Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1950 — Page 8

CE in RE re Se

gg

a vg ae

3

AAG MR

Frye oe py

ST SR TE Ua er el SA i ag TR ie a ASE a a ee ST Ll ATG ty 3 E 22 PIE a TR a ey Sin os gn WD Vo 4 al CEE LE pt Ame age /

Cc, SE © ES prt Sie Te TS -

A

i

= i=l 1]l]=

Emancipator’ s Most

Vital Papers Collected In Valuable Volume,

"LINCOLN ENCYCLOPEDIA." By Archer H. Shaw, New York, Mac-

mil! lan, $6. 50.

By EMERSON PRICE TOMORROW will mark the 141st anniversary of the

birth of Abraham Lincoln,

Little more than 11 years

stand between us and the 100th anniversary of the siege of Ft. Sumter, where the shots were fired that launched this nation into a bloody Civil, War—a conflict still known in “the American South as the War Between the States. ;

A full century of time and|”

changing season seems a very Ligcoln, Yet there are/or appreciated by his contem-

long time.

among us many who are not ad-

Nevertheless, the stature of not wholly understood

{poraries, has been fully re‘deemed by history, and by a host

vanced in years, but who remem- ,¢ historians and scholars whose ber very well the veterans of that business it is to document the

war when they were still in” the human record, On the in these times when half a‘dozen no men are alive or more books dealing with Lin-

full vigor of manhood. other hand,

who may now evaluate the life coln and his age are not puband character of Abraham Lin-|lished,

coln from the standpoint of ma-

ture, personal recollection.

Out of this great mass of material, Lincoln more and more

-

JUST A REMINDER!

| __Roses, Beoutiful Corsages and

{tends to emerge as the greatest {of American statesmen. A man { without ‘contradictions, his publice career expressed not the cun- | ning aims of personal ambition {but the basic anxieties and yearn{ing of all mankind. Thus, even {in our time, we mourn not so {much his death as the manner |of his dying which emphasized a blemish in the general human character he had sought to ele- | vate. ~ » - | BUT THE enormous number of |books combining to make the {Lincoln story has pointed to an urgent need for another volume, {and this week a widely known Cleveland newspaperman supplies {it. He is Archer H. Shaw, now retired. That is to say, he is retired if one may refer to retirement as a long period of hard intellectual labor in assembling such a monumental work as Shaw's “The

a large assortment of Blooming Spring Plants.

vd

5 2

Hundreds of HOME . editions.

gn RITES

ADIN SAVINGS Jo

ew BANKING

It is a rare year|

Lincoln Encyclopedia” which was!

Henry McBride, noted New

York ol critic, is portr

Robert Laurent to the John Herron Art Museum for iy through February. Made in 1917, it is part of Laurent’s large collection of Pascin prints and drawings.

state papers "and public utterances. The work is indexed and| cross-indexed with such careful] judgment and common

the future reach for it as authority both immediate and final. There is no other hook like it, and, because of its nature, it will

tion is vast in Foportious, . ITIS a Proc that has taken many years to complete, Mr. Shaw, himself, tells us that it was conceived years ago when, as an editorial writer, he was obliged to

_ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES EHenen Museum

record of Lincoln's important] to “reduce his thesis to the level of la good case for the historical

lordipary understanding. I think| he succeeds admirably, and that t| if such a reader makes this book!

sense his own he will better understand|understand national origins. Title that the Lincoln scholar must inithe political and social Somplex: of his book is “The American His-

ities of our age. The author, an assistant profes-| sor of history at Harvard Uni versity, is a son of Charles Evans

find no successor, Documenta- Hughes Jr..and a grandson of the {work has frequently proved to

late Chief Justice of ‘the United States. | Mr. Hughes bases much of his| thinking upon a penetrating study of the writings of Toynbee, Spen{gler and Henry Adams, discarding what he conceives fo be either

While ‘he points out that such

be enduring literature, he adds that 'at this timo it is greatly in need of more talented and capable writers, ' A great many will agree with this, and with the author's declaration

'8id Collins announces the clash|___. —______

which will determine the city championship team. . . . WIBC, Spm

GUY GABRIELSON-—The GOP national chairman will be. heard addressing the Missour! Association of Republicans’ Lincoln Day Dinner from St. Louis. . . . WIRE-

2 J 0 Livi : Gy ” Sag SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 1,105. Nanafe f “RADIO PROGRAMS “o THIS EVENING = 32 (Al Radio Programs on Central Standard Time) WIRE 1430 ; a NBG » Opera ows —1590 Geb o Fol A + we Babe Rut” Show Troll Jacques Frey | Sports Ros! | Confidential Closeup Ebony Efchings Tommy Dorsey othe bomiree » “ Sign on 3 a i falls Sree. 3 " Hayride Luke Walton , cE Bil F J - = Rep. Jacobs Speaks Dick Jurgems Harry James Conse One Freedom ts RD Gs th | in ty rs: EN Jody Conve National Barn Dance Favorite Songs Guy Gabrislson Portraits Woosior Mis pam, hoe George Young—Nows| Alien lefiries Silver Serenade Moot the Press Dick Haymes BHED Yom Dancing Dance Band King Cole Trio—News » ny - | Record Party [Nows—Sporisman [Variety Bow - - Morton Downey arlely 8 : + Indiana Roof ..s * - » “ - - ” » ” - "= . ¥ ® On the Air Today WEEM1V. Programa ay | HOLLYWOOD STAR THEA-/and Doris Fleeson, syndicated (CENTRAL STANDARD TIME) TER—Charles Laughton will in-| Washington columnist. , . . in Saturday, Fob. 11, 1950 {troduce screen newcomer Carol WIBC, 10:15 p. m. "ag “ 5:25=Program Preview ayed in a woodcut by Jules Pascin, loaned by | Peajus . a rama hey ‘ns 5:30—Nows and Noles a | WTTV Programs $0.clakix. fm and Ofte TWENTY QUESTIONS — Dr. BLOOMINGION-—CHANNEL 10 . : Roswell Ham, president of Mt. (CENTRAL STANDARD TIME) 6:45—Robert Qainlan novel, linking its success to a Holyoke College, South Hadley, Saturday, Feb. 11, 1950 7:00—Ken Murray Show \yearning of the individual to Mass., joins the regular panel for!p, M, 8:00—Chuckwagon. Tales ithe “animal, mineral or i 30—Tost Patiorn and Tone Signal 9:00—Cavalcade of Stars table guessing game . . . WIB C,/| 7:00—Priceless Cargo 10:00—ToloNows Tm |7:30— Indiana Minnesel |torical Novel” (University of Ok- x SE ne a Game 10:10—Program Proview lahoma Press, $3185. TECH-CRISPUS ATTUCKS— 9.00 Sign of | 10:13—Sign Of

fits

AAG

Dr.

WEB, 15a. m. Sun.

First of Seven Talks on Modern Psychology

E. Burdette Backus | "Speaks on jf “KNOW THYSELF” | |

‘Sar

IN-THE

BANK. ADDITION.

Streets (see map).

rtm. « te 2 PM—Saturder, §

~ INDIANAPOLIS

Now you can have complete banking sérvice DOWNTOWN with no parking and no traffic problem! Ready to serve you is our new THREE-WAY DRIVE-IN

Simply drive in from Ohio. or. Delaware

of the three windows and be served to your car by a friendly, experienced teller.

PEOPLES STATE BANK.

car The Peoples

Felix T. "McWhirter, Founder

addifon immediately in cost of this address). Oven Monts thisegh-Fridey # AM. ls ty 1301 for avy information about our hav Drive-In series. 4

MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 3

<3

J

—Call RI-5551—

| ny time before midnight tonight to have the big SUNDAY TIMES deliversd to | your home. Just say, “I want to start The Sunday Times ."... -and/a ie ae © or, get o SOPK at your. near store. Jeults ‘only o DIME!

tional business—all in ONE HANDY SECTION. Don’t miss it in tomorrow's big SUNDAY TIMES!

ditorial “he was obliged to ie ; : WLW, 9:30 p. m. ublished Tuesd This lume search through tl _|Inadequate or approachi ng bias ~that-the-historical -novel EE wh » a ¥ 11 A MM THE CHURCH 4 outs axcellent Critical fered a So a are (He quickly and completely dis-lS. the author's surest way. tol MEET THE PRESS Joseph B. A Penis Center With HA MAT ’ judgment and dogged persever- quotations. He then resolved to|Mmisses, for instance, Spengler's financial success. Still others Keenan, American prosecutor at 4 Civic Circumference “The Religion of Lincoln” ~ Deh ance as few men possess. supply a readily available refer- (silly racist theories.) II fragt to Sv litte Juithe 2 te J3p nese vay 2 ne tal, “= 'Stre - dk Su > rs erviewe y T " here other historians havelence work if time might bel INCORPORATING a study of who read this type of fiction ab-|Sherrod. Time Magazine; Paul ALL SOULS, UNIT ARJAN CHURCH Te Emancipator and placed upon it| It seems likely Be Was Rirth the work. of still others, including|sorb it not as fiction, but as his-| Ward, Baltimore Sun; Ernest K. 1453 N. Alahama St ~1.OC thelr individual evaluations, in|impelled to undertake the work| oor, Poychologists and theltory, itself. Jindley: Newsweek Magadine, | loids and Mr. Shaw's book, Lincoln speaksiby his long Observation of the| eons fob tran analvets of Amers j eh for himself. In a very large sense, (antics of certain hacks in publiclean society, and a vals struggle to enter t then, the volume may be consid-|life, many of them conscientious, petween id societies of gee The | ered Lincoln's autobiography. but “none the less mediocre. Byland West. It is of particular : almost ev You will find here a complete this comparative means Lincoln|interest to point out a charge Amo “eg et have Jound a high place inthat we have been producing ., = ay In ey nd. work ia generation after generation of the polio complete, It stands poll * now literate citizens who have not, 7 tinue at 1 Be Sean, at, tht pwn be taught tn so extend héucetorty take a Place on the in such a tentative manner that prices. tending to fill ay pi W On. pre-ithey must be. considered entirely * The co Hbrary, It will be une ons Of 3 speculative. He does not exclude £1 Rossellini | useful to the individual wn ¥/the possibility of war; indeed, he open year HOUSE PLANS ! A proper Tevercioe for 13 0 Das fears it. « But he sees other and| » Theater. \ J Denar oo fncolns far more satisfactory alterna- Other fir of desi to select tory with seriousness 8- (tives. For all mankind stands to clude: “Th from in our FREE lending library lose another war. He feels that adaptation PLAN BOOKS. Latest SINCE large numbers of peo-|COMMunism, as such, is losing at the Of : ple wish to escape the brisis in 8Tound, but that a changing sea-| Mike," Him We Lend Th civilization, rather than to under- 50D is upon us, whether we like ing novel, * om stand it—or they stand in a state|It or not. and a dou {of - intellectual ~ paralysis- before! Earnest . Be - “Leth. makes: _and “Temp colossal world problems—we may Bie - suppose that “An Essay for O : : Times,” by H. pay Hughes| BASKETBALL S st day with (Knopf, $2.75) will not reach a . ON : this ahs he wide group of readers. g . Justi CE "Yet this brilliant young his- WIBC with, an 1 torian makes a very large effort! ; . a nN | O ell our ome . tion. : : rere v aR eT LA seo | |: nl : | Tonight 8:00 P. M. ~ DeMille | omsams’ TH and Bu A Better One? Eh VS. TECH Hmited oxy Play by Play : : DeMille ha By SID COLLINS 4f you are not satisfied with your present home . .. would like to in p : : t 1070 ON YOUR DIAL have more room, would prefer a different neighborhood, ete. . . . why py i : :. 2 Mille’s ear = : not sell it and buy what you want? While prices are down from the are still b 3 abroad, an = gas ie = 1946 highs, they are still high nou to Tike this an excellent time ~~ i Hates fol . », Ca A Ae ! His lates ww 1 = ; to sell! Delilah,” > “ld BR Mack delicione . gh time was 1 search as En, ac e A Rel able Real wo] Jes was wasted crastinatio) —- Samson ®* LE ] jenge to 1] ‘a state Broker! Fe he gothic : i .BFoject, he : i with 2 tol : His modest commission will be money well spent! . . . because wy heptieity 3 can save you many hours of time, find a buyer faster, get a good price Easy W for you, answer questions regarding taxes, insurance, financing, etc., ge oo Sle _ that must be solved before the sale can be made, make sure that all 1 Shape! + legal matters are handled properly. Call one. of the reliable Real Es- M . tate Brokers advertising in the classified columns of THE TIMES. ov ® . You'll find that he will look out for your best interest. Lady Borden ARE GIG EYE 3 : Rai : is creamy vanilla T J % i S aoa Rr he New Real Estate Section premium quality dork cherries. Of 1 he SUNDAY 1 IMES If you are already a PEOPLES BANK f pf es you i transact any of your Serve I ChE) , g regula banking business ram your oun TERN TE ++. is selling HOMES, FARMS, LOTS and INVESTMENT PROPERTY for leading real estate plage to park! : ’ brokers and home builders becouse it is CAREFULLY READ and THOROUGHLY ENJOYED I you. ave vit usher at thie time by thousands of Times readers! It brings them PAGES OF REAL ESTATE ADS every Sunday, Park alongside any at at nis y bani dovtigun from you, PLUS interesting news, pictures, special articles on local real estate, building, local and ne- - les Way. ’

ii $