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in for his lesson. He was five of his parents and just beginning
I chortled to an older student, “this
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~ Mark Edwards is running away from his lesson
“Just follow him,” advised the student. “Just follow him.” . By the time Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and I
A minor . , . Six-year-old Mark Edwards tackles Bach for fun. His teacher is Earl Jones.
Lusty U. S. A.
ma -me | y ; -
his monkey business. Mr. Jones
Mark's special pedal extension and flipped Chopin prelude and they were off on bigger and better cresce : Mr. Jones tilked to Mark practice sions. He'd say things such as, "Watch that ¥ flat,” “Softly now,” “Make the chords sing out, there,” “More strength,” and “Careful of the pedal.” All that has to do with piano playing in casé you're wondering, friend. After Bethoven's “No. 45 Tempo di Menuetto,” Friederich Kuhlaw's “No. 6 Sonatina (small sonata)” and a number entitled simply, “No. 41! Gaiety,” Mr, Jones, for his pupil's relaxation. | picked out notes at random and had Mark name them. I'm taking his word for it that Mark has an amazing sense of pitch. Od course, I don't know an F flat from a Q sharp so the demonstra-| tion looked pretty good. For further relaxation Mark played “Boogie Woogie Bugler.” The boy isn’t a Stan Keaton yet but give him time, give him time.
Little Mark Is Sticker Happy “el
which he pastes on top of his work book. The! sticker has an illustration of a grand piano on it. Mark must be sticker happy because I noticed his books were generously splattered with them. Neither Mr. Edwards nor Mrs. Edwards are musicians. Two older daughters, however, play the piano and organ and they were instrumental in discovering that their younger brother had a flair for music. Mark flatly stated he is going to be a teacher, like Mr. Jones when he Ws up. Mr. Jones smiled, happy that Mark didn't say fireman to such a question. . To wind up the session, Mark knocked off “Moonlight Sonata” for us. Gad, I wish I could play the piano. Pla; without having to practice, | if that's possible and that’s where we came in, wasn't it?
By Robert C. Ruark
NEW YORK, Jan. 28-—General Motors’ auto extravaganza, which has been playing to capacity for a week at the Waldorf, seems to cite as solid an argument against imminent socialization of this country as any we've stumbled over lately. The show's been open to an average 60,000 people every day. Men, women and yo stand contentedly in a three-abreast queue which wiggles all around the block, even on the bitter, wet nights. They trample each other in the hotel's showroom for a chance to fondle the new, glittering monsters. Their eyes gleam with a reverent covetousness. It is not the dull stare of the ragged child "with nose pressed against a toy window, or the apathetic disinterest of a European when big politico’s car speeds past. calculating, capitalist ogle, one of those one-day-it'll-be-mine looks. These are the new lush gaswagons, with as many foppish superfluities as a jeweler's showcase. They have fancy-pantsy names like Cadillac's Coupe de Ville, Buick’s Riviera, Pontiac's Catalina, Chevy's Bel Air. Real decadent commodities, and tagged to outlandish prices which
would feed a brace of commissars for a year.
“But you don't see any hopeless envy, no hot realization of impossibility of ownership on the faces of the milling thousands. Every man jack of the mob, rich or ragged, saw himself as the potential owner of a super delux Caddy with a chromium fringe on top. If he had to mark time with a Chevrolet or Pontiac . «+ well, he won't be poor forever, :
Not a Bad Definition
SEEMS to me that is not a bad definition of this odd land of ours. We have no formal aristocracy here, no titles, very little inheritable distinction. A man’s a good as what he's got, and the size and class of his car comes as close to a crest as anything we know,
This penchant for prestige abetted, to a heavy degree, the postwar scramble for transportation. The -individual buyer colluded heartily in the rackets in new-used cars and the undercounter ns with the dealers. Concerning cars, ordinary scruples flew the coop. All the small folk helped the racket. Returning GI's with special priorities bought new cars and sold them next day at fabulous markups. Preachers hustled the rich field, and in Chicago, at least one good skypilot owned a thriving used-car lot on the side. Doctors, granted special consideration, ordered a dozen new crates and sold all but one.
Overweening Pride of Ownership THIS is the only place I know where Joe "Average Is sufficiently equipped with earning power to eagerly sabotage his own .bankroll in ' an effort to outshine the man agross the street. Hard-dealing businessmen cheerfully paid 50 per cent premiums for speedy delivery. “Well, I got my new Exmobile today,” swiftly replaced the old barroom brag of “Well, I broke 90 today,” or “I said to the boss, I said, listen This individual appreciation for the automobile does not distress its manufacturers. To feed that overweening pride of ownership, the makers are merrily committed again to change the format once a year, in order to make last season's model a badge of seediness. The end of the great boom {is here. Another year is supposed to see rough competition for sales, with salubrious throat-cutting among the dealers. Which is fine. But I say it's still a lusty land, when a shabby teen-ager is made welcome in the Waldorf, to rub his grubby paws over the shining body of a vast machine he knows, for sure, that someday he will own.
Wrong As a Rule By Frederick C. Othman
WASHINGTON, Jan, 28-1 can’t say that the U. 8. Senate’s embarrassed, exactly. Or even that its rules are too complicated for any mortal man, senators, included, to understand. But it turns out the boys have been operating for 31 years law that never existed to abolish fili-
under a busters.
The situation’s as weird as it is interesting. Nobody much likes to talk about sénators laboring for three decades without realizing their rule No. 22 meant nothing, but I did find a gray-haired citizen in one of the Capitol's back rooms who Just keep his name
was to explain all out of it, said he,
Marathon Wearies Them
WELL, SIR, it turns out that in 1917 the lawgivers decided they were weary of marathon even months, for the sole purpose of keeping the Senate from voting on measures that they opposed.. Care-
spellbinders, who talked for weéks and
fully the Senate drew up rule 22.
It provided that when any 16 senators decided one of their fellows was talking to long on a bill for the nation's good, they could sign a petition demanding cloture, meaning end of the debate. The rule went on to say that if two-thirds of the senators agreed, the argument was over and the
gentlemen could vote on the bill.
The Senate was proud of its new rule against too much hot air, It seldom tried to put the rule into practice, of course, on the theory that one senator has got to be polite to another, even a ' long-winded one. But there the rule was, for
emergencies. It was a comforting thought.
About three years ago, Sen. Kenneth McKellar, of Tennessee, the presiding officer, decided that maybe there wis something odd about this rule. It could shut off debate oii a bill, all right, but long-distance yammering on a motion ‘0 bring up the bill? Nobody pressed this and
H. Vandenberg,
could it stop
the problem soon was forgotten. Then, last year, Sen. Arthur
The Quiz Master
struction covered 150000 square miles. Great Di Stephen A. Douglas attend the inaugurachanges in topography were produced. tion of Abrabam Lincoln? . | - * oo 0 vi An oM of Abraham Lincoln taking the Sa vag stl a7} spas gees oath of at his first inauguration in 1861, Active past commanders, their A NEL LL and that makes it very dangerous. It is = clearly shows the figure of A. Douglas in| wives, past presidents and Yhaie} For your information, Miss Dimwit, Diane was the Tormed as a result of Incomplete the background holding the t's hat. ‘husbands were guests. i hunting ~— not of childish pranks!”
of Michigan, in the chair, ruled formally that|
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roadside to warn today’s drivers, be
highway of I Fo te, Post the serpentine Ohio River. Fate didn't decree that “murder on the highway" should be so mathematically spaced. The grim hand of death swept motorists in groups. One crash alone snuffed out four lives in & two-car accident on June 25. Five more lost their lives in two accidents within 24 hours. Less than f miles separated the Dt the two
tragedies. The price of life paid on the
didn’t return to their homes and loved ones. The men of the Charlestown Post are faced with a tremen-
border there are 140 long miles. North and south the post is only
; j . Cpl. Delbert Higginbotham (left) and Ist WHEN a plece of music is played exceptionally, Walls check the dangerous traffic section on State Rd. 62 betwee well, Mark receives a small sticker from Mr, Jones, and New Albany in the Charlestown Post area of the Indiana State Police.
CHARLESTOWN POST, Indiana State Police, Jan, 28--If the 1948 traffic dead on US 31 in this district could stand along the
raiséd in warning every mile and a half. e average last yeaf along this most hazardous
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a skeleton hand of death would
which stretches 140 miles along
an average of three or four men are available. Many of these roads feel the tires of a state police car only once a week, if then, unless an emergency arises. It is a physical impossibility for the limited number of troopers to maintain an efficient patrol which would tend to curb accidents, A night patrol is mere wishful thinking in this area where one is vital.
» » . HERE there is more to think of than Hoosiers alone. Any post
added responsibility of interstate traffic flow, legal or otherwise, It is estimated that at least three stolen cars enter Indiana from Kentucky every day. Within five minutes
after a
county wide—about 25 miles. » - » EAST-WEST travel is confined virtually to one main road which is composed at various intervals of state rds. 56, 156, 61 and 111. The great complication in patrol arises from the fact that 13 vital highways plunge into this district from the north or angle in from the west over the 140-mile sweep along the Ohio. . Each of these important highways reaching for the river is no more than 25 miles long, some less than 15. On the surface, adequate patrol appears a simple matter. It is not the truth. Some. of these roads are 30 to 40 miles apart. During single patrol shifts
Sgt. Marvin E. n Jeffersonville
bordering another state has the|the
idl]
A cross of death could mark mile and a half of US 81
It hasn't happened. It could. The men are praying that the day never comer for such a race with
death, While the picture is black, it could be worse. Most of the trooper strength is concentrated in Floyd and Clark counties. Here 75 per cent of the accidents take place. r r ”
US 31 drops in toward Jeffersonville and New Albany. Heavily traveled, it carries through traffic and commuters who work in the two cities and Louisville. Four
The three miles separating Jeffersonville and New Albany constitute a major problem. The difficulty is one of congested traffic
crime has been committed inion a two-lane highway. On the
Louisville, the criminal can be in| Post's spot map of accidents the
hour he can be out of the Charlestown district. Then he can angle north, east or west and make apprehension more difficult. With all this, there have been times when one man was responsible for the six counties of the post—Ohio, Switzerland, Jefferson, Clark, Floyd and Harrison. Under these circumstances it is possible that the trooper, held close to ‘he post, might have’ to rush 88 miles to the scene of a “highway” murder.” It also is possible, that while there; another might occur in the other end of the district. i If-he had to make the run it would be three hours before he
pins ma-king crashes here are so thick they spread two inches from ‘the road. West of New Albany 62 and US 460 wind into the hills in hairpin curves as does US 150. Here death puts an impatient hand on the steering wheel and the accelerator. For some 20 miles the roads twist and turn and trucks inch up the steep grades. About half the distance Is marked for no passing. Drivers pass—pass into the next world. Theirs are the names which go into police files under the heading “DEAD”, Theirs are the obituaries you read in the newspapers
could be at the point where his
11 Face Charges With Girl, 15
JAD Escapee
the gentlemen could go through the mumbo-jumbo of the petition and the two-thirds vote to stop filibusters on a bill—if they ever got the chance. He didn’t think they ever would, He held that rule 22 did not apply to motions
to consider bills. Just to the bills, themselves.|2g0, today told police of her life! The filibusterers merely had to start their speech- as a prostitute, while 11 men In-/ nation.
making a little ahead of time and nothing on earth, except their own throats giving out, could stop them.
Scheming Brings Troubles
thought it would back in 1017. It's troubles, too, ud
when a subject like poll taxes comes up, to change it.
so high and mighty. He remembered, he said
Back in Custody
| A 15-year-old girl, back in the {hands of juvenile authorities from
|whom she escaped four months event, one of the
volved, in her activities {charges of vagrancy.
The girl, picked up in a taxi cab
{recently, said five bell hops in
drivers pandered for her,
{the men.
irooms in them.
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how one Senator from .the cow country engaged from 21 to 55, police said.
in a small filibister against eliminating the oleo-|
margarine tax. Ferguson, of Michigan, “Just fine the word, filibuster.” Sen. Sparkman sald he .wished he could, bu
he feared it was impossible. As for rule 22 being a dead duck, he and h
pronto,
and the result is carbon monoxide, v 4
1s|0lis Center,
fellow Southerners had ho comment, except to say they would tolerate no tinkering with it. This would seem to indicate shortly one of thel biggest, finest; lengthiest filibusters yet. I can| lasses will be held from 8 4. m only suggest ‘that the manufacturers of licorice. flavored throat lozenges rush extra supplies a ™ freshmen will theet for
29? Test Your Skill. ???
When carbon burns, one atom normally unites with two atoms of oxygen to form earbon dioxide, which is not poisonous. If there is Insufficient oxygen only one atom unites with a carbon atom
| ° “You say a small filibuster?” sited Sen, Homer S197-UP wo Continue wha! A sm filibuster? Or perhaps the gentieniiphehould all At Purdue Extension
Second semester pre-registra-t| tion, which began the Purdue University Indianapwill continue through it was announced
next week,
{orientation tests Monday, Feb, 7 from 8 a. mM. to 4 p. m.
VFW Auxiliary Sets Card Party
The Finance committee of velle Gossett Auxiliary 908,
face|ficers and board
AND THAT'S WHY, as reported here yester-| downtown hotels and three cab
day, the rules committee is trying to figure out a scheme to make-rule 22 do the job the Senate having i)
These eight men and the pro-| suspect prietor of a jewelry store, a cab enth district (Indiana and Ohio) hotel here late yesterday. firm official said by the girl to be her uncle, and another man were Many of the Southerners, who always are pre-| by Irven Schwomeyer, pared to speak for the rest of their natural lves| [UNded up by ry ye like| yy rule 22 the way it is; unworkable. Some of them| pe girl, police sald, asserted have threatened a filibuster against any attempt i. had illicit relations with an! ; She was identified at And there was Sen. John J. Bparkman, of various hotels as having occupied! Alabama, who said the Northerners needn't be)
JAD investigator, and police ofcers
Ages of the men involved range}
this week at
today. Registration for day or evening
to 10 p. m. Feb, 10, 11 and 12,| Classes will begin Feb, 14. En-|
Tar to Post
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ngerous sections of the three-mile Albany. The chief difficulty
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The of skulls of
Hoosierland as the Charlestown Post Death
lurks on every road.
At least 300 members of the Indiana State Dental Association, headed by Dr. Herbert W. Mason, president, will attend the 84th midwinter meeting of the Chicago {Dental Society, Feb, 7-10 in the {Stevens Hotel. oli | Numerous af(filiated groups {will meet in von- | {nection with this
{largest dental meetings in the The of- §
{of trustees of | American DenAssociation
tal will be In session,
Dr. Mason, regent for the sev-
Dr. Mason
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State Dentists To Attend Parley
of the International College of Dentists, will attend a regents’ meeting on Sunday, Feb, 6, and a dinner ’ t. On the lecture and clinic program during the session will be Dr, Frank C. H and Dr,
i [John W. Geller, Indianapolis. Dr. | i {Geller will speak on “Full Den-
ture Prosthesis” snd Dr. Hughes’ subject will be “Complete Professional Prosthetic’ Dental Service.”
with intent to rape is being held here pending word from FL Wayne, Indianapolis police sald. The was arrested at an
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
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J. R. Pfennig, 3507 Birchwood
of ChicagoSouthern Air Lines the last three years. He has been associated with the air lines the last five years, formerly with TWA. Mr. Pfennig resigned last Mr. Pfennig week and ac cepted the secretarial position with NAM, after he received the offer. The NAM has its regional offices in Chicago.
# ” ” Mrs. Patricia C. Christiansen,
|reporter for the Salt Lake City | Tribune and wife of the picture {editor of the magazine Science IIustrated, was named today as {the winner of the annual $200 |scholarship awarded by the {Woman's Press Club of New
123, of New York City, former
York. Mrs. Christiansen, 1948 gradu~
Three Under Bond As Objectors
Three Richmond men charged with failure to register under the Selective Service Act were free under $2000 bond each today. All waived preliminary hearing yesterday before U, 8B. Commissioner Asa J. 8mith.
Gerald D. Haynes, 26; Armin
Mostly About People
Ave., has been appointed Lisld ase (14
-Keyler, and Ralph Kinger, treasurer, en ” * . Irving Scheer, 35, of New York City, a mailman who offered to give four pints of blood to any landlord who would rent him an apartment, said today he had no
“I can’t get an apartment for blood or money,” he commented,
. . w Five directors were elected for three-year terms at the annual Board eof Trade stockholders meeting yesterday. New directors are A. O. Deluse,