Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1949 — Page 21
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Mr. Denny
They try. Perhaps there are plans for wider publicity. -Whenever- ‘possible American supplies are marked plainly with the stamp of the Economic Co-operation Administration and the U. 8. A.
ficals meet a ship and hold appropriate cere. monies, which are usually distorted by the Red press and not too well reported by others.
Get Into Regular Channels
MOST OF these American supplies are anony~ mous to the French consumer because they flow into and are lost in the regular caw. * els’ of trade here. The peasant’s wife — and o!ien even the worker in the textile factory-—does not know that the cotton in her dress is an American gift. The fact is that—as the Marshall Plan works-— - there is no gift to an individual but only to the nation, the government. It is not free to manufacturer, jobber, retailer or consumer—they pay in francs for what they get. The francs thus received by the government go into a so-called counterpart fund for economic and financial rehabilitation projects approved by ECA. By this method the American dollar does double duty. First it proyides the essential supplies which dollar-short France could not obtain otherwise, Then—having created French” goods, and
8 fo 44 to 241/2 ) to 50
“the dolldrs now converted into francs finance the national reconstruction program. Obviously some such system is necessary if Marshall aid is to help France help herself instead ‘of leaning on American subsidies. Also this system is necessary to minimize the favoritism, waste and graft which usually go with foreign handouts. But these great virtues of the Marshall Plan make it difficult to dramatize to the individual. Altogether, there is little popular response characteristic of the French when they are touched by sentiment.
ailored!
yles!
jobs and wages for consumption of those goods— |
with somber dreams of greater national glory, of think of France as
able king This
ald to date is
self-esteem so her own feet and of surviving the Red threat vastly better than a year ago. If her ego piv b growing pains, which sometimes make her forget the helping hand, at least there is growth.
y not be as unfortunate as it seems to unappreciated giver of gifts. Not if the donor more interested in results than in gratitude. Although French pride poverty and humiliation may take occasional pathological forms, without that pride democratic France cannot survive. To restore shattered selfconfidence is more difficult than to rebuild wardevastated areas. Yet without it, American dollars can pauperize but never revive a healthy France. In that sense, the finest result of American
Europe. They cannot stand to want help resent the need for it.
in this period of
that France is able to regain her soon. Her chances of standing
Baseball Form
By Robert C. Ruark
NEW YORK, Apr. 28—<Today’s baseball fan not only must be expert in surgery, psychology, osteopathy, labor legislation and corporation law to keep up with his favorite club, but now it seems he must learn to translate from a betting sheet, too. ; Just out is a rather flat and embarrassing admission that the grand old Américan pastime has finally achieved equal recognition with the horses as a big-time gambling medium. This has been true for years, but is never admitted by the mealymouthed directors of the business. Last year in this vicinity the bookmakers handled more dough on baseball than they did on the horses. And now every man, for the price of two bits, can get the latest dope and the most up-to-the-minute form on his favorites. Baseball finally has its own dope sheet, a brand-new publication called the he Dally Baseball Form. It is produced for the urpose as the horse journals—to allow the Hen’? bettor to pick his nag—excuse me, I mean team—with a finer adherence to past performance against certain adversaries. It offers all vital statistics necessary to the placing of a short two bob on the nose of an esteemed pitcher.
Remark: Startlingly Frank
THE FORMSHEET gives you the technical lowdown on each of the day's starting selections) earned run average, whether he can go in the mud ~-pardon again, whether he pitches well at night ~-whether he lost his last shot out of personal incompetence or was beaten by poor support. The succinct remarks are rather "startlingly frank. They run like this: “Good—first start of year.” Poor—bunched hits, RFPH (removed for pinch hitter).” “Hit hard-—KO’d in 8th.” “Poor— No Control,” and so on. 3 Listed is complete past performance for indivi@ual teams, and records of current wins and losses. It even carries a daily box naming “cousins” or soft touches, or best bets, for certain pitchers. 1 "was unable to find any mention of early odds, or the morning line, on any individual or team, but assume they can be readily furnished by your favorite bookie.
hsia and ith extra
$7.98 —
. There is actually nothing more sinister in a dally breakdown of baseball performance than might be found in the game's own records—except for the slight matter that the Daily Baseball Form’s figures are compiled purely for gambling.
And gambling
not mention in the same breath with baseball— not since the Black Sox s¢andals. ? But the candid admission that the lily-white game is now big grist for the gambling mills is to cause in the citadels of the sport. For this is the na-
tional religion
park, in holy dread of evil association with nasty |aP
old gambling.
I find it hard to wail in horror that the game is sullied by the sordid paws of the bookmakers. It is almost comforting to see at least a portion of ‘baseball's lofty hypocrisy discarded. Baseball has always been a harsh business, no more noble in concept than a horse race or a crap game, while being touted as fully vital to the commonweal as Sunday Schopl.
On a Scientific Basis INDEED, it is quite a noble thing the Marbrooke Publishing Co. has done, in providing the chronic bettor sufficient statistics to enable him to accurately estimate his chances, thereby protecting his bankroll. It brings science to the wiger,
-and everybody knows a scientific gambler is happier than an hunch-player.
Of ‘course, there is always the chance that when
the gamblers
game, some underfed peon will succumb to temptation and take crooked steps to protect a gambler's point-spread. This will be lamentable but will not necessarily destroy the sport. Now the formsheet's here, I am daily expecting legislation to install the parimutuel ma-
chines in the
everything else in the way of racetrack equip-
ment, anyhow.
make off with all the profit, when the states can just as easily grab a legal slice,
has always been the word you did
and grinding of teeth which forbids its players the horse
SECOND SECTION
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949
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T Pn Streets, Narrow Bridges
Slow Express
Experis Believe That if Indianapolis
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Would Speed Up Traffic, Sybtem Would Work
(Last of
a Series)
.- By ROBERT BLOEM °
the ability of a transportation tion system to operate profitably and on the rates it must chargé to make a profit.
A survey of the local transit
t/1944 brought to the surface cer-
tain transit problems on which railways would need help. Among these were concentration of population and traffic flow. The survey pointed out that at that time only 2.7 per cent of the city’s population within the city limits was farther than a quarter of a mile from a transit stop. Substantial segments of thé population were
‘lserved by two and even three he )ines within that short walking distance.
the British. So they dwell on their own considerand close their minds to foreign
43 Miles of Lines
On the other hand, there were
43 miles of transit lines which served only widely scattered resfdents, The survey pointed to zoning and planned expansion as ways to even up the transit sys tem’s load and prevent some lines from carrying the financial burden while others inevitably were money losers. The survey also indicated that
in some Instances where two or three lines were available within a quarter of a mile walk, the rider was not as well served as he would be if all three lines ran on the same street, branching out at some distance from the Circle, Reason for this is simply that the rider, heading downtown for example, had to make a choice of lines at any one of which he might wait some time for & vehicle, .Were the two lines or three lines all operating on one main street, service would be three times as frequent as the average {of the three separated lines.
| Traffic Is Slow
Avoiding several parallel lines as much as possible was only one recommendation of the surveyor.
It was one, howgver, which served to point e role the city could play helping im-
prove transit service and at the same time make the service possible at a relatively lower rate. Even with only one line to a
Railway S
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Narrow streets, oo few bridges and some of those in bad repair, reduce traffic flow to a point which makes effective “express” service by Indianapolis Railways a “physical impossibility.”
street, traffic flow on the best city street is slow. Concentra-| tion of several lines on the same main artery would only serve to slow it still further. By taking steps to speed traffic flow—more bridges and wider streets—Indianapolis could contribute much to increasing the efficiency of operation of Indianapolis Railways, experts say.
Less Frequent Service By contrast, longer and longer coaches are forced to twist and turn through narrow, crooked streets in an effort to spread
hat)
service over the population. Tha service is ‘less frequen
the same time costs Indianapolis Railways more to provide. An executive of Indianapolis Railways, on “express” service, remarked provided express service.” What it- was, he said, was = service! which went a certain distance non-stop before: atarting to drop passengers, “But busses can move no faster ca than the flow of traffic.” he said.
Plan to Bring 35,000 DP's to U. .
Lutherans Drive
To Aid Europeans". By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor ‘Hoosier Lutherans will set an example for other Protestants in resettling families from displaced persons camps in Europe. Yesterday,” Miss Cordelia Cox of New York, director of the Lutheran Resettlement Service of white/the National Lutheran Council, spoke to local Lutherans in the First United Lutheran Church. She outlined the responsibility of the denomination for bringing an of 35,000 per-
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move deeper and deeper into the
ball stadiums, which have nearly No sense in letting the handbooks
This’ll Keel You
By Frederick C. Othman,
WASHINGTON, Apr. 28—-Along with surplus islands, pajama tops for ladies, Civil War ramrods, and empty auto factories, our government now seems to have on its hands one of the most useless items ever built by the hand of man, namely: One keel for the biggest aircraft carrier ever built. Only it isn’t going to be, President Truman stopped the whole scheme, but not until the Navy had spent around $9 million for plans and actually laying that keel at Newport News, Va. a couple of weeks ago. What the Navy can do with that keel, which never will be pdtt of a boat, nobody knows. The whole deal’s at sixes and sevens. The Navy's not talking, because thatis against the rules; Secretary John L. Sullivan has resigned because of what happened to the battlewagon that was built only in the dreams of the admirals, and Congress is worrying about a little item of $43 million. What's going to happen to that?
$43 Million Is Chicken Feed
THE $9 million for the keel and the blueprints fs gone. But the House of Representatives appropriated $43 million more to keep the work going. The Navy bill's now before the Senate Appropriations Committee, which we can hope will hang onto’ the money. Forty-three million is chickenfeed in governmental parlance, even for a warship that never will be built, but it won't hurt those lawgivers to watch the small change. That isn’t all. They've got to stir their stumps on what to do about the War Assets Administration or its successors (which undoubtedly will get that ‘unnecessary keel eventually), or the government will have about $1.5 billion worth-of stuff belonging to nobody in particular. The pajama: tops for WACs, the ramrods left ‘over from the Civil War, a few islands on the Atlantic Coast, and a number of giant factories such as the one in Chicago “where Tucker
The Quiz Master
proximate quota sons to the United States by 1950 when the present law expires. The law permits 205,000 to be received in the country by 1950. It is estimated that Indiana Lutherans will bring about 2500 of these across the Atlantic to this state. Job
Doing Splendid The religious press emphasises
the point that Lutherans, Roman Catholics and Jews are doing splendid part by the DP's, but other Protestant denominations are falling far short of their responsibility in the matter.
Dr. Frederick M. Hanes, presi-| |
dent of the Indiana United Lutheran Synod, announced yesterday that about 50 guarantees have been signed for families or parts of DP families. These, will represent about 200 persons, he said, the first step in accomplishing thei. goal of an approximate 2500 for Indiana set bythe synod. An executive committee to aid and coinse! the 22-member Indiana Lutheran Resettlément Committee includes: Dr. Hanes, chairman; the Rev. Paul E. Huffman, pastor of the First United Lutheran Church; the Rev. Anders Steesen, pastor of the First Trinity Danish Lutheran Chufch; the Rev. Carl Amelung, St. Matthews
‘| Evangelical Lutheran Church, and
the Rev. Wilson Fagerberg, Attica. Both committees were organized | yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Huffman, who has
thought he’d build new-style automobiles, now. rel, 1 a Latvian family living in his
in charge of WAA. It goes out of existence
little more than two months. Unless Congress can decide before then who's! ww be the official federal second-hand man, the thinks they thus will be much surplus situation is going to be in a superb mess. |happler citizens than if they are
The President wants all the government's buying! yegettied as and selling turned over to the Federal
Works,
|Home for months, stressed the mportance of helping the DP’s import integrated Americans. He
sizable national groups’ resembling transplanted]
Agency. The commission headed by ex- President European communities. Herbert Hoover suggests that the thing to do is! abolish the Federal Works Agency. This gives the Congressmen something to wor-|
ry about, and
while they worry, the merchandise,
Cubans Block Attempt ‘To Get Chibas Pardon
like that keel of the USS United States, piles up| HAVANA, April 28 (UP) —
at a staggering rate. So does the real estate. Some| Government supporters blocked |
of those islands off the New England coast turnin Parliament-teday an attempt
out fo be not much
to anybody except gulls,ito obtain a presidential pardon because the only water they've got is salt, but theror presidential candidate Eduar- |
WAA hopefully ferries prospects out to inspect 'd0 ‘Chibas who has been- sen- |
them.
Tucker Plont Backfires
NOW IT looks as if the government will have the Tucker factory, biggest of its type in the world, back on its hands. Tucker leased the place, spent $25 million getting started, but—like the Navy-—never got beyond the-keel-laying stage of his revolutionary motorcar. the receivers see no chance of making automo-| biles, and the WAA (if it’s still in business by then) must start looking soon for a new tenant. One other thing: . sal. subject ; In a recent piece on this same gene " 1 used as a kind of figure of speech the idea of World's Speed Record | one branch of the government buying new type- pr. 28 a writers for $100 each—and another -selling them slightly used for $8.95.
I probably
10-ton ‘tanks, instead of typewriters. I mean I wish literal readers kindly would quit sending me their; checks for $8.95 to buy typewriters. I'm running out of stamps, returning them.
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292 Test Your Skill 27?
Now he’s bankrupt,
should have said neat’s-foot oll, or
What i the meaning of & blue flag or Blu light used by American railroads? 3 It is a traffic signal placed on each end of cars and locomotives undergoing repairs on a siding
be moved fe
or work track. It meats Shut the. ears wre wb tu:
Where are the and Uffizi Galleries? They are in Florence, Italy. The Pitt Palaces NATIONAL PARKS houses one of the finest collections of paintings| - In the United States there arel} in the world. It was designed by Brunelleschi for|now 28 national parks totaling Loca Put. Fie Ufa Art Gallery. was founded well over 11 million acres; they| Medici in he 1501 COMMIT) X14 2ise tiauies ute. yroscreed for
{tenced to six months in prison | [por & So empt. —~ ormer Senator and leader | ot The Cuban People’s Party was | sent to prison by the Havana Pro- | vincial Court yesterday because | he accused three Cuban Supreme | ¢| Court Justices of having been
ties company attempting to raise its rates,
Heliconter Beats
The world speed record for heli-/ copters was beaten here yester-|
today are favorable a new official gecord may have been set. Harold Thompson, Stafford, Conn., pilot of the Sikorsky 8-52-!
11 Helicopter, registered 129: 036
miles per hour on his four rec-| orded passes on the three kilo-| meter course at Cleveland airport. | He bettered the British record of 124.3 miles per hour set in Englang last year,
recreational areas.
on
“influenced” in favor of a utili-|
day and if the final checks made,
ina Pe ner, ‘304 ano a4
Only 3 More In Mother's D
By ART Mother's Day Verse Contest.
to: Mother's Day Verse Contest, lad St. You may win a share of the $300 in prizes, which will be divided as follows: Adults — 1st, $100; 2d, $50; 3d, $25; next five, $5 each; junior division, 16 years old and under—1st, $50; 2d, $25; 3d, $15; next five, $2 each. es To Publish Photos Write your verse in honor of your own mother-—whether living or not—a foster mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, or anyone who has been like a mother to you. Photos of the outstanding winners and the mothers they honor will be published in The Times on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8. All winners will be announced that
day. Write in the upper left hand corner. of -your entry your name and address and the name of the mother you honor, If you are 16 years old or under, include your age and the name of the school you attend. Urge 18-Line Limit Keep your verse within 16 lines. Eight lines is ideal. Everyone is eligible except employees of The Times and the American Greeting Publishers, Inc.—-co-sponsors - of the contest--and members of ilar families. All entries become the property of the sponsors and the decision of the judges is final.
National War Mothers Head Visits Local Unit
The . national president American War Mothers, Mrs, Mabel Staples of Minneapolis, Minn., today is visiting the Indianapolis chapter of the organ: ization,
of
yesterday and visited the Mothers Day gift shop at Billings Veterans Hospital. The gift shop is a new project of the American War Mothers this year. All chapters in the state have donated gifts to the Cold Spring Road, Billings ‘and Marion Veterans Hospitals. Members hope to make the gift shop idea a national project,
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The deadline is midnight Sunday. The Times or have them postmarked by that time,
She attended a group meeting |
Days Remain ay Contest
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ABC Refuses To Renew Permit
Investigation Results in Denial
The Alcoholic Beverages Commission yesterday notified the LaSalle Liquor Corporation, South Bend wholesale liquor firm, that its permit will not be renewed after expiration May 10. Denial of the application for renewal followed Investigation of reports that a new director and part owner of the company, Abe Kaplan, was au. associate of a|den former member of Chicago's old Capone gang. It also had been reported that Mr. Kaplan had been convicted of. Indiana liquor law violation. Under state law, permits cannot be issued to persons who have been convicted under the liquor saws or who have criminal records. Bernard Doyle, chairman of the ABC, sald withdrawal of the permit was “voluntary” and not the result of any official indication by the commission of what its action on the renewal application would be. The investigation had net been completed, he sald, and 50 no decision had been reached,
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Margaret Goes Sour On Diplomatic Red Tape
NAPLES, Apr. 28 (UP)--Prin-cess Margaret of Great Britain left for the Isle of Capri today {after refusing to visit the National. Museum of Naples because preparations for her tour called for “too much red tape.” The Princess was annoyed at the diplomatic formalities, police escorts and dther protocol! arranged for the museum visit. She arrived in Italy yesterday for a holiday tour. : Instead, she made a two-hour
‘Social Agencies
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implies and thing that gets you where you're slower than it would be under/going faster than otherwise better traffic .conditions and atiin that sense express Sich is our runs in commenting recently ommended in the
that the local utility “had never{Circle to 16th St. or
“Express = service some~-
and physical impossibility on most of .
» methods ree 1944 survey, street from the 30th St. ‘would enable a practical pie service on two or even three lines serving the northern ‘section of the city. Such a t, experts agree, iz a matter that can be handled only by the elty, itself,
According to the single clear lane’
Students to Visit
Represent 11 Indiana Colleges, Universities
Seniors from 11 Indiana col leges and universities, interested in social work as a career, were to visit several Indianapolis social agencies today. The 150 final year students are guests for a day of the Alumni Association of Indiana University, division of social service, the Social Rervice Student's’ Association and the division faculty, They were to visit Riley Hospital, Flanner House, Christamore House, J iruhibam Center and the Roberts
Miss Anne Withers, president of the Alumni Association. assisted by Miss Margaret Delaplane and Miss Daisy Wyclskalla, “planned the field trips. The students will be given A reception at 5 p. m. today in Central YWCA, followed by a dinner. The Reception is sponsored by the Stut Association.
James RID, Mekident of the Social Service Students Associa-|
the speakers.
Hutter Services Observed | Today
BLOOMING IN GTON, Apr. Apr. 28—Mrs,
Clara Hutter, one of the few persons to survive the ill-famed Nazi horror camp, Terezin, in Bohe-
in Valhalla Memorial Park, Mrs. Hutter, who was 72, died Monday in a pursing home from a heart afllment which relatives
the camp. A native of Czechoslovakia, Mrs. Hutter came’ here from Europe three years ago. She was the mother of Mrs, Gertrude Nett], whose nusband, Paul Nettl, i= professor of music history at Indiana University.
Mrs. P. M. Dunaway Services for Mrs. Laura May Dunaway, 3869 Kercheval Drive, who died yesterday in Methodist Hospital, will be held at 10 a. m.
present the guests and introduce|
mia, was buried here yesterday ®™
Tells of Work on
‘Economy Houses’
Beven hundred ‘‘economy house” are under construction in
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said developed 1 while she was in tion.
Arthur Alldag, Stand 159 of City Market, today reported the theft of money boxes
Mr. Alldag sald somes one broke in the stand between 6 p. m. yesterday and 6 a. m. todxy, smashed the lock on the ice box and took the money boxes and cash, discarding checks which were in the boxes, —— -
Aly Wants Wedding
tomorrow . in Conkle Funeral
{swing around the city and then left for Capri aboard a private launch,
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Home. Burial will be in Washington Park. She was 83. i Mrs. Dunaway had lived in In-! dianapolis 47 years, She was al native of Carrollton and a mem-| ber of the Memorial Baptist Church. - Survivors Include her husband, P, M. Dunaway; a son, Raymond| Dunaway, Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Arthur Carraco, Carrollton; three grandchildren and ‘three great-grandchildren.
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4minous banner and a record bock
‘Bunion Put a Put a Blink
THE DALLES, Ore, Apr, 28 {today to the transcontinental hike|
{ Pappas, of Seattle, Wash. | Mr. Pappas gave up his trek and boarded a bus last night for New York. He tramped out of] Seattle Apr. 20 carrying a lu
for * witnesses to sign along the way.
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But. bunions got the better of! ~
him, and he will ride the rest of.
the WARY.
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Peron Blames Duress |
|For Newsprint Shortage!
BUENOS AIRES, Apr. 28 (UP)! ~President Juan D. Peron of Ar-! gentina charged last night that “International coercion” made it difficult for Argentine tq’ buy,
newsprint, “He told members of the pro- | Peronista Argentine. Union. of |
Newspapermen: 23 4 not & Question of buyleg paper. The question is
w be sold to us. ee tee "Tell your papers we had th’ Slugger psychoanalyzed and found kang.
verse factors in newsprint marJheluding Wtervations!
Held in Riviera Villa
CANNES, Apr. 28 (UP)-—Prince Aly Khan applied today for special permission to hold his civil marriage to Rita Hayworth at inka Riviera villa rather than in e town L
ae request of the Indian playboy was filed with Mayor Paul
|Derigon of the neighboring vilprince
lage of Vallaures, The {mentioned no date for the wed{ding, but it was Sxpecied within {two or three weeks. Under French nw, all civ
imarriages must be held inthe
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local town hall. Mayor Derigon . !sald the request was based on the
{ (UP)—Sore feet brought an end Prince's desire for a wedding as
quiet and unpublicized as possible,
| undertaken by 70-year-old Nick He sdid no decision had been
made on the request.
SNOWFALL SETS RECORD ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Apr. 28 28 (UP)~-Snowfall here during the - winter set a new record of 104.3 inches, the weather “bureau re- - Iported today. her
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