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Facide Indianapolis By Ed Sovola .
ASOLINE ‘station uted my wide w stands and fill a book
owners and attendants aterproof shoulders for weeping (sniff) what they had to say would
Since the custome¥ is always right, the jump-
ing-juice men seldom have an opportunity to unburden their gripes and little pet peeves. They're
as human as the consumer, you know. In the interest “of better relations on the fuel front, let's examine some of the things we do that irk them. This can be an unofficial ‘Be Kind to Gas Station Attendants Day.” Customer impatience is high on the list. Gasoline men fume inwardly when they have their hands full and someone pulls in, takes a
quick look and begins honking for immediate attention Younger men in when they are jor. The ner by str
business hecome irked refer®d to as “Buster” or ‘‘Junappelat when used in a cocky maningers. rubs me the wrong way.
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STATION A1 TENANTS who work at corwer clition to motorists who turmng around. Two men missed being hit last winter,
<object enuously
H.2 in adiiveway {or
thev narrowly
being against the law ous pracuce for the
it is a dangerand the attendant, having the service bell
motorist
They also don't care for
ring a false alarm I had one man tell me things that are hard to believe. He said hé doesn't mind washing windshields. It's part of his job, “He does mind, though, when the rain is coming down in torrents and a customer asks to have the windshield washed a He recalled the bitter days of last winter.
One evening when the mercury was slipping to 15 degrees below zero, a man. who didn’t buy any gas, asked to have his tires checked. He hadn't five or six months and he
had them checked for
‘PET PEEVES—The men who fill. your-tank-and give you service tell on the customer today, their day for unburdening.
1t Happened Last Night
By Earl Wilson
NEW YORK, Oct. 22 Being I'm happy to hear that the sweet
verv much in favor of girls, things are finally making more money than men; and can soon support us in the manner to which we'd like to get accustomed. : Thanks to television. a new actress-type model -—-is bringing home $600 a week, though under 25. “You're so rich vou'll never be able to find a husband who can afford you,’ I remarked to one of these gals. Roxanne is her name, Her face, and especially her figure. are familiar. “Don’t say that! You've no idéa how much we have to spend,” replied the bosomy blond.
type girl the £200 to
“Shoes, shoes, shoes! New suits, new bags. Taxis all day long. I average $10 a day for taxis, I live in a hotel. My phone calls cost 15¢ each. Another $3 a day. So many calls come in that 1 finally told the operator I'd only take long distance calls,
With TV holding such gold for there's a scarcity of the simple, 1i'l models who used to do romance and magazine covers for $135 an hour.
these gals ole plain detective
“Horror magazines is how Roxanne and her boss, Candy Jones, of the Conover agency, describe them ™ You got to get strangled og stabbed in the picture ’ Candy says “Hev. wait a minute!” protests Photographer Gary Wagner who does such covers. “Some of them look very nice in bathing suits.”
And are these gilded darlings happy with their I mean loot?” No. ° “You work so hard.’ says Roxanne. “The first 7 months I was here I didn't have time for one date. “What I really want to do is act. I'm studying with a teacher several hours a day. I'd be willing to starve to death if I could get a line in a Broadday show. I don't have to have $100 dresses.” Roxanne real name Dolores Rosedale out of Minneapolis and St. Paul- has a fiance. Tom Roddy, who's in investments. “People in the business ask me for dates They wind up going out with Tom and me instead of me." she says. — Roxanne wouldn't urge other girls te come here. She says when she first went on TV, getting $150 a show, hut appearing only about 20 seconds on some shows, she felt guilty, and asked for mare to do. “Don’t worry,” to build you.”
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Americana By Robert C. Ruark
CLEVELAND; Oct. 22—The smell of middie western autumn has crept through the chronic <inus condition sufficiently: to inform me that the hysterical season is on again, and football is with us until the pros decide their annual argument sometime when enough snow has fallen to render pneumonia to all spectators. This is my happy season, because it marks my hibernation from the sports page. I crawl out of the cave in March, when the baseball boys fly south. Life Magazine had a vehement editorial on football the other week, more or less calling for the abolition of the professional *‘college” team as an evil influence on the fine art of education and a perverter of character among the young and the old alike. Maybe Life's man has a point, if slightly overblown. I couldn't care less whether they keep it going strong or make it as illegal as murder, for football has lost focus as anything but a gambling device for the bookies to get fat on, and I would rather shoot crap. You lose the money faster and don't have to compete with Saturday crowds.
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GAME as played today makes scarcely anv sense to me or anyone else, including the coaches and players, since the rules have been so drastically altered as to make the contest resemble a bargain-day rush hour in a big department store. Players flow in and out so fast that they are able to match a defensive halfback with a strawberry mark on his left cheek with an offensive halfback of the same discoloration. The penalties are so numerous and vague that they resemble a lecture on parliamentary procedure in a monkey house. Maybe the educators are corrupting education and the nation’s young by parceling out free scholarships and under-the-table doles to their brawny young slaves, but half the slaves would be swinging a pick in a coal mine if they weren't swinging a foot for dear old express u. You can't knock the colleges too ‘hard for upgrading the lives of boneheaded young brutes who would he hanging around the poolrooms if they weren't smacking skulls daily "in preparation for Satur-
THE
. day's bloodletting.
All’ 1 ask of football is that it let me alone.
. and I won't bother it. If others wish to sit and
the act.”
Gas Siation Men " Unload Pet Peeves
thought that night would be a good time to nave it done. . “> > % I ASKED whether or not station attendants mind giving directions for free. They don’t. They do obect, however, for a guy to come in when they're busy and begin laying on the horn as if the request for directions-was the most important event of the day. Reminding a man to check the oil or water or clean the windshield before he has a chance to do it, doesn’t make the attendants happy. Most stations require the service attendant to follow a definite routine. First, the gas goes into the tank, then the windshield is washed, the oil and water checked and the tires. One man had this to say: “I h#e to be told, before I have a chance to get to the windshield to wash it. 1 hate to be reminded to check the oil and water before I'm through with the windshield.” “ cH EVERY CAR OWNER knows gas stations handle anti-freeze products. Buy it at a station and the man will cheerfully drain your radiator and winterize your car, They don't like for you to bring your own anti-freeze and expect service. This practice is geting more prevalent. Each year an increasing number of factories are selling their employees anti-freeze at cost. Station owners don't care for the tail end of the business. Another cute angle was mentioned. A man pulls in and only wants his oil checked. The attendant checks it and finds the oil to be in perfect shape.’ “I know, the motorist answers, * own oil and just changed it. it was all right.” Curses. My informants point out that service is important commodity. The type of service rendered to the customer at a station eventually determines whether the owner is going to stay in
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business. Abuses of this service are irritating. Sb hb < IT WAS INEVITABLE that we should ge
around to women. We had a lot of laughs. Some lady drivers will take the old man’s car out and they won't ave the faintest idea how to open the hood. And they won't jet the attendant them. They just sit and fuss with every gadget on the dashboard. Women, more than men, watch the meter on the pump as if it was designed primarily to cheat them. Usually they will fumble with their pocketbooks and change purses. They will ask for an oil check and then won't know what kind of oil is iz in the car. When it comes to anti-freeze, and it is coming to 0 that rapidly, women are completely lost.
help
Fthink-it-would be fun to be a gasoline sta-
tion attendant. They meet =uch interesting
people.
New Type Model Hits TV Jackpot
“You're not going to build me. I'm built *” she snapped. too.
She is. 1 * * + THE MIDNIGHT EARL: Eleanor Holin's at-torneys-—preparing her divorce papers—are working overtime amassing affidavits volunteered against Billy Rose by some of his ex-associates. Eleanor talked it over with Bernard Baruch before reaching her decision, The story of Eleanor’s visit to Billy's penthouse, when told in full, will ve more sensational than anything yet hinted. $* N GOOD RUMOR MAN: David Niven's suing the Bank of England for money he says Alexander Korda left there to be paid him for a movie Lou Holtz and Bert Wheeler will do a new “Blackouts’ type show . .. Milton Berle, who looks very tired these days hurls a barrage of singers against Frank Sinatra Tuesday Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett and the Mills Brothers .,. Jo Ann Floris {s in the Chateau Madrid show, * > *
WISH I'D SAID THAT: "Then there was the man on the flying trapeze who caught his wife in Anon. do Bb ob B'WAY BULLETINS: Bookies in the garment district now have a "75 per cent OK" . Harry Gross is cleaning up at Riker's Island Pen--he works in the laundry . . . Laraine Day bought a dog house at Bloomingdale's. not for Leo. either “ $
TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: Herb Shriner. off to a grand start on his new TV show, said his home town folks bought new TV sets just to watch him, “And that's sumpin’,” he'said, “when you realize they don't even have ‘a television station out there.” Herb came out for heredity, too. “For instance,’ he said, “if your parents never had any children, there's -a good chance you won't have any.” o> We o>
WHO'S NEWS: Peggy Lee behaved very romantically with Robert Preston at the East Side Show Spot Diosa Costello wants to leave “South Pacific’ as soon as a replacement can be found . .., The Henry Kaisers, who honevmooned there, are returning to the Tower Isle in Jamaica. BW.I., for Thanksgiving. < oo < EARL'S PEARLS: This is the time of vear, according to Eileen Barton. when you say, “What a wonderful football stadium—but where in the heck is the college?” Cavanagh's Ray Doyle tells 4f the B'wayite and his wife who are very attached. Their house, their car. his salary. . .. That's Earl, brother.
Bob Would Prink at Bar. Vot Grid Stadium
shiver in a bleak stadium, poisoning themselves with canned heat in order to avoid death, fine. Let the young men cheat their way through physical education courses on phony scholarships, let the basic structure of education sag. and it's their business, * > @ BUT NO Saturday traffic jams for me, doc, no more press-box coffee, no more cheering sections, no more drunks collaring you to dispute the merits of good old Notre Dame's fifth tackle as opposed to the sixth alternate fullback at whatever stadium good old Notre Dame plays next week. It was always a source of wonderment, in my days of sports-page peonage, as to why people went to football games at all. Some were drunk and some were always falling over somcbody else in order to say hellow to old Hank or old Bill or old Betty, that they hadn't seen since yesterday, or traipsing back and forth to the rest rooms to take another shot of pain killer. The voung fry always gazed into each other's eves and held hands under the blankets, as a prelude to the big pass later on at the fraternity house. If there was a serious student of the sport in the stands, he had no opportunity to study it, for his view was always obscured by some lout in a bearskin coat who always reared erect just as Olk Snizkatzencoff busted loose for a long run. Even from the bench you can't follow the progress, of the ball, so what good is it if you can’s see it? LE IT IS possible to recall some mild elation, back along the years, when your loving alma mater beat the rivals across the hill, and that night the bootleggers did big business and a great deal of woo was slung around the campuses. _ But as age has soured my appreciation of necking on front steps and sozzling up sheepdip, I conclude that a man can drink better in a’ bar than at a stadium, and if rassling with the fair is what you have in mind you can’t beat a sofa. As for the greater implications of sporting rivalry, such as the annual struggle between Army and Navy, don t- bother me. While you are freezing in Philadelpnia. kids, papa here will be asleep in his easy chair before a roaring fire, with. an unread, improving volume sprawled carelessly, across his side,
The Indianapolis Times
~ MOND AY, OCTOBER |
22
A Honey of a Fight Between Indiana, lilinois—
Two-State Beauty Battle Rages
CAROL MITCHELL — Miss Indiana— 1951,
BEVERLY DAWN TRENARY —Miss Indiana of 1947.
Indiana and Illinois are firing volleys of pulbattle touched off
chritude in a beauty in Korea
Sgt. Norman K. Ball wrote to Illinois that he had a wee bit of a bet with some buddies that Illinois has the more beautiful girls than anywhere - especially Indiana The battle was joined when the Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce challenged the In-
diana group and volunteered back up the sergeant’'s claim The Indiana 2nd pulchritude began The Indianapolis News are co-o his bet
Javceees
Times rating to help Sy lose
The dazzler duel will be ref for Sgt. Ball. Three wounded veterans from Indiana will
sent his home state in The girls will be chosen from tos provided by the Jaycees Replying to the Illinois lenge, Val Williams said, “This is practically glad to give our neighbors their «
positive proof” to
accepted popping out
and the
‘reed by
judge which six girls should reprea final judging,
in each state. positive proof” chalIndiana J: no contest ‘omeuppance.”
by a GI
the challenge all over Chicago Daily gt. Ball win-—or
six proxies
both Illirois and
batches of pho-
ivcee president, but we'll be-
1951.
— 1947.
PAT BERRY—Miss Indiana—1950.
Did Joe McCarthy's Visit 99-Year-0ld Man
Help Clark... Or Bayt?
Did Commie-hunting Joe McCarthy help the mayoralty
{chances of Republican Alex Clark.
or Democrat Philip Bayt in his one -day whirlwind campaign here? That was the No. 1 question in city political circles today as both parties weighed the effects of the lvisit of the fighting Senator from Wisconsin. Sen. McCarthy came here Saturday to open the home-stretch campaign for Judge Clark. He came with the blessing of top state GOP leaders, but over the {protests of a few Republicans who felt that communism was not ‘an issue here.
Assailed by Liberals
He was bitterly assailed by self-styled liberals, who opposed {his speaking in. the city. The {Knights of Columbus received {more than 25 telephone calls and labout 10% unsigned letters and |cards protesting use of the K. of 'C. Hall for political purposes. To many people here, Demo|crats as well as Republicans, Sen. [McCarthy's visit became an issue | of free speech. Should he be gagged? Judge Clark, who first met the personable Senator at the recep-
tion, said: “There has been some comment
as to why Sen. McCarthy came! (lican Party leaders predicted that |
here. “He came as an American to speak to Americans in a country |where we still have thank God - |free speech.”
Has Right to Speak’
Mayor Bayt said: “1 respect his (Sen. McCarthy)
|right to free speech. Every per-| son has a right to his viewssand,
should be given a right to express them. “I have great faith and confidence in the people to judge the issues for themselves." The politicians of both parites had more to say about Sen. MecCarthy than either of the mayoralty candidates. Said Jack Innis, Marion County Republican chairman “Sen, McCarthy's visit helped the Republican candidates. He left a favorable impression on all the people who heard him. And he brought to the people some of the things he has uncovered in federal investigations. He did a lot of good for us (Republicans) politically. “The only Republican opposition to his visit was whether he would help or hurt the mayoralty campaign.”
‘Communism Not the Issue’
City Clerk Richard Stewart, campaign manager for Mayor Bayt, said: “The Senator's visit doesn’t
affect the campaign. Communism is not a local issue. “There are other standards to judge the qualifications of a Mayor besides how violently anti-| Communist a man is. Phil Bayt |
nism as anyone else.” Both Democratic and Repub-!
if the election were held today their candidates would win,
INDIANAPOL 1s TRAFFIC CASUALTIES
(294 Days)
> 1950 1951 Accidents ..,.. 7219 6746 Injured ....... 2741 2919 1Kiled +coveirss 38 54
Killed by Truck; Traffic Toll: 54
A 99-year-old man was killed today while crossing the street in front of his home. He became the city’s 54th traffic victim.
Jeff Cartwright, 1305 N. West St.-was struck by a half-ton truck driven by Bessie Rutland, 33, of 849 W. 26th St. She. was charged with failing to carry an operator's license.
Two-Car Crash
A two-car collision at Tist St and Michigan Rd. yesterday sent two women to General Hospita! today. Mrs. C. M. Harrington, 53. of 631 N. Hamilton Ave., was in fair condition. Miss Helen Tiffany 26, of 538 Buchanan St. treated and released. A woman and her son were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday following a collision at Washington St. and Sherman Dr. Walter Duff, 19, of 3208 8S. Oakland Ave. was in fair condition today. His mother, Lillie, 38, was released after treatment.
The driver of their car,
was
Miss
is as much opposed to commu-|Jane Wiggington, 17, of 1809 N.
De Quincy St.,, was charged with (having no driver's -license and using Improper Plates,
Dog to Speak Asuin
NEW YORK," Oct. 22 (UP) Gen. Douglas MacArthur will speak at the opening of- the Seattle, Wash., centennial celebration Nov. 13; his office announced today. Ld
DORIS KING—M iss lHlinois—
JEAN HIATT—Miss Chicago
I witch doctor,
1951
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PATRICIA — 1949,
CUNNINGHAM — Miss Indiana
TRUDY GERMI—Miss lllinois— 1949.
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Right Here in Indianapolis— Parents Try to Cure Girls’ ‘Itchy Feet’ With Voodoo
By JOE ALLISON
A strange tale of twin girls whose parents believed they were
voodooed into repeatedly running away from home was unfolded Saturday by Juvenile Court officials.
Like a page from ‘Darkest Af“witch
rica,” the story tells of a doctor” who used potato peelings to shoo the hex against the 12-vear-old Indianapolis girls But the peelings failed to cure the girls’ itchy feet. The twins are ‘incorrigible runaways,” their parents told court workers. Five times they had run away from home. One is sick, their mother related
The girls never were away from
home more than a few hours and never over night, court officials said today. Went to an ‘Expert’ But this ‘runaway hex’ sent the family more than 300 miles
to a voodoo expert who once had cured a friend of “hex bumps” so painful he could not work or sleep. First the parents tried an Indianapolis witch doctor. But she,
‘had failed to exercise the “devil,”
in spite of incantations and secret rites over a potato. For $12, the local practitioner had failed to exorcise the “devil,” in spite of incantations and secret rites over a potato. | The girls had eaten “something salty” at the neighbor's home. The cure called for a potato which the sorcerer peeled while chanting voodoo pravers. Following commands of the one of
the gir is|about “he hex.”
wore the potato around her neck for three days. At the next treatment, the potato moved on the sorcerer's command, the parents said. But still the hex was there. The girls’ father took them from school last week, borrowed
$150 and rushed to Jackson, Miss... where he was “sure” a voodoo expert could chase the hex. This Mississippi practitioner had cured the father's friend of ‘leg bumps
The father was positive of the cure and said it was accomplished by taking dust from the foetprints of the man who has cast
the spell The dust was put in a bottle and the bottle thrown into the river over the ‘vooddoed”’ man's left shoulder The ‘leg bumps” immediately went away, he reported. But the Jackson expert could not help the Indianapolis girls just then. But she could help ii
the parents wopuld call her long distance when the girls next developed “itchy feet.” For this advice the lcharged $12. Back in Indianapolis, the twins lare ‘still sick and “itchy,” and the parents went to Juvenile Court for help. While the court is investigating,
sorcerer
the girls are at the Juvenile iCenter. _ ° : They were sent there Friday.
Court officials say the girls jefi’ for the Center “in the best af spirits, - apparently unconcerned