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Inside Indianapolis’ By Ed Sevela polis

HOW DO you feel about Aymistice : it held any special significance for Se Day Does Here am several expressions on the question from your fellow citizens: Wayne Palmer, principal of School 48. 1102 York St. thinks the day “should be brought into scope for all who died for their country in the past.” Furthermore, Mr. Palmer would include all who made sacrifices. He believes the wounded in hospitals should receive the nation’s thanks and he remembered. “FL would change the name to Freedom Day or Democracy Day,” added Mr. Palmer. “Armistice Day has lost a great deal of its meaning.”

oo ao oo» MISS MARIE PETERS, assistant in the reference room of the Central Library, would have Nov. 11 set aside in memory of warriors sn all wars, Leroy Sorley, salesman for the Polk Sanitary wilk Co. said he would change the name of Armistice Day to Vietory Day. “We can't disregard the day altogether, but we ought to honor and remember our current

heroes by setting aside one day in their memory.”

* o> & IT IS FITTING that a resolution adopted at the national convention of the American Legion in Miami last summer be inserted at this point, “Be it resolved by the American legion that November 11th be designated and set aside in pach year as. a day in honor of the veterans of all wars and that such day be designated as Veterans Day.’ The legion also recommends that appropriate services be held on such day in honor of the veterans of all wars “Be it further: Resolved, that the American legion take such steps as may be necessary to have November 11th designated hy the National as ‘Veterans Day.'” oe <@ - ONE OFFICIAL of the American legion who served in World War I, said Armistice Day used

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It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Nov. 10--It's a little early to think about” Thanksgiving dinner -but this year

[ want to go on record About other my Beautiful Wife gets “Thanksgiving Dinner Out” Choosing a moment: when I'm on the phone and can’t answer, she shuffles in barefooted and save. “I think we'll have Thanksgiving dinner

1t. We can't eat a whole turkey

every vear

fever

“Im glad with me,” she adds, while I'm still on the phone, and wiggles out. Next thing I know it's Thanksgiving and I'm asking about dinner. “Oh, you wanted to eat out.

RAVES,

You agree

Rememhér?" she

I love eating out, But you really must read the ads and make reservations And the BR W siwave wants to try a new place.” One !

Thanksgiving we waited

d in line 45 minutes (Slug us Mother-in-Law, too! to find

reen

ger and the Gorg vou had to have a reservatio oo o> &~

“CAN'T WE make one now?" the B. W. sald

“If you want to go back to the end of the line the head waitress said. “Let's go where we know somebody,” I suggested. : ' the

“Oh, the same old places, over and over! B. W. growled. Now it's last Thanksgiving. Again, vations. About 5 p. m. we started phoning for reservations. Finally I made one for 6 at the famous Fraunces Tavern. George Washington ate there. A man George Washington suit as we arrived a half hour late and announced “Out of turkey : “Dinner's really a steak,” a captain said courteously.

Dg > Bg " " !

no reser-

rushed out in a

over. But we can give you

THE STEAKS were good hut that giving touch was lacking Oh well we thought some pumpkin pie and whipped cream “Four pieces of pumpkin pie said the Cap tain. “Yes sir He was back in two minules All gond. You can have ice cream It was rather chilly around our house- that night. But about 10 o'clock the BL. W. said

“I'm hungry Why d'vou think said About midnight we went downtown to a place

I'm eating this apple’ 1

Americana By Robert €. Ruark

NEW YORK. Nov. 9 - You suspected last vear

during the Kefauver hearings on crime via tele vision, thht this comparatively new and inexact gadget was to become the biggest influence on our politica! future - far bigger than the old radio broadcasts, vastly higger than the personal stumy tour. The huge attention reaped by Gen. MacArthur, in his old-

soldier speech before Congress holstered up the but it tnok an owl-eved man named Rudy Halley to double-lock the certainty that TV ix the litleo’s best friend and/or most deadly enemy, Mr. Halley everything in organized politics for the second most important ob in New York, that of president of the city council. This puts him in as second in command to the mayor and an almost certain eventual candidate for navor and possibly governor. A little over a vear ago the public never heard of Mr. Halley. He is nly 38 and has pever- run for office before. But ne swept into office with a resounding majority n a light registration, on a scrambled egg ticket

idea,

po-

just whipped

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thank and

FOR THIS, Mr. Halley TV omly TV. As special assistant to Sen. Estes Ke fauver (D. Tenn.), Mr. Halley conducted much nf the cross-examination of the crooks and semi crooks who appeared before the Crime Commis:jon last vear. The show was such that nearly Ul work “stopped in the cities that received a transmission of the program. Mr. Halley was » national figure in less than a week. He conducted his current campaign largel’ via video, even appearing as narrator on some thing called “Crime Syndicated.” On the record he is as much actor as qualified candidate for high public office, but he is a good het to be governor before he's a great deal older.

THE IMMENSE potency of the television program cannot be under-estimated from now on as a political weapon. Its easy approach to the listener, ite huge command of audience, almost would make it possible for Milton Berle to win an election over a qualified but dull-gray opponent. A man with the easy charm of an Eisenhower might dominate an equally qualified but less ingratiating adversary, Herein lies the chief danger of such a direct line to public emotion, Harry Truman's “give-‘em-hell” tactics, at the last moments of his 194%

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campaign, teeing off with his late-night dramatics

via TV In the Philadelphia convention, finally smothered the suave and sometimes sanctimonious tactics of Tom Dewey, Harry roused the

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Do We Need New Name For Armistice Day?

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to be one of the mast precious days in the hearts of those who served their country in the “war to end all wars.” : He recalls Armistice Day services in the

decade following the war when Americans found

it hard to hold back tears when taps blew at 11 a. m., - 8

d “It's a sad commentary on our civilization that the: great war didn't bring’ peace, didn't end wars. All our words have a ring of mockery today,” the Legion official said.

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THERE is only one special Armistice Day service sponsored by the American ‘Legion in the city today. It will be held at 38th and Dearborn Sts., in the vicinity of the Meadoworook Apartments. Manor«Post 458 will provide the bugle and color guard. Lawrence H. Hinds, commander of the 11th District, will give a short address at 10:30 a. m. and dedicate the flag, The American Legion should be heartened by the fact that its idea for ‘a “Veterans’ Day” is not original and that: Americans are thinking along the same lines of the Miami resolutton. Sd

SPEAKING ON the significance of Armistice Day today, Heber Lee Clevenger, accountant, 99% W. 33d St., had this to say: “The soldiers of World War I lost what they fought for and Armistice Day has lost its meaning since’ World War II and the war in Korea.” Walter Johnson, service manager for Addressograph, 1234 N. Pennsylvania St. is convinced if we had ‘thought more about the principles that inspired the observance of the first Armistice Day, we wouldn't be in the dangerous position we're in today.” ob»

CECIL ALLISON, assistant foreman of the pork cutting floor of Stark & Wetzel, hopes "we can set aside one day of the year to remember really remember why so many died so others could live in freedom.” A minute of silence or a prayer by you and me would be a great start to make this day more significant.

Thanksgiving Dinner Worries Start Early

I go every day and we got a big turkey sandwich and mashed potatoes and gravy and cranberry

sauce—late, hut good “You know, we might have come here,” the B. W. zaid.

“You know something?” I snorted. “We might

have eaten home!

THE MIDNIGHT EARL: Jovce Mathews eeing Billy Rose's sister. Is it about marriag plans? . ., When Artie Shaw phoned Doris Dow ling from Europe. the. operator said, "A M Arthur Shaw is calling” . The Traffic Con mission's asking discard of MD auto license plats where docs abuse the privilege.

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TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: A single girl haffl friends by passing out cigars until she explains¢ showing them a ring and announced, “It's

hoy &ix feet tall and 185 lhe

WISH I'D SAID THAT: Some men can't @ anything better than anvbody else except reat their own writing." — Quote. <> oe &

B'WAY BULLETIN: Florence Warner, celebrating getting the Carnegie Medal for saving the life of Wm. Kridler in shark-infested Florida waters, was told, "You're so brave. You must not be afraid of anything” *Yes. I have a deathly fear of one thing.” said

Miss Warner., administrative ass't to CBS Director of Talks Helen Sioussat . . , “What's that?” she was asked. She answered Water” Delores Hemlin is “Miss Show Business Miss Hemlin of 1951 ow oe o>

SALOON SALAMI: All the talk at El Morocco was about Freddy MacEvay's drowning. He was a pillar of the set a Durante. his back 0. K. left for Hollywood Nat King Cole's being wooed to open at the Embers.

Timmy

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EARL'S PEARLS: Sophie Tucker. the Latin Quarter star, calls a bustle nothing but a deceitful

seatful.

ha ob <> NOW ONE WAY to put in your two cents’ worth, observes Dennis James, is to write a postcard . .. That's Earl, brother.

TV Work Swept Halley Into Office

rabble. The rabble voted Harry in. and may have cursed the choice since that time. > > &

1 IMAGINE a man with the tremendously earthly and lusty public Huey Long could achieve almost any end ) cameras and the transcontinental cable to run

tof Dt 0 a appeal of a

today,” with video

nterference for his gaudy histrionics, while a Calvin Coolidge or early Herbert Hoover might find the TV screen a definite enemy

The appeal of the medicine show, of the carni has never been denied as a vital apemotional public, Florid oratory has always - paid off--as the orotund phrases of Winston Churchill. and the ripe and fancy phrase-making of Franklin D Roosevelt immortalized them, without the addition of widespread vision

val barker proach. to an essentially

nearly

even

THE CRACKED VOICE, the jerked tear, the thunderous condemnation, have been uted. often in radio, but never with the paralyzing effect of good lighting, gaod make-up, and a little carefu consideration of timing and enunciation. Rud Halley even turned his lisp into a histrionic asse ind his great black-rimmed glasses became valuable prop to his solemn face. A man may need but one slogan to crush a spponent. Mr. Halley rolled in with a condemn: tion of crime, though heaven Knows he was n¢ the first to attack the Costello connection wit government, and ringingly to denounce wrong We really have the bull by the tail in th television assist to campaigning. It augurs =a almost impossible discipline on the voter, wh must remember that he ix not voting for Dag mar or Captain Video, but for men who wi rontrol his welfare taxes and even death whe once elected.

Dishing the Dirt

By Marguerite Smith

Q- Some time ago vou offered a free leaflet: on how to raise African violets, 1 was not interested at the time but now I have some violets and wonder if the leaflet is still avallable. Mrs J. C. 8, 3019 Forest Manor. A Yes; the leaflet will be sent to anvone who sends a stamped self-addressed envelope to “Dishing the Dirt, Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis 9. Ind.” For the benefit of other new African violet fans, let me repeat once more that it was written chiefly for beginners. It has tips on how to water violets, what kinds of soil they like, what fertilizers to use, etc, These pointers have been compiled from. the practical experiences of many succeasful growers of African violets. Be sure to

enclose that stamped self-addressed envelope if

You want a copy of the leaflet.

Rp aa

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"The Indianapolis Times

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1951

PAGE 31

When This City Man Went North He Killed A Shark Wit

CoE i. CN THE TRAIL

ale SFT Ti eg IN By CARL HENN THE ITCHIEST feet in Indianapolis belong to a tall, smiling youth with a passion for hunting and adventure, Earl Ross, 2], thinks it

head for Alaska at a moments

who just turned

great sport to

notice to hunt bear, fight sharks and odd-job around, giving - never a thought to home, security and the citys brigt ghts His idea fun is to camp during a cold spell last winter out in the woods near here

spending “a couple of nights in a sleeping bag while the merdangled from the ther19 below zero.

1 cury mometer buh at Earl doesn’t waste time wondering how he got that way. He shakes his blond head, and says “1 just Tike it, 1 guess.”

rrins

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DWELLERS might

Earl's conception of

CITY shiver at reason at all, except fun. They

: teamed up transported by the exploits of r= =

a good time. But many a youth,

Jack London's heroes in the

frozen North,

FIRST, they had to work, to

would give his

i . earn enough to spend time eve-teeth to have. accompanied 2 Earl on his solo trip to Alaska hunting and fishing. The shark in the spring of 1949 when he episode occurred before they was 18 left the Baranoff. Farl left his home here, 2529 Earl and Bob were fishing Guilford Ave. carrying a couple .,. amon in a small dory of hundred hard-saved dollars : : : : 1 the heavy swells in Cook

and a full eargo of wander! : He traveled to Pacifie Northwest. then signed on the freighter USS Baranoff as a deckhand and worked his way to Seward. Alaska. From there he went to Anchorage by train,

the t overturned the boat

were thrown into water go cold an exposure of 10 minutes usually is fatal. Luckily, they managed to scramble onto the upside-down boat and hang astride while Bob stood up and held the rudder for support, waving to the Baranoff nearby, for help.

On the Baranoff he met deckhand ‘Bob Wilson, 25-year-old rancher from near LaPlata, Mo.,, who was going to Alaska for the same reason . . . no

on, Earl sat

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STOWAWAYS—Sailors Donald Kirk, Chiloquin, Ore., and Robert Rice, Grass Valley, Cal., who "stowed away" with front-line Marine units of the Ist Marine Division in Korea for more than a month, gave themselvees up recently and returned to the Navy. The two went AWOL from their ship at Inchon harbor because of the "dull life" and hitchhiked to the front lines. :

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along Camel Creek.

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8 Fails Alaska

TROPHIES—Earl Ross with gun and mementocs.

At that moment, a shark came shooting out of the water, belly up, its underslung mouth wide open for a slash at Bob.

. As Bob grabbed for his knife,

the shark's fin caught on the boat and Bob stabbed the vicious Killer in the eye. Earl

was in po position to give effective help. “I just kicked at it.” he said.

= = = THE STAB wound was fatal. Bob and Earl were hailed by those who picked them up shortly afterward as great fishermen . . , killing a shark with a knife, The two built log cabins, tried masonry and did some surworked

hands at

work,

their electrical veving and at available jobs portion of their stay in Alaska. The highlight three-month

otherwise for a good eight-month however, was the preThe rea was a hunter's dream, so big undisturbed that game had little fear of humans “We lived off the land.” sald Earl. “We ate bear steaks (good, too), spruce, grouse (delicious), snowshoe rabbits, pine squirrels, salmon, berries, geese and duck and other game. When the 40foot tide went down, we walked along the beach and watched for little squirts of water where we stepped. That's how we clams in the sand. We dug them up and ate them raw.

sojourn in

Kenai Peninsula hunting

serve on *‘Kachemak Bay.

and so

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“I WEIGH about 160 pounds

now, but when we left Kenal

Peninsula I weighed 194 pounds. That's how well we ate.” Earl said bears abounded in the game preserve. : “1 stood on a mountaintop and counted 14 black bears feeding on the berries,” he said. “We shot six during the three months * The best of the hides now is a black, furry rug complete

wa“ oss hikes #

pictures in Alaska and Siam, whers she worked with the Civil Aere-

Knife

through his trans;

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ICE CUBE—Earl sucks a chunk of receding gla >

Souvenirs and a photographie record of his trip are about all * Earl has to console him these days, because the call of the draft is drowning out the call of the wild. While waiting to enter serv-: ice, Earl is working at Worl Machine Co. Occasionally, he. sneaks in a hunting trip to © Michigan or a quick visit to friend Bob in Missouri. After his military duty, Earl hopes to take a sail canoe down the Ohio River to the Mississippl, down to the Gulf of Mexico and all the way to

Guatemala. » - .

“A FRIEND of mine owns & coffees plantation in Guatemala,” Earl said. “After I visit there, I want to go on to South America.” Meanwhile, he hunts near here (he shot a deer in Brown County during the three-day season) and trades guns with - other firearms enthusiasts, His latest interest is the bow and arrow, a logical development In a fellow who

with bear head, In the lving room of the home where Earl lives with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ross, and his brother, Glenn. Earl also brought back sealskin mukiuk boofs and a beaverskin hat made for him by Eskimos, bear and moose teeth, a whale rib, a set of ram horns, porcupine quills, his pack, tent and poncho and $600 he saved. ~ = ~ HE STILL OWNS two lots he bought outside Anchorage at a time when he thought he'd stay in Alaska. “I wanted to stay,” he said. “But you can't find a job there in the wintertime.” While in Anchorage, Earl and Bob saw a weird animal believed to be half-bear and half-

dog. a creature which has puzzie genetic experts,

Earl has two pictures of the nonesuch, which has no tail, a brown nose, and a furry coat much heavier than any dog has. It rears on its d legs and fights like a bear, bv cufing with its paws. Dogs won't have anything to do with it,

would have fitted right in with Robin Hood's merry band in Sherwood Forest,

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ROAD SCENE IN SIAM—This print, entitled “In Buddha's Footsteps,” won Miss Mary J. Sommer, former Indianapolis res. ident, a $25 award in the $25,000 Popular Photogra contest, Miss Sommer shared photography as a hobby with twin site ter, Mildred, when they lived with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dy: A. Sommer of 918 Congress Ave. Miss Sommer continued taking

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nautics Administration. She's with the CAA in San Francisco now,