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Outside Indianapolis

By Ed Sovola |

ROME—Eight U. 8. Marines stepped into the ‘bus and I knew things were going to pick up They have a deal here'where you can get a shot of Roman night life for 2950 lire. It was hard to believe the trip would he as much fun as the clerk in the hoter said 1t wou'd be, but four famous joints, mzza, wine, champagne, music, etc, was worth a try. Much oetter than wandering around by yourself, Surely, I reasontrd. on a Rome-by-night tour, there would be a younger crowd, a few babes,’ The history lovers and hikers would bein bed or soaking their weary feet, At one hotel and another, nothing interesting piled “into the bus. I had visions of a sompiste flop. Then the Marines showed up. I joined t Sanks ny foun -out they were Pith the Had eet an e tour had b 2 BY the Navy een arranged for them We checked the crowd once more. By the wildest stretch of the imagination, we couldn't find anything worth pursuing. PD THE GUIDE happily informed us that the first place we would visit would be the famous Caffe Greco in the Via Condotti. It. had an interesting history (everything has here) and since 1760 has been the meeting place of artists, poets and writers of all countries He named Byron, Shelley, Goethe, Keats, Thackeray, Mark Twain, Bizet, Berlinz Wagner, many I had never heard about and the last celebrity to he mentioned was William (Buffalo Bill) Cody, The Marines whoggped and hollered. In a small back rpm gp coffee,

Mr. Sovola

“The American delegatibn groaned and there was

talk of desertion. A vote was'taken and the con servative element won In was decided that we would take another vote at the second joint. Oi NO VOTE was ever taken. In the Scoglio di Frisio, we had a big slice of pizza pi» and cool, white wine. The plan was that one bottle should be split between four persons. The Marines talked the management into a ‘bottle fer fwo people, namely the Americans, A small walking outfit of fiddle players and a singer serenaded us, There wasn't a wisecrack the entire time they played and sang. All the stops were out as far as the mood music was concerned. As we left, scattering 100-lire notes,

Ie Hap By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, July 18—Those headlines about Joyce Mathews and Billy Rose may give a wrong impression about one of the prettiest gals alive. ‘Joyce has always been one of my favorite folks,” Broadway people were saying last night. “I feel sorry for her.” It's kind of a different Broadway story—that of a girl who had beauty and money, but wanted career. - She's had a pretty smile for everybody since she hit the Big Street. : " That was about 1938 when she started dancing at Nicky Blair's Paradise with Adele Jergens and other beauties. A couple of years ago, I called her one. of the 10 most beautiful girls in the world. . She's got even prettier since. In a list of 10 most beautiful, she's rated very high--it'd be hard to think of five or gix who are more beautiful.

2 ” o TODAY AROUND Broadway they were saying that a little scratch on the wrist would never be noticed in: all that beauty, Joyce; so hurry, back? . A 2 Yes, “career” is what she's always wanted. She was ambitious—which isn’t. any crime—unless you're a woman. it's a virtue, but women musn’t press. 1 could easily imagine Gertrude Lawrence or Helen Hayes or Ethel Merman sighing, “Oh, 1 envy her beauty.” But Joyce in turn would look at them and

Miss Mathews In men

" say, “What I'd give to be a star like they are!”

She could have settled down to be the idle wife of Milton Berle, millionaire, and when that didn't work out, she could undoubtedly have plucked off a half dozen rich fellows in other fields, but she's wanted to further that career!

“BESIDES,” as her intimates will fell Joyce isn't mercenary or acquisitive.” {Those are the 1951 ways to say ‘‘golddigger.”) Rerle tried hard to help her with her career; he made many an effort—and a few weeks ago it seemed they'd marry again. But when they both agreed that it was over forever, career became important to her again, and”... “Don’t think she didn’t work hard!” said Georgie Hale, who gave her her first Paradise job, and helped her with her first speaking part ir “Hold Onto Your Hats,” the Al Jolson show when we talked about’ it the other night. Joyce was last in Arthur Lesser's “On Fifth

Avenue.”

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ABOUT THAT time Milton Berle was getting his picture on Time and Newsweek the same fssue as “Mr. Television’--and Joyce, working in the show, wasn't even able to watch him on television.

I guess you can see from this that Joyce Africana By Robert C. Ruark IKOMA-ON-THE-GRUMMETTI. Tanganyika,

July’18—Home ig the hunter, finally to his first permanent camp, 18 miles outside Tkoma, a native village of about 300 folks. A pretty little river, the Grummetti, which seems to be overcrowded with leopards, winds past the front door. There are marshes full of buffalo and plains full of antelope and mosquito nets full of me and the mosquitoes, but it's home and it's pretty and we love it. Home is composed of sleeping tents for mama, me, Harry Selby, the boss of this voortrek, and for the permanent staff of 12 native boys. There iz an eating tent, and a little girl's-room tent, and a small cooking tent for when it rains. Home includes Jessica. the Lorry, the truck. Harry. mama, and 1 ride in the front seat of Jessica. Kidogo and -Adam, the gunbearers, and Chaboni; the carboy, ride in the back seat with the guns and cameras and such truck. Everybody else rides on top of Annie Lorry when she is Joaded with the tents and food boxes and incidental equipment. Selby, the only other white man on the trip, thinks like an animal, when he is not thinking like a machine, The grass is very high in most of this neck of the woods, because of excessive rains. Game generally hates high grass. It provides cover for predators and is distasteful. So the animals travel in huge herds, constantly, in search of low grass and water. da a HERE AROUND the Grummetti the- grass never grows very high. It is a little pocket that turns out to be leaping with animal lifer “You look around the plains and a sweep of the eye + shows tens of thousands of grazing beasts--eland. kongoni, = grant's gazelle, zebra, wildeheeste, giraffe.” impala. topi. : In the. marshy lowlandz there are waterbuck and reedbuck and rhino and alo and cheetah and there niust be lions on the sl ~ Carnivora

jeep, and Annie

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Head Follows ight in Rome

one of the Marines figured up that every man |

in our party had. one bottle of wine, Seeing our smiling faces, the guide said if we thought the Scoglio di Frisio was good, the Ristorante Valle “La Biblioteca” was even better, Before the bus stopped, we had established a beachhead and were prepared to secure the place. > + 2 . ATMOSPHERE fairly dripped from every wall and dim light. . The walls were lined with’ full bottles of wine and champagne. Eager hands pulled at the iron bars protecting the bottles. * Champagne flowed into our glasses. Before the management could pull the old one-to-four routine, we had madé other arrangements, A fiddle player battled for attention when he played “Hurry Back to Old Sorrento.” He got attention with Brahms “Lullaby.” I thought a few of our men were going to bawl, Just as we decided to make the “La Biblioteca” our headquarters for the night, the guide sald we were going to the best place of all, the Casina Delle Rose—music, dancing, floor show, more champagne. Somebody yelled “Fire” and we were on our way. > ec hb THE CASINA DELLE ROSE made our eyes bulge, The night was perfect. The orchestra was

escorts) than you could shake a wine. glass at, The floor show was exactly what a lonely man away from home could. appreciate. And the champagne must have been piped to our tables. A little bloke nobody recognized kept coming to our tables insisting some sort of a bus couldn't wait any longer. There were passengers aboard who wanted to get to bed. Let them go to bed. Before we knew it the sky was bright, the open-air stage was empty and the waiters were gone. Of course, so were our glasses. The bus was gone and a couple of the Marines thought that the guide ought to be told a few things for leaving without telling us. FEY BUT FROM NOWHERE appeared a caravan of Roman chariots, We hailed the drivers who would not let loose of the reins. One of the chariots, mine, was extremely difficult to get into. It kept moving everytime I reached for it. The Marines came to the rescue in the nick of. time and we were off. Never have I heard the Marine Hymn sung go beautifully, Early risers were transfixed as they watched our contingent pass. Some even passed out. What a night. What a head.

‘A Pretiy Smile For Everybody’

Mathewsz' name may be in the headlines hut that she still has friends who plan to forget the whole incident forever by the end of the week.

THE MIDNIGHT EARL .. pellitteri is confined to Doctors Hospital with bursitis. Very painful. M#y be there a week. ... “Baby” Rosemarie (Mrs. Bob Guy) is set for Phil Silvers’ show “Top Banana.” Arlene Dahl may be in it, too. Director Jack Donahue hopes | so, so he can subtitle it, “Guy and Dahl.” |

| . Mrs. Vincent Im- |

Martha Wright's out of “South Pacific” for the next several days— Mimi Kelly subs. . . . | Ethel Mergagm's children, Ethel and Bob; left | for Glenwood Springs, Colo. for a vacation, a lock of THEIR

hair.

WHO'S NEWS: Lou Walter's new cabaret will be called the Gilded Cage . . . John Gar-

Cod, will bring it here in the fall . . . Today's Daily Double: Singer Joan Durrelle and John Talbot + «doy dges filed divorce papers from Paul Dudley in Santa Monica . . . The Copa wants Harvey Stone to headline next month . . . El Morocco closes Sundays starting next week. ‘ * Pb . GOOD RUMOR MAN: Will Bill Gaxton run for Congress from Connecticut Béfore long? He's qualified—he played President of the U. 8. in “Of Thee I Sing’! . .. Abe Attell’'s back from Europe telling of all the things he saw over there (one of them, Barry Gray) ... Raye Alton’s a dancer at the Casa Seville, Wo B'WAY BULLETINS: Joan Blondell refuses to answer questions on whether she'll re-wed Mike Todd . .. Hotel Edison’s Irwin Kramer left for the Coast to spend two weeks with Mort Hall and Ruth Roman . .. Colleen Gray and Lew Ayres are dating . . . Jackie Miles Spectators at. | the Riviera included Yul Brynner, Ethel Merman and Betty Underwobd . .-, Robert Preston says | he'll marry Peggy Lee as soon as Ralph Bellamy, whom he's replacing on “Man Against Crime.” returns from Europe . .« ‘Huntington Hartford's wife, Marjorie Steel, makes her B'way acting debut this fall in “American Me.” Hartford is helping angel the show. Woh EARL'S PEARLS: Harvey Aa new Hollywood drink: rocks.”

Stone discovered “Marriage on the

b> : WISH I'D SAID THAT: “If T had my life to live over, I'd live over a saloon’ Lew (Bickerson) Parker. eel TODAY'S BEST WARNING: “If you take a drink while driving, you'll get a cop for a chaser” Sol Balsam.

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“AFTER SEEING pictures’ of the Chinese Communists.” whispered Hal Block of TV, “1 wonder why they want to save face” , .. That's Earl, brother, - ‘We are Ealing

High on the Hog’

follow the game migrations, and there is plenty of lion evidence as well as a profusion of scavengers like hyena and jackal, which follow the lion kills, Just looking aroynd you is ‘a mighty thrill, for we are fortunate in choosing a spot that presents Africa as it might have been 200 years ago. And at a time when game is skimpy elsewhere. The nights are almost bitter cold, and the sight of that campfire with Juma, the headboy, bustling around the drink tray, is the finest piece of scenery we have yet viewed. oe WE HUNT a radius of 60 miles around the permanent camp in the jeep, and after a hot, dusty day, a not-unpleasant vista is Kaluku and yatheru, our “personal” boys, struggling into the bathi annex with canvas tubs full of steaming water for Bwana and Memsaab. They also wash each article of clothing immediately it is dropped, and wake you gently with a cup of chal, or tea, in the early morn.

We are eating mighty high on the hog. We are blessed with Ali, the wizened little cook. who iz very possibly the best chef in Africa. All

cooks over open fires. . » First night in the camp we dined off tommyram steaks, a delicious meat that bears no trace of game taste. As the piece de resistance Ali had whomped ip crepe suzettes. And this in a spot where you can’t talk socially over the animal noises, where a pride of five lions visit us nightly, and where the leopards cough 40 yards from your tent. ecw

MAMA HAS taken gn the chores of shooting |

meat for the camp. AS the shotgun expert I am now gazing fondly at an endless reservoir .of grouse, guinea fowl, bustard and a spur fowl, which is all white meat even to the legs. All things considered, I reckon I am about as happy as a man can be in this day and age. 1 know a little how Adam must have felt in the Garden of Eden, before the snake fouled up the detail. But I am one or two up on Adam, because he didn't have All cooking for him, nor Kaluku to fetch him his bath. ~ |

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The Indianapolis Times oF

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1951

Between Alarms With the Smoke Eaters—

The 13's Are A Lucky Fire House

Capt. John Blazic.

“I've never even heard any-

one mention that he was the least bit superstitious,” says Capt. John Blazic, 1822" Medford. He's been at the house 10 years “But we've got a guy who

loves 'em,” he adds. The “guy” is Capt. F. Howard

Lanham. He's got 13's comin’ out his ears. Capt. L.anham had been at

the house 13 years when his boy wag born. His badge number is 391 (add it up)., He joined the force on May 26 (two of 'em that: time). His son, Robert H., celebrated

his birthday in April. Guess what . .. Friday the 13th. Add up the letters in his name. Sur-

prise!!! ~ » n LIKE ANY OTHER bunch of firemen, the 13's have quite a bit of time when they're not fighting fires. But these guys keep busy. A complete shop in the back of the house has electric saws, planers, and many other woodworking tools. The men make everything" from hobby horse heads to screen doors. Champions of the wood shop Are Battalion Chief Phillip Moog and Lieut. John Hildwein. Yesterday, Lieut. Hildwein was putting the finishing touches on a storm window for his home at 1535 Legrande Ave. Chief Moos (is at present combining wood and iron work on an outdoor oven for his back yard.

Radiation Still Big

The 13's answer every call in the Mile Square and sometimes go outside it to the west or south. With two entrances to the house—one on Kentucky and one at the corner—they give a passerby the idea that it's raining fire engines when they “run.”

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CAPT. BLAZIC the trucks and Capt. Lanham hanThe trucks equipment,

handles

dles the engines. and while the. engines pump the water. They both handle hoses. The pride of the house is the 100-foot ladder

carry ladders

aerial truck

manned by Capt. Blazic’s men.

“This pose ig to save lives,” he savs, “hut it also makes a fine fire tower to throw an awful lot of water.”

The

truck's primary pur

ladder, when fully ex-

Aid—

RINGER—Pvt. Bernie Moos takes aim outside the house.

tended, will reach the eighth story of most buildings. “We've never tried to time how long it takes us to get -it up,” Capt. Blazic adds, “but it's darned fast. II it's a matter of life and death, we can even have a man ‘ride’ the ladder up.” For every fire box that is pulled in the immediate downtown area, the fire department sends four engines, two trucks, a rescue squad, a district or battalion chief and an assistant

chief. That's a lat of firemen bud, and ‘the 13's are always part of them. ” n ” RANKS IN THE fire depart ment go almost like those in the police department A fire

man goes from private to chauf-

feur, to lieutenant, to captain,

to battalion chief, chief, to chief.

to assistant

LOOK, With all the cnief titles running around, firemen usually call Chief McKinney = "Big Chief : A ‘rookie makes $2700 2a vear while a second-year man drawsz $3000 - The 13's have more refrea tional facilities than the work shop A TV set in the squad room brings entertainment for the indoors men, while a horse shoe pit is for the outdoors type

The horseshoe pit iz probably the only one in the Mile Square.

IN WORK SHOP—Lt. John Hildwein.

ONE HAND—Capt. Howard F. Lanham

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mes Photos by Bill

(Capt. Lanham explains that years ago, the area on the north side of the house between the sidewalk and the street was dirt

and had trees planted in it. “They decided to concrete tha

area.” he adds, "and a few of the old timers talked them into leaving two sections open for pits.”

That's about the story of the

13's except that somebody has to remind 'em when it's Friday the 13th Nobody cares enough to ree member it

Improved Cancer Treatment Found

| cut , still may cure you.

4 Written for The Times) By PAT McGRADY

Sefence Editor,

If you have a cancer which

American Cancer Saédiety

hasn't yet spread to other | parts of the body, surgery is your best bet. Such cancers

can be removed as a rule, and the cure: rates are often high. If the cancer involves .vital organs dnd the surgeon can't it out, X-rays or radium

Specialists in cancer centers of such cities as New York, Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco now tan remove great masses of tissue and an amazing number of important organs to cut out the roots and branches of a

spreading cancer. Months and *

years later an appreciable per: centage of these patients are without cancer symptom.

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AND IN almost all cases the seeds have migrated to other parte of the hody

patients live relatively

even when cancer

pain iz relieved and

normal, routine lives for varying periods, Surgical progress has been made possible hy improved anesthesias, new techniques and apparatus, control of .infection” by antibiotics, and plentiful

blood transfusions.

In such centers as Cambridge, Chicago and New York, X-ray machines which generate 2,000,000 or more volts are hitting cancers, which cannot be reached ‘by the scalpel or conventional X-ray. In addition to this, .the patient may sit in a chair which rotates slowly while the X-rays are aimed at the tumor. Ti. mors thus are given a multiple of the normal X-ray dosage while mtervening normal tissues receive only a fraction of

it to the decided benefit of the patient, Radioactive iodine has shown tremendous powers of relieving thyroid cancer in a few cases but other radioactive materials go far have not ilved up to some

of the early rosy predictions They are not vet curing cancer ” ” Ld

A GREAT and growing num her of chemicals have come up from the laboratories, where they have shown in animal experiments that they do more good than .harm. Testing them on human cancer is a tedious business, Their failure to help ene kind of cancer by no means indicates that they will be useless in other kinds as well as a few experimenters ate learning. One of the newer efforts in the chemical treatment of cancer is concerned with keeping the toxicity of drugs down to

3 minimum, Usually when the

poison ig diluted so is the anti tumor effect ’ : A slight start may have heen made vitamin-like agent citrovorum factor reduced the toxicity of one or two anticANCEr drugs proportinnate impairment of their power against cancer,

however A called the seems to have

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HORMONES continue to be the most effective treatments for: some kinds of inoperable and hopeless cancers — female hormones: for .cancer of the prostate, male or female hormone for cancer of the breast, a female hormone called progesterone for cancer of "the uterus, cortisone for temporary relief of acute leukemia. Boston scientists have observed that some cancers of the uterus, which resisted X-rays, became responsive to X-ray

treatment after the patient was given male or female hormones. Viruses of various saxia argy orualast killer,

being turned against cancers In New York and San Francisco. Every now and then a virus (like that of chicken pox or measles) has brought dramatie relief to certain types of cancer; hut the effect has not been lasts ing. A newly organized “pain cline ie” in New York has found that the terror, anguish and discoms= fort of cancer can now be cone

trolled without narcotics in vit= tually all cases. Psychiatric probléms associated with cancer have been uncovered and some are being solved by Boston scie entists. : These . are small steps —but steps nevertheless—toward the conquest of cancer. With continued support, research will have more progress to report next year. Eventually no one now can guess whens

"cancer no longer will be the na-

tion's * second most common cauze of death and the y :