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Inside Indianapolis By Ed Sovola % : :
“WE ONLY hope it isn't a hot one, that's all.”
Patrolman Jim Miller, a- member of the Indianapolis Police Department's emergency squad, was expressing a hope for the New Year.
There were five of us in the room
i emergency ; shooting the breeze about the driving habits of
revelers. One point was clear, sometimes driving habits change permanently. 8 I planted the germ about New Year's accidents, From there the emergency squad took over. Most of the stories they told were not pretty. Accidents never are. ® © ¢ SGT. CLAUDE KINDER, with 28 years on the force, led the discussion. Patrolman Tommy Yott, 11 years of service, was pitching too, Patrolmen Jim Miller, 8 years, and Clyde Darland, 4's yeares, filled in on more recent happenings, “Tommy, were vou on—sure you were—when that old man walked ont of the tavern near Louisiana St. and Virginia Ave?”
Tommy was on that shift. The man had been
drinking. It was New Year's Eve, about 8 p. m. when the car struck the 56-year-old. man. He was killed instantly, Xe Sgt. Kinder explained the accident happened because the man failed to watch where he was going. He also wished there would be a way to stress safe-walking as well as safe-driving when the season of cup-filling is in full swing. &
TOMMY YOTT remembered the accident last Year at Olney Ave. and the Belt Railroad. “Happened about an hour after the accident at Louisiana and Virginia,” said Tommy. Four young men plowed into a switch engine. It was raining. The night was dark... But the fact remains the driver and the three passengers had been drinking. When Emergency 5 arrived, the four men were quite sober and fortunately all in one piece. They were scared and thankful it was a switch engine instead of a fast passenger train. «. The officers proceeded te build up the “atmosphere” in the car prior to the accident. It had a familiar ring. Four young guys are out for a good time, They had a few short ones and decided to go somewhere else. ed AS THE ‘CAR rolls along the enthusiasm builds up. There is laughter, brisk conversation of things to come, places to go. The driver lets some of the enthusiasm run through his foot on the accelerator. Heck, accidents happen to other people. You read about accidents every day in the newspaper. So what? And then, in the time it takes to snap vour fingers, it happened. People are sorry. Sometimes hurt. Sometimes dead. For a little while wiser and more cautious. ‘Not for long. At Oakland Ave. and Washington St. a drunken driver smacked into two cars and
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By Earl Wilso
NEW YORK, Dec. 20—B-Day is here , , . B
“for Booze.
The longest, wettest New Year's holiday since the one last year is upon us, and the many people who don’t make a move without hearing from me have begged me to advise them how to celebrate in such a manner that when they go to -work Tuesday they will have a fair idea of what year it is, “Don’t drink” is the first handy hint, and I cannot emphasize that enough. No, not nearly enough to get anybody to pay attention to me, = Now the big secret — the Russians have it down so well it's their secret weapon—is: Eat something. : * &
PERSONALLY, I sneak to the icebox, down a quart of milk, eat a ham sandwich with a lot of butter on it, and even bottoms up a lot of tomato juice if there's some around, and in no time I am sick at my stomach and fall into bed. This is one sure way of not getting drunk that night, unless, of course, I recover in a half hour or =o. . ‘ But if I hit the icebox less ravenously I don't feel the booze so quickly. This is a very old trick which supposedly originated with farmers. I learned it while at Ohio State University, back in prohibition days when there was not much drinking except, of course, between the hours of 7 p.m. one day and § p.m. ‘the following day. : ! Now when we get to the party, here's another rule. | It comes from Toots Shor, the famous restaurateur, who pleads with you not to drink too fast. : : ~ : * “I ALWAYS find it a good idea,” he says, “to count one between gulps.” cate the hors d'oeuvres table (while you still can) ahd get yourself around some of those canapés, no matter how bad they look. Stuff yourself on popcorn, peanuts, pretzels, eandy—even try a glass of water occasionally. It's quite harmless, according to usually re- . Hable sources. Now there's no reason you can't pause in the midst of the night's guzzling and take a rest, although it surely does sound silly at the time. “How do I do that?” you ask me innocently. One way is to have somebody bring you a horse's neck. ? Greta Garbo taught me this trick once. No, twice.
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Americana By Robert C. Ruark
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—If I had just one
wish to make for the infant year of '51, it would be that the flying saucer business turns out to be provably true, and that some space-ship would land in every major capital of the world. These ships would be of a radical design unkpown to man, as we know man, They would be fueled by an undiscovered fuél. They would be composed of strange metals. And they would disgorge a covey of little men equipped with radar eyes, sonar ears, and tiny rocket guns, They would be about two feet high, and their color would be bright green, Remembering back to Orson Welles’ noble experiment a decade ago, when he dramatized the landing of the Martians, F am quite sure that all human beings would uave the hell scared out of them. The Russians would be
panic-stricken, and so would the Chinese and the
Americans and the British. by * >.» . THEY WOULD probably be so scared that they would knock off the current stupidities of chopping up each: , in order to band against ‘might very well be a nice fel-
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Emergency squad + « . (left to right} Sat. Claude Kinder, Patrolmen Jim Miller and Gayle Darland hope the New Year's isn't "hot."
turned them over. A mother and daughter were thrown to the street. The emergency squad reported a couple of broken legs, deep cuts, painful bruises. ! The conversation turned to the danger each man is exposed to during a fast run. To help a suffocating child or victims of smoke or gas, accidents that can be termed “Acts of God,” is one thing. It's their job. They will risk their lives to save lives, * + IT'S ANOTHER matter to speed to the scene of an accident which was brought about by stupidity, shortsightedness, disregard of the law. Of course, the men go without question when the dispatcher calls. They don't judge, they go. But
I can understand how strongly they must hope .
the public will observe safety rules. public benefits. You wonder sometinies how much good words of caution do. You know, “if you drive, don't drink; if you drink, don’t drive’; “Alcohol and gasoline don't mix”; “The last one for the road may really be the last one.” I hope the men of Emergency 5, police prowl cars, deputy sheriffs, State Police do not have a “hot one.” The New Year may not be the brightest we can have, but it might be fun to stick around and see what happens. Who knows, 1951 may be the best year of the 20th Century. Be careful, tonight, tomorrow, Sunday, every day. Please?
After all, the
Mappy Hangover for The New Year, Buddy
When I say, have somebody bring you a horse's neck, T want it understood that just any old horse's neck won't do. > Ob YOU'VE GOT to have some ice cubes in a glass
filled with ginger ale, with a lemon peel hanging |
out over the top of the glass.® As you've guessed, this nonintoxicating. The bartender will be your buddy for life when you ask him in the middle of a busy night to peel a lemon for you, but, after all, whose hangover is this? . HH you say to him, “Horse's neck” and he ‘says, “Do they?” he is probably drinking or has read Ted Shane’s Bar Guide. I would say on second thought, he is probably drinking. Well, there's my advice on how to stay sober, Happy Hangover! > Se >
THE MIDNIGHT EARL. . . . Tallulah Bank-
. head’s Christmas present to friends was a bust
of herself. . , . New Feud: George 8. Kaufman vs. Joey Adams (the two famous authors). . ., . Is Gen. Motors going to convert to aircraft (jet F-84's)? . .. Teehee, a fellah who has lots of TV set trouble is Gen. David Sarnoff, head of RCA, It’s because he's located between two tall bldgs. .+. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor saw “Guys and Dolls” a 2d time (with Jimmy Donahue). They're together so much now they call them the 3d D's. 1... Marjorie Winters, Irwin Kramer's fiance, quit “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” to get réady<- The Tony de Marcos switched from the Plaza to the Pierre Cotillion Room, it comes out now, because a salary cut was suggested. At the Pierre they're breaking records. . . . Margie Hart joined her husband, Si Jacobs, the TV writer, here. .. , Dusty Reale's worth peepin’ at in “Peep Show.” : e o> FARL'S PEARLS. . . . Harvey Stone can't understand the fuss over Faye Emerson's gowns. They're really nothing. ; > & WISH I'D SAID THAT: “A bachelor's a guy who don't have to exchange Christmas ties,” Ed Gardner. * > & B'WAY BULLETINS: Martha Raye got into a chorus gal's outfit and took part in the Copacabana floor show. . . . Flair. Evans, the bra model on TV, was signed up as a singer by Jerry Rosen, who booked her into the Havana Madrid. A husband, being sarcastic with his wife in an argument, told her, “Now you'll be able to understand it if you'll just put your two heads i together.” , , . That's Earl, brother. |
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World Seen in Need | Of a Helluva Scare |
OUR FEAR being equalled only by our curi- | osity, we could then spend a cheerful century or so investigating the visitors—screening them for ° strange diseases, frisking them for strange weapons, diagnosing their language and attempting to steal the patent on their space ship. We would subject them to loyalty checks and the common cold, the gossip column and the weird tribal customs of the advertising hucksters. We would introduce them to mysteries of the soap opera, the smear campaign as practiced politically, and the therapeutic effect of sound bourbon whisky. . : All this would take time. While we were indoctrinating the little men in the miracles of democracy, and figuring out a way to massproduce them to solve the servant problem, the
set to work to extract secrets from the little men. Midgets and green paint would become premium commodities for espionage purposes alone. " : eid ae :
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About People—
Texas Whips Tennessee— With Queen
~ Longhorns No Doubt Want to Duplicate Cotton Maid's Feat
| Texas, the land of "big, bigger |and best,” today claimed the win[hing competitor in the 1951 “Maid of Cotton” contest. Brown-haired Jeanine Holland, a senior at Texas State College {for Women, left the Lone Star state for the second time in her (21 years to travel to Memphis, (where she won the contest in a cotton organdy gown she made! {herself. During 1951 in her official! capacity, she'll visit New: York, Paris, London, South America land 60,000 miles of the U. 8. { | Before she starts she has one |plan of her own, She'll spend New! [Year's Day in Dallas watching, {Texas, the state that raised her! 'play Tennessee, the state that! crowned her,
i Ah, Fame! Black-lashed, handsome ac-| cordionist Dick Contine had a {wail to make today--he can't go out with girls. Not that they aren't willing, his {press agents hastily added. It's {just that everytime he's pictured {a8 squirming or admiring a girl
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Residents Complain About 15-Day Parkers -
This is the scene that has greeted residents in the neighborhood of 13th St., west of Illinois St., for the last two weeks. They say they're getting tired of it. The cars have been parked in the block since 10 days before Christmas. Three of them have no license plates. Complaints to the Police Department have brought no action, residents report.
= - . /it brings wails, letters and threat- Mailman Seized ening calls from his one million
{teen-age fans. “It's a little em-
|barrassing,” said the squeeze dies | Ch k Th ft . .. specialis sowing the ladi | ed tones," 4 1 GNECK INCITS His Blessings After All Believe $50,000 Ring Smashed
A substitute Indianapolis mail-! ; ting his arm around a girl. He man was arrested today as the assured today for the romance of oilman Gleen McCarthy's daugh- | smashed ter with the son of an immigrant shoe repairman.
Propriety | Eugene Snyder said in an At-| lanta court today that he thought! $20,000 was a little steep for put-
admitted that while driving he sixth member of
{put his arm around Miriam Clink- $50,000 check-theft ring.
scales, who is suing him for in-
an improper advance.” {in the ring.
Time Marches On al
possible eleanup
that adorned barracks walls in {World War II. Instead of a white bathing suit, Miss Grable will wear a red one.
Merry Christmas litam E. Stocker.
| The border patrolmen near |Bellingham, Wash., : {alerted when a man wearing Ernest Liford Jr.
{tive from justice.” He was seek- charging mail theft.
{ing aid in unlocking his son’s: Three other men are awaiting larraignment on the charges. brite ! Inspector Wood said Grahenhofer admitted “ " Teen-Ager Faces [fase air sy muss tiene vind tuo | refund check Apr. 10, addressed y
to Ralph Naragon Jr.
Christmas present handcuffs,
Postal
Trowbridge St,
New Morals Case
‘Massage Parlor’ Girl Found in Hotel
A teen-age girl placed on probation following her arrest in |connection with a police raid on| a local “massage parler” last September was again in Juvenile [Of8¢d the check.
| ! : .. | | Grabenhofer aiso admitted takjad any, since Dec. 13. IN8 loose colns and bills from the lin violation of probation, she was| mall during his one-year tempo-
[found living in a near North Side TY service.
{hotel where officers said reports
{indicated she was following her charged
jarrested after police raided the massage . establishment at 2351 |N. Meridian St. She fled before {police arrived, but after her ap(prehension a week later accused two men of helping her elude the | officers. : | JAD Patrolman Irven E. Schwo-
'meyer said the girl was too sick 10 Injured as Bus
to be questioned yesterday. She
The carrier, Julius R. Graben- alee McCarthy, 17, had eloped Dec. 2 with George Pontikes, sophjuries in the ensuing wreck. “But,” hofer, 23, of Fishers, Ind, signed ‘omore football player at Rice Institute. he added, “I don’t consider that a statement admitting complicity
The arrest was seen as the ment at first. He appeared hurt the
Shapely Betty Grable will send frauds described as the largest firmed the news. ‘when he proposed that the nation GIs a new version of the picture gyer to operate in a U. 8. city.
Get 5-Year Terms
Two members of the ring were
{given five-vear prison sentences he was ready to “forgive and yesterday by Federal Judge
i The two men, Edwin V. Altes who were 23, of 1132 E., Georgia St. 24, of 116 8S. {handcuffs walked. into a tavern Noble St. pleaded guilty to five! {there, made a report on the “‘fugi- counts of a criminal information!
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Called Ringleader
Grabenhofer said he turned the check over to Archie Paul Har-
. meson, described as the ringleader | " an (say. by the two convicted men vester- | Mr. Pontikes and Glenalee held [is going to say,” said Mr. Pontikes,
day. He said he received $65 from | Harmeson as nis share. He sai shoe repair shop. They said they)
a third man, yet unidentified
L { MM ° i ddies |ratified, other than to make Grabenhofer, who is married, is occa ar ine 1] . promises?” Sen. Watkins asked.
specifically
h J 'bezzlement from the mails by *M ¥ i E . $i Pi : ae restion, girl was first POStoffice employee. ee n vacua on ane | Inspector Wood said Grabenhofer and Harmeson met while working az magazine salesmen here. Last Spring, he satll, Harmeson propositioned thé mailman to |obtain the checks in return for one-third of the cash value,
with
was transferred to General Hos- Leaps Embankment
pital for care. | Officers said further investiga-| tion may reveal
linquency cases involving morals of teen-age girls. A second investigator, Patrolman Anthony Watkins, has also 2nd the driver. been assigned to the case. i
Oath Is Given To Court Clerk
Thomas Williams of Jefferson- hicle. ville today was sworn in as the
Royse of Indianapolis. [cut down a tree.
PETERSBURG, Va. that several (UP)—A Trailways bus skidded |adults are connected with de- On a wet highway near here 'ast{men brightened. the night and went over an embank-{iney clasped ment, injuring nine’ passengers
Dee.
None of the injuries was serious, ; (highwiy. patrolmen said." Driver |Ceefl G. Bray of Richrii®nd told .|police he tried to swerve around |a car that had stopped suddenly | while trying to pass a stalled ve-
Mr. Bray said the bus went over battlefields of ‘the embankment as he tried to|North Korea. clerk of the Indiana Supreme and pass on the left shoulder of the| Appellate Courts by Judge Wilbur two-lane road. The bus
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Irs Fun Being Married’ — kr ee em enn Oilman McCarthy May Add Republicans Blast Critics of Hoover
Speech Called ‘Breath Of Fresh Air’
By JOHN L. STEELE United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—President Truman's denunciation of former President Herbert Hoover as an isolationist drew heated Re{publican protests today. {| Mr. Truman ‘told his news con{ference late yesterday that Mr, ‘Hoover advocated isolationism
| -Playfully Thumps Gridder Who We | Glenalee, Wants to Talk With ‘Young Man’ |
{ HOUSTON, Tex. Dec. 20 (UP) A story book ending appeared!
Texas social circles were rocked this week by news that Glen-
Mr. McCarthy, oneof Texas’
y we willing to richest men, curtly refused ‘com- they were ready and willing
get by on their own. George said he planned to mailiand angry when he. later con- finish his studies at Rice Insti-
y > § he hoped! Mie Glenaice Suu ae op strengthen its own defenses and tary” in Houston after her gradu- Tefuse to send more men or arms ation from Lamar High School [0 urope until our Allies have here in January. jpullt a ‘sure dam against the The pretty blonde sald she Red flood. Wil- forget” the elopement. would complete a business course! Mr. Truman said the United The occasion was a wedding in February. [alates is not returning to isola“It's fun being married” shé/tionism, and told newsmen they added with a laugh, as she C0Uld be sure of that. poured her husband's coffee. Her John Foster Dulles, Republican dark-haired spouse agreed. [State Department adviser who is However, Mr. Pontikes' foot. Scheduled to speak in New York ball playing days at Rice may tonight (at 7 p. m, Indianapolis have ended with his. marriage. time), may heighten inter-party Coach Jess Neely lets his play- friction over the nation's foreign ers get married, but insiders say Policy. - it's a good idea fo ask him first.| Agree in Part Since the end of the season,| five Rice players have scheduled! x Mr, ies wired Mr. Hoover weddings and some of them have YCHOE Ry that “the point of view already married with Mr. Neely's|" 1¢ shall express may be Finally Talks blessings. But what happens when | Somewhat different from yours, Mr, Pontikes finally talked to Mr. Neely isn’t asked is anybody'si Tut. I afree with Tch thiat you newsmen yeserday after eluding guess. lye i ope 2nd expect that them for days. “I don't know what the coach Y°U Wil agree with much that I
However, storm clouds lifted as Mr, McCarthy apparently went out of his way Wednesday night to show the 19-year-old youth
reception at Mr, McCarthy's| and $700,000 mansion following the gilt-edged® marriage of the oilman’s eldest daughter, 19-year-{old Mary Margaret, to the scion of a Houston banking family. “I want to have a falk with lyou, young man,” a guest quoted
P. "Mr. McCarthy as telling Mr. Pon-
be busy tomorrow, but after that * we're going to sit down and talk.”
/a news conference in the modest a sophomore who 6 saw ing Akhar y Watkins (R. house behind the elder Pontikes' action this past season, . | Cation Tone y opposed rati“I didn't say anything to him © a Mi e North Atlantic my{would live there until “we can before we got married, or since efense pact, challenged Mr, '|find an apartment.” and he's in California now and umag to report publicly on the The young couple made it plain I don't know how he'll take it.” I oe of ow Sealled Allies pts steamer | es. JON w= - “What have our Allies done § Reunion the 16 months since the pact in
limited
om-| “I disagree with. Mr. Truman completely. iw ! Mr. Hoover asked the nation to be realistic, not isolationist. Mr. Hoover was pointing up the fact that our so-called Allies in Europe are running out on us and we're not running out on them.
Battle-Grimed Men Stare for Minutes
Before Recognition Pierces Blood and Beards : By RICHMOND BARTLETT Loaded with Marines, casualties of war and weather, a big {plane droned southward from the Chosin Reservoir toward warm Lauds Speech food. clean sheeis and safety in Japan, { Sem: Hugh Butler Inside, two weary, battle-grimed young mer huddled on opposite called Mr. Their beards were matted from weeks welcome breath of fresh air.”
sides of the compartment. A ihe! shaving Deed Yard from wound sptind the: dither) Fe” sid the formes: Bait plan c * 3; made a-“co! ard analysis” with tion city, Hamhung. and Cpl. Robert McKee, husband, ands that the nation send n . the two 0f Ruby McKee, 705 8. Warman 0 Suddenly the faces of the two , “LC 7 ed up with the ™OTe troops or dollars until Marines August 28. : Europe demonstrates
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{Western They had become fast friends APility and willingness to resist {while serving in the Reserves, On 88Eression. . > {reaching Korea, they were sent! However,
hands andj
grinned through Sen. Hubert H,
the dirt. Ex to diffrent units of the First Ma- Humphrey (D. Minn.) said Mr, | This is the way. irines, and neither knew the Hoover's recommendations were : two buddies from {whereabouts of the other. |“unrealistic,” and ignored the
the Indianapelis 16th Marine Battalion Reserves held a reunion high above the
milita a Wounded in Leg ay nia a ~ Pfc. Wassel was evacuated with would give “Russia, jtrostitien feet and sgh sheape| ThE, State Department an. {nel wounds. Cpl. McKee Was will discuss how war ‘can be |wounded in the leg while” fight- avoided “through sound policies of Pfc. Richard J. Wassel, son ing his way out of a Communist collective security which will not and|of Mr. and Mrs. Brownie Wassel, encirclement. “ {involve our retreat into an area
E. Drive, Woodruff Place,| Pfc. Wassel wrote his mother gerense of our own continent.”
Pe. Wassel
Harold E. Achor, Andérson,'-
ceremonies this afternoon by| Judge Donald E. Bowen, Bloomington, 4 Judges Royse, Bowen and Harry C. Crumpacker, Michigan City, all re-elected to the Appel- TF late Court, will be sworn in n § private ceremonies today. 3 ‘Three Supreme Court justices will be sworn in at 10 a. m. Monday. ‘They are Arch N, Bobbitt,
Family Goes All-Out
In Korean War Effort OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 20 (UP
aed wn earreiets, Sort Clothe-A-Child Award
about the meeting from a hos-| . ital in Yakasuka, Japan. 4 PE y “We were so dirty, bearded and Conductor. Steps Down bloody that we didn't recognize i leach other until we got clear to After 39 Years' Service } ~ Hamhung,” he said. | Nearly 39 wears of service to ~ | In his latest letter, written just Indianapolis transit patrons’ 3 ‘before Christmas, he said that he ended today for George G. Wells, {was “feeling blue” because Le Mr. Wells finished his last run hadn't heard from his friends for Indianapolis Railways, Ine, oes Pvt. Norman H. Clapper, and Pfc. at two minutes before noon. Ha Vincent Gatto, both of the 16th turned over his car to another io] Battalion. Pvt. Clapper was re-/ operator at Illinois and Maryland bi ported killed in action last month gts. SAS 4] and Pfc. Gatto was wounded, Mr, Wells started Mar. 1, 1012, Pfc. Wassel was wounded when with the Indianapolis Traction a Communist mortar shell hit|iand Terminal Co., predecessor of the truck in which he was riding. Indianapolis Railways. He was 5 His wrist watch was blown off! conductor until 1027, when cars and hi§' glasses were smashed. He had been placed on the truckition and he became an Pperaton Sd p Mr. Wells lives at 2142 N. Jeff. - .
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