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Inside Indianapolis
By Ed Sevola
IT IS easy to begin the day. by going in circles, what with a wedding and bills and honeymoon and bills only a few days off. Perhaps that is the reason directional signs on our intersections -have snagged some attention. : One thought occurs after studying seven gigns at Walnut and Pennsylvanja Sts. which tell a driver over and over again not to turn left off Pennsylvania, not to turn right off Walnut, that Pennsylvania and Walnut are one-way streets, that he had better stop. The
thought is: pity the out-of-town motorist. * Bb YOU CAN'T HELP feeling the city traffic
geniuses have a surplus of signs and/or feel the average operator of a motor vehicle is stupid, ‘blind and lost his sense of direction the moment_he climbed into his car. Now %at = Walnut and Pennsylvania the first thing a motorist notices as he approaches Pennsylvania from the east is the stop sign and directly underneath the “No Parkings on This Side of the Street” sign. Good enough.
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BUT FROM there on he goes into a spin of “One Way Do Not Enter,” a straight “One Way” black arrow sign and a simple “One Way” sign. The only one missing is “This Way Up.” We wouldn't be amazed to see someone pull up and stop to figure out the signs. It may be his first trip and if he ever gets out of the city chances are he’ll never come back. Don’t aggravate him by honking. , At Meridian and 9th Sts, there are six
It Happened Last Night
By Ear ilson CHICAGO, July 8—Here where everything's hot, there’s one thing hotter than the Taft-Eisen-hower race. It's the seat Perle Mesta—Madame Minister—is sitting on. She's not here—though she could have been, fhe had an invitation to “cover” the two conventions for a wire serv- m3 ice, and be a newswriter instead of a newsmaker. Thank Heaven, she didn't accept. There are
stories here now.
told me in a conversation
we had, “It wouldn't be good taste.” Besides, some folks
would surely have thought she had come here because Of her friendship for Ike. SO & ACTUALLY, she's giving a true demonstration of personal diplomacy by staying away. At the same time she’s being loyal to her party, yet
Mrs. Mesta
Joyal to two of her best friends, Ike and Presi-
dent Truman, “What candidate will you be for?” I asked recalling she knew Ike when he was a major, and Mr. Truman when he was a Senator. “I'll be for whoever is nominated,” Madame Minister said. And in answer to my lifted eyebrows, she added, “I accepted an appointment by the Democrats and I'm a Democrat.” “Did you notice I lost weight?” she asked as she ordered steak. “I went on a protein diet.” Madame Minister had a cinzano cocktail— which is only faintly alcoholic—and let it be known that no Democrat would ever ask her to blast Ike or Mamie, who belong to the Luxembourg Golf Club with her. : She doesn't like to be asked about Tke now, though she doesn't conceal her regard for him, but at the same time she always adds a few words about her affection for the Trumans, too. She'll go only to the Democratic sessions. “I'll just be an Shlooker,” she said. She hasn't planned even one party. : *> PB THIS REPORTER, who has seen her working at Luxembourg, knows she toils assiduously at diplomacy. A critic blasts her<-then invites her to cocktails—and she goes: It’s part of her job. When somebody, criticizes Mr, Truman, though, she says, “Now you wait a minute. I'm his friend first, last and all the time.” In August—her third anniversary as Minister to Luxembourg—she'll return to her post. She laughed off reports she might marry a famous Albuquerque doctor or another diplomat. “I'm only interested in MY diplomatic career,” she said. : We slipped over a Truman marrying.
Father Holden to
question about Margaret
The Rev. Fr. Vincent Holden; CSP, will preach on “Bewildered Man” at the opening service of a public outdoor novena at 8 o'clock tonight. It will be at the Carmelite Monastery, . 2500 Cold Spring Rd. Father Holden of the Paulist Fathers will deliver the sermons all nine evenings on the monastery grounds. Pastors from various churches will give Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and their choirs will sing at" § the close of each program. The - Carmelite Sisters, who have ‘sponsored the services for 14 = successive summers, . haye used the same theme for the design of the prayer folders and for the newly decorated altar hanging. It is a study of the Mother of Carmel, depicted in a sculpture on the monastery wall On the altar hanging, the figures of Mary and Jesus are drawn in pastels in vivid outline on rough canvas similar to monk's cloth. Fall From Canopy Long hangings of the material in rust and blue frame the seated Virgin and fall from a canopy to
Novena at Carmelite Monastery
altar table, The altar, ‘with its decoration, sét against green foliage and with the evening sky above, forms a focal point of
In' addition to the sermon and Benediction, worshipers will recitp the Rosary each night. A pub- SHEE lic address system will carry the sound of the speaker's voice § across the monastery grounds. Father Holden has announced he ‘wjll stress in the sermons the fact that every man has a personal and God-given need for absolute values, that only against the background of the Absolute can he find peace of soul. List of Sermon Topics Tonight, Father Holden will deal with the problem of bewil-
has been caught in the maelstrom moored from the faith of his fa:
work of our universal heritage. His sermon topics after tonight will close’ jt. - in order are: “Changing Stand- Other officia
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SCULPTURE — This stone carving of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel adorns the Carmelite Monastery wall,
Universal Heritage,” “Everyone's Kavanagh, pastor of St. Michael's . 1 w va 440 oF . x man, through no fault of his own, FTofession,” ‘The’ Berfect Bond.” Church; the Rev: “Fr. » | “Looking for God,” “Living with [Christ,” and “God's Queen.” of passi social order, un3 ng The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Raymond thers. In subsequent addresses, he R. Noll, vicar-general of will discuss the matter of chang- archdiocese’ and pastor of 88. ing standards and the search for Peter and Payl Cathedral, will yoor personal peace within the frame- open the novena and the Most Rev, Paul C, Schulte
T= Signs, Signs, Nothing But Horrible Signs
“No left Turn” signs. Four are red "and white and two are large black and white signs. As if six weren't enough, a “Center Lane for Passing” sign was stuck up on the southwest corner. Of course, all over the downtown area there are countless bus zones, mo parking signs and movable yellow markers, black and white no-turn
signs, parking meters, . .
Certainly you have noticed the stick-on signs that change the parking hours to Central Stand¥ ard Time. By law the State of Indiana doesn’t recognize Daylight Saving Time. So, for example, the 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. parking Hmitation is changed to 6 a. m. to 5 p. m. Central Standard Time. You still need to convert to daylight time: * > DUPLICATION of instructions is rampant at Illinois and Maryland Sts, too. An electric stop sign, an electric “No Right Turn” sign, a sign directing you to stop when the light is out. a “No Right Turn” sign. To add to confusion there is an Indianapolis Railways trolley sign. My favorite corner is Pennsylvania and New York Sts. There are 15 signs. Ugh—1 can’t even put them in right order after copying them down. Stay sober for this corner. ‘ La 5 AN ADDED ATTRACTION oh the southwest corner of Market and Pennsylvania Sts. is an announcement, similar in size and coloring to a traffic sign, telling the citizens of the Ben Hogan Golf Clinic. Date? June 18. What about highway signs, state .and national? Just keep looking around, they're visible some place. Yes, sir, a sign for everything and a place for every sign. N
Mrs. Mesta Likes Ike, Harry Too
‘““There’s as much chance of her getting married now ‘as there is of me getting married now,” she replied. ; a Madame Minister said she aspires to nothing above the post she holds now and looks somewhat fearfully on the idea a woman might be President. “I know I wouldn't want a woman captain of a ship I was on,” she said, and then added guiltily.“Now isn’t that a dreadful thing for a woman Minister to say?” ni a snail Moms ce NIP pro THE MIDNIGHT. EARL IN N.Y... .
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Jke will devote himself to writidg if not nomi-
nated. Has enough to keep him busy for 10 years + +. There are new rumors 6f a Billy RoseEleanor Holm settlement, Both sides deny it . . . One of the famous TV actresses is cheating in the late spots . . . “H-A-R Spells Harriman,” one of Averell Harriman’s campaign songs, was written by a gal named Taft (Denise, of Vassar) .. Rita Hayworth becomes a pinup gal again in “Affair in Trinidad.” Musicians in Local 802 are protesting against Czar Petrillo's demands to the networks which, they charge, deprive them of work . . Sports announcer Mel Allen rehearsed for hours to learn to smoke a cigar properly (for a sponsor) . . Bill Hardy's Gay 90s finally agreed to unit shows throughout the U. 8. Agent Miles Ingalls is handling. ¢ * PD TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: A lush staggered into a bar, and Marty Roth said, “Poor guy—if Martinis didn't have olives he'd starve to death.” —That's Earl, brother.
Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith
Q—One of our monthly roses had two buds about to open. Yesterday when it was so hot both drooped over instead of standing erect. What can we do?-—No name. A—Anybody who wants to enjoy roses is wise to dust or spray them regularly. There are so many. good preparations on the market. 1Jsé one of the so-called “triple threat” types. They help control both chewing and eating insects and common diseases. And I suspect the drooping over of the buds was more likely due to an insect than to the hot sun. (You could tell by observing whether the stems straightened up in the evening.) A borer could do it. (Look for a small hole in the cane just below the wilting portion.) Or a less common cause is a disease that girdles the cane and eventually kills it. Beginners especially will find that regular spraying or dusting will make these tragedies much less likely to happen. One reason I think your-rose was not wilting from. heat is tHat soil has been unusually moist during this recent: heat wave, But you can always mulch the bed with a covering of. peat moss, or lawn ‘clippings or ground cobs and keep that moisture in.
Talk at Outdoor
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James Our Lady of Lourdes § Church; the Rev. Fr. Lawrence the Rev. Fr. Henry Trapp, Christ the King Church; the Very Rev. . Bernard Sheridan, St. {John’s Church; the Rev. Fr, Vie- , archbishop, {tor L. Goosens, 8t. Mary's Church, 0 * .|and the Rev. Fr. Edwin Sahm, Stand-| priests, in or- Immaculate Heart of” Mary: . ards,” “Personal Peace, "Our der, will be the . &'r. Bichard Church, SE ble on
SCHOOL FOR TOPKICKS—
Leadership Stressed In
The Indianapolis Times
TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1952
ship school.
DEEP KNEE BENDS—Students leaders get exercise while they Tearn the ‘proper method of leading offer f {It is a part of the training program at the Dixie Division's leader-
CLEANING IT. UP—Things must not have come out too well for Sgt. Beaver at the inspection (upper right). Here he is cleaning up his trusty M-1. A dirty rifle means demerits for the topkick, too.
By EDWARD P. THOMAS
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., July 8—Can a model soldier be developed in two weeks? Probably not. But officers and faculty of the 31st Division's NonCommissioned Officer's school believe 14 days of rigorous
specialized training can impress men with the technique of model soldiering. and its most important aspect, military discipline. The. faculty drills its students on the importance of the high military standards expected of noncommissioned officers by the division commander, Maj. Gen, A. G. Paxton. The Dixie | Division NCO school was opened at Ft, Jackson, 8. C.,, June 4, 1951, with Lt. Col. John H. Dale its first commandant, ” » 8 COL. DALE originated the instruction procedures and methods now in operation at the school. ! The present commandant is Capt. James W. Willlams Jr., former aide-de-camp to Gen. Paxton,
Since its opening over a year ago, the NCO school has graduated more than 2000 students. These either have returned to their units to spread and en-
courage the high standards the
school emphasizes, or taken their experience with them overseas.
The rigorous program. in the art of soldiering and military
IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED:
leadership reveals potent officer material. In addition, the hard-core nucleus of noncoms 80 necessary for an efficient
combat infantry division such
as the 31st is developed. = » »
DIRECTING THE SCHOOL
is a commandant, responsible
directly to the commanding general for the ‘over-all operation. Under him is an assistant commandant, a company commander, . and five committees. They are the “tac,” leadership, military drills, methods of instruction and general subjects committees. In conjunction with the NCO school, the division food service officers operates a division mess school. Mess stewards, cooks, bakefs and helpers attend. These men rotate on every job in the mess hall — the model mess of the division. Its standards are those expected in the entire division. Weekly a class of 110 men enter the “spit and polish school” for the two-week course. There are always. two classes in operation, one in the first week, one in the second.
” » » THE CURRICULUM fis broken into two main categories
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On the Sunday be- | fore the 1875 Re- : publican convention ot Cincinnati, . "House Speaker James Blaine suffered o sunstroke
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«WW 5 RE LAN / ANT At the- convention opening, Illinois’ Robert | compared Bloine to an “armed warrior . , , a'plumed _| | knight." Roared the delegates, “Blaine! Blaine! Tt Blaine!” Then fote dealt the “Man from Maine” o ‘ third cruel blow, =
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“SEE HERE, SGT. BEAVER"—A young officer spots no pillow
case on the bunk. This is good for 10 demerits. Next time sarge will go to the supply room when he's supposed’to instead of getting an ‘early start in the chow line. The alert officer no doubt learned to look for things like this at the leadership school, too.
the academic aspect and the “tac” or demerit phase. A good noncom must be a leader, an instructor and have a workable knowledge of basic soldiering. This is the predominant theme in all NCO school training. i The academic phase is further broken down into the following groups for teaching military drill, methods of instruction, leadership and general subjects (signal, military intelligence, inspection of motor vehicles,
supply economy, inspection techniques.) Students must master the
fundamentals of each and be able to deliver classes on them in order to gradudte The methods of struction committee teaches the student how to conduct a class by the lecture and conference methods: how to handle group performance; advantages and disadvantages of various types of instruction. : Lesson plans are prepared and put to practical use by the students. The general subjects committee's instruction is varied. Its purpose is to teach methods of inspection and to in-
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troduce subjects all NCO's should: know, but that cannot be covered in: a two-week school. This committee calls on the division general and special sections to teach technical subjects, » » ”
SIMULTANEOUSLY c¢ onducted with ‘the academic phase is the “tac” phase. “A
good noncom must set an example for his men. With this in mind the school offers an intensified course ‘in . “model soldliering.”
At the beginning of each day a student automatically has 60 merits to his credit. During the course of the day he is closely observed by a “tac” officer and two noncoms. For an exceptional performance the student is given merits. For infractions of school rules he is given demerits. Thorough tent and bunk inspactions are made daily. An outstanding rifle gains merits; a dirty rifle, demerits. Dust found under an unuséd bunk results in demerits for those responsible. Every -morning each student is inspected under arms by permanent noncom instructors —
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Dixie Unit
TENSE MOMENT — Topkick Clarence Beaver, a veteran of IS years service, is only a recruit at the leadership school. Here his rifle is inspected with Maj. Gen, A. G. Paxton looking
FATIGUE—Even with eight years overseas service Sgt. Beaver has to do his share of the housekeeping chores while he's a student.
his appearance as well as weapons and equipment.
n ” LJ THE SECOND WEEK moves at a fast clip. Men failing are interviewed and given special help. Obvious failures are dropped. During the second and final week students are inspected by members of their class, selected by the instructor. In this way, practice in Inspecting is given students. The highlight “of the “tac” phase in this final week is the Saturday morning inspection. Eight -outstanding men in the graduating class accompany Gen, Paxton in his inspection of a battalion-sized unit. These eight men chosen -for their superior performance as students actually conduct the inspection for the commanding general. Four NCO’s inspect troops in ranks, two inspect living quarters, two inspect mess halls, supply rooms, latrines, and day rooms, A report then is made to the officer in charge and a critique "is conducted. Should a student fail the NCO school, he is reduced in. rank by one grade. Inversely, many privates, as well as noncoms, who have been allowed to attend have found the school an opportunity to show those leadership qualities which gain them a promotion, The excellence of the training the students are getting has been. indicated by the commendations given the school by the Army Chief of Staff, Gen. J. Lawton Collins, and the Chief of Army Field Forces, Gen. John R. Hodge.
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