Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1950 — Page 11
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AITONAL SMILE WEEK sure got off to a- One old gentleman, wearing his glasses low- on Sir— m— Btu y. wful lot his nose, merely - Wi - ofsefious people living here. .. .- Just for the fun of was so beautiful yeste our smiling populace down
Ply ET ten om : Jt and because the weather + The corners of his lips had been drooping for, SEE 4 ‘Wm = . : : = : T did some checking on $0 long that the lines extended all the way down, : ; a, : : town, It was a shock to his throat. No kidding, I would be willing to bet! ~~ his smile muscles were atrophied. If the tfuth| : 2
See SO many blank or scowling faces. : he Of course, you notice the lack of smiles more Were known, the old gentleman probably couldn't -when_you're’'on the prowl for them. That's the Smile. Too bad.
Same w rms. . ray haw the subject of smiling. And this lack of smiles wasn’t g some afternoon confined to the older folk. Young men and women
within 25 miles of your
way it always’ goes. When you den't want sidewalks. Decide to go fishin and there isn't a fishworm
Smiles, I thought, would be plentiful, T was so °° hered-soming out at all. convinced everyone knew about: National Smile Week that from early morning I had a grin from _ ear to ear. One must be honest an ught I was nuts on the wa t could have been the early mo
lance “time The lines on his face were taut. His glance| | ubkful in my direction shivered my timbers. If he doesn’t!
ir J le at my genefous show of teeth and look on-their faces: On several occasions a cal man or woman would t
urn and actually scowl 8ion in the American Medical Journal. as if I were trying to ‘fh
ece them of an honest
Smile, clown, smile... Norma Evans {left) and Jean Moss, School 9 students, find the National Smile Week booster amusing.
On the Nose
By Ed Sovola|
2 i —
Lp
en I called cheerfully,
; rely grunted wh “Srhile, sir, it's Nationa! Smile Week.” :
Before long-I really got-hepped up about the
pounded the pavement with a grim determination) that must have made Old King Sol wonder why he
Groups of youngsters, high school age. and younger, bounced by laughing and pushing one another. Almost made.one feel sorry for them when! | I thought that in a few years they would join the - ranks of unsmiling adults, a “ rec we TT AH WATE dr
have ulcers some day it will be a case for discus- :
A young woman, “on the other hand, walking with difficulty because of a spastic condition, was covered avith smiles. She chatted happily with her companion and seemed to be enjoying every second] and every step of her way. ad : It became obvious that something drastic had to be done. I dashed over to see my old friend, Duke Stern, at the Novelty Shop, 10 E. Market St, Smiles? Duke had a million. I settled for a rubber mask of a clown face. d So out I went with this mask covering my own face. Much better. Better except for the fact that two little tots in front of the Canary Cottage! ‘alnrost blew their little stacks when they saw my bulbous green nose and huge red mouth. What a dilemma, Then in front of the Indianapolis Water & Co.. a tiny girl walking with her mother stuck her tongue out at me. The mother smiled. That was! ~ something. - . ; -
Laughed Louder With Mask Off |
TWO SCHOOL 9 students, Norma Evans and! Jean Moss, found the mask very amusing. My spirits rose considerably until I took the mask off. 3 They howled even louder. National Smile Week! had a couple of good ambassadors in those girls, | All in all, the happy week didn't get a good, start. The clown mask helped somewhat, but if we| have to resort to masks to produce smiles, I'd say the condition is critical. May I suggest you relax your facial muscles KE he right now. Do you feel your forehead loosen and! . ‘the corners of your mouth come up? Notice how Seerge N. Craig ism in 1950 much fuller your cheeks feel. Now forse a smile, Legion's fight agains ommunism in . = : -a great big one. Feels pretty good, doesn’t it? Try . to hold it for awhile. Of course, you know smiles Every Legal Medium Employed
are contagious. Contaminate your family and
friends with smiles. The result will surprise you.| To Expose Reds, Their Activities
’ ; | (Last ina Series) By Harman W. Nichols
By CARL HENN ” wl * HOOSIER Legionnaires are continually active in their fight
WASHINGTON, Mar. 7—This is - barkeep nated Joe and a horse called Bee Kee. Joe loves the horses, risks a bob here and there, but seldom wins. Bee Kee—well, more about the
Anyhow, the nag, a strapping 4-year-old bay gelding, was due*to sfart on Saturday at Charles Town, W. Va. In 22 trips to the post in its racing career, the score was 22 fo nothing. It hadn’t even been in the money and had finished fourth only twice. Total winnings for owner C. Harland, $125. But word got around to the tavern owner that was the day, Rumor was. that Harland
{against communism. 's . i. In a body, Tn committees, in small groups and individually they Came post-time. Bee Kee, the gelding, bore the! ry the battle to the foe by every legal means. : highest price of any horse in the race. Almost $80 Since their best tactics, they believe, are to inform and educate for $2 if itt won. Joe was by his radio. Harry others against communism, they use the lecture platform, news- | gai vist, they use the lecture platform. nes. was at the track, having stuffed his 60 borrowed papers, letters, pamphlets an off from i | jobs, as occurred last and hard-earned dollars through the wicket at the| Word of mouth to expose Reds. _|year, the Legion sends reproduc“win” window. The Legion is especially suc {tions of the letter and an accom- : ' {cessful in Indiana because fresh! vi lanation of CommuThe race was off. Easter Bonnie broke on top./news, source material and ex. PADYIDE exp
Bee Kee kicked up a slow heel and started off iperts are available at heddquar.| Tis faction to, members of e
sixth, from post No. 8. He remained sixth untilitarg in Indianapolis to assist in the end of the race, when nosed out by Cherokee na struggle es those who| A Dill pending before U. 8. ConStar... : ‘ad +
en stuffing vitamin pills: down the horse's throat all winter and that he could win in a walk. This despite the gelding’s poor record and the fact that, in his last time trial, he had run thr eighths of a mile in 39 seconds, which is considerably over par for the course.
Beckons Bookie to Come Running OUR" MAN Joe wet-ragged the mahogany, served up a couple and went to the phone, He asked the bookie across the way to come running. Joe handed him a $100 bill along with a note. “On the nose, ‘Bi Ki'.” Harry, one of the bartenders, w
as wearing rab-
Harry makes around 50-60 bucks a week. He was going to catch a bus to the track that day. He looked in his pocket and found a stray 10-spot. He looked up and down the bar and found a few friends. He borrowed another $50. A fin here, two or three there, a twenty from a well-heeled patron who had just drawn his week’s wages.
Cold Comfort
McLEAN, Va., Mar, 7—I am the poor-unfortu-.miracles whose electronic oldest night of the. year blew up.
nate believer-in modern blanket on the c
It was a shattering experiengg. ~The “horse's “water “havin sicle, the pipe having fro sink, and the ducks havi
g turned into a popzen under the kitchen ng abandoned hope of to skate on the creek, I gave up, too. And took to my bed beneath my fine, pink blanket with the heavy-duty cables leading therefrom.
A Wail, a Flash, and Frigid Air THIS BLANKET was the. type that hooked to a small black box, littered with knobs on the outside and populated within by. radar tubes, relay switches, condensers and, apparently, some uny had I set the thermometer dial at 85 degrees, as the proper temperature to thaw the “marrow in my bones, before those fellows within ~began to squeal. I figured let “em suffer, until at least I got warm. ~~ : The” clammy ' feel was starting to leave my sheets and I was flexing my toes tentatively when the squeal turned to a wail. I touched the box; it was hot.: And then, as I say, Bang! The pilot light flashed out, I noticed a small blue lightning streak, and then all was silence, as “the temperature beneath my blanket began to subside. I can report that there is nothing colder than a bed covered by busted electronics. I spread the bathroom rug over my feet. used my overcoat, and a couple of towels. a miserable night, I set out to get my blanket patched. The man at the radio store said he'd rather tinker with a Swiss watch or an electronic
The Quiz Master
Is it true that the Liberty Bell was rung on
On D-Day the bell was tapped with a rubber mallet on two broadcasts. As the program ended on the first broadcast, Mayor Samuel tapped the bell, once for each letter in the word independence. During the second broadcast the bell was again tapped by Mayor Samuel seven times, once for each letter in the word Liberty."
What is the life span of an automobile? The life of the average automobile today is set it travels 108,000 ‘miles,
anywhere along-the
* and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., is the oldest st 12 years, during
~—-Are-pear! oyste eoasts of the United States? - Pear] oysters are not found in the e continental United States, T irs to be found in American w. in a small bed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
ol fy i 1 | Does a female dog wand
"Ne, you will find that a, female s home body than the average male dog.
rien sects ri the-overthrow “of cap: in the United States will ' -Our goat didn’t get a call all the way around italism. Samy DT GOT literature from the oval. | Then, too, Indiana possesses
le t Tavern owner Joe dropped a couple of tears in doughty battlers who conduct | headquarters, urging people to
. C t ee. his beer, scrubbed the bar some more, and said: _ [their -own individual crusades| ite and telegraph their suppor
" . s of the bill. : There goes another C-note.” {against Communists. From every angle, Indiana About this time the doors of the saloon turned! . ; Legionnaires snipe at Reds; Pinks
= > - In and the bookmaker bellied -up to the bar | "DR. "HARRY NAGLE, Trving-| and fellow-travelers. They expose ordered one and pitched a $100 bill at Joe.. [ton dentist,” is one.. Another is|ine identities of: Communists, de-
a E: ~~ |8gt. Frank Jessup, Indiana State| pide their motives and discredit Couldn't Find Horse by That Name | Police officer, now assigned de organizations.
“I LOOKED all through the Racing Form.” hecivil defense work. 2 » = said, “and I couldn't find a horse named ‘Bi Ki’.” These and other men like them THIS SORT of action is very ~ Joe fished his own Form from under the bar|spark state and district WUn-| effective, according to Sgt. Jessup, and looked again. He had spelled the name of the American committee meetings, at) who was 1949 chairman of the horse wrong on his memo. : . |which members exchange -confi-|state>~ Un-American Activities Joe, being a pretty good Joe, cracked the C-|dential information about the lat-|Committee. His Legion work, of note, bought the house a round. lest Red tactics. fcourse, has no connection with At the track, Harry, the young bartender, was| The Legion’s Indiana Depart- | his police duties. having a bad time. The money he had borrowed ment carefully notes editorials| “If we can isolate Communists was down the drain. - |and articles appearing in Hoosier|and their activities, show them “Vitamin pills for horses and hot, tips on same, newspapers. Tt knows the policy for what they are and yet give fooey,” he said, as he put the arm on a.friend for/and attitude of other publications| them no free publicity, we can carfare back to home base. : |in the state. |beat them at their own game,” : | By word from individual{Sgt. Jessup declares. | “watchdog” members the Legion
{
“The front groups which fail to
WHEN the Communist Party
! . gf : {follows developments from all{get funds and members wither | By Frederick C. Othman over 1naians. (and die.” | muni * | =
by Dr. Nagle, now chairman of |
“brain. Then I hauled it to the place Where 1 bought
facturer who had built my blanket had gone out/ A - - — of the business. She had no idea where I * ut About People— buy a new. box, . -
Of Legion Against C
, American Legion national commander, is director of the
gress to outlaw..the Communist.
Sgt. Jessup’s views are echoed but an international conspiracy. “We didn't get anywhere then,
'S.. ~ TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1950
2
G. Huggins, assistant Americanism _subversive activities in the United States.
W. C. "Tom" Sawyer, national Americanism director, is in charge of the anti-Red brigade.
“Fifteen years ago,” Dr. Nagle! “Now our program revolves|get it. rs ris says, “we tried fo tell the news- around exposing the Communist-| “Fight the Communists with tpapers and the people that Com-!front organizations. . sts were not a political party “When a new group appears we. check to see who the spon-|
{turns out to be only a new name death.” od ~~ ~|Find No Clues To Boat Blast
wurst sis oes on sn rors cox Eppo] Flynn, Ex-Wife Square Off for Battle
turer thereof is a bum and if it weren't for John
L: Lewis, I suppose I should turn to a bedside coal . Clash in Court Friday Over Children; stove. : :
But as soon as one invention goes sour another Speaker Ss Named for P rogram Here
who invented some time ago a workable electric, children. jawards will be made June 3.
razor. -. \ |. . The former Nora Eddington filed suit asking for custody of both! —— Now he coies up-with-a -nonelectric blanket, children, Deidre, 5, and Rory, 3, on grounds. that the girls shoul
whose fibers. are Sprayed with liquid aluminum. | BAB ti mer
~=The-idea-is thatthe Weta Ferects the heat gener. ~ When she divorced ‘Mr. lynt ated by me back where’it cane from, instead of
Se:
Walter R. Schott, vice president
. pe Tad . sein} ; . : -dianapolis Athletic Club." A for: W This Fils, I's Feathers any oe he co. MR. RAND'S invention goes-even further. Alu-|, he! ; been a member of the board of
minize a stiock and it's as warm as an overcoat, | jdirgstons shee te. or-almost. Think what this will do ifor the female] [goutoh WY. ‘Stiekuey;. Who ted nightshirt business, with gauzy gowns as snug as {president 18 yeats, was Jo w mink coats. The proprietor thinks. his metallic president eepibig. Pas. Ferre Goth saz solo be vjgan! for ear muffs, gloves, RE sTecter a. were Ralph ; “and or-convertible coupes. | y I understand the metal doesnt pe out; neither i aang, Hust vice president; does it shine like a new teapot. So one of the big- jcourad Ruckelshans, second vice gest. fabric makers in America has gone into the business of manufacturing this hot cloth and by next fall I am assured I can buy a blanket that'll keep Je i Vithent the assistance of the Poto- ‘ mac Electric Power Co, Failing that, I'l market for a feather bed. g b bein the Mr. Hoyts
students at Purdue have received!
and ask the Nevada order be bands: Rodney W. Dunham, 6859 upheld. Pleasant Run Pkwy.; Eugene OC.
?2?? Test Your Skill ??? permission to -see either child Arthur A. Schatz, 810 N. Riley!
= un ” Why are so many newspapers called gazettes?| Princess Margaret is ill with in- R. R.. 1k In Venice in the 16th Century, a primitive kind! = - of newspaper appeared which sold for a small coin po Wnted ton Ry ; called a gazetta. Thus the name gazette came to Sia sement ly 5 be applied to newspapers, though in England it iso ie wou Kk 2 a confined to an official governmental paper. IA gos e bai : TS @ {in any state
+ : {functions in conWhat college boasts the oldest academic build- nection with the
ing in the United States? {visit of French The Sir Christopher Wren building at William! President Vin-
cent Auriol and | academic structure in the United States. {his wife, due to
: >“. 9." : arrive. in LonWho was, America’s first Britain? meen ee se ce A
|Ala., did the floor walking in the
husband was stricken with acute|
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: TL a : “la three - day Prix Sg I John Adams was one of the commissioners who state visit. She cess
[Indiana Authors’ Guild in confjuaction with the Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.,, New York, and . . - ..Th better one comes along to take its place. At the! - Errol Flynn and his ex-wife, now Mes. Dick Haymes, squared our{ TOWEL Studios, Indianapolis The moment T am putting all 'my hope in H. J. Rand.|foday in Hollywood for a court battle over custody of their two :
n H » - Speakers have been announced
d not for_the Founders’ Day..Drogram,
[last year she gave him custodyiof the Binkley Coal Co., Inc. has letting it seep into the atmosphere —This is for me. Rory. pe. . . - (been elected president of the In-
Mrs. Hollingsworth
tress a Elder, ©f the International Travel Study ington, recov - (President, and Bowman er {Club to be held at 8 p. m. Mar.| ered from. influwo. [16 in the World War Memorial by| enza. The prince | The following Indianapolis Mrs. H. M. Hollingsworth, 1225 N.
: Mrs. Hollingsworth Mr. Flynn | motions in the Purdue military(is president of this organization yesterday by air m of approximately 2500 women whoes aim is to further world ! fused rive; Peace. ° / He ‘said he had been refused goehler, 3901 Elmhurst Drive kor will be Nias Martha t Eu . . } ter, 2735 Gardner, teacher in School 74, Sige De Teruel from Bwrore jase) Roby Nhe ‘Riggins, exchange teacher to England last — oor. |year, and Dr, Frank H. Sparks, R s 2 = president of Wabash College. fluenza, Buckingham Palace an-| Mrs. John Hawkins of Auburn, [Richard Hyatt of Seymour, Waln: bash College senior, will receive {family when she had hée won inbie turd Schfinrship from the orja. Shreveport, La. BOsplal, ler 8 Tne late. Mrs. Adelia Cobb Arty |appendicitis after taking her to/inan a of Ixbapon joundeq the Shib ithe hospital. He was operated on! i rea] aon Tow hy before she went to the delivery 96 chapters, which are in Inroom. dianapolis. Re chapters include Richmond, AnJames Hogshire, son of Mr. and derson, Thorntown, Pittsboro, Mrs. J. A. Hogshire, 4503 N. Penn- Brownsburg, Crawfordsville, AnColfax,” Elwood and
Indiana cities with
minister to" Greatd on today for _ isylvania St., has won the Bausch |derson,
Dame.
standing _at Pem
Providence, R. 1. ate of Shortridge.
ton singer.
apps Bo Bes iene pp erie Prince Bernhard of the Nether- Fire Kills {lands leaves Ft. Worth, Tex. to-
| day for Wash-
consort arrived in Ft. Worth
from Los Angeles and presented high military honors to a Dutch war hero. The prince was escorted through the: Consoli-
per cent:
Drive co-chairmen Judge Lloyd th
& Lomb honorary science award Muncie.
fans ~~ [Claycombe and John R. Jones been deported from their home3 {for achieving the highest science] The scholarship committee, ot} made final Reports last night, Hat-lland- fo slave labor ] ig ~ : , | y ; lin, new members and a n negotiated the Treaty of Peace with Gréat Britain watched the pro- ~~ 5 *' |scholastic record at Park School, which Mrs, T. Beryl Fosnight is Ing gain
and was the first minister to that country from cession marking the state opening Wabash. > (Chairman, is. In charge of Foug-| the United States. oa Se - . (bf Parliament yesterday from a! Ralph L. Collins, assistant dean | Ya aia {Feb. 20 and yesterday. > : * oh a window of the palace. {of the IU faculties; Neil.S. Board-| John P. Burns, former Detroit membership here » In what city was the first telephone exchange Cn a \. man, JU circulation librarian, and newspaperman, has been named about 11,000. - .- opened? — “| Hans J. Morganthau, University Richard B: Hudson, director of assistant secretary: of Notre * .- The ‘first i
States was opened at' Hartford, Conn. Jan, 28,
. 7 ak of ry
night at DePauw, -
story contest 3
a
rk Fight ommunism
director, keeps a wary eye on
for an organization we had pre. viously unmasked. “Our test of gach new group is simple: If it looks like. a duck, walks like a duck and talks like a duck—it is a duck.”
DR. NAGLE has been fighting communism for many years... Hehas spent a good deal of his own. time and money to speak. iff Indianapolis '. and write letters by the hundreds and articles by the scores At: the present time "he contributes a long article each month - to the. Hoosier Legionnaire on
Another point interesting Dr, is exposure of speakers “wWhorseem to He preening Hoerar™ philosophies but in reality are preaching Communist ~propa-
¥
“We show them up ways,” Dr. Nagle says. “We find . ~-out who: sponsors -them, whichis usually a tipoff on what they are saying, ‘and we teach people to watch out for € bledygook=~the Kihd'oftalk that says one thing and
IN HIS column in the Hoosier Legionnaire, entitled “Eyes Left,” Dr. Nagle gets down to basie issues. In the December issue he
4 “Communism is always change ing, changing but ever the same. Its goal is world revolution and dominance, and don't ever for-
|intelligence, They can be licked, |hands down, with the proper ap-
“But never underestimate an {sors are and watch to see what/enemy. That is a deadly and" in Marion County distributes sym-|the Legion's 11th District Un- but the public finally began to!line the group will take. It often mortal sin. This is a fight to the it; the lady there said she was sorry but the manu. Pathetic letters to Workmen laid American Activities Committee, . | wake up.
MIAMI, Fla., Mar, 7 (UP) The Coast Guard said today that |a search by three rescue craft thad- falled to turn up evidence of: a réported boat explosion in
ceeds William R. Dooley, new: placement director
- » o s - Bobble Van Geyt, daughter: of Peter J. Van Geyt, 3220 N. New, Jersey St. has been named to the Biscayne Bay. = dean's list for high academic, Mrs. C. C. Shelton, a resident broke College, Of Key BISCAYNS,.. Leported. Jost ees he's a gradu- night that she saw a “goodrning after a heavy
w o 5 » The third wife of Jackie Coogan ‘imoved out today and friends said 1 they had separated. to get a divorce,” Mrs. Coogan said, and moved in with’ actor |Donald- O'Connor and wife. She's] {the former Ann McCormack, Bos- |
~ She-said the blast was so Vio nt that it shook windows in her ome although she estimated the. |craft was two. miles off-shore. Rescue operations said no trace of a distressed boat was foun during a night-long hunt.
Trapped by Blast
BRUNSWICK, Me., Mar. 7 (UP) young girls burned to ldéath carly today when firo dee istroyed their home. Louise Wright, 5, and her sister {Claretta, 3, were trapped in their second-story bedroom when a kerosene heater in the room exe
Mrs, Madelyn Wright, the chile dren’s mother, escaped from her first floor bedroom unharmed; but she and neighbor Robert Johnson were burned when t“asy dashed back close to the house trying to reach the children. | Neighbors had to restrain the {hysterical Mrs. Wright to prevent {her from _entérin
Prince Bernhard!
dated-Vultee Aircraft plant and | honored at a Ft. Worth Chamber’ of Commerce dinner,
Y' Drive Exceeds Goal by 17 Pct.
The 1050 Indianapolis YMCA membership drive has closed with the annual goal exceeded»by 17)
g the flaming
1 Million Lithuanians Sent to Russ Camps CHICAGO, Mar. 7 (UP)—More
ia; Lithuanian counsel of $15,268.67. Goals were $13,000 Petras Dauzvardis said. :
dnd 1800 new members between. Mr. Dauzvardis told a M
p Club meeting in sys 3
s “are carrying out not only aggressive imperialistic ‘will murder of natio open its drive next month. . |ggnocide.”
Shite I i 1, di : Five ‘of the city's six YMCA exchange in the United of Chicago $xpert on European|the IU ‘Writers’ Conference, will Dame Alumni Association andi branches took part politics, will ‘speak next Tuesday|serve as Judges 1p the 1950 short managing editor of the Notre The Senate Avenue Branch : 8 by the Dame Alumnus. Mr, Burns suc: