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a child. I don't know whether it was a Fruehauf boxcars are fine gentlemen ready to help instead or not.) of hinder you. And they know their business, Even with the press pass and a lot of persistmi , a ols me a spout the Roadsor I : i away. me Bright Red ‘Baby’ Caught My Eye was pretty good stuff in spite of the fact that I " AS A PRETTY good driver , the Indiana Was set on driving the truck. Not in two hours— Motor Truck Associations “Truck Roadeo” drew Tight now. You know that feeling. my attention ." The all-day event was 1 found out the group of drivers who were fol-
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dently, isn’t exact! hold Institute of Purdue University,-had Jontly y ay Ja of 2 yas 1b problems eoming up over the Sold test Course A great many people were running around the Mr. Timmons, in charge judges, was at some of the samples of motor explaining to the men what was expected. Mr trucks. Several were king-sized samples and one Nicholas in turn the course to me. Thelg
Nicholas, executive secretary of the Associa and show him my press pass. A press pass, you know, is quite a handy card to have on one’s person. It's short of remarkable what a man can do with a press pass, Upon seeing me, Jim let it be known that he
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"WHAT HAPPENED?"—'"Hold ‘er Newt, she's rarin' " best describes the run "Mr. Inside” took over the serpentine course at the "Truck Roadeo." .
Brawl! Street
NEW YORK, Sept. 24—It could be of some comfort to the country to hear that I have just braved the teeming jungles of Wall St., and have emerged unscarred, with an unpicked pocket and an unseared mind. The way Harry and Henry have been working over the financial compound lately, I was nigh afeard to go down there without a gun. . From what I have been able to gather, from the speeches of two presidential candidates, Wall St. is a real wicked place. It was allegedly responsible for the record snowfall of the last Yule season. It taught Robert Mitchum how to smoke marijuana. It has sponsored the Dixiecrats and the Communist Party, reduced wages, over-bred prices, bribed the farmer, and once was observed in the act of kicking a stray mongrel. To me, it looked normal, The clerks still have a high shine on the seats of their serge. The junior executives still nourish ulcers, mortgages, and decry the stinkin’ bosses. The bosses still scream about wages, hours, the fallibility of hired help, and that man. Even now they don’t mean Harry T. The little female secretaries are just as plump and pretty, and they still chomp chewngum. The streets are just as tortured, and the tall, gritty buildings are just as somber, Wall St. is a city of brooding shadow. When its weekday bustle is amputated, and the insect life which clogs its streets goes home to Westchester and Jackson Heights, to Brooklyn and Queens, it is a ghost-city, like the old Florida boom-towns which failed to survive the strictured 20's.
Wall St. Deserted on Sunday
IF I were a poet who had to be sad to compose, I would spend all my gloomy Sundays in the downtown financial district. Wall St. of a Sabhath is a deserted cemetery, a monument to the greed of the old fat cats who lie a-mould- °
The buildings seem to lean slantwise,. like sagging marble glass. The window-eyes are blind. The wind forever blows, on Sunday. It catches up old, discarded sections of the Wall St. Journal and other newspapers, and whisks them along like live creatures, endowing them with the eerie life of a city-spawned tumbleweed.
THE PROBLEMS, in order, included: Berpen. for foreign than domestic ou ’ mind the prob-|consumption, the least
offset alley at a 40-foot intersection. Straight line;
the object is to have the right wheels go between|,, ... .¢i00lly become members of
two rows of balls with two inches to spare on
each side for a distance of about 50 feet. Parallel ihe parking; a man must put his trailer in between sembly 3 ;
two others with only four feet to spare."Backing down alley to dock from adjacent 40-foot roadway, self-explanatory, I hope. Diminishing clearance and stop line problem; the trick here is to take a vehicle from a position where there's just enough space through a place where there's almost
not enough space and stop the whole thing on top|committee.
of a white line. Get the idea of the problems? Remember too, that all this must be done within 10 minutes or you're out. About the truckers’ driving, I'll say you have to see it to believe it. About my driving, well, you have to see that to believe it, I guess. It's simple to get the truck going, even stopping it is simple. It’s the in-between stuff that's next to- impossible. My first problem was the serpentine course. The rule book says, “If total demerits exceed credit points the score shall be zero.” I'm not exaggerating when I say I knocked that serpentine course for a loop. Every judge groaned. Almost every spectator scattered. “I told you you couldn't handle that equipment,” growled Jim. “It doesn't steer right for me,” was my only argument. Honestly, it didn't. | Jim had a different argument. One good thing about a press pass, you can't be thrown off public property with it.
shall, addressing the General AsBy Robert C. Ruark sents. cautioned the Boviet Union (without mentioning it by
name) Allied patience for weakness.
In week days, the street has its gay side.
There are numerous small restaurants . . . little},
holes-in-walls, like the sheeps-head stalls in a Moroccan casbabh. There the waiters dodder oyer saw-dusted floors, and the captains of industry grow ribald
the Goulds and Morgans haunt those places, too, but they are benevolent shades, stuffed to the gold collar-button with oysters and . There is sentiment in the settlement, too. The saddest happen-stance since they chucked a bomb into J. P. Morgan's capacious lap occurred the other day, when a mildewed tavern named Emile’s was condemned, to make way for modern city development,
All Owe a Debt to Wall
EMILE'S was an old French place, a secondstory walkup and a favorite with the shipping barons. They stuck miany a deal together in Emile’s—deals which meant millions spent, guns delivered, troops transported, ships built, ships abandoned. Even during the war, Emile’s cellar was vast and the steaks blue-moulded before they were deemed fit for table. But Emile's has passed from Church St.—gone to make way for something like a chrome-edged filling station. Wall St. is the place which made it possible for Communists and their fellows to address the restless multitudes over the newest dodges in public address systems. Wall St. fabricated the deals which made the steel girders and concrete supports which have stolen the dissenter away from soapboxes and parks; the radios and television outlets which let the howlers carry their message to millions instead of a few-score idlers. ’ Labor, and the farmer, and the Commie and the common man—all owe a debt to streets named Pine and Cedar and Wall. They won some wars, in Wall St, and they built the automobile and the electrict toaster and the modern plumbing and the high living wage there. They constructed some thievery and connivance and political intrigue, too, but over all I will buy Wall St. over the Nevsky Prospekt. And you know something? The whole time I was down there, I never saw one man wearing a white-piped vest.
Television Tips
By Frederick C. Othman
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—The big battle between the experts was over how to inflate the atmosphere to make it big enough for television. So the boys argued about spectrums, channels, ghosts, dipoles, transmission paths and—honest— tropospheric propagation at higher frequencies. If you ask me, this made no more sense to most of the Federal Communications Commis sioners than it did to me, They didn’t exactly sit there with their mouths open, but they surely did look puzzled. And you know how it is when you're listening to something that's 'way over your head: I got to talking to the solid-looking citizen on the next seat. He turned out to be Dr. A, F. Murray, the celebrated television engineer, who knew what was going on, He said there’s not so much wrong with television as there is with the people who look at it. No wonder they sneer at the flickers on the television screen and claim they give ‘em headaches. They don’t know how to do their looking.
Stresses Proper Distance DR. MURRAY said that the only proper way
to watch television is to sit down in a soft chair
exactly four times away from the screen as it is tall. That is, if you're watching a standard 10-inch television picture, then your eyes should be 40 inches away from it. And no farther. Certainly not all the way on the other side of the living room. Dr. Murray said he'd noticed that most proud owners of new television sets place same directly under a bridge lamp, or at least close by. Nothing could be worse. He said this is hard on the eyes, makes the pictures look dim, and causes the audience to decide that television isn't perfected. The less light, the better, he said, although he did suggest some kind of soft illumination to keep the people from smashing into the coffee table.
He suggested a small lamp in the back of the room, behind the spectators, Finally, he said, if the picture is inclined to wiggle like a snake, that's not the fault of television, but of the owner. He hasn't got it tuned in properly. This information, insofar as I know, never has been printed before and I hope it proves helpful. As for the argument which the doctor and I couldn't quite ignore, I'll do my best, but I doubt if it'll mean much:
Only 12 Channels Available
THE TROUBLE seems to be that television has only 12 channels on the air. It needs hundreds, apparently, and the only way to get same is to operate in the ultra high frequency bands. If the commission decides this is necessary, future television receivers will have to be redesigned, while the $228 million worth of television sets now in American parlors will need spegial adapters to make ’em work on the new wave lengths. The engineers estimated that these could be manufactured for about $30 each; what they'd cost installed is anybody's guess. Walter Evans, vice-president of the Westinghouse Electric Co., had another idea. He said if the broadcasting stations could operate 25,000 feet in the sky, the waves would spread out and there wouldn't need to be so many transmitters, At the moment he’s experimenting with a B-29, which flies around in circles while it broadcasts pictures to television fans in a 500-mile radius below. The only trouble with this is it flies too fast, but Glenn L. Martin, the big bomber man, is designing him a special ship, “Mr. Martin said it was the first time in his experience that he'd been asked to build an airplane that went nowhere, slowly,” Mr, Evans testified.
College Seeks to Retain hose government has called Ship Crewman Drowns
him back home.
CALLAO, Peru, Sept. 24 (UP)
Berlin blockade and currency regulation, meanwhile, appeared to
over the third martini, very dry. The ghosts of have broken down.
Hungarian Student ROCK ISLAND, Ill, Sept. 24 (UP)—Five hundred students of
migration officials to renew the visa of a Hungarian student
Peter Grunwald of Budapest, a pre-medical student, told the student union yesterday that the mmunist-controlled Hungarian government has called back all students in foreign countries.
—Fortunato “Vincente, 24, a crewman on the Grace Line vessel Santa Rita, either fell or was thrown overboard four hours after the Santa Rita left Callao yesterday, a report from the ship said today. The Santa Rita is
Paris sources, always sensitive to impending shifts]; in Russian policy, indicated broadcasts were beamed more
Foreign observers agreed Soviets’ failure to gain committee,
Soviet attempt to sow obstructions in the path of the steering
Radio Moscow charged composition of committees was unrepre-
remain a member in good standing in UN.
And then there was war, Big Three delegates in’ Paris
Moscow Wednesday. The notes asked Russia for a “yes or no” answer on whether she would lcontinue quadrapartite control of Berlin. Pending that answer, Secretary of State George C. Mar-
against misinterpreting
That, he said, would be a ‘tragic error.” All Kremlin conferences on the
France GEN. Charles De Gaulle, who wants to rule France, was accused, by Minister of the Interior Jules Moch of maintaining a private “army” of 15,000 men, recruited from his party, the Rally of the
French leaders fear, civil war Moscow's blast by broad- might u break out between De Gaulproblems), o sts Communists, there are all of two inches to spare.) Offset alley; Fr owed Bowie, en this is a tricky maneuver where a driver “cles Ole 41.5 to ob gp on
tio French. Wheat, barley and put his 45-foot hunk of equipment through Alle nresentative as -
chairman of|0ats crops were good, as was the grape crop, although the wine is reported of poor quality.
clears issues for As-lan over-all : France's 20 million workers along with a cut in income taxes, Dis gruntled workers had demanded forestalled any possiblela 33 per cent hike.
Week's_question: Was history Duta States were agreed. he going to fépeat? Hitler; Mussolini » ¢ and Hirohito moved out of the front against further Russian en-
League of Nations & decade ago. croachments. The accord involved no commitments for war,
meanwhile prepared to submit the|Vealed, meanwhile, Berlin crisis to UN if the Kremlin|Was prepared to call up 2 million fails to answer identical notes/Mmen at once in the event of an the Western Powers delivered to|émergency.
sector of Berlin seized all WestU8 ern publications at bookshops and : Snews stands, forbidding their future circulation.
opponents of Soviet policy antic
Were such an attempt made.
Elsewhere things looked up for
The government has approved wage increase for
England
FOREIGN Minister Ernest
Bevin told Commons there was
sentative. Point of the broadcast{n0 end to the demands of the
was whether Soviet would long Soviet Union, even as there was none to those of the Nazis,
France, Great Britain and the
show firm and un
British defense officials rethat Britain
Germany GERMAN police in the Soviet
Boviet sources in Berlin said the raids were made at the instigation of German workers who resented sale of publications by “warmongers.” German Socialists and other
ipate a new wave of terror raids.
Italy PARTY purges have been or
Weaklings have to be weeded out, party leaders said. Observers believe the Italian Reds have never recovered from wounds inflicted in the last general election when Premier De Gasperi, moderate,
French People. Gen. De Gaulle's followers have had several street brushes with Communists, . Mr. Moch, calling such “an army of ” inimical to the French republic, ordered it disbanded. He stating that it had
from violence. A highly placed De Gaullist expressed fears of a Communist at|tempt on his leader's life.
cost the government somé $38,000/much cash on hand to spend toalready to protect the Generaligether with a shortage of consumers’ goods was given as onelcasion to deny Soviet radio charges that
was swept into power. But no one believes the Reds are kaput,
Sweden
SWEDEN was revealed this week in the throea of an inflationary wave which threatens the stability of her “middle way.” Too
reason. Another was a dearth of dollars for foreign exchange, And
dered in the Communist party.|
Soviets Hint At Bolt From U After Setback In Paris Ball
Moscow Criticizes Assembly For Squeeze on Slavic Bloc
: Compiled from the Wire Services Radio Moscow's sharp criticisms of the United Nations General Assembly this week were interpreted abroad as a
Assembly at Paris is shown
MR. PRESIDENT-—Outspoken Foreign Minister H. V. Evatt of Australia was chosen president of the United Nations Assembly when it convened at Paris. He was one of the drafters of the United Nations charter at the San Francisco conference.
dollars are short, observers sald,
erack-up in the United States
because Sweden, banking on a after it went off éts wartime econ-
FATEFUL SESSION — The opening session of the United Nations General © being welcomed by President Vincent Auriole (center, © standing) of France. The organizational set-up of the Assembly, the first order of ° business, emphasized the split between the East and West, Foi
GROUNDBREAKERS — Shown aboard a PAA Clipper are the forerunners tives to the United States. Left to right nomic adviser, Dr, Y, H. Chyung, mission leader with the rank of ambassador, ai sion secretary, They will represent until sets up its embassy at Washington, Me
Denies [TU Seeks Closed Shop
Randolph Determined
To Comply With Law The contempt hearing against the AFL International Typographical Union neared the end of its first week today, with ITU President Woodruff Randolph insisting that his union was “determined” to comply with the Taft-Hartley law.
from noon Wednesday to. the close of yesterday's session, also
denied that the ITU was” trying to seek a closed shop in newspaper composing room contracts. NLRB Charges Violation The National Labor Relations lous has asked Federal Judge Luther M. Swygert to cite the
injunction issued by Judge Swygert ordering the union to obey the Taft-Hartley law. The law bans closed shop contracts. NLRB Attorney Winthrop Johns asked Mr. Randolph yesterday *vhy a union foreman would not insure “union security,” without making it necessary for non-union members who seek employment to be examined by the union. “1 just wouldn't trust foremen,” said Mr. Randolph. “They are solely under the thumb of the employer and we don’t want an employer to have complete control of the kind of competence required in our trade.”
Youth Faces Life Term
in Rape Attempt BALTIMORE, Sept. 24 (UP)— A teen-aged youth faced life in prison today for trying to rape a 15-year-old baby sitter he “ordered” from an agency after breaking into a house. Judge Herman M. Moser pronounced sentence late yesterday on Sam Palumbo, 17. The youth, one of 18 children, has a long police record of petty crime. According to the testimony, Palumbo broke into a Baltimore home and then telephoned six baby - sitting agencies for a “young girl.” When Lois Adler showed up, he led her upstairs and grabbed her. But the girl's screams attracted neighbors and Palumbo fled. He was caught a
The union voted unanimously to petition for the visa renewal.
bound from .Callao to New York.
few minutes later,
Mr. Randolph, who testified|cial Interests Trying to Control
ITU for contempt of court. The Improve NLRB said the union violated anf, on 4 p. m., Jan. 19.
Butler Forum Club
Topics Announced
Discussion topics for the 194849 season of Butler University's Forum Club have been announced. In the first forum, held earlier this week, the subject was “Should Congress Broadcast Its Sessions?” The program schedule for the remainder of the season follows: “Psychological Reasons for War,” 7:30 'p. m., Oct. 8; “Shall Consci Objectors Receive Amnesty?” 4 p. m., Oct. 13; “Shall We Have Full and Fdir Employment?” 4 p. m,, Oct. 27; “Are Spe-
the Press and Radio?” 7:30 p. m., Nov. 5. “How Can We Improve National Health Standards?” 4 p. m., Dec. ‘1; "Russian-American Relations,” 7:30 p. m., Dec. 10; “Indiana’'s Orphanage System,” 4 p. m., Dec. 15; “Are Minorities Important in a Democracy?” 7:30 p. m., Jan. 7; and “How Can We Our Educational Sys-
Seeks Long-Distance Law Enforcement
BPOKANE, Wash, (UP)—When a police officer answered a long-distance telephone call from Detroit, Mich. today, a woman's voice demanded that the officer run a certain man “clear out of Detroit.” “But this is e, Wash.” [the officer said. “It's a little bit out of my jurisdiction.”
“But Detroit police won't pay any attention to me. You call them k and they'll pay attention to you.”
John Roosevelt Plans
Department Store
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal. Sept. 24 (UP)--John Roosevelt, 32-year-old son of the late President, announced today he will help found a “junior department store” here. Mr. Roosevelt, a former exec~ utive of Grayson's clothing chain, will operate the Roosevelt-Good
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help. Both sides already have prom{sed their help to the farmers.
Problem of Potatoes
The war-time pattarn of price] supports no longer fits the American market, and troubles are developing. The problem of potatoes, for instance, is well known. 0! The government continues 1olnrooram stimulate the production of PO-|¢qemers tatoes. The guaranteed pricesin: with other keep consumers from getting the ty” prices up surplus crops at bargain prices, and at the same time keep farm-| ers growing too many potatoes.
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COLFAX, Wash., Sept. 24 (UP) A stolen prowl car recovered the by police in a blind alley today bore this note: “Next time will ‘be in the river.”
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