Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1952 — Page 19

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By Gene Feingold

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POINT OF ERROR—Policewoman Georgia Rogers lectures a youth at the Juvenile Aid Bureau. 4

It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

CALUMET CITY, Ill, July 31—The roving Wilsons have started their “Around America”

tour by coming here where you can see stripteasing at 11 a. m.—if you want to. ™ The Beautiful Wife and I will be looking for nice, wholesome towns on this trip—but this isn't one of them. “You mustn't miss wicked Calumet City,” a friend told us. “You want to watch those gals take the suckers for their money just like they did in the old days in the mining camps.” '! Led by big movie actor Mike Mazurki—whom everybody on the street recognized—and comedian Julie Oshins, we wandered into a place where a comedian promptly made us sick with his dirty Jokes. { We walked out on him. Sally Rand was at The Riptide—a much nicer ace—and then as we moved on, we saw some of the strip gals getting the guys’ money. “You see these sticks?” said one girl, showing up a handful of wooden drink stirrers. “These are worth 15 cents to me, each one of them. “I sit with a guy and he buys me a drink. It's not a real drink, just some tea or water, and I pretend to drink it. The waiter gives me this stick and I hold onto it to show the boss how many drinks I sold.” The guys—some of them soldiers and sailors, some of them just tourists—want to make dates with girls after the show. ! “Oh, we have to work till 7 a. m.—but maybe,” the gal suggests, giving him the come-on, if you'd buy enough drinks, the boss would let me off early.” The guy may buy $20 worth of drinks right there—and the gal goes running off (holding her precious sticks in her hand) to “ask the boss.” } > > OF COURSE SHE never comes back—unless she thinks she can get the guy to buy more drinks. And naturally, she never meets him after

Americana By Rebert C. Ruark

NEW YORK, July 31—We note with considerable awe and envy that His Very Recent Highness, King Farouk, has just sailed majestically into Capri on his yacht, which appears to have been loaded to the plimsol with 40 cases of delectable booze and enough tennis, golf and fishing gear to keep Faud's ‘ bad boy amused for quite a spell. ; It seems to me that in an angry, muddled world, a deposed king has the finest of all jobs. His worries are over. He generally manages to ship a packet of loot ahead of him, He is free to lounge in the sun, play golf every day, fish when it pleases him, and accrue hang-

aching head about statecraft. 5 The Mediterranean is stiff with deposed monarchs today. There must be half-a-dozen in Portugal alone. They never seem to be broke or dispirited, in public, anyhow, because they fetch along the yachts and rent the biggest villas And are all the time hanging out aroung the crap tables at the casinos. If they have a queen they usually fetch her, too, with all the crown jewels, and they always seem to be amply staffed with équerries and valets and such. . &* @ THE THING about being an ex-king is that the social glamor does not wear off. Ex-kings have merely lost their responsibilities. They are still big in the society columns and as long as their dough holds, the pretty gals flock around and the champagne flows, The king business is the only dodge I know of where a guy who gets fired out of it loses neither money nor prestige, and generally acquires sympathy he never had before. I never ran around much with any kings ex-

‘gept a few odd cannibals with filed teeth and a

high odor of rancid cocoa butter, but I used to sit and watch old Carol with envy when he was sitting out his exile in Cuba. He came away load-

' ed with dough, and he had Lupescu and the Pe-

kineses along, and a stiff-necked stooge to help Rim maintain his dignity’ and keep the climbers off his neck. I never saw a guy have it so good. od a HE HAD THE biggest suite In the Nacional and he was out to the casino every night with his Hapsburg lip draped over the rim of a glass of Scotch. He didn't have to roll his own dice, nd he didn’t even have to dance with his old ini Magan There was always a bevy of young around, soaking up the free booze

3 royal car. 3 n his kingly existence, ‘that he couldn't find anybody to manicure’

“plants keep up flower production.

Cheating the Suckers At Calumet City

work. He realizes he's been “taken” and leaves, poorer, wiser and drunker, One gal showed the B. W. and me two handfuls of sticks. “Look,” she boasted. “A sucker just went for $100.” » There's probably more nudity here than at a nudist convention. The girls wear G-strings, but are allowed to “blow their tops” as the girls in the Folies Bergere do in Paris. We didn’t like much in Calumet City except Sally Rand who, we thought, was a little homesick for civilization. She was looking forward to the fourth birthday of her adopted child, just like any mother. Sally was about the best-looking, best-figured woman in town. When some of them stripped, I was reminded of the old gag of Henny Youngman’s, who related that he knew a strip girl so ugly that the crowd always yelled, “Put it on, put it on.” : Bo dP EARLS PEARLS , . , Taffy Tuttle proudly told David Kay that her checkbook balances—her checks total exactly the amount she’s overdrawn. Bd ef . TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: “You can't figure a girl,” says Richard Collett. “She's miserable if she doesn't have new shoes and miserable if she's wearing them.” LE

WISH I'D SAID THAT: “Las Vegas,” says Jack Carter, “is the place you go to get away from it all, and they wind up getting it all away from you.” Martin & Lewis will have to pay $24,000 to the Copa unless they keep an agreement to work there, says the Copa . .. Clifford Odets was precelebrating his 46th birthday at a party given by Herman Levin . > >

WILLIE THE WOLF (A Brooklyn boy) says, “when you've seen one strip-teaser, you've seen all of her.” , . . That's Earl, brother.

All Ex-Kings Have Nice Time of It

the nails of those bug-eyed little pekes, because Cuba was having a heavy attack of dignity at that time and the help was overendowed with ideas about the duties of servants. Carol sent for a bellhop and flung two pekes at him with an order to cut their nails. The bellhop drew himself up to his full five feet and spake thusly.

“SOY CUBANA LIBRE.” he said. “I am a free Cuban. I do not cut the toenails of dogs. Cut them yourself, sire, but include me out.”

Poor old Carol threatened to behead the whole staff, as I recall it, and then remembered he was on the lam and the royal rights no longer obtained. Wound up that he seized the scissors himself and pared the nails of those two screeching little monsters, and the Cubans killed themselves laughing. Concerning Farouk, I doubt that the fugitive fat boy will have any trouble getting things done, His mama has masses of money stashed away in America, and Farouk himself has not béen unintelligent about increasing the royal pile through polite shakedowns here and there. I just hope he controls his passions about other folks’ fiancees, though. The last lad he unwomaned held still for it, but one of those fiery Italians is apt to let a little daylight ‘through him with a shiv if the royal eye wanders too far afield. Even with that potential hazard, I still can’t feel sorry for a young man with a lifetime to loaf,

Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith

Q—I have some healthy petunias in a window

box. They do not bloom. What is the answer to my problem? Mrs. A. E. Scott, 2427 N, Delaware.

A—Do they get at least part sun? Even the rugged petunia needs some sunshine though they will blossom with very little. Then, most likely,

Read Marguerite Smith's Garden Column in The Sunday Times

how is the soil? Window box soil of all seils should have plenty of flower stimulating phos

phate in it. In common parlance it should not be °

too “rich,” that is, overbalanced with stem and foliage stimulating nitrates. If you did not mix some of the complete chemical fertilizers or bone meal or superphosphate in the original soil, try giving your plants a flower stimulating fertilizer solution. Manure alone in’ the original soil mix-

. ture does not make a balanced plant diet. And

almost any window box at this season of the ‘year will appreciate a little snack to heip the

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THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1952

HARD WORK—BUT FUN—

There's Lots Of Land In 2 Acres

PIGGERY—~Oren Holtsclaw holding baby Orena, built the house of vegetable crates.

By MARGUERITE SMITH \ Times Garden Editor

ANDERSON, July 31—Two acres that were just a weed patch three years ago now are farmed to the last square inch. That's the Oren Holtsclaw place on Ind. 9

south of Anderson. The acres teem with small livestock—white rabbits, some young turkeys, two pigs, lots of chickens, a baby lamb and some ducklings that are a constant puzzle to' their bantie hen mother. It has gardens— flower, fruit and vegetable — and a rock garden. And it's decked with a rock fireplace and wishing well.

The most important recent addition is a tiny adopted daughter, Orena Kay, just over a year old. The Holtsclaw’s own daughter, Dorothy Nell, is a grown-up young lady of 20. But rearing another daughter is nothing to stump They just take to raising things.

THERE was the case of the rabbit. One evening a man drove into the flower and rock-lined driveway. He explained he'd come because “this looks like a good home.” And he had a pet rabbit with him. Would they take it in? It belonged to his daughter who had gone away to

school. He couldn't keep it and he couldn't kill it. “That’s how we got started raising rabbits,” smiles Mrs. . Holtsclaw. © “How many? Oh, probably 60 by now. Maybe more,” she added with a laugh as she glanced around the big rabbit house. There, of all sizes ranged from enormous great-grandmothers down to a nest, lined with fur from the mother's breast, of newly arrived ones not much larger than a half dollar. Mr. and Mrs. Holtsclaw have their ‘individual preference in all this constructive activity. s » = MR. HOLTSCLAW, besides his full-time work as an electrician, likes to build. He has constructed all the small houses Jor the turkeys, lamb, ducks and pigs himself. These he makes from the slats in vegetable boxes. He brings the boxes home filled with lettuce trimmings and other market discards useful for chicken feed. He saws ends off each slat, laps them for sturdy construction and

KOREAN WAR VETERANS—

Here's How To

By ALBERT M. COLEGROVE Scripps-Howard Staff Write WASHINGTON, July 31-—-If you're one of the 800,000 veterans who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard or Marine Corps since the Korean war began, the chances are you have from $100 to $500 coming, and don’t quite know how to go about geting it. Here’s the latest information— You have three possibilities to hit the jackpot: ‘Mustering-out pay; officers’ uniform allowance; combat pay. Now let's take them one at a time. Mustering-out pay is awaiting virtually all enlisted men and most officers discharged honorably from any of the armed forces —— whether they stayed out or came back in— since June 26, 1950. The Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act provides for payment of $100 to veterans with less than 60 days’ active service; $200 for those with more than 60 days in uniform but no foreign service, and $300

for veterans with 60 days’ or more service and who have served outside the U. 8. since June 26, 1950.

» » » NOBODY OVER the rank of captain or Navy senior lieutenant is eligible. You can apply for musteringout pay now. The checks will start going out early in August. They're being distributed’on a “first come, first served” basis. To get your payment, you must send to the proper office (we'll come to that) two pieces of paper: ONE-—An “informal” certificate containing certain information about yourself. (A sample certificate accompanies this article; you can fill it in and mail it if you like.) TWO-—The original of your report of separation from the Armed Forces (DD Form 214) which you got when you were released. And be sure to print your present address on this

Who's Zoo—On Highway

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KANGEROO—Jumping a few places in a line of traffic won't get you anywhere in a hurry except to a hospital. ;

rabbits

CQOKERY~—Mrs.! Holtsclaw stirs up : picnic stew_for ear,

ROCKERY—Mrs. Holtsclaw just rolled the roc

paints the finished buildings white, . Mrs. Holtsclaw prefers to work with stone, Together she and Mr. H. gather rocks farmers are glad to get put of their fields. Then she goes to work on them. That Mr. Holtsclaw is away all day makes no difference. “I roll those I can't lift,” she explains. She mixes her own cement. The result is a stone front on the extra room Mr. Holtsclaw built on their home, the rock

Orena and teddy

garden, the outdoor fireplace, the wishing well. ” - ” PEOPLE always are driving into the Holtsclaw place. Many come for fryers, for raspberries, for green beans, whatever is in season. Others, complete strangers, drive in “just because it looks so attractive.” Often in token of appreciation they leave coins in the wishing well, These coins always go to the missionary funds of the Church of God to which the Holtsclaws belong.

ks she couldn't lift,

Photos for The Times by Dorothy Buerger, But there's one set of visitors that aren’t welcome. That's the robins who admire thé berry patch. “I've found away to fix them though” says Mgs. Holts

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claw. “I just hang bags of moth

balls among the berries. birds will come and sit on the

fence, but they don’t come in to eat the berries any more.” Hard work? “Of course it is,” admit the Holtsclaws, Then they reveal the secret of it all, “We just enjoy doing it.”

The

Get Your Gl Payments

document, so it can be mailed back to you.

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HERE'S where you mail the certificate and report of separation: Army: Finance Center, U. S, Army, St. Louis 20, Mo. Attention: MOP Branch. Navy: Field Branch, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Cleveland 14, O. Air Force: Air Force Finance Center, Denver, Colo. Marine Corps: Commandant of the Marine Corps (CDD), Washington 25, D.C, Coast Guard: Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington 25, D.C. ” » » A FEW PERSONS are not eligible, principally those dishonorably discharged, retired, sent to ,one of the military academies or discharged to accept employment. Widows, children and-—if the serviceman was single—parents are eligible to receive the mus-tering-out pay if the serviceman died after being discharged. The officers’ uniform allowance is a flat $100 for Army and Air Force reserve and National Guard officers recalled to duty after June 26, 1950. About 85,000 officers are eligible. But the payments probably will not go out until sometime after Jan. 1, 1953.

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IF YOU'RE an Army or Air Force reserve officer (regardless of rank) and a veteran of active duty in the past two years, you are eligible for the $100 ir —

ONE-—You didn't get the or-

iginal “initial uniform allowance” of $250 during your last tour of duty; or TWO-—-You hadn't been on extended active duty for two years or more when you started your last tour, How do you get it? There's a Defense Department committee working on that now. There should be an announcement within the next couple months. Combat pay provides $45 a month extra for all servicemen who were in the Korean fighting. Just having been in Korea isn't enough. You have to have

been in a unit under fire for not less than six days during any month to receive pay for that month. » ~ ~

THE BILL IS retroactive to the start of the Korean war.

It'll probably be early fall before veterans will begin receiving combat pay. You won't necessarily have to have fired a gun to get it. Cooks, supply sergeants, ete., who served in combat units will be eligible. The various services now are determining which outfits were

“combat units” during each month since June, 1950.

An application form is being prepared for veterans seeking their combat pay.

This form, according to present plans, will be placed in post offices over the country, so you can watch for it there. As in the case of mustering out pay, veterans’ survivors are eligible. Not eligible for combat pay are those who drew incentive, or special, pay for aviation, submarine, parachute, medical or dental specialties, etc.

Clip this form, paste it on a sheet of paper 8 inches by 10% inches, and mail it, properly filled out, along with your report of separation to the address for your service given below. Be sute

to put your mailing address on as this blank.

the report of separation as well

(Name your Service)

out pay authorized by law,

June 26, 1950.

out pay.

follows:

{Number (Street)

CENA tress sana aaa

APPLICATION FOR MUSTERING-OUT PAYMENT I enclose my Report of Separation (DD Form 214) from

and request the mustering-

I was not discharged or released from active service on my own request to accept employment; or if I was discharged and released for that reason I served outside the U.

S. after

I am not now on active duty and have not made and will not make any other application for mustering-

I (have, have not) served outside the continental limits of the U. 8. or in Alaska since June 26, 1950. state date of arrival in the U,

Return my Report of Separation and mail check to me as

(If you have, Slr Serene hvala )

“(Print or type) First Name—Middle Name—Lasi Name—Service Serial No.

City (Zone) (State)

1 certify that the above information is true and correct,

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