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Inside Indianapolis By Ed Sovola TEL {THIS IS the fifth time the Santa Claus who putters around here all year is able to wish his
friends a M Christmas. : PALA on Christmas Day. It 1s customary for
him boy a few movies.
S Santa tally put the presure ‘on. He told the oid gentleman to take it easy. This is one Joe what he missed e. showed Joe day he likes to visit for a few minutes, loosen he could retire and still get some pleasure out his collar, put his feet-up on.a hassock and reach of ife. Sollls Of the seas were 50 Nevoiutionary for anything you happen to be offering. oe sold them. yes, soda’s a Ihe ro J For example, Banta explained it was foolish 1 don’t know how you feel, but my ‘spirits to be constantly guarded, continually living in a aren't as high as they ought to be. Ever since crisis, never being allowed to enjoy a moment's
June 24, when the shooting started in Korea, it's been difficult to work up steam. ® © THE PAST few weeks were pretty rough. It makes you kind of afraid on the inside. Afraid for the whole world. Almost unbelievable the trouble ‘we're in. I remember in 1946 how high hope ran. That was sort of a happy year. Then each Christmas things became worse. Burns you up. You know, while we're just talking here, wouldn’t it be a tremendous Christmas present for the people everywhere if a super-duper Santa Claus came along and said: “From this day on— peace—Merry Christmas everyone.” You're wondering how the old boy did It, aren’t you? Well, for one thing, he talked to the ‘people who are stirring up this trouble. Santa Claus showed them the light. On Christmas he can do anything. . Yes, don’t mind if I do have another. ;
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Fifth visit . . , “Santa Claus" has an idea for a Merry, Merry Christmas.
It Happened Last Night
By Earl Wilson
NEW YORK, Dec, 25—I hope I'm not too late here at Christmas time to give you something,
but what can I, a columnist, give you actually,
my precious reader, but a memory or two? Our family used to do a lot of remembering at Christmas time. Usually on Christmas Day, Dad would hitch up old Dick to the buggy and we'd ride through the snow over to Grandpa Wilson's place. Grandpa Wilson’d have a valise of presents for my sisters Lois and Martha, and me, We'd be so anxious for him to open the grip—He'd fool with it, then say, sadly, “Daggone!” his strongest swear word—"I guess I lost the key!” That was his joke. The valise wasn’t even locked. Finally we'd get our presents and how happy we'd be . , . over at Grandpa's , , . 30 years ago. : . . sn DO YOU remember cleaning the erasers for Teacher . . . the board the barber put across the chair for you to sit on? Did you ever break through the ice skating and almost drown? I did. Do you remember rushing to the movies Saturday to see the Pearl White serial , , , Clara Bow, the “It” girl? , . . “The Curse of An Aching Heart”— “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen”? ; : Bellywhopping in the season's first snow on your Flexible Flyer . . . “I pity the river, 1 pity the brook, I pity the thief who steals this book” . .. The first time you began caring that girls and boys were different? Your first smooch? And wasn't he (or she) nice?
” o o REMEMBER when school pfincipals used rubber hose to whip kids . . . “The Prisoner’s Song” . .. “St. James Infirmary” « « +» finger nail buffers . . . “Bringing in the Sheaves”? y ; Gaudy high school slickers .. . . 11-read people who “took” the Literary Digest/, . . belts in the back . . . that amazingly tall skyscraper, the Woolworth Bldg. . . . Organ grinders and monkeys? Jes : “Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven” , .. Trench coats , . . double-breasted vests . . . watching the ballooon go up . : . Billy Jones and Ernie Hare, the Happiness Boys . . . “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly”? Remember “How Old Is Anne”? . . . the famous puzzle: “Mary is 24 years old. She is twice as old as Anne was when she was as old as'Anne is now. How old is Anne now? A says the answer is 16; B says 1% Wea is correct?” ®
Clara Bow
Remember Jack Pearl (“Baron Munchausen”) gagging this way: “Did your father leave your mother much? , . . Oh, about twice a week” ee « “I lost my wife . . . It must be awfully hard . . . Hard! It's practically impossible!” Heck, for that matter, d’you remember Pyramid Clubs?
Humbug In Russia By Harman W. Nichols
"For instance, Russia has a Santa Claus called
I hair, who misguided as they hit the trail for Bethlehem. As as punishment, the legend goes, she must as penance make : way across the world
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ASKED Joe if he ever thought about stepping out in the street, unnoticed, going to a movie or to a restaurant and doing things like people. Joe said he often thought about doing that. He asked Joe if he ever thought of maybe taking the neighbor's little boy, digging a can
of worms, packing a fine lunch and going fishing |
all afternoon for bluegills? Or whatever kind of fish they have in Russia. Joe began to crack up. Santa rushed in with the rabbit punch, He asked Joe if he wouldn't like to be in a position where old cronies would call him up for no other reason but to play a little poker and drink a few Friends of his. Friends who would come to his rambling ranch-type house just to pass the time of day because Joe was a good guy. That was the end of Joe. : * & o IN THE LENGTH of time it takes to sing
“Rudolph, the .red-nosed reindeer,” Joe had his
Of course, everyone in Russia was pretty happy and surprised how many friends a person can have, Santa Claus gave the treatment to President Truman and Mr. Attlee. Well, to all the big shots. Over the heads of the men who weren't too bright, Santa waved his magic wand of reindeer hair. +» Everyone was agreed that it was time grown men quit acting like spoiled brats. There was enough of everything in the world to go around. Nations put away their clubs, began to spend money to improve their joints, people washed their hands and faces and sat down to a big community dinner.
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PEOPLE all over the world exchanged gifts and called each other by their first names and had a fine time. The next day they went to work. Experts were amazed how much fixin' was needed all over the world. It would take years and years to have everything in tip-top shape. Man, you talk about “joy to the world” The Christmas Day OF Santa talked to VIPs and announced “peace on earth,” people almost blew their stacks they were so happy. No, thanks, none for the road. Do you suppose a thing like that could ever happen? You don’t think so, but you're hoping? Merry Christmas, it was nice while it lasted. Happy New Year, too.
Here Are Memories For Your Yule
So that’s my gift to you. Sorry it couldn’t be something more. Well . 2 + +» Merry Christmas!
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THE MIDNIGHT EARL: Gen. David Sarnoff, head of RCA, and Mrs. are off on a holiday cruise. “You won’t be seeing television for a while?” we said. “Thank God!” said Mrs. Sarnoff . . . Tom Rogers says he and Cecil Chapman’ll wed around Feb. 14, maybe before . . . Tallulah Bankhead turned down $25,000 to do one big TV drama, Sir Laurence Olivier spurned $50,000 . . . Denise Darcel's hoping to have a baby ., . A big polio drive parade’s set for Jan. 15 led by Eddie Cantor + « «» B. 8. Pully, a mobster in “Guys & Dolls,” plays Santa Claus on Bob Hope's TV show. Couple years ago, Pully stood outside Dinty Moore's asking fora handout saying he was hungry. Somebody gave him $1. “Look,” he said, indignantly, “what can I get in Moore's for a buck?” . . .
i Corrine Valdez is the lively dancer in “Peep
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B’WAY BULLETINS: Two great fortunes will be united when Renee Schine, daughter of hoteltheatre magnate Meyer Schine, weds Lester Crown, son of Chicago millionaire Henry Crown, Dec. 28. The bride-to-be thought up a new kind of shower—a book shower ; . . Joe DiMaggio’s mother is ill , . . The price of heartburn’s going up—delicatessens have raised the tab on pastrami . + » Today's Christmas presents: to the Latin’s cuties, a raise from Lou Walters; to Dennis James’ parents, a new home in Fort Lauderdale - . » Helen Forrest and actor-husband Paul Hogan drifted . . . Copa’s Judy Tyler and pianist Colin Romoff will marry . .. Emerson Foote opens his own ad agency early next year ... Will Generoso
Pope Jr. sell his contracting biz to buil Pope J} g der Sam
2 » ” EARL’S PEARLS ., . Fran Warren heard of a rich guy who keeps his girl on ice—which is delivered regularly from Tiffany's and Cartier’s.
td » WISH I'D SAID THAT: Jack Barry: “It's called middle age, because that’s where it shows “# ’ first.” Fran Warren
® 8 TODAY'S WORST PUN: “Cotton is the root of boll weevil.” :
¢ © WHO'S NEWS: Billy Eckstine signed for the Copa in the spring . . . Vera-Ellen changed her
mind about playing theater and cafe engagements,
.ltend themselves that the strong-'|
dishing out
returned to the coast . . . Paintings on display in
- Greenwich Village signed “Mrs. Dean Acheson,” " were painted by Mrs. Dean Acheson . .
, Bam Goldwyn will become a grandfather, courtesy Sam Jr. . .. Illona Massey's current-diversion is diaper impresario Edward Levine. They cooed at the Roosevelt Grill , , . Also mellow—Eric Remarque and Signe Hasso at the Alibi, Connie Sawyer gets a yak ‘at-the Blue Angel recalling the drunk who demanded to know why he was arrested. “You were brought in for drinkAng,” answered the sergeant. “Fine,” shouted the drunk, “let's get started.” . . . That's Earl, brother,
It’s No Merry Day In Land of Soviets
a 5 shilling fine for anybody with the tém to skip work on Dec. 25 just because it was C 4 mas. It wasn't, as a matter of fact, until 1885 that Christmas was made an official holiday in that state. Business of leaving a present-receptable by the chimney was begun in the Netherlands. The Dutch used wooden shoes. The fad finally spread to
Britain and later to America. The British and .
Americans use stockings. &
WASHINGTON itself is steeped in Christmas stories. °*
Times Business Editor FAMILIES ARE STIR=RING. New robes, new ties, new toys, a tinseled tree, and waste baskets filled with gift wrappings. : Factories and stores are closed. Machine workers and clerks are home. But you won't find many sitting around counting their profits or bonuses. But they are in the counting house—counting their blessings, not their cash, thumbing back through the months which have been good to us all. No one looks ahead much, or dares to, but there's a quiet confidence that what Christianity has
done in a man -against- man world, it will continue to do.
Those Who Serve
AND 1 AM THINKING today about the people who all too often say, “Christmas has gone commercial. It's afi excuse to make people buy.” a This isn’t true. There may be a few, but the people made|} Christmas what it is, not the stores. Instead the stores pay out|} their money far in advance to see that the people can buy the things they want to give. ; I think not only of stores, including the food markets, but of} the manufacturers and distrib- | utors who do the same thing, ex-
est Christian nation in the world can have its own kind of Christ mas, producing enough that everyone can give. It’s quite a job. They | do it well. The people who see that wr have shelter and clothing, enter tainment are servants to mar And if you are thinking that the all get rich doing it, I'll tell you |that perhaps a few do, but a lot {more go broke in the adventure.
“Mankind’
LET'S TAKE a store. It's| °
|profits, including Christmas shop-| |ping, will earn more than the re{turn from a conservative bond. 'But a store works harder to do it.| |So there must be something else.! | Dickens explains it well in “A! Christmas Carol.” The Ghost of] \Jacob Marley {is talking to Scrooge, and says, in de~ fense of selfishness: - Z “But you were always a good man of business, Jacob.” “Business,” cried the Ghost, wringing his hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my. business; charity, mercy, forebearance, and benevolence were, all, my business. The ‘dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business.” There, that says it well, and unveils the deep, impelling motives of those who feed and clothe us, get us about in cars, helps us to find homes.
Under the Crust . . .
IN ALL MY YEARS with business men, never have I known a Scrooge. I've known some who
wore a crust, but it was for their own protection, like the thick skin| of an armadilla, to protect their sensitive hearts inside. i Those are the owners and the bosses. They cannot do much alone. They depend on clerks and} truck drivers, stenographers and errand boys, and the guy in over-! alls in the back shop with a wad! of Mail Pouch in his cheek. | They are the shock troops of business, the players on the field. And about all they've ever wanted is a better living. And, quite strangely, that's what the boss in the front office wants, too.
They're People, .Too
. TOGETHER they're getting it. But they're people. The boss loses a deal and gets sore. And the salesmanager thinks the Old Man is trying to pass the buck to him. Or the secretary breaks out in tears in the middle of an important letter. And the boss never knows why, It wasn’t the letter. It was a broken heart. Her boy friend walked out. She kept the secret. % All through business runs the {sensitive threads of the delicate
side, they al' wear their better sides out setting the example for a world which has been trying to do better for 1950 years, with today as the milestone.
Clerks, Cashiers
THIS CHRISTMAS pushed business to the limit. The impact, of unselfistiness on the world is
hard to cope with, Clerks, cash-
themselves, do millions of little extra things. 5 Your mailman didn’t complain, did he, trudging through the snow with a back-bending load? * No one else did either, Now abbut the gifts under the
fers and delivery men extend yoy
“And it came to pass in those days,
that there went out a decree
Augustus, that all the world should be
laxed.
into his own city.
“And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is
called Bethlehem; “To be taxed with Mary wife, being great with child. “4
nd so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that
she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because
there was no room for them
“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. “And, lo, the Angel of the Lord came
upon them, and the glory
shone round about them: and they were
sore afraid.
“And the Angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which ts Christ
the Lord.
“And this shall be a sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe
“And all went to be taxed, everyone
‘Unto You Is Born This Day A Saviour’
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come to worship him.
“Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what.time the star appeared,. “And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him bring me word again, that I may come
his espoused
and worship him also.
in the inn.
child was.
of the Lord
frankincense and myrrh.
wrapped in way.” (St. Matthew.)
swaddling clothes lying in a manger. (St.
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are
“When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young
“When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold and
“And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another
OKs a Vote In Winois
18 Years UMW Unit Elects an Official
By ROBERT M. LEWIS CHICAGO, Dec. 25 (CDN)— For the first time in 18 years, John L. Lewis has allowed Illinois Mine Workers to elect a state official of the union. : Joseph Shannon of Herrin, a Lewis-appointed UMW auditor, has been elected to the international executive board to represent district 12 (Illinois) of the union. x Mr. Shannon, a UMW member for more than 30 years, defeated Sherman Whitlow of Benton, T7647 to 2782. Thus, 10,429 of the UMW’s claimed membership of 18,000 in Illinois voted for a state union official for the first time since. 1932. Appointed by Lewis Ever since Mr, Lewis was elected UMW president in 1920, and opponents of his iron-fisted policies broke away to organize the Progressive Mine Workers, he has appointed district officials. Formation ,of the rival PMW in Illinois brought about several years of bloodshed and murder in a “civil war” between the unions. The board post had been vacant more than a year, since the death of Curtis Mundel, of West Frankfort. The job pays $1000 a month plus an expense account estimated by union members at more than $7000 a year. “Union members said that Mr, Lewis permitted the election because the UMW in Illinois has become “self-sustaining financially” and “stability has been established.” : Some UMW members added that the victory of Lloyd H. Sidener, of Canton, in his unfair labor practice case against the UMW, had “increased the pressure” among Illinois miners for democracy in the union. After the Chicago Daily News exposed that Mr. Sidener had been fined $50,000 and forced from his mine job because he wanted to go back to work during last winter's coal strike, UMW Local 7455 rescinded the action, Mr. Sidener collected $1721.99 in pay for time lost. As to the election, Mr. Sidener said: “We have accomplished something toward obtaining democracy and autonomy (selfgovernment) in the UMW" 1950, for The Indianapolis Times
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Pvt D. L Haviin Missing in Korea fo
Mrs. Virginia Cummins, sister of an Indianapolis soldier now missing somewhere in the hills of North Korea, had hoped until Saturday that possibly the Department of Defense had made an error. The Department recently informed Mrs. Cummins, 2868 Eugene St., that her brother, Pvt. Donald L. Havlin, 18, has been
Touch of Wisconsin
To Hawaii for Yule MELLEN, Wis., Dec. 25 (UP) —Ervin Young Jr. had a touch of his own north woods to console him at his post of naval duty in the Hawaiian Islands. His parents shipped him a Christmas tree last November after letting it freeze and wrapping it in aluminum foil. Mr. Young wrote that it arrived in fine shape.
Got Tip on Contest Frdim Her Mother Fifteen-year-old Patty Ann Scott, -daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
George Scott, 4635 Indianola Ave., is leading the many Broad
of “The Selfish Giant.” Then you'll understand them better. How we accept gifts is important. Do you compare them with what others received? Did you do “a little better?” Are you inclined to boast about it or brag? That's wrong, of course. Accept them with joy and humility. That’s the Spirit in the Manger again.
Don't Take It Back
IF YOUR ROBE is the wrong size, or you can't get your fingers into your gloves, or your scarf is the wrong color, and you can't stand the perfume you got, think twice before you take them back. We are sitting on the edge of one of the biggest shortage periods in history. It will develop juickly, I think. And if you take back what you have, you may not be able to get exactly what you would rather have. You may be better off by keeping it.
Ripple High School entries received in The Times “Miss TeenAger of 1950” contest. It was her mother who gave brunette Patty the tip about the 3 chance to win herself a 16-inch Philco television set. Patty, ice skater and member of the Amiga and the Wig sub-deb clubs at the East 63rd Street house of high school learning, is “real gone” on television. But the family doesn’t own a set. S Patty is taking a business course at BRHS, a Radios Go to Some ) The contest is a cinch for the contestants themselves. Their only duty will be to sit by and
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eral, Washington, D. C., a letter confirming the original notifiica« tion. : She has not heard from Pvt, Havlin for about two months, but ; letters received before that graph- - {ically illustrate the severity of the Korean fighting. Wrote Two Months Ago “It was pretty bad,” wrote Pvt. Havlin, “you see your buddies ly. ing all around.” He wrote his sister that he didn’t “dare move his head” for fear of getting shot. Pvt. Havlin left Martinsville High School to enlist in the Army. He is a member of the 38th Field Artillery.
Pilot, Co-Pilot Save All But Themselves
PENTICTON, B. C., Dec. 25 (UP)—A pilot and co-pilot say their 15 passengers and
dian Pacific Airliner but lost
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