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STAYING. AFTER SCHOOL in my day was much time as it takes. to make two stitches, I.had
considered a pretty awful ordeal. I'm glad to times have changed to some extent. At least they have at School 80 where once a week
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needle and thread and the makings for a duck. My workbench was a desk smack in the middle of the room. To my right June Hauenstein was working
32 girls gather in Room 15 at 3 in the aftéinoog, on a green horse. What I needed was someone who
and stay until 4:30 p. m. The surprising thing about it is that you don't hear ‘one rebellious peep all during the hour-and-a-half session. That doesn't mean the Kin-un-ka group of Camp Fire“Girls of School 80 work in absolute silence on their Christmas project. Far from it. You can imagine what 32 girls can sound like sewing cloth animals and dolls. _ The day I attended the sewing. circle, Leader Mrs. Harry Poirier told me the girls were just completing a series of 50 stuffed duck dolls. One hundred and fifty more assorted animal dolls were already packed and by the time the group is ready to sing Christmas carols at orphan homes and hospitals, where” these dolls will be distributed to shut-in youngsters, they hope to have 300.
Feels a Bit Ill at Ease I FELT ILL at ease with my idle fingers among so many busy ones. Casually I mentioned a thread and needle and maybe a bit of cloth to work with. The Camp Fire Girls believe in the old saying, “When in Rome do as the Romans do.” In about as
"MARY CHRISTMAS" —There are 31 more like Frances Wood at School 80 who busy themselves after school so the more unfortunate children may have a Merry Christmas.
had a duck. I'm not too sharp with the stitch. Shirley Hanson in front.of me had a pink Raggedy Ann with yellow hair almost completed. I tried to “copy” from my neighbor on the left. Carol Champer was stuffing a doll. As a last resort I turned around to see what Lois Hickman was doing. She also was stuffing. y : Assistant Leader Mrs, Maurice Rogers came to the rescue. She explained how simply the dolls were made. | “See, you just stitch around this red piece for.the eye like this,” Mrs, Rogers said. “And the same for the bill and the feet.” While I struggled with the “easy needlework” Kate Everett was getting patted on the back for handing in her 24th doll. My first thought was to shoot after that record but my better judgment told me that in one afternoon I might have difficulty matching Kate's record. ¥ Mary Jane Duttenhaver told me where all the material for the project comes from. Part of it is donated, the girls bring most of the cloth from home and what is lacking is bought with money from the treasury. | “We just bought $3 worth of things the other day, confided Mary Jane. Mrs. Poirier and Mrs. Rogers were kept busy answering the calls from the girls. Someone needed more cotton, another wanted some advice on the button eyes and still another was in difficulty with the wool mane on a horse. | About that time I should have called for help myself but I felt silly about my trouble. Couldn't thread my needle. I think. I need glasses. Pat Trunick, Frances Wood and Barbara Allen said they'd be glad to thread it for me. i
‘Pat Comes to My Rescue’ IN THE MIXUP, I couldn't make up my mind who to give the needle to, I dropped the darn thing. We couldn't find it anywhere. Pat finally offered me the use of her needle. My objections were waved down The girls insisted I was stitching “all right” and should continue. Ah, I can’t help”it if I'm clever with my fingers. The girls were joking. I'm sure of it, when they'd ask such questions as, “What is it?” “That's not a duck you're making is it?” or “Cute penguin you have there.” { When Mrs. Poirier passed out materials to eager girls who wanted to work at home on the dolls, I slid low in my seat. At the rate I was going my duck wouldn't be finished before Christmas 1948. Well, anyway, Kate Everett said she'd finish my duck so I'm sure some youngster will get it this
Christmas. And whoever gets it will be able to tell my stitches from Kate's, They're so different from mine, -]
Goo-Goo to You
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HT NEW YORK, Dec. 5—As we approach the season of peace on earth, the Ruark National Survey is pleased to offer some hopeful notes. We will start today with Dr. Walter Pitkin, who immortalized himself by writing the optimistic volume, “Life Begins at Forty.” Dr. Pitkin, in a morose mood, allows that in 2100 A. D. all our descendants will be morons—a forecast that gives me peculiar cheer. “Your descendants,” says Dr. Pitkin, “will be the stupidest great-great-grandchildren of the stupidest great-grandchildren of the stupidest grandchildren of the stupidest children of the stupidest parents now living.” Goo-goo to you, Doc. Nothing is so happy as a moron, and I can see us all nowe playing with our mud ples and making noises like Danny Kaye. You have finally charted the course to Utopia, because morons are too stupid to do anything consciously destructive to anybolly. They just sit there and gurgle.
lan vs. Worm
DR. DOUGLAS WHITAKER of Stanford Univer-
sity says that when the atoms start showering down, the common angle-worm stands a better chance of survival that Homer Q. Sapiens. Beetles can survive when you can't, little man with the mortgage and the mother-in-law. It is of some comfort to a bulgy boy to reflect that his three chins aren't really there, and that, if he's. fat, he isn't really fat. He just thinks he is. ~~-You stay fat because you are afraid of being called fat. Or else, you are fat because you are realizing . your mama's dreams of opulent living. Or because you are afraid of men, if you are a girl, and the other way around for boys. I can't recall the name of the doctor who propounds this theorem,
but I think it was an Englishman, Dr, Basil Metabo- ,
lism. Or maybe he was a Greek. | This is the season of the bulging larder, the groaning board. A South Dakota youth named Wayne Moller went: out after ducks, fired into a cloud, and down splashed 68 geese. They had been electrocuted by a ‘sudden bolt--of lightning.
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The Indianapolis Times
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1947
es To Honor
PLANNERS IN MEDICINE—Final details for the launching of the Alembert Winthrop Brayton Foundation for Research in Dermato-Syphilology are mapped by two of the leaders, Dr. John Dalton (left) and Dr. John Brayton, son of the man to be honored. The fund will supplement that provided in the General Hospital budget for a training program in the field.
School for Training Specialists To Be Launched at Dinner Tomorrow -
By VICTOR
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IF DR. ALEMBERT WINTHROP BRAYTON were alive today he
would be 99 years old. Also, tomorrow he would
attend a clinic and a dinner meeting
OUT IN LOS ANGELES, where anything 1s apt on a topic dear to his heart, for he was the forerunner of the special-
to happen, a young man tried to kidnap a girl. He claimed she bewitched him with a sandwich made out of -potatoes, beans and macaroni, This brings to mind the story of the New York longshoreman who recently achieved the restaurant diner’s dream. He threw his food in the face of the chef, then grabbed a big butcher knife and went for everybody in sight. He was subdued by a blow on the brow. He went down smiling. The influence of the chain reaction is ever with us, possibly as a warning. A Newark man recently ran into a post, wrecking his car and upsetting his dog's nervous system. The dog bit him. They placed the man in an ambulance and the ambulance caught fire. | Striving, ever striving for perfection, man surges | onward to the grave. One gentleman rolled himself to death with a steamroller, A Washington lady considerately asked a guest to turn his head before she shot herself. Things are rather pleasantly muddled these days. They are televising stray ‘dogs in New York, in an effort to locate the owners, - My old love, Miss Fannie Buttz, or Dale Evans, is marrying Roy Rogers, the cowboy star. This means she will be a stepmother to Trigger. and Dale hates horses. Especially Trigger. A Washington man is seeking divorce because his wife swiped his peg-leg, leaving him, as he said, without a leg to stand on,
ists who will convene.
In his honor, as one of the nation's leaders in treatment of skin
diseases, the Alembert Winthrop Brayton Foundation for Research in Dermato-Syphilology will be launched at 7 p. m. at the Indianapoils’ Athletic Club. Announcement of the foundation is simultaneous with the notification General Hospital has been approved by the American Board of Dermatology and Syphilology to give advanced training in the specialized field. { » ” n THE TRAINING PROGRAM has been in operation since April and is financed through the regular hospital budget. The proposed foundation will provide supplementary funds to defray costs of special equipment, medical texts, a full-time physician, etc. Leadets in the movement hope to solicit at least $50,000 for a revolv-, ing fund from former students of Dr. Brayton, staff members of the clinic and business houses desirous of the program's SUCCess. Launching of the foundation and
* : | : . | the accrediting of the training Jobs Go Begging By Frederick C. Othman school culminates 15 years of LL ————— er EEE dreaming on the part of skin spe- ————————————————— oie 11st 0f ‘the state.. Many of them
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—I was reading the comic page and wondering where I could find a ‘story for today when in walked (proving that I live right) a beautiful blond story in a new look dress, name of Mrs. Jean Chapple. She and the Secretary of the Army have one of the doggondest problems I ever heard of. They can’t find anybody much to take a wide assortment of jobs, including a number of the plush, $10.000-year variety, in such romantic (a word I use advisedly) places as Bermuda, Hawaii, Korea, Guam, Alaska, the Azores, Germany and Italy. Mrs. C. has been beating the bushes for hired hands of both sexes, ranging from stenographers to watch makers to cops. Every time she finds a likelylooking prospective entomologist, librarian, or fire chief, somebody already on the job gets homesick and quits.
4000 Empty Jobs
THERE'S NOT MUCH percentage in this and as of now Mrs. Chapple has about 4000 empty jobs. She could use about 1500 lady stenographers at posts around the world. I didn't try to count the number of embalmers, bookkeepers, bakers, carburetor experts and dental mechanics she wants. I asked could she use a first class newspaper reporter on some sunny isle, where nothing much ever happens and a typewriter's only good for a foot rest? “You?* demanded Mrs. Chapple. “Me,” 1 said. “Can you write feature stories?” she inquired. There has been some doubt about this in certain quarters for the last 20 years, But you know how it is when you're applying for a job. You kind of put it on. I told her that in my personal opinion she was extremely fortunate in having found me. Mrs. O. thumbed through her book of jobs and
said how would I like to live in Tokyo? News and feature writing; $5187 a year; dental work, movies, and street car fare free; room and board $45 a month, and other advantages almost too numerous; to mention. She almost sold me, but it. turned out I'd be a busy feature writer in Nippon, I'd have to interview the visiting hot-shots and let Gen. Doug MacArthur blue-pencil what I wrote about 'em. I might even have to write an occasional piece about the Gen. himself, and then let him look at it before it was printed. She changed the subject (regretfully it seemed to me) to stenographers, dearth of. Any girl who'll work two years in Korea, or Guam, or wherever, will come home with $5000 cash and probably a husband.
Marriage Rate Is High Out There
THAT'S where the romance comes in. I brought it up. Mrs. Chapple said she and the Department of the Army hated even to mention it. But truth is truth and when young ladies in a far off place find themselves living next door to young men, nature takes its course. The marriage rate in Saipan, Korea and Guam is much faster than in Bethesda, Md, It always causes trouble, Some of the generals in charge of these outposts won't even let a pair of newlyweds live in the same house.” That's not because the generals aren't romantic, too, but because there are no houses. Only barracks, strictly divided as to sexes. But love usually finds a way and if you can bang a typewriter or a freight car wheel—that's an alleged feature-writer talking and not Mrs, Chapple—you might get in touch with the "Army's civilian employment offices in Washington, New York, Chicago or Los Angeles.
A ‘New
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 5—1 have tried to point out some of the problems facing Hollywood's film industry. * If Hollywood wants a new freedom, here are some points of solution to the present problems: Follow the English system of making pictures for adults and pictures for children. The adult pictures can then show realistic stories, true dramatic situations in the lives of real people.
Lists Further Solutions
THE PICTURES for children could be made on children’s themes of fantasy, sports, travel, adventure, scouting, birdlore, or what have you. The second point—clean up the screen. Instead of making cheap crime stories with the accent on brutality, blood and gore, put some thought into & variety of subjects, or if it's mystery they, want to make, take some of the good mysteries and make
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Freedom’ ! By Erskine Johnion
Be honest in advertising. The public is getting tired of being ballyhooed into'the theater with great promises and coming out of the theater with an upset stomach after seeing two bad pictures. Code all pictures like the British do—A for adults, U for universal appeal, C for children, H for horror and M for ‘mystery.
Discard Double Features AWAY wth double features—save the money for better pictures. ; Take all popcorn junk them. / Get better stories. A best-seller of tripe fiction is not screen fare, just because a lot-of dopes bought the book. . re. Get actors and actresses, instead of bainted dolls,
and candy machineé out and
to play the parts. Give them good parts to play—" not’ parrot lines, inst $2 million worth of
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donate their time to teach the next generation of doctqrs who will fill their shoes. -- Prime movers of the program are Drs. John E. Dalton, George W Bowman, Don E. Kelly, Gerald F. Kempf, John R. Thrasher, Walter B. Tinsley, John D. Van Nuys and John R. Bravton, son of the man in ‘whose name the foundation will hecome a reality, n » ” WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT of the training program, Indianapolis surged to the front in the study of treatment of skin diseases. There are no more than 30 such
centers in the nation, Currently four men are in residence, They are Drs. Boynton Booth, Mark
Baum, Robert Jenkins and Theodore Arlock, The road to specialization for these men is long. Before they can begin the three-year training period they already must have their medical degree and have completed interneship. On the completion of the course they must practice for two years before taking the national examination. A successful examination certifies them as a specialist by the board. A long-time friend of the late Dr. Brayton has taken the lead In financing the foundation, Dr. William Thomas Corlett, professor emeritus of dermatology and syphilology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, O., is the first donor. It is just such men as Dr. Corlett upon whom foundation founders will lean for support. And Dr Brayton had many such men throughout his colorful career, ~ ” ” WHERE THE HOOSIER pioneer doctor found time to do all he did is a mystery today to his succesSOS. A native of New York, he came ‘here by way of Illinois where his schooling was at his mother’s knee, district schools, high school and college. He came to Indianapolis in 1877 at the insistance of David Starr Jordan, at the e a professor of | natural history Butler’ Univer-
|sity, Dr. Brayton was named rE to service,” it added.
ence department head at what was to become Shortridge High School. Meanwhile, he ¢ompleted his col-| legiate studies at Butler University and received degrees from both Indiana and Purdue Universities. He also was working on his medical education and in 1879 received his M. D. degree from the Medical Col~ iege of Indiana, Then followed a long career of teaching in various medical colleges, From 1908 to his death in 1926 he was professor of dermatology and syphilology at Indiana University, | Soe TOMORROW, THEN, the spirit of this man will walk with his followers as they conduct an all-day clinic viewing some of the most unique cases of skin disease in the city, Among those who will mark Dr. Brayton's contribution to his field with talks at the dinner meeting are his son; Dr. Dalton; Dr, Van Nuys; Virgil Stinebaugh, public schools superintendent; M. O. Ross, Butler University president; liam A. Hanley, Purdue University trustee: John 8. Hastings, Indiana | University trustee; Charles W. Myers, General Hospital superintendent; J. William Wright, Marion County Medical Society president; Floyd T. Romberger, Indiana State Medical Association president; Dud-
ley C. Smith, University of Virginia, and the Rév. FP. 8, C. Wicks, emeritus, All Souls Unitarian
Church, Indianapolis.
DC-6 Fires Traced
WASHINGTON, Dec. § An industry-government commit-| tee said yesterday that at least! one and probably both of the recent fires on Douglas DC-68 planes occurred when gas overflowing from a wing tank was sucked into the cabin heating "system. The committee said It tain the fire aboard an American Airlines plane- on Nov, 11 was caused. by overflowing gas being sucked into the cabin heater. The| plane made an emergency landing at Gallup, N. M., without injury to! 25 occupants. | It said the same condition “prob- | ably caused” the United Air Lines
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AIM OF FOUNDATION—With the money -contributed, Indiana skin specialists hope to provide the dermatology-syphilology clinic at General Hospital with the finest
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Foundation For Studying Skin Disease
PIONEER SPECIALIST—Dr, Alembert Winthrop Brayton's influence in the study and treatment of skir disease will be recognized tomorrow with the establish ment of a foundation in his name. Former students will be
asked to contribute toward
of equipment. Among those assisting at the clinic now is Miss Rosemary Miller, RN.
- .. Eniwetok Atoll Ideal Spot
Isolation Assures Safety of Other Islands; 4000-Foot Airstrip, Built by Japs, Available
By Science Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—Eniwetok Atoll,
just designated by the
crash on Oct. 24 at Bryce Canyon, Atomic Energy Commission as permanent mid-Pacific proving ground for atomic weapons, is excellently adapted for the purpose,
Utah. All 52 persons aboafd that plane were killed. All DC-6's, including President Truman's personal plane, the Independence, have been grounded since the American fire, Today's official statement econfirmed a report on the cause last week by Lt. Col. Henry T, Myers, Mr. Truman's personal pilot who took the presidential ship to the Douglas Aircraft Co. at Santa Monica, Cal, for modification. The committee said that the overflowing gasoline was “forced back along the skin of the plane, and was sucked into the plane's cabin aeating system, “Changes. to prevent recurrence of this hazard are being recommended by the committee and considered by the Civil Aeronautics Administration and still other changes
may be required before the plane 18 Although major air trafie will the price rise, company officials [doubtless continue to make most said. ! :
Westernmost of the Matshall
group, it is 200 miles due west of
Bikini and about twice that distance northwest of Kwajalein, thus being well isolated both for security purposes and for safety of other atolls
from harmful by-products of atombomb explosions, It resembles Bikinl In both size and shape of its lagoon, which is roughly eliptical, with its greater axis about 20 miles in length and its shorter axis about 15.
all naval, auxiliary and target craft that may be needed. There is an excellent deep-water entrance—so good, . indeed, that when the American amphibious attack was staged in February of 1944, ‘the whole convoy steamed right into the lagoon, with warships blasting Jap batteries into silence as they passed.
There is, therefore, ample anchorage for,
| use of the Pacific crossroads at Kwajalein, it is possible to- land large planes at Eniwetok. Even in war days, the Japs had a 4000-foot airstrip, and this is capable of improvement. The Atomic Energy Commission statement indicates that there is | more land surfacé here than at Bikini, which will make for more
TWA Fares Up 10 Pct. A 10 per cent inerease in domestic passenger fares aboard Trans World -Airline planes was announced teday effective next Friday, Substantial increases in operating costs forced
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a $50,000 revolving fund.
{comfortable elbow-room, both for
airplane landings and the setting up of test instruments.
WORD-A-DAY
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