Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1949 — Page 11

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Fearless . . . There's a happy way of going to a dentist's office.

Diekhoff, dental assistant, couldn't get brave I was. ‘

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settled back again. How calm can a man be in a dentist’s office? Plenty ‘calm.

brought me to the office, a young housewife came in. With her. was a gay youngster of pre-school age. That brought the total of gay persons in the room to two.. Mrs. Martin wasn't exactly gay. She was nosey. “What brings you here today? Anything srong?”

to tell her. Rather, I asked her this question: Can't a man come to a dentist's office, sit around, relax, read a magazine, watch people with problems come and go? Heck, I didn’t want anything.

an ache or pain or fear, couldn't I please enjoy myself?

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Mrs. Martin rocked backwards on her heels, steadied herself and disappeared for a minute, When she returned she said I could stay. Thank you. :

An Enduring Guy

By Robert C. Ruark

NEW YORK, Oct. 21—We paid a call on Mr, Guy Lombardo the other night, in his accustomed spot at the Roosevelt Hotel—the first since 1931, when he was playing a set of dances at an educational emporium I frequented. We found him and his music largely unchanged, which makes some sort of argument of a political or ideological nature, I dunno which. Mr. Lombardo has grossed something between 25 and 30 millions since 1924, playing a type of music that has earned nothing but sneers from the esoteric members of his craft, and nothbut money from the vast cross-section of America, which still worships him as the high priest of dance music. The worship has never let up, despite cateslls of “corn” and the interminable jokes about him and his brothers. Mr. Lombardo has kept an eye sharply on a middle stratum of audience, and seen a steady succession of frantically popular musicians go bust, Mr. Lombardo still watches his customers as closely as a football scout looks over a rival club. Through his observation of the hoppers and the leapers and the jiggers and arm jigglers and swoopers, he can tell to a thousandth of a beat whether or not his band is still providing the great middle class with what it desires for festivity.

Arrangers Sometimes Gel Ax

ABOUT THE only people who get fired from Mr. Lombardo’s band are arrangers. If, come down with the desire to emulate Artie Shaw, an arranger suddenly starts tricking up the music, out he goes. The band members, otherwise, seem content, Eight. of his crew have been with him 25 years. The orchestra is a three-way partnership between Guy and his brothers Lebert and Carmen, but the musicians average from $15 to $20,000 a year. Carmen, who used to handle most of the vocals is the only member who ever got real sensitive about being kidded. For years burlesquers of his quavery singing style aped him by allowing themselves to be shaken violently by two other singers, thereby achieving Carmen’s quivery tones. He sings seldom, now, and confines himself largely to the flute. Mr. Lombardo’s scheme has been pretty simple,

Left Undone

over the years. He recognized early that the majority of Americans, apart from youngsters and specialists, are non-expert on a dance floor. He has therefore attempted to please a vast segment of dancers who are confused and embarrased by a straight jolt of jive; a too-tortur-ous rumba; an over-vehement polka or an unleavening helping of be-bop, tango or waltz. It is possible to do a technical rumba to Mr. Lombardo’s rumba; it is also possible to perform the fox-trot or the waltz to the same tune. In| watching the crowded floor the other night, I never saw anybody leave it until the complete set had been finished. This is impossible in most places, since it would take a Fred Astaire to work through a complete serving of hot jazz, rumba, samba and the other stuff that is peddled piecemeal in the average city night club, “

Seem to Enjoy Themselves

THE PEOPLE at the jammed tables had the kind of faces you see in paintings by Thomas Benton and Grant Wood. For the most part they seemed eager and happy and reasonably prosperous. They would, at home, form the backbone of the community. They seemed to be enjoying themselves in a modified sort of way, doing modified steps to modified tunes.

Most of the audience seemed to consider Mr {Pistol butt.

Lombardo as a special friend. He signed a steady flow of menus as he sat at his table. Nice old ladies and nice young ladies and sedate gentlemen stopped by to say hello and pat his shoulder. Mr. Lombardo beamed at all. He seemed happy to be there, too. This happiness with the help and with the customers, while unpleasing to the longhairs and the faddists, has reaped a great many things for the Canadian. He has such sidelines as a $200,000 restaurant; an interest in an airline; heavy oil holdings; a music publishing outfit and a recording and transcription business to keep him in the expensive speedboats he fancies. There is some sort of sermon in the man, somewhere. The prolonged success may be due to the fact that he plays all requests for anniversaries and birthdays, but it is possible that his endurance results from a refusal to attempt to. remodel his market to his own whim. It might be something for our loftier leaders to remember.

| w f trial tod th By Frederick C. Othman caress." °° |

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21—Ths time has come to bid a fond farewell to the gentlemen. Also known as the lawgivers and by some as those (you supply word) on Capitol Hill. At long last they're gone for the year and I shall miss them, every one. Fact is, I hardly know what I'll do without em. Whenever I was stuck for an idea for one of these daily pieces I could drop up to the House of Representatives, secure in the knowledge that if I sat there long enough something incredible would happen.

There Was Always the Senate

IF THE HOUSE wasn't in session—and it wasn't you remember, for a month when it took a vacation that never appeared on the records— I could drop over to the Senate, And there the boys would be belaboring John Maragon and the ‘molasses trade; tangling with Mon Waligren, the billiards expert, or maybe denouncing their own cook for the quality of the bean soup served in their private restaurant. There seldom was a dull moment on the Hiil. The gentlemen did a prodigious amount of work this session and appropriated an almost fantastic number of dollars. But the beauty of Congress, from my own viewpoint, was that as usual they left a lot of things undone. This is something to look forward to. i=, Take the starling problem. For as long as I can remember the legislators have been worrying about these pesky birds making nuisances of themselves on Pennsylvania Ave. Every session they consider ways and means, including poison, gunpowder, horns, and false faces, for doing away with their feathered enemies. And nothing ever seems to happen, except that the clouds of starlings on the Avenue of Presidents grow thicker ~ and more impolite. This year, after lengthy hearings, the House of Representatives passed a law calling for the hiring of special huntsmen, with special shotguns, to patrol the Avenue, shooting down starlings on

The Quiz Master

the spot. Then the Senate considered this measure. Here the gentlemen wondered if the marksmen really were clear of eye! Might they not shoot people, including Senators, when they aimed at the birds? So the bill didn't pass, and come next January it will be my pleasure to observe the experts once again while they consider the starling menace. : Then there’s the little matter of the wartime excise taxes. This seems to have become a battle of the sexes. The ladies can't understand why they've got to be nicked 20 per cent on their cold creams while their husbands pay no tax at all on their shaving soap. The ladies also have appeared year after year before the Ways and Means committees, to bounce their handbags ‘on the mahogany tables and demand to know where's the justice in taxing these. Aren't they necessary to womankind? One year the chairman suggested to the females that they ought to sew pockets on their hips. These, he said, would be tax free. The ladies, who had devoted untold effort on kesping their hiplines straight, almost lynched

So Congress hasn't done a thing about cutting the excises. The ladies will be back ih January with their reticules. This will be a show I'd hate to miss.

Oleo Battle in 50th Year

S80, TOO, will return the oleomargarine and the butter experts to do war for the 50th straight year on whether yellow-colored oleo should be taxed. The Senators will sniff margarine and butter in blindfold tests; there will be testimony that lack of butter accounts for the slant eyes of Chinese and—well, I wouldn’t miss the fray. What I mean, gentlemen, is have a good rest and come back refreshed for the 1 performance. In the meantime I'll struggle along as best I can. This won't be easy, but I'll be buoyed by the knowledge that when winter comes, Congress can't ‘be far behind. Smif

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Confesses Robbing Score of Homes

Seized as He Plans Another Burglary.

Arraignment for a confessed burglar captured yesterday by state police is scheduled tonight in Speedway Magistrate Court. John Paul Cheatham, 21, of 1440 Broadway, last night ad-

ly 20 homes in Marion County in the last six weeks. He was arrested late yesterday near 75th St. and Keystone Ave., where officers said he planned another robbery.

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scene of his arrest, Cheatham leaped from his car, grabbing a .22 caliber pistol from under the seat, He was disarmed by Lt. Robert Shields and Sgt. M. J. Timme. Cheatham said he knocked on the door of a home he planned to enter. If no one answered, he would smash a window with the More than $1500 in loot was found in his home. It included two rifles, a shotgun and a pistol. . Police halted Cheatham yesterday when he was driving a car fitting the description given by a neighbor of a burglary victim. Investigators said the prisoner was paroled from the Indiana Reformatory a year ago where he was serving a one-to-10-year sentence on a cattle stealing charge.

Phony Deputy Held on 3 Charges

A phony deputy sheriff with an automobile full of burglar tools

City detectives arrested Arnold Anderson, 27, of RFD 1, Fortville, last night when they went to Boyd and Temple Aves. to serve a warrant in another case, They found Anderson in a parked car. The detectives also found an electric drill, a black= jack, an automobile jumper coil,

caliber revolver and. a supply of extrg shells.

They. said Anderson was wearing 4 Hancock County deputy sheriff's badge but admitted he is not an officer. Pending further {investigation he was charged with carrying concealed weapons, violation of the 1935 Firearms Act and impersonating a peace officer. He was slated for Municipal Court 4 this afternoon.

Mrs. Bard to Head Library Group

Mrs. Harriet Bard of Richmond is the new president of the Indiana Library Association. Other newly selected officers are Harold Sander, Indianapolis business branch, vice president; Elizabeth Burton, Naval Ordnance library; secretary, Lois Ringo, Anderson; Leonard Smith, Lafayette, to the executive board; Mary Holmes, Logansport, American Library Association representative, and Mrs. Mary Troxell; Muncie, to the loan fund commit-

ee. » R. E. Banta, author, will address association members at a dinner at 7 p. m. today. A panel discussion will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow.

Crash Kills Soldier

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Are any parts of the ocean fresh water?

There are many places in the different oceans where fresh water may be found. One of the best-

KOKURA, Japan, Oct. 21 (UP) —The Army reported today that Pvt. Hammuel Carr Jr. 24, Oldtown, Me,, had been killed in a

Mrs. Marisue Vannatta shows an oil painting, "Among My Souvenirs" at the teachers’ art exhibit in Block's auditorium. She teaches art at Broad Ripple and lives in R. R. 3, Martinsville.

The youth said he committed] : the burglaries to obtain gifts for

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Kirshbaum Center Sets Schedule

Program Includes Child Guidance

Adult winter activities are being planned at Kirshbaum Center, a Red Feather agency, 2314 N. Meridian St. The program includes a child guidance course, foreign film shows, duplicate bridge play, and square dance socials. Designed to help parents guide their children's cultural developments, discussions on music, sports, literature, art, drama, and dance will be conducted on successive weeks by community experts in these fields.

eachers Display ‘Hidden’ it Art And Handicraft

"Ancol painting entitled "What Tune Next" is displayed by Miss Rosemary Cruzan. She feathes junior high school art in School No. 8. Miss Cruzan lives in 2138 N. New Jersey St.

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Miss Jane Messick, Short.: ridge art teacher, exhibits a: pastel entitled "Clown." ;

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15 Traffic Deaths Since Sunday

A highway trafic accident which claimed one life last night upped the state death total to 13 since Sunday and foreshadowed & high toll for the week. E Capt. Harry A. Sutherlin, police records director, said he s 25 deaths this week, v sibly second only to a seven-day. total of 29 in July. 2

James T. Komuro's contribution is an etching, "Marblecliff Quarry, Ohio.” Mr. Komuro teaches art at Washington High School as an exchange teacher from Hawaii. He lives in 4869 Evanston Ave.

Show in Block’s Auditorium Is First of Its Kind Here

INDIANAPOLIS public school teachers practice what they teach. They show the cultural creativeness they encourage in their classrooms in an art and handicraft exhibit. The public show is held in the Wm. H. Block Co. sixth floor auditorium. It will continue

“Wet leaves on the highways: will make them slippery,” he said. . “Earlier darkness is bad for drive’

ing and for pedestrians, too.” ~~ ~ Predicts 1150 for Year 2 Based on the death rate for the first .nine months of 1949, Capt. Su predicted 1150 lives yeat, compared B took one 180" injured three: others, not seriously, in a car truck crash north of Indianapolis on Ind. 37, near Allisonville. : Harry McAvoy, 58, of Nobless ville, died of a fractured skull when the car in which he was a’ passenger crossed the center line. and struck a tank truck operated south on Ind. 37 by Joseph W, Haw, 36, of 3205 Lafayette Rr. © Russell Conant, 42, driver of the car, and Johh Macy, 51, another passenger, both of Nobles« ville, were treated and released at General Hospital here.

through Oct. 29. | The exhibit is the first art show set in ceramics by Robert Grubbs. of its kind by the teachers. |Mr. Grubbs teaches physics In T. Van Voorhees and Mrs. Shortridge. Dorothy Ellis have charge. Mr.| Miss Margaret Simonds and Van Voorhees is director of art|Miss Augusta Hild display weav-

education in the public schools.|ing. Jewelry is exhibited by Miss

{ Opening Session Monday The opening session will be held Monday, Mrs. Herbert Sudranski,

{committee chairman, announced. Foreign films will be shown at

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{Kirshbaum on alternate Sunday evenings beginning Oct. 30, Mrs. Victor Teixler, committee chairman said. | A duplicate bridge group, meet{ing on alternate Thursday evenings, will hold its second play [session next Thursday.

A new feature of the adult pro-|

{gram at Kirshbaum, a. square dance social, is set for Oct. 29.

Children Mourn Death of Friend, Mrs. Henry Krause

CHILDREN of the Northside Seventh Day Adventist Sabbath School will miss Mrs. Geneva Elmo Krause tomorrow. The kindly woman who was always available to help children with the magnified problems that children always seem to have, died Wednesday in her home, 5601 E. 21st St. Born in New Albany, Mrs. Krause gave freely of the 27 years she lived here to the church. She was 52. - ” # HER HUSBAND, Henry, too, was alone now. They had no children and he has no immediate relatives. r Services for Mrs. Krause will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. in Moore & Kirk Irvington Chapel. Burial will be in Washington Park Cemetery. Two brothers, Orville and Emery Bego of Indianapolis also survive her.

DORIS DUKE RETURNS NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (UP)— Doris Duke, tobacco heiress, arrived from Paris by plane today.

She told reporters she didn’t inrosa,

retor fots, although plugging may be caused by known of these places is off the coast of Florida./jeep accident near Ozuki. Pvt. gun In the gasoline. Such gum be present in The cause of this fresh water in the midst of the|/Gerald N, Thomas, Baltimore, Aasaline that 1s ipeperly made Sr Nandlet re-” salt osean is 3 spring. farmed by a sublerranean) Md. suffered a fractured knee/tend to gardless’ of whether it contains : river. 1 in the crash, the Army said.

{you in any way. The $5000 prize contest is sponsored and paid for|$500. Woo v3

Mrs. Ellis is director of Block's Janet Keller, 2 Suge W auditorium, Assisting them are|S. L. Ierszyk. 58 Simonds Miss Matie Stewart, Ey di- teaches home economics at Washrector of art education in the ington, and Miss Hild is a teacher schools, and Miss Laura Holden, In. School New 8. chal : school art consultant. 58: 58 8 Clairman oO x = = | Howe art department, and Mr, AMONG the several interesting| Perszyk teaches art at Tech High displays in handicraft is the chess|School.

Community Fund Contest Coming to a Close

You have only three more days in which to send in your entry for the Community Fund contest which offers a new 1949 de Juxe Chevrolet sedan and 49 other valuable prizes. :

You don’t have to send anything with your entry—not even a yesterday. The Series E bonds

contribution to the Community Fund. Your entry does not obligate

by General Motors dealérs of] Marion County to point out the as you wish-—but all entries must need for the Community Fund. be postmarked by midnight MonYou may enter as many times day. Send your entry now.

"1 MARION COUNTY GENERAL MOTORS DEALERS’ CONTEST

FREE ENTRY BLANK—Mail it Now to COMMUNITY FUND CONTEST

P. 0. Box No. 1681, Indianapolis, Ind.

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Mr. Haw, the truck driver, re quired only first aid treatment fop a head cut.

Probe Theft of S400 in Bonds

The theft of $20,400 in U. 8..; Savings Bonds from People's ' State. Bank was being invests . gated today by the FBI = Bank officials said a neatly dressed man stuffed the unissued. i certificates in a brief case and : hurried out almost unnoticed. The theft happened while a secretary. was away from her desk for a + short time. «iy The theft took place two weekh

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were In denominations of $25 to One bank employee said the & thief walked behind a railing and seated himself at a desk, When a secretary stepped out momen» | tarily, he apparently slipped the bonds into a brief case and lef Suspicion was not aroused until some time later, = Mr. Polen said the bonds’ g numbers had been sent to’ offices throughout the atry.. He said the bonds could be res: funded if stamped with ):

Drop Plan for Gas

Station on Boulevard

Plans to erect a gasoline tion on scenic Kessler Boulevard were abandoned today. +3 The Marion County Plan Come mission yesterday refused Tes | zone a residential area at the northeast corner of 30th St. and Kessler to permit construction of commercial establishments. said the

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