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_of helping in the current campaign to make the 1947- ton announced jubilantly” she had sold two,

everything ran smoothly. signals, one “Can't make up my mind right now, but : 9 I'll call later” and one flat “Not going.” \ He $ Well Briefed Mrs. Morton came over with a new batch of cards

. a list of prices, a large publicity poster with pic- lady after identifying myself with the Indianapolis , tures of the soloists, telephone, a mimeographed sheet Symphony ticket committee.

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; Call Americans Vulgar pestiferous black marketeers will earn him some

A ————————— Inside Indianapolis By Ed Sovola

YEP, IT TAKES THE women to sell tickets. . And worried me. : now I also understand why the fairer sex usually As I touched the dial of my telephone, Miss Hol-

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runs a ducat campaign. They're better salesmen. lingsworth announced: she had sold her third set: of The other night’I joined four members of the season tickets. I had to get cuttin’. ticket committee of the Indianapolis Sy ny or- On the first call, I got the busy signal. Second) chestra at the Murat theater for the express Jurpose call, no answer. Third call, no answer, Miss Edger-

48 season a sell-out . "After Mrs, Walter P. Morton, committee chair- First Call Muffed man, showed me the names of the artists who will WHEN I FINALLY made my first contact, the appear during the 12-concert season, I wondered if lady I talked to said: “Miss, So-and-so moved to the small pile of order blanks on my table would be Tennessee.” ; ; Mrs. Holland told me I should have. tried to sell Lucy Edgerton, Helen Hollingsworth and I were the lady I talked to into buying a season ticket. to do the selling. Mrs. Marie Holland had a dummy “You know, eight new season tickets gets you one rack of tickets in front of ‘her. As we sold the season ticket,” Mrs. Holland said, So, I muffed that tickets, Mrs. Holland would set them aside. Mrs. call Morton, sort‘ of captain of the team, was to see that Out of the four following calls, I got two busy

BEFORE MRS. MORTON had me briefed for the and said I would surely have luck with them, Awo-hour evening campaign, Miss Hollingsworth an- A man answered on*the first call The card nounced she had sold two pairs of season tickets. showed a woman had been the holder of two tickets In front of me were two types of order blanks, for the past seven years. I asked to speak to the

with instructions how to approach a prospective “I'm sorry but my wife has retired already,” the buyer and a pile of last season’s ticket holders com- man. said. 0 plete with address, telephone number and the years “At five minutes after eight?” I asked. That was they had patronized the symphony. a mistake,

Miss Hollingsworth had a ferrific selling style. “What's wrong with that?” roared the voice and She talked fast and rattled off the names of the 1 was through. The receiver slammed in my ear. soloists as if they were “Smith” or “Brown.” Frank- oo . ly, Sascha Gorodnitzki, pianist; Daniel Ericourt, Assume They re Going to Buy pianist; Luboshutz and. Nemenof!f, to mention a few, MISS HOLLINGSWORTH asked how I was doing. : Rotten. : “I sold my sixth set of tickets” she said. *I think youre going at it wrong. Don't ever ask a

with yes or no. Assume in your opening words that whoever you're talking to is going to buy.” Miss Edgerton knocked off her fourth sale. The

Sevitzky wasn't around. My next call started off as a sure hit. The lady

But she had already purchased her season tickets. WHAT? “Hold the phone.” ; Mrs. Holland checked the filds and sure enough the lady was right. In two hours of dialing, I ran through 32 cards. Not one sale. Miss Hollingsworth, ‘with "17 calls, had

22 calls and sold five. mssgrATiomit ater, adil Mise HOM wr thst had!

Se mi Lb A ra Bh By vr eh PAR , ' an evening once where I didn’t sell that first ticket.” "LADIES NIGHT" —Two members of the In- “That's not for me,” I said. “I'm selling myself

Glanapofis Symphony ticket sommittee, Lucy two in the center on the main floor.”

gerton (left) and Helen Hollingsworth, busy on (Even though I'm not a very good salesman, if the phone selling sircles aréund a male member you're planning to get your tickets, you'd better. call of the team. RI-9506, They're going fast.) — —

By Robert C. Ruark

Patriot Abroa

PARIS, Sept. 23.—1 have been reading some more Kankakee begins to feel as if he were a thief himself |«

of Master Henry Miller, the vicarious American for the sin of having put.by enough scratch to let | author—shis- time == oamy-from “Sunday After him: travel. : A visitor to Rome or Paris or oge of the North It is one of those fashionable, lawdy-how-I-hate- African cities can't walk down the street anymore, my-native-land things, which: condemns American witbout being molested by shifty-eyed black marplumbing, industry, the dollar, Chicago, and the keteers. . J Grand Canyon, . while simultaneously ‘shouting up A rushing babble of French or Italian or Spanish the glories of all Europe, especially France. or Arable includes the word “American’—and the I wish ‘somebody could wash Mr. Miller's mouth taxifare is trebled, the dinner check doubles, and with sufficient soap to allow him to be published 17 assorted rackets blossom, with Wilbur K. Jones more frequently in America, instead of in the of Salt Lake City as the victim. . yellow-backed foreign press, because I think reading Which is why, finally, a touch of brusqueness him would stride a far piece toward solidifying the slides into Wilbur's manner toward the local citizens. American people. When a dozen Arab urchins have made off in I say this because I get so mad every time I different directions with his bags, he learns to stand aip into one of Mr. Miller's sneers that I have astride his property, smiting right and left with finally been scourged into writing a piece in defense whatever weapon he can muster. of the erican tourist, most mali all o He AD po gned of &ll 200 Per Cent Net Profit For instance, I am an American tourist, and I HE LEARNS that a graphic gesture indicating Sin geting wiv So and titred of ellending mysel! a broken neck for a Neapolitan cab driver will an er oe Q Joe on fii Ra oo os drive down the price from a 1000-per-cent tilt to a

smirk whenever the subject of (1) America .and Deat profit of only 200 per cent. (2) American tourist bobs up. He learns ‘that a rude skiddoo to the profes-

sional beggars and the unctuous hotel help and the

THEY RAISED me on the charges that the peace. American abroad was loud, vulgar, stupidly oblivious But then he learns that he is a bum in spades of the sensibilities of the natives, unfit to enjoy the for employing the same rudeness that the natives scenery, ostentatious with his money and, alto- apply to their contact with each other—a loudgether, the kind of caricature the touring Yank has mouthed heel for insisting on a couple of civil

become. liberties, and a thug for attempting to protect But they neglected to tell me that the touring himself in the clinches, Yank is the target for all the vicious scheme of the I am beginning to get a real appreciation for

gentle, picturesque natives who didn’t need a post-war that soulless, money-grubbing, bathroom-ridden land crisis to make a career out of high-octane thievery of mine, and if the gypsy violinist will oblige with and exploitation. a few bars of “My Country "Tis of Thee,” I will rise

The net of this thing is that the poor lad from and bust out in song.

Othman Eight

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23—I must announce sor- that his 1927 Pierce-Arrow touring car makes him

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By Frederick C. Othman

question when you're selling that can be answered|#

only thing I was happy about was that Fabien 3

sold 15 sets of season ticketts. Miss Edgerton made| « ~

rowtully today the collapse of my international cam- monarch of the road; he sits higher than anybody)

paign for a square shaped automobile in which a fellow can see where he is going. y . Everybody seemed to agree that such a motor ji, gurope and South America. From Geneva I have

They've got tear-drops on the brain. My spies jn front plainly is visible,

Modernization Of Vehicle Records Puts Spotlight On Careless Driver

said she most certainly was going to the concerts. |

MERC BR AE,

for a new system which will put state officials in finger-tip touch wit

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 147 :

SPACE SAVER—H. Dale Brown, director of the bureau of motor vehicles, stops to watch the operation of one of the micro-filming machines being used-in-streamlining the department. Miss Elizabeth Redmond is one of the newly trained operators on a batter the machines which eventually will compress a 15-year back "records into about 1/500 the space now used for stora

HEADED FOR SCRAPHEAP—Secretary of State Thomas E. Bath, who is motor vehicle commissioner of the state, looks over the rising stack of records soon to be shredded for scrap. Only a part of a huge,

the driving record of every motorist in Indiana.

Micro-Filming Now in Progress, Will Make

Motorist’s History Readily Available

By ROBERT BLOEM Bumper-thumpers and fender-benders take notice. Loose driving habits are about to become a liability to Hoosier! 0»

Gone are the days when second and third offenders could jump car; with a crank in front, fenders designed solely t0 received my only ray of hope. The Swiss distribu-|right back into their “tanks” and start mowing down more pedestrians, bureau has rented a battery of 30 keep the mud from splashing, and big flat windows tor for a Birmingham (England, not Alabama) auto|comfortable in the knowledge that, for looking-out purposes, was a good idea. EVery- maker sent along the sales literature for the saloon|their driving records were scattered er’s complete record on the road training operators for them to combody, that is, except the folks who count—the auto (British for sedan) model. It's almost as square as|inaccessibly among a maze of files. (will be only an instant away from press massive back files on vehicle makers. the car of my dreams and in the picture the crank| The state bureau of motor vehicles the fingertips of watchful enforce-| registrations into a space the size

is streamlining to match that beau-|

report that the 1948 models are longer, slinkier, and Only trouble with this motor car is the non-|tiful hunk of highway dynamite for |

sleeker than a new fall dress. And probably hard t0 streamlined price: $4000 Delivered in the U. 8. A.

get into. I am no weasel—just a 185-pound voice in the Roomy Enough for 4 Men

[Which you've been sweating out {your car dealer's “waiting list.” » 8

” chromium-plated wilderness. All I want is a car OTHERWISE, FRIENDS of the Othman Eight, tho! WHEN the job is finished—and it

ment officials. ‘What's more to the point, it won't necessarily take a court action to mean trouble for a sloppy or habitually tipsy driver. Men and women, particularly youngsters, whose records show that

without so much snout turning corners before I, news isn't good. Fenders in the Detroit models are may take nearly a year—each driv-'they’re having too much “bad luck”

the driver, do; with a seat in which I can sit up merging into bodies until you can’t tell which is| = straight: a hood I can open without a helper, and which. Wheels are growing small, and tires fatter, to As

wheels I can jack up when they go flat. bring the ground closer, Bodies are getting so -wide I . . . wouldn't, be surprised if at least one new five- ( Note From Indianapolis Motorist passenger sedan carries ’em all on one seat, abreast.| SINCE 1 FIRST jotted down this reasonable re- But one motor maker about to go into produc- |

quest, I have been engaged in what you might call tion advertises that his front seat is roomy enough a tremendous correspondence with people who are for four big men. wondering when they can get delivery on the Othman My correspondents and I, no doubt, make up an Square-Front Eight. With the radiator cap out in old-fashioned minority. (I must admit that on one

the open to make it easy when she needs a drink. trip this summer I did wish for a linen duster and Wo . . | AFTER being away from my home neighborhood I re-

One friend in Indianapolis, now driving a 1820 - goggles like Barney Oldfield’s.) It may be that there

' model Cole Aero Bix sedkn, says he'll trade his aren't enough of us to make production of the Oth-

beauty in on no other, A New Jersey client reports man Eight worth while.

By Erskine Johnson

Banter

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 23—~You've néver heard the sent us off course somewhat to the south. The follow- though.- I intend to do as

Backus Banter? Probably not, You've probably never ing morning, the lookout sighted something off the even heard of Backus—first name Jim. starboard bow, and the next thing we knew the first

Jim Backus is a radio comedian who has appeared mate had Harpoed a Marx. Presently we sailed into/health permits, namely; to

on as many as 15 radio programs a week, under enchanting Turhan Bey and anchored for the night.

tha names of the characters he creates for specific “At dawn the ‘next morning, the natives awoke different churches as I have high shows. Sv's probably better known as Hubert Updyke, us with cries of Za-Nuck, Za-Nuck, and we cast off{school and college education and of the Alan Young show, than he is as Jim Backus. in our dinghies. I was brought to the native chieftain taught school several years. Is a who was wearing a Deanna Durbin, He placed a na-| jealousy the underlying principle of | A New Parlor Game tive conveyance at my disposal, a Deborah Kerr, with it all? ye ANYWAY, Jim has come up with a new parlor which we went into the interior, molested only by|

game for Hollywood. Here's a typiceg story, titled British soldiers armed with Martha Vickers.

Travelogue or Inside Backus, in Backus Banter fashnb ” yackus Banter 45h Wool of Lanaturners

ship’s wi beset and, while I weathered it, Virginia Van tender must have slipped me a Mickey Rooney.

Upped twice. “With this note, we slipped out of the lagoon of - You shouldn't have dropped

. "I gave her a Seymour Nebenzal tablet and she was Turhan Bey, never more to return.” Con calm. The wind was to the Louis Hayward and , That's the Way ii. goes, says Backia. * % y - $ eh! “wt n - i

“Just ore we* were to set sail, my wife had a “I WATCHED the native sport, which is racing folks with your accomplishments something would happen, but I as- Audrey Totters and watched the native women make or with those of your children. sured that everything would be all right. The sweaters from the wool of Lanaturners: Finally, I re-| Maybe they and their children e gave three short Janet Blairs and we turned to the ship. Imagine my Cyd Charisse when haven't done as well as your famcast off/for unknown waters. That night a storm I noted I had lost my wallet. Some, unfriendly bar-| ily and they don’t want to hear

ge.

DRORRION A + > PEPPIREREEES OR PRE HE L RS

enclosed by for the public's good, will be accountable for at least a new examination on their ability to drive. A plastic “clock” on each driver's file will make it possible for the bureau to pick out driving menaces just by i riffiing through.

else and sees farther. In San Francisco, reports its| motorists. Before long, whenever you slip under the wheel of your, FIRST step In making possible owner, . travels a 1918 Oakland chummy roadster.|jaloppy; the bureau of motor vehicles will be looking right over your |... master control of safety on the My plea lately has been picked up and reprinted) shoulder.

highways is now in progress. The

micro-filming machines, and is

of the interior of a sedan. Into the “acres” of salvaged space will go the new master card files, cross-indexed to micro-film records, to special files of current |Legal documents, to accident and in{surance records, and so forth.

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the white line.

FINAL CHECK—After micro-filming the stacks of old records they are read on this viewer for a last check before the original papers -are-destroyed.— Lewis Bush, Remington-Rand representative in charge

Y of 30 of © of training operators in the new techniques, is helping Mrs. Lula Todd og of old. to master the intricacies of the machine. The job of condensing years + of accumulated files wi

Il take only a few months.

fe 7 ; . | HIGH COMPRESSION—This is only one of row upon row of vehicle registration files containing records of years back. George L. Pugh and Mrs. Bessie Crouch are preparing the stapled files for feeding overall program, the micro-film compression of records will make way into micro-filming Savires, hen é job is done, this corridor of files and a dozen more like it will be contained in a space the size of that

OUT will go old fashioned meth-|

requires a knowledge of how a name is spelled to locate a record.

Names which sound alike go into Service for their problems and mix< the same file, coded to make cer-|{ups. Even though literally tons of

tain of accessibility.

It your name is Joe Blow, It won't|404 for scrap, the information they

make any difference if you spell it Blo, Bloe, Blaugh, Blough or how.

If it sounds like Joe Blow, it will dating years back.

be found with all the other Blows in the state.

It isn’t exactly going to be that dence in the scrambles. ‘which simple from a technical standpoint, | sometimes involve automobiles. All but that ought to give enough idea the dope still will be on hand to of the increased efficiency to give make any action on a car or its motorized screwballs pause for re- owner courthouse legal. flection. It’s not going to hurt per-| Even pedegtrians and cyclists can sons with driving handicaps which count the new bureau of motor vearen't their fault, either, because hicles as a blessing: Murder on the persons who can pass tests, and streets and highways is going to be whose records stand the test of time, harder to get away with, both

will have no trouble.

‘ods like the alphabetical file, which | driver's standpoint, the bureau's

| |

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ON the brighter side from a

new system will offer them one-stop

old titles and such are to be shred-

contain will be’ quickly available,

The pictures, enlarged and printed, now are admissible as evi-

figuratively and actually.

Dear Mrs. Manners:

turned to my community.

k Mrs. Manners—

People Weren't Cordial When | Came Back to My Home’

Quits Church When Old Friends Didn't Seem To Welcome Return—Thinks People Jealous

We are respectable and have

respectable children but we are not accepted back home in

church or in any organization

with much cordiality. There-

fore, although I like to sing, I've asked my pastor to drop my.name from the membership roll.

I'm not losing courage, God directs me to do if my

[lecture to young people's groups im

MM.” Respectability doesn’t promise | you cordiality. Your courage will. help. Be pleasant and don’t fret. Avoid trying to impress the home

| about it,

your name from the church roll Now the church people think that : “

yon changed while gone. Get your name back on the roll—knuckle a little. People will go out of their way, in time, if you show that you need and want friendships. Acquiring new friends and renewing old friendships are slow processes. Haven't you thought that a person whom you haven't seen for some time has chinged-— don’t you think that now? The same is thought about you. Consequently mo, one acts naturally, including you. Picking up at the leaving off point of a friendship

Cashing Defense Stamps

Where do I go to cash in defense

[stamps ?—“Mr, 1.”

Check your bank. If you are turned down, go to the city post

office’s bond department located in the bullding’s main floor at the west end.

‘I Like Them Both’

I am a young woman in my teens. I have been married and divorced. 1 was going with “V” and he liked me very much, I didn't like him s0 much, though, so when “W” came along, “V's” best friend, I fell head over heels in love with him. He is younger than “WwW.” I started going with “W” and “V” just quit coming to my house. Well, “W" quit me flat in a short time. Then “V* came back. Well, “W” has some back and wants me. Rut I don't want to hurt “V” because I like fim too —"‘M." “W” can’t seem to make up his Jind. can he? Aren't you both stirred by the dramatic situation of the triangle? Don't try reenacting movie plots. “W” ‘probably doesn’t want you unless his good friend “V” offers competition. “V” was interested in you before competition set in and was willing to piece together your heart after his best friend stole you and then ignored you, | Your radiation over “W” no doubt was easy to detect—but “V” still wanted you and came back. A i man will stand just so much. I~ wouldn't overtax “V” if I cared » \

about him—and I wouldn't bring him unhappiness to gain competition.

You and “W” probably are too young to be involved in serious romance. You should be dating several boys and should not be dramatizing yourself. Remember, marriage isn’t dramatic every day.

Home Brew

I have heard this subject argued until I am tired of listening to the many views of the “locker room lawyers.” I want to know what is and what isn't. y My question is, “Is it or is it not against thg law to make - ‘home brew’ if 14 is made in a private home and is drunk there by the maker with no charges and no compensations accepted?” A NIGHTLY READER. Making “home brew” at home and drinking it at home and serving it without charge to your friends is legal, according to the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Charging for the beer, directly or Indirectly, is prohibited. The law reads that manufacturing, bottling, selling, bartering, transporting, delivering, furnishing or possessing elsewhere

than in one's own home any

alcoholic beverage shall be deemed presumptively for commercial pur-

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poses. The law doesn’t apply to operating a “still,” ABC affiliates say.

WORD-A-DAY

By BACH

DECIDUOUS

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