Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1948 — Page 1
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lation { 19 mitting him to live away from Fiesesanasnss 1a Jone and mail an allowance to er. His wife's brutality first evi- = denced itself, he told the court,
When she broke four broomsticks over his head last year. But he said he remained: tolerant and understanding even when in March she bent a poker across his back and landed him in the hospital in a partially paralyzed condition.
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—For Their Venuses By MICHAEL O'NEILL JR., U CHICAGO Wife buys an
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ghtly stooped man of 38, with thinning hair, nile Court today and $aid his wife didn’t play
dge of his nose with a mo he came home with alcohol-tainted breath.
Bless 'Em
tch My Pipe
And Carpet Slippers
Time Has Come for Man of the House to Put
Kibosh on Missus, Feminist Propaganda By ROBERT ©. RUARK, Scripps-Howard Staff Correspondent
never a hearty subscriber to the
old axiom about keeping the womenfolk well-babied and barefooted. in the interests of harmony at home.
suggesting that a good girl should
pe allowed to sit at the table with the men—and even be permitted to speak her piece without first seeking permission in ‘writing.
got sore at Gov. Dwight Green and Mrs. Luce last week. She was unbearable for two days. I quarrel .with our mi kindness to the female, over the last few years. time to think. And a thinking woman is something I can do without—for she has not, yet
intuition. = * " WE HAVE invented so many labor-saving devices in the home that the Little Woman sags exhaustedly into at sunset. Fresh as a daisy, after a shower and a bevy of martinis, she sits up till dawn—beating her chops. about the atom, Henry ‘Wallace, and whither the path of the downtrodden Ubangi. She would rather be a Congresswoman than the mother of twins. And the dinner table becomes a speaker's platform. Her hand twitches for a gavel. And
the sack
isurliness becomes the subject for a lecture on the state of the nation. There is a little item here] about the fact that potatoes soon will come to the housewife peeled, sliced, mashed, shredded and] ready, for the skillet—thereby | burying for good the distasteful! chore of potato skinning. i This, tied to the unfrocked bean, the de-podded pea, the selfstarting stove, the all-purpose refrigerator, the washing machine, the magic-eye vacuum cleaner and the atom-driven dishwasher, conspires to give her anoth couple of hours a day to get nite mental mischief, ” ” o THE American male is finding, it harder and harder to be tender| to a creature who knows everything and is little loath to say s0; who turns the living room into a debating hall, and is shrilly ‘insistent on the fact that she can do anything better than he can—or else is perennially : Peta she car’t, and won't I am four-square now on a platform of less conversation and better-brewed coffee, with an evening kiss and the carpet slippers replacing a diatribe on the foreign policy of Gen. Marshall. Hush, woman, and fetch me my pipe.
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other federal employees or of-/ |fctals.” Chairman August H. Andresen| {{R. Minn.) of a special House| Commodity Investigating Com{mittee again refused to identify {the mystery woman except to say was a $3300-a-year Navy De{partment clerk. | {| The investigators said they found no evidence that the lucky, woman. of any of the other 822
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the Navy department and still handle her commodity accpunt which involved hundreds of small, almost daily, transactions.” “We are endeavoring to find [out whether this was a dummy account, and if so, whether it | masked speculation by other fed{eral employees or officials,” Mr. Andresen said. He said it would have been “difficult for the woman to have swung her speculative deals alone. Her dealings in the wheat market over the two-year period ended last Dec. 31 would have required at least $100,000 cash, Mr. Andresen said.
48 Cars of Eggs “Also, for instance,” he said, “the record shows she bought a total of 48 carloads of eggs. That 884,000 dozen, A drop of 1 per cent per dozen would have cost her more than her entire government salary for the two years, The report dealt only with her speculative activities in the twoyear period ending Dec. 31, 10947 —and hence did not cover any of her profits or losses in the big market break last February. It showed that she played the field during those two years. She speculated in 1,785,000 bushels wheat, 285,000
lard, 1,500,000 pounds of cottonseed oil, 35,500 bales of cotton, and 48 carloads of eggs. “Substantial Profits” The market price of these commodities. the report said, was “approximately $10,311,990.” “It is estimated,” the report concluded, “that this employee realized substantial profits.” Committee Chairman Andrese indicated that the woman swun the commodity deals on her $3300-a-year goverment salary. Asked if she had any outside resources, he replied with 2 smile:
last straw when his wife cracked p handle yesterday after
He agreed that his wife probably had some justification for being peeved at him because she has had him brought into court a couple of times for non-sup-port. \ In moments of weakness and despair he said he was inclined to spend his weekly income' on liquor, leaving nothing for life's necessities. But he said the last incident was just too much for anyone to stand and he thought he had bet-
ter get away while he was still alive.
Papa's Goat
But Toe Spreaders Are Okay
Men Lay Out Billion Bucks a Year—And Like It
With Dishpan Hands
nited Press Staff Correspondent
, July 2—A husband may let out a yelp when his
toe spreader to help make herself
“Secretly, at on their Bailey, beauty’ expert for 26 years. ey groan when their spouses
deep down he’s really happy about it. men are 80 anxious to have something easy to look arms they are willing to pay any price,” said Al C.
Suggest a little purchase, he'said. They howl as if they had a tooth-
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demand,” said Mr. Bailey.
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on the ‘market startle some men. cere are reducing machines, fair curling Saging machines, and a plate to
nail polish. G Mr. Bailey said the mechanical
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ache when the bills roll in. But
Women spend more than $1 more beautiful, he added. They
d buying more than 1500 ifferent gadgets guaranteed to
“Engineers just can’t keep up there's anything in the world beauty a boost, the women will The long list of gadgets now
machines, skin mas-
Spread the toes while applying
eyelash curler is one of the most Popular beauty devices: It is a Scisso contraption with h moulds. After
said, is a pair of electrically heated gloves. The heat they generate is designed to rid a woman of dishwater hands. A liquid hair net is another popular beauty aid, according to Mr. Bailey. The only trouble is that it melts in the rain, he said. Mr. Bailey said a radar permanent wave machine has been introduced. Radio waves heat the curlers and greatly reduce the time required to get a permanent. : ; A new shampoo will color a woman's hair in any one of 27 colors. Artificial nails are on the market to replace defective finger nails. Shoulder pads wi give women that tall, look.
willowy
or the cash to make themselves beautiful, said Mr. Bailey. “And brother,” he said, “the [men are all for that.” ;
Bank Call as of June 30
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP)— The Comptroller of Currency today issued a call for a report on the condition of all banks as of
innovation, Mr. Bailey June
Women don’t spare the horses!
“If the President signs the fedjeral pay raise bill, she will get a
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Report Democrats Sounding Out [ke
Georgians Indorse General With Whesap
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP)— Representatives of the Truman-for-President movement were re-
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ing a statement of political position from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhawer. White House Secretary Charles G. Ross said he knew nothing of any approach to Ike. He said President Truman had no part in any such move or any knowledge of it, either. It was assumed that the move was designed to obtain from the general a repeat statement that he is not a candidate for political office. The report coincided with a political explosion in Georgia where the state Democratic convention whooped approval of a resolution calling for Mr. Truman to withdraw and proposing Gen. Eisenhower as the party nominee for President. Simultaneously, a movement developed in the New York Democratic organization to block Mr. Truman and to draft the general. Jeremiah T. Mahoney, New York state Democratic committeeman and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, opened the stop-Truman movement there. He published a letter to Democratic State Chairman Paul E. Fitzpatrick saying that New York Democrats were convinced Mr. Truman could not be elected:
Truman Leaves Sunday
"On Trip to Missouri
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP) —President Truman will leave {here by train Sunday for a twoday trip to Bolivar, Mo., to unvar, South American hero. He will return Tuesday night. Mr. Truman will be accompanied by Romulo Gallegos of Jenezuela. His schedule through Indiana follows: North Vernon, 7 p. m.; Seymour, 7:20 p. m.; Vincennes, 9:13 p. m., all s Indianapolis daylight time. |
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Hint Jackson Out Report Venereal Disease
As Truman Mate
McNutt, Ewing Seen | In Choice Positions
Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, July 2—President Truman, who says he will be renominated on the frst ballot, has no intention of taking former Sen. Samuel Jackson of Indiana for vice president on the Democratic ticket. In fact, he puts two other Hoosiers ahead of him. They are former Gov. Paul V,. McNutt and Oscar R. (Jack) Ewing. Both are now New York voters and will be at the Philadelphia meeting with the delegation from that state.
Rate Here on Increase
Health Officials Rap Public Apathy In Reporting, Treating Infections
The venereal disease rate a sharp drop.at the €fid of the today.
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public co-operate in the program These public failures are based upon a false complacency growing out of belief in overnight cures, reluctance to submit to prolonged clinical observation, and a tendency to link treatment with immorality. : Report 735 Cases Eliminate these factors from public thinking on the subject and the venereal disease rate
Mr. Ewing, who .is the Federal Security Administrator, accompanied the new Indiana Demo-| cratic state chairman, Ira Hay-| maker, to the White House on| Wednesday. | Draws a Blank Mr. Haymaker told the Presi-| dent about the Indiana Democratic state copvention going on] record for Mr. Jackson for Vice | President. He drew a blanks { For President Truman well re-| members that when Mr. Jackson | was running for Governor in| 1944, neither he (Jackson) nor then Gov. Henry F. Schricker, | who was running for Senator, | paid any attention to the Roose- | velt-Truman ticket. The fourth] term ticket failed of election in| Indiana and so did Mr. Jackson! and Mr. Schricker. Then Mr. Jackson, who was! credited with halting the second, term vice presidency for Mr. Wallace and giving it to Mr. Truman by agile wielding of the gavel] while presiding at the Chicago | Democratic convention, sought a high federal assignment. He didn’t get that either. Leaves for Home So after conferring with Sen. J. Howard McGrath, national Democratic chairman, Mr. Haymaker left for home last night. He learned that Mr. Mc-!
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would drop sharply and eventually disappear entirely, health officials predicted. Dr. George W. Bowman, director of the Public Health Center, 1140 E. Market St., disclosed that during the last five months there were 735 reported cases”of syphilis in Indianapolis, 228 of which were in “highly infectious stages.” “The over-all amount of syphilis here has been dropping steadily in the last few years, but the rate of cases in highly infectious stages has been increasing recently,” Dr. Bowman said. Gonorrhea Increasing Also the number of gonorrhea cases has been increasing rapidly in the last few months after a sharp drop at the end of the war. “The reason for the increase mainly is due to Jailure of individuals to assume proper responsibility for treatment,” Dr. Bowman said. “Many victims are still trying to diagnose their own symptoms and treat themselves.”
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By NOBLE REED f has started upward again after public health officials disclosed
Reasons for the new rise in infection#, public héalth officials said, are traceable mostly to the failure of patients and the general
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Transportation companies and traffic officials in Indiana geared today for what they
{expect to be the biggest July
4 week-end travel jam in
history. A record automobile turnout was expected as Hoosiers
swarmed to parks, beaches and special Independence Day events, Rain is forecast for Sunday but gendrally, hot, humid weather is in prospect for the 3-day holiday. The Weather Bureau said a heat wave Js headed for the Mid. west, with temperatures in Indiana due to climb into the 90's. Mass Travel Begun Air, rail and bus lines here to-
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day reported the an mass migration of July 4 tri had already begun. = Planes, trains and busses through In : those bound for the north and
east, were loaded to near-capacs ity. By tomorrow they'll be completely jammed. Airlines ari railroad reserve seats were sold out days ago.
Increases 10 Per Cent
In Woman's Death
where a few hours earlier two ‘teen-age girls and the mother
others, he said. The average length of actual syphilis treatments, once requiring one to two years, is now about 10 days with new-type penicillin injections. Observation Necessary However, doctors warn that clinical observations of several months after that is necessary to insure complete control. . Treatments for gonorrhea now have been reduced to one or two days, but observations are required for several weeks for pyoper control. “Failure of patients to cooperate in these prolonged observations is hampering the program seriously,” Dr. Bowman said. : Facilities Available: Other facilities available. here besides the Public’ Health Center include the Indiana and Indianapolis Social Hygiene Associations and other social agencies which have been making rapid strides in educational work in combating venereal diseases. Special classes have been established among parent-teacher organizations and other groups where child-guidance programs are designed to eliminate social
Other patients, he said, appear
conditions that lead to the spread of venereal diseases.
Prices Near All-Time High —Continued Rise Predicted
Economic Council Prepares Report Pointing To Increase Over May, 1920, Peak
for one treatment and then disappear to spread the infection to
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aybe “Jack” Ewing, a Greensburg native, might be considered as vice presidential - possibilities. But the Indiana plan to put
months,
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP) dicted today that prices will soar
He said the latest re ‘shows clearly that the ris
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A high government official preto new records in the next few
port by the Bureau of. Labor Statistics e in prices is continuing steadily. that its index
of one of them were clubbed nearly fatally by a “murder mad maniac.” 3 ; Police said the murdered woman, Mrs. Ruth Norton, about 49, had been hit about the head with the same weapon used in a brutal attack at 2 a. m. today on the girls and other woman. Mrs. Norton, night elevator operator at a downtown office building, was found dead about 9 a. m. six hours after the other bludgeoning victims had been hospitalized with critical injuries. Screams of Mrs. J. B. Cole, 37, Doris Cole, 13, and Lavon Gabbard, 14, awakened neighbors and forced the intruder to flee that home. Mrs. Norton’s body, nude from the waist down, bore crescentshaped wounds similar to those suffered by the other victims. Police described the murder and assaults as the work of a “murder-mad, club-swinging maniac.” The Norton and Cole Houses are located about three blocks apart in Tulsa's northside residential section, jammed close to {railroad and industrial areas.
Marshall Posts GOP on Berlin
“(Earlier Stories From Berlin and London, Page 5.)
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP)— Secretary of State George C. Marshall said today the State Department is in close touch with Republican foreign policy leaders of Congress on three-power strategy to break the Soviet blockade of Berlin. Mr. Marshall told a news conference he could give no hint now {of what strategy the United {States is developing with Britain and France. He said that will occur in due course. ?
With auto trafic up 10 per cent generally, In a State Police
said Hoosler h will take - NH Three Others Attacked thelr hadviest pounding, They = iH In: Tulsa Home ~~ [bugs Fr Fe ba £8 TULSA, Okla, July 2 (UP)— network in all 1 dts Eg The body of a woman who had] The National : een beaten to death was found said 30 million’ automobiles will in same neighborhood today
crowd highways “throtighout nation. It also predictsd 235 sons will die in trafic accidents alone. : Indiana State Police: hoped to hold the state highway toll below 15, which was the number ° of fatalities recorded over July 4 during the past two years. Parks to Be Jammed State Conservation Department spokesmen predicted more than 100,090 hotel guests, picnickers and sportsmen would jam Hoosferland’'s famous state parks. Last yearssome 20,000 persons attended Dunes State Park on July 4. 4 In Indianapolis, dozens of families have reserve picnic tables and ovens in City parks for Fourth of July reunions. All baseball and softball diamonds will, be occupied. City swimming pools are prepared for overflow throngs. V 1 Plan Fireworks Show
Biggest single attraction hers will be the Sahara Grotto fireworks show at Butler Bowl at 8 p.m. Monday. More than 30,000 citizens are expected to witness the spectacle, Thousands also will attend midget auto racing shows over the week-end. The city will be spared oratory. No formal speeches are on the program. Thousands of people won't go any place. They'll do all their relaxing at home.
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Jimmy Wilburn Badly Hurt On lowa Race Track
I Hr OSKALOOSA, Ia. July 2 (UP) —Jimmy Wilburn, Indianapolis, veteran dirt track driver was in critical condition today from injuries suffered last night when he flipped his Offenhauser Special off the track. The slightly-built pilot was attempting 'to pass Emory Collins, Le Mars, Ia. current dirt track champion, on the second turn of a five-lap feature race when his! It] bounced over a retaining wall and turned over again down the bank.
- LJ ” COLLINS said afterward that both he and Wilburn were going “too fast” to make the turn safely. Wilburn was “figshtailing” his n the
commodities rose 0.8 per cent last week to 166.7 per cent of the 1926 average, It said this was a new postwar peak and “only 0.3 per cent below the May, 1920, high point.” No. official would predict for the record whether the figure for this week would pass the all-time high of 1920. But privately they thought it would.
The 1920 peak was followed by one of the biggest commodity price breaks on record. The wholesale index was 167.2 in May, 1920, but skidded to 120.7 by December.
By January of 1930, it had dropped to 92.5 per cent of the 1926 level. It reached a 25-year low of 59.8 per cent in February, 1933. By the start of World War, II in 1939, the index had climbed! back to 77.1 per cent of 1926 £nd last week stood at 166.7. Administration “economic experts do not believe the country is in for a repetition of the 1920 experience at this time. They feel that the banking system is now stronger, that there is
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ders, and that the economy generally is on a sounder basis, Mr. Truman's Council of Economic Advisers is now preparing a regular mid-year report to the President. The advisers are understood to feel there is considerable danger in what they call continued ‘“maladjustments of wages and prices” and that the! inflationary threat fs “as serious! now as in the earlier stages.” The Economic Council has just completed its second quarter conferen with business, farm and labor groups. It expects to send its report to Mr. Truman later this month,
Alice O'Neal Wins
‘Women's City Golf Title!
Miss Alice O'Neal, Woodstock Country Club, today shot a 1 over par 7° to wrest the Women’s City Golf Championship from Defending Champion Miss Dorothy Ellis, Meridian Hills Country Club, in «Lo
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other two governments.
Mr. Marshall said the State Declosely engaged in considering the Soviet
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