Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1950 — Page 17

‘SUNDAY, FEB. 19, 1950

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IT WAS HARD to believe that the two people In court loved one another enough at one time to Jarry “for better or for worse” until death parted m. I glanced at Circuit Court Tue Lioya D. Claycombe on the bench. His face was impassive as the woman on the stand poured out her Teasons

for wanting a divorce.

Some of Judge Claycombe’s ideas on. divorce spoken earlier in hig chambers, rocketed back into my mind. “The recitals you hear sound almost incredible and seem impossible to have occurred between two rational people.” *

The courtroom was filled with acid- soaked words. The woman was pouring out testimony at a high rate of speed. She was so angry, bitter and fired up with hate that had been stored up for a long time just waiting to. explode; her face was livid with emotion.

The Scene Was A Shocking One

FOR SOMEONE who had never experienced the state of matrimony, the scene was shocking. Not long before the woman and man had entered the courtroom with their attorneys perfectly calm. Outwardly calm, at least.

Through all the preliminary but necensafy steps such as the bailiff opening the court, calling the case, lawyers indicating they were ready to proceed, clerk swearing in the witnesses and establishing them as householders who in turn stated that the plaintiff and defendant complied with resident rules, the principals in the case sat In silence. Just as if they were not in the cast.

It was clearly evident the husband suffered through the testimony his wife was giving. He

“By a= 18 Boy Scouts This. Car’ Carries Mr. y Get Eagle Rank i] |

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Plan Dinner

Annual Event Booked Feb. 27

“Five, hundred members of Bap. [tist Men, Inc., are expected to attend the annual dinner Monday, Feb. 27, at 6:15 p. m. in the Lynhurst Baptist Church. id Dr. Shields T. Hardin of North

Orange, N: J, |chairman of the {stewardship adlvance of the Northern Baptist

Of Year Today

Eighteen Boy Scouts will re-! ceive the rank of Eagle Scout! § during the first 1950 Eagle Court, of Honor in the World War Me-| morial today at 2:30 p. m. { Parents and: friends will witness the-ceremony, in which boys from the following troops will re-| ceive the rank: { Paul Metcalf, Explorer Post 6, Centenary Christian Church; Rob-

It is for the use of the President, ’

This i is the car coll mothers want Yheir 3 sons t ride i in. specially built Lincoln. Note the wide running boards for secret service men. The glass partition

ert Hoffman, Troop 9, Irvington behind the driver ‘is electrically controlled. And you can bet it's bullet-proof, too. The first of (Convention, will Methodist Church; John Bowden, 10 was just delivered. give the dinner Troop 28, Meadlawn Christian address. Wayne Church. : si reeman of John Lofton, Troop 48, Lin-. ‘Richmond, Ind.

wood - Christian. Church; Eddie, IMahurin, Jack Worley and Rich-| lard Rush, Explorer Post 53, 3 YMCA; Norman Middleton Jr.,' & Troop 57, Victory Memorial Meth-|

and Will Barr of Bluffton, Ind., both will make remarks. They pr Hardin are, respectively, {president and vice president of the men’s department of the In{diana Baptist Convention, Members will elect a successor to Dr. Herbert F. Thurston, who |recently - dled after serving as president of the Baptist Men dur{ing the entire 12 years of its jexistence. Other officers to retire

Eiveraes ie , Circuit Judge Loyd D. Claycombe presides.

The court steps in, explained Judge Claycombe, by and tries to avoid catering to the whims, prej- odist Church. udices, caprices of parents. Clayton Eshelman, Troop 61, Whenever it is possible, though, the court gives |Fairview Presbyterian Church; the custody of small children to the mother. Not Roger Childs, Troop 72, Tabernecessarily as a right but a duty, The father is nacle Presbyterian Church; Tom| ordered to pay enough money for their proper | Young, Troop 80, Church of the support. —+Advent;- Carl Tirmenstein, Troop. The man didn't have anything to say. You| 82, University Park Christian, wondered what was going through his mind. Was|Church; Samps McQuiston and

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looked like a whipped puppy. This was their second appearance in the court. The last time Judge Claycombe had reconciled them to live together for 30 days. They have three children. Divorce cases are always more difficult and pathetic where children are involved, Judge Claycombe said. -Everything went fine until the 29th day. The husband hadn’t touched a drop of liquor during that time. Life wasn’t all sweetness and-light -but it -was tolerable. It seems the old boy thought a little celebration was in order. Afterwards he resorted to something his wife objected to, namely, a thrashing. That was the end. The testimony was indeed incredible. It struck me that no one should listen to such an unburdening of the soul. Matrimony shouldn't end in that way. What ‘happened to all the love, the dreams and hopes of these two? A bachelor scooted lower in his chair. More of what Judge Claycombe told me came back. He said sometimes contests over the care of children point to the conclusion that neither party is suitable to have their care. Frequently parents are more concerned in furthering their own selfish interests than Seeking the best interests of the children. :

he thinking of another chance? Did he feel he was| Brant Moore, Troop 90, Broadwa, to blame and whatever unhappiness came to him| |Evangelical Church. ; was his just due? What did he remember most? James Aldridge, Explorer Post| Drinkirg and shooting his mouth off in taverns 91, Wallace Street Presbyterian] and coming home to raise a rumpus or the years Church; Lonnie Tillery, Troop 163, | of comparative comfort in the family circle? Had | [Christian Park Reformed Church; he forgotten the day he became a father for the ‘Hobart Swiggett Troop 228, first time and passed out cigars to well-wishing Grace Methodist Church, Frankfriends? lin. :

Woman Given Custody of Children ick mites FrROSTPROOF What the Procdeat-da THE DIVORCE was granted. The woman was| FROSTPROOF, Fla. Feb, 18 i. Ho 3 tengo ar Sy . =, given the custody of the children and the father| (UP)—Temperatures in the low Is-orders over 8 one-way pu cy TeX yysonT was ordered to pay alimony. After it was all over 30's today brought frost to Frost- He has his own fresh air heater, his personal and the high-ceilinged courtroom was quiet once, joront for the second day in a row. radio and a slot under the seat for an umbrella. more, the scene that had taken place seemed 1 . == MI | I

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[promotional vice president; Wallace Malle, evangelistic vice president, and M. A. Shiricliff, | boys’ work vice president. - J. J. Albion heads the nominating committee. Mr. Vogt will preside at {the dinner, .

NAMED ON HONOR ROLL

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tures are gold-plated. “Lizard skin cases=in they J +0 "8t “has been named to arm rests hold thermos bottles, water, sandwiches the honor roll of Cottey College, and a writing portfolio with gold pen and pencil. |Nevada, Mo.

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a bad movie. Something to forget. I iad Hie! would try. How about the leading lady and ever] B= =| The judge wasn’t very happy. “Son, if you ever | get married, remember to keep your sense of humor, admit a mistake and be quick: with an| apology. Try to place yourself in your wife's shoes | Don’t expect everything to go smoothly and| orderly. Don’t have a home where each one of you is the other's jailer. A divorce can be an awful mess.” Scares me.

In the Bots

NEW YORK, Feb. 18—I will not buy, generally, the suggestions the fashion experts advance each year in an effort to reduce men’s clothing to the

. state of utter absurdity now proclaimed by

women’s wear, which changes its mind annually and renders useless last year’s fashionable bank-

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By that I mean no valler. silk jackets and minklapelled tuxedos—no evening shorts, no bright pink topcoats and polka-dotted pants such as are ~_ recommen

year. My prewar double-breasted blue is still functional, still in the

: mode; and my hemline ain’t raised or lowered an

inch since I was 15. But I do indorse one of the suggestions that a flock of female designers advanced at a he-style show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art recently. This was a shoulder-strap handbag for men. It is

. maybe the first sensible suggestion to come along

since somebody thought of sewing pockets into pants.

: Cost About Six Bucks

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in North Africa. It cost about six bucks, Tangier fashion. It is made of leather, and looks like an old-fashioned booksack the kids used to carry. I wouldn’t stir out of town without my handbag: “It has traveled 100,000 miles with me, at least, and nobody has sneered at me for a sissy yet. I will tell you what my handbag will hold. It will hold all the local papers for that day. It will hold two cartons of cigarets, two bottles of Scotch,

‘ my phony camera case, which contains three little

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bottles of assorted liquid—often water—two unread novels, a flask of aspirin, a deck of carbon

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brush, shaving kit, clean shirt and ‘change of underwear. When I travel my handbag never leaves my side. They can pack the big stuff away, but you always cli to the handbag and the portable typewriter man who has the above inventory in hand is néver lonesome. Let’s take the time we got forced down in the

. Brazilian jungle, halfway between Rio and Belem.

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It was a dreary little “field called Barroiras, shorn | of creature comforts, but handy to have around if your motor is on fire. We were stuck there about 30 hours. The other passengers drove themselves evhivd The food was awful, the sleeping accommodations | sketchy. There was no bar, nothing to read, nowhere to go. All you could do was prowl thej

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food with a Hershey bar. The other folks got awful crummy, with their . bags’ still stowed aboard the plane, but Junior| here had a shave and some clean drawers and a| clean shirt. When the rescue plane finally showed I was fat, happy, well-entertained, and the owner of five pieces I would have had to write later any-| how. This was all because of my - little lady’stype handbag.

It Even Holds Water

I LIVED out of this bag once for 28 hours on a second class Arab train from Casablanca to Alglers——a miserable caravan which boasted neither food nor water. That's when my phony camera!

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‘Tax on Virtue

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18-Now it turns out: that Tour governmjefit, - Actorang ts” wpectEitsts om the

subject, is taxing virtue. Worse still, it is putting"

an impost on young love. This came as a shock to” the genial gentlemen of the House Ways and Means Committee, who have been accused of many things in their day, “but wha were not prepared for a tall _gentleman “with a large paper-wrapped bundle: . From it he extracted two alarm clocks, one with a radium dial; one kitchen clock made of white enamel; one wall clock with a chromium rim; one $2.75 wrist watch, and one dollar pocket watch, price $2.98, tax extra. He identified himself as Edward Green, vice president of General Time, Inc., manufacturers of Big Ben and Seth Thomas clocks. That tax, 10 per cent on clocks under $5 and 20 per cent on those above, he said, was the trouble. ,

Described as Housewife's Assistant

SINCE WHEN, he cried, was a clock a luxury? He held aloft his clocks, one by one, and when he came tp the kitchen clock, he said: “This is not a luxury. It is the housewife’s assistant.” He - described his clocks in detail. Fhe $4.95 clock carried a tax of 50 cents, but the same clock with the see-in-the-dark dial cost 1. more and hence was taxed $1.19. “8imply cockeyed,” muttered Rep. John D. Dingell . (D. Mich.), who doesn’t believe in excise taxes. “Yes, sir,” agreed Mr. Green. “And punctuality 1s supposed to be a virture. One of the important virtues; This is the first time that there has been a tax on virtue. Why, even yachts don’t carry a tax, Why...” “Which would produce more revenue, a tax on virfue, or on & lack of virtue?” interrupted the gentleman from Michigan! “I do not know, sir,” replied Mr. Green. 1

case came in handy. It was loaded with wateg. | (1) $24.95 LAM? TABLE. limed oak, now. . 3 nity chest and (1) $149.95 7-pc. DINING ROOM SUITE, Duncan Any soldier who ever, owned a musette bag will| (1) $34.95 COCKTAIL TABLE, 18x36, styling, genuine mahogany, vanity chest ar Phyfe extension table, 2 arm chairs, 4 side tell you how handy it i§, and my bag is merely a| blond finish, fOW «evvsresvscsssonsss 317.48 full size bed, now !/; price ........ .. $249.25 chairs. in mahogany finith. as is, now. . $99.95 Simpler ge hy pouch Ras preserved my| (1) $39.95 LARGE CORNER BOOKCASE, (1) $49.50 MATCHING NITE STAND, is, gany unl ' vy Da ens Ne i Jeu STOFA Sydney enuine mahogany veneer, now Cees $24.95 now 1p price wiveisiiiiiiiiiinanns $24.75 (1) $169.50 BREAKFRONT CHINA CABINET. “ANd especially “from the Azores to Newfoundland | 2) $22.50 SOLID MAPLE BOOKCASE adjusiana. (1) $34.95 MATCHING BENCH, with-swirl-mahogany front-row scree $129.98 to the Azores again, when we got turned back she! ves, Vs price eetestecssr tana 11.25 now 1/5 ICO ovo snsonsaasansas eave $17.48 account of weather when we were only an hour (2) $12.95 SOL MAPLE CORNER BOOK- (1) $489.50 5-pc. BEDROOM © SUITE 18th century (1) $119.50 CORNER CABINET, glass doors with out of Gander. Sixteen hours in the air is a long] CASE, FICO waennesensnniasnanses 6.48 style in genuine mahogany, vanity chest on swirl mahogany door panels, now ..... $89.95 me. hest, high poster bed: nity berch end : No puce pants, natifally, no purple tailcoats (1 3000 EBT COMMODE 389 95 o ht « and fs oe ber ow ny oe "298. 50 (I) $89.50 SERVER, 4 large drawers, swirl for sure, but buy yourself a handbag, boys. With 2asvuaces¥TaTIaceer ieee ’ 9 cn oy Eten TASING cE h front. now . $49.50 a shoulder strap on it. In the matter of con-| (1)-$298.50 LARGE KNEE HOLE DESK, (2) $99.50 HIGH POSTER TWIN SIZE i mahogany front, now ..... Feeraanan . venience the dames are away ahead of us. And, mahogany with_genuine leather top, genuine Mahogany, NOW .....eevssns the owner of a well-stocked pocketbook _ meets, Ls PFCE tuteererteeieeteeseatas $149.25 (3) $19.95 VANITY BENCHES, in genuine ma- (n $59. 75 ODD 2 DINETTE BUFFET, 44 a such interesting, but bagless, people. — hogany. upholstered seats, now '/5 price $9.98 natural oak finish 5 Price co aes de k hr APPLIANCES en 2) ine SOLID MAPLE PW SE SEDS, ot (I) $64.95 ODD 'CREDENZA DINETTE BUFFET : ad : now !/p price soviet eos 939. lime OK. NOW &eseesnsessnnsensnn $34.95 By Frederick C. io man | in.lime oak, now u....:.. at Bras AMERICAN BEAUTY GAS RANGE “LIVING ROOM FURNITURE (1 $119.95 5.pc. MODERN DINETTE SET am not an expert on virtue, as such. 1 ama} * th Robertshaw heat control, 20 $79.50 » genuine blond maple, exten ion table and ~etoeRITERer = - ON EE Ee pe rrr ee SRB ES ps pe RR RS TT TTT OY YE So - the furriers, the handbag manufacturers { 0 $99.50 AMERICAN BEAUTY GAS: RANGE Vi fr 74.5 <F (vf ' R phi SUITE mods rn ul : [ and the luggage-makers made their impassioned with oven heat ¢ontrol, 30-in. size, now. . . oy ing, upholstered in red mohai : he 95 [I] $89.95 5p CHROME DINETTE SET, motherem ter me 0 EARRING ie oa sore Be IE CI came Fred D. Dreifus, the Memphis, “Tenn. jewel. hs of now wit th hea . ! heavy ry pie Tore har fa NOW 5 vv oo ¥ $179. 95 CRrOmMO CHAILS, NOW sees rarseatin : ot $49.95 er, who urged upon the. sentimental gentlemen the ontr Fete aaa ata ayaa . / 0c c. OOM Nn il ) . PR — 1. advisability Of-tan free lover —— ———]—tu-$2005. HOTPOINT. ELECTRIC RANGE. reg. (1) $159.95 2.00. LIVING RC JOM SUITE 13) $69.95 5-pe. CHROME DINETTE SET, porcelain It just isn't right, he said, for. the government] ular size with deep well and automa 7 Lure mo alr vo ; " ow CU top, extension style, 4 upholstered chrome Jo ena a Young man 20 per cent when he goes cooking, NOW seve seems oeserennn $269.95 th 519%) 0 2-pc. LIVIN > go yA TE in mo- ChAITS, NOW vevvnsrnesnneeenats . $39.95 nto a jewelry store to buy 8 rl an engage- (1 ) $229. 95 PHILCO REFRIGERATO RR with full air boucie, modern, blond wood, ment ring. A little later he buys the young lady 1 oof Brim, BOW iveenoean or teniannas $149. 95 11) $98.50 S 5-pC. "CHROME DINETTE SET, formica a wedding band and again he’s hicked 20 per cent.! eth frozen food compart men 1, 14 sq. 2) $249.50 2-pe. LIVI NE ROOM SUITE in mohalr rn mo ther- of-pearl top, 4 upholstered chrome The Congressmen did not seem to have realized shelf capacity. floor; sample, now ... $199. 95 boucle with U Kovlon foam rubber cushions WAITS. vow $69.50 before what their wartime excises had done to (1) Ba PHILCO REFRIGERATOR DE LUXE bio of > oy) how ) $198 50 di i rrr right-thinking men who get to work on time and MODEL, full width frozen food cdmpartment, lagnoice Of Noe US, AOW wvv ons. s ' {109 95 ‘Ene SETS, hn the course of events fall in love. They gulped. de luxe adjustable shelves, 2 crispers, large (1 $295 00 ro A. tuxedo style, rose Ce 149. 5 (2) ; 7.75 5 pe. CHROME DINETTE o y guess is that they'll do right by the forces of 76 cu” §t. refrigérat $289.95 hair filled, now Jew cianiiiiie en, formica mother-of-pear rome i . gérator, now ..... . 1 t970 £0 SOF upholstered in ara . upholstered chairs, wn takte share 79.50 virtue and love . (2) $179.95 HOTPOINT DE LUXE WAS HER. mn $239 > oe upholstered in qray S147 " red chairs, now. $ Wants That Nickel Beer Back with pump and automatic 4 mer, no ow $149.95 nm §379 £0 © OFA Iarae. Englich lounge. civle. ot (1) Group CHR OME CHAIRS, 1,2 and 3 of a : THE RETAILERS of taxed merchandise (H $199.95 HOTPOINT IRONER, cabinet style, ! down; led pillow back style. now $229 50 - kind requiar price from $6. 95. to afveed 10 3 Han that they were being ruined by floor sample, 1/5 price, now .......... $99.98 (H $1951 00 1.pe eC “TIONAL SOFA J CHAIR “B2750, NOW srrirnnninaas . . Va Price. 8 five years after the shooting stopped. (1) $139.95 HOTPOINT ELECTRIC WATER ) . J ~ They all were careful to say that they ejpressed HEATER, ‘52-qal. ‘capacity, cabinet slightly in heavy tapestry cover, now ....... $139.95 go opinion on wlietner liquor taxes also should risrted and dented, ov i 5 9 95 - pr Group of $49.95 and $59.95 reduc 8 made Rep. Dingell unhappy. 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champagne, beer.” He made me"so thirsty with his eloquence that I didn’t take many. notes on his remarks about taxes on cosmetics. I jotted down enly one sen-| tence: “The paint on your woman is far more tm-| portant than the paint on your old barn door.” I guess it ts, at that.

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