Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1948 — Page 11

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Couldn't Tell 'Em Apart 1 JOINED just such’a group when I threw my in with the Koehrn's. William Koehrn, who seen the Kingan plant last week as guest of pis prother Robert, asked everyone to sign the r. Mrs, William Koehrn, Sharon Lee, Mrs. gobert Koehrn and brother Robert signed. Looking at the register and seeing so many Koehrns on the dotted line wasn’t confusing at all. It did get confusing, however, when I looked at William and gobert. They're identical twins. : ] 1 didn’t feel so bad about not being able to tell

OPEN HOUSE—Eli Lilly & Co. lets the famjy see what's going on. Shown registering is the Koehrn family (left to right), Mrs. Robert Koehn, Mr. Koehrn, Mrs. William Koehrn, Sharon Lee and Mr. Koehrn,

Dixie Gestapo

JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 25—I have been peering into the keyhole of the first tame gestapo ever owned by a Governor—the Mississippi Bu_reau of Investigation—and it does ppt appear to

be ready, yet, to overthrow the nation. This is .

2 not to say, though, that it isn’t a nasty and us experiment. It is, all ‘of that, and there is plenty of potential for unscrupulous administration in it, f The MBI was set up by the Governor of Mississippi, Fielding Wright, as a secret police force responsible only to Gov. Wright himself. In its current status, there is no limit to its powers. Its members can arrest without warrant—and justifiably shoot a resister of arrest. There is no limit on the number of men that may be hired, either, on a full time or piecework basis, by Col. T. B. Birdsong, an old-time cop : and. upcoming head of Mississippi's Commission of Public Safety. While each permanent employee of the MBI must enter into a $2500 bond, 10 public record of this bonding is required. Momentarily, there is™a bill up before the * Legislature, calling for the abolition of Gov. Wright's private riot squad, and in any case its $100,000 appropriation ceases June 30. This is

crepe . . . longer of ther Bill 18 no great importance, since another 3 cket with smooth. asking for the recreation of the MBI], this time red skirt. Groen, as a prt of the State Highway Patrol, which RY Or navy... will fal] under Col. as Safety Commissioner. It has been reported favorably.

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Pays Reward for Information HAND in hand with the potential operation of the MBI is another little clause in the legislative contract, which empowers the Governor to

recognize and pay rewards to informers on the

broadest possible scale, since the targets of the espionage are loosely described as ‘persons charged with acts of violence, or threats of violence, or intimidation, or acts of terrorism.” This could mean anybody the Governor didn't like, the - Governor's friends don’t like, or that any individual member of the MBI didn’t like, Translating roughly from the act which brought the MBI into being, Gov. Wright created a force which can legally suppress any crime of violence, contemplated violence or act of in-

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—You seen any WACs lately, gents? . No “new look” to them! I stared —and stared—and stared. Beautiful. Legs in Pale nylons (I hadn't seen any feminine knees lately, either) all around the Armed Services committee room, like a historical frieze. Better than a floor show. By comparison, I mean. . The good old Army pays no attention to passing fanciés. It hasn't many lady soldiers left, but it dresses em in the old-fashioned, wartime way, as if there were a clothing shortage. I haven't seen such skimpy. skirts since this Frenchman, Christian Dior, decreed that ladies of fashion have got to keep their legs secret. The “WACs and the WAVES and a couple of female Marines, all wearing those short, tight fkirts of fond memory, jammed into the chamber 0 hear what Congress intended to do with ‘em. Army has a bill up, which would allow it to hire 13,000 more WACs and keep 'em as a perManent and decorative part of the peacetime forces, “Some ladies cam shoot straighter than men,” observed the pensive gentleman from Illinois, C. W. (Runt) Bishop. : The Army's ladies aren't going to shoot ~nything, except maybe typewriter keys and telePhone switchplugs, snapped Rep, Carl Vinson of Georgia.

It Almost Seemed Like 1945 A PLUMP lieutenant-general in rimless eyeBlasses, Willard 8. Paul, was doing the testifying, but I had my troubles paying close attention, Account of all those beautiful distractions. It 0st seemed like 1945. Those WACs would glare at the civilian ladies the “new look” and self-consciously they tug at their own skirts. Nothing happened. Not

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assured me there were a great number of people in the plant who knew. They to know. Lilly handles some mighty expensive and precious wares, he explained, and it wouldn't be good business to place 500 crates of penicillin on a belt only to have it wind up in an empty lot. “Don’t Jet this fun house appearance fool you.” He was too late, ‘ Any place you looked there's something to increase the speed of handling, packing and shipping. There were m: ical hoists, trailers with built-in magnesium roller conveyors, electrically powered T000-pound.doors and a number of automatic thing-a-ma-jigs that we better not go into. We spent a little more time in Mr. Koehrn’s department. In the first place, Mr. Koehrn wired during the day the gate, actually a part of a conveyor, is down. Sharon Lee wanted to know how much it would cost to send her to Chicago by first class mail She was surprised when her Daddy told her 63c. os that all? We pay more on the train, don't

we . | Mr. Koehrh ififormed us his 17 packers can pack 4000 pounds of ‘merchandise each in one| day. Something tells. me the drug business can| be placed in the lucrative category. Refreshments were served at the end of the tour. There were many happy smiles and weary sighs at that point. The “guests” kept bringing up one main point. “Did you ever see so many pills and medicine in all your life? | I'm sure of two things. One—I have never seen as many pills before and two—Daddy is going to be even more important “at work” than ever. There's more.to a pill than meets the eye, believe me.

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timidation, whether these acts or threatened acts are brought about by a man, several men, or corporation. In the “suppression” of these activities, the secret police is legally above all law except that laid down by Gov. Wright. * 2 Mississippi's secret police. Torce has ‘been a-building for a long time, one way or another, but it came into firm being as a result of a busline strike last year. When negotiations broke "down last August, the Southern Bus Lines started recruiting new personnel,. mostly composed of ex-GI's.

Stink Bobs and Wild Shots

IN SEPTEMBER, in Hattiesburg, Miss., a bus load of trainees got shot at. There were a couple of more sniping operations at busses, and several instances of wild firing through the windows of officials’ homes. Somebody heaved a stick of |S dynamite in the station in Hattiesburg; busses 1 leaving Jackson and Columbus were shot at; && there were fist fights all over, and a heavy egglaying of stink bombs into terminals, The Governor then asked for his private wolf pack, but equ that his powers in using it restricted. Legislature ignored his request and gave him 100 per cent control. . Presently, the new bill for a special pélice force contains some limitations, the force could not be activated without the consent of the jurisdictional sheriff, the Circuit Judge, or three of the five’ members of the County Board of Supervisors—or, over-| riding these vetoes, 51 per cent of the qualified electors of a community could petition for the MBI to be turned loose on an unfavorite son. At thé same time, a death penalty has been invoked for any culprit caught planting or tossing explosives at any terminal, plant, dock, ship, radio station, telephone exchange, store, warehouse, gas station or pipeline, to name a few of the points which actually embrace the whole of Mis-

"WHITE WATER—The best enfry of the week in the opinion of The Times Amateur Photo Contest judges was this one of Cataract Falls by Mrs, Betty Reynolds, 1624 Brookside Ave. She used a 4x5 Speed Graphic camera with Super XX film pack and K-2 filter. Exposure was 1/50 second at f: 16.

sissippi. ; This was thé skeletal setup of Gov. Wright's | narrow-gauge gestapo, suitable for handling | strikes, quelling racial uprisings, or exacting pri-| vate vengeance, if necessary, within the limits | of the law. Something of its broad potential for| sudden control of the state, and a look at the] man who runs it, are on the docket for tomorrow. |

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RUNNER-UP—One of the two feminine shuttersnappers to win laurels for the week was Miss Mary though, that he could find Lou Laughlin who copped honorable mention with,

enough cloth. I was enjoying this sight and | only occasionally did I hear what Gen, Paul | had to say. I do remember,

jobs for 40,000 WACs- if Congress would let him| ''Reflections.’ have ‘em. The committee took care of that on : i MTR the spot and voted that 13,000 were enough. They

will be under the command of a lady colonel. | Two Feminine Amateurs Land High Taras P. Tretton. Br.

The gallant chairman of ‘the subcommittee, - : . . Rep. Paul W. Shafer of Michigan, wondered why Among Week's Entries in Times Contest | apolis. Railways vie president beautiful : 4 only a colonel? Why not maybe a au By ART WRIGHT nd Evan B. Walke nant

general? The Army explained that it did not need .generals to command only 13,000 ladies.

Wanted Her Legs Covered Up

THIS WENT on for a couple of hours, with 1624 Brookside Ave., for her picture of Indiana's Cataract Falls.| Hotel, me enjoying every minute. When the proceed- It was her first entry in the weekly contest which started last'win preside.

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REPEATER—John M. Vawter, 1434 N. Del weeks, came through again with an honorable mention entry. This "fireside" picture was taken with a Kodak Vigilant 620. He used Super XX film. at f: 16. Photofloods provided the lighting. Transit Aids to Speak

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t TWO FEMININE photo hobbyists came through with laurels| president, will speak at 8 m {in The Times Amateur Photo Contest for the week ending 1ast| Friday before pes ie Toll Friday. | Federation of Community Civie| The judges awarded the first prize of $5 to Mrs. Betty Reynolds, | Clubs, Inc, in the Washington “Atomic Power and the Atomic Paul C, Wetter, president, Bomb" at a meeting: of Indian-

‘ings ended, I ran into an old friend, still in the | August.

uniform of her.country. I complimented her on}: Miss Mary Lou Laughlin, 119 . aa “ ’ her appearance. She was not flattered. E. 33d St. also a Sewcomer, carnival By Dick Turner

She sald she wondered if she dared talk to earned honorable mention. me. 1 told her I wouldn't print her name, or| Two other honorable mention even the color of her uniform. Women, I guess, awards werit to newcomers, Edare peculiar. What she thinks about the Army's win H. Weig, 2640 E. 34th Bt. dress designers I won't print, either, because it and Jerry Nolan, 2142 Wheeler| ot printatle. h bout her pretty ol . | f bein, a about her pre | in guste of b TE m covered up, like other aA FORMER winner of laurels in| ladies’ legs. She said the Army's hem measurers |The Times competition, came back | did allow same fo be dropped a couple of inches |to repeat with an honorable men- |’ a while back, but not nearly far enough to keep tion. He is John M, Vawter, 1434 up with the styles. IN. Delaware St. é The ladies of.the Army, she continued, hitch| The Times contest will continue their skirts as low as they can without losing as long as suitable entries are retheir shirt-tafls, but they still’ can't achieve .the ceived. The best picture received “new look.” Not even half way. The Army, shejeach week earns $5 for the enpaid, has got to put more cloth in its skirts if it trant. oe expects its ladies not to look like frumps. I told| The only restriction is that picher she did not, either look like a frump, “ - [tures must be submiftéd by ama-

| She sal _. 1 wouldn't under. teurs whose chief source of instand. ssid} Jus Jus t 4 Ian 1 come is not derived from photo-| ||

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BUSY LITTLE GIRL—Honorable mention went to Jerry Nolan, 2142 Wheeler St., for this busy-little-girl

portrait, He used a 2'/4 x3!/4; Speed Graphic with Super

Pan Press film. Exposure was 1/100 second at f: 11,

‘PUPS FOR SALE'—Another runner-up was Edwin , H. Weiq, 2640 E. 34th St. This one was snapped with a Volenda 620 camera with Ortho film. ExpoSure was 1/25 second at f:.4.5 with two No. 2 photofloods.

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Van Ausdall and Farrar, will talk R. J. Kryter will speak on on “Modern Office Equipment” at the meeting of the Indianapolis (chapter, National Office Manage« ment Association at 6:15 p. m.

apolis Chapter, Reserve Omcers’ Association, at 6 p. m. Friday at Ft. Harrison Officers’ Club. There will also be an election | of officers.

today at Hotel Washington.

Capt. Robert G, Moorhead, senior |vice president; Capt. Willlam H.| ; |Cook, vice president, ground; Lt, Matic Typewriter Division. {Philip Benefiel, . vice president,| ° ait Lt. Jack Hanna, vice presi-| ent, navy; Capt. Willlam G.| k George, secretary-treasurer, and| WORD-A-DAY Maj. Phillip C. Lewis, historian. | wl On the opposing “Draft Dodg-| , . By BACH ers” ticket are Capt. Claude Spil-| man Jr., president; Lt. George) M. Davidson, senior vice presi! dent; Lt. Joe M. Edmundson, vice

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meetings during March. ER The needlework guild meets for £7 a noon luncheon March 2 in the EER.~ ‘ home of Mrs. Clara Henderson, f= 2% 1538 Bpruce Bt; dining room, meets at 1 p. m. March 3 in the home of Mrs. SBelda Beedorf, 133 ES Albany Bt.; decorating, for a noon! a funcheon March 4, in the home of ES==, Evelyn Lauterbur, 623 N. [ES Ave.: membership, for a| luncheon March 4 in

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Others speaking on the same topic will be Mort Asher, district Candidates on the “4-F” ticket manager of Marchant Calculate are Maj, Rogler Elliott, president; ing Co. and Milburn Wright, sales representative of IBM, Electro

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