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4 - there some place A kn J¥ison is usually in the front now, either speak- There were at least 13 gimmicks which m “ing. questions or just lis it easier for a veteran to join the Legion, easie F Bo A A EE a a wr ] him to slip away from the ranks by virtue iy 4 eg of American Ding fellow Legionnaires up-to-date on his movetraining, representing e states of the Union 0 and ready with transfer cards. Keep him Except eg Ed and South Dakota, , the Legion, stressed Mr. Marr. He was preach‘are attending. udents are grad sound pri ny organiza six-month spondence course in dates Bn ing principles for any Hog i wor, tory, tion. Only honor stu- When lecture expected dongs ate brought to Indianapolis for postgradu- a mass the Jet t on ne Hr 1 In - bo Although Mr. Wilson appeared to be surprised a) Legion rs Crit far when I asked why, he answered. He said the traveled a long way and had studied American Legion is training future leaders. World there. So ay an were going War II veterans are taking over Legion activities. 0” 0 Soo 0" or red. Some posts have ‘been run on a hit-and-miss basis The Indianapolis tion, Earl Bimply because officers did not know the structure 201 Pasadena St, and Albert Peters, T0056 West of the organization. The Extension Institute and field Rd. yor put. Samuel F. Sirois,
tion.
“If you stick around for awhile, you'll see how
little but remained. Protect the Furniture
his own school days or a more light-hearted group of Legionnaires was a line in the “Instructions to Students” section of the manual regarding room assignments. ‘“The National Organization will defray the cost of the room but this does not include the breakage of furniture, telephone calls, valet service, etc.” What if the furniture is unusually weak, gentlemen? Carlos A. Morris, general manager of the emplem division, had a few words to say about official American Legion clothes and other items. For a half hour Mr. Morris talked about his depaftment’s function and what was required and optional in’ a Legionnaire’s fe. The emblem division had 2400 different pieces of merchandise to
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ave Your Leaves To Guard Soil Yard Against Erosion Damage
&
Robert shows one of the most
Harry H. Hart, 2447 S. Delaware St., pushes era leaves under: shrubbery to condition the soil leaves down, so they'll stay on your
hd and form a moisture-retaining mulch. His assistants are Linda Jane Link, 4, of 141 E. Pleasant Run xh
to enliven fhe
please the tastes of discriminating members, he said. : The 60 postgraduates will be attending classes full time every day this week except Saturday. Half a day on Saturday. A thesis must be in by; 5 p. m. Graduation banquet and diplomas at 6:30 p. m. « You know, this education thing is getting serious. One of these days a dummy 1s going to find it tough to get along. [waik, street or alley. . It's against the law of nature
Build Up Your
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es raduate students of the "American Legion hear Glenn D. Crawford ‘tell about money.
Joe's Faux Pas
NEW YORK, Oct. 20—Mr. Joseph Louis, the retired puogilist, said ‘a horrid, horrid thing the other day. Some reporters were asking him if he had scheduled a flock of exhibitions to revive interest in the grand, grand game of boxing and Mr. Louis seemed frritated. : “No,” he said shortly. “I am not fighting. exhibitions to revive interest in boxing. There is money in exhibitions. I am fighting exhibitions for money.”
They Labor Not for Worldly Gain
THIS 18 a terribie admission for any athlete to make. It is well kpown that money is of little or no interest to sport, even professional sport. All the athletes I ever knew worked (1) for the Lord (2) for the dear little kiddies all over the eountry (3) for mother and (4) for the team, coach or manager. 3 Jt has always been e¢onsidered rude to refer to money in connection with professional athletes. Baseball, especially, has viewed the salary-size of its individuals with a frantic eye, like a lady watching a mouse. In the case of a DiMaggio or Ruth or Feller, where the annual take-home is large enough to be of publicity value, exceptions are made and the wage exploited. Otherwise, no comment—on the completely justifiable grounds that #f you start to talk over-much of money, people will want you to give them some of it.
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By Robert C. Ruark then buy fertilizer in spring.
—once, anyhow—to remove the stigma of commercialism from his lanky frame. : { The men I remember as having the greatest vent drying out of soil.
ton Marshall of the Washington Redskins and, Some people, burn leaves be-! Branch Rickey of the Dodgers. cause they are afraid. They're Mr. Griffith was of the disdainful school of afraid leaves will carry over dis-non-talkers about money. Griff considered that ease. To this conservationany money he did not personally own was a disgraceful and dangerous commodity, rather like the Russians’ old view of the atom bomb. Griff thought that money was bad for people, especially ball players, and might lead them into all sorts of bad company and snide temptations. In his way, he did much to combat the sin of greed among his employees. Much the same attitude is shared by the Mahatma, Mr. Rickey, except Mr. Rickey also has a ,religious aversion to the high salary, or even the mention of money. Mr, Rickey has never liked money changers in any temple he happened to boss, and he knows full well that the root of all evil grows lushest on green paper.
Takes High-Minded View For decaying leaves, and other THERE WAS something fairly evangelical Plant materials, in. soil feed a about Mr. Marshall's feeling for lucre. Mr. Mar-| Whole army of friendly bacteria shall was greatly averse to his players going out|that In turn boost plants to to Laurel and Bowie and Havre de Grace, to com-| healthy growth. That's why wise mit the mortal sin of betting the horses. This 8ardeners are always fussing with
Leaves fall there year after year, and stay put. They promote all kinds of rugged plant growth. And they turn into stuff the gardener goes out to haul home because his cherished plants do so! much better in leaf mold and woods dirt. Decaying leaves produce “live” soil. It’s completely unlike the soggy lifeless sub-soil and cementlike clay most city lot owners try to cope with. Add leaves year after year and even the hardest garden soil shows promise.
And Lawn With Good Earth
By MARGUERITE SMITH, Times Garden Editor IT'S AGAINST the law of the city to burn leaves on the side-
ists retort, “Look at the woods.” | 10 decay slowly,
Pkwy., and Robert J. Field, 4, of 151 Pleasant Run Pkwy.
Gardens
to burn leaves anywhere.
{ And it's against the law of any budget to burn leaves in autumn,
Some city dwellers burn leaves because they want to get rid of {them quickly. But it's even quick-{———*———— == ler to shove them up under shrubs trench filled with them raises the land evergreens. There they'll pre-(soil level in poorly drained spots. And too!Raised soil dries out earlier in aversion to even a mention of money were Clark [dry soil is a big cause of winter SPring. That means earlier plant-| Fe8% Griffith of the Washington Senators, re Pres- Injury to evergreens. {ing. It may mean the difference him of $4500 Saturday night. between success and failure in a climate ‘like ours.
WHETHER you pile leaves up days.
or follow some elaborate system of composting, you've got the raw materials of leaf mold right at|jeads on the gunmen who forced
hand now. Be smart—save it.
If by some mischance there's College Ave. no solution to your leaf provi) |except by fire, then at least Fe-\the money in a basement office
of blowing over to your neighbor's to be raked up and, perhaps, BE bord,
Posts Reward
. Offers $1000 for Trio in $4500 Theft | Tw who robbed Tuffy Michell? " The Indiana Ave. boss, today posted a $1000 reward |
t gambling | tor information leading to the ar- postmarked by that time,
Tuffy Gets Tough, Send in Your Entries to Red Feather Contest Now
Next Monday, Midnight, is the Deadline; Don’t Lose Your Chance fo Win Prites
If you haven't sent in your ime to do it.
you'll
entries to the Community Fund
Contest—a prize contest which is absolutely free—NOW is the
Next Monday, midnight, is the deadline. If your entry fen't
lose your opportunity to win a
{rest of three gunmen who relieved new 1949 Chevrolet DeLuxe sedan . .. and 48 other valuable prizes,
Tuffy stipulated the apprehen- heen paid for by General Motors sion and conviction of the bandit! gealers of Marion County. Here {trio must be completed within 60, is the list of public-spirited busiHis attorney, Sam Blum, nessmen who are sponsoring and|&® bury them to raise Placed the reward in a bank trust financing the contest to point out|D. J {soil levels, use them as a mulch, fund. :
Gets ‘Some’ Leads Tuffy revealed he had “some”
their way into his home at 3138 His sister-in-law, Miss Lee Meshulam, was counting
turn those rich ashes to replénish!when the men entered.
|the ground that produced them in
the first place. Save your leaves and youl have better soil. ? Save
Save your leaves and you'll
doing your share to 'prevent floods.
your leaves and you'll "th have happier plants. ‘bandits. Tuffy wasn’t there.
The $5000 worth of prizes have;
the importance of this year's Community Fund drive:
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Clark 8. Wheeler, president. Refrigerating uipment Co., N, Senate Ave; WER I oles frog Togs resident. East Side Chevrolet, Inc.. E “Washington St: Eimer Rice. president. Fund are NOT being solicited
Lawrence Auto Co.. ig IN.” Meridian 8t.; B. W | Essig Motors. 24
4 Ww. 1 vs ills, president, Si] otors, on, 1nd “Ha Hasmoh M
! Tuffy’s son, Marvin, 12, his| re. : |/ mo aw, Rose Meshy-| Ea ickmag.: bs lam, and.’ Meshulam we esident, Mi uick, 1040 N. herded into a utility room by the die as ur doi hes Voelker, president. Superior ev! of
" Tuffy said a report in The [Times that he once served a 180-
house. was wrong. He said the| conviction was appealed and he was assassed only a $500 fine. |
day term for keeping a gaming:
MARION COUNTY GENERAL
FREE ENTRY BLANK—Mail it Now to COMMUNITY FUND CONTEST
MOTORS DEALERS” CONTEST
I can remember the awful stir in Boston about three years ago when they formed a special defense against the Red Sox slugger, Ted Williams. One whole side of the infield was moved to accommodate Williams’ tendency to pull hits sharply to right field, thereby leaving a gnaked gap through which a child might have bunted safely. Williams continued to swing on the balk with all his might. “They do not pay off on bunts,” Mr. Williams said, hauvghtily. “You get the big dough for hitting home runs.” This mere mention of foul finance, in econnection with the sacred game of baseball, caused screams and faints all over the eircuit. It was as if Theodore had. suddenly questioned the sanctity of motherhood. Such was the uproar that Joe Cronin finally commanded Williams to bunt
Boom Jitters
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—By the time you read this I'm not sure Congress will be here. I'm not talking about adjournment, but boom: Even now all the gentlemen may have become angels. This is not wishful thinking. I'm merely quoting Sen. Sheridan Downey, the California Democrat, who told his brethren a couple of days ago that the Capitol power plant was in such creaky shape that it was likely to go off like an atom ‘bomb. “Conditions there are so dangerous that we momentarily could have an explosion which might reach right into this Senate chamber,” he told the gentlemen. He demanded that they take up at once, while there still was time, a bill to spend $16,446,000 patching up the leaky boilers, rewiring the place for modern electricity, and building & new steam tunnel before the old one made hash of the landscape. He didn't scare anybody but me. I got out of there in one piece, but the brave lawgivers—perhaps I should call 'em foolhardy—were unimpressed. Those boilers have been about to blow up now for 39 years and nobody's been mangled yet.
Nobody Worried
THE LEADERSHIP said it would take up the matter of ‘the leaky boilers later. The night passed, the Capitol still was there and now the intrepid Senators were debating the basing-point freight rate bill. Nobody even looked worried about those boilers, except maybe Sen. Downey. He seemed pale. After all, it’s no fun sifting under a ceiling you're expecting to drop on you. . and said, look. So I got to snooping around about this power
feeling extended to the whole population of Washington. So Mr. Marshall figured that if he kept salaries in hand, and occasionally jacked the prices of Redskin tickets, he had slain two eagles with the same slingshot. Money was never a nice topic around the amateur football colleges or among the manipulators of the amateur tennis bums. Whether this was based on shame or just delicacy I am not prepared to say, Fight managers never liked to talk money, because it started their tigers to asking questions about expenses and such. You sometimes got the feeling that athletes were above money entirely, living off air and high spirits. That's why Joe Louis’ crack about dough shocked me so deeply. All these years I been thinking he was fighting for fun, or at least for home and mother.
By Frederick C. Othman
tric razor buzz.
out; meantime it’s likely to cause sparks. about $50,000 a year than making their own. in to put the government into the power business
is very unusual.”
Full Mile Away
That is, if the Senators realize their jeopardy.
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stalled in 1910 turns out only old-fashioned élec- away. Made me feel a good deal better about
tricity, 25 cycles, direct current. This won't run the hazards of observing the Senate at work.
The Quiz Master 22? Test Your Skill 22?/min’ Bit faves voting in his
a Senator's television set, or even make his elec-|{F om the air. Comes fall. Mother |
To change to modern electricity, the lawgivers|and wind. The trees go to sleep.in the death of Morrell Bryant, will have to rewire the entire establishment at a{The leaf factory stops for the 25 of Avoca.
But save your leaves. “compost.” They know that properly fed healthy plants don’t
Highway Mishaps need so much spraying and gen-i .., . eral doctoring. K Ii ] AY fit 3 IN Slade WE'VE already lost the battle
to save our elm trees. Now the Two Others Hurt
maples are turning sickly. Some conservationists wonder if there's | C i . a connection’ between mounting! nn. Lokisions {charged with a $30 holdup. plant disease and our yearly hab-| Three persons are dead and two | The defendants, Mary Lois Ber-| it of destroying leaves and other|others were in hospitals today as &in, 24, and her husband, Martin, | materials’ we should be return-ithe result of Indiana highway 26, of 1810 N. Rural St, were ing to the soil. For we insist onimishaps. {tried for their part in the June 7 fighting ‘with Dame Nature in-| Mrs. Sarah A. Williams, 46, of {holdup of the Hoosier Pal Tavern, |stead of working with her. And Sharon, Pa., was killed yesterday | 2902 W, 10th St. { her system is so simple. land her husband ,Fred, 48, was| Bergin's testimony yesterday)
P. 0. Box No. 1681, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Tavern Holdup | ‘Case Goes to Jury
{ A jury in Criminal Court 2 today was to begin deliberations in| the case of a young -couple
n
She sees to it that tree roots critically injured in a two-car col- before a jury in Judge Saul I! Nome mine into lower soil layers to|lision at U. 8S. 52 and Ind. 25 /Rabb’s court, brought to a close [org hidden mineral elements up state police reported. {the defenses case, | Address
to the leaves all summer. Then| William H. Bateman Jr. 33, of; Bergin attempted to clear his, {the plant food factory in the Hinsdale, 1ll., driver of the other Wife of complicity by telling the| {green leaf cells works this over car was reported in fair condi- | jury she “didn't know what we, {busily and adds other elements tion in a Lafayette hospital. {were going to do. She sat in a) | A truck-automobile collision booth and trembled like a leaf as ature waves her wand of frostnear Bedford yesterday resulted/the holdup was staged.” { Robert Clawson, 26, of 1025 E.| | Livingston Ave. also implicated
($5000 worth of prizes paid for by General Motors Dealers of Marion County.) -
cost of $7,600,000. This sounded like a good deal time. of money for new wire to me, but it turned out Storehouses sail to earth. There some of the present wiring was installed 50 years/they want to begin getting the ago. It’s wrapped in paper, strung through iron soil in shape for next summer's pipe, and buried in cement. It'll be hard lo get'8rass and flowers and shrubs. | |
“After years and years of seeing bills brought
we are going to see the government get out of the power business,” commented Rep. Clarence Brown, the Ohio Republican, looking dazed. "It
THE GENTLEMEN intend to save their power plant, put in new boilers and use them for steam heat. They'll also dig a new tunnel, boost the size of their air conditioner for summer comfort, and thereby spend the rest of their $16 million-odd.
I asked a janitorial expert about Sen. Downey’s expected explosion in the Senate chamber, He said he'd be durned if he knew what the Senator was talking about, He pointed out the window
And there was the power plant that’s been] plant problem and I can report that it is not on the verge of Rn a a many years, |Tinnias and tomatoes with chemi-
funny. For one thing the antique machinery in-; puffing smoke from its twin stacks a full mile
And the summer-filled|
So man steps in to interrupt |
So when the new wiring is done, if the Sen-|this constructive cycle. He's got ators ever get around to ordering it, the boys !0 get those leaves off his blue will abandon their own ancient generators and buy their electricity from the Potomac Electric Power To. This will be cheaper, they say, by
grass, hasn't he? And he's in a
hurry, as always.
o » » ONE WAY to hurry up and save your leaves is to pile them in flower bed or vegetable patch. They'll soon shrink from elephant to pigmy bulk. Pile some dirt on top if your yard’'s a windy spot —that holds them in place and the pressure hastens decay. A trifle more energy will bury leavés in flower beds or vegetable garden. The cleverest gardeners each year beg leaves from their less informed neighbors. As one man puts it, “The more decaying plant material I can get into that garden of mine the more chemical fertilizer I can use without hurting the plants.” For chemical fertilizer has to chum up with water before it has the slightest value in a plant's diet. Many a beginner plies his
cal fertilizer in May. Then about August he wonders why they don’t grow too well. After a ‘year or two of experience with Indiana's normal dry spells he learns he can either sprinkle or pray for
rain—and save _ sprinkling time
Te Has June 14 been officially designated as Flag Where is “Monk's Mound”? ! ; y? ‘
This mound near East St. Louis, Ill, is the
for this busy man. » ” » ’ ‘FOR LEAVES are like sponges.
Auto Hit by Train | State police said a coal truck careened from Highway U. 8. 50 and struck Mr, Bryant's parked car. . Charles G. Bennett, 68, of Crawfordsville, was killed yesterday when his automobile was struck by a Monon passenger train at a crossing on the outskirts of Crawfordsville. State police said the elderly man apparently drove onto the tracks without seeing the approaching locomotive.
Rat Bites Child; Police Get Culprit
Police administered quick justice today to a rat that had bitten a child. J A big rat, found in a closet.
in the holdup, has been granted a| separate trial.
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Granted New Trial | On Evasion Charges | A Chalmers (Ind.) truck dealer, | convicted last December of evading almost $7000 in federal in-| come ‘taxes; today prepared for| a new trial on the same charges. A sentence of five years in prison #nd $3000 in fines was lifted from M, Bernard Raub yesterday. The U. 8. Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, Chicago, ruled that Robert C. Baltzell, judge of U. 8. District
: {Court here, erred in his instruc-
tions to the jury last December. Mr. Raub was charged with concealing more than $17,000 income in 1943 by selling trucks under the name of a woman employee and failing to report the
was killed at 4:30 a. m. after Mrs. Virginia, Schuman, 3522 Parker Ave, called police after her 10-months-old son, bitten on the ear.
had been bitten twice as he slept in his crib. They conducted a a bedroom closet. private physician.
Cut Tires on 3 Cars
Tires on three automobiles were
President Truman has signed legislation desig- largest known earthworks ever bullt up by human|When rain falls furiously they oor oor Oight by Halloween
nating June 14 of each year as Flag'Day. The hands. For: a time it was believed by many to
legislation does not make the day a legal holiday, be a natural formation, but recent excavations re 1 on top of © oil but requests the President to call for its annual have shown it to have been erected by tyre Ying tS ds on hE ee : re 2 en. a ae Jeunes 1 RE Rp MR ¢ ‘release stored up moisture. : hat the Four: Freedoms defined in the Is the treasurer of the United States appointed|Plant roots drink from this reserAY Eresiom of Speech and’ Expression, Freedom The tre ot Worship, Fresdo
n. . The treasurer is of term of office. "
by the President of re is no specified length
soak up quantities of it, whether
voir and take up chemicals for vth in the process.
Buried leaves can ‘solve your,
pranksters.
escaped, slashed tires on automobiles parked on the Kroger Grocery lot at Belmont and W, Wash-
problem. Treggh after
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The h ‘to (John Durham, 1728 St, James Smoth, of 3 , Vermont St., a I 4 .
John Jr. had!
Police said a gang of boys, who
money.
'Herron Teacher Judges (Richmond "Art Show
Patrolmen Clyde Henniger and). Garo 7: Antreasian, instructor Clem Bennett said the child's eatin composition and graphic arts
at John Herron Art School, has been selected to judge the 51st
search and found a large rat injannual exhibition of work by
Richmond, Ind., artists.
The child was treated by a| Mr. Antreasian will go to Rich-
mond tomorrow. ‘The exhibit, which will open Nov. 1, will be
Halloween Pranksters [held at the McGuire Gallery of
2 Youths Use Ruse To Rob Bus Driver
Two youths tricked an Indiana Railroad Co. bus driver, then robbed him. : or Orville Biggs of 1515 Carrollton Ave, said one of the boys have his foot caught
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Community Fund Contest
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s of their families. Complete in 25 less this statement: munity Pund because
Hospital Marks 50th Anniversary
Methodist Hospital will celebrate its Golden Anniversary Oct. 28 through Nov. 2. Se A six-day program commemorating fifty years of existence will culminate with a 6 p. m. reception and banquet in Murat Temple on Nov. 2. The Hon. Walter H. Judd, U. 8. Representative from Minnesota, will be the main speaker. A nurses homecoming will be held from 2 to 5 p. m. Oct. 28 in Wile Hall, followed by a pageant, “Fifty Years in the Nursing Profession,” at 8 p. m. in the White Cross Guild Center, Open House Set
1:30 to 4 p. m. Nov. 1 in Methodist Hospital, followed by a tea in Wile Hall. At 8 p. m. the Indianapolis Medical Society and the hospital medical staff will hold a joint meeting at which
Methodist - Hospital, is a and
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commemorating the work of the hospital will be presented. fi ol
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2 Truck Drivers | $A Sm Da ’ Join in ‘Roadeo’ | Two Indianapolis truck drivers were in Boston today for a& post« man’s holiday. i Richard Strouse, 1044 Riven Ave, Ellis Trucking Co. employee, and John Waldon, 3304 Lockburiy 8t., driver for Foster Freight! Lines, will drive trucks in the
national “roadeo.” Mr. Strouse is 1949 Indiana] truck driving title holder. Mr, Waldon is winner of gecent cham pionship competition in the state rk a o against : compe ns J from other states or Amblons The two drivers are being spon. sored in national competition by Indiana Motor Truck Asso-
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