Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1948 — Page 21
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And No Holds Barred
BUT THERE is always someone to foul things up. 1 saw one woman hold up the operation for a full five minutes while she wrestled with two shopping bags, purse and finally the meter. She felt bad about it, I'm sure, but that still didn’t cut any ice as far as the other passengers were
concerned. Operators have told me that the occasional
JACK BE NIMBLE—Operator Dee Moxley hopes the passenger won't drop the dime out of the new coin insert meters.
Quarantine Line
KINGSVILLE, Tex., Mar. 11—Bob Kleberg, the he-coon of the King Ranch, is the biggest
ters nearly a million acres, and pretty close to 100 thousand cattle roam his ranches. Mr. Kleberg sent more than 20,000 steers to the slaughter pens last year, which is a heck of a lot of hamburger, Lean, leathery Mr, Kleberg is running a high rage at the moment, a fever he hopes to communicate to the American people. gets crying sick every time he thinks of the hodf-and-mouth disease which is loose in Mexico at #le moment, and what it could do to his herds, and §» the other huge herds in the Southwest, if | anages io sneak across the border. He wants to make a political issue out of the failure of the American government to effectively hamper, if ‘not eradicate the hoof-and-mouth disease which, if loosened in America, could make a rump steak more precious than a pearl necklace by virtue of shortage. Mr, Kleberg is fond of saying that two-thirds of all our meat is grown west of the Mississippi, and two-thirds of that meat is consumed east of the river,
Spread Over Half of Mexico
“WE HAVE a blank check from Congress to stop this thing,” Mr. Kleberg says. “We have spent $35 million already and the disease has spread over half of Mexico. The administration had everything it wanted, but what with the buck-passing between the State Department and Department of Agriculture, we have gotten nowhere in 18 months, Either it’s been done wrong, or it can’t be done, and I'm not willing to say it can’t be done. We meed a new doctor, and the only way to get one is to throw it into politics. If the disease gets across the river it will cost us billions of dollars.” This is, of course, a harpoon at Agriculture Secretary Clint. Anderson, who Mr. Kleberg holds responsible for the breakdown of the slaughter program in Mexico, for abandonment of the only tested method of control. Raising cattle is a fu-ture-book operation. I say future-book, because it involves the building of an 800-mile fence, and the development of more potent vaccines. This would not eradicate the disease. It might merely halt it at a certain spot, leaving a perpetual menace for future outbreaks. It's possible for some countries, like Argentina, to live with foot-and-mouth, since its mortality rate is low and Argentina fattens its cattle on
cattle grower in the world, I guess. He adminis- ®
have to deposit a dime in the tructed.
Change-Making Irritates
SHE PROCEEDED to look the meter over before giving Harry Reid a dime. Lucky it wasn’t raining cats and dogs or else there would ave been a couple of wet passengers on that p. The second woman slipped her dime into the meter almost automatically. The last two had to fiddle around for several seconds before they were ready to sit down. . I might as well report that some riders don't express too much happiness about handing the operator a coin other than a dime, then wait while he makes change and hands it to them. In the past that would have completed the transaction. Now the rider has to fish into the palm of his hand for a dime to deposit it. Of course, the idea is to have your dime ready. Get your change at the corner drugstore and hope the guy in front of you doesn’t hand the operator a sawbuck. A lively, trim-looking elderly lady got on the streetcar. She handed two nickels to the operator with a smile. The smile was something of a “thank you” to the operator for waiting for her and not starting up immediately. She registered surprise when she was handed a dime. She was even more surprised when she was asked to put the dime into the meter. What happend wasn’t her fault. So she tapped her dime on the top of the meter, looked at the sides while the operator pointed to where the dime was to go.
With a charming smile she handed the cperator|}
her dime and asked if he would please put it
in the meter. Everyone who has come in contact|$
with the-contraptions can sympathize with the elderly lady. The first time I tried to flip my fare through the meter, it fell on the floor. And don’t think I didn’t raise a fuss until I found it. I took the sign “Quickly insert a dime or token and be on your way,” too literally. In a couple of months, I imagine, things may speed up. The money taking, I'm talking about.
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By Robert C. Ruark
grass. The cow gets sick, loses a few hundred pounds, gets well, fattens itself on grass again during the months in which it is immune. But in America, T-bones, foot-and-mouth would be disastrous, We haul our livestock thousands of miles to the finishers, who currently expend about $80 worth of corn to ripen a steer for the market. The wastage of that much feed, because of foot-and-mouth starvation, would wreck the grain economy as well as the meat.
Recommends a Quarantine Line FOR THAT reason, Mr. Kleberg and Claude McCan, of the Welder-McCan Ranch, claim that there is no ‘answer to Mexico's cattle problem save complete and final eradication.
“Even if it*takes 10 years,” Mr. Kleberg says, | ‘“even if it costs us billions right now, it would
be worth it.” To that end he and his advisers have come up with a scheme, called “The Texas Plan.” The Texas Plan demands a roll-back program. Mr. Kleberg would establish a quarantine line north of the section’ of infection gnd exposure. He'd then vaccinate all animals north of that line, for instance 10 to 20. miles. : Mr. Kleberg then wants the U. 8. government to purchase all susceptible critters south of the quarantine line, and to kill them as rapidly as possible. When an area has been free of infected animals fof 60 days, it could then be restocked by animals bought by Uncle Sam—animals which would be vaccinated and tagged. The U. 8. would provide vaccine only for use on clean animais from the northward areas, and prohibit its use in attempting to salvage any infected cattle in the southern zones. : This, among other things, might spike a growing desire among Mexican cattlemen to the North, where the disease has not yet taken hold, to wili-
fully infect their beasts so as to break down the “=
U. 8. aversion to hoof-and-mouth and thereby clear their cattle for market. At the moment, everything above the quarantine line is held in esSCrow. As I was saying earlier, the political implications of the handling of foot-and-mouth are tremendous. There exists, for the first time in many a year, a serious threat to the American meat market. Bread may be the staff of life, but what the average Gringo likes to see cuddled up by the fried potatoes is a great big slab of steak.
Strapless
WASHINGTON, Mar. 11—Gather round, Gents, for some inside information on female engineering matters. Or how did the ladies solve the problem of hanging up a strapless evening gown when it wasn't hanging on themselves? They're smart, these ladies. Nearly two years ago it was, at the Atlantic City beauty contest, that I bungled onto the how-do-you-hang-up-a-strapless-dress crisis. There was poor Miss Vermont, as I remember; surrounded by semi-naked Rowns spread out on every chair in the place. There was no place for her to sit down, because there was no way to hang up her topless dresses. I had to talk to her standing up. So now we've got in town Miss Mathilda Nail, the Memphis Maid of Cotton, with about $5000 worth of dresses, mostly without tops, and she has a chair to sit on. Her frocks are hanging neatly from coat hangers. I tell you, fellows, women ars wonderful,
Hanging Straps Built In
MISS NAIL, who is a 19-year-old, blue-eyed blond beauty from Ft. Worth, Tex., demonstrated. Her strapless ‘dresses have straps built in for not strapping on purposes. I mean they don’t strap. I mean . .. oh, let's have Miss Nail explain the solution to an embarrassing problem: “Very simple,” said she, displaying an evening gown with big blue spots on it and an arrangement of whalebone to keep the top from dropping down, because of no shoulder straps. “And here are the straps,” she said. “Huh?” I insisted. “It is strapless,” she said. “It's only got straps to hang on clothes hangers.” “But not on you?” I asked. “Goodness no,” said Miss Nail. “Who ever heard of straps on a strapless gown?”
The Quiz Master
Q—What country has the smallest farms? A—Japan is a land of small iice and silk farms and is believed to have the smallest area of any nation in the world. The average holding is less than three acres. :
¢ 2 @ Q-—Which 1s the right bank of a river? A—It is the bank to the right of a person lookIng down stream, or In the direction of the
By Frederick C. Othman
This was getting a little complicated, gentlemen, but I persevered. The straps are there, all right, but Miss Nail doesn’t use 'em, except when she’s not using the dress. On her the straps are no good. I can tell you, I was all eyes. “What,” I asked, “happens to the straps when you're wearing the dress without straps?” “Oh, I just tuck 'em in,” said Miss Nail, “here.”
Ah, and You'd Never Know
SHE DID, too, and you'd never know there was a non-strapping strap on Miss N. So much for scientific progress. As Maid of Cotton Miss Nail is making a tour of America to prove that cotton is the stuff a lady ought to wear. She's also hopping off to Paris to give those French dress designers a cottony eyeful. She is carrying these dresses, along with some things that are known as snuggies, plus 30 petticoats and a dozen items she identified as camisoles in 16 suitcases. These valises are made of cotton, too, and at 15 cents each at every stop it is plain to see that Miss Nail is the red caps’ delight. Everything she . has on, she said, is cotton. From the skin out. Her stockings looked like nylons, but that did not bother the maid. “Nylon can be made from furfural,” she said. “Furfural can be made from cotton seed hulls. I have been reading a book.” She had, too. And what about her shoes? Leather? Well, maybe, said she, but she could guarantee that they were sewed with cotton thread. I took no more notes on the Maid of Cotfon. I was too busy, just looking at her. I even think she'd look good in cheap old sleazy silk. Perish the thought, said the maid. And there you are, Memphis. May you and the maid have fun at the Cotton Carnival month after next. And no strapless strap trouble,
??? Test Your Skill ???
Q—How many umpires are there on the field during a World Series baseball game? : A—Eflective with the World Series of 1947 there are six umpires: One at home plate, one at each base, and we in the outfield. “
Q—How many calories per dav are considered adequate for moderately active men and women? A—The recommended caloric allowance for
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ind-Hearted Hoosiers Offer lood To Save RH Baby Here
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JUST SUPPOSE — "That some member of my family+should need blood?" That's what Harry E. Miller Sr. mused when he read of the plight of Mrs. Kidwell's unborn baby. It was then he decided to volunteer as a donor if he's needed when the baby is born.
GALLON CLUB MEMBER—Mrs. Nellie Monroe, 937 W. Pear! St., already has given more than a gallon of blood to the Red Cross and 16 pints to one Indianapolis soldier. She's ready to give again to the unborn child of Mr. and Mrs. John Kidwell. ,
dha. i ) & po % REMEMBER — Chortling Rebecca Cook (center) still has scars where at birth almost a year ago life-giving, blood was transfused into one side while fatal RH blood was drained out the other.
"'VE GOT KIDS, TOO"—Sgt. Jesse F. Mock THEY thought of his two healthy children and picked up a phone to call The Times and offer his blood to a mother
who saw her baby's life hinging on location of her AWOL sailor son.
Times’ Appeal for Mother-to-Be Brings Many Phone Calls From Willing Donors
By DONNA MIKELS A MOTHER'S PLEA printed in The Indianapolis Times has reached out and penetrated into the hearts of dozens of kindhearted Hoosiers. It was just two weeks ago that the story of Mrs. John Kidwell, 423 E, 22d St. appeared. Mrs. Kidwell is expecting a child, now within days. In a pre-natal examination doctors discovered there
was a chance that the child] s 8 = might be an RH baby—a type, KENNETH MANDEL, 5350
: Burgéss Ave. a parent himself, formerly doomed to die within] : hours of birth because of a vari.| could almost feel the parents
y |concern. He remembered that # ance between parents’ blood. {his blood had been used by the
Have all members of the fam-| [Red Cross for wartime supplies, ily available at birth, doctors told so he too volunteered.
her, for an almost 100 per cent | transfusion. immediately after] And out at Stout Field, Sgt. birth might be ne®essary. But Jesse F. Mock picked up a phone Mrs. Kidwell's only child able 101510, dine 7458 Ts, i 1a give, her eldest son, Robert, was ve got lwo kics mysell," he "AWOL from the Navy, his where- 381d, Put me on the list to give | blood.” Phat night, all over Indianap-| Mrs. Nellle Monroe, 937 Pear] olis, people read The Times and, St» Who got the Red Cross Gallon
Kenneth Mandel, 5350 her many contri- B Ave., was another as they did their hearts went out Club award for h 0 urgess " to the mother. Some went far-| butions. gee yes) wil out of the many kind-hearted ther and extended a helping hand © ng able Pp. d by offering to give their own|Deeded, anytime of day or night, persons who volunteered. blood. . |she’ll be ready to give blood to, ——— ———
the “poor tyke.”
= 2 = | . OUT AT 1213 Villa Ave, Mr.| And there were others, from a Wanted: Blood : {sides, who left just telephone
and Mrs. Richard Cook remem-| “ "oop numbers to be called “in case or TO Save Veteran Allan B. Kiine will speak at
bered how a year ago they almost wn, wanted to remain anony-| pag Cross officials appealed to-| pa annual, meeting of Indiana
lost their child because of the mous. All Hoosiers ready to help | qay for a rare type of blood 10! parm Bureau insurance policydread RH factor.
They looked a Hoosier In trouble. keep a World War I veteran alive.|y)ders tomorrow in the Claypool at little Rebecca, healthy and|
" - ” ‘ ‘ Arthur White, under treatment p,te] He is president of the full of life, after a complete blood | AND CLEAR out in Marysville, for anemia at Billings General| smerican Farm Bureau Federa-|
transfusion at birth, and unme. | Kas., came a letter from Mr. and Hospital, must have three trans-\4;on diately picked up the phone to Mrs. James C. Swim, who have fusions weekly with B-type RH| More than 400 persons are exoffer blood of either or both to|amazed doctors by having five negative blood. The Red Cross|nected to attend the all-day meetMrs. Kidwell. {normal healthy® children despite bank has been exhausted of this ing to hear reports on the progress Two brothers, Robert and Wil-!the RH blood condition. type. of the Hoosier Farm Bureau Life liam Marendt, 1121 N. Hamilton! “If the mother and baby are| A recent plea for contributions |yneurance Co., Farm Bureau MuAve., both gave blood to stricken |still in need of RH blood . . .|brought 52 donors. = However, ita; Insurance Co. and Farm buddies while in service. Bob, an|we will be glad to give our blood | only five had the desired type.|Bureau Fire and Tornado Insur-ex-Navy man with four years in|any time,” they wrote. They also Donors may call LI-1441. ance Co. the Pacific, and Bill, veteran of enclosed the blood types of their| eT two years in ths | Sonth Racisie as!four children stl. at home, to/New Members Pledged a para per, stand ready offer it in case theirs was not| : * to be blood donors to the unborn | suitable. By Music Fraternity ’ child. . In intervening weeks the miss-| New members of the Eta Chap-| ganara Grotto social committee Harry E. Miller 8r., 701 8. Irv-|ing sailor has learned of hisiter, Phi Sigma Mu, national|wj)] meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday with ington Ave., a New York Central mother's plight and, stranded injHonoraty music sorority were mrs, Doris Hiner, 4421 E. Washworker at Shelby St. coach yards, California after an auto accident!pledged last night in the club-lington St., as hostess. read the story and got to think-{in which he was injured, he is/room on the Arthur Jordan Con-| The general house committee ing. Suppose some time his fam- trying desperately to get home. |servatory campus, will meet at noon Tuesday in the ily should need life-giving blood.| But if he does of does not, the] In charge were the Misses home of Mrs. Jennie Lucas, 1752 Would someone help them? It worried mother's mind {8 more at|Edith Hudson, Eunice Clasper,|Brookside Ave. while the enterwas then he called Mrs. Kidwell peace with the knowledge that Beverly Sellers, Virginia Baters,itainment committee will meet at
BROTHER DONORS — Both ex-paratrooper William Marendt and ex-sailor Robert Marendt, 1121 N. Hamilton Ave., gave blood to buddies in service. The brothers are ready to give again to the infant whose life is threatened by a blood condition.
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