Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1948 — Page 13

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to. know all about. : : mice, cornborers and bee-moths. To get “the Jnaty mice, Mr. Moesch said, I'd have to 80 to-a canning factory dump yard and dig De Fes a Eo PIT ol PO es Sa ald e ground. t's where the tomato ce wasnt ities on ice fishing in the state. “(larvae) were, yr uX Soup more a 1 J De TL straight stuff, isn't it?" The other t Y x men nodded profusely. suggests get the best when r a

Mr. Mi ne “poys” said they'd be glad to help a. operation like that” This time, Mr. Moesch and E. REFMBR.L: a FT Mr. Kennedy gave out with “That's right.” gyron Kennedy, assistant director of the Bee-moths could be taken from old beehives. conservation Department, bid us to enter his Scout around, they told me. The easiest thing ce. Thomas Mackenzie, chief of ‘the division would have been to plant some worms in a wooden

engineers, was also there. box last fall. gl ThE what I did,” said Mr, Kennedy.

«Is this the man who wants to go ice fishing?” 6 Pairs of Pants, 3 Overcoats

Mr. Mackenzie asked. Mr. Moesch whapped me on the back and said it was. Three pairs of WHEN WE got the bait situation ‘cleared up the wheels really began to turn.

ds rubbed together, which prompted me to say that what I wanted was the straight dope, please. pants, three overcoats and four pairs of socks were a must. No, one of the men said, I should

No, Let's Start With Bait go to a war surplus store and get a stratosphere suit. i

«LET'S START with the clothing he'll need,” off Mr. Kennedy. ; “No,” protested Mr, Moesch. “Let's start with bait.” was a good size. Mr. Kennedy thought 12 inches . .#pid anyone think of asking him what gear was enough. Two such holes with one line an pe already had?"-asked Mr. Mackenzie. Before heok to each hole. ‘ rwas asked I told the gentlemen of the forum that I had to start from scratch. “That's fine,” roared Mr. Moesch. “If he's starting from scratch let's go into the bait angle.”

crosscut saw, a rotary spud (an affair that cuts “perfect” holes) and a stick of dynamite. The latter suggestions came from Engineer Mackenzie. “Five or six sticks if the ice is more than four feet thick,” added Mr. Mackenzie. For line I had a choice of nylon, hemp, clothes line or “any small chain.” Weights ranged from window sash weights to rolled tin foil from a pack of cigarets. : Then I had to have a windbreak, made of| stout two-by-fours so the wind couldn't move it, a lantern in a nail keg to sit on, .a harpoon or gaff hook, blanket to cover my head when I looked into the depths through the hole and a tank of warm water so the fish could warm up and get real peppy before they're put in the frying pan. Mr. Moesch stressed the water tank. I just! “hadda” have a tank. : “Carry plenty of spare hooks, leads, lines’ and i a couple extra sash weights,” Mr. Kennedy cau- ! tioned. Low

THE ONLY. WAY—A."poor fish" found out ich northern pike sounded good. a fish market is the best way to do winter I'm all set. then; right? fishing after talking to some. of the "boys" in

3" they said. I was “the Conservation Department, ..

catching something and that was for sure, ; . . :

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A ————— — - Human After All? By Robert C. Ruark

CLEVELAND, Feb. 3.—They have been throw-

The motion pictures always presented the man-| aging editors as an earthly extension of God, -who-toppled-governments-and-unhorsed presidents merely by frowning out the window. His only epoken words were: “You're fired,” and he could] cause the building to quake by quirking an eyebrow. - The city editor was a man of bitter tongue, with the power to send innocent reporters to their deaths in Brooklyn. demons who distorted your copy under the flimsy!

city editors and kindred curious fauna out here, sort of swapping genius back and forth. For some reason I got mixed up in it, and it is an uneasy” mixture. I am becoming a traitor to my craft, because I find I like managing editors. City editors, too. . This is not according to tradition. Editors and reporters used to circle each other stiff-leggedly, li" strange dogs. A writing man could gain a murky reputation automatically by remarking that Old So-and-So, over there in the corner, wasn't such a bad*guy as newspaper executives came. There was no such thing as good live M. E., just as unhung editors were regarded with jaundice by the typewriter technicians. : They took a poll jn Cleveland on these assembled guardians of the b and the unpleasant assignment, and they proved up remarkably human. They were found to have only one head each; maybe 2.3 children—1I forget the exact:

excuse of avoiding libel—and, while four-bottle on a reporter's breath.

the lone, lorn;, unloved plight of the, newspaper

sponsible talk of soured reporters. “We are really nice folks,” he said.

We love our wives. . practically beardless boys. desk reports us as the best behaved convention | she has ever seen. The milk of human kindness

markable. v Jer Pp RT They wear Sean shirts, worry about taxes, and they sit in peaceful conclave all day long, drinking coke. That brown wet stuff. They confessed puzzlement—l'm. sure I wasn't supposed to hear this—about all sorts of things, both foreign and domestic. They stay sober, go to bed early, and

the poker-game had a two-bit limit, up to the final card. :

Adding Machines in Their Brains THIS just doesn’t jibe with the legend on whic I was weaned. I was scared of them for wie I thought they had occult powers denied the ordinary mortal. Editors and sub-editors were never born as babies. They came into the world py matured, with adding machines for minds. hey knew everything, automatically, and they were always right. They had loud voices, and if

Jeo ou them they did not bleed. They exuded

Raise you 50 cents.” »

nice little pairs.

beard, and that I knew a city editor named Mec-

out he did have the heart flush after all. On . second thought,

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» By Frederick .C. Othman WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-7 cannot talk to you now.” announced my bride when I phoned that

I'd be home at the usual time, “The house is on firey’ " ee.

said he believed we needed a plumber, We shut off the machinery and called one. | When he got there, you can ‘bet, we were! getting pretty thirsty. Melted snow makes -a-see« “Oliek » > ond-rate beverage; so does the juice off a can Click,” went the receiver and all I can say ag a d is that when city folks like us move to the

country you carn expect. something worse than the worst,

Thing of. the beauties. about. our. beatefi-up ge in Virginia, said the agent who sold it bil bas that we'd never get another water - ¢- politicians couldn’t raise the rate on " ecause we had our own waterworks. He Jointed it out in the back yard: A small green containing automatic pressure switches, red signal-lamps; fuses, relays, ana a large-electric motor, attached to a pump over a deep well. You lucky people,” the agent said. The Othman waterworks worked fine, makNg subterranean grumbling noises in the proc85, until the thermometer went down to 10

water. The plumber said he bet our pump needed oil in the crankcase. -He opened it up. ““Tch,” he said, sadly. “Look. cating your gears with cracked ice.” So we were. The innards. of that pump looked like a frozen daiquiri. The plumber scraped out the ice, poured in half a gallon .of oil, touched the switch, and Selah! I got in line behind my bride to wash my teeth. We went to bed happy that night with water in the house. Next morn-| ing:

The Ultra-Violet Treatment

NO WATER. The pump was pounding away, the red lights were flashing like a jukebox and —no water, This time, obviously, the pipes leading into the house were frozen. My bride said

de dignt above zero. That was the morning I oo was too embarrassed. to call that poor plumbpolish my teeth. Or wash my face. Or again. She said get her sunlamp.

ani my toffee. . The water faucets sighed with I turned it on, ultra-violet and infra-red The electri hreath like 4% apologetic J8pBRese, rays both, and directed same against those pipes. but he jan reported that od drop by 3 gi! When I got home that night, the pipes were hot, his cli promise oh Ruse MOS but not hot enough to produce water. Mrs. O. clients were beset by water-pump trouble. had pocketed her pride and called the plumber.

Small Earthquakes Then a Plumber He was sitting there, wondering what he ought |

to do. He hated to try a blow-torch because HOURS before he arrived black smoke ppured he feared he might burn down the house. Of out the: windows of, the pump house and filtered course, he could tear out the side wall and reInto the house, My bride, with rare presence of place the pipes, he said, but he didn't recommind, shut off the electric power (which also mend that in such weather, Stopped the oil furnace) and pretty soon things He lit his cigar and about then there was a cooled down in our waterworks. Then came the gushing noise, beautiful, like music. Water be-| electrician. The motor was ruined, said he, pro- gan to stream from every faucet in the house. | ducing a new one. The sunlamp did it. What happens next at Oth-| This one started the pump, which made. pecu- man Acres I hesitate to predict, liar clanking sounds and sent small earthquakes

it'll probably be exciting. Educational, too. through the surrounding earth. The electrician hever take a water tap for granted again,

The Quiz Master

What character famous in theatrical tradition is George Spelvin?

What churéh is often referred to as ‘a “symphony in mud”? The Oristo Rey Church in ‘Sante Fe, N. M. It

two or more parts in the same play and does not the Southwest and one of the largest in the world. WIR ‘His Mame tu 8Ppés twice dn’ the SRNL. | Ph : - < 4 What was the. shortest length of time served". 4 by any President of the United States? ‘States possess? Henry Harrison, the ninth President The United States possesses more than oneof the United States, served only one month. He half of the coal in the world. Was inaugurated March 4; 1841, and died April 4, : “:. of

® oO & How much of the world's coal does the United

1841. | How long did it take Handel to write “The | ; What 1s ® © Messiah? ” * A of the’ ders of . the I B8:ayven won Gates Wocderick oth pi

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SECOND SECTION

Justice Holds Sway for] The Common Man By DONNA MIKELS “THE HUMAN COMEDY)” a {drama of real life. to 4 p. m. weekdays, Municipal Six pairs of| Courts, Indianapolis Police tion, That's what an enterprising ad man might work out as a billing} after spending a day or two the tragi-comedy of real life which unrolls in police court, : There's no admission price, td] Just climb a couple flights of steps, push your way to aj. seat, and sit down and wait. In-|-. stead of curtain overdue you hear a jumble of “Hear, ye, hear ye,|' {hear ye. « session.”

And the show is on.

» » . MANY AN incident which ends t the bar of justice had its {start in another type of bar. The prosecutor calls a name. A florid faced man whose shaking hand betrays his offense steps up before the judge, “You are charged with being drunk. How do you plead?” “Not guilty, your honor, I...” “What are the facts, officer?” “Your honor, we saw this man 3 “What kind of fish will I catch?” I asked. at 12:25 a. m. today staggering “i There was a great variety of answers. The 25-|along 8. Illinois St. He fell down {and skinned his face. We arrest- . ed him to save him from injur“You're practically catching fish right now,’|ing himself.” “What about it sir?” your honor,” a little | hesitation and ‘much shuffting of! ‘Have {very drunk. T'd just got off work {a few minutes before and , , .,” “Where do you work?” “I'm a bartender at the , , A titter of laughter broke into

“Well, “TI couldn't

his embarrassed reply and the | judge intones: “OK, ‘mow. $10-and costs.”

THEN THERE was

| called up to face a drunk charge. |A flicker of recognition®passes | over the judge’s face and he says: “Say, didn’t I put you on proa week |and tell you to straighten up?” “Yes your honor. You told me get a job. I couldn't get the : z | job and it was WOITYing me sof “Kind to Animals and Children’ [that I had a few drinks.

“Well, I'll revoke the probation] ONE of-them. lovingly fondling five cards the| 3n4 give you 30 days on the farm

other night, was moaning that nobody appreciated |, worry—without alcohol.” The tipplers forin the biggest executive, and that they had been ruthlessly de-| part of on day's bill and big the famed by both the movies and the loose; irre-| biggest share of the laughs. But “We ar it ‘isn’t funny to Police Court €| Judges Joseph Howard and Alex Kind to animals and" children; ~ We have hobbies. Grain who. cee the. same. ren Lopk at us. Same of us are| getting drunk. spending time on} The lady at the key-|the farm, coming out to celebrate and going back--ad infinitum, » » # a

flows freely from us, and you should do a column| GRIZZLED old men, old-look-about what managing editors are really like. ing young men. women wearing . . {shabby rags and a woman wearI said call, and was going to agree with him, ing an expensive room hat—all especially since he obviously was trying to make! drunks. a busted flush stand up and I was wearing two|

ation here about

To an elderly mother who ap-| | peared to plead for mercy for her I was going to say that my first M. E. turned witch-hazel tippling “boy” of 60, out.to be a good Joe after he chopped off his Judge Clark said: doesn’t Ardle or McAndrew or something who smiled at treatment for chronic alcoholics. | his help and was regarded as a jolly good fellow. They leave the treatment up to Then*1”raised, and he raised back, and it turned me and unfortunately the only] treatment I can give is to keep I guess they haven't him away from it. changed much from. the original concept. Always way I can keep him away from it| - " ; in there with the foot on the neck of the working is to send him to the state farm! “Yes, your honor.” the woman - ' and hope. Sixty days.”

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“What about the knife . . . were Prosecute and alibied: 1 “My boy friend and his nephew the case of the woman who testi- you were arrested and convicted?"

{you playing with that?” “Oh judge, that was just a

bruised woman from the wit- tle old knife we-pleked up...

of peaches when what you want is a drink of to

except that|

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| nesses se~tion.

“How many stitches did they | have to take in your stomach at

THERE'S a whispered _con-|the hospital?”

ference between the arresting of-| prosecutor and Finally the prosecutor

ficer, the woman,

the

“Oh, T don't know, judge. “Bout {25 in one place and ..." s . -

WITH THAT the judge threw

“Judge, we arrested. this man up his hands.— He was licked and

You're ‘Tubri: HOF assault and battery with in-

tent to kill and sent this woman to the hospital for treatment of knife wounds. Now she won't file charges or testify and we have no

A quick glance at reports and

that “Mary Jones”

“Tom

lhe knew it but both “the boy Feriend” and his victim got & |severe lecture before he. said “Case dismissed.” Less fortunate was another {woman who had signed an as-

show sault and battery charge against.

\her boy friend, then decided not

Smith” reside at the same ad-|to prosecute.

| dress. The judge takes over:

Both of the woman's eyes were

. “Do you two-live at the same swelled shut and her lips were

residence?”

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Carnival—By Dick Turner

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1048

Grim Drama, Salted With poy ee i LEER EE STE Gal kg Stage Of Police Cou

JUDGE... ."—Municipal Court Judge Alex Clark (far left] takes notes as he listens to a tangled web of accusations and explanations from officers, prosecutors, lawyers and the stars” themselves, the

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Comedy, §

CURTAIN TIME — Everybody stands at the sound of "Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye" before taking a seat to watch one of the town's most interesting, if unexploited, dramas. In the background are the defendants unwillingly t as principals in today's production. she the ring with Louis instead “of duct and carrying a

concealed his nephew. $250 fine and 180 weapon who replied “No” when

. . rr EVEN LESS fathomable was

{swered, her eyes. evading the down in her pocket and paid his|

{fudge’s. “If he can do all that harm,

fine. . It And there was the man charged *

days.” [the judge asked if he'd ever been {in trouble before. y

" “What about back in June when

lit-| were boxing and I just happened fied’ the defendant came to her the judge asked, reading from his to. walk: between them and get house, knocked her door down, record. JA hit. He didn’t mean anything.” [beat her and took Her purse. Aft-| “OH, és that, Well that was “You mean he did all thatler her spite-tinged testimony he just like this. My wife had me |was found guilty and fined, B8he picked up. I thought you said she an- then walked to -the clerk, dug "

“Well if you don’t call that rouble’ do,” the judge quipped. ‘And here's.some more. $10 and

{with one blow he should be in|with drunkenness; disorderly con-'costs Bn all counts.”

WASHINGTON, Feb. -3—The

ministration.

| does not mean that alcoholism 1s |pitals are now able to handle {more patients who are otherwise [treated by private hospitals or | not treated at all, But the veterans administra-| tion medical service says it does ‘not have the number of beds or personnel necessary to take care of all veteran alcoholics who may |be sent to it. | Dr. Harvey J. Thompkins, as|eistant chief of the psycho-| | neurotic service, estimated that 10 per cent of all World War II patients discharged from veterans hospitals last year entered with a primary diagnosis of alcoholism. He put the figure at 12.6 per cent for veterans of all wars. Dr. Paul R. Hawley, special adviser to Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr., sald recently that veterans hospitals last year dis10,000 patients who enhospitals as alcoholics. sald this compares to 6,459

sald very few of the alcoholics have disabilities or appear to be suffering

ice connection. i Dr. Thompkins indicated a fear

turn all war-veteran alcoholics over to veterans hospitals. The unities also have a rey, he said, and the vet-

War Veteran ‘Alcoholics Creating Headache for" VA

"Hospitals Unable to Carry Full Load, Find

Few Cases Directly Caused by Service By DEAN W, DITTMER, United Press Staff Correspondent

The number of patients whp entered the veterans hospitals as! alcoholics last year almost ‘tripled the 1945 figure,

of a‘trend in some localities to!

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treatment of alcoholism amohg

This, however, increasing among veterans. Hos-

load,” Dr. Thompkins said, “any more than we could ever take care of all the physical diseases a veteran might have.” The veterans administration has no specific formula for curing alcoholics, Dr. Thompkins said. In some cases it takes weeks and in others, months or| years depending on the patient, he added. The veterans administration! looks upon alcoholism as an il] ness and treats it accordingly. The primary problem now, he said, is not the method of treat ment, but adequate personnel—| psychiatrists and social workers -and funds to carry out the job.

to combat this problem, but we|

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he said.

Six Shelbyville Appointments Listed

Times State Service 8 , Feb, 3—Mayor Harold ¥. Pickett has made six more tments in his “city family.” He appointed Dr. David Silbert to succeed Dr. R. C. Miller as secretary of the city board of health and James Grinstead

of the health board. The mayor also named Malcolm Clay, former city recreation directos, Raiph Scofield and J, M.

"Bute cunt samy, the futiparic Board, | RO ee

“We want to help all we can

must have the facilities«to do it,” |

and Robert Ellison as members’

|Home Economics Clubs At Membership Peak

Times State Service SHELBYVILLE, Feb. 3-8hels

by County's Home Economics Clubs have raised their members ships to approximately 650 womse en-——the greatest number in the {history of such groups in the war veterans is creating new headaches for the Veterans Ad-[ounty = According 30. Mies Alla

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At the same time, the totalnumber of clubs, 16, is another high point. All 16 clubs are meme bers of the Indiana Home Eco. nomics Association. Mrs. Frink Cortelyou, president of the Washe ington Township Club, recently was elected as a director of the state group.

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