Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1947 — Page 21

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“Inside Indianapolis

INSIDE HAMMOND, IND, ? ? 5 It's. Thanksgiving morning. (Even though I wrote this piece yesterday everything that follows will be about 99 99/100 correct. It happens every year.) Mrs, Sovola's boy will have been in his four-poster Wwbout nine hours. Mrs. 8 will have been in the kitchen since 6:30 a. m. “Time to get up,” a familiar voice will order a whose only desire is to sleep to about 11. Atier a ; he doesn’t get home very often, this is his day off, the sack feels good and there doesn't seem to be any good reason why he has to get up.

Time for an Errand and Church “GET DRESSED,” Mrs. 8 will say. “I want you

to go to the grocery store before you go to church. ’

And your breakfast is ready.” “Do I have to go to church today?” That's the standard "question, Then we'll go into my church habits in Indianapolis and when was the last time I attended services? Of course, I'll say I go pretty often and she won't believe me and I'll say I go as often as I can and shell say I'm going to church today. “As long as you are in my house you're going to conduct yourself like a Christian. Now, we won't talk about it anymore.” Ma has spoken and Mr. Inside feels about 10 years old again. It's useless to tell her that I'm a big boy now. S0 maybe I'll take it slow with the razor. “Hurry up.” - “Be. right out, ma.” The bacon and eggs and coffee and toast will make me glad I got up. “You look thin,” Mrs. 8 will say. in Indianapolis? eggs.” “I'm full,” I'll protest and get two more eggs. She never gives up hope of fattening me up whether I'm home for an hour or three days. After one meal at home," according to her, I look better. I'll go to the grocery store and old Mr. K will talk my leg off. “The only way to knock the ear-

“Don't you eat Here let me fix you a couple more

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"By Ed Sovola |

banging off is to walk out the door talking and nodding your head. . In church I'll watch for the girls I used. to know who have become fat, There's always one who| comes in looking like a queen and I'll wonder why I never liked her. By the time I get back my brother John and ‘his wife and two kids will be over. They're always over on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Ronnie, the “little angel,” will have his box of toys scattered from one Dwayne, a big girl] now, (she’s 11, I think)- will be very coy in an easy chair. v t We'll all be sitting around not doing much of anything except waiting for the turkey to be ready when | Mrs. 8 will come in wiping her hands on her apron and say how nice it would be if Stan and his wife could have come,

We'll All Set the Table

THEN. SOMEONE will say that Los Angeles is pretty far away and maybe next year he will be able to make it. There will be a few minutes of silence while Mrs. 8 thinks of the one she misses most of all. Even though the fatal accident happened 16 years ago right before Thanksgiving, every one of the kids knows what Mrs. 8 is thinking of as she stares out the window. \ | We all ignore the protests of Mrs. 8 that she can take care of everything and pitch in with setting | the table and hauling the food in from the kitchen. | As usual, I'll put away my holiday glass of wine with one gulp. Then I'll have tq explain that I'm not | a candidate for Alcoholic Arfonymous in Indianapolis. | “Don’t worry about me, Ma. Let's eat.” After the dishes are in the sink, John and I will stretch out in the living room. After the dishes are) washed the inevitable ride to the Gary Dunes is next. Train time rolls around fast. Much too fast. Goodbyes and hand wavings galore. i “you're coming home for Christmas, aren't you?” | Mrs. S will ask. Of course, I'm coming home. Where| else would a guy go on Christmas or Thanksgiving.?|

By Frederick C. Othman

No Turkey

| WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—On this Thanksgiving day I am thankful for no turkey, because of no cookstove. No kitchen sink, either.

Our new house on the hill in Virginia lacks these {tems on account of the box car shortage, the gray market in steel, labor trouble, and a few other things I can’t remember now. And also my $22-per-day plumber is ori a hunting trip. I struggle with no tough bird and dull knife on this wonderful Thanksgiving day. While the rest of you citizen are choniping thé dry and flavorless meat of this fowl (and telling lies about how good it tastes) I'll be in a first-class restaurant eating double-thick and succulent pork chops.

The Bride Is Thankful, Too

THE OTHER HUSBANDS of this nation later this afternoon will be drying small mountains of dinner dishes and getting bawled out for being too rough. Othman? If I can find one that wasn't written or produced by an accused Communist, I may go to a movie. . There are many things for which to be grateful on this Nov. 27. My bride said it best and gave me a small lump in my throat when she climbed wearily into bed last night to spend her first night on our farm. “I am so thankful,” she said, “that we are not at war.” Then she went sound asleep. There was a smile on her lips, but I have no idea whether she was dreaming about a world at peace—or the automatic electric dish washer she has ordered and hopes eventually, to get installed. Anyway, I'm thankful for her, for a job I like, for a gallon of anti-freeze the man slipped me from under the counter, and for the fact that butter is too costly to eat. “I'm trying to reduce. Thankful am I also for phrase-makers like Sen.

Bows to Petrillo

Alben W. Barkley of Kenucky, who replied upon being congratulated for reaching the age of 70: “I thank | the senators who animadverted on my decrepitude.” | On.my list of good things (like black walnuts; eggnog | and Groucho Marx) I must add also congressional

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The Indianapolis

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DRAWING A BEAD — Harry McClain, Indianapolis’ own big game hunter, warms up in the yard of his home at 224 N, Park Ave., for a hunting expedition to Brown-County where he hopes successfully fo stalk a “strange” animal which has been

bean soup, the end of poultryless Thursdays, and| giving residents in the area the whim-whams.' Hunter McClain says he has seen the

Margaret . Truman's singing. The devil with the] music critics; she sounds fine to me. I'm cheered by the fact that we're letting no

beast on previous stalking trips and asserts itis a specimen of mountain lion. As some of his work will be done at night, he intends to strap the wrist flashlight to his rifle

Europeans starve, that as of mow there are fewer! so that he will be sure of his shots. The state hasn't given him permission yet to hunt

strikes in American industry than at any time since] his quarry by gun in the state park

the war, and that the highbinders in the international | cocoa bean trust are likely to be smothered in their | § own chocolate bars. Gum drops suit me, anyhow. ; My gratitude extends to Sen. Robert A. Taft of} Ohio, for setting a good example to the other presi- | dential candidates; he answers all questions without double-talk..Ta:-Secretary of Treasury John Snyder | for going after tax dodgers. To an embattled land-| lord .in California, who said rent control was forcing| him to tear down his house. He sent me a free brick.

Thanks to the Readers

TO ALL THE READERS who have written me go my thanks, and especially ani I grateful to the one feminine correspondent, among scores, Who didn’t threaten mayhem because I said I liked long skirts. It is nice to know finally that for the fst time in our history the postmaster general is ro hot-shot politician, but a conscientious mailman, who" worked his way up through the ranks. Now he’s got to buy a long-tailed coat so he can go to White House receptions. : There are some other items on the other side of the ledger, too, but I'll mention them later when this joyous day is over. May you all have as happy a Thanksgiving as mine. Excuse me now, I'm hungry and my pork chops wait. 3

By Erskine Johnson

mn —— ers HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 27-Dick Haymes, who beat the last musicians’ strike by setting-his songs against a vocal background, won't try it again when the Petrillo edict on recording goes into effect Jan, 1. He told me, “I realize now it was unfair to the musicians who give me fine support and I promised Petrillo I wouldn't do it.” >

A Yawn Is Well Explained

YVONNE DE CARLO'S logical explanation of a yawn on the set of “Casball.” “I'm just tired from months of being tired.” Yvonne sings a new Song, “For Every Man There's a Woman,” in “Casbah,” which I'm predicting right now will be on the Hit Parade. Charles Boyer and his wife are off to Canada for a long vacation. Shirley Temple is betting 17-to-12 that her baby will be a boy. The odds are based on a table of averages furnished by hersinsurance broker,

I —— I — Larry Parks goes back to work Jan. 1 in “The | Gallant Blade,” but his checks will be held up by the | studio until his suit against the film plant is settled. (Gypsy Rose Lee is writing a musical mystery | for the Broadway stage. Wonder if -the film version of “Up in Central Park” will be dubbed communistic propaganda, t00.| It shows Russians entering the United States, Ireely and happily, in 1870,

A Dream Will Come True EVERETT FREEMAN, who wrote the film version| of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” will marry| Rosanne Murray after the first of the year, Dale Evans turned down a role in a Republic film because it called for her to smoke, drink and-in{ general be a “shady” lady. She insists that after|} playing in 25 Westerns opposite Roy Rogers her| fans won't stand still for that type of role. Dale and Roy will be married New Year's Eve.

Whooping Cough World

Proposed In ‘Lab’ on Peak |

Cosmic Ray Study

SURE FIRE CATCH — Hunter McClain won't depend on his trusty rifle alone to stop the Brown County "beast." A sturdy trap, scented with lure for flesh-eating animals, might snare the animal in an uncautious moment.” He takes credit for ending the mysterious prowlings of an unidentified” beast around Lebanon recently. He

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NOTHING TO CHANCE — Every trick of the hunting game will be in Mr. McClain's bag when he heads south for the big hunt. There will be a bottle of

trail scent which he uses on his boots, an all-purpose lure for flesh-eating animals, traps and mountain lion callers, one of which he tests here for results. At 66, he has been hunting over the United States for 41 years, most of the time in the Far West.

AH-HH, | SPY — On chance that he might want to view the quarry from afar, Mr. McClain has acquired a telescope. To shape, he practices near downtown Indianapolis in a vacant ‘lot as a family wash hangs in the background. Hunter McClain once was

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Gains in State |

1821 Cases Already Reported This Year

Whooping cough is on the increase in Indiana this year ,according to Dr. J. W. Jackson, director of the division of communicable disease control for the Indiana State Board of Health, He said 1821 cases have already been reported to the State Board of Health this year, as compared to 1174. cases at the same: time last year, 1064 in 1945 and 796 in 1044,

This increase is in line with the predictions of the division of public health methods, United States Public Health Service, that whooping cough will claim more victims this year in the United States than last year, and probably more than any year since 1043, Dr. Jackson said. The mortality rate of whooping cough in recent years compares with that of measles, diphtheria and polio, Dr. Jackson added, A but whooping cough takes the larger

By Science Service ROME, Nov. 27—The high-alti-tude laboratory at Pianrosa, near Cervinia in the Italian province of Aosta, may become. an international center for European scientists study-

ing cosmic rays. This was suggested, at a recent conference on cosmic |

rays held in Cracow, Poland, under the auspices of UNESCO. This laboratory, which was transported to a site nearly two miles high, includes both a large laboratory, 20x30 feet, and living accommodations for four persons. A cable railway connects it with a guest house 3000 feet below. Food and materials are procured at the lower station. Director of the cosmic ray center is a young Italian scientist, Gilberto Bernardini, who will be a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York during the first six

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Two-Alarm Fire

| During his absence, Prof. E. Emaldi, director of the physics center in Rome, and Dr. Ettore Pancini will be in charge of the high-altitude cosmic ray re-| search. ! Probe Meson Secrels Like American scientists studying cosmic rays, the Italians are seeking to solve the mysteries of the meson,

also called mesotron, a high-pow-ered, short-lived particle found only in cosmic rays Several different attacks on the, problems of the meson are being followed by Dr. Bernardini's group. | They are using counters to study] the absorption of mesons near their extreme range; the spectrum of mesons is being analyzed with iron cores; the production of mesons in different materials is being tested: and Wilson chambers are employed lin absorption experiments,

Virginia Really Thankful Today

proportionate toll of life in infants| : |. HINTON, W. va.’ Nov. 27 (UP) under 1 year of age and in children | S um er im Fifteen-year-old Virginia Farley was n

under 5. “1t, would be wise’if parents would

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claims to have dropped a panther with his 30-30 rifle. No other person saw the kill, and Mr. McClain said he was unable to retrieve his quarry because of marshy ground.. Lebanonites haven't reported any strange animals recently,

however, when his train into Philadelphia, party, was |5 minutes late. They didn't

smaller game including snakes.

All's Turkey, Pie

Church Entertains Children, Mothers More than 1000 children and a large group of mothers today were, served a noon Thanksgiving dinner | in the Evangelistic Center, 3518 Shelby St. Approximately 15 buses loaned by {churches and private schools picked | {up the children and returned them| to their homes. Women of the) {center congregation began prepar{ing 600 pounds of turkey and hun) | dreds of pumpkin pies Tuesday. A| dozen visitors have gone about the

ht de- tests at Winton Junior High School South Side this month calling in!

redouble their precautions to ex-|stroyed a small two-story frame | yesterday. But her nervousness was homes and extending invitations. clude infants under 1 ‘year of age warehouse at the Capitol Lumber not caused by the examinations.

from exposure to sources of infec~ tion,” Dr. Jackson said. Report Petrillo Ban Lifted on Co-op Music

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (UP)—A

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The buses brought the children| to the center tabernacle where a

| | The fire of Sndetepbined ori-|the railroad tracks near her home, religious service was held for the {gin broke out at about 10:30 p. M.|ge heard a train whistle. i]

{and burned stubbornly for nearly {four hours before firemen could

dampen the last ember.

Leland C. Huey Jr., secretary-

| She knew that a locomotive was {no, far away. But she didn’t know on which track it was traveling. Believing that she did not have

guests before the meal, | Family of 10 Sings

| Money and foodstuffs were do-|

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| DALTON GETS PARTY POST

» man, was given the cnairmanstio| P|) Re dirs | Dalton, who lost his post as Chan-lof the Labor Party's international

| cellor of the Exchequer because he! subcommittee yesterday.

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Dick Turner On Truman Plane

DC-6 Being Flown To West Coast Plant

WABHINGTON, Nov [President Truman's DC-6 is being flown to the West Coast today for imodifications Discovery of the |source of at least one bf the two re|cant fires which caused grounding {of all the new Douglas planes was| {the reason for the flight. Lt. Col, Henry T. Myers, presiden- | {tial pilot, said it has heen found that the fire in an American Airlines {DC-6 on Nov. 11 was caused by suc{tion of gas from an overflowing wing {tank into the cabin air-conditioning | mechanism, He said he probably would fly to pthe Douglas plant at Santa Monica, (Cal, today with the cabin heater

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Marie Montez Files

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Veteran Local

Worker to Retire

Irvin Bert Sherman, 1806 Monte calm St., an employee of the Ameri« can Can Co. for 33 years, will be retired Monday, the company ane nounced today. Mr. Sherman has. been in the

27 (UP)— can manufacturing industry about

51 years, He started his career with the Dugdale Can Co:;, which hecame the Sanitary Can Co. later purchased by the American Can Co

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BENIGN

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Zach spokesman for a major broadcast-| treasurer of the firm, said the| BeleVE® ‘HE SE8 CI | a y ’ Suit for 2d Billing , persons in the city. . ic ra | HOLLYWOOD, Nov, 27. (UP)—

ing network said that James Pe- loss could not be estimated until an | Oe yowa In the center of oné trillo, the musi r, lifted his aken, but wit ;She 8 ec czar, has li inventory is taken, but that “i | pair of rails. : Special music: will be presented |! Actress Marie Montez today asked

ban against music on co-operative 1d be several thousand. | J I - ; i, a pe would A "Virginia fated just before the not. only today but over the entire / sig |! $250,000 trom Universal Pictures and ¥ |cow-catcher of the Chesapeake & week-end by the Rushing family]

4 | the Fairbanks Co. fer billing her

f7 ¢ Mr. Petrillo had clamped down on : | broadcasting ny saying Sees Brooklyn, Faints Ohio railway's fast passenger traiy, Of singers ahd instrumentalists from {second to Douglas Fairbanks Jr., in 9 that if they used music on co-. NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UP)— the Sportsman, passed over her, Oak Hill, W. Va. The family - ’ “The Exile” ’ ) operative programs, they would be When Mrs. Jean Tilton, 21, British| Virginia regained consciousness cludes O. C. Rushing, Mrs. Rush- ha : | “Pederat. Judge J. F. T. O'Connor

2? |signed- a restraining order prevent. ing the companies from further ad- | vertising Miss Montez as second to | Mr, Fairbanks in the movie. A hear~|

{ing was set for Dec. 5.

required to have at each station war bride, arrived" in New York just before the last car went over Ing and their eight children. | | using the program a stand-by musi- harbor yesterday to join her hus- her. The Rev. E. P. Qualls. is center cian for each musician participat-| band, Sgt. Robert Tilton, in Ne-| But she wouldn't .stay out of pastor and Mrs. Minnie Pfeiffer| And ansth ing in the broadcast at its point of | brasks, she took one look at Brook- school yesterday because she didp’t served as, “chief cook” for today’s ~~ oe, 2 tyn, and fainted.’ want to miss the tests. feast. ; cd J w i , : i. » . : ar oe

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