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the men of General Outdoor Advertising Co. “Why do you ask? : It was difficult fo answer Mr. Pyritz. T was reasonably sure the two poster slappers hadnt seen us drive up. And yet, there they were, pounding the billboard with their paste-laden brushes as if the their necks,

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So, hopping merrily out of Mr. Pyritz’ pleasure vehicle, I found myself in the 900 block of E. 30th St. gaping at the brush wielders and poster hangers, ‘After a round of “His,” Mr. Pyritz began to throw vital statistics of the business at me. Taking a hint from the hard-working pair

STICKY JOB—Dan Smith moves fast with his billboard work. He has to or. else get stuck on the job. ;

Bend the Twig

NEW YORK, Aug. 31—The teen-ager, having t as a juicy target in the consumers market by nearly everybody, comes now under hot consideration by the politicos, It is the same pitch—raise a child in the way he shall go, as the twig is bent, so hall the vote be cast, amen. Down in Philadelphia, Henry Wallace seemed to have the tightest hammerlock on the bobbysox contingent, although there were brief demonstrations for candidates by the fuzz-chinned at both earlier conventions. But Nature Boy's legions appeared to be highly disciplined, so much as to be

part of a plan. We rie M6ag had “the young Democrats and the young Republicans, composed of the younger voters and eager aspirants to various narrowgauge offices. But the’ Republicans have bobbed up now with

a campaign to corral the junior Republicans— °

sprouts from 14 to 20. There are presently 16 chapters in New York state, with the movement spreading to New Jersey and Connecticut. The idea is wonderfully simple. You catch’ ’em young and souse them in Republican indoctrination, preaching the beauties of the faith, and the probity of the prophets. The theory is, that by the time they've learned.to distinguish the Australian ballot from a wardheeler, they are set to be stout party men forever.

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IN THE INTERIM, they come in pretty handy, around campaign time. They make good, free errand boys. They scatter literature and round up voters, Théy answer phones and hustle hot coffee for the grown-ups. And in the midst of their usefulness, it is presumed they are being kept out of the poolhalls and steered away from alley gangs, thé while learning to identify a Democrat by smell alone. It is a type of modern woodcraft, with Tom Dewey in the reverential spot once occupied by old Dan Beard. The actual organization is nothing startling.

Ferm Props andl HCL By Frederick C. Othman

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—My little piece a couple of weeks ago about the government spending $30 million so far on holding'-up the price of potatoes and just getting a good start, is causing what the diplomats call repercussions. Everybody, except possibly the potato growers, agrees this is a shame. About half of my potato correspondents blame President Truman. The other half lambasts the Republicans in Con-

88. The facts are these: Congress passed the law extending federal subsidies to farmers for another year; Mr. . Truman signed it. Both the Republicans and the Democrats deserve full credit for holding up the price of things to eat. Potatoes, which the government buys high and sells cheap so long as they don’t go into housewives’ market baskets, actually are exceedingly small potatoes in this price support business.

As for Eggs—Whooie

TAKE WHEAT. This staff of life, upon which the price of so many other eatables depends, cannot go any lower because the government is loaning $2 a bushel on it to the farmers. The fear of the Agriculture Department is that these loans this year will total $600 million. Not to mention the cost of elevators to store the wheat the government is keeping off the market to hold up its price. Another $600 million or so of our money will be lent to farmers to hold up the price of cotton to 31 cents a pound, or almost exactly three

times what it béfore the war. Corn will take nearly million more in loans and as for eggs—whoole.

So farwur Uncle Samuel has bought 67 milHon dozen eggs for $24 million and still is buying fem. They're going into eold storage. Some are being broken and frozen in bulk, and some are

The Quiz Master

How long did the great fire of London last? The fire is" sald to have originated near London Bridge in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane on Sept. 2, 1666, and lasted for four days, destroying nearly all of old London. The fourth day the wind fell and the is Burned fst out, X

What is the only natural rubber commercially ?

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i* The goblets (there were 26 in all) made me do LE that’ A gob of paste hit me where cold, satisfying liquid should have.

and hot sun. That's another reason why the men

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me up to where I make this observation. They're

awful messy. They slap that paste on with a flourish that would transform your living room into a pastepot in about 15 swipes of their brushes. Don’t get the idea you would like to have the billboard men wallpaper your home. You know, in the evenings. = “All the poster men I remember worked with long-handled brushes,” I said. “How come they work with short brushes and on an aluminum, portable scaffolding?” “They can work faster,” answered Mr. Pyritz.

men work faster, more efficiently and still keep them happy—I'm for it. I think. Mr. Smith said that the next sign would have to be put up in the old-fashioned way. It wak on top of a three-story building at 14th and Capitol. Would T care to go along? I said yes like a dope. ;

Doesn't Taste Like It Used To

IN ORDER to get to the sign a man had to climb a ladder up the side of the building. No slant, mind you. On the roof it was hot and thére wasn't much room where the men were to work and Mr. Pyritz and I were to watch. On top of that it was hot. On top of that Mr. Smith and Mr. Williams were putting up a Sterling beer sign in their own inimitable way. I let my tongue hang out for one second.

Mr. Smith consoled me with the statement that the pasté®used to taste good when they made it out of tapioca. Mr. Pyritz informed us that the paste now was being made out of the tapioca root. The stuff will never replace Wheaties. The paste dries fast when it's exposed to air

have to shake it. Not the paste. And that's why a man with a day-old shirt gets out of there and watches from the ground. No use getting stuck on the job.

By Robert C. Ruark

It is headed by a young man, 20-year-old Alexander Lankler of Pawling, N. Y. Young Lankler, equipped with funds from the Young Republican National Federation, prowls the states. He works through high schools, through grown-up political clubs, through civic associations of every sort. The good Republican son of the stanch Republican father, he presumes, will be happiest while sipping coke and doing the jitterbug with the good Republican daughter of the stanch Republican mother. A little suggestion, a brief plan, and whango! They are picnicking merrily in each other's eompany, with a full-fledged club and responsgibilities for everybody, ole dy i

MASTER LANKLER, a young man who has decided to be governor some day, started forming his plans carefully, when he was a comparative tot of 15. He had begun rounding up the small fry in 10 states when college snatched him away from politics. He is now reshaping his old nuclei, but it has not yet been decided by the higher-ups as to how far this operation shall extend. However, he is a determined youngster, and will probably not be satisfied until he has blanketed the nation with eager young GOP-fan clubs, with subsidiaries in Hawaii and Alaska. » It is my understanding that practical politics has replaced necking as a prime interest among these pint-sized Ed Jaeckels and Paul Lockwoods. Their conversation is more filled with political dogma than with rug-cutting slang, and Russell Sprague, not Joe’ DiMaggio, is their prime hero. Whether this is ‘good is ‘not for me to say. ' Howsomever, the teeners’ militant array has been sanctified by Ralph Becker, young marshal of the GOP, and by Mr. Dewey, the old marshal. They seem to think that steeping the young in fundamentals of the true faith will pay off in perpetuity. It may be a sound premise: I seem to remember the Long machine in Louisiana was laid at Baton Rouge, when young Russ Long was a milk-eared undergrad.

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HOUSING FOR THE MILITARY—Ft. ‘Harrison is faced with a serious housing problem: Though all dwellings on the post are already these officers’ quarters, sroom must be made for personnel of the 10th Air Force.

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10th Air Force Move Presages Post's Growing Importance

(Second of Two Articles)

By JACK THOMPSON Through the red-tape haze surrounding military circles here, it is becoming increasely apparent that Indiana has a substantial part in the national defense picture. Reactivation of Camp Atterbury as a draftee training post, boosting Indiana National Guard enlistments and reports that the Navy may reopen Bunker Hill Airport are

not the only recent developments on the state's military

front, ’ Another military installation

there for the ROTC, the reserve, the Army recruitment sections

and Stout Field.

Central State Hospital recently

that has figured prominently in/opened an annex at the fort and.

the news for several weeks is Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Since the 10th Air Force is establishing headquarters there the local reservation will be teeming with activity. Now that the governor has set up draft boards throughout the state, the fort probably will become headquarters for the operation. ; . . " ”

AT PRESENT, military records for the entire state are maintained in the Selective Bervice Record Section at the post. Tentatively, the section will be expanded to take in local draftees and, at the same time, supervise induction in other centers. Headquarters for the Indiana Military District is located at the fort. It has jurisdiction over recruiting for the Regular Army and Air Force and all reserve activities, Other installations include OfM« cers Reserve Corps troop schools, the offices of the U. 8. Property and Disbursing officer and the National Guard senior unit inistructor, warehouses, stacked to the top with National Guard supplies and equipment, and the Armed Forces Officer's Club,

the Veterans Administration operates a 400-bed hospital there. Also, the National Guard files a liaison plane unit from Schoen Field and several weeks ago activated an aircraft control and warning unit, which will be based at the post. » » »

FT. HARRISON, located north and east of Indianapolis near Lawrence, was, established in 1903. It was named by President

President of the United States. Until the beginning of World War II the fort was used primar{ly as an infantry post. Probably most familiar to Indianapolis residents was the 11th Infantry Regiment which was stationed there from 1922 to 1940.

cers training camps were held at Ft. Harrison, At the close of that

® = 8 : LATER THE hospital was used solely for the treatment of mental patients; so it was nothing new to the history of the post when the Central Hospital Annex was established. Outfits came and went rapidly

. A fourth echelon ordnance shop does repair and overhaul work

during the interim between the first and last world wars. Finally

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WHAT TO DO—Even the brick barracks on the local military resdevation are jammed full, Officials hold the sudden prominence of the post in the natichal detense picture responsible. Possibility of building more quarters is being studied.

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During World War I three offi-

NAVY GETS A HOOSIER—The Novy recruiting program om | peacetime military activities. Here Charles Dygert (left) gets some Hinkle in filling out his enlistment papers. = ae

as the second war opened the Army finance pers Then, i 11000-bed Billings Hospital was June, 1947, : 50 erec placed on :

ted. During the successive war years the fort served as an induction center and training school for

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pathy or they express hostility anxiety. Sometimes they can be This is the conclusion of -Drs. Hyman Miller and Dorothy W. Baruch, both of Beverly Hills, Cal., who made a special study of 22 asthma patients. Their patieits had all been previously treated for allergies without success . They all had personality

being dried and powdered. Eggs for breakfast problems. There were seven men,

can’t get much cheaper as long as this is in force. The same thing holds true for a long list of other things, including dried fruit, tobacco, peanuts, barley, oats, dried beans and peas, rice, wool and sugar beets. How many billions of dollars and millions of tons of foods will be tied up in this support program nobody knows, but everybody seems to fear the worst. A great deel of this food will be shipped to Europe under the Marshall Plan,

eight women and seven children in the group. . Linked to Symptoms Some of the patients realized that thete was some connection between their allergies and their emotions, One 18-year-old girl who suffered from hay fever said,

but if prices on the mercantile exchanges slip/“My whole life ‘is stopped up like

below the government loan levels, we taxpayers get stuck both ways.

Howl Becomes Deafening

my nose!” “If I don’t get my mother back, I'll cough” cried a 5-year-old asthma patient when he saw her

AND I MIGHT as well be brutal about it.;driving away in a car.

The Democrats and the Republicans agreed that they needed price supports simply because neither have to come back.

side wanted to alienate the farmers’ vote.

“Ill get asthma. Then she'll

His mother was too busy to

The odd thing is. that many a farmer likesipdy any attention to him except

price subsidies no more than the city fellow who

has to pay for 'em twice, once to the tax collector gist found out.

and once to the cashier at the super market. The howl, to the politicians, is becoming deafening. That in itself is good news. Congressmen are beginning to worry out loud. So are adminis-

tration stalwarts charged with carrying out the law. And my guess is that some changes are

going to be made.

After five months of treatment

Ex-President ‘Benes In ‘Serious’ Condition

When the new President has been elected/mer Czechoslovakian

ne . oe A Eduard Benes was reported snug in the White House along about next day in “serious” condition from a circulatory aflment at his home|

January, Congress will return to the job and it won't be worrying about votes. The odds, and

Tll bet up to 10 cents cash, are that the parity|in

formula will be reshuffieed, loan values will be pared down, and in the case of some crops eliminated altogeth

er. I think I'll like that. It'll be nice to be able to afford to eat again.

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Sezimovo Usti, south of

An official communique issued said Mr.%Benes had taken a turn for the wo and had not s ment until yésterday, when he rallied slightly. Mr, has been at Sezimovo Ustl since last February,

Is the Republic of Andorra, in the Pyrendes an independent state? This 191-square-mile autonomous and semiindependent state on the Franco-Spanish border has been under the joint suzerainty of the French State and 1278.

; ® % In World War 11, what United States territory

was captured by tha Jandnese! wi ing Charles ne wap reported today. Mr.

the Spanish ‘bishops of Urgel sincelAug. 31 (UP)-—~Winston Churchill

when the Communists seized power. He formally resigned as president June 7. He is now 64.

French Honor De Gaulle

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has asked the British government for permission to participate in a Sept. 11 celebration here honorGaulle,

‘when he was sick, the psycholo-

PRAGUE, Aug. 31 (UP)-—For-}| President to-

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Reveals Emotional Link

of Asthma

Doctors Report Improvement Shown By Getting Rid of Hidden Guilt, Anxiety

By Science Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—Hay fever or asthma may sometimes be a hidden wa yof saying, “I don't like the way my parents treat Or, simply, “I am unhappy.” Allergies such as asthma may represent attempts to gain sym-

and mask a feeling of guilt or cured by getting rid of hostility.

he was cured when he earned other ways of getting affection. The patients were urged to tell their emotional difficulties to the psychologists. All of them, the psychologists found, tended to get asthmatic attacks when they were talking about something that was important to them emotionally, or something about which they felt guilty. Under psychological treatment

improvement.

21 out of the 22 patients showed!

Hunt Blond Bandit In Cab Holdups

Police today sought a blond, bespectacled gunman who robbed two. cab drivers within an hour, = 9VING BEIISVE IT AVN IN

total “take” was $20. : EERE Lenton Sow an St, said he p up a » ; t Sel Wi youth in his cab on N, Ketcham BEE, 4 YORK au. 31 Sells 8 aathuring orn wil

Some Believe It Runs in

St. at 10:30 last night. His pasgenger drew a 38-caliber shubnosed revolver, took $15, forced him from the = L238 draws away In the lock © . Harding St. and the Thirty-five mintues later James Rosier, 531 KE. 15th St, reported a youth of the same description hopped into his cab in front of a downtown hotel and held him up with a snub-nosed 38 in Raymond St. The bandit emptied Mr. Rosier's billfold of §5.

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MANCHESTER, N, H. (UP) When a visiting motorist was involved In an accident here, he said he was innocent—Innocent A. Marva of Bound Brook, N. J.

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1. Turner ation. The sun has been consid- , ered to be a variable star. It has an 1ll-year cycle when sun spots are at a maximum. 2. There are cold regions in space that reach the earth. 3. Changes in position of the earth's axis, or a shift of the world's position. = Remains Still Visible The No. 3 theory appears to be the best, according to Dr. Kerr. He sald that remains of the last ice sheet still may be found along the north shore of Long Island, and that famous

runs right along the edge of the mon glacier “dumping ground,” or marine terminal.

office for any selfish reason! | fo, who wants to get inte

lare days when it is as hot as

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always mean extremely cold weather, Dr. Kerr said. “Even now in the arctic there

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