Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1952 — Page 21

£ : f I

ht yowh

“ef -Dil -n-our-library, enter RARE asians A . 1 o

Inside Indianapolis By Ed Sovola :

AN HOUR was spent yesterday at the memorial - service of the 35th annual convention of the Indiana Firemen's Association in Christ Episcopal Church on the Circle. It was a beautiful yet simple service. The ehurch was packed. One phrase in the memorial read by 8. R. Moneymaker, IFA chaplain, stood out. He spoke of the “immensity of their deeds.” Chaplain Moneymaker's words made vivid to one standing in the rear of the church the number of times he witnessed “immense deeds.” We've all heard or made comments about the life a fireman leads. Usually the remarks refer to the humdrum activities around the station house. What do we ay when the temperature is zero, when men go staggering through flame and smoke, when they're gasping for a precious lungful of air? Correct me if I'm wrong but, isn't it, "This is the time when I wouldn't be a fireman for any amount of money?” There are few moments in a fireman's life that can be called glamorous. Fires are not glamorous. And there certainly is no glamour Involved in washing a truck, rolling a hose, waiting for an alarm to go off. Fo o> FROM the Atlantic to the Pacific it's Turnip Day. Yes, sir. Aug. 8 is the. dav to plant your seed for bigger, better turnips. Who says 20? Oscar Merrill. The retired Indianapolis policeman, who lives at 5041 E. Towa St. has studied the “signs” all his life (he’s 77 now), and avers it's today for turnips or not at all. He's concerned somewhat about the lack of rain and condition of the soil. Nevertheless, long years of growing all types of vegetables have tapaht him you can’t defy the signs, no matter what. Turnip seed planted today is “naturally” destined to produce an excellent crop of the crunchy vegetable which is never on the fence. You either love turnips or you hate 'em. a nN MOST fascinating sight of the week was watching Prosecutor Frank Fairchild eat water-

It Happened Last N ight

By Earl Wilson

MOSCOW, Idaho, Aug. 8—We haven't seen Moscow, Russia, but we'll take Moscow, Idaho. “On to Moscow,” was our slogan as we rented a car in Spokane, 85 miles away, and invaded this town which has no vodka, no communism and no firing squads. The Beautiful Wife and I almost had a fight about it. “You haven't time,” she

said. She was right, except ghat I'm such a wonderful driver. I drove like 70, and

even 80, while she pouted, but she soon melted, for we rode through the loveliest scenery we've beheld on our tour of America. And what was it? Merely those rolling hills of golden wheat. Lovelier than the curves on a chorus girl—and they're pretty nice, too. And just at the right moment—a rainbow. “God's country” I sighed, hoping Texas, Ohio and California would forgive me. : And then after one hour and 45 minutes, with little traffic—and not one roadside stand—we came to “Moscoe” as it's pronounced here. It’s about 11,000 in population. Hardly a Russian around. You keep your dog on a leash

in he summer. Because of the beautiful flower

Mr. Wilson

eo @

TOWN’S DRY, unless you consider beer wet.

I hear folks do take a nip of bourbon, and no secret police bothers ’em much,

Indignant people are always demanding the hame be changed to Americana, Lincoln, Liberty or something. “But the Chamber of Commerce likes people to come here and see the difference between Moscow, Russia and Moscow, U.S. A.,” I was told. For example, speaking of the difference, we went to the Hotel Moscow and took pictures of {t—which an American probably couldn't do at the Hotel Moscow in Stalinville. We ordered a second hamburger—which you probably couldn't do in Moscow, Russia, unless you brought your own horse, And goodness, that blonde hack of the desk was pretty. And shapely. Some of the gals go to the University of Idaho, of which Moscow is the seat. Oh, yes, and there's a “Moscow Christian Church” here.

Americana / By Robert C. Ruark

NEW YORK, Aug. 8—It has been some time since we filed a report on the family, and. it is with something more than pride that I must announce that I am a grandfather: 1 am a grandfather of 10 boxer puppies, which comprise the {nitial effort of my beetle-browed pride, Schnorkel the Monster, inthe paternity business. Ten young'uns, first try, is a pretty good effort, espeeially when you consider he barely knew his bride. This Schnorkel animal has always been pretty insufferable, fn’ the five years I've worked for him, but we had not touched true insufferability until ,recently, when the couriers rushed in and informed him that his loving Vicki had just come down with a litter of 10. Even in a dog's life, 10 of a kind is a rare hand, and makes Papa Dionne look a little slovenly by comparison.

. , , o oo oe

I WILL NOT SAY the Monster is passing out cigars, but he has been observed to blow on his nails, lately, and gently furbish them against his hairy lapel. He has become more autocratic around my breakfast table, and stares at me constantly, in an accusing fashion. If I can get 10, Bud, he seems to say, how come you ain't produced any after all these years? Must also report that the lady with whom helives in a sort of canine sin, since she is a poodle and ineligible for motherhood with a boxer for the papa, has faded and seemed to languish since

the news came that her protector was a father. .

She appears to be fretting at living in -the back streets of her-lover’s life, and is sore frustrated. Possibly this is why she ate up the starboard end of the divan the other night. It was either feminine. pique or the fact she had lost a rubber bone

*The Immensity “ Of Their Deeds’

melon. Mr. Fairchild does a masterful job of cutting his melon to pieces. Not only that, the bookie-joint buster dips each mouthful into the juice that is on his plate, ¢ & ¢ : N.' PENNSYLVANIA ST. as it approaches the mile square is no place to have motor trouble. The other morning a young man in a pre-war model coupe suddenly found himself without power. He was in a center lane. His head popped in and out of the open window as the car slowed down. Just before he came to a complete stop, another motorist eased behind him and put the car in motion. Half a block of bumper-bumping later the voung man was under full power again. All he could do was wave a furious thank you. We can use more action like that instead of horn action which gets you nowhere. > & o

LET'S ADD a note to the lore of fabulous

Texas and Texans. On one of the hottest days of early July, I sold “Cool Breezes” by the “Effervescent Bag” for 10 cents in the Kroger store across from. Victory Field. Yesterday, an order for “one-twelfth dozen, assorted sizes and colors” was received from a Carl Braunschweiger, merchandise manager of Titche-Goettinger in Dallas. He's anticipating a hot August and September. He asks if my product “will. be the same consistency as it was when packaged?” Ho, ho. The consistency of frozen hot air never changes, here or in Texas.

oo oo oe

A NOTE from Mr. and Mrs. Louis Crisp and their sons, Richard and Roger. R. R. 5. Monticello, had a big “Good Luck” on it to Rosemary and me. Which reminds me I could use a bit of advice on how she can go to the market and not spend $9.50 for a bag of grocieries for two people. I'm glad I don’t have to leave a tip after a- meal.

Moscow. Idaho, Has Charm s—No Reds

Maybe you didn‘t know there are 11 other Moscows in the U. 8. But this is the oldest and biggest, It's kind of a mystery why they named this typically American town Moscow. Maybe it was done by some Russians over around .Whitman County, Washington, For amusement, folks follow the University of Idaho sports teams, Once in a basketball game with the Oregon Ducks, when the halftime gun sounded, some students threw some stuffed ducks down on the floor. Gun—dead ducks—get it? You think that’s dull? You'd rather they shoot people—Ilike in that other Moscow? "ode EX-KING ZOG of Albania hired a former NYC cop to bodyguard his young son at their L.1. estate . . . The Ink Spots are feuding over business matters . . . New Coast duo: Kirk Douglas and Terrv Moore. Nick Schenck will issue a statement denying rumors he's quitting Loew's. Inc. . Prince Abdullah of Arabia was at Manny Wolfe's with blonde model Billie Werton. Sweater gal Mary Castle appears in the movie, “Eight Iron Men.” Mrs. Gary Cooper, at The Embers with a vouthful escort, applauded Eddie Heywood's version of “When Your Lover Has Gone.” . .. The Theater Guild wantz Jose Ferrer to direct and star in “Love of Four Colonels.” *. . John Carroll wowed the women at The Riviera with his baritone voice and good looks. The fine show features the Step Bros., Eric & Van and that wonderful view of the Hudson. do. Ap oe NOW SUGAR RAY ROBINSON is talking of fighting Jimmy Dykes, instead of retiring. Yolande Betbeze, the former Miss America.

- who's been linked with a dozen “boy friends,”

claims she’s being true to her operatic career. . . . Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, a hit in London, will show their act in American night

clubs. . . . Spencer Martin’s pals say he'll marry actress Rosalie Coleman after divorcing Pat Smart.

fh EARL'S PEARLS . . . “Some people,” according to Jimmy Nelson, “make money fast. In fact, they double their wealth with every drink.” So hb TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: “Politicians.” says Mel Torme, ‘promise to reduce taxes—until they remember how many. friends they have to put on the payroll.” Jack Carter says the new low necklines women wear don't bother him—he's willing to overlook them. .. . That's Earl, brother.

”"

Bob Is Grandfather To 10 Boxer Puppies

Her other habits have become increasingly ndd. She used to sleep with me; now she locks herself in closets and in the shower to catch her evening snooze. She closes her eyes tightly, when scolded, on the theory that you can’t see her. She broods, and follows her faithless boy friend with disillusioned eyes. He sleeps in the bathtub. SS bb IT WORKS a hardship on the household, because we never know whether she is going to shoot him or do something drastic to herself. My original pride in becoming a grandfather has now intermixed with anxiety. "This means that the dog-sitters must be called in, or we daren't go out to the movies. And dog-sitters are tough to come by these days—especially when you own two dogs that weigh just under a short ton hetween them. The last amateur we had we found treed on the piano when we got back from the double feature. The psychiatrists have been called in, and have contributed nothing. except more talk about basic frustrations and traumas and such. We have now hit such a desperate point that either we tell S8chnorkel the puppies aren't his. but are actually the descendants of that horrid dog down the block, thereby wrecking his ego while we salve Ma’'amselle's hurt pride—or else, we huy Ma'amselle a cat and tell her it's her very own puppy. Never having seen a poodle puppy in the flesh, she'll probably believe it, and save everybody's sanity.

Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith

Q.—Where can I get a yellow African violet? Franklin, : A.—You can't. Up to a short time ago there was no ‘vellow violet in existence, according to the African Violet Society of America. However,

NIGHT OUT FOR PLAY—

Times Carriers Fro

The Indianapolis

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1952

imes

PAGE 21

- 8g

lic At Ball Game

CHEERING THEM ON-—Richard Sharpe was one of more than 700 Times carriers who attended the ball game at Victory Field last night. Their trip to the ball game was a part of the overall recreational program conducted for Times carrier boys. Included in the group were a number of out-of-town carriers,

IT'S IN THE TWIST—Bob Kerrigan shows off his favorite pitch to admiring carriers, Arnold Bitner, Rex Thumma, Robert Langdon and David Walters,

GOVERNMENT ECONOMY —

‘Tragic Waste In Military Spending’

CHAPTER FIVE

This is the fifth of a series from Sen. Douglas’ recent hook, “Economy in the National Government.”

By PAUL H. DOUGLAS United States Senator from Iiinois

THE MEN IN military service have many very real vir-

tues, those of courage, f X and devotion. These ar{ nota

ble qualities. But a tender concern for the public purse has never been numbered among them. The military authorities are, in fact, probably the greatest wasters of manpower and materials in the country, We have at the present time 1.2 million: civilians employed by the defense establishment. I am convinced ‘many of these employees are wasted. But what is more tragic and more harmful to morale, are the wastes in military personnel. The Senate Preparedness Subcommittee, for example, has criticized the armed services for their wasteful use of phyrsically able military personnel in the so-called ‘chair corps,” and for their failure to accept persons with minor physical defects for limited service, o n o OUT OF 95,784 “overhead” jobs filled by military personnel at selected indoctrination centers, the committee estimated that 40,000—the equival-

“the cushions some time-before iim sa Ry ERAETE AT6 WOKING ON this dearest dream

Wh <> oo

's’

I REALLY suspect it was a frantic search for food that wrecked the sofa. Since that other woman's babies came, Ma'amselle seems determined to eat herself into obesity. This is what the psychiatrists call sublimation, or something. All I know is that nothing from rocks to light bulbs are safe from that runaway appetite. She managed to maneuver a whole turkey off the top of the stove the other night, ‘and was recently observed with two deep-frozen hot dogs in her cavernous maw. They were too cold to eat, but she was patiently waiting for them to thaw, During the accouchment of her rival, Ma'amselle developed an oddly sympathetic craving for bizarre foods. She ate up one night, I recall, half a set of Thoreau, two sofa pillows and part of an old eollection of Ernest Hemingwdy. She was king on a piece of Proust, possibly as a savory, when we arrived and rescued the other six

- a

sisi Rhian

of sainfpaulia fans. And there's hope. For there is a close relative (botanically) of the saintpaulia that does have orange flowers. So breeders are

Read Marguerite Smith's Garden Column in The Sunday Times

using it to cross with the saintpaulias they already have, trying for that elusive yellow. I hope that merely seeing those words in print doesn't impel some optimistic and speedy reader to say that proves there is such a plant. For I have known of the most flagrant cases of gyp games playing on this much-sought color. And some cases of henest misunderstanding about its existence. : Q.—What is the difference between the Estate lily and the Easter lily? Ruth Nihiser, 1905 S. High School Rd. A.—The Estate lily is a hardier strain of the

ent Of two COMDAT dTvITAE===

could be satisfactorily filled by limited service and female military personnel or by civilians. Army officials told the Senate Appropriations Committee that it takes a total of 60,000 men to field an Army division of about 18,000 men; but of

these 18,000, only 2200 are .in’

the infantry platoons which engage in actual fighting with the enemy. This supportz the statement which appears in an Army recruiting poster: “Back of each

man with a gun there are at

least 25 men in uniform.” N » ” ”

NOTHING DESTROYS the

" morale of that one man with Ay srr gsirerap rec A-GUD-IIOFS- tA

ught, - ¥

that some of the 25 men behind him are being wasted in “overhead jobs.” It is easy to make flat claims about excessive overhead in the

Army. Fortunately there Is another service — the Marine Corps -- which furnishes a rough, though not an exact,

hasis for comparison. In a-Marine division of 22,300 men, for example, there are 3159 men in the infantry platoons compared to -an Army division of 18,800, which’ has 2187 in ,the infantry’ squads. Even taking info account the

difference in division sizes, the Marine Corps has, proportionately, 20. per cent more men

in infantry units than the Army n » » FURTHERMORE, has 1400 more trucks and jeeps per combat divigion than dn2s the Marine Corps, despite the fact that the Marine division is larger. Finally, the average cost per Marine enlisted man in 1948 was $4440 (including all the overhead costs horne by the Navy) as against a per-man cost of $5967 for the Army. ; An example was revealed hy

the Army

a House subcommittee on ex-

penditures, headed by Congress man Hardy: There were on hand supplies of certain jeep parts sufficient to last up to 104 years,

AOE POE tHE Navy rasmus

on hand some 11,000 dozen oyster forks, which are only used in the officers’ messes,

This was certainly a very longterm supply. ~ » ~ BUT 10,442 DOZEN of these ovster forks were of such a poor quality that, ao the records showed, they were usable only in an emergency. The 1951-52 budget for the Navy appropriated $215 million for 95 airplanes to be used for “administrative purposes.” The average cost was approximately $2.25 million per plane. : This is about the cost of the

most luxurious transport planes -

which waz produced for the pri-

Ta —— -

standing work,

SIZE OF THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT

weakest riicheindi calli

ALL

DEPARTMENT CIVILIAN OF DEFENSE AGENCIES

‘mately three times the cost of

a DC-8, plane, normally used for the same purposes’ only about a $1.25 million less than the cost of a B-36 bomber: 1a ¥ "8 ANOTHER overhcad item in the 1951-52 military budget was

‘

- a. —

Each symbol represents 500,000 persons.

POST FORD OFFICE MOTOR CO.

pose of building more National Guard armories. The need for these was highly doubtful, We had already called into active

.-s8ervice most of the organized

reserves. It was Aifficult to see why owe should build more armorfes,

vate . airlines, It. ~18.-approxis.. one. of §16.million. for. ARR Puts... These- . armories= are - handy.

CHOW TIME—Kenny- and Stanley Peterman-and Dicky Elliott enjoyed tradi. tional hot dogs at the ball game. Despite the poor showing by the Indians (Mil waukee won, 15-6), the boys were faithful rooters. Escorting the boys to the game were Times district circulation managers. The free game was in reward for out

~Times photos by John R. Spicklemire

FANCY HATS—Robert and Edward Vandergriff cock their beanies and wait for one of their ball.smashing Indian warriors to smack out that long homer,

places for $100-a-plate Democratic Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners. or Republican Lincoln Day dinners held for fund-rais-ing purposes, Dinners are per= fectly valid means of raising party war-chests, But they are hardly a sufficient reason for building more armories now. n ~ o A SENATOR. receives a great many letters

from businessmen who want to bid on public

and defense contracts. From experience one comes to watch rather closely the terms under which these contracts are let, While 1 wish to be guarded in what I say, I have been struck with the great difficulty which small concerns experience in getting contracts with the government. In an extraordinarily large number of cases they somehow never receive notice of the contracts which are to be let. They don’t get a chanee to bid. For one reason or another, letters seem to have great difficulty in reaching them. Or if they do arrive, they tend to be late, They are received only a dav or two before the bids must he filed, and the small businessman does not have time to figure costs on the very detailed specifications which are given, "= " THIS narrows the number of *

em ash isc rain yeaa Aan dete nd S-to-Eeslit.in. Dig h.

er prices. In some cases where small businessmen do bid and are the low bidders, the procurement sections change the specifications of the contract and request new bids. For one reason or another. in this game of musical chairs, there is seldom a place for the small businessman, The defense establishment graciously offers its sympathy and directs a goodly portion of the “chair corps” to soothe unlucky small businessmen and to provide broad shoulders for them to cry on.

NEXT—Raussia, the Key -to Further Budget Cuts. ; (Copyright, 1952. by the University of

Chicago. Distributed by nited Fea ture” Syndicate tng epi eigenen]