Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1949 — Page 17

Naval Progress

' NEW YORK, Aug. 25—As a reformed guardian of a few hundred Navy enlisted men, I applaud the Navy's decision to modernize the classic blue-jacket uniform, but bemoan it from the angle of the individual and his relationship to tradition. We live in a functional age, full of suction-cup brassieres and glass shoes, but there was something mighty fine and prideful about that silly gob's suit. Few men wore it well. You had to be a six-footer with no hips to look sharp in it, but when the boys were sharp they were twice as sharp as a Marine sergeant in formal dress regalia. The 13-button pants, for instance, were as nonfunctional as a team of oxen on Fifth Ave, but they carried some tradition. As I understood it, the 13 buttons represented the original states. In {he fo'c'sle talk of the men, they represented many another thing, most of which were unprintable gibes at officers, whose britches buttoned decorously up the fpents i = wht

Flap Collar Continued

SEE that Navy has left the flap collar mammoth, = The huge, unwieldly collar comes PR AWRY ack; when the- brawny. Jacks. Wore. tarry pigtails. The. collar was to prevent the tar from oozing off onto the uniform.

They have momentarily kept the fingers of °

progress off the bell-bottomed trousers. The pants were not designed, as is the common belief, to make it easier for the sailor to shed his pantaloons if he were suddenly washed over the side, but for a more practical reason. ‘The big pants were easier to roll up, from the bottom, when the seagoing man was engaged in multiple damp tasks, such as washing down a deck or cleansing a hold. But now they are going to give the gob ample pocket space, zippers on his pants, and loose jumper sleeves instead of the old-fashioned tight ones. Giving a sailor extra pockets may undermine

Bug Bombs

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Wheeee. « Also on the new list this year For sound effects you squeeze the toes. Al I've never had the pleasure, I've seen it done on real babies, sometimes with

Fine stuff for a bachelor to see. Wouldn't it be something if some Christmas season a doll apon the market in the shape of Betty Grable? For us suse kids.

“You, Too” has had another good day. Forty-|,

eight requests bring the count up to 1412. You know, if all the beautiful poll gave me a vote for the volume, ol 5 Inside” would be over the goal. Heck, the goal is

only 30,000.

By Robert C. Ruark|

ts, the morale of his officers. If he has pockets, the comb, the small wallet, will no longer peep from the blouse. If they no- longer peep from the blouse, the © to grouse about when is held. . . The same applies to the sleeves of the jumper. If a sallor has loose, comfortable sleeves, never again will he roll his cuffs halfway up his arms, in direct violation of regulations, and his superiors will chafe. They will grow Somnplees as a result of having little to beef about. No true seadog ever needed pockets. listed man worthy hii » female fo carry his trap after he hit the dock. There was room in the inner pants pocket for enough dough to last the

a shore-going inspection

disastrous results. Theis doll can be counted on for best results, anyway.

dolls in Indianapolis|®

ficers will have nothing

is “Squeezie.” though

Henry in a 75-year-old dress.

his stencil would find a ings for him, 10 minutes

evening, and any man of mine who ever came

back to the ship with money in regarded as a sissy.

Navy Swagger Endangered

THE THING I dislike most about these small changes in the sailor suit is the uniform revolu-

tion is heralds. Some admiral, soon, «10,40 cide. gs ihe. a “no earthly use, and admiral will reflect that a

a . [1e jumper is impractical. “Amd replace=it- witha th

a belt. in back. Still another will quarrel with

the bell-bottomed trousers and the flappy collar. Then the ladies of many lands will be bereft of ‘the greatest, cockiest sight known to the female eye—that of a gunner’s mate in expensive tailormades, skin tight across the rear, skin tight to the knees, with a blouse that fits him closer than his hide, swaggering the quay in search of trouble. ; Nobody was ever able to swagger like a gunner's mate, when they start loading him down with improvements the swagger is bound to shrink. And when a gunner’s mate looks like any other specimen of the forces, Mac—well, you might as well scrap the Navy and give it all to the Air Force. ' The spirit of John Paul Jones will have fled from the seas.

By Frederick C. Othman

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—Pierre R. Welch, a plump little man in blue seersucker pants and a tan seersucker coat, was nearly done in—financially, that is—by an Army surplus bug bomb. By 1,118,000 bombs, to be exact, Made him look haggard and no wonder, So Plerre took his buggy troubles (there were bugs all over the place) to the celebrated 5 percenter, James V. Hunt. The latter spent one day seeing his pals in the government, got Plerre out of the federal fly paper, and submitted a bill for $5000. For eight hours’ work, that’s not bad pay, ugh Pierre insisted it wasn't unreasonable.

Looked Like a Good Buy

HE MADE his original mistake when he ked down at the War Assets Administration ,700 in cash as a 10 per cent deposit on better than a million bombs which he'd contracted to buy for 40 cents each. Some of these were filled with DDT: others contained poisons not quite so potent. When the valve was pressed they all hissed out gas guaranteed to kill mosquitos for blocks around. At 40 cents they looked like a good buy to Pierre, He could resell 'em for more and turn ‘an honest profit. He thought. The Was Assets people told him these were the last of the surplus bombs in stock. He'd hardly started taking delivery before anothet - speéculator in New York was trying to. peddle 750,000 of the identical articles, Then, to his further chagrin, a California competitor bought another million or so bombs from the government at 26 cents each. Poor Plerre. He tried to sell some of his bombs, but when it came to making delivery the Army Quartermaster Corps refused to ship ‘em, except well assorted. This made the customers sore. Then the WAA questioned the credit on one of the latter, making him ‘so mad that he canceled his order for 400,000 bombs, *

No swarm of mosquitos ever made Pierre suffer so much as did the government, but this was only the beginning. The Association of Insecticide Manufacturers spread the word .that surplus bug bombs had been made of cheap material and were likely to blow up in people's faces. Pierre asked the WAA to deny this. It wouldn't, And there.he was by now, stuck with 825,000 bombs, a literal mountain of mosquito killers, which he couldn’t sell at any price. He asked the plus boys please to cancel his contract and give him back his $40,700. They laughed at him. For three weeks Pierre frantically trod the marble corridors; but wherever he went the door slammed in his face. Obviously, said he to himself, he needed somebody with pull. He went to Fixer Hunt, g For $2000 down and $3000 more when the job was finished, Mr. Hunt said, he could clear the bugs from Pierre's path. He insisted on a certified check, so he'd be sure it wouldn't bounce. Then he took Pierre over to his pals at the Army Quartermaster Corps who agreed, with a little nudging, that the Army needed its surplus bombs. This was on a Friday. By 6:30 p. m. all the papers

were drawn up, except for the signature of one|

general at War Assets.

Pierre Comes Smilin’ Through

HE SIGNED on the dotted line the following Monday morning and Plerre smiled for the first time in weeks. He was rid of those bombs. Now all he had to do was get his $40,700 back. He had to see everybody and his uncle, but a month and a half later Uncle Samuel mailed him a check. He was well-satisfied with Five Percenter Hunt's services and he added for the benefit of the Senate investigating committee that if he had to do business with the government tomofrow, he'd be forced to hire a fixer, Either that, or go batty. From his lapel he brushed an imaginary fly. The Senators ‘called the next witness,

The Quiz Master

7??? Test Your Skill ???

Is it true that a dog has more permanent teeth in his lower jaw than in his upper jaw? It is. In the upper jaw there should be six in_elsors, two canines and 12 molars. In the lower Jaw a dog has the same arrangement, plus twe more molars. > 4

Why do the British call their monetary unit the pound sterling? 4 o Under the Samse kings coins called sterlings

were minted from silver—240 to the pound. Large quantities of the coins were reckoned as pounds of sterlings; later, pounds sterling. * ¢ How many major-league baseball players have collected 2000 or more hits? ’

Wally Moses of the Philadelphia Athletics beeame the 86th majoreard in the “2000 Club” and only thé third netive player to boast such a record. :

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A highlight of “the Fortville 100th anniversary celebration this week was a parade depicting various periods of the stops in his buggy to talk to Joe Arnett on an 1885 high-wheeler and Zella

small town's history. Joe Bonisa

de Depicting Its

Picture Story by Bill Oates, Times Staff Photographer

With their

park. The celebration

Wii. Ramona Brown, Misi Heiter Brown and Mis Doro: thy Brown (left to right] pose in the "new look" of the Roaring ‘20s.

Principals Plan Opening of School

Fall Semester Will Start Here Sept. 6

Indianapolis school principal

the Sept. 6 start of the fall ter in public schools. | Superintendent Virgil Stine{baugh, addressing the principals] School, said advance enrollment] for all kindergarten and begin-| ning pupils will be held in elemen-| tary schools at 1:30 p. m., Tues-| day. Mr. Stinebaugh told principals) that classroom work for elementary. pupils and all high school | pupils except the 9Bs will start at 8:15 a. m. on Sept. 6. The | 9Bs will report for classes at 1:30 p. m. The superintendent said chil-! dren who were 5 years old by March. 1 are eligible for enrollment in kindergartens 6 where school and personnel facilities permit. All but 13 of the city’s 82 elementary schools will have kindergarten training available, he said. ? Buildings not scheduled to hold kindergarten classes . include Schools 2, 9, 14, 15, 23, 28, 34, 56, 68, 69, 72, 82 and 91.

| segregation law will prohibit the {transportation of pupils, including crippled children, who live less than a mile from their school, Holidays and vacations for the! new school year will include Oct, 27 and Oct, 29, during the teachers convention; Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, Thanksgiving; Dec. 22 through Jan, 2, Christmas; Apr. 1 through Apr. 9, spring vacation, and May 30; Memorial Day.

Found Dead in Car { Times State - Service | LEBANON, Aug. 25-Thomas| | M. Ford of. West Lebanon was | found dead In his parked car on| a county road four miles northeast of Williamsport yesterday. State police said a discharged 12gauge shotgun was lying near the body. ’

AIR FILTER USES MILK Surplus milk is helping automobile engines. The nelp comes in a new air filter, which uses spun fiber made from casein, a protein of milk. The filters have

leaguer to win a membership/ a chemically treated air-cleaning ber, To

element, four parts casein fi and one part wool,

were briefed today on plans for|

at a forum meeting at Tech High/|

Mr. Stinebaugh said the non-|

Idaho Forest Fire Breaks

Through 1700-Man Lines

Blaze Devastates 24,000 Acres of Pines,

Firs; Another Rages

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untains 200 miles east of San But other dangerous fires in {South Dakota, New England and Canada were being battled down by thousands of volunteers, rangers and foresters, The Forest Service at Washington, meanwhile, reported that more of its firefighters were killed the past three weeks than) in the previous five years. The | August death toll so far stands] at 17, the toll for-the previous five years was only 13. Covers 6000 Acres The big fire in the Payette Forest advanced over 6000 acres of timberland in the Cirele End Creek area within a few hours last night and ‘U, 8. rangers called for hundreds of volunteers to reinforce the firelines. Another big blaze was being fought to a standstill in T7500-foot-deep Hell's Canyon of the Payette Forest - and foresters hoped some of the men fighting that fire could be released to the Circle End Creek fire today. The fire:in the Stanislaus fire was declared out of control on three sides and two helicopters

were ordered to fly men and supplies to the aid of the 600 men battling the flames.

Dr. Will Martin | Rites Tomorrow

Times State Servies l KOKOMD, Aug. 25--Services for Dr. Will J. Martin, Howard | County health conimissioner and former president of the Indiani| Tuberculosis: Association, will be

held at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow In Rich Chapel here.

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yesterday in St. Joseph's Hospital. He was a co-founder of the Lebanon Reporter and once was publisher of the Franklin Republican. Dr. Martin became city health officer here in 1909 and founded the first Howard County Red Cross Chapter;. organized the Howard County Tuberculosis Association in 1932, and in 1925 founded the Kokomo Clinic with

in Sierras

By United Press A forest fire broke through lines of 1700 men today and v «| vasted 24,000 acres of stately Douglas firs and Ponderosa pines 1 the Payette National Forest of Idaho. Brisk winds over northern California also sent a fire in t

{ Stanislaus National Forest raging out of control in the Sierma

Francisco.

W. C. Showalter Rites Saturday

- Carpenter, Foreman Here for 42 Yedrs

Services for William Clifford Showalter, 58)5 E. Washington St., who collapsed and d yesterday in the Steward building at 157 N. Illinois 8t., will bel held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel Burfal will he in Washington Park. He was 69.

Mr. Showalter was an Indianapolis carpenter and carpenter foreman 42 years. He 'was maintenance man the last nine years for the National Brotherhood of Carpenters. A native of Connersyille, he was a member of the Irvington Masonic Ledge 668 for 27 years. He was 4 member of the Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edith Showalter; two daughters, Mrs, Adella McDaniels, Chicago, and Marguerite Hoffman, Indianapolis; three brothers, Earl and David Showalter, Indianapolis, and Harry Showalter, Kenmore, N. Y.; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha

Ross and Mrs. Raymond Kings- {

ley, and three grandsons.

King Arthur's Little Nip To Aid Dollar Shortage

GULVAL, England, Aug. 25 (UP)—The making of mead, a popular and heady drink in the

[ |days- of Ring Arthur's court, is| Dr. Martin who was 79, died|expected to add more dollars to!

Britain's dollar-short exchequer. Resumption of bulk production of mead, made from honey, was celebrated yesterday in a quaint medieval festival marked by a parade through this ancient town’s narrow streets. ; Mead was replaced by other beverages long ago and has not been produced in quantity for the past 400 years, New facilities are

three other physicians.

" Burviving ‘are his wife, two

daughters, and three grandsons. ibe exported,

expected to produce 40,000 gallons a yearn of which 90 per cent will

“ a

donkey, "Junior," Vern Jbhson, Lloyd Owens and Nig to right) tell the story of the small band éf pioneers who founded Fortville in 1849. hour-long Centennial parade wound down Main St.,

will continue ‘through Saturday.

.Bagrett represent a family of "49ers who came

covered, horse-drawn wagon.

McClintock

past the railroad tracks to the city

“to Forivills in a

For Click's Arrest

Relays Husband's

Confession to Police

FT. WAYNE, Aug. 25 (UP)— The 23-year-old wife of a con-

he fessed triple slayer today claimed

a $16,500 reward for his arrest

police his confessicn.

Mrs. Marie Click demanded reward in a letter to Police Chief

panied the confession. Police: said her husband, 30-year-old Franklin Click, confessed three 1944 murders Sunday night after a five-hour lie \detector investigation. “My dear wife,” Click wrote, “I want you to be the first to know and learn from my own lips that I am a murderer, I am the one and.the only one guilty

Billle Haaga, Anna Kuzeff and Phyllis Conine . “This I'know is a terrible confession and I want you to hand this confession to Chief of Police Lester Eisenhut. I understand

titled to the reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer,” PClick wrote, Lawyer Is ‘Witness The confession was written in Allen County jail

ert Buhler, Click’s defense lawyer. Mr. Buhler also witnessed Mrs. Click’s reward demand which she

sion. Mr. Buhler also is attorney for Ralph W. Lobaugh, Kokomo factory -worker, who confessed, denied and pleaded guilty to two of the murders Click now says he committed. Lobaugh repudiated his guilty plea and has received seven stays of execution. He As slated to die Nov. 26. In addition to the Haaga and |Kuzeff murdefs, Lobaugh also {confessed and denied the 1945 killing of Mrs. Dorothea Howard. A third man, Robert V. Christen, Denver, Colo, was convicted of second-dgree. murder for that crime and was sentenced ‘to’ life

to the State Supreme Court yesterday.

REPORTED LIFE ON VENUS The Carnegie Institution of

presence of carbon dioxide on the planet Venus, This practically is

|ists on that planet, it is said.

Wife Asks Reward

and conviction because she gavel

Lester Eisenhut which accom-

and ‘the only one that murdered

that by doing so you will be en-!

Sunday and] was witnessed by Attorney Rob-|

gave to police with the confes-|

imprisonment. He filed an appeal|®

proof that some form of life ex-|

It Was in the Bag

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 (UP)—Mrs. W, H. Abercrombie pleaded innocent

bag filled with eggs and feathers on the head of Williston Postmistress Sylvia A. Warren. . State's Attorney Lawrence Deshaw said Miss Warren walked into his office Monday “with her face streaming with broken eggs, to which myriads of feathers were plastered.”

McHale Calls Tune On Party Loyalty

Democrats to Retain

Credentials Committee By DAN KIDNEY

Times Sn Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 25--Dem-ocrats suffering from Dixiecrat: or other defections will be ex. amined from now on by Frank M, McHale, Democratic national committeeman from Indiana, and his Credentials Committee, If they fail to pass the test they will be ousted from membership as national committeeman or national committeewoman, Just as were those who were “expunged from the rolls” at the Democratic. National Committee {meeting here yesterday. So thorough was the job of the McHale committee in having ousted the Dixiecrats from Alabama, Mississippl, Louisiana and South Carolina that the National Committee decided to make the credentials committee permanent. ~ Newly elected National Chairman William. M. Boyle Ir. said the McHale coinmittee be empowered to review the evidémce of defectionists and recommend expunging just as they did with the Dixiecrats. Their recommen« dations to oust the Dixiecrats were approved unanimously by

|the National Committee meeting.

Reserve Officers Name Lt. Smith

Appointment of Lt. Walter C,

Washington once reported the second

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