Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1952 — Page 19
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. At National Malleable and Steel Castings Co. 34 N Holmes Ave, where for years you couldn’t here a trash heap began or ended, there's been a fevolutiog. p of . Fbundries have had a reputation as be untidy places to work. They were Dar be dirty. It wasn't a‘foundry otherwise. Several months ago, Manager W. W. ‘Flagle quit putting off an idea he had in the back of his head for years until “my desk was clear.” He was. sick and tired of the dirt and that “foundry” look and decided todo something about it. ¢ MEMO after memo went out. He made it plain the joint was to have to be cleaned up and kept clean. A Housekeeping Contest was announced. His theory was that men worked better, felt better in clean surroundings. Oldtimers rubbed their chins and slapped their thighs, but lunch bags, orange peelings, rags and trash began to go into containers. Aisles were orderly, areas around candy and soft drink machines were policed. were going well. They could be better. One day he called in Henry Bitz, yard foreman, who for 48 years made National Malleable his second home. " For 46 years Mr. Bitz worked with red hot steel. He began as a molder and rose to labor foreman and then general labor foreman. He
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It Happened Last Night
By Ear Ison NEW YORK, June 28—Gloria Swanson is putting the blast on
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kid,” Glorious
I met her at her 5th Ave. apartment.
“Clark Gable, Cary Grant, and Gary Cooper aren't youngsters and even Jimmy Stewart's no kid. “Who do they, play opposite? Some 20-year-old children whose main talent is their sweaters.” ; Ro coup db GLORIA—who’s no kid, either—blamed this peculiar Hollywood habit for the loss of the ‘“over-35" movie audiences. 2 “Women who go to the movies want to indentify themselves in pictures,” Miss Swanson continued, shoving back 7 trophies in her trophy room to make space for a cup of coffee for the reporter. : “Papa can identify himself as Clark Gable, but can Mama identify herself as some young sweater babe? She can’t. She says ‘Where am 1?’ 8o she quits going to pictures.”
“Who would you have playing opposite Gable?” I asked. “I saw Pola Negri and she was stunning. What's she doing? I'd like to take Garbo by the back of the neck and get her back, and Norma Shearer, who looks like an angel”. “Which one would you like to play opposite?” I inquired. “All of them, but I never have because they don’t do it that way. They always put older men with young girls, “They seem to think that’s the way life is. But it fsn’t.
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“OF COURSE, some men HAVE to have young girls because they don’t want to get caught up with how dull they are. So they get some unsuspecting young girl, and they're brilliant in her eyes because they know what time it is. But the girls don’t last. For girls who only appeal to men have short careers.” ; “You mean Marilyn Monroe won't last?” I exclaimed:
Americana By Robert C. Ruark
RESTIGOUCHE RIVER, New Brunswick, Canada, June 28—Heaven help us all, father has a new vice, and it seems likely to become worse than all the other time-wasters, money-wasters and work-wasters he has managed to pursue in a misspent life. To now I have always sneered at fishing. That was before I broke into the scaly astime- with a 20-pound Atlantic salmon on a ragile rod. Just call me Izaak for short and Walton for long, because I been bit real bad. In past I been bit real bad by horses, dice, shotguns, anything that Abercrombie and Fitch peddles,- and dogs. It seems likely now that my substance will be squandered on hardy rods and exotically named salmon flies, and I will dwell forever in the north woods while wife and family starve. ¢ % 2 A MAN'S first salmon is a heady thing. It is rather like beipg tied onto a tornado. Since the Restigouche River is stiff with determined salmon, I have ridden several whirlwinds lately. Any salmon over 10 pounds on a light rod is roughly like tackling a tiger with a .22, or so it seems when you've hung onto him. One of the reasons I care for salmon, unsmoked, is that it does not take a great deal of talent to enter into a brawl with one. It is sort of like wandering into a Third Ave. bar on Friday night and making a series of anti-Irish remarks. There was a recent instance on the St. John River when a deaf and dumb amateur, using impromptu tackle, killed five salmon whilst seven completely equipped experts staassed a bd of zero. ALREADY you will notice the snobbish touch creeping In. We use the world “kill” when speaking of salmon, instead of “caught,” or “took,” or “poated.” In a day's time I speak learnedly of grilse and smolt—not smelt—and parrs, all of which denote age-and-size groups of fish recently met only in cans. I am real glib, also, about salmon flies called such improbable names as Black Dose and Brown Fairy, which seem to be attractive to big fish, and will conform to custom on Jock Scotts and Silver Wilkinsons. - But it is my private opinion that sdlmon will go for old cigaret butts and fragments of kleenex, since at this time they do not strike from hunger. They strike from annoyance and ill temper. This is the only nonhuman creature I ever met with a disposition to equal mine. . The salmon liar is the greatest sporting lar I have yet met, in that he outdoes the quail liar, the girl lar, the liquor liar and the horseplaying Har. A bunch of us amateurs are up here with
& professional fish-and-game writer named. Ray
’ : A ° * For the Better was as tough as the steel he worked with. Two years ago Mr. Bitz was assigned to look
after the yard. Management thought Mr, Bits
around a flower bed.
THE SHOCK has worn off and today it's a big joke to Mr. Bitz. “All my life I work with steel and then the boss says he wants a flower garden. I almost fell over. But that's what he wanted, and that's what he got.” Mrs. Bitz was as surprised as her husband when he told her about the new job that evening. She claimed he had no green in his thumb. In fact, when Mr. Bitz cut the hedge, Mrs, Bitz claimied he stepped on the flowers and missed the weeds. Workmen dug out- ancient cinders and steel scraps on the old building line. Rich dirt was hauled in by truck. Plant metallurgist Bill Zeu-
nik bought four dozen rose bushes, two of which
were hybrids. Mr. Bitz was handed ageratums, marigolds, snap dragons, petunias, dahlias, touch-me-nots, peonie bushes. . Mr. Bitz took some friendly kidding about the flower garden. He was leery and worried over his new responsibility. Much to his surprise the
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his success. No one could deny the flower garden =§
was infinitely prettier than the yard. ©
THE FLOWER garden intensified the spirit of clean-up, pick-up. Men looked with pride at the roses Mr. Bitz showed them as they passed by on the way home. He knew them by name: “Good News,” “Tallyho,” “Ernie’ Pyle,” “Helen Traubel,” “Mirandy,” “Babe Ruth” and “49.” Along with the garden, Mr. Flagle thought window flower’ boxes would add something to the plant. No argument from Mr. Bitz. Window boxer were prepared. They were put ip as the day shift was going home. Many of ‘he men stood around and gave Mr. Bitz moral support. At the same time, Link-Belt employees, ‘across the street, were going>home. They hooted and yelled and whistled. That didn’t go over well with the National Malleable gang. Mr. Bitz admits he never had.as much fun in nis experience at the foundry. He and his flower garden assistant, Ward Franklin, tell you “Wait until next year . . . nice lawn . . . horseshor courts . . . more flowers.” The place looks like a greenhouse now. Next year, two greenhouses. Wouldn't Indianapolis be a show place if all plants began smelling like a rose around the edges? Can be done. National Malleable is proof.
Gals Should Star
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GLORIOUS GLORIA said Hollywood's got it all wrong. yo : “Suppose I have one more line in my face” Can't it be character? It's more attractive thar looking like a piece of marble.” Busy now plugging her new picture, “Three for Bedroom C,” she didn’t deny she herself is plenty young to dream. : “You must have a lot of young suitors yourself. Is that the idea?” I asked. “It has been known for younger men to send me flowers, shall we say?” she smiled. “And is there something in the wind romantically?” “Well,” she said, with eyebrow raised as she looked into the mirror, “Grandma is not wearing a shawl, as you can see. Who knows?” eS
THE MIDNIGHT EARL... “SUGAR MELTED” * There was a hitless wonder who beat Sugar Ray, a truly great feat, An Ohioan named Maxim, He said when they axim, 4 “I won by the skin of the heat.” —Bob Brumby, Bobby Gordon, Eddie Hanley, B. W. and E. W. Se OS &
’ BILLY ROSE and Eleanor Holm were a row apart at “Wish You Were Here” and could have chatted—but didn’t. . . . Beatrice Lillie presented Mary Martin with one of her paintings for her London. dressing room. Noel Coward after looking at the picture, supplied the title: “There Is Nothing Like a Frame.” ¢ & o
JOEY MAXIM, celebrating at Toots Shor’s by eating watermelon at 2 a. m. said: “That heat affects you. When he was down, I wanted to step on his face, I never felt like that before, and I said, ‘What’s wrong with me—am I crazy? I had sunstroke twice and I woulda went if he hadn't.” . . . Lisa Kirk rejoins husband Bob Wells in L. A. for two months . . . “to get to know each other again.” EARLS PEARLS . . . Yul Brynner finally found a parking space yesterday—and it's only four dollars cab fare from his home, . . . That's Earl, brother. .
‘Bob Has New Vice, It’s Fishin’ By Gum
Trullinger, who was the only man not to come in with a fish on the first day.
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ALL THE NEOPHYTES came in with a fish, but Mr. Trullinger came in with an improbable story about being involved with a large rock. He said the large rock lost him a fish which would have topped anything we fetched in by several pounds. Since Mr. Trullinger did not even see the fish —he admitted later under Chinese torture of particular intensity — and since he did not even gas¥ a small sliver of rock, you may understand how his testimony was hooted down by the triumphant majority. At the moment we are thinking of setting him up as United Nations correspondent while giving his old job to Mr. William Philip Simms, the emeritus foreign editor. Mr. Simms is pure hell on salmon. + & 4 THERE is a peculiar viciousness about salmon fishing that is most appealing. People catch salmon delight in burning the feet and soul of people who do not catch salmon. Poor Mr. Trullinger has not suffered so exquisitely since somebody put a live yearling bear in bed with him, in a spirit of comaraderie. To prove how a fish degrades man, I will say this: The 20-pound salmon I caught did not weigh 20 pounds. He weighed 19 pounds. Well, 18 pounds, anyhow, but I like to think I wore a lot of weight off him before we slung him into the canoe. You see?
Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith
Q--I planted geraniums and tuberous rooted begonias in a window box on the east side of the house. They don’t seem to be doing very well. Any suggestions? Beginner. A—If you possibly can, try to move the geraniums out of the box into the full sun they need. Then you may be able to keep the begonias growing so that at least you won't lose the bulbs. For you have made a typical beginners mistake. You have put two plants together that need almost the exact opposite in cultural conditions. And if you try to keep both of them happy by striking a happy (?) medium, they'll both be most unhappy. Geraniums want, in’ addition to full sun, not téo much water and a
exposure, ich sal}. and ho yh | (though always with good drainage), iaiBEOe
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BIG SPLASH-——These youngsters seem fo be getting a kick out of their instructions from chief lifeguard
A FEW POINTERS—=Georgie Carr, 5, son of Mr. and Mn.’ John Carr, 5452 Haverford Ave., Socihi Sakamoto, coach of the Haw
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Bill Schumaker (left), Marilyn Calderini (middle) and Marge Hulton, both of the Town Club of Chicago.
By JACK WELSH CHAMPIONS in sports never take the short road to glory. In swimming, as in other fields of skill and
stamina, an athlete must start young and learn all the tricks through concentrated training.
The Times has designed a city-wide swimming program to see that our local youths get their aquatic schooling early. The first annual Times Junior Olympics will be held Aug. 27 at Broad Ripple pool. And before that grand water finale, six training meets will be held throughout the city. Jim Clark, coach of the Indianapolis Athletic Club team, who will supervise the AAUsanctioned program for the Times’ and city park department, said competitive swimming in Indianapolis, with the exception of indoor pools, had been on the downgrade for years.
Gene Moll, Indiana Junior Olympic chairman, is cochairman of The Times Program
with Mr. Clark.
“We want to build this city into one of the top flight contenders in national meets,” Coach Clark said, “but unless things pick up it will be quite a chore, I believe the program sponsored by the Times is the thing to do it. The city park department is grateful for their support and will do everything in its power to make the inaugural program a success.” » » »
MR. CLARK'S statement wasn't overdone.. There was only one entry from city parks Jast year for the Indianapolis championships. * With The Times Junior Olympics program on the way, Mr. Clark is confident this won't happen again. First training meet for the Junior Olympics will be July 15 at Broad Ripple pool. It is open
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INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY . ..
Top Issues:
By JOHN GUNTHER ET us burrow further into the Republican Party. An “issue,” according to the dictionary, is a point or question in dispute. To a politician, an issue is something to win on, keep from losing on, bleat about or try to muffle. As the Republicans see the 1952 race, the main issues will be the following: ONE—Korea.
The main emphasis most Republi-
here,
not be BO much on the fact that the United States is fighting in Korea, but®on how this tragic war is being fought. There will be questions, vigor- ’ ously salted, on’ why Mr Mr. Gunther Truman did not consult Congress before ordering American forces into action, why there has been no declaration of war, why MacArthur was fired, and why (as the Republicans put it) we got entangled and enmeshed in truce negotiations which gave the enemy that most precious of commodities, time. “The Korean War is one which we refuse to try to win, - and at the same time one in which we cannot afford to get “licked,” is one Republican aphorism. . Se © If the truce negotiations suc-
~ ceed and the United States gets out of Korea with honor before
November, it will tinmeasurably
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help the Democrats. Everybody in the country wants the boys home and in warm socks as soon as possible.
5 ” » REPUBLICAN attitudes on Korea are sharply, bafflingly, divided within the party. Some Republicans ask for a more “positive” Asiatic policy—while at the same time cutting military appropriations. Some plead for peace—and at the same time want to bomb China and encourage Chiang Kai-shek into unpredictable adventures on the China mainland. Some call Mr. Truman a warmonger—and at the same time press for an advance beyond the Yalu. TWO-—Corruption. This issue has lost some of its sting since Mr. Truman withdrew from the presidential race. Whoever gets the Democratic nomination can dissociate himself from what went on in not-deep-enough freezers, and the bleary internal revenue scandals. If Mr. Truman were a candidate, the corruption issue would be hotter. But it's hard to blame Gov. Stevenson or Sen. Kefauver for what happened under President Truman any more than you could fairly blame Mr. Coolidge, who was President Harding’s vice president, for what happened under Mr. Harding. Democratic . replies- to the corruption charge are: (A) Republicans in the past have been corrupt on a much more grandiose and fancy scale; (B) Not many people care. In the scandalous but immortal words of
_ Will Rogers, “It's awful hard
to get people interested in corruption unless they get some
of it" I ’ y y
to any boy or girl between the ages of 6 and 16 as of June 1. All events will be free style over a course of 55 yards. Even the rawest novice is invited to participate.
“This business of competitive swimming is strictly science and art. The kid has to start very young,” Mr. Clark said. “It takes several years of tough training to groom an Olympic contender. The Times’ program has been set up along lines of the Olympic show, but tailored to fit the abilities of children.”
The city’s youth has a fine program awaiting them in the Junior Olympics. 5 os » AFTER tHe July 15 meet, the schedule includes Douglas, July 24; Rhodius, July 31; Willard, Aug. 6; Ellenberger, Aug. 23, and Garfield, Aug. 20. Age classifications are 10 and under; 12 and under; 14 and under, and 16 and under. There
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READY TO GO=Marcia Parnell; 9; is shown the proper way to start a race by Jackie LaVine, one of America's greatest free-
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will be an open class for the more experienced swimmers. There are A and B brackets, The A class will include children from city clubs such as the YMCA, Kirshbaum Center, Riviera Club and Indianapolis Athletic Club. The B class will attract talent from the park areas who are unable to compete in an indoor swim program. “The kids will be matched according to ability,” Mr. Clark said, “but in the Junior Olympic
finals, all the champions from the six.parks will compete for the title. There will be team relays and diving competition.”
Indianapolis has been awarded the U, 8. Olympic women's finals at Broad Ripple July 4-5-6 and that classic should increase interest in The Times’ new swim program. The nation’s top feminine stars now are in training here, but they are never too busy to give a few pointers to ambitious
youngsters who approach them at the pool. i Such competitors as Coach Soichi Sakamoto of the Hawaiian team, the record-break-ing Evelyn Kawamoto, diving champ Zoe Ann Olsen, Mary Hulton and Jackie LaVine, of the famed Chicago Town Club are but a few of America's talent giving the kids the inside know-how.
Ed Aspinall, team manager for the U, 8. Dlympic women’s swimming team, cited the new program as potentially one of the greatest the city ever has been offered.
Clark has requested all entrants call the recreation department or The Times’ swim--ming editor for further details. Somewhere in this city, there may be a boy or girl with all the requisites of an Olympic champion. The chance to develop the ability now awaits and who knows? It may be YOU,
orea, Graft, Reds
A MAJOR ISSUE—Korea, where these U. S. soldiers march, tops the list for the 1952 race. 2% THREE: Communism, In high government places, as evidence by the Hiss affair
in - particular, the Republican high com..and ¢ make:
instances of Communist infiltration into government, but with Mr. Truman's bland attempt to dismiss the whole acrid problem as a ‘red herring.” ,
Sen. Joe McCarthy, for all the noise he has made, has never succeeded in proving that there was one Communist Party card among the 81 cases of State Department Reds he put into the Congressional Record. Nevertheless his charges will be rehashed in this campaign. Many Republicans deplore Sen, McCarthy's smear tactics, but they think he has performed a public service in arousing the country at large
to the Communist menace, which is real and formidable. ” ” »
FOUR. Foreign. policy in general. If Sen. Taft is nominated, his isolationist record will be fair game. And though his campaigning to date indicates he won't flinch from defending it, there's a, fair chance that, postconvention, he would add a little more internationalist flavor to: hig views to broaden his November appeal.
If Gen. Eisenhower is the nominee, the Democrats may attack him as a turncoat if he protests too loudly against Administration . foreign policy. They'll say he was one of the major executors of that policy. But the general is unlikely to be deferred by this.
secrecy. He accepts the program’s basic concept, that the free world must be defended, but says all Americans must accept it regardless of party. . # » FIVE — High prices, high taxes. “The Democrats,” say the Republicans, “are spending the country into bankruptcy.” For the first time, according to the GOP, the average man in the street is acutely conscious of being hurt by taxes; he doesn't think merely in terms of takehome pay, but has been forced to figure out just what taxes cost him, and they cost plenty. A pledge of lower taxes will, of course, be a paramount item in the Republican platform. I have mentioned the Democratic answer to this earlier in the series.
baleful design of the Truman
administration to . “socialize” the United States. National health insurance,
federal aid to education, the Brannan Plan—all these will be
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