

WORD-A-DAY

By BACH

stakes were taken two weeks ago,

A temporary retraining order was issued in superior court 5 on July|normal 18 on a petition filed by club mem-|pyring bers that police be enjoined from| through a tube penetrating the walls

A hearing-on the injunction was set for yesterday afternoon but neither the club officials nor their]

So, Judge pro tem.” George R.

b other child. She's normal in height

ney general's office for possible dis- |

TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1947

EE rm ‘Beautiful Clifty Falls An Ideal Spot

HITTIN' THE TRAIL—The woods at Clifty Falls state park are Miles of bridle” paths and. the .centrally-located riding. stable combine. to add much to the relaxation

er days.

vacation. ot

View Across the Ohio

One of Finest—Scenic Drives Inviting

SOME VACATIONERS do their swimming. Others prefer the relaxation of things easy amid soothing surroundings.

“resting” in vigorous pursuits like “just looking” and . taking

Falls, down on the ‘Ohio river near facilities it more than makes up in

The .park is a short, easy drive from Madison and the memorial home of James F. D. Lanjer, financier of a bygone day who lent his personal fortune to help tide Indiana over the ‘dffiicult days of the Civil war.

s =» A NATURE GUIDE is stationed

at the park throughout the vaca-/ tion season to help visitors enjoy its natural assets to the fullest extent. An occasional paddle wheeler ply~ ing up the broad expanse of the Ohio far below the inn is a picturesque reminder of the past for guests sitting out a summer evening on the veranda. The park is located just a short distance west of the historic town lof Madison and is easily accessible | by improved ‘state roads. It's an ideal spot for the vacationer who likes to take things easy just ridin’, walkin’, sittin’ and lookin’.

Girl Sheds Tube, Eats Normally After 10 Years

HIT RTI, BIRMINGHAM, Alg., July 20 (U. P.) —Pretty Emma Jean Key, 13,

{eried softly. “Oh, it's so good,” she said. And strawberry ice cream is even better, she added, expectantly.

perville, Ala,, to eat,

life — except for eating. this time she was fed

of her stoma.

| swallowed a lye solution that burned | her throat and esophagus. A short time later the ésophagus closed completely, The tube, which was strapped to Je skin-of her body, permitted her to go to school and play like any

and weight. But her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Comer Key, wanted their daughter tto be completely normal-to enjoy | eating again. » " ” | AFTER consulting a surgeon on [the staff of the Alabama medical college here, they agreed on an op- | eration. Surgeons collapsed a lung and {moved the stomach up into the left chest. The short open part of the esophagus was then tied to the stomach and the lung revived. That was a week ago today. Sat- | urday, Emma Jean took two sips of water. Sunday she was given a | little more and yesterday ice cream! Later she will be given solid

For 10 years Emma Jean lived a Church of Christ

JUST LOOKIN' —

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World travelers say the view ‘of the broad Ohio river from the Inn at Clifty Falls is hard to beat anywhere. Now and then an old river steamer puffs by. lending. » a nostalgic. touch,

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HEADQUARTERS —Most vacationers ot “Clifty ‘make headquarters at the Inn. It's open all year with rooms and a dining r oom for week-enders and other guests who

like to ' take it easy” on an outing. a

Roark’s s Travels

mous domes. Within the space of a few blocks

The blond blue-eyed girl of 8kip-|y pasced the following churches: was remembering for|pm,.c Baptist

the first time -how wonderful it is Pirst Presbyterian, Holy Family

Trinity Episcopal,

Christian, First , Scientist; First Boston Avenue Meth-

Catholic, First Methodist, odist. Ther are others close to the busi-

ness district or in it, including the | WHEN. she was 3 years old she|Temple Israel.

» ” ” AND IN GLANCING at cormerstones, I discovered nearly all these churches were built within a short period—1925-27. ‘That, it seemed, was a time of great spiritual awakening, easy money, fierce competition between denominations — or something. Whatever it was, it had caused Tulsa to reverse the trend found in other cities. Churches elsewhere are selling their downtown properties and are moving out to residential sections. I decided to find out more about this situation,

board of deacons of “the 1 First Baptist church. “When I came here in 1915, the population was 28,000,” said Mr. Shannon, “By 1920 it had jumped to 72,000, and was still going up. Our small downtown churches were crowded. . Something had to be doné. We just decided to build bigger ones—and to do a real job while we were at it.” He estimated the total cost of the present downtown churches at $5 million,

» " » « COMPETITION between denominations and oil money had something to do with the grand scale on which they built, but not so much as you might think, It was just urgent necessity — andiforesight. Today the population is about 180,000; Mr. Shannon also pointed out that nearly all of the other big buildings

The chamber of commerce sent boom of the 20's. me to I. W. Shannon, head of a big | | well laid out with wide streets, and furniture store and chairman of the it keeps its freshness because there

in” Tulsa—hotels, stores, apartment | houses, skyscraper office structures | —were built during the great oil| It's a new city,

Carnival = By Dick Turner

foods.

-| Alliance Grocers to Greet!

New Branch Manager The members of the Independent Grocers’ alliance of Indianapolis and vicinity will welcome Arthur V. Schlesinger, new branch manager

(1in’ e-a-ment) NOUN A FEATURE OR OUTLINE OF A FIGURE, ESPECIALLY OF THE FACE ||

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1 Reporter Gets Teeth

of the C. D. Keprny division, tonight in an 8 o'clock meeting in Warren

| Don Grimes of the alliande na- | tional headquarters, Chicago, will | discuss future trends and plans of {the alliance, Mr. Schlesinger was {president of the Merchants’ Whole~ isale Grocery Co. Chicago, which sponsored a national voluntary

perience in food merchandising.

Into Job at Hand

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., July 29 (U.P) ~From now on It. N. O,

group. He has had 18 years of ex-|

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Built In Oil-Rich 20's, Churches Stand Out In Tulsa, Exert Real Influence in Busy City

Congregations Planned Community Growth,

Put Up Magnificent Downtown Structures By ELDON ROARK, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer TULSA, Okla., July 29.—There are undoubtedly more large downtown churches Kere than there are in any other Americantcity. It's an un{sipped a chocolate milk shake and|ygua) sight that strikes the visitor at once. These are not just ordinary churches. They are huge, magnificent, cathedral-like structures of solid masonry—some of modern design, some with steeples, some with enor-

is no smoke. Isy gas is the ’|fuel here. “Tulsa is clean and alive,” he said.’ “We don't have any cheap= labor industries here. The con« struction and use of all kinds of oil machinery and equipment calls for highly skilled workers. And then we have factories making precision instruments. The original and best parking meters you see all over the country were made here. ” ” - “THIS IS THE best-dressed city in the country. Look at the people on the street. If they cam’t find what they want in local stores, they send off for it. Many of them have accounts in Chicago, New York and London.” I returned to the subject of churches and ‘asked Mr. Shannon if their influence was in proportion to the size of their buildings.

ceiling and thought a moment, “Yes,” he said, “I would say the churches have a lot of weight — a real influence. There is plenty of the ‘bad here. But, as cities go, I'd say Tulsa is clean morally.” It strikes me as a fair and honest answer. I have been here since yesterday afternoon, and no great amount of temptation has been flung at me.

Auto Crashes Kill Woman and 2 Men

Three persons died in state traffig accidents yesterday and last night, Two men were killed shortly bee fore noon yesterday in a two-car crash at the intersection of state roads 3 and 18 in Blackford county, Clayton Palmer, 50, of Mariba, Ky, who had been driving south on road 3, died of a fractured skull. Two

minor injuries.

Fred Earhart of Greensburg, pase senger in a car being driven west on road 18 -by John L. Jackson, 3139 {Sutherland ave, Indianapolis, ree ceived fatal chest injuries. Mr, Jackson was injured slightly. Miss Beverly Hutto, 31, of Tampa, Fla., died early today in St. Eliza beth's hospital at Lafayette of ine juries received when the car in which she was a passenger struck a bridge and bounded into the path of a truck: The accident eeccurred on road 41 two miles west of its ine tersection with U, 8, 53, Mrs. Grace Fischer, =... of Tampa, her year-old baby, and Roscoe Wile liams of Columbus, dfiver of the truck, received minor injuries.

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sent to a he failed 16

Mr. Shannon looked up at the.

passengers in his car escaped with

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