Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1948 — Page 13
By Ed Sovola
department for that has to do with his. lawn or a Meihe Tat ; ' -. The fun begins when you start to follow someone without making it the least bit obvious. The! Wal Nimaat got away from me on the elevator. I! see pile into the glassware de-| partment. Even worse was to see him price tumbler sets. He didn’t buy a thing. As fast as the
Inside Indianapolis
DO YOU WANT to have some fun? Do you like to watch people? Do you have a couple of hours to fool away? Oh, you don’t have any time to fool away. That's OK, let me do it for you. 1 never have any qualms about a couple of hours. Ever wonder what all the people who enter department stores do after they enter] Or why they enter ‘in the first place? You haven't? Well,
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come along with me my friend and we'll find out. Let me tell you that you're the lucky one. There's no danger of you getting a punch in the nose or arrested for acting suspiciously. A man has to be careful when he observes the citizenry. Even when it's for fun he has to be careful because one never can tell when someone with a quick right arm and no sense df humor gets observing, too. A department store qffers no protection when gumshoe tactics become apparent, The best place to start wondering about and figuring out people is gn the outside. In order to make things more tic, I usually stand near a revolving door with that I-hope-she-comes-out-pretty-soon look. You know what that is.
Easy fo Find a' Subject
WHEN YOU put your mind to the project, it doesn’t take long to find a subject. My first subject the other day was a fast-striding man in about his fifties. As I left my post I said to myself: This man knows what he wants in the store and is going to get it quick. I'll bet he'll be on his way out in less than 10 minutes. He is going to the hardware
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's snugly and
or stoplight WHERE YA GOING?—VYes, and what are you buying when you go info a department store? A would-be gumshoe found out you'can't
tell about people. ERS FILLED
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WASSON'S
Farley's Views
PHILADELPHIA, July 14—1If the class will assume that the raggedy seat, demoralized Democrats arg a cinch to get murdered in the fall elections, then there pops up a problem: What can they do—what must they do—in the intervening four years to patch the fences and mend the roof? I have been more or less intruding in the brain of master James Aloysius Farley, who is supposed to be good at such things, for the answer. The first step would be to drive out the dissenters, who have so chewed and mangled Harry Truman; make the best of a sad ticket, and try. to stage as good a scrap against Mr. Dewey as is possible. bt be: It will be a cinch loser, but a shrewd attack on the Republicans could plant some doubtful seeds in the voting brain, seeds which might ripen during the next four years. It would be a good idea to hammer the daylights out ef the 80th Congress. The smart fight would bear down. heavy on irritating items—high prices, say, of food and vital consumer goods. The still touchy subject of housing is available, and the smart Democrat would lay it right in the Republican lap. > . There is a chance, a slim one, of recapturing the Senate, in the fall. There is a good chance, still, of speedily buttoning up a bunch of high state officials. The Democrats would. make a point of trying to mass a strong force of governors. That drive would continue until 52.
Prune Party's Rotten Limbs
A FLOCK of nasty legislation would be thought up and brought up by the minority group — the kind of legislation which, even if squeiched, would make a noise in the press .and attract a lot of public attention. Embarrass the Republicans, whenever possible, and bide your time: That would be the slogan. : Now, then, there would be a ‘slow pruning of the party's rotten limbs, and’ an excommunication of its traitors and turncoats. The last dangling threads of the old New Deal
‘I'm Stuck’
PHILADELPHIA, July 14—I'm sticking again to an old Western Union blank stuck to the slats of a funeral-parlor chair. Those Democrats are spouting oratory so thick I can see it through the heat mists shouding my eyes. Little droplets from their mouths shine bluewhite avhen the gents roar into the microphpnes and then vaporize, like smoke signals, under: the television lamps. . The dye from my belt has faded through my shirt and made a streak around the middle of my union suit. The perspiration tickles as it rolls down the calves of my legs. Odd-looking old parties—including in parti--
‘character who liked to watch people. That really
gentleman came in, he went out. Needless to say, !
I missed the bus with him. ! The hardest “customers” ‘to follow are the buxom, middle-aged, slow-moving women. They Seem to have all the time in the world. They keep you on your toes, too. The two I chose for my second venture were so exasperatingly slow I had! to give up after 25 minutes. I tagged them as I went through the doors as the type that would Sch a great many things but wouldn’t buy any-
It was hard for me to decide whether I was following discriminating buyers or not. They asked a lot of questions, gave a lot of wear and tear to merchandise on three floors, shases ren minutes. * e t<looking yo! couple I haa decided would head for the: hos a walked through the main floor of the store and went out the back door. Right on through and it wasn't raiting outside. amily of four almost went down the line with my prediction. I followed them to the boys’ department where the lady of the house two sport shirts. I said T-shirts. A floor walker Jooked at me (second time) quizzically and I deaed I haa better vamoose. n elderly lady with a shoppin, went to the basement. I had her Fat 2 i Be kitchenware department. She bought a touple yards of] printed material. I predicted a cooking pan. She Spent approximately 15 minutes and left the store. I was sure she would spend at least a couple of hours. That's the way it goes. 1 : i Two young fellows fooled me completely. To| me they were the type that had sport slacks on! their minds." Something in sportswear. Well, they
were employees.
Gee, They Made Me Happy
TWO smart-looking young matrons made me thankful I was betting myself. I would have bet my last dollar that they were headed for a table where they could get a bite to eat and smoke a few cigarets. They took their own sweet time getting to where they were going but they finally made it to my great surprise. I hate to admit that my two lovelies entered the powder room. I retreated to the revolving doors. . A twosome which I gathered to be a mother and her married daughter did the most business in the shortest length of time. Even though they didn’t go to the departments I had picked, they made me happy. Their purchases consisted of moth cakes, towels and a couple sets of buttons. On the way out the daughter bought some candy. Oh, yes, they looked at garment bags. And that’s the sort of thing that happens when people enter department stores. I was hoping I'd run into a woman who wanted to buy a hat. No such luck. I was also hoping I'd run into some
would have been something.
By Robert C. Ruark
would be snipped off, because the main motive is to steal the Democratic Party back from the shade of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and to make the party pre-eminent. ;
Find a New Strong Man
THERE WOULD be emphasis on the strong reforms made by the Democrats during Mr. Roosevelt’s first two terms. They ‘would be referred to as sterling achievements of the party. The" personal purgings, the disastrous conference with the Russians at Yalta, the rise of Henry Wallace, even the presence of poor Mr. Truman would be roughly lumped as the evils of a third and fourth term, and laid at Mr. Roosevelt's tomb. Our entanglement abroad would be listed not as the child of the ‘party, but as Mr. Roosevelt's personal baby. It would be a good idea for the new Demo-}| cratic Party to shun the younger Roosevelts, to form its plans to the exclusion of Jimmy and Franklin and Elliott. You would not want too many strong reminders of FDR, not if the new organization is to be sturdy, upright, and no one man’s play toy. The new Democratic Party should center about a new strong man, with no roots in the 16-year sway of the Roosevelt administration. This could be anybody.‘Might be Ike Eisenhower. It would scarcely be justice Douglas, who could walk unnoticed today through the average hotel lobby. The future Mr. Big is a man without a face, now, but when the Republicans are harried and tired, from massive legislation, huge spending, and crises here and abroad, that man will rear up and pledge surcease from it all, on a Demo-
cul slat tl on anyon fk ou won: 40) DOA Workers Traffic Story of 18-Y ear-Old Bride ‘Wins Initial Times Freak Squeak Contest
This is how an astute, practical politician such as Mr. Farley, who rigged the tremendously ef-
® -. fective Roosevelt machine, would, I believe, go| about re-establishing the battered Democrats as a
power in the land.
By Frederick C. Othman
some leading Democrat was at death's door. Perhaps this was the first news bulletin to come from the convention. | “I have got to get me,” explained the gentleman from Kentucky, “some eye-wash.” But let us get back to the moist Democrats being sauteed in the hall. I'm not laughing at em, you understand. They don’t look any odder than I do. And some are a lot smarter; they've already gone home on the theory that they might as well read about the nomination of the Messrs, Truman and Barkley in the papers.
cents an hour with three weeks’|
was announced today by the RCA Victor
hero and the villain.
hero, looks with horror at Charles Campbell of Dallas, Tex., as the slain villain, Tom Bouche. In the background, Marion Bell, Broadway star, and IU student chorus-mem- “ bers seem appalled by the tragedy.
"DOWN IN THE VALLEY"—A tense moment
in
Kneeling, Howard Kahl of New Albany, as Brack Weaver, the
COMPOSER ARRIVES—Kurt Weill here is shown
arriving with Mrs. Weill at Bloomington to attend the miere.
Union Station en route to "Down in the Valley" pre-
Mr. Weill, a successful operatic writer in pre-
Hitler Germany, has adapted himself to American ways.
was written especially for colleges and universities, is the orchestral score.
Opera: IU Ready for ‘Down in The Valley’
Premiere
"MOVE NO. 5 SPOT"—Hans Busch shouts directions to spotlight operators in their lofty perch above the IU auditorium ceiling while he's coaching Miss Bell in one of the scenes from "Down in the Valley." Miss Bell's most recent success was in "Brigadoon," for which her husband, Alan Lerner, wrote the book. Mr. Busch, working part time at |U, is reqularly stage director of the Stockholm Royal Opera in Sweden.
Kutt Weill's "Down in the Valley," to be given its premiere at 8:15 p. m. (CST) tomorrow by Indiana University's School of Music in Bloomington, follows a fatal row between the
new opera,
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FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA—A n important feature of Weill's opera, which | Here Ernst Hoffman, director of the IU Symphony, rehearses his students in the American folk-tune-inspired music of the Weill opera. The orchestra and the chorus in the one« act music drama convey powerfully the emotions of the tragedy.
Employees to Get
Longer Vacations A general wage increase of 8!
vacation for 10-year employees
Division of the Radio Corporation of America here. The increase will a.fect 3400
hourly-paid employees at the East maiden name, Miss Alberta Hed-| Side plant and was made effec- rick. |
tive July 5. Signed With AFL Local
The new contract signed with| Local B-1048, International Broth-| near-accident recounted
erhood of Electrical Workers,
AFL, also liberalizes vacations week ending last Friday mid-
for those of less than 10. years service.
Recounts Scare She And Husband Had
By ART WRIGHT . An 18-year-old new bride is the first week's winner in The Times Freak Squeak Contest. Mrs. Marshall Ellis, 1731 E. LeGrande St. became a bride so recently — four months — that
she signed her entry with her
Her husband is a mechanic at Haug's Garage, 2200 Shelby St. Mr. Ellis was involved in the in the winning Freak Squeak for the
I night. t Deals With Driver |
Woman, 77, ies In 2-Car Crash -
Pedestrian Receives. |
Fatal Injuries Here =
Two more Indianapolis people were dead as the result of traffic accidents today ‘and two others 1 hospitalized, Mrs. Carrie Hayes, 77,239 N. Illinois 8t., was killed instantly yesterday in a two-car collision two miles south of Wabash, Willie Lee ‘Ong, 65, of 213 W. 21st 8t., died in General Hospital as the result of injuries received in a trafic accident. A pedes2% (trian, Mr. Qng, was struck at Capitol Ave. and New York. St. Friday by a car driven by Mrs. Blanche King, Muncie. ht
Ir Taken to Hospital
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Of the 3400 employees on the mne prize letter dealt with what |
| hourly payroll, 700 are in the ra-| | { V ’ | {als of the Indianapoli | | dio tube plant, 500 in the phono onciale o fdjsnapolis Safety |
He Has a Slogan
THE messy-looking ones are the men. The Democrats with the curves in general are
cular one in a gatesajar collar and a top hat of tan beaver—keep asking petulantly why I don't write some pieces about why they'd make better
Mrs. Hayes was a passenger ia a car driven by her daughter,
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candidates than Harry Truman. Crackpots I suppose you'd call 'em—but there are half a dozen of these self-chosen candidates circulating among the Democrats and trodding a fellow’s toes. No wonder my feet hurt. The 20-cent hot ‘dogs are cold, the ice-cold orange- drink (without the orange) is warm and I don't think I ever have been so hot and miserable and damp—except once a long time ago in Calcutta. : But I hurry. Here I'm stuck (I wonder if I stand up whether that chair'll come with me?) until the final speech-
maker has uttered the final sneer at the Republicans.
got out of there in a flying machine in a
Disappointed in Barkley
elegant and partly naked. I understand that they | left their finery packed in their trunks when they | discovered they were to be fried in Philadelphia.: There is nothing so hard on a silk print dress, a partly uncovered Democrat from Texas told me, than four hours on a hot chair. The cleaners can do nothing with a dress after that, she said. So most of the feminine delegates, rushed to the department stores, which fortunately were holding special clearance sales of summer clothes, and stocked up. A lot of 'em bought dresses without any tops, in particular, to speak of. From the press box, they look fine. It's been a long time since I've seen so much pink skin. As for the men, I'd just as soon not talk about ‘em. My fingers are sticking together. My toes feel like somebody's poured glue on em. The
graph. record plant and the halance of 1800 in the radio-televi-sion receiver factory. Company officials announced that salaried employees also would receive pay increases.
MISHAWAKA MAN KILLED MISHAWAKA, Ind. July 14 (UP) — Christ Seifert, 83, of Mishawaka, was ‘killed yesterday when struck by train at a crossing here. Witnesses told police the man walked into the path of a Chicago-bound mail train.
(Council describes as one of the 1
city’s most important traffic problems . , . the Teen Age driver. ! Here is the letter that won|
in the running for the $25 grand prize which will be awarded for the best letter of the four weeks when the contest closes July 30: “Most Teen Agers are more or less irresponsible when it comes to safety rules. I know because I'm a Teen Ager. We don't like being victims of accidents any more than adults. But we like thrills and take’ the chances. No Place to Race J
“One night the gang piled into] two cars and we took off for a|
$5 for Mrs. Ells and places her| 3
Mrs. Emil Iverson, 4649 N. Capitol Ave. State police said Mrs. Iverson's car was struck broadside by a car driven by Oscar P. Tyner, 21, of Wabash, at a county road intersection. The Tyner car was on a preferential route. Mrs, Iverson was taken to Wabash County Hospital with a broken collarbone. Her daughter, Helen Iverson, 17, also a passenger, veceived a broken leg and arm. Both are in fair condition im the Wabash Hospital, Mr. ™ner was released after emergency aid. ' Mrs. Hayes is survived by two
: daughters, Mrs. Iverson and Mrs, Y ABOUT the only good speech I've heard was knot of my necktie is wet. The crease in my pants i drive-in. ' Like usual the two FRE K WI ! Theone Harvey, Wabash; a sis. PING” he one the other might by Dear Alben Barkley, long since has disappeared and damp stains are| 3 jor your ideas we print. Write JOY |boys (ome mow her husband) AK SQUEA NNER—Mrs. Marshall Ellis; 1731 E. Le- ter, Mrs. Neva Beard, Lewisville: ! ot ie J sappoinied ! a. anyhow .1 grove Der By Ee LG ar ig Langell ¢/0 The Indianapolis Times driving the cars decided to race.! Grande St. who was Miss Alberta Hedrick until four months ago {and three grandchildren, Helen m hot- own Bro a recomm ’ 5 : hd : ph few hours back nt Toned like a man on an permanent chairman (as soon as he wipes the Ou Sap w 83 overiaking she oler —is the first week's winner in The Times’ Freak Squeak Contest. apd Ee : Jodinnapy uTgent Srrand, I Shonght maybe I'd get a story Sweat of hie Jace) 1s obvious: Nudity Jor Desi. We were so close our driver ‘Here she holds her $5 Times check. town, N. Y. : ol ce presidency. : agn | at “Where,” he ik “is. the nearest drugstore?” They're the babies with the lamps, which caused naried Irons the other side. them postmarked by that time. family . .. one that could have ™ a in coat-style 1 to i A le eare EU Ie taonibla 1a the Aru Plats car turned the corner, coming winners of the current week will resulted in serious injury or S h | H cs Nz? th neat ric-rac : : 4 ; { {toward us. The driver of oOuripe announced in next Wednes-/death—but didn't. JEN00I Mea t-i belt, : v ——- rom - | mir jcar swerved to the right side of day's Times. Conclude your letter with * 4 ‘ y oO Ye . Toate, > {the street, missing the center of Recount an accident or near- statement in 25 words or less, ooke y $ K a
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The Quiz Master
- What is meant by “breaking color” and who Was the first artist to use this device?
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1s church membership in the United States increasing or decreasing?
(the viaduet and the car behind accident that happened to you or{“My Freak Squeak taught me| \us by inches. .Luckily enough, a member of your immediate this safety lesson ’ sic ‘no one was hurt—just scared. |- ———
Sailing for Europe
“My Freak Squeak taught me {that a street is no place for race i riving.”
ZIL, July 14 (UP)—Mr. | Hookey himself took over the |of the American Association for|0Peration of Clay County schools.
Times. State. Sirvics.- {ther Advancement of Science, ig El wood Hookey, former: Haat LAFAYETTE, July 14—Dr. K,|leave tomorrow for Europe 5, the Brasil High School com-
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