Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1949 — Page 2

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Strength for

Tougher Than Boys in

But She’s Confident

_ Plans Bursts s of Speed to Lick Jide W Waters =

Crossing, |

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Second of Four Ariicios Renn 0. |

: By SHIRLEY. M

bby swimming from

most Channel - swimmers. Usually they Sart a lot more

Written for The Times’ DOVER, England, Aug. 2 ~ Some veteran Channel : : have beeti looking me over and I under- & that they don't think too much of my chances. Are Wrong and F think T'll be able to prove it sometime struggling along-6n their $12.500- © ©

n for their pessimism is that I.don’t look like | ree . # wl.

pa ~ »

AY FRANCE WASHINGTON; $35,000-a-year Sen, | (R, NoH.) gets paid’ “neutral” trustee of the Unit Mine Workers welfare and retir ment fund has other Senato!

a year pay. with |astonishment, The Senator's sparetime salary! | came to light yesterday when Mise Josephine Roche, director of

Cape Gris Nez to Dover. ‘Boggle-eyed”

fund, was tellin Senate

beef than T do. I weigh 158

but I'm nearly 5 eet 10 inches tall 80-1 don't look ag chunky as the swimmers . . they'se used to Beeing. | "I naticed one famous \poach ow {ng me yesterday and latér hve told a friend of mine that 1 didn’t look | strong enough for the, i f ‘Well, what he didn’t Know. my coach, Harry Boudakian, has had me toughening up on a’ ‘calis-| - thenics routine for years. . | . - Tougher Than Boys \ I'can do more leg raises and ‘situps than any boy in Somerset!

¥ “lack” of Strength. Another Channel —expertapparently had the same asked a member of our. party h wi

_swim. His | His column is on Page nm.

he thought I'd stand up to the] tides and cross-currents whic

_I believe I've got the answer to! _ that, too. As far gs I've been able, to find out, every Channel swimmer up to now has a slow, Plod-.

[ tides and currents every Tew “s_ * hours. I've got speed and I plan, to use it in spurts if necesdary to! ~~ help get me into a favorable posiSU tion Fo Il-bensfit from some was

Weapo

Sgn mpm ~this means x ~-. every eddy, current and tide. M father and coach are consultin

French side to Dover. This will Meanwhile I'm getting used to the Channel. I had a lovely two

day morning and afternoon and, .my co-ordination is coming back > vin after the shipboard layoft.| The Channel is as cold as a mountain lake, but Tf found that it - ‘Was a nice kind of cold and after

comfortable.

~~ swims ever since 1 was 6. 1 am 4 in fine physical condition and 1 § feel as much at home in the water as 1 do on the land. They teH mje that no 16-year-old has ever uate the Channel ade it,

re Justithat miy swimming the. Channel eer "will make people more; swirniing:|§ “Ente ME wre se wntre]

for 24 hours ‘without stopping; 1 figure the Channel should .

° at the most, 14 or 15 hours. "There are three reasons why I

-So I'm not worried Shout, .

‘Robert -C. Ruark. me ; on Gertrude Ederie’'s Channe |

ding stroke which meant fighting] | vs

ter movements and Avaia others, £ Becret You might call Nenpon my secret!

: ‘and one-half mile workout Mon- ||

~ & fewhstrokes 1 felt .warin and{want to prove to niyself that I/has contifiued to side with Mr.

r I've been making long distance, *o do. 1t.

25 who made it. I want to a fully taxed salary of $16,500. en

ng ti [Buning: And Currency Commit{tee Mow the. fund disbursed $100 million last yedr for a "low" over] . lal gdministrative cost of 1.4 per ~ |cent, or 81, $00,000. “ok +f Includes ‘Alldwances’ i ® I'" Her prepared statement sald {this Included “allowances” to the trustees. When Sen. John J. oo 'Sparkman tD. Ala.) asked her to) disclose the amount of the milow: (ances, she said $35,000 a year was a available to each of the three fund trustees—-Sen. Bridges, Ezra |Van Horn and UMW President {John L. Lewis. But she immediately - added. + | only two take it—of wham Mr.! Lewis is not one.” i i Miss Roche also said. tn re-| | sponse to questioning that the al * |lowances were “salaries.” The story of Sen. Bridges’ get. [ting this money goes back toa {Saturday morning in 1945 Apr. | [10, There was a big coai strike lon.- Mr. Lewis was due in federal | court here the following Monday chosen to I'morning to face Judge T. Alan Bernard Baruch as “man ne

grounds, delivers cast mem

eretta will be Saturday night:—— Berle ‘Man of Year’

“| America.”

succeed statesman his

THE’ INDIANAPOLIS: TIMES _

| £3 Deiverng. Members of Cat and Fiddl

Mrs! Beatrice Jackson, | HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 2 (UP¥~ |; asident of the group, sald Mr.|-—Rep. Alfred L. Bulwinkle, vet- a Cabinet post will create two job | Comedian. Milton Berle wat no- Berle was picked because of hisleran North Carolina Democrat, vacancies. He intends to resign : tified today that he has been many charity performances and today announced that he will re- the chairmanship of the Demo | rived here . from : Germany by children’s tire from Congress at the end cratic National Committee when

sponsorship of , lof the present session.

“man of the, safety ‘campaigns.

Peter Birch (stinding i in fonrj directing’ “assistant. of the Cat and Fiddle atodoction at the Fair | | o the open air stage in his jeep and supervises the unloading. Left He right are Nancy Ford, Violet Hadden Jane Collins and Harry Propaiis. Final Yowing

[fear by. the “Parents “League of CONGRESSMAN TO QUIT WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UP) firmed, Mr. McGrath's ‘switch to| U:

of the op= mained silent and-apparentiy

GOP ond] fd Predit | * Quick * Confirmations “WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UP) —| 1 Keptiblican and Democratic leadlers in the Senate today viewed ‘Senate approval of the appointiment of Atty. Gen, Tom C. Clark! to the Supreme Court as almost “ia. sure thing. ~ cents T | And there was even: Fess doubt sion 28.5:

that Sen. J. . o. R. L) would be confirmed as for load factors of 80 ahd 60 per

ie ‘Clark's successor in the Jus- cent. . .- ‘

President Truman formally! files of FPC, he sai." pent the Seminations to the Sen“Clark” and Sen] nd ‘were offered the jobs tat a secret White House meet(ing last. Thursday and asked time {to think _the offer over. Both {accepted yesterday. Mr. Clark {was named for the court vacancy created by the death two weeks lago of Justice Frank Murphy. pany. = t= ’ Outlook: Not Clear FPC Examiner Edward P. There was still no clear indjca- | Marsh, who has been hearing the

sufficient gas for the ‘Indianapo{lis market, challenged the figlures. He introduced in evidence the Panhandle contract ‘form which he said now is offered present ‘customers of the com-

{pointment would be contested. March, pointed out that it will be !Séns. Homer Ferguson (R. Mich.) [up to the commission to set the

and James P. Kem (R. Mo.), whe rates ‘led a, fight against Mr. Clark two| ‘Panhandle has offered to bring

years ago because of his handling 8a to Indianapolis, under a 15of Kansas City vote frauds, re- year contract beginning July 1, had 1950, and build its own pipeline

station at Zionsville, ~~ «

§. CHIEFS IN LONDON LONDON, ‘Aug. 2 (UP)—The {three U. 8. chiefs of staff ar-

[not decided whether to oppose the ~~ | nomination. : =! If both appointees are con-|

plane at 11:26 a. m. (Indianapolis

‘he quits the Senate. "time) today.

{ Goldsborough on a charge of con-| htempt for failing to obey an or- : : {der to stop the strike. = -Sunday morning Sen. Bridges] flew in from New. York and met | for two hours with the two orig“5° 7 inal trustees, A préss conference a [followed at which it was announced that the deadlock was) Zz _ | practically at an end, but that a | final meeting would be held the}. { next morning at the unusual nour’ of" 8:30—Mr. Lewis being due in} {eotirt at 10. ed Monday morning Sen. Bridges isubmitted a detailed sett'ement’ whieh Mr. Lewis acceptéd “some-: {what regretfully.” Ms Van Horn * |dissented, but was’ outvoted by: | Lewis and Bridges. ! : Fined Anyway j | Although Mr. Lewis promptly | “5 4 [called off the strike, Judge Golds-. |borough was not to be mollified’ so easily and a week later he “slapped a fine of $1,400,000 on the : al : : |mion and $40,000 on President > : he

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Shirley May France . ciohs ‘Lew: Hat records of the miners wel-|

Ana! waiter, ’ on are fund as have been fade! ' » fu The second reason is that pitt indicate that Sen. Bridges’

1 suppose swimming Lewis. id : i t n ges’ governmen pay! Channel is the goal © every! onsists of at hie $12,500, plus distance swimmer, I'm told there a tax-free “expense allowance” of

have been 400 who tried it and $2500. These figure out as equal to ’

{The Senator was unavailable for|

: fcomment on his $35,000 union The hire ‘reason may sound; fund pay; which comes from a 20-!

silly but I'peally mean it. I hope joent-arton tax on coal paid byl.

conscious. -A few yedrs ago Iiversy blew up, Mr. Lewis’ ution read about a_ little boy, who| voted to raise his salary as presidrowned out west. He fell In a dent from $25,000 to $50,000, He. pond and couldn't swim. Thelalso gets an expenie allowance.

Howard McGrath [scaled upwards pro a SER

Gas supply Texas Eastern with

‘tion as to whether the Clark ap- case since it first ‘started last -

from the company's ‘compressor

og y

You do your woshing at the fick of a switch!

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want to swim the Channel. — First, 1 want to. make ‘money to help my folks. to see them in a nice house, the how to swim and how to. take care kind they deserve. - And I'd like of himself in the water, Every to §- sare enough to put my twe chance I get I ‘ry to teach kids - sisters and little brother swimming. I teach at the’ ied school,

ey mide a deep impression on|

come a Muysieal Sueation teacher. ly.

“Shirley Indignantt y ‘Denies Reports She'll Swim Nude

Wants Ridiculous Story Killed; Trainer of Mrs. Van Rijsel Déclares She Wore Suit

DOVER, England, ‘Aug. 2 (UP)—S8hirley May France, pretty 18-year-old Massachusetts school girl,-became indignant today over - peports that she plans to swim the English Channel in the nude, i She said she wanted “this ridiculous story killea at once and rail” Sat hn France, Shirley's father, sald rumor mongérs already : got Mra. Willi Van Rijsel in ; Joab yack hom#é in Amsterdam $225, 000- Fire Hits alleging she removed ner suit” suring 4 channel swim attempt Plant, 10 Inj ured 8 week ago. SAN RAR Aug. 2 “Fhey're trying to get my Shir. (UP)==Firemen today, sought the ley into the same trouble” Mr, Cause of a -§225000 fire that tn-

sald to anyone in this | country the Kunst Brothers int factory that she will swim without a Yesterday. suit” Workmen caught’ in the sprawl: Deénles She ‘Dotted Suit Ing two-story building had no ex: “Ted Femme, famed trainer of Piknation Sop the Br - y 2 over the Channel - swimming champions plant as 50-gallon drums of paint and the Dutch woman's toach and solvents exploded:

the 1930's and early 1940's, is the

Are ———— ee ——

I want! Think everybody should now RB “Hougham Heads

Teachers’

Gov: Schric

wy! ert B, Hougham, Franklin, has Myself, I'd like! (during the winter and I'm always been appointed to a full term as to go to college. when I finish at/ showing "kidé on the beach how| [executive secrefary of the state {0 breathe ' retirement fund,

N_ Mr. Houghamn, who served more £. than 12 years in the post during.

Democratic

{fund secretar {pointed last

.. Forrest Carmichael,

{who resigned,

formation chi

France said hotly. “She hits never Jured 10 persons as jt destroyed |

off from Hickam Field last night.

Now!

‘Over. 12 Years of Pertect Safety : Phone FRanklin 1554" Ticket Office, 6 E Market St

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Aug. 2 (UP)--

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ily: Flights

" /“Bhe. wore a two-piece sui

covered with white grease” he yA said.” , { \ \ He added’ that it fs neither \

“healthy nor pfoper for anybnel to swim the Channel! in the nude, ' “A woolen suit is necessary to conserve Body warmth.” he said. *1 know nothing of Miss France's -, plans. I:am not connécted with ¢ or advising her:party so natarally I did not know what she planned » wear or not to wear.’

Beauty Softens

es said Mrs. Van Rijsel kept hep SS i , bathing suit * on during her + channel attempt.

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