Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1948 — Page 9

and he, too, was,

‘laid aside a

. BEING A SPANKING new father isn't all _gratulations and cigar passing. It's a rough eve me. py (A After five hours in the room of the I didn ‘the mystery regions down a hed ped eer ri Bho I a xo In the I way wringing my Now I know why we have a Fattier's Day. hands ang § my Tagenalid-with the, hast Three fathers- looked up when I A mald entered and asked if we'd please in the doorway of the waiting room. oUt Tr The Rl 10 S00 id yO Flchse step Their eyes immedia returned to the reading It was a welcome break. Anything was Better

Boys Club; I- thought, -hanging up-my hat. In an awful silence I practically tip-toed to a seat. : Close to the door was a young man (Mr. X from now on) and he was “engrossed” in a book. Every time a‘fo p sounded in the hall, Mr. X was halfway to feet, Mr. Y, a man of about 40, sat to my right ng after a fashion.” Mr. Z, his late 30's or early 40's, ine just as I slouched in the goft chair. Every ‘man was deep: in his own thoughts. Mr. Y tugged at his jowl at frequent intervals. Just as frequently, Mr. Z would loo at his watch and sigh heavily, i

All Eyes on the Door

THERE WAS enough tension in the room to playa tune on it. The sound of wheels would draw all eyes to the door from the time it was heard until it was gond. Mostly it would be a porter pushing a cart of linens. Time couldn’t have dragged any slower.

to my left, eith

The

__geconds leisurely ticked into even more leisurely

FATHER'S EYE VIEW—Nurse Dorothy Lepert holds the little "bundle from heaven” papa hes been chewing his fingernails over for 10 ours.

Morals Look Up

CLEVELAND, Feb. 2—As the result of a newspaper campaign, they are buttoning up the dingy little dives which used to lend a touch of fraudulent spice to Cleveland's night life, The crackdown is on saloons which featured, - in addition to cheap whisky in small glasses at high prices, the unveiled female form in varying aspects. The ladies use to saunter down a runway and wave themselves at the customers. It is said that more than ohe guest has had his glass knocked from his hand by naked ladies who were waving themselves too enthusiastically. These saloons, if they wish to keep their licenses, are now forbidden to employ peeled females. The

- strip-tease runways are being. beaten into plows. .

shares. Cleveland's “frown at the leer-show “and the smutty deadfall seems to be a partial offshoot of a nationwide reversion to the surface morality, on several levels. I don’t know who or what gets the credit for a renewed insistance on all sorts of : public decorum, but you can see it cropping up all around. For instance, we had a fine, unfettered couple of years of. uninhibited romance among the mighty, and some exceedingly unabashed cavortings by spotlight personalities. Holy wedlock has taken a lusty cuffing. in the process. And at one point it was even considered cute to play with hoodlums.

[ITH Miss Other Woman of 1947’ BASEBALL was the first institution to express public disapproval of excessive high-kicking by its employees. Leo Durocher drew. a year's suse

- pension for making himself too friendly with too

many kinds of people, including gamblers, The lovely Lana Turner may not win an Oscar for. acting this year, but she is odds on to cop. the goddess of love sweepstakes. Her capacity for Public involvement with other women’s men has

been so-broaa- that she da claim tie title of Misa"

Other Woman 1947, and néver raise an argument. Hollywood, ever sensitive about its influence

_ On America’s morals, suddenly came horrifiedly

up here?” ‘ ‘Each Time It Gets Worse’

I TUGGED on my tie, took a couple long drags|

on my cigaret and answered, “Yes.” (It really was.) “I thought so,” said Mr. Y. After a minute or so ‘of silpnce he added, “This is my fifth.” “This waiting is awful,” was my candid comment. . “It sure is and each time it gets worse. Silence from then on until we took up the vigil again in the waiting room. Mr. X and Mr. Z returned shortly afterwards and we were to see who would go screaming down the hall first. I do think if a stork had showed up in the doorway we would have talked to him. . . After a good chunk of eternity a nurse, all smiles, popped inh the door. My name wasn’t called. Mr.»X shot out the door. Mr. Y, Mr. Z and Mr. 8 sighed In unison. Richard Huey (Mr. X), 954 N. Tuxedo St, told me in the hallway he was the papa of a girl. Grinning from ear to ear, he said this was his second. + In thé waiting room, Mr. Y and Mr. Z were getting even more nervous. They didn’t know I was an imposter. Sister Anne, supervisor of the ward, stopped for a second in the doorway and smiled encour: agement to us. All I. needed was to have a nurse come in and call my name. Mr. Z was next on the hit parade with a girl. Poor Mr. Y. John Haines (Mr. Z), 1433 E. Epler Ave. said I had him fooled. He didn't know it but I had myself fooled. F A newcomer made it three again in the waiting room. He didn’t have long to wait. Charles Richey, 1709 Fletcher Ave. was so sure it was going to be a boy he had Nice going. While 1

looking young -man took his place in the worry room. Mr. Mobley would have company. I had to get out of there. The strain was too much. Bachelorhood looked awful good in spite of how Mr. Huey, Mr. Haines and Mr. Richey looked— after. the vigil was over.

By Robert C. Ruark

the name—William.

was revealing my- identity to Clarence] “Mobley: (Mr. Y); 5727 University -Ave., a nervous-

awake. While Hollywood tightened the strings of its screen censorship, its principals have been carousing like an indorsement for an old-fash-ioned orgy. : Miss Turner,” already named in one divorce proceeding and a relative itch to turn up in an other, had run through half-a-dozen guys ‘in a year. Miss Turner got suspended. Tyrone Power, still married to his Annabella, was unashamedly | Miss Turner's companion in Acapulco—and later

was cooing with a Miss Linda Christian on the

same ground. Miss Christian got canned.

What Made Sinatra Slip?

ONE OF the clean-jawed male leads. is pictured drunk as a goat in 4 local cell. The judges were screaming “adultery” at Laraine Day for illegally marrying the aforementioned Durocher, with accompanying publicity, after Leo swiped her out of her husband’s house. Frank Sinatra, the youth leader, was discovered holed up in Havana with

Lucky Luciano, a convicted pander, thug and dope §

runner, ghd Frank's box office draw has waned ever since. : ; The goatish capering of the Park Ave. pack— the Topping set, for instance—has been retailed as casually as the result of a ball game, although it was a complete affront to the normal by-laws of marital decency. The headlines since the war have added up to an unpleasant hodge-podge of widespread con-vention-flouting. The habitues of the front page have sbught to outdo each other as public performers. The natural reflex can only -be a series of surface reforms,

So they are banning burlesque and dirty books. |

They have revived the curfew in some cities, and are talking about making it official th New York: The prohibition people are in there pitching with, both "hands. There is such a reaction against

kallikakys ‘of “the Hollywood-Broadway axis are’

‘beginning to proceed a little more cautiously. . {

It looks very much, from here in, as if the ones who don’t want to be good -had better be quiet.

the CASHINGTON. Féb. 2—The problem before nate teday is what do ‘milkmen put in ice Cream besides milk? “What kind of glue do they Use-s0 it won't even melt in the sun?

o The" Messrs. Charles W. Holman of the CoCT Ssative Milk Producers and M. H. Brightman / > he Dairy Industry Committee weren't expecting c al one. They came to tell the Senate Banking or mitiee the price of food is on the way down— a Is exactly what they said—and that any idea Of ‘reviving the OPA is foolish. Solid-looking gentlemen they both were. Their Tosy cheeks testified they practiced what they Preached about the virtues of milk and genuine Creamery butter, and they were doing fine until Ben. Charles Ww, Tobey of New Hampshire mentioned ice cream. ° Tell me.” he said, “is there any cream in the &verage commercial ice cream?” Mr. Brightman said he believed most states Tequired at least 10 per cent cream in ice cream. “Well, our recipe at home called for one quart of cream to one quart of milk and one quart of Strawberries with sugar to taste, and it was good,” complained Sen. Tobey. “Now I understand they Use what they. call an ice cream mix. Isn't it Something like this modern bakery bread. all bloated up with gelatin ‘and other phenomena?”

‘Mr. Brightman Squirms Uneasily

MR. BRIGHTMAN said he was sorry, but he ldn’t know about the phenomena, or gelatin, tither. He squirmed tineasily on his seat. “Well, then, what is ice cream powder made of" demanded Sen. A. Willis Robertson of Virginia. “That,” said Mr. Brightman, “is dehydrated ice Cream mix.” 3 The gentleman from Virginia said he supposed Was used in the ice cream he's been getting lately: rubbery, quivery, bubbly, ana almost heatProof. He said it takes special ingenuity to melt this ice cream.

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What's Ice Cream? &

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“I'm not an ice cream chemist,” protested Mr. Brightman. “Chemist!” exclaimed .Sen. Robertson.

it take a chemist to freeze cream? And is it! found themselves plunged into a bottomless pit of work and each

possible today to buy ice cream made of cream? Mr, Brightman said he understood that if he were prepared to pay $1 a quart, there were two establishments-in Washington where he could buy ice cream made without the addition of patent goo. At this juncture the Senators changed the subject, to the profound relief of Mr. Holman and Mr. Brightman.

Food Prices Are ‘Going Down’

¢ 7 ‘p quests, th THE MILKMEN said—I'm certain I'm quoting Feeney to

strings” keeps ringing in their peaks and now are on the way down. They said ears.

IN THE President Paul Cave: We have a big problem facing us here.” Regardless of this the Works through his rimless eye glasses at the lawgivers, Board members hold the answer there is some question whether the price of butter to a host of taxpayers’ problems. ie, too high. He had figures to prove his thesis: These include: { The widening, improvement and

them correctly—that the prices of butter, milk, wheat and most other foods have reached their,

a rebirth of the OPA--as proposed in one of the| price-control bills before Congress—merely would | revive black markets and make scarce foods

scarcer. Furthermore, said Mr. Holman, gazing owlishly

In 1039 butter cost 32 cents a pound; now it is, BR cents.

they were,” he said. ; And along came Prof. Hartley W. Cross of

amazed expression. :

prices -going down,” he said, “I honestly believe there would have been a riot.” : "The proceedings went on from there without my assistance; I wis checking up on the Senatorial foe Cream: 15 cents per dish, rubbery, quivery, bubbly and inclined to adhere to the roof ‘of the mouth.

Your skill 297?

Who was Richard Saunders? + Benjamin Franklin. As Richard Saunders he started “Poor Bishald's bl in 1782.

in 1923. For the three

THE PROVERBIAL one-armed paper hanger hss

With Orders to ‘Watch Purse Strings’

By LOUIS ARMSTRONG

members of the City Works Board.

is ‘wondering ‘whén ‘he will ‘ome up’ for air.

improvements, and requests for large quantities street light Installed on a dark of new city equipment to replace ip roughfare; if he would like an the present stock worp out during the war years. But as they listen to the re-|_

Carnival—By Dick Turner

But, he added, in 1939 the average maintenance of city streets and man earned 63 cents an, hour; now he gets $1.26. 5)jeys; construction and mainteWe marvel that the price increases since the nance of the city's storm sewers, | end of price controls have not been greater than and the cleaning of city streets land alleys. ; i The board also has supervision | the Consumers’ Union of New York, wearing an over the public buildings, muni-| cipal garage, the engineer's de“If the housewives of my home city could have pariment, street commissioner's heard these two gentlemen speak about food gepartment and the assessment bureau. In the board's front room City Hall is a tall bench on which is a sign “state your name and address.” The sign is placed there for the “sake of the records.” : In front of this bench, protected by a brass al is where Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Taxpayer comes mt members of "Works. -

” . > WITH THE taxpayers on one . |side of the rail ‘and. the board , | members on the other, matters of new street lights, street improve- : _ /ments and sewer extensions are fight before he tackled thrashed out. Here is what a taxpayer can he met Tunm v_ in Philadelphia in get from the board: « : it he would like a street or

Facing them. today are multi-| ple requests for street and sewer {widened or improved or chuck (it is a lesser ‘improvement which required legal notice is published, Works track elevations holes filled; if he would like a needs to be made it will be ap-/the board may approve-or dis-| answered by Miss Helen Reidy,

—| Biggest Department Labors Under Load

In Backlog Of

FINANCES — Salaries, bond issuse, - requisitions, ostentatious sinning that even the jukes andl sccecsments.and a myriad of other financial details .of “the board are the responsibility of "Henry Muellet; former Center Township trustee. He balances the books - under the title of ‘financial officer.

The four members of the group which took over the workings)

~The Indianapolis Times

City's Works Board Knee-Deep 1

BOARD HEARING — Protected by a brass rail, members of the City Works Board conduct ; municipal improvement project. Behind the bench are (left to right] Stanley Feezle, Martin McDermott, Paul Cave and Carl N. Angst, - board members; Roy T. Lanahan, executive secretary, and Mrs. Silvira Koons, secretary. : : #

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one. of their many public hearings on a

WORK TEAM — The two right-hand men of the board are Tony Maio, street commissioner (left), and M. G. (Ole) Johnson, City engineer. Their departments handla much of the work which comes before the board and members rely on their technical knowledge in many decisions. $i

{the board.

nothing on he can request it by a petition tojassessment against ‘the: propert y connect you with - Tony. Maio's- -

owners, much more procedure is street department which handles

I . After the petition is received at needed. If the board is in favor such complaints. - Does | of the municipality's biggest department the first of the year have|the-office it is refered to the City of the proposal, it prepares a pre-

For other matters dealing with

{engineer who makes a study of liminary resolution and adver-i City - streets, storm sewers, City

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{further action.

e order of Mayor All “watch the purse

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"Besides, ‘why don't you let tHe fire department worn about their:

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alley closed or opened or any| BUT IF the request is for anipublic meeting and: their attiother physical property changed improvement which requires an tude carries a lot of weight. The

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proposal. and - presents: &itises:for a: hearing: property, “alleys; “call” City Mall;

At the hearing, held after the Lincoln 3311, and ask for the Board. ~ You will be

{proved by the board without approve the preliminary resolu-| Mes. Silvira Koons or Roy Lana-

Taxpayers Are given the han, executive secretary. Tell privilege of being heard at the them your wants. . Sluis of the board and their addresses are: amount the taxpayer must share is also decided at the meeting. aD. Save, president. ooh: But the taxpayer, if he objects Stanley §. Feezle, 2820 N. Meris to his assessment still has 10 days dian St., TAlbot 2714; Carl N. in which to remonstrate. If the| Angst, 435 Blue Ridge Road, board overrules the remonstrance! HUmboldt 3581, and Martin Mcthe taxpayer may appeal to.the Dermott, 4233 Washington Bivd., circuit or superior courts. | HUmboldt 7277. Mr. Lanahan, " | executive secretary, resides in 223 IN CASE you want a chuckhole| Richland 8t. His phone is MArket filled, a dirty street cleaned, or al . sewer unclogged call City Hall, | Lincoln 3311. The operator will|

| WORD-A-DAY

Local Traffic Club_~_v wes Selects Officers || AUXILIARY

rs - W. L. Fogleson, general traffic (og-zil ya-11 ) ow

manager, P. R. Mallory & Co.,| has been elected president of the Indianapolis Trafic Club to suc-| ceed Slade Freer, freight repre-| sentative, B. & O, Railroad. | Other newly elected officers are | K. F. Macklin, sales manager, | Motor Freight Co,, first vice president; J. P. Chesline, traveling freight agent, Milwaukee road, second vice president. ug Directors elected for three-year terms were C. E, “Coonfield,! Stewart-Warner Corp.; Verne W.! Porter, Indianapolis Wire Bound Box Co.; K. G. Foster, Foster | Freight Lines, and Paul A. Day,

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