Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1947 — Page 11

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| YOU'D THINK ALL a gateman had to do was

stand by a gate. Right?

a: a ' Well, you're wrong if by gatemen you mean someone like Oscar (Doc) Poland or Earl 4{Robbie) Robinson at the Union Station. An hour with those two can be compared to an hour of hide-and-go seek, From 1 in the afternoon to about 2:30 is “rush hour” at the station. That doesn't mean that Doc and Robbie don't have anything to do before or after this period during their eight-hour day. There's always someone going somewhere and it's rare if there isn't a question in their minds With his eye on the station clock above him, Mr. Poland parried a group of travellers who fired the standard questions at him. “When does the train to Cleveland leave?” Or Anderson. Or Cincinnati.

Why Ask Questions?

‘1 ASKED THE HEAD GATEMAN during a lull why people asked the when and where guestions when you know darn well they asked the ticket seller, looked in the timetable, at the bulletin board and asked the red cap. “Probably just to be doing something and it gives them %onfidence,” said Mr: Poland,

DOC GETS THE LATEST SCOOP—The 419 Is two minutes late and Oscar (Doc) Poland, head qateman, will transfer the info to the Union Station bulletin board.

Husband's Lament vy!

NEW YORK, Oct. 28—Every time I dip a claw into the hardware drawer in the kitchen, in a sincere search for the can opener, I get the feeling that Balvador Dali must be designing kitchen utensils. There are bear traps and medieval instruments of torture; wheels and racks and rakes and miniature disc-harrows. If you get the hand out without having lost three fingers you are lucky. And somehow I never can find the little gizmo with the hook on it, for punching holes in beer cans. Things are going to get worse, because the. chancellor of the exchequer has just been down to the “gadget fair,” and has come home loaded. By loaded I mean laden with implements. Weapons. Contrivances. A casual onlooker wouldn't know whether she is planning a trunk murder or the baking of a cake. We now have a pre-chilled rolling pin, for instance. It is for rolling out dough and keeping the dough cold without putting it in the icebox, though why any woman in her right mind should be allowed to indulge in this solicitude for dough I cannot say. The way I feel about dough—flour paste, not money—if the icebox is good enough for ice cubes it is good enough for dough.

Out-Houdinis Houdini

THERE 18 ALSO A MASTER.KEY for opening sardine cans. This is ridiculous. Houdini, in his best days, was never able to get into a sardine can without cutting his thumb, spraining his wrist and wrecking the key. The only way to open a can of sardines is to take a hatchet and chop on it. It is rough on the sardines, but a defunct sardine doesn't ‘care whether he is chewed or chopped. In our happy little hutch we now have a grapefruit torturer. It looks like something the primitive Chinese would use on a victim, but its function is the scalloping of grapefruit rinds, I hate grapefruit, for a start, but even if I didn't I would be just as happy if the edges remained unlandscaped. Anybody who feels good enough in the morning to seek esthetic escape in a grapefruit should be forced to buy a gadget called a “wit whip,” which is alleged to “make tasty

Biggest Show

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 28-It is bad to be one variety of cad. But as far as I can figure, when a fellow is two diametrically opposed kinds of villain at once, he can hold up his head without shame. As of now, I'm shameless. Here lately I've been pounding out pieces about Congress’ first extravaganza of the fall season: The Un-American Activities Committee's investigation into communism in Hollywood. This has been a grade-A production in glorious technicolor. There have been spotlights, glamour gals, classic-profiled heroes of the silyer.sheet, movie cam~ eras, famous producers, angry Congréssmen, gavelpoundings, and police giving the bum’s rush to stubborn witnesses and arm-waving lawyers. These developments I have attempted to record faithfully in print. And , .. now! Some ple cleim my items in the paper prove definitely that I am an old reactionary, who probably pours hot tar on libéral-minded people and sprinkles ‘ema with horse feathers. Others charge on the basis of. the same dispatches that if I'm not a Communist, I've only recently shaved off my whiskers,

Charges Balance Each Other THESE CHARGES, fortunately for my own peace of mind, balance each other perfectly. Only trotble is that when a' bitter Jady yanks at my left arm because I am a Fascist and an excited gentleman jerks at my right because I am a Communist—I get a sore back. p : And if all factions and subfactions, no matter how sore they are at each other, will kindly quit attempting mayhem on me, I'll try to get along with my story, which becomes more confusing by the minute: e Hollywoodians, from Lauren Bacall to Gary Cooper to John Garfield, are worked up for a fact.

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By Ed Sovola | Three trains were due to in. Mr. Poland's voice boomed through the station over the public address system. i The TeliAutograph, a mechanical gadget that writes longhand, scribbled that ofie of the trains was

going to be two minutes late, . Mr. Robinson appeared around the corner. He

manned at the proper time and the bulletin board is in shape. i “I'm taking 419. Doc.” said Mr. Robinson and he, was off. I was right behind him. | The gates were kept closed until the 419 (White! City Special) roared in overhead. Eager travellers stood impatiently in front of the doors. ! After Mr. Robinson announced the train he flipped | the switch which lit up the opened gates. The immobile group suddenly began a stampede up the stairs. - ' . Then the gateman again went through his routine of rattling off the names of stations the train would go through. , Mr. Robinson says it takes years of practice to roll the names of cities in a train-station dialect. I believe it. A little yellow light sparkled on a small panel on Mr. Robinson's left. The train conductor was asking permission to leave the station. “He's right on time,” said Mr. Robinson as he punched the green light, The green light went on in two places. We could see one directly above us and the conductor saw one beside his train. His last duty is to turn the green light off before the train chugged ‘away.

All Passengers Have ‘That Look’

ON THE WAY to the bulletin board we met Mr. Poland who was going to load the Southwestern Limited. I did an about face and joined Mr. Poland. Passengers for the Limited had the same look on their faces as did the passengers for Chicago. They asked the same questions. They pushed with the same amount of force. The Limited took the green light. Mr. Poland also had the Cincinnati Special to load. Mr. Robinson was at the bulletin board. You could hear his voice over the loudspeaker. Mr. Poland figured that he loads 32 trains a day. | Mr. Robinson loads, roughly, 41. Of course, those! are estimates since the two men go from the gatés to the bylletin board with the rapidity of Notre Dame substitutes.

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“Sunshine Special arriving on track 17.” shine Special leaving on track 7.” Who's on Gate 7? . Take your choice. Dac and

Robbie gave me the slip and I'm fouled up at Gate 11. “}¢

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By Robert C. Ruark

carrot cakes,” and to eat the product. The old girl came in clutching something which looked like a hypodermic for horses. She denied any intended invasion of the veterinary field, however. This big glass tube with the bulb on it is for basting meat. You fill the hypo with basting-juice and then squirt in on the meat . . . except, of course, on Tuesdays. ? Oh, we have a butter-cutter, for making cute little pats out of that priceless commodity. Then we have a butter-paddle for making decorative dents in syme. Next year, if they whittle down the taxes a little, I figure to hire a Dutch diamond-cutter to replace all the machinery.

Coarse to Use Knife on Lettuce

AND THERE IS A PIE wheel trimmer, and a tea | infuser, and a squirt-gun for simonizing a cake top (one layer, only) and of course, some scissors to slice the salad,. 9t 4s now considered very coarse to! dismember the lettuce with a knife, just as it is thought to be corny to slice eggs with anything but | a special egg-slicer. | We are going to put all thes things into the

‘ttle { progress by the Interna-! { the firm's board, i - drawer, along with the machine for making little Y6&® © {man of the firm’s board, in recogni {tional Harvester Co. in the devel- tion of the company's industrial sales offices but parts of the state]

balls out of melons, and the canape cutter, and the]

Hoosier Farm ! de saw. Doc on the short ladder changing the arrival \ : time on the bulletin board, That was his cue to go to the gates. The men don’t care where they work. All they're interested in is that the gates are Y

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SECOND SEGTION

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1047

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FARMER LIBERATION — The world's

BIG DAY TOMORROW — Local sales office officials of International Harvester Co. plan for the mass migration of 30,000 Hoosier farmers to Chicago for Indiana Day. The farmers will view 100 years of progress by the firm. Planning the move are (left to right] J. M. Callahan, branch manager general line; L. W. Hully, branch manager motor truck; R. T. Haley, sales promotion; D. J. Hahn, assistant manager general line, and E. W. Fulle, credit manager.

freedom from much back-breaking work to

| reaper which was held in Virginia.

A STEP TOWARD TODAY — Fourteen years after the demon- | stration of the first reaper, Mr. McCormick patented this two-horse- | drawn improvement on which both workers could ride.

41 Special Trains to Carry 30,000 From State | aclory was esiablished at. Rich)

To International Harvester Co.'s Exhibit | Then followed a period of rapid the giant exhibit. By VICTOR PETERSON Farmers of America will see the Hoosler farmers, some 30,000 pageant of Harvester's growth With {ek factory at Ft. Wayne in 1922. strong, will be on the march to- agricultural America. | morrow in the greatest mass out-

pouring of persons from tne stale 18 will continue through Nov. 2. in Indiana history. |

Some 13,000 exhibit,

In 1937 the company came to In- will entrain on the Monon &t plays. One will

lof the truck . engine

imes

THE STEP ‘TO TODAY — This is the very latest combine on the market produced by the firm which is commemorating the progress with the Chicago exhibit. It is a one-man, one-engine machine.

These dealers are the meh Who eral tents housing the display. The spread the word of Indiana Day at original factory is included in the

expansion which saw the construc- farmers from the Indianapolis area Then, in order, tion of the largest exclusive motor alone will make up 15 special trains. {move from the past to the present | Those leaving from Indianapolis as they pass through the other dis-

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Chicago | Machinery Pageant |

first reaver,

invented by Cyrus Hall McCormick in: 1831, brought

tillers of the

soil. This painting depicts the first public test of the

the farmers will

show Harvester's

The celebration, which began Oct. dianapolis with the establishment Boulevard Station at 7:15 a. m. and (Chicago manufacturing operations, works on on the New York Central in Speed<danother will depict the progress of Highlight of the day will be the Brookville Road. Last year a refrig- way'at 6:30 a. m. Indianapolis trains agriculture and a third houses the

They will head for Chicago in’ presentation of a plaque by Gov. eration plant was opened in Evans- will leave Chicago on the returnjatest models of farm-operating

41 special trains to view the 100 Gates to Fowler McCormick, chair-| ville. {trip at 7 p. m.

equipment, Each of these cities have branch = »

cake-breaker, the fumeless onion-chopper, the rotary opment of farm and industrial ma- contribution to the development of are serviced by branches in Louts- | Hall McCormick startéd making Callahan, general

| mincer, the combination cheese-slicers and knife-| whetters, and the little dandy egg-timer. There will be a period of time when I look for the corkscrew and come up with a mouse-trap which also de-greases dirty skillets, and then I will go back to the simple technique of biting the necks off bottles and epening cans with my fingernails. | The only thing that worries me is a possible secret merger of all these things. I dread the prospect of | coming home one day to find that these testaments to man’s ingenuity will have welded into one horrible, Frankensteinesque robot, and will be busy mincing, chopping, rolling, paring, grating, trimming, cutting, paddling, basting, scooping, snipping, infusing and scalloping all human life within reach. And, perchance, laying the master out cold with

a specially pre-chilled rolling pin. \

By Frederick C. Othman

Some claim that Hollywood h loaded with Commu-

nists, who ought to be sent to Russia. Others, more moderate, insist that Hollywood has done a pretty good job on its own of rooting out the Reds. Still others accuse the committee of labeling them

Communists when they aren't. A subsection of these

say they aren't pimkos but theyll be doggoned if they'll give the committee the satisfaction of saying so. i The issues involve free speech, how far Congress can go in prying into the private affairs of a citizen, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and—I fear— artistic temperament, It seems to me, at my perch under the chandelier which showers hot glass at intervals from the exploded spotlights of the news cameramen, that every body involved, Congressmen all included, are intensely sincere.

Lawson Becomes Angry

THEY MAY be a little too intense. John Howard Lawson, the screen writer, insisted on making speeches

when asked whether he was a Communist. He got’

mad. The committee got madder still and John How-ard--a large-nosed citizen in a fuzzy tweed suitgot cited for contempt. He strode out muttering about taking his case to the supreme court. So along came Eric Johnston, the distinguished president of the Motion Picture Association, to fell the committeemen he didn't lke their metHods. He charged 'em with smearing Hollywood indiscriminately and hurting the movie business around the world. That brought on more gavel-pounding by Chairman J. Parnell Thomas and the promise that Mr, Johnston hadn't heard anything yet. Bo be it. I'm going to report the rest of the proceedings, gents, and I only hope you'll. leave me out pf the squabble. I'm bruised enough already,

Greer Trying to Forget By Erskine Johnson

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 28—M-G-M released “Desire Me” much against the wishes of Greer Garson, who is trying to forget the whole thing. ‘Greer pleaded with the Metro front office a year ago to shelve what had been shot and start anew. The studio refused apd Mervin LeRoy got the job of spending ‘a million dollars on retakes and added scenes. © Maureen O'Hara has switched agents. Sign in a Hollywood boulevard jewelry shop window: “We mend everything except love affairs.” Maria Montez’ next, “Queen of Hearts,” is a com2 »

edy about a countess on the loose in Beverly Hills that he had asked the Army to reand Santa Barbara. It's a rewrite of a Russian play. tire him In the 1043 calendar year Bing Crosby wants to play Ichabod Crane for so he could quit all Army ‘and public

Walt Disney in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

Norma Shearer is talking to Enterprise about doing Marie Antoinette again in “Proud Destiny.” m-nil at a press con erense, Gon, But’ first she and Marty Arrouge and the kids.go Clay said he expected to keep his

to Switzerland for the winter sports.

Warner Brothers are interested in getting the film stantial length of time.” rights to some old George Arliss British’ films for that his retirement was “peru... -

remakes with C. Aubrey Smith,

chinery.

Burnham Park near Soldier Field sonnel of International Harvester! International Harvester. Of these, |

jake die position before law sala: ot Newspaper Editors as 8 “888 .4.ried a headline reading, ‘Woman tion 80,000 street repairs were made. |ing citizens and a directly contrary rule.

ville, Cincinnati and Kankakee, A total of 17,637 Hoosiers are em- | wooden town with muddy streets, no branch manager; TODAY THE PLANTS and per-|ployéd in the Indiana empire of railroads, and but 17,000 inhabitants. | promotion; L. W.

Indiana. . Tomorrow will be Indiana Day at yy nN | the company's huge exhibit at

along Chicago's lakefront. Here blanket the stafe. farmers, 4-H club boys and Future 1920, however, that the first I-H! in touch with farm needs.

Harvester Indianapolis officials in CHICAGO IN 1847, when Cyrus charge of Indiana Day are J. M.

line branch man-

[reapers with 33 workers, was a ager; L. W. Hully, motor truck

R. T Haley, sales Madery, assistant

It will be a replica of this early motor trucks manager; D. J. Hahn, It wasn't until 82 are dealers who constantly are Chicago that Hoosier farmers will | assistant manager general line, and {see when they enter the first of sev- E. W. Fulle, credit manager.

Wemmer Warns 0f ‘Loose Talk

Answers Criticism at Ohio St. Rally

| Clothing valued at $314 was miss- i ing from a North Side rooming y house today. Mrs. Lescter Green, 1644 N. Talbot Ave,, said she left the side door unlocked till about 2 a. m, when the Answering criticism of his quali- elothine was aken. - io Al Feeney, Democratic candidate, fications for office, William H. 0 Klingstein, owner of the ¢o. savor, ‘assailed the statement (oxen to revamp the sewer system Wemmer., Republican mayoraity Hugo Klingstein Machine Co, 621 of pis Republican opponent, Wil- p y candidate, today referred to platform as a “clear position of my admiriistrative program.” “If, in order to qualify for office, hp A And it is necessary to have one program y for one section of the city and a VA Ignores Editors contradictory program for another ‘Gag Rule’ Protest . wetion: I wi never hold public of- WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UP)—A e,” he sald. spokesman sald today the Veterans . ’ : nounced there is no breakdown of expansion of parks and recreational ne Position for Al Administration has no plan to Te law enforcement in this city. At the services,” he sald. “Likewise,” he said, “I will not consider an operative directive oo time, the same newspaper Cargive up my principles in order to branded by the American Society rying an account of his talk also first year of the present administra- without Russia,

Declares Wemmer by Al Feeney, Democratic

Ignores Facts

ayoralty candidate,

administration toward improvement of city services.

a calculating machine stolen from giv, the police department, in a efficient equipment for collection of cluded.’

his office. Burglars smashed the ,,, political speech today. garbage and trash and repair of glass in the front door.

lat 319 N. Pennsylvania St, Mr. possible moment,” he said. Feeney charged Mr. Wemmer was

| unaware of crime conditions. the trouble to learn of the tre-

¢ He added. however. that ao tar tbe Slugged in Crime Wave.’ one with gamblers, liquor interests) Fe added, however, that so far “Doesn't my opponent read the take the trouble to learn his facts Einstein blamed and petty racketeers.” directive has not been invoked. It newspapers?” In a speech at the Hawthorn bans disclosure of information that Police Major Issue

"Tremendous Strides’ By GOP in City, Denny Says

Mayor George L. Denny today continued to defend the present city administration against, what he described as unwarranted attacks

Made

{ The mayor pointed out “tremedous strides” made by the Republican

“Everyone acquainted with the facts knows that steps have been

aspirations but which blacken the his Ft. Wayne Ave, reported $200 and ju Wemmer, that all was well and that the most modern and good name of our city,” he con

Addressing the Minute Men's Club streets was obtained at the earliest. Renounce Atom Bomb,

“I wonder if Mr. Feeney has taken Einstein Urges uU. S. BOSTON, Oct. 28 (UP)—Physicist “In a speech last night,” said Mr. mendous strides taken in the im- Albert Einstein believes the U. 8, Feenéy, “my opponent calmly an- provement of hospital services and should renounce the atomic bomb. He says the U. 8. should join like minded nations in forming a limited “1 wonder if he knows that the world government—either with or

Writing in the November issue of “Again I appeal to Mr. Feeney to the Atlantic Monthly magazine, Mr,

the Soviet Union

before he makes ugly accusations in large part for present internaintended to further his political tional unrest in the world.

|House, 2440 W. Ohio St., last night, Vou sae CAGEynistEative M" ugurely this man can't be serious — Mr. Wemmer warned citizens barrassment or dificulty. when he makes the statement at- Carniva against “loose political talk” that is tributed to him by the newspapers.

|—By Dick Turner

dangerous unless properly analyzed. New Red Cross Service Surely he knows that one of the “This kind of .talk undermines Channels for locating relatives major issues of this campaign is the confidence in public agencies,” he and friends in Germany have been gimost complete .demoralization of {sajd. “It is dangerous because it established by the American Red the police department, impresses some of our citizens who Cross. Marion ' county residents, “This has resulted in such poor do not take the trouble to ana- may obtain the service by contact- protection that certain outlying lyze it." ing the Red Cross home service communities find it necessary to Mr. Wemmer referred to talk thet department in the Chamber of patfol the areas themselves armed law enforcement has broken down Commeree building. with shotguns,

Gen. Clay Announces |=M |

Plans to Retire in "48 | BERLIN, Oct, 28 (OP)—Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American military ls governor in Germany, said today /

in Indianapolis, ————————— “Doesn't my opponent know that ‘ Denies Charge an many h are being robbed, in“This is not true,” he said. “A WORD-A-DAY |cluding his’ bwn? id of Shia Jind fiows with repeti- By BACH tn hn partiouias stu, Shave a out of hand.” a it seems to have been no action other | Lt-Gov. Richard T. James, speak- = mn 5 than dragging one of his house ling at the same meeting wifhied maids to the police station Where voters against “returning the city she was held and questioned and over to the Democrats.” og) ( given an official record, although “We know that if the Democratic ( sed ux-lus ‘ADJ. |'there was not sufficient evidence (City Hal foe Mayor 5 iiailed ia STEADILY INDUSTRIOUS AND | to hold the nay. atid | Rail Ww the entire |pgRSEVERING IN BUSINESS OR Secs Ps Methots | weight of the city machine behind hail DILIGENT; UNTIRING; “Doesn't he know things gre so ithe wasteful President Truman : bad that newspapers are not given ticket next year,” he said. PERSISTENT the privilege of checking on police HR runs and calls? wy “Is that good police work? OF has the police high command resorted to using Gestapo methods? | il “Everyone else knows that law S| enforcement has broken down, and

of certain parts of our city and the neighborhoods terrorized, yet a man who aspires to be mayor is unaware ed of all this. “Our citizens want protection, rot excuses, and if I am elected there will be inaugurated the most enthusiastic anti-hoodlum program, this city has ever seen, for the po-:

life and “go catfishing in Georgia.” Disclosing his request for retire-

post as military goverhor for “a subHe added

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