Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1950 — Page 29
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Preliminaries Perle Mesta and Gwen Cofritz
Set ta Renew Cocktail Rivalry
By ANDREW TULLY, Scrippiomncd Stall Welles : ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 21—Perle Mesta has gone into Ihe Nuusging Sd Of the sosiety racket, The gal who used hold the cocktail and canape championship has got herTe ad cama and is grooming her to meet
Gwen Cafritz in this season's
competition for the title.
This latest contender is Mrs. Frances Diehl, widow of
Ambrose Diehl, a West Coast steel tycoon. Mrs. Diehl has been living in Washington for
scouts looked her over and decided she'd do. Anyway, at the latest Mrs. Diehl party the guest of honor
was Perle herself, and although!7
Perle was coy about contractual details like percentages and television rights, it seemed obvious that Madame Minister had decided to climb inta Mrs, Diehl's corner. A few more warmup bouts
Paying for that fur coat and
WASHINGTON, Okt. 21 (CDN)
postwar washing machine is taking big bites out of pop’s salary. In the midst of “inffation” and “full t” and “prosperity” many folk are feeling a bit
They're enjoying’ the new car and modern house.
better than most of the healthy.
are planned first, after which, males in this town. Herr Gruber!
says the wise money, Mrs. Diehl will be ready to toss a party on the same night Mrs. Cafritz does. Reached by telephone, Mrs. Cafritz declared she planned no change in her training routine,
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{given speeches at the National month, during the first quarter. [Press Club and Georgetown Uni-|
broke the bone just before leaving’ Austria for the States but it has not: slowed him down at all. Since he arrived here he’s been entertained at a reception by the j Austrian Minister, Dr. Ludwig {Kleinwaechter; dined with Under{secretary and Mrs. James Webb;
“This is a part of the general inflation picture which worries government economists, and caused them recently to crack easy”. payments for etc. American
at a tremendous pace. Here are some figures to show how debt is keeping the family budget in a straitjacket.
“consumer debt” —that is, to pay off what they owed for “durable” consumer goods, such as cars, washing machines, refrigerators, radios and similar household equipment. That year Americans were earning about $17,700,000,000 a month. In 1949 the payments had risen to the rate of $1,518000,000 a month, and income dropped fo little more than $18,000,000,000 a
| Payments went up, income went
would do well to ponder in the
Seripture: “Let sil the mations be gathered together; and
‘let the weopls: By be assembled.”
Is. 43:9.
INCE he became president of Columbia University Dwight Eisenhower is reported to have said that he intends to make sure that the students in his university have courses in citizenship which will give them a genuine understanding of their American heritage.
His resolve to do so grew out of his discovery during the war that so many of his soldiers really did not know what they were fighting’ for. All of us|
"This “Sermon of the Week" was written for United Nations Sunday: 1d4ay, by Dr. E. Burdette Backus, minister of All Souls Unitarian Church.
deep places of our hearts what it is that makes America great, worth serving, and if need be worth dying for.
Is it greatness of body, our sources, it
_ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES [Sermon of the Week—
“What Makes America Great?’ a
much of the power that a ours, " us,
Dr. E. Burdette Backus 150 million people, our conti-
nental spread with its vast reits _ productive farms,
Undoubt-
BUT IT is only so by virtue ® = =»
, of the spirit which animates the body. The deeper reason for the greatness of America lies in the degree in which the souls of our people are devoted to the ideal of a nation “conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” The true greatness of America stems from the fact that out of the process of history on this continent there has emerged a native American religion, the religion of Democracy. of our It is a religion of faith in man, of confidence that we human beings have within us the potentialities out of which there can be built a community “of friendliest brotherhood toward each and everyone of the people.” this religion go back into the traditions of Christianity and
divine
The roots of
when “We
American
peoples of earth.
leadership and an
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AND NOW the time has come . realize that the greatest things that remain to be done must be done with the whole world as a stage, and in co-operation with the wide and universal forces of mankind.” The revolution which was initiated by the Declaration of Independence has become the world revolution, and must be carried to its completion. The religion which has grown out a experience SCHOOL GETS AWARD ne
must be shared with all the
We say this with no slightest faint of “Messianic complex.” nounced that the West Lafayette It is not for us to impose the American dream on other peo- yette, Ind., will receive the Founples, but simply to provide a example which will enable them increasingly to share in it themselves,
Judaism, but they are broader than that; they tap the universal human, and they have taken on new vigor and growth among
lation of our own faith and foredoom us to failure. Our endeavor shall be to help all peoples everywhere to achieve for themselves those priceless - privileges - which are ours as Americans, The vast ‘processes | of history have equipped and prepared us for rendering a supreme service to the world. Our leadership in the United : Nations is an earnest example of that service.
Times Special : VALLEY FORGE, Pa. Oct. 21 | —Freedoms Foundation today an«
Junior High School, West Lafa-.
dation's special 1950 award for programs teaching the fundamental freedoms of the “American Way of Life” " during | the year.
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vergity; and called on President Truman, Secretaries Dean :Ache- 9° wh, and a Siueseze sel In. son and George C. Marshall, Un-| Reduced to comparable figures,
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" book at Brentano’s main store in
_ hand. It's kept under the counter.
"a party the other night, trudged
ECA Administrator William Fos. | {their consumer debts. In 1949 for
dersecretaries Webb of State and Robert P. Lovett of Defense, and]
{ ter.
although she might toss in a couple of extra teas to improve her footwork. Mrs, Cafritz, by the way, said her feud with Mrs. Mesta started last year when she asked Perle for some Inaugural Ball tickets for some friends and Perle wouldn't give. “But really’ said Mrs. Cafritz, “I bear no ill will toward Mrs. Mesta. Why, whenever I ses her, 1 always say ‘Hello, Madam Mesta.’ I think her attitude is a! little silly—at her age.” Mrs, Cafritz said she much preferred to discuss the sessions of the Supreme Court, where she 1s a frequent visitor.
" GAL WENT into & Brentano's branch store and asked for “The Truman Merry-Go-Round Bob Allen and William Shannctn.| “Oh,” sald the female behind the counter, “We're not allowed to stock that book. There's a very slurring remask in it about Mr. Griffis,” Stanton Griffis, besides being our ambassador to Argentina, is big stockholder in Brentano's. Turned out you could get the
downtown Washington, but you have to trudge down to the basement and ask for it behind your
; - - » STUFFY fellow dropped in on
up to the bar and ordered a cocktail from the bartender. The bartender handed it to him grinned and cracked, “How are you, old
The stuffy fellow buttonholed a friend. “Say,” he asked, “What mgtmey) supplied that bartender? He’ pretty familiar with the guests.” “No wonder,” the friend told] him, “He's Ted Acheson, brother of the Secretary of State, professor of Economics at George Washington University, knighted by the Icelandic government, etc. He just took over until the profes-! sional laddie shows up.”
-u Ld ” YOU COULDN'T blame the customers if they failed to catch the name of the guest of honor at the party given by Greek Am-' bassador Athanase G. Politis. It was Air Vice Marshal Haralambos Potamianos, inspector general of the Grek air force. | = # FOR A GUY with a broken ankle, the Austrian Foreign Min-| ister, r, Karl Gruber, gets around
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Mrs. Priest is married. ~ » » PHOTOGRAPHERS missed a folksy shot the other night. Sen. Clint Anderson of New Mex-| ico was chauffering Chief Justice Fred Vinson home after a party! at Joe Davies’ plush lean-to, when the motor conked out. Chief Justice got out and gave the car a push until the engine started running again. "eo. : - VEEP BARKLEY'S campaign tour, via chartered com-
mercial uisiner, is costing the |
Democratic
$36,000. $2 a mile for tho 18000mile (3 Patterson of
jaunt. The plane is United |
GEN, J. LAWTON OOLLINS, Army chief of staff, and Mrs. Collins went to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind. to see their son, Joseph
Matthews says he’ll stay on the job as long as “My boss, Adm. Sherman, wants me to.” According to the book, it’s Mr. Matthews who's boss over Forrest P. Sherman, the chief of naval operations
. « David McGrath, son of Atty.-|
Gen. and Mrs, J. Howard Mec-
leading roles in Community Chest pageant, “Children of the Globe” . « « Gabriele Paresce, press attache of the Italian Embassy, is married to one of Marconi's daughters by the inventor's first marriage . . . There's a foreigner named Malik here who's popular as all get-out. His first name is not Jacob, though, it’s Charles, and he’s Minister from Lebanon . Washington is a town where, when- you're told a big shot is “in | conference,” it means he's gone out and nobody knows where to reach him ,
Rail Unions to Ask
Across-Board Hikes
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Oct. 21 (UP)—The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen authorized its officers today to begin a drive
for an across-the-board wage
boost of 35 cents an hour. President W. P. Kennedy an-
inouncéd his urion will be joined
in the wage demands by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Order of Railway, conductors. The brotherhood of locomotive engineers, the remaining of the {“Big Four” rail brotherhoods, is expected to join the drive but has not announced its plans definftely, Mr. . Kennedy said. :
And this year they have been
So the
for every $100 of national income {in 1948 Americans $5.90 on
jevery $100 coming in they paid [$6.40.
paying $8.50 out of each $100.
(It’s keeping pop feeling broke. | Copyrieht, 1950, for The Indpls. Times. |
Expect 300 At Red Men Council |
More than 300 persons are ex{pected to attend the 8lst great! sun council of the Improved |Order of Red Men to be held in ithe Claypool
1. A. N, Hilton, |Decatur, great isachem, will [kindle the coun-
cil fire at 9 a. m.
at 11 a.m. by H.
| Indianapolis. i Edwin L. Hea- Mr, Hilton ley of Indianapolis, great senior sagamore, will| become great sachem for 1851. The election of officers is scheduled for 2 p. m.|
The annual banquet will bo! held tomorrow night in the Riléy Room of the C Among the half - century great chiefs who will be honored | Healey at council ses- | sions are J. D. Crooks, Lapel, Ind., 93-year-old member of Onway Tribe No. 85 and William M. Nagley, Fortville, 84, of Wenonan| Tribe No. 182. )
Admiral Nimitz Sekar For UN Day Celebration |
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, war-/ time commander of ‘the Pacific Fleet, will address a celebration! lof United Nations Day at 8:15 {p. m. Wednesday in the World War Memorial.
The celebration, which is planned as an annual affair, will; be marked by the Indianapolis {branch of the English Speaking | Union. The union has invited several other groups to Parteipate. They are: The World Trade Group of the {Chamber of Commerce, the Committee on a United Europe, the! {Foreign Policy Association, the of Women Voters, the Committee on Foreign
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for United Nations Day.
TEMPLE PLANS PARTY Koran Temple No. 30 Daughters of the Nile, will hold a Halloween party and dance at 7:30 p. m. in the American Legion |Hall, 6379. College . Ave. H
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POSSIBLE GI LOAN—Only 3 years old. This 2-bedroom home has » fenced back yard, : ern windows and is priced at $8950. the od you will find further details.
See Clossification 44.
241 N. 19th,
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