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First Line of Defense Are “ER Republican Senators are gunning for J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI chief, in the event of Gov. I ewey's election, it is understood; because of their dissatisfaction § With the FRDs performance in the Katisas City vols fraid. investigation,

£ “1 ts roport in trie, this ll dined project. should © be.dropped before it goes any farther. : The PBL in ot a putin sens, hd 6 mut 20k be mids a politi footinl. “This organization is our first line of defense against Communist sabotage, in the event of a war with Russis. & Ta dehirap ig kale’ in. rete eritical tisiey Would be : our good right drm, i isn't a man in America bet: Communist problem than J. E

‘why he hus been a continting target Lo.

pec Jeon carta not the kind. . We san hope for. the best, but.

nig wat if the United Staten invites Germany and her allies might not have emWar had they not counted on 1 Apr. 6, 1041. Gen. Halder, Ger: |! Hitler: : ¢ “Btates entered the war now, we would "have to reckon with a peacetime army that is at most five divisions; two armored divisions, one p ute battalion, ofie-half Marine corps division, 30 fighter squadrons, 10 reconn ce squadrons and 20 pursuit squadron.” x in 24 years we have been forced into war against our will, ‘Each time we wefe unprepared. We won only ~ becauie our allies held the line for us until we were, ready. We Won at a cost of lives and wealth Which might have been avoided.’ ‘Today, we must be ‘prepared to make the: sacrifices Recessary 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 are organizing to put the Truman. ticket also on the ballot. That is as it should. be, and we hope the movement succeeds. If the Dixiefrats have the courage of their Goivictions, they should be willing to meet the regular Demioerats in a fair contest on the states-rights issue. President Truman

{sues he has raised, and it is unjust to attempt arbitrarily remove his name from the ballot. " Both tickets should go before the pedple in all of the Bot | states so there can be a clear-cut decision on whether the South wants to cast its lot with one group or ther. This question is too important to be decided by political leaders in star-chamber’ fashiofi =

§ that ampaigning behind a false front, we do not gy people Will be froled by that. But the issues d should be answered inthe American way. § WIL be & whelsscme thing to show the se: of ttle pro-Soviet sentiment there is in the

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n _ JEALOUSY

‘tenor who opened the | and the Republican Convention-—has a hobby | of collecting automobiles, all quite old. And he doesn't

stand or fall on the record he has made and the

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% Barton Rees Pogue © I'VE BEEN THINKIN"

is just as Af Gaar as ever, Dut each neration is willing to pay qualified some folks are to rule the more they insist on doin” ft . . Faker Gare oot be unfriendly (0 Snyone + + » memories are long before ‘glection and

lues . . . love may be blind but mars . You can’t un. egs!

5 ka Anderson. MY LA AEE

If I should smile fo another day, 32.2 anouid amile when fn ret another those Song ¥ the way, Er ahd & tea when grt 1

That from your eyes the love Jght's g gone for Think not that in my ready smile you know, My love's orgatien, for it is not so, But laughter winds around my heart to hide The, broken roan that le inside.

—OPAL MeGUIRE, Dupont.

‘My home 18 in : my lips are seared

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 yourbelf into my arms and surrender your. soul to me.. Why do you seek me out?

~VIRGINIA FORTNEY, Indianapolis. PT. ®

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For Flight Training as By Student Pilot 5 I would like to give you an answer editorial entitled “Operation Putt-Putt, ia r Times Sept. 7.. te 5 = Iam not ex-GI nor in a position to Peneft from the so-called Tproftel, COX a theretors : IR le io see the results of 3 see ex-soldiers and sailors give up their Bun«gays, holidays and all SPA‘ to fy tient wives and { Pesignedly for their men to do the thing 1 really want to and to

The editorial argues ish put it to no advantage and that the gram militarily is worthless. Maybe I should cite my boss as an example of “military worthiness.” He was. a flight instructor bee fore the war, having earned. his rating by pay : ing 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 turmed out pilots for _ the Army Air Force. These same instructors

d fought also. My boss had 10 weeks of Su Sought ax they sent him te China to fly 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 expert on the subject of war. If they stop flight training they are going to put flight in. structors out of work, airports out of business, ground airplanes; mechanics and pilots - will find other: jobs. . As for the “gravy train” the editorial seems to think flight operators have had, that ig the most misconstrued conception that has ever been conceived. I cannot name and I would like to know of anyone else who can name a

A DIFFERENCE OF “OPINION

I never could id gue figure out What d it

” and “please, sir,” when m my heart! fe ALLER, Indianapolis.

COLUMN COMPLIMENT

Tip FROM ‘A “TENOR

James Melton, the Metropolitan and radio 500-Mile this year -

t keep them In. a museum. He drives. xplains that he doesn’t enjoy driving 80 much as he a8es painting them, Some

ng gets or our skin, so to speak, why not get out the lawnmower and whiz it over the lawn. In that way, we get rid of our fh and wind up with a neatly trimmed lawn. 'a just an idea of Mine—and, I'm giving to you Tr free. oe’ oo By K. CB, .

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 “rutf-er” Such inveiglements will trump. Far too long we've had to suffer, Let's have Fules which say, “No chump!”

-F FP,

there probably will be no oration that will live Election Day.

before. 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. But certainly the long and polished eloquence

the demands of good radio writing. Most speakers are floored by a microphone. fore them bigger'than the audience. ‘AS the natiopal conventions demonstrated, speaker yells at the mike.

.betome disconnected bursts of noise. circus barker th more acute over

a finished speaker,

A Few Have Mastered ‘Mike’ ‘audience from personal contact with the speaker.

tached from the speaker,

rather than mechanical,

record of

that year. that it was a brass band. ) wouldn't for the world want to deceive you, I'm going to: be as cautious xs ‘possible &nd «start today’s piece with the story of the InBand, which was incorporated by. a special act of the Legislature on Feb. 15, From the looks of things, first authentic brass band around here.

German Soapmaker, First Director

ABRAHAM PROTZMANN, a German soapwho practiced his trade on the banks of the Canal at what is now McCarty St, was the band’s first leader. He t the job because of his virtuosity on the flat clarinet. The clarinet choir included: 4 "Nicholas Norwood and Aaron D. Ohr (F flat). " The piccolos were fingered by James G. Jordan, D. P. Hunt and James McCord Sharne, The bass trombone was ih charge of James McCready, who some years later, in 1854, was elected mayor of Indianapolis. mayors have Kept their musical attainments, more or less, a secret. Scaredy cats, As for the other h and Thomas Baker handled the B fiat William Karne and Ned Tyler | played the E flat known as the “bugle” at the Louis Walk, John Gilliland and James « Vanblaricum were trusted with the French Yandes and Dave Miller played reed instruments, the namef of which are now lost. James R. Nowland was in charge of the tympani department which consisted of one big bass drum, And last, but not least, was John McDougall, A man of muscle and brawn, who carried the a JHODsitous brass wind instru-

pir “dlanapolis 1841.

Hat trom

time.

horns.

;ophiclelde,

"WHERE ARE OUR SPELLBINDERS? aie Microphone Is we Off Silver-Tongued Political Orators Who

MICROPHONES will sway before the blasts and the radio audience will take a beating between now and November,

"CHARLES A

yearning ' for

‘maker (Seifensieder),

More people will hear the campaign speaketh than ever: 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 | Tesponse: to. Patrick Henry's “Give me liberty or give me’ death” if hurled Since they were #hort “Spytehes: And to the

of such ora-

tors as Webster, Clay, Ingersoll or Beechor—with their orderly

introductions, their flights of fancy and simile, their delayed climaxes and thunderou$ perorations—would scarcely have fitted

It iooms bes.

thie ‘average 5 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 amplifying system in a big hall than when the speaker is broadcasting only for radio. Therefore, radio oratory is at its worst when it comes from a big gathering.

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{LOUD SPEAKERS in an auditorium seem to sever the

It sees him

talking, but what is heard is a giant mechanic: 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 ns human,

But the microphone's effects are not confined to delivery. They have put a heavy burden on prominent speakers, particu larly Shugidates, as to text, No longer can the same speech

Lafayette

Yet “beyond next

OUR TOWN . . Legislature Incorporated First Brass Band Here 107 Years Ago

! . BEARD, the Hoosier-born \| (Knightstown) historian who died last week, insisted that American history was not only a great men, of wars and politics but als of the way men and women had lived in their land, and of the social and economic forces that had . led ‘and’ pushed them. ; It that be. true (and fit sounds FshAouuble), a people's ‘a brass

he am nét unmindful of a 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 However, nobody knows for ‘sure :

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band

instruments,

By Anton Scherrer

treble stave.

. pan into the fire.”

And because I

uniforms didn’t match. it was the out. the uniforms.

for a fitting.

claimed:

Since then, our differences.”

Emanuel

‘a sell-out.

‘band was inconceivable.

T. Leech :

Ruled Polls of Past

be used over and over.

One broadcast on a network, new ma-

terial must be prepared for future speeches,

; Time was when a speaker could use the same talk again - and again, with little change.

Thé late Henry L. Stoddard

ves a prime example in his recent and interesting book, “Presiential Sweepstakes.” It deals with the most amazing oration in our pélitical His-

tory.

It was the speech which gave three Presidential nomina-

tions 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 before a national con 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.

ceeded.

Bryan Had Prepared Carefully

THE CONVENTION of 1806 was a typical Democratic show

~torn by passions and g¢isputes.

Richard P. Bland, a Congress-

“man who long had favored tinkering with the currency, seemed

sure of the nomination. “I party delegate.

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 , 8tats, he had kept track of those passages which got the most

applause,

‘During Lan introduction which had promise.

a congressional tariff debate in 1804 he had used So, word for word, he

repeated: “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

of thorns! gold!”

Bryan had two tremendous advantages over the ‘Prevent

You shall not crucify mankind upon a roms; of

political ‘orator—a pre-tested speech and a natural amplifying system in hi§ throat. Every politician now has an amplifying system, but it is ical, and the chance to pre-test his speaches by frequent of the choice’ phrases has been killed by broadeasting.

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 “supplied the material, with the result That te

Trombonist McCready, whose profession was that of a tailor, had the contract for turning He got along as well as could be expected under the circumstances until the day Louis Walk (French horn) appeared

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. 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 ex- are 2 “Py chiminy, Mac, dot’s too/ many

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.

'.. The Indianapolis Band lasted until 1845 or thereabouts. It went to pieces largely because of thé wear and tear on the instruments. ‘When they gdt broken, there wasn't anybody around here to fix them—certainly not an ophicleide. And, without an ophicleide, a Hoosier brass

Now the day had come, .

~ deer,

single operator who has become rich from the GI Bill of Rights. I 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 - training. However, if this money is not spent - on flight training, it will just go in some poli- - ticlan’s pocket.

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ment consisting of a wide tube bent double # v ‘ 1 s and equipped with & 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 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 supersede the “serpent,” & dynamic but utterly unmanageable 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 frying

By Thomas Brown

" We note in the papers that the Communists _. have held a convention—t 14th in this nation—in New York. They .praise Wallace .. 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 Roosevelt appeased Stalin Is noted in the papers that William C. Bullitt, ambassador to Russia under Roosevelt, has given to the American people in an endeavor to awaken them to the precarious ‘position in which Roosevelt placed this country. Roosevelt gave Stalin every opportunity to fasten his grip. upon this world, and, in the end, turn his destroying 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. ~ The truth .. is coming out—even the “Star. Puller” being named; who atthe right time was fo give the. signal for the -seizure -of -this..nation. and. the __ liquidating of those who opposed such & 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 shrotid for this nation, And now we note that the CIO has indorsed Truman. Does not the atmosphere smell to heaven?

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Besides

Dividend? By Frank Healy

If Henry Wallace paid thoge 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 sympathy. 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, So, gentlemen, stop throwing foodstuff at Henry—just let him talk. That's his right as well as yours. If you stop him, some dead someone will stop you.

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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2 "It's the most gorgeous surprise John ever gave me, mother,

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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE—

The difference between good luck and bad luck is usually

the frame of mind you Napben tp be in. ; La

A ‘iotofist ‘Wilk pinched in Yellowstone Park for killing a Or Soutse, he ing rom We buck. * *

° An Ohio sheriff says’ he smokes 20 cigars a we'll Be gave them away 3 before being elected. : day, bet +

crease cents the union d companies said the two-day supply of | hand

Union Warns At San Franc maritime unions members today the signed up to worl would be conside breaker. The Army said men passed throug! to apply for its yesterday. The w four men went thi The unien of caused mainly bec: was using the dire tem instead ‘of | the union hiring h: main issues in the Alert for And at Richme lice gathered befor Oil refinery in a prevent recurrence line battle betweer oil workers and Yesterday's hot battle left nine p ing strikers, by: police, injured se to require hospital of others suffered and were overcom The battle took than 2000 CIO of longshoremen trie and independent tenance workers the Standard pla

Foil Jail Bre

VINCENNES, 8 Authorities said tc Meldrum, Springf tried to break ot by chiseling morte one of the cemen cell, Meldrum Ww fore he could p from its place.