Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1948 — Page 18
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War had they not counted om h Apr. 6, 1041. Gen. Halder, GerHitler: ° : ; entered the war now, we would “have to reckon with a peacetime army that is at most five | divisions, wo: armored divisions, one parachute battalion, - one-half Marine corps division, 30 fighter squadrons, 10 rece squadrons and 20 pursuit “squadron.” : in 24 years we have been forced into war against "Each time we ele unprepared. We won only our allies held the lifie for us until we were ready. at a cost of lives and wealth, which might have on ivoided. Today, we must be ‘Prepared to make the: sacrifices necessary to keep this nation strong.
Let the People Decide South Carolina, where the regular Democratic electors are pledged to vote for the Thurmond-Wright presidential ticket, so-called. ‘loyal’ ‘Democrats ate organizing to id the ticket also on the ballot. That is as it should. be, and we hope the movement RIE the Dixietrats have the courage of their gonvictions, they should be willing to meet the regular Democrats in a ' contest on the states-rights issue, President Truman stand or fall on the record he has made and the asus he has raised, and it is unjust to attempt arbitrarily ve his name from the ballot. 7 Both tickets should go before the pedple in all of the states so there can be a clearcut decision on whether the South wants to cast its lot with one group or
few political leaders in star-chamber fas # We also should like to see the Wallace-Taylor ticket on lot in each of the 48 states. While it, is trus that outfit is campaigning behind a false front, wé do not y people will be: fooled by that. But the issues : American way. will be a wholesome thing to show the rest of little pro-Soviet sentiment. there is In the
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—~OPAL seaurnf, Dupont.
* ¢ = JEALOUSY Why do you seek me ‘My home 18 in the hidden jungles of ; My lips are seared
‘venom; my kiss is despair; my embrace is more deadly than that of death. Yet you stumble over impassable roads, my name on your breath, not knowing you are calling my name, in search of me. When you find me, you fling yourself into my arms and surrender your. soul to me.. Why do you seek me out?
~VIRGINIA FORTNEY, Indianapolis. $ *. 2%
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
apart Lstianis and “please, sir,” when ‘my heart!
~SUE Jara, Indianapolis.
, SOLU COMPLIMENT
TIP FROM *A "TENOR
James Melton, the Metropolitan and radio tenor who opened the B500-Mile this year
And he
He “Sirlaine that he doesn’t enjoy driving them so much as he does painting them, Boime
and serenely back to the he gs pine ‘feathers again smoothed It's a
that's a ti - When speak, why not get out the lawnmower and whiz it over the lawn. In that way, we get rid of our hie and wind up with a neatly trimmed lawn.
for the rest of us.
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! ee ‘ NEW BRIDGE RULES
We've finesged, and we've tried kidding, But our guests just never pass,
80. we have to do their bidding
We must pliy; and not be crass,
Thus we hope that new rules “ruff-er” Such inveiglements will trump. Far too long we've had to suffer, Let's have Tales which say, “No chump!”
-F,
Election Day.
bility of poorer speeches.
often has changed history.
Imagine Lincoln or Webster
Address over a loud speaker,
at a microphone. point, they might have got across well.
the demands of good radio writing. fore them bigger ‘than the audience.
As the nati
speaker yells at the mike.
become disconnected bursts of noise. circus barker thén a finished speaker.
the speaker is broadcasting only for radio.
A Few Have Mastered ‘Mike’
tached from the speaker.
rather than mechanical.
one for {iid
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| and the Republican Convention-—has. a hobby . of collecting automobiles, all quite old. § Soa, keep them in. a museum. He drives.
good Idea. He gets something done. |
gets under our skin, so to.
just an ideéa of nipe—and, Ta giving to you
More people will hear the campaign speakion than ever before. Where there is television, they also will be. seen. But the asset of larger audiences will be offset by the lias For the microphone has almost killed real oratory-—one of the oldest and finest arts, and one which
IT'S HARD to imagine Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Or to figure the response to. | Patrick Henry's “Give me liberty or give, me death” if ‘hurled Since they were hort “Speeches. nd to. the
But certainly the long and polished eloquence of ‘such ora: tors as Webster, Clay, Ingersoll or Beecher--with their orderly introductions, their flights of fancy and simile, d climaxes and thunderous perorations—would scarcely have fitted
Most speakers are floored by a microphone.
al conventions demonstrated, the ‘average He not only yells, but jerks to abrupt stops between words and phrases, until his sentences He's more like a bellowing These failings are far more acute over the amplifying system in a big hall than ‘when
oratory is at ite ‘Worst when it comes from a big gathering.
LOUD SPEAKERS in an auditorium seem to sever the ‘audience from personal contact with the speaker, talking, but what is heard is a giant Thechaniesl roar quite de-
A few politicians have mastered the new knack of microphone speaking-—of whom the late President Roosevelt was tops. He achieved a genuine radio personality which ‘was human,
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‘CHARLES ‘A. BEARD, the Hoosier-born (Knightstown) historian who died last week, insisted that American history was not only a record of great men, of wars and politics but alsb of the way men and women had lived in their land, and of the social and economic forces that had . Ir that be true (and it sounds reasonable), a people's yearning fér a brass band certainly “deserves a place in Ristory. : Fo 1 I am not unmindful of a y ‘legend that Indianapolis had * “a band of music” as early as 1828 (seven years after the town’s foundation). It was the one mentioned by the Gazette as having participated in the Fourth of July celebration of that year. that it was a brass band. And because I wouldn't for the world want to deceive you, Pm going to: be as cautious as possible and “start :today’'s plece with the story of the In-
a special act of the Legislature on Feb, 15, 1841. From thé looks of things, it was the first authentic brass band around here,
German Soapmaker, First Director
“ ABRAHAM PROTZMANN, a German soap‘maker (Seifensieder), who practiced his trade on the banks of the Canal at what is now McCarty St, was the band’s first leader. He t the.
Nicholas Norwood and Aaron D, Ohr (F flat), The piccolos were fingered by James G. Jordan, D. P. Hunt and James McCord Sharne.
McCready, who some years later, in 1854, was elected mayor of Indianapolis. Since then, our mayors have kept their musical attainments, more or less, a secret. Scaredy cats. ’ As for the other instruments, Emanuel Haugh and Thomas Baker handled the B flat trombones, William Karne and Ned Tyler | played the E flat known as the ‘‘bugle” at the time. Louis Walk, John Gilliland and James Vanblaricum were trusted with the French horns. Lafayette Yandes and Dave Miller played reed instruments, the names of which are now lost. James R. Nowland was in charge
one big bass drum, And last, but not least, was John McDougall, a man of muscle and brawn, who carried the
ophiclelde, a monstrous brass wind instru-
WHERE ARE OUR SPELLBINDERS? . . . By E. T. Leech
Microphone Is Killing Off Silver-Tongued Political Orators Who
MICROPHONES will sway before the blasts and the radio audience will take a heating between now and November. Yet. there probably will be no. oration that will livé beyond next
be used over and over. One
dential Sweepstakes.”
ceeded.
sure of the nomination. * party delegate. ir delayed
It loom “bes applause, During repeated:
Therefore, radio
It sees him
of thorna! gold!”
However, nobody knows for sure -
dlanapolis Band, which was incorporated” by.
job because of his virtuosity on the flat clarinet. The clarinet choir included:
terial must be prepared for fu : Time was when a speaker could use the same talk again - and again, with little change. gives a prime example in his recent and interesting book, “Presi-
'C . + + By Anton Scherrer Legislature Incorporated First = Brass Band Here 107 Years Ago
ment consisting of a wide tube bent double
and equipped with: a cup-shaped mouthpiece...
It had a range of a little over three octaves which is to say from the G flat one semi-tone
below the lowest note, of the cello to C in the
treble stave. Tradition has it that the earth
trembled when Mr. McDougall put the full’
power of his lungs behind the mouthpiece. The ophicleide was invented in 1790 to su-
-persede the “serpent,” & dynamic but utterly un-
- manageable instrument consisting of a tube
of wood covered with: leather and” twisted in the shape of a snake, whence ‘its name. "The* substitution of the ophicleide for the serpent was another historical case of “out of the trying pan into the fire.” The uniform worn by the members of the Indianapolis Band comprised a green coat,
‘tight-fitting white pantaloons and a black velvet
cap trimmed with gold bands. When it came time to. buy the material for the coats of the 18 musicians (ineluding Mr. Protzmann), it was discovered that no one storé had enough: cloth
to go around. -As a matter of fact, three stores
The bass trombone was ih charge of James
of the tympani department which consisted of
Ruled Polls ny Past
badcast on a network, new maure speeches,
It deals with the most amazing oration in our political History. ‘It was the speech which gave three Presidential nominations to an obscure 36-year-old Nebraska Congressman. That “Cross of Gold" speech of William Jennings Bryan is the one which every delegate or speaker beforé a national cone vention has in mind when he gets a chance to rise and be heard. Many have tried to duplicate Bryan’s feat, but none has suc-
Bryan Had Prepared Carefully
THE CONVENTION of 1896 was a typical Democratic show ~torn by passions and ¢isputes. man who long had favored tinkering with the currency, seemed Mr. Bryan had never before been a Few knew or heeded him when he grabbed’ the chance to speak during a heated debate over the platform. ] But the “Boy Orator of the Platte” had prepared carefully.
During four years in Congress and a lot of speaking in his own . Atate, he had kept track of those passages which got the most
a congressional tariff debate in 1804 he had used ;-An’ introduction which had promise. “The humblest citizen in all thé land, when clad in the armor of righteousness, is stronger than all the hosts of error that they can bring. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty—the cause of humanity.”
‘Crown of Thorns, Cross of Gold’ :
AND IN a free silver speech in the House he had used without subsequent newspaper attention-—-some language that he had treasured away for a better day, and the Demdcrats went wild when Mr, Bryan concluded:
“You shall not press down upon the brow of labor a crown You shall not crucify mankind upon a croas of
Bryan had two tremendous advantages over the ‘predent™ political ‘orator—a pre-tested speech and a
ia tem in his throat. But the microphone's effects are not confined to delivery, oe
They have put a heavy burden on prominent speakers, particui larly chndidates, as to text. No longer can the same speech
Every politician now has an amplifying system, but it is Mechanical, and the chance to pre-test his speaches by frequent of the choice phrases has been killed by broadcasting.
= supplied the material, with the result hat the
uniforms didn’t match. Trombonist McCready, whose profession was that of a tailor, had the contract for turning out. the uniforms. He got along as well as could be expected under the circumstances until the day Louis Walk (French horn) appeared for a fitting.
Took a Lot of Cloth to Cover Him
... MR. WALK was a good-sized man and it required a lot of cloth to cover ‘him. Besides that, he had the hard luck to be the last man to be measured for a suit, by which time only remnants were left. When ‘Mr. Walk had a look at himself in his new uniform, he exclaimed: “Py chiminy, Mac, dot's too many differences.” The band hardly got started when it made a trip to the State Line east of Richmond to
greet Henry Clay with music. It made the trip .
in its own band wagon. On another occasion, it gave a concert in Greencastle. As luck would have it, that same day a man was hanged over there (legally) and all Putnam County stayed over to hear the concert that night. It was
-a sell-out.
The Indianapolis Band lasted until 1845 or thereabouts. It went to pieces largely because ‘of the wear and tear on the instruments, ‘When they gbt broken, there wasn’t anybody around here to fix them—certainly not an ophicleide. And, without an ophicleide, a Hoosier brass
‘band was inconceivable.
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Hoosier Forum &
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will defend to the death your right fo sey RB."
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I would like to give you id entiled “Operation Putt-Putt Times Sept. 7...
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resignedly for their men to really want to and to help them study to their written exams. GI a snap. The editorial argues that those who {sh put it to no advantage and that gram militarfly is- worthless. Maybe. 1 cite my boss as an example of ‘milits worthiness” He was a flight instructor bee
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for it, When the war came, the Army was crying for civilian instructors.
And the civilian instructors did the job that _
was asked of them and turned out pilots for the Army Air Force. These same’ instructors
" that volunteered their services are still instructs ing, as civilians again. Then . these same. I" villans
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and many more went into the Air Force
and fought “also. My boss had 10 weeks of .
training before they sent him to China to fiy the Hump. All indications seem ‘to point toward an= other war. This is merely’ my opinion as one of 50,000,000 ordinary people, and. I'm not an on the subject of war. It they Sop
flight traifiing they are going to put flight in-
structors out of work, airports out of business,
" ground airplanes; mechanics and pilots will
find other: jobs.
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‘fore the war, having earned-his rating by pays =
As for the “gravy train” the editorial seems
to think flight operators have had, that is the most misconstrued conception that has ever been conceived. I cannot hame and I would like to know of anyone else who can name a
single operator who has become rich from the io
GI Bill of Rights. 1 pay taxes, too, as well as the GI's who take this flight training. Maybe we would not have an arguing point if we knew our taxes
would be lower if they did not ‘have flight - - train
However, if this money is not spent
on flight training; it will just go in some polt--
* oo Clo : :
By Thomas Brown
"We note in the papers that the Communists have held a convention--the 14th in this nation—in New York. and Russia and damn the Trumans, Deweys,
* Dulles, Hoovers and Marshalls as they are not
following in the steps of Roosevelt, who. appeased Stalin at every crossroads.
How Roesevelt appeased Stalin is noted in or . -40 Russia under Roosevelt, has given to the
the papers that William C. Bullitt,
American people in an endeavor to awaken them to the. precarious position in which Roose velt placed this country. Roosevelt gave Stalin every opportunity to fasten his grip. upon. this world, and, influence upon this country, well knowing that
the Communists had permeated every part of ,
this nation. ready to pull down the. pillars. of the Amarican Temple of Justice.
signal for- the seizure -of this. nation liquidating of those who opposed such a dase tardly crime. The influence of these destroyers was seen in the airplane strike out west when Russia was still tied with Germany. "They ceased after Russia and Germany split. These strikes were declared by the bosses of the CIQ, yet no effort was made by this government to have its own CIO—signifying “Cut It Out.” . Bullitt brings out the weak policy that was pursued by Truman, who inherited the Roosevelt shroud for this nation, And now we note that the CIO has indorsed Truman. Does not the atmosphere smell to heaven? i 2
eo @ Dividend? By Frank Healy
in the end, turn his destroying |,
The truth . is coming out—even the “Star. Puller” being. . named, -who at the right time was to give the. and. the
They . praise Wallace ..
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If Henry Wallace paid those egg and tomato :
throwers, as hostile receptionists, he could not have bought hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of publicity at such cheap rates. So injustice, prejudice and hooliganism, paid
Henry a handsome dividend in votes and sym-
pathy. Henry loves it. He is so egocentric in speech and posture that the greater the indignity and insults heaped upon him, the greater he and his followers will think he is. 4 So, gentlemen, stop throwing foodstuff at Henry—just let him talk. That's his right as well as yours. If you stop him, some day some= one will stop you.
: Side Glances—By Galbraith
Thé late Henry L. Stoddard
Richard P. Bland, a Congress-
So, word for word, he
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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE—
1 The difference between good luck and bad luck is usually the frame of mind you happen to be in.
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A ‘motorist. wis pinched in Yellowstone Park for killing a Of course, he tried to pass the buck.
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One half of the world never knows how the other half lives —until someone starts talking.
An Ohio sheriff s
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8s he smokes 20 cigars a day. We'll bet he gave them away ust before being elected.
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maritime members today th: signed up to worl would be conside breaker. The Army said men passed throug to apply for its yesterday. The uw four men went th: The wunien or caused mainly bec: was using the dir tem instead ‘of | the union hiring h: main issues in the Alert for And at Richm lice gathered befor Oil refinery in a prevent recurrenc line battle betwee: oil workers and Yesterday's ho! battle left nine p ing strikers, by injured se to require hospital of others suffered and were overcom The battle took than 2000 CIO oi longshoremen trie and Independent tenance workers the Standard pla
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VINCENNES, 8 Authorities said. te Meldrum, Springf tried to break ot by chiseling morte one of the cemen cell, Meldrum Ww fore he could p from its place.