Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1948 — Page 15
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Is My Insurance Safe?
YOU CAN IMAGINE what a mouthful like that ean do to the funnybone.” Mr. Nicholas’ search for booklets and pamphlets was interrupted when the phone rang. “Nicholas, speaking.” Someone was asking about the reputation of an insurance company, The caller was as the insurance firm was reputable even though it was incorporated in Illinois. Mr. Nicholas went into state insurance laws and other bits of information that were over my head. After he replaced the phone, Mr. Nicholas explained that many questions could be answered without resorting to the files. “Especially with this particular insurance firm. Their men must be
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Miss Plugger
NEW YORK, Apr. 14—Since the day a pressagent flew & cow to Greece to spur the sale of
condensed milk, and another sold the whole na-. radio. She has been received by the acting mayor,
tion a n to abolish fear, just to settle a bet, I have collected raré first editions of pressgent coups, It ‘is a harmless pastime, less character-corroding than betting horses and hanging out in health-food restaurants. I have just entered another classic example in the books: The startling career of Mademoiselle Lise Bourdin, a French model who comes here labelled as “Miss Arch of Triumph,” ostensibly to tour the United States in behalf of American Ald to France, Inc, and the American Overseas Aid—United Nations Appeal for Children, and also to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rededication of L’Arc De. Triomphe. Actually, Miss
Arch of Triumph is here to plug a movie, by the. same’ name, which has been mouldering. in the : can for many a month, waiting for the British
to knock off that 75 per cent tax,
She is here to plug Air France, which fetched her for free. She is here to plug clothes by Carven, of Paris. She is here to plug hats by a Monsieur Claude St. Cyr. Her bills are paid by the movie people—25 per cent by United Artists, the distributing firm, and 75 per cent by Enterprise Productions, which made the film. The movie will have its grand premiere Apr, 19, and the opening night take will go to the charity. Tickets are 10 bucks each. They started out at $25. :
Cheaper fo Buy an Iron
MISS BOURDIN, a pretty, practical girl with 8 wasp waist and a deep-dug dimple, was pressing a tent-sized frock when I met her. The dress, she said, cost 100,000 and 57 francs. The reason she was pressing the frock was that her Gallic thrift was outraged by a $15 hotel charge for valeting same. So she persuaded the movie company to buy her an iron for half the pressing price. She also has a habit of asking her keeper how much she gets paid for each appearance.
Lise works hard at shilling for the movie— and, of ‘course, charity. She averages about seven events a day, not coumting eating, which is her favorite pastime. She has been interviewed by all the local press, the news services, the feature services, and most of the magazines. Her picture has been snapped ceaselessly by Life and the other picture books, and she will probably
Girls Do Talk
WASHINGTON, Apr. 14—Sometimes (but not often, you uriderstand) ladies talk too much without exactly realizing ‘what they're talking about. And that’s how government reports leak out ahead of time into the hands of lard speculators, who make millions of dollars. S-h-h-h, ladies, The select Investigating Committee of the House is trying to be gallant about it, but here’s what happened: Miss Dorothy Bayless, a clerk at the Department of Commerce, phoned her friend Mrs. Geraldine Canning to talk about one thing and another last September, and happened to mention that the boss had just approved the fats and oils export figures for the last quarter of the year. Dorothy had the figures on her desk, and’ there, stamped on the paper, was the word “approved. So she told Geraldine all about ‘em. And Geraldine, who used to work at Commerce, now is secretary to one Eugene W. Brockenbraugh, executive vice president of the Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils, Inc. He was in Memphis, Tenn., about to hold a meeting of the shortening makers,
That Was Exciting News
S80 GERALDINE phoned him and told him how much fats and oils the government planned to ship abroad. Mr. Brockenbraugh. a plump: young man, testified that he thought she'd given him the official figures. And he thought it would be nice if they were announced by John W. A. Stedman, an Agriculture Department official who Was in Mem ‘to make a speech. - Eugene slipped the word to John, who told the shortening experts, : Boy. That was exciting news. The government was about to ship a whopping big load of lard across the Atlantic. The fats and ofls market boomed the limit that day. And then, after lunch, Mr. Stedman talked to Washington and discovered
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working the territory, had on them in less than a week.” : While I was reaching for booklets He was hand‘main types of complaints: 1
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general reputation. “Understand,” Mr. Nicholas added, “we don’t 7 ve or de he wants to deal with a firm in question.”
Where's the -Funny Stuff? | I KNEW GOOD information was coming my|
way ‘but I still would rather hear the funny stuff that Mr. ahd Mrs. John Public pull. Did you know the bureau is a non-profit organization with approximately 1000 members and represents 57 lines of business? And in its work to promote and maintain fair practices, the bureau | relies upon the voluntary co-operation of business? “Nicholas, speaking.” I I could hear a woman talking on the other end || of the line. She was going a mile a minute. After
files. He gave the woman the story about the roofing firm in question. The firm had a number of complaints against it, according to the file, but
* it did take care of the troubles.
Myron M. King, staff member, came .in with al newspaper ad and the name of a housewife who had a complaint. The advertisement showed a 12 by 12 rug for $9.50. Within five minutes, Mr. Nicholas had the whole. thing cleared up and the irate housewife was happy. An error was the cause. The woman
advertised until Mr. Nicholas explained that advertising is not a legal offer and is not binding, He said a letter reminding the firm of the error in its ad would follow. 5 The bureau's main job is to check all advertising. ‘A reputable firm can’t afford to let too many slips occur in their ads, For instance, ‘three and four-strand pearl necklaces, $3.95,” may very well be an oversight. Someone failed to include the word “imitation.” It's not cricket to say “walnut furniture” when you mean “walnut finish furniture.” i “A good way for a firm to get s black eye,” Mr. Nicholas stated. “We play no favorites. The mighty as well as the weak get called when something is wrong.” : ’.-1 was convinced the watch dog of business and consumer interests was performing a service to the community but I still like some of the stories that produce guffaws. - Take the guy who called Mr. Nicholas to out whether an employer could hold up his paycheck. The man only stole 4 radio from his employer. They have a million of those at the Better Business Bureau.
By Robert C. Ruark
wind up on the cover—or so her promoters hope. She has judged beauty contests and been on the
been farmed out. to play in the hotspots, dated Maurice Chevalier, danced with a Prince Troubetzkoy, and has attended innumerable parties given by sponsor-type dowagers with blue hair, Mademoiselle went to Brazil last year, to spread the same kind of cheer. That accounted for: the one bathing suit she brought to this ‘country. It was a demure California suit, purchased in Brazil. Her hosts had been expecting her to arrive with a complete array of .those + French diaper jobs that display 99 per cent of all available goose pimples. She was seasick all the way over here. .
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IT TOOK Nick Matsoukas, a press agent, about three days to brief La Bélle Bourdin as tor why she was here. He had a tough time explaining that she was supposed to have arrived to eat hotdogs, see the Empire State Building, and admire American men-—also to help the little children and subtly advertise the picture. Lise finally managed to master the hotdog. She told one interviewer that she had come here to heat: Le Dog Hawt because she learn about eet from the GMs in Paris. I presume she meant GIs. The closest she came to pronouncing the Empire State was Le Imperial Tower, but she still ain't seen it. She says American men are uneducated, obviously a faux pas, alors. A resourceful little girl, she heard Maurice Chevalier was here. She called the French Consul, pried from him the address of the gay Maurice’s pied-a-terre, and called him. Nothing came of that, so she sent Maurice a note, dnd finally charged out to jar him -loose, personally. Last I knew, they were snugly dated up. While appearing on a radio show, she gave her sponsors a ‘thoroughly bad time by calmly announcing “I ’ave run out of Eenglish,” and standing for what seemed like hours in a vacuum of dead air. Her keeper is verging on nervous collapse. All the bulletins on Miss Bourdin’s rich life “go: out on. charity. letterheads, but it is amazing how often “Arch of. Triumph” gets quoted along the way. I mention this only as a tribute to Mile. * Bourdin's promoters. Charity is truly a wonderful thing, especially when hitched to a
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Churchwomen Attend Meeting
19th Council Parley. To End Tomorrow
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Mrs. Ralph L. Holland, former president of the Council, will speak on “Lighting the Lamps of Christian Citizenship,” and James Eldridge of Indianapolis, field director of the Midwest division of the American Association for the United Nations, on “Civil Rights and the United Nations.” a Législator to Talk Mrs. Margaret Wyatt of Indianapolis, state legislator, will give an address on ‘Procedure of Our State Legislature,” and Mrs. Hugo Scheussler of Evansville,
Churchwomen’s National Board, on “Lighting the Lamps of the Christian World.” In addition to those mentioned, the Indianapolis party at the-con-vention includes: Mrs. James H. Smiley, retiring president of the
movie that is sobbing for a boost.
By Frederick C. Othman
to his consternation that he hadn't had the official figures. They still weren't released. So he made another speech, telling the experts there'd been a mistake. “The effect,” he said, “was electric.” The following day. the government actually did release the export figures and they were identical, except for one, with those that Dorothy had relayed to Geraldine. ; The principal witness before the House Committee was Mr. Brockenbraugh. He said Geraldine was in Maine, attending her sick mother. He produced a doctor’s certificate to prove it.
She. Didn't Know Her Words
BUT DOROTHY was on tap.. She turned out to be a nervous young woman—you'd be nervous, too—in horn-rimmed eyeglases and a dress with a white ruffle down the front. She didn’t mean to pass any Federal secrets along to the lard speculators. If she'd Enown she was saying something wrong, she wouldn't have said a word to Geraldine.
But the trouble was she didn't have a dic-|¥
tionary handy. She didn't know the difference between the words “approved” and “released.” She
thought they meant the same thing. You can 4
understand that, too. The government uses so many gobbled-gooky words that hardly anybody knows what they mean. Dorothy knows now, you can bet. She's all through talking to anybody about anything, except maybe Congressmen who have her under subpena. When Geraldine’s mother gets well, Rep. A t Andresen of Minnesota, chairman of the committee, will hear what Geraldine has to say about releasing Federal statistics informally to
those who stand to proft. * My guess is that|
Geraldine, too, will do a minimum of talking from now. on. . .
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local council; Mrs. Virgil A. Sly, Mrs. I, Albert Moore, Mrs. Timothy Harrison, Mrs. Royal MecClain, Mrs. E. H. Klingel, Mrs. A. J. Leigeber, Mrs. M. O. Robbins, Mrs. Walter Gingery, Mrs. C. D. Childers, Mrs. E. S. Farmer, Mrs. L. J. Riddle, Mrs, John Carter, Mrs. L. C. Trent, Mrs. John F. Gray, Miss Pearl Jones and Miss Edna Martin.
Council meeting in Lafayette.
PRIZE WINNER—First Photo: Contest: for last week went to Richard Shuffle-
Martinsville Man Gets $5 Award for Entry;
Competition Ends in Two Weeks
TWO MORE WEEKS remain in The Times Amateur Photo Contest, which started last August. ; In’ that time there will be two contests with deadlines this Friday and Apr. 23. The best pictures received will be published in The Times the next two succeeding Wednesdays. Best photo received each week will earn $5 for the amateur shutter-snapper.
A group of Indianapolis churchwomen of many denominations are in Lafayette today to attend the 19th annual meeting of the Indiana Council of Churchwomen in the Central Presbyterian meeting opened yesterday and will close tomorrow. :
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HONORABLE MENTION=—Runnerup laurels went to Paul C. Brading. 1814 Ellen Drive, Speedway City, for "Dress Maker." He used a 2!/4x3!/, Speed £100 second at f: 22. He used a No. 25 flash off
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and film used, type lighting, shutter speed, diaphragm opening. Any number of pictures may be submitted by an individual in one week. Any size picture is acceptable. All pictures become the property of The Indiamapolis Times and tHe decision of the judges is final. ‘
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thing was wrong. : room where she was recovering from an operation the doctor told him not to upset her. Mr. Fenimore told her she looked well. She asked How their five children were. : ® = 8, “EVERYTHING will be all right,” he said, just as the doctor told him. . Then he left to make the funeral arrangements for their 10-year-old son, James Jr. The boy hanged himself last night with the belt of his bathrobe in a clothes closet in his home. He left no explanatory note.
Police Recover Part Of Stolen Loot Here
Police early today recovered $325 from the rear of 217% N. Illinois St., identifying the money as part of about $400 which Homer Hall of Martinsville reported an intruder took from his room in the Brevort Hotel. Mr. Hall said he awoke at 4 a. m. today to discover someone rifling his pants’ pockets. The intruder struck him and escaped. Police. arrested one man and charged him with vagrancy.
Child Badly Burned
Six-yéar-old Beverly Dugan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dugan, of near Clermont, was badly burned this morning when her clothing was ignited by hot coals in a stove.
About Her Boy Jim A NEW YORK, Apr. 14 (UP)— , 33-year-old mathe Hosp to visit his wife, Ella, knowing that if he didn’t she would fear some-
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Defends Julietta In Campaign Talk
Mendenhall Replies To. Critics Here Administration of Marion County institutions and highways was defended today by County Commissioner Ray D. Mendenhall in a campaign statement,
‘|seeking renomination on the Re-
publican ticket for the same job. Replying to critics’ charges that the county's institutions have bog, down due to waste and inefficiency, Mr. Mendenhall countered with figures which he sald “shows that the clean-up of Julietta County Home started back In 1943.”
Mr. Mendenhall cited the ex: penditure of many thousands of dollars in remodeling the institution to provide better care for inmates, He also cited the expansion of highway work in the last three years, covering the construction of many new bridges and the improvement of hundreds of miles of roads.
Opens Campaign In Sheriff Race
John W, Cochran, 226 Orange 8t., a former deputy sheriff, today opened headquarters in the Washington Hotel in his campaign for the Democratic nomination for sheriff.
PRESIDENT AND EX-PRESIDENT—M rs. Dosey D. King (left), président of the Indianapolis Council of Churchwomen, and Mrs. R. L. Holland, a former president, are ‘attending the Indiana
High points of his campaign program, he said, would include the proposed organization of crime fighting committees in all parts of the county to augment the sheriff's forces; appointment of a full-time safety director and establishment of supervised playgrounds and swimming pools. A veteran of World War I, Mr. Cochran is ‘a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Street Railways
: |Union, Moose Lodge and Modern Woodman.
Opens Ludlow Drive; Pledges Same Service
Ludlow’s policies in Congress was pledged by Raymond F. Murray, attorney, in the opening speech of his campaign for the Democratic nomination for 1ith District Congressman last night. Speaking at a meeting of the 18th Ward Women’s Democratic League, Mr. Murray said he was campaigning on a program designed to “give the.same type of service that Rep. Ludlow gate.” Mr. Murray campaigned as a propecutor candidate with Rep. Ludlow when the latter first ran for Congress back in 1928.
er ————————— Engineer to Speak Joseph E. Armstrong, director of the engineering division of the
Shjcago directed operations of the U, 8. Atomic Energy Commission, will speak on “Atomic
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preliminary in the They will compete against two winners of each of the other 17 distyicts of the city and nine townships of the county on Thursday night of next week at the Central Library Auditorium. End Tomorrow Night Preliminary contests will end tomorrow night with the second preliminaries at Christian Community Center and Coleman Park Community Center, The contests will start: at 7:30 p. m. and the lic will be admi free of
“Kip Hine and Alice Ashby spelled down survivors of the second round at the Fairview Church,
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Contest at Fairview Church
Orchard and School 80 Pupils to Represent
District in Times Semi-Finals Event : By ART WRIGHT A 12-year-old boy from Orchard from School 80 last night earned the right to represent the view Presbyterian Church district in the semi-finals of The Times
School and a 13-year-old girl
N. Sid Lions Chip Cites Prosecutor ee oa
Prosecutor Judson L. ark has become: the first 1 ent
charge to see the school spellers. No new entries will be accepted, The contests will be for the survivors of last week's first round.
No contests will be held tonight.
When the first semi-final is held next week, the pupils will bid for the right to take part in the second semi-finals scheduled for Friday night of next week. Those who survive Friday night's second semi-finals will return to the Central Library Auditorium Apr, 30 to bid for the title of Indian apolis Champion. The Indian-
from the county schools. ¢ . Offer All-Expense Trip The champion will go to Washington, D. C., next month with all expenses paid by The Times to take part in the National Spell-
ing Bee. Competing tomorrow night will
be the following pupils at the centers listed: ?
Oh — Jones, 13° Ba an Das om.
om : 33 ries | Fox, 13; Robert 14; Wi - RL DS Te i rs
mnedy, 13; Phyllis Milli, 14 endl 13: Jerry 3 on Yohler, 11; Susanne Goodman, 13; Bill Fahle, 13; Anthony Brand, 13, all of Holy ame of ve; Dale Mueller, 14; Phil Jones, 14; Thomas Becher, 14; - {2; Mary Ellen Sullivan, 13; Gs ttl 3S Ya H Ar e, ' ee 12; Haskils Hatcher, 11, siF of
Park Communit Center—] Nancy- Zore, 9; Janet Barrett, 14; Rita Windisch, 13; Ernestine Lamper 13: Helen Halloran, 13; Mary Louise Sa n, 11 Carl Ww 12; Donald
tricia y Shelia Mears, 13; Don Strod 134 | 10, all of St. Anthony's; it, 14;
Le an, 13; Lorens bier, 13; Leathe Ferguson, 13, all of School 52.
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apolis champion could be a pupil| tional
Mr. Stark wa Sedited with sending to prison more : About 100 persons attended
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