Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1948 — Page 17

But, ‘should it, and he said, “T'll follow leads,” I blazed the way with tub, hn, soap, water and squeegee.

prus . He'd Better Get Acquainted WALTER W. SIMMONS, owner of the Indus{ria} Sand Blasting Co., made all those things available. In addition,r Mr. Simmons provided a truck, & pair of coveralls and two helpers, Frank way and Ira Brown. On the truck, in case of 80 emergency, was a portable steam cleaner. gince Sen. Jenner mentioned “washing” the steps, ed he didn’t mean a steam jenny,so I concentrated on the good old scrub‘brush and soap

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GOOD INDIANA DIRT —U. S. Senator William E. Jenner will have quite a time with the Monument steps if his party "leads" him there. Here "Mr. Inside’ surveys his frail blazing for the Senator.

Sternwheeler

NEW. ORLEANS, La., Mar. irl and woman, Capt. Mary Greene has been steaming up and down the river since 1893, but she’s never

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younguns on a paddle wheel steamboat, and in 58 years of chugging up and down, she never lost a youngun or a passenger. Capt. Greene, a little, gnarled old lady who

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Shaped so that has a corner on a dying mode of transportation, : the sternwheeler, modestly lists herself as hostess Many spring aboard the S. 8. Gordon C. Greene, which she owns. Together with her three sons, Capt. Greene own, black and owns five paddlewheelers, involving an invest- £ ment of well over a million dollars. The Delta 4 to 10, widths Queen; her son Tom’s boat, runs in the summeri time. The other three are tied up. D in all styles. The S. S. Gordon Greene, over which the lady » skipper presides, is like nothing so much as a VASSON'S slice of St. Petersburg, Fla., cast adrift. Her pas-

sengers are apt to be creaky, as a rule, and the decks are lined with rocking chairs. On the long trip down the Mississippi from Cincinnati, the ancient river-farers sit and rock, play bridge for 40th-of-a-cent points, and turn in early. No Mississippi gamblers ride Ma Greene's craft, and there is no carousing on a run that used to be a ripsnorter. Capt. Greene sells no hard licker on her boat, because she says her husband used to tell her that no man can be his own boss and sell whisky. °

Downstream at 15 Knots

THE S. S. GORDON GREENE takes its own sweet time getting down from Cincinnati and back again, It splashes along at a speedy 15 knots downstream, and struggles mightily to make eight on the long haul back. She burns oil instead of lightwood knots, and she has electricity and an orchestra but they still call her upper deck the Texas, and I imagine the shade of Mark Twaln could find his way around her with little trouble, Practically everybody .above decks is a captain on Ma Greene's old churner. The master carries the title of captain, of course, and so does the

Export Racket

WASHINGTON, Mar. 25—The case of the forged export licenses, involving the boy seap king of Jersey City, a lady whose office was in her hat, and a ghostly Mr. Maguire, becomes weirder and weirder, Somebody's going to jail, probably, but I'm not certain who. Neither are the Senators on the Small Business Committee, trying to learn how many millions of pounds of scarce lard, flour and ols have been shipped abroad under phony licenses, 3 He wasn’t the villain, said the youthful James n Quinn, who started the soap factory in New ersey, went broke, and tried to recoup as a kind of middleman in the sale of federal export licenses, idk the Commerce Department is supposed to 85ue free, « It doesn't seem to issue enough to suit the Porters. So some of them make their own. he Quinn slumped wearily in the senatorial oo as he told the lawmakers such a compliSen tale of international skulduggery as to make “She Edward Martin of Pennsylvania mutter: ocking . , , incredible . . . unbelievable. . . .” his Sometimes, said Mr. Quinn out of the side of Sut, he'd sell licenses to one Harry Levey. Pop mes he'd want to ship a few hundred thouthe 1i pounds of lard to Cuba, say, and he'd use ; censes for himself. Where'd he get ‘em? om the Commerce Department?

Office in Her Hat

DORESE QUERIES by Chief Counsel Ray too ” caused Mr. Quinn to laugh bitterly. He hg export licenses from people. who dropped hg office, he said, and he asked no questions. Whe for instance, a Mrs. Stella Davis. 0's she?” demanded Sen. Kenneth Wherry

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easted style with 3 Nebraska, d buttons. Sizes mil ¢'s trying to get me a license to send a “" oon bounds of lard to Brazil,” said Mr. Quinn. the o e has no office. She's a lady who roams Teets. Her office is in her hat.”

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‘The dirt on the steps doesn’t loosen easily. A great deal of elbow grease is required to make any appreciable amount of progress. Alternating between a crouch and a full knee bend, I ma to brighten about 6 feet of the top step nearest the street.

still to go. Then there was the south side of the

Monument. The thought that ran my mind was, “The Senator better be in pretty good shape.” . Carrying Loyalty Too Far

MR. CALLOWAY and Mr. Brown offered to help. I had to decline the offer. How could I report to the Senator what the job entailed if I goldbricked and let someone else do my work? That's no way to tackle a problem. T'll never laugh at jokes about housemaid’s knees-again. Believe me they can be a real problem. On top of housemaid’s knees, rheumatism or arthritis began developing in my back muscles. If I were the good Senator, I'd think twice before I let my party lead me to the steps of the Monument Circle and hand me a bucket and a scrub brush. That's carrying loyalty a little too far. Busting out with a short chorus of “Back Home Again in Indiana” didn't boost my morale very much. But then I don’t know all the words. Gad, how that dirt did stick. I'm convinced a chemical reaction takes place and the dirt is changed to some sort of a glue.

R. With a great deal of effort and fortitude, I} worked my way to the sidewalk. The great test

was coming up. The suds were dirty so I knew something was giving way. I was hoping it was the dirt. \ Emptying a tub of water and letting it tumble down was fun. It was a fine sight to see the white concrete. Mr, Calloway handed me a squeegee with a long handle. I don’t think there will be any objection to this bit of aid. 2 My back unkinked itself while I applied the squeegee. The pain, however, stayed and stayed. There was small consolation to see a small section of gleaming white steps. Man, it takes real work to scrub down concrete. If I were Sen. Jenner, and I know what I'm talking about, I'd réconsider, but quick, my statement about washing the Monument steps. From where I worked, it looked like a monumental task.

By Robert C. Ruark

mate. There are two Ohio River pilots, each a captain, two Mississippi pilots, each a captain, and Mrs. Greene is just as good as captain, ghe says, as any of them. She got her Ohio River pilot's license a good bit back when she and her husband were both running separate ships. The male Capt. Greene took over a vessel that was losing money, and shoved his bride aboard her. . “We made $5 profit the first week,” says Mrs. Greene, proudly, “and never made less than $50 clear after that. My husband said he figured steamboatin’ needed a woman's touch.”

A Skipper for 18 Years

- CAPT. GREENE skippered her ship for 18 years, thereafter, taking occasional time out to have a baby, and securing the livelier progeny to the stanchions with a rope when she had a difficult piece of piloting to do. She ran, and still runs, I believe, what is called a taut ship. Her powers of life and death over the passengers and crew are somewhat curtailed, if viewed alongside the absolutism of a sea-going skipper. She cannot, for instance, marry a couple while her vessel is under way, but she can clap an unruly hand or passenger in the brig. She has never fretted very much about not being able to weld a moon-smitten couple, since all she has to do is work the ship over to the nearest cypress stump and holler for a preacher to come a-running, Steadfastly, Capt. Greerie has avoided the paternal -assistance of seamen’s unions. The only union represented on the good ship Gordon C. Greene is run by Master James Caesar Petrillo, who watches over the health and happiness of her orchestra. There evidently is small demand for unionization on a ship where everybody but the purser and the junior hostess seem to answer to the title of “captain.” ; Life on the Mississippi, While overly sedate, is still pleasing to Capt. Greene, but after 58 years, she is beginning to get restless. She says she sure would like to take a boat on that ocean sometime, just for laughs.

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By Frederick C. Othman

But mostly, he said, he paid out thousands of dollars to one James Maguire, who delivered forged licenses. Mr. Quinn insisted he didn’t know where Mr. Maguire lived, his business, or anything at all about him, although he did meet him once in the lobby of a second-string hotel around the corner from the House office building. One of the Senators wondered if the location was significant. :

Senators Are Better

“NO, SIR,” said Mr. Quinn. “I looked into that when I was after licenses. I wondered if 1 got my Congressman behind me if that would do any good, but in the export business nobody pays any attention to Congressmen. Senators are better. I was told that Congressmen are a dime a dozen, but if I could get a Senator behind me at the Commerce Department, they'd stand on their ears.” In New York, he said, licenses are easy to get, if youll pay for ’em. So Mr. Quinm insisted he bought licenses from Mr. Maguire, but never knew they were forged when he resold them to Mr. Levey for $9000. “But Mr. Levey testified he paid you $28,000,” suggested Mr. Dickey. “Mr. Levey chiseled,” announced Mr. Quinn in a voice which sounded sepuichral. “Yet you sent him a Christmas card last Christmas?” “Oh, sure,” said Mr. Quinn. “You can draw flies better with sugar than vinegar.” For hours he lizted the details of his dealings in licenses, which resulted in sales of $500,000 worth of food abroad which never should have been shipped out of the United States and at long last he found himself in a bad spot. The Senators told him to produce Mr. Maguire here next Monday, or else. Mr. Quinn said he wished he knew where to start looking. The Senators said if he were smart, he’d conduct a successful manhunt. Next week I'll let you know what luck he had.

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SECOND SECTION THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1948 PAGE 17

By Men From District Stations

(Photos by John R. Spickiemire, Times Staff Photographer)

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INSPECTOR'S DELIGHT — The- district inspection team of Lt. Donlan and Pvt. Fullenwider found things very much to their liking at Roth's Broad Ripple Market. Henry Podkin (right), manager, keeps stocks of merchandise stacked in orderly rows with adequate aisle space between. Storeroom is free of waste materials.

_ HAZARD HUNTERS —By sending firemen from district stations into their own neighborhoods in search of fire hazards the Indianapolis department has doubled the number of weekly inspections. Here members of the Broad Ripple station receive inspection instructions. They are (left to right) Lt. John C. Donlan, Dennis Larner, En Rugensstin John Moore, Russ Miller, Paul Carr, Capt. John R. Miller and E. C. ullenwider.

POOR HOUSEKEEPING — Fireman Fullenwider writes out an’ order to the owner of this trash pile to clean it up. Poor housekeeping such as this is the cause 6f many fires. Waste paper and cartons can be kept safely for collectors by placing the material in a large cast iron bin with lid, built in a convenient place.

POTENTIAL FIRE MAKER—Here is what the inspection teams are looking for. This bushel basket of ash and clinkers was found atop the bucket of similar material. Both are leaning against the wooden stairway. The owner got a warning and will be inspected again to make sure he does not make the same mistake twice.

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ANOTHER WARNING — Merchandise delivered to this store was jammed info the back of the stockroom blocking aisles and causing another fire hazard. Until a few weeks ago when the district inspection system was placed in operation by Fire Chief Roscoe McKinney conditions like these were allowed to exist in outlying areas throughout the city. Members of the fire prevention bureau had too many downs town establishments and industries to watch. But neiahborhood spots could burn, too.

- : — : - pi —_— # rr dese : Five Troopers Attend Refresher Course Marine Auxiliary to Insurance Graduates to Get Diplomas Sp lstmbers Of she Indiana 8t.; Radioman Charles Woodard, Plan War Dead Rites | Diplomas will be presented to| Dr. Fredrick L. Hovde, presi e Police Department are at-1321 Park Ave, and Trooper Wil-\ goryioes ~ for local. Marines Indianapolis graduates of the In. (dent of Purdue, will present the

i > Ah ‘ uid IT COULD HAPPEN HERE— Conditions like the one found here by the inspectors exist all over the city, firemen say, just awaiting the spark which will send them up in flames. District inspectors are making 1000 inspections a week. Members of the department's fire prevention bureau are making 1000 or more.

tending a refresher course atiliam Kirkham, 5310 W. Washing- | Stout Field headquarters this !ton St. ; \Whose bodies soon will be re-istitute of Life Insurance Market. uates. His week, State’ Police Superintendent turned from overseas will being of Purdue Universit bservatio : . y at a i They are Clerks William Cas- Col. Robert R&Bsow said the|planned at a special meeting of {luncheon meeting tomorrow. of ob Pres -

well, 3236 Birchwood Ave.; Her-|school is part of a long-range|the Marine Corps League Auxil-|the Indiana: socia High Xaueation ¥, er schel Green, 614 E. 9th Bt.; Ray- program to provide better service {ary at 8 p. m. today in the west Life Iodiananolis, As the Claude J mond J. Stratton, 856 N. Bradley/to Hoosier citizens. room of the World Wer Memorial.| Hotel, president, will preside. %

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