Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1950 — Page 15

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Inside Indianapolis .

By Ed Sovela

~ FLE NEVER run away from home to join a -¢ireus or carnival or traveling show now. Four

. days with the Legion's “Red, White and Blue” * revue in Iowa made a homesteader out of me.

The important thing is that the entire company made it across the wastelands of the corn state and will open tonight at the Murat Theater for a 4-day run. I might as well say that I'm glad to be back in my little grass shack on Meridian St. Show business may be exciting, there may be no other business like it and all that, but this kid can’t take overnight hops, afternoon shows, evening shows, packing, running for cabs, fighting for hotel rooms, getting up after three hours sleep on a roller coaster someone is trying to

pass off as a train and be gay. How show people *

manage. to “give their best; night after night, under all kinds of conditions is beyond .me They do. . ¢ ¢ ¢ I SAW the musical revue in Des Moines and Davenport. It seemed to me I enjoyed it more the second time, Let me tell you why. The thinking mechanism got going with the show's opening song, “I Hear America Singing.” My spirits rose with the vitality of the song: It was going to be pleasant to hear Gale Sherwood again, laugh at The Nonchalants, Comedian Larry Storch, Joe Jackson Jr., thrill to the big production numbers like “American Picnic.” Bat there wasn’t that same anticipation of ‘what was coming next since I knew, and my mind

Hey, Marvin , . . One of The Nonchalants in “Red, White and Blue" tries to snafu the works.

It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Dec. 5—Gen. MacArthur invited blond and beautiful Marilyn Maxwell and Bob Hope to lunch, and—being no fool—sat beside Miss Maxwell.

“The General was telling me of meeting President Truman at Wake Island,” said Marilyn (one of the best sweater-fillers in the country) the other day. “He said he was in a Quonset hut waiting for the President to arrive. “Suddenly he heard the soldiers yelling and screaming and he thought the President had got there.

“He put on his cap and rushed out to greet him.

“The yelling. and screaming was for three ;

girls in bathing suits on the beach. “The General said that later on he told this to the President, who said, ‘Where are they?” Miss Maxwell, a Clarinda, Ia., Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Chicago gal who has become a modern Jean Harlow, gave us the startling information that the GIs .she met in Korea and Japan are. still interested in American women. to Bob Hope took seven gals on the 22,000-mile rip. ; > * 9 WHEN HOPE appeared on stage, some of the guys would shout, “Stand aside, we want to see the dames!” They posted signs which read: “Intense heat is predicted here Saturday With her will be her grandfather who is known as Bob Hope.” . The Japs knew of Bob Hope, but they called him “Boba Hopa.” In fact, they -were very fonda of Boba Hopa. “Bob would tell a joke and then have to wait

for the interpreter to explain it to them before

they would laugh,” Marilyn said. “It was a long stage wait for the laugh. Bob would be standing there meanwhile saying, ‘I wonder what this guy’s telling. them?” ® ¢

* AS. MARILYN told-~me this; - I noticed: thesurious shine on her finger nails and asked her what shade it was.

“Frosted pink,” she said. “I don’t generally wear polish but the water was sg bad I had trou with, dy nae. “They have more diseases over’ there than have been written up in Reader's Digest. Look,” she said, “I lost a lot of hair.. It broke right off. “And my skin is still Tough. Feel my chin.”

I felt it and it felt o. k. to me but she said it came from not washing her face.

‘I Kept On Killing’ By H. D. Quigg i

TOKYO, Dec. 5 (UP)—Three men lay in a hos-

" pital bedroom. One was 20, one 24 and one 19.

va + man=tall, Chinese.

Those ages might not seem to some to be appropriate to the word “men,” But those are the ages of the men who do the American fighting. ~ All three had casts on their legs and the casts were the reason they were free men. If they had been walking wounded, they still would be prisoners of the Chinese- Communists. Three men in a hospital room: A field artilleryman, a mortar squad leader and a headquarters company intelligence man—a private, a sergeant and a corporal. They were three guys who came from different outfits and got together as prisoners and were released together by the

Chinese. * ¢ © THEY TOLD their stories, and the corporal spoke first, ;

“It began the night of Nov. 1, the night I walked back right along with the advancing Chinese,” said Cpl, William T. Werner, 19, Wichita Falls, Tex: : i A slim, dark young man, he lay propped sidewise on his pillow. Row 10 ; He said he had tried" a “fool stunt” of getting out of bed last night and had fallen and broken his leg all over again. it . “I was sitting in an observation post when the Chinese hit us,” he said. “I had four GIs with me and when our troops withdrew we were 3000 yards ahead of everybody else. We took off our helmets and walked out among the enemy and down the road with them. We could have reached out and touched them. It was so’dark e Kept Tr One of our

An Awful Lot Goes

wandered somewhat. I tried to estimate how much work, hardship, sweat, ‘hope and disappointment, time and money, went into the task of presenting a show. Sh A comedian's polished routine doesn't just happen. Dancers like Paul Haakon and The Szonys have studied from childhood and continue to practice and practice, > © THE PRETTY music, the perfect timing, extravagant stage settings and costumes aren't ordered from a mail order house. Men and womenspend years developing skills to entertain, amuse, because Americans love to laugh and enjoy themselves with reality or make-believe. A couple next to me was smiling. I noticed they were holding hands. “I Hear America Singing” was going over big. Life ‘was good. And then I thought of the news from Korea, the black despair our fighting forces must feel, the paralyzing hopelessness that grips your heart as you think of another all-out slaughter.’ : ; What is wrong with the human race? What is gained by destruction? A menace td the peace and welfare of a community is locked up. A man who wantonly kills his fellow man is put behind thick walls. It occurred to me that perhaps we're all a little to blame for what is happening. ‘Freedom and peace and our way of life become priceless possessions when they're threatened. Otherwise, they're taken for granted and we go along taking all while giving and doing little. ¢ + o WHAT WOULD the situation be today if each

. and every one of us had dedicated ourselves to the

proposition that a lasting peace would Jequire a contentrated effort .involving time, money, talent, rehearsals and sacrifice. The idea would be to sell the world democracy. The idea would be to use as much of our talent to insure peace and freedom as: we do to build tremendous factories, raise billions of bushels of wheat, produce an atomic bomb. 9 The idea would be to somehow try and bring the standard of living of our friends to the level most of us enjoy. If peace and freedom between nations is the most important thing in our lives, why not go all-out for a fewyears? , . wd de THE IDEA would be to make every American feel he is an important member in the fight for world peace. As important as he is in the world conflict. In war everything is geared toward victory. After victory only a’ few remain on the stage, sometimes without an audience, When you see “Red, White and Blue,” think 4 moment at the work that is involved by a great many to produce an enjoyable 214 hours It takes years of work to be able to write a song, perfect a difficult dancing routine, direct tho orchestra. There are many, many stars who have Starved before they tasted success, wonder if we couldn't tru] do thing with a world production ay tme

There's a part in it f the stuff to try out for it, OF Sl11 Ws had

Just a thought.

Marilyn Maxwell Lunches With Mac

“WE WERE SO CLOSE to action that wi § e sa dead gooks on the road,” she said. “We saw vs boy of about 14 who had been shot within the hour because he was still covered with blood.

“Some of our boys who had been capt ured had their hands tied behind their backs. Phen

the gooks put them in a ditch an the back of the head. . @ shot them in

“We saw one American who had been shot

like that but was still alive bec played dead. Ruse. he had

“We saw some of these boys being brough t into hospitals. The nurses said, Tall to Fi THEY may never talk to anybody again.” : 88 Glamourpuss said that she never got ill. ba ym of ® ¢ » “THEN I. took a ride in a jet” M arilyn recounted. Gen. Rosy O'Donnell arranged it. And I didn’t black out. I felt this pounding in my tummy and when the pilot shouted at me through the headphones I couldn't hear what he was saying. I just said, ‘Love it, love it!’ “And it got worse just a sinkin s g feeling on th mY uscles, but I stayed conscious. 8 ins eS an hour—it was t or es in hol he biggest thrill I Marilyn said that Mrs. been stateside since 1937.” “She told me the onl up with fashions was

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getting a Harper's Bazaar which is ou Huth ls a t of date when she gets it, and ordering

“Well, she has a big yen for and I am sending her one.” * % » MISS MAXWELL is one of those gals who must wear glasses everywhere except on stage. And she has no faith in the Dorothy Parker line about, men not making passes at girls who wear glasses. Maybe it’s due to the fact she's a blond, which makes up for the glasses. ¥ Yet she’s not a blond, either, actually, but a brunette who dyed for dear old career. She has appeared in many pictures (the latest one with Bob Hope in “The Lemon Drop Kid”). With that figure shaping up as it does in a cashmere sweater, she will go much further in our opinion. Somebody asked her once the difference to a girl between being a blond and a brunette, and she said: a “When I'm a blond, I fee] like whistling back.” That's Earl, brother.

Prisoner Reds Freed Tells Tale of Horror

“The Chinese shot my buddy on the road. They were about 50 feet away when they opened up., I dropped into a ditch and the Communists came on by without seeing me. I crawled up the ditch’ alongside the road about two miles. The Chinese were along the road all the time, and now they were in a fire-fight with the Americans. I finally got into an American battalion command

a purple jersey

Cpl. Werner is an intense young man. His dark eyes were shiny with the remembered excitement of the time. They darted from side to side as if trying to free themselves from the fixed and strained position in which his head was held on the pillow. ; ® © ¢

“A MORTAR burst got me,” he said. “I lay on the side of a ditch and faked being dead. Then when the Chinese soldiers would come and flop down close to me, I would kill them. I kept on killing them until I ran out of ammunition, Then I crawled across the road to a dugout in which wounded were being sheltered. My leg was broken. :

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Doris Lytle (left), Shortridge High gart, Southport; Mary Martha Curd, Theek, Shortridge teacher, discuss the 2d Annual City Drama Festival set for Friday and Saturday at Shortridge.

'Miss Teen Ager of 1950"

Candidates Use ‘Influence

High. School Girls: Compete for Votes By ART WRIGHT

ing,” but competition is becoming irough in The Times search for {“Miss Teen Ager of 1950.” Classmates are lining up behind candidates

placing all

| For the girl who gets more [votes than any other teen stu-

The girls are using all sorts of

votes. One candidate has promised a certain boy she'll attend an im-

him if he works hard to get votes Will Win TV Set

The important thing is for the girls to get the votes. Getting the votes isn't difficult.

—or to place a new candidate in| nomination—is to fill out a coupon clipped from The Times, and

Philco dealer showroom. - The girl getting the most votes] {of all the girls in her high school {will receive a Philco radio. The |girl getting more votes than other candidates will be crowned “Miss! {Teen Ager” and will receive a {Philco television set.

won't be any “hair pull-

from their high . . and some of them are their votes for the they feel can carry the

Indianapolis or Marion high schools will be “Miss Teen Ager of

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Gloria Jackson, Howe High

Schoal junior, gained support said evidence during a three-day High School, and Darrell Lance, of the school's Bow Club at a hearing showed that Sydney, now

School pupil; Ronny BaumTechnical, and Miss Eleanor

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meeting last night to add to the votes of other students cast the child for two years. for her as "Miss Teen Ager of

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Scheduled Friday, Saturday

Shortridge actress Jean Work (left), Joan Hansen, Phyllis Witte and Leslie Everson rehearse for

PRs

“Our Miss Brooks,” which the host school will present at the festival. Ben Davis, Southport, Technical,

Washington, Broad Ripple and Howe High Schools will give one-act will be offered by Dr. Lee Norvelle of Indiana University:

About People—

Too Many Baths Seen as Harmful

Here's Some Good News for Junior

People ‘take too many baths, said Dr. Clyde Cummer, Cleve-

‘land skin specialist, as he and {1000 other skin doctors attended! |a meeting of the American Acad-| emy of Dermatology. and Syphil-

ogy in Chicago. Dr. Cummer said old people, especially, have ~ thin skins and that soap and water isn’t too good for them. . “One bath a day is too much for some people,” he stated.

Sydney Fights On Former Actress Sydney Perkins said today in Los Angeles she in-

} [tended to appeal a judge's ruling that she abandoned Jone, her 6-

year-old illegitimate daughter. Sydney was scored by Superior

J “[Judge William R. McKay for “cal-

lous disregard for her own flesh and blood.” In a decision opening ithe way for adoption of Jone by {Contractor Clifford Hakes, 43, and {hsi wife, Peggy, 38, Judge McKay

'a professional handler of show dogs, had failed to visit or support

Solo Flight £

John Haig, 19, admitted tod:y to Philadelphia police that he had

girl high school student any num- never driven a car before. Officers

All the winners will make up a ber of times... and may vote for were inclined to believe him. {glamorous entourage that will gojany number of candidates.

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.juary to present three Philco telejvision sets to the soldiers. Can Vote for Any Girl Anyone may vote for any teen Marion County.

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County Builders Name Directors

Five members of Marion County, They will join holdover diResidential Builders were elected | rectors Dale Bremerman, William L. Bridges Jr, M. L. Haii, C. R. A sixth member was chosen for Krabbenholft, Louie Moller and the new post of associate di- Albert BE. Thompson. | Outgoing directors are A. H. M. The new directors who will Graves, Chris J. Greiner, J. Harry | serve for two years are Marten Miles Jr., Henry F. Ostrom, Pauli charges of rustling cattle in PhilaA. Blunck, Robert Q. B James Foley, Clarence A. Wacker and Robert F. Wirsching. The {er and business meeting new associate director is H. C./informal talk by Gammon. : lelect Charles B. Brownson.

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backed into a tree and sideswiped three parked cars; lost control on a turn and crashed into another

jcar, knocking it into a taxicab.

Every Wife a Queenie Housewives can open hubby's eyes and keep him interested, Film Star Virginia Mayo said today, by livening up the home

bumps and “They're easy to learn,” said Miss Mayo, “and they sure would ‘pep things up around the house” The blonde star discovered what a boon the bumps-

Miss Mayo and-grind routine would be after

found herself accidentally making with the runaway contortions during a jitterbug dance with Jimmy Cagney for “The West Point Story.”

Last Round-Up

Frank J. Giunta, 30, and Ronald Voli, 22, today faced federal

delphia, quite some distance from

the wild and wooly West, The FBI with the program include Dr. and Torch says the pair “cut” 15 head from Howard J. Baumgartel, executive mn Baptist

a Philadelphia stockyard herd and sold them in Baltimore,

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Joan Leslie (left), Washington High School; Tricia Baker, Howe Broad Ripple High School make ready for their parts in the City Drama Festival with a lesson

in the art and science of stage makeup.

New Baptist Pastor, Family

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Dr. Orie D. Prue, new pastor of the First Baptist Church, Mrs, Pruett and their children, Kyle Dean, Carey Bryce and Gots . don Earl (left to right] . . . will make their home in Indianapolis. *

| The retiring president of the McGuire, executive secretary of Baptist World Alliance will give the Indianapolis Baptist Associ

Oe ee tt os moar mintstor|Ation. Church dignitaries from all

lof the First Baptist Church. {over the city also are expected. { Dr, C. Oscar Johnson of st. George Newton will direct the Louis who has just completed his choral music, Congratulations term. as the elected president of from national and world church Baptists of the globe will speak at leaders will be read at the serve the installation Thursday at 7:30, ices. The congregation will hold a {p. m. in the First Church. reception for the Pruett family | Dr. Carleton W. Atwater whom after the installation. i, Dr. Pruett succeeds will conduct] Dr. Pruett came to Indianapolis {the installation ceremony, Dr. from the Woodward Avenue

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Norman Johnson, head master of tist Church, Detroit. He has just ithe Park School, will preside. [returned from a preaching tour of Others on Program ‘England and Scotland. The new Other ministers who will assist|pastor was active in the Kiwanis Clubs of Detrok and f the Indianapolisithe state ee yas secretary o ndianapo! e of ‘He ana Church Federation, and Dr. Clive' Mrs. Pruett SONS. ~-i

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