Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1952 — Page 8
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C. Browdy (above), president of the Zionist Organization of America told newsmen at the White House yesterday that President Truman told him he will decide definitely ' ‘within 10 of 15 days" whether to seek reelection. However, another White House caller. Feinberg (below), New York hosiery manufacturer, told the same newsman that the President told him he would not make up his mind for ‘some time to come."
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Credit Birds or Romans—Valentines Are Fun
By ANDREW TULLY
Serippa-Hoeward Siaff Writer Today is St. Valentine's Day.
| But your guess is as good as | anybody's as to how it came to | be a day when guys are sup- | posed to send loving messages
| to dolls ~
and vice versa, To date, there aré three theo-
ries. One is that Feb, 14 is the
day when birds begin to mate.
| Another is that.it traces back
to the old Norman word, “galantin,” meaning a lover of women. The third is that the day is a survival of the ancient Roman festival of Laupercalia, when
boys and girls drew lots to see
who their sweethearts would be
| for the next year.
TWO STORIES — Benjamin |
Abraham |
Chaucer was a bird-mating-theory man himself. He once wrote a poem which began
“For this was Seynt Valentyne's Day When every foul cometh ther to choose his mate” However, most students figure Chaucer was as poor a. histo rian as he was .a speller hecause what little evidence there
is favors the Lupercalian theory,
Church Takes a Hand
Back in the old days, when Christianity was young, the church was annoyed because its youth continued to observe the feast of Lupercalia. So some early Pope decided that, Instead of banning thé fun, he'd take It over, He set up. a new custom whereby the hames of saints were substituted for the names
The boys and girls didn’t find this as much fun as the ld Roman custom; but parents went big for the idea and saw to it that’ their offspring at least went through the motions. Three Sts. Valentine Now. for. 8t, Valentine him-gelf-—-or, rather; Sts. Valentine themselves because there are three of them mentioned in church history. One is described as a priest of Rome and another as Bishop of Terni, but there's no record of the third except for his name and his martyrdom,
The Bt, V alentine most
closely linked to Valentihe's - Day is the Bishop of Terni, who had a hard death, being first beaten with clubs and then beheaded. His death occurred on Feb. 14, which gave the church a good excuse for transforming the Lupercalian festival into a religious holiday. In the old days there was a lot more to St. Valentine's Day than now. For instance, the first person you met when you went out on Feb. 14 was supposed to he the one ‘you were to marry. Naturally people cheated. In England a conniving mother.
Radar Speed Watch Is On |
Radar speed arrests were starting today in known “speed areas” in Indianapolis, Orders. .to work the new radar units day and night were issued by Mayor Clark after he witnessed a radar-equipped terday' Capt. Audry Jacobs, head of police traffic division, demonstrated the radar cafs to judges and county and city officials. Capt. Jacobs sald radar patrols would start “the big spring offensive” against speeding. Municipal Judges Phillip L. Bayt, Court 3, and Scott McDonald, Court 4, and Mayor Clark spent an hour watching a warning demonstration on N, Illinois St. It was the first time Judge Me-
police car yes
demonstration of a‘
police bought the deyices while he was Mayor, The judges were given the demonstration to help them decide whether the radar record can be used as evidence, Judges Bayt and- McDonald sald they weren't too sure {t's legal. They said police will have difficulty making a legal arrest because policemen who operate the
radar unit do not make the ar-|
rests,
Capt. Jacobs said arrests will begin today whether ‘the - judges pass on it or not,
One car is in and another will be duty within 10 days. Two radar units were brought here last summer after The Times
operation now ready for
would keep her daughter in the house till she saw a rich lord walking by, then shoo the girl out to romance the guy.
Shakespeare Helped
The first Valentine cards were written in Shakespeare's day and delivered The bard himself tossed off a few Valentine's Day verses and had Ophelia mention the day in “Hamlet,” The verse, Roses are red, violets are blue, ete.” was written about that time by some anonymous versifier, > It was around the 1880's that the first comic Valentines were | perines. As time went on they
| grew pretty rough. In 1902 the
Chicago post office rejected 25,000 cards on the ground they were not fit to be carried through the mail. Valentine's Day In a leap year 1s supposed to be particularly hazardous .for bach« elors,
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