Speedway Flyer, Volume 18, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1950 — Page 4

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The WOMAN’S REPORTER Everyone well, nearly everyone—has seen the motion picture version of the Broadway musical “Annie Get Your Gun” starring Betty Hutton. So thought you might like a short biography of the star who is predicted to be 1950’s top box-office attraction. Betty Hutton was born Betty June Thomberg on Feb. 26, 1921, in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her father was a railroad brakeman. When Betty was two and her sister, Marion, was four, their mother became the sole support of her children. Mrs. Thomberg, who played the piano and guitar, taught her little girls to sing popular songs. As earnings became smaller in the depression period, Betty used her talent by singing on street comers and in neighborhood beer gardens for the coins that were tossed her way. She also did housework and took care of babies, while her sister worked at the soda fountain in the neighborhood drugstore. At the age of thirteen, Betty,

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who was then in the first year of high school, left school to sing with a high school band. After a summer at a resort near Lansing and a year of touring Michigan and neighboring states, Betty and three other members of the band, with a capital of S2OO, went to New York and hit Broadway with a thud. A music publisher advised the young singer to reutm home, supplying her with money for the fare. Back in Detroit she was singing in a local night club when Vincent Lopez heard her and engaged her at $65 a week. She has often been quoted as saying that she had never eaten steak until the day Lopez employed her, when she celebrated by eating steak for breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. The Hutton “rough-and-ready technique of singing is attributed by the actress to the fact that her sister was the beauty in the family, and when the girls sang on street comers, Betty, being scrawny, freckled, hungry and desperate, discovered that if she sang louder than her sister and threw in cartwheels and bloodcurdling yells, she received more attention than her sister.

While with hte Lopez orchestra While with the Lopez orchestra type music she learned from a member of the band that she was going to be dismissed, so she sang her next number with the famous “whoop - and - holler” technique. The result was that Lopez signed her to a five-year contract. After consulting a numerologist Lopez changed her name to Hutton, and developed a new style for his band to match hers. In 1939 Betty left the Lopez orchestra for the musical stage. She made her first Broadway appearance in 1940 in the musical revue “Two For the Show.” Vogue magazine Called her “the most supercharged member of the cast,” adding that she looked “like an adorable Easter chicken with a fluff of yellow hair.” In 1941 she was given a picture contract to play in “The Fleet's In.”

The role of Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun was a part to which Miss Hutton aspired ever since she saw Ethel Merman in the Broadway production. “I connived and begged for that part,” she has said. “And then I prayed for it, and I got it.” To be released this year is “Let’s Dance,” in which Betty co-stars with Fred Astaire. A period of ballet training and study with Fred Astaire, and eight weeks of rehearsal of dance routine, preceded the start of the picture. She said that this is the first picture in which she has a chance to dance like a lady. In January 1945 Betty traveled with the USO to entertain troops in the Pacific area. “We did a 50,000-mile tour in eight weeks,” she told an interviewer, “at Saipan they were still shooting, arid we moved around with thirty marines as a bodyguard.” September 2, 1945, she was married to Theodore S. Briskin, president of the Revere Camera Company. They have two daughters. Their marriage was dissolved by divorce in April, 1950. She is five feet four inches tall and weighs about 112 pounds. Generally she is as effervescent and energetic in real life as she appears before audiences. Among her recreational interests are bicycle riding, bowling, swimming, golf and deep-sea fishing. It’s a real thrill to send a CARE package, apd so easy. Yes, it’s a real joy to be able, just by lifting your finger, to bring health and happiness to some family you know of or maybe just some family you have heard about—far across the sea in countries where food is still scarce. It’s a joy to help others, but think how much harder it would

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be without CARE—the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc., to do the work. You would have to buy the food, making sure it was on the permitted list, have it properly packed, wrapped, insured and forwarded and still not be certain that it got to its destination. With CARE to do the work, you merely fill out an order form, attach it to your check or money order, and CARE takes over from there on, sending top-grade food in balanced variety, packing, wrapping, insuring and forwarding, and even returning to you a receipt to show that the parcel reached its destination. You may obtain information concerning various CARE packages, what they contain and their prices at booths in the various department stores downtown.

Mother and Father have their days and other relatives are well remembered on birthdays, anniversaries and’other special occasions. But friends often are as close as relatives and deserve a day of their own—Friendship Day which is celebrated on the first Sunday in August. Friendship Day began in Kansas City as early as August 1923, and it comes at a most fitting time in the midst of the vacation season. At this time of the year many are enjoying vacations, visiting witn friends, sharing happiness with them, and thinking of friends far and near. • By the middle 1930’s Friendship Day already was widely recognized, and today it is generally accepted across the nation. As an indication of its national recognition, in 1947 Friendship Day first was listed by the Department of Commerce Inquiry Reference Service in its catalogue of “Special Days, Weeks, and Months.” Everyone can take advantage of the first Sunday each August to remember friends with greeting cards, telephone calls, letters or other expressions of good will and friendliness. Mrs. C. B. LaDine served a melon ball cocktail recently which was different and delicious. She combined ¥2 cup lemon juice, 3 tbsp, sugar and 1/2 CU P gingerale and poured it over the melon balls a short while before she served them. That was enough to serve four generously. She used cantalope balls, but said it was equally as delicious over watermelon balls. In closing—someone once said, “What we have already accomplished is just a foretaste of what we can do—if we continue to work together.”

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CALL LI. 1441—The Red Cross is urgently in need of volunteer blood donors for patients in Billings and Indianapolis Veterans Hospitals. The blood bank has hit a “summer slump,” and more volunteers are needed immediately to supply the 100 pints of blood required each week by the patients in these two hospitals. Here, Mrs. Casper Phillips, 1101 N. Belleview Place, a Red Cross Gray Lady volunteer, assists two volunteer donors in the blood bank at Indianapolis Veterans Hospital. Volunteers are urged to call the Red Cross immediately, LI. 1441.

Park Programs Open To Public Following is a list of the City Park Programs sponsored by the Recreation Division of the Indianapolis Department of Public Parks for the week starting Sunday, August '6th. Aug. 6, Little Flower, 8:00 p.m. —Pearson Band, William BreedRECIPE OF THE WEEK Hawaiian Sweat Potatoes 'te-* test sugar Cook potatoes, covered, for 20 mln., be until tender in boiling water. Turn on oven; Mt at moderate (375* F.). Cream a shallow quart baking dieh» Drain potatoes; remove skins. Mash potatoes thoroughly. Beat in milk, brown sugar and salt. Put into greased baking dish. Cut pineapple slices in halves. Arrange on outer edge of potatoes. Sprinkle corn flakes in center over potatoes. Bake about 30 min., or until thoroughly hot. Serve from baking dish. Makes 4 servings. *ll4 cups well drained, canned sweet potatoes also can bo used. e Ton JTUI Aeodi 9 PET MILK

Company will now pay up to approximately 50 per cent of the premiums. In addition, the Company will now pay half the cost of Blue Cross hospital and Blue Shield surgical insurance for enrolled employees and their dependents. Throughout the life of Pbest-OJjte’s insurance program, families of employees have received thousands of dollars as payments of life insurance and more thousands of dollars have been paid as sickness and accident benefits to the employees themselves.

love, director; Pearson Accordion Band, Muriel Pfeisterer, director. Aug. 6, Belmont, 5:00-6:00 Persian Temple Shrine’Band, William Miller, director. Aug. 6, Garfield, B:oo—Sahara Grotto Band, Henry Hebert, director; Sahara Grotto Glee Club, Frank Watkins, director; Sahara Grotto Clowns, Albert Sylvia, director. Aug. 7, Coleman, 8:00 Pearson Band, Wi 11! am Breedlove, director; Pearson Accordion Band, Muriel Pfeisterer, director. Aug. 8, Garfield, B:oo—Amateur Contest Finals. Aug. 9, Brookside, B:oo—Variety Show, Danvers Julian, director. Aug. 10, Garfield, 8:00 Teen Sinfonietta Alumni, Renato Pacini, director; Vocal Ensemble, Jane Burroughs Adams, director. Aug. 11, Camp Sullivan, 7:00 Persian Temple Shrine Band, William Miller, director. Aug. 11, Garfield, B:oo—Pearson Band, William Breedlove, director; Pearson Accordion Band, Muriel Pfeisterer, director. The real “boss” of any business is the customer. If he doesn’t like the products we sell, or the price we ask, or the way we serve him, he simply doesn’t buy. And if he doesn’t buy, there isn’t any business, and if there isn’t any business, there aren’t any jobs.

Spanish War \ Veterans News I Mrs. Vera M. Coffey, President of Major Harold C. McGrew Auxiliary No. 3, United Spanish War Veterans, was elected first delegate to the Forty-Seventh National Convention to be held at Atlantic City, New Jersey, Sept. 24-28, 1950. Others are Mrs. Louise Hale, and Nora K. Heinrichs.

Secret Service Men Finally Nab Fugitive Counterfeit Expert CHICAGO. After a 12-year search of hotels, libraries, railroad stations and stores, U. S. secret service agents have arrested a counterfeiter suspect who allegedly made his money in the winter and spent it in the summer. Agent Henry Anheier reported the arrest of Huge Hedin, 57, a Swedish alien, on charges of making and possessing counterfeit money. He described Hedin as a “lone wolf* who had been trailed by agents working in relays until he was found in a two-room Chicago apartment with paper and plates for bank notes. “I knew you’d get me sooner or later,” agents quoted him. Anheier said Hedin was convicted at Detroit in 1927 on a counterfeiting charge, served in prison until 1930, and in 1938 came to Chicago and was believed to have, started making notes again. Agents said the notes allegedly made by Hedin were difficult even for banks to detect. Hedin was unmarried and worked alone, agents said. He never stayed long in one place. Agents who were trailing him sometimes sat beside him at libraries and watched him read books on metals and papers, but never could find him with evidence. Last November, however, they discovered that he had Invested in some real estate in Grayslake, 111. When he wrote to a real-estate agent about delinquent payments, they closed in, following ahlm to a hotel in St. Louis and finally to Chicago. Anheier said Hedin was working on a plate for a $5 note when agents entered his hideout, and that they found 10 other plates and paper for 100 notes in his rooms.

Family Radio May Soon Become Mosquito-Killer NEW YORK. - The family radio soon may be used to kill mosquitoes—and not with commercials, either. Just broadcast the song of the female mosquito, amplified a million times. Male mosquitoes, lured by the siren song, come arunning and are burned to a crisp on an electrical grille covering the loud-speaker of the radio. Dr. Morton C. Kahn, associate professor of public health at Cornell university medical college, says that on a recent trip to Cuba he conducted an experiment in the center of a vast mosquito filled bog. The female voice, broadcast over giant loud-speak-ers, attracted every male mosquito within a one mile radius. They perished on a charged grille. There’s one little hitch, how ever. Females, probably being smarter, aren’t drawn by the call of the male mosquito. It’s the female mosquito that causes humans all the trouble. (The male mosquito’s beak is not strong enough to pierce the human skin.)

Man Without Any Arms Plays Bach on Plano CHICAGO.—A man who had lost both arms played Bach and boogiewoogie on the piano in a motion picture, and surgeons applauded his performance. ■* Dr. Henry Kessler, West Orange, N. A, told the American Association of Railway Surgeons the performance by an unnamed patient shows what can be accomplished when a person is taught properly to use artificial hands. The doctor said he thought the man “was joking” when he first came to his rehabilitation institute in New Jersey and announced he wanted to play the piano. Kessler said that after the man learned routine dexterity, such as tying a shoe, the amputee was fitted with two special pairs of metal fingers, which he learned to spread to cover a wide range of notes. The doctor said it was not enough to give a man an artificial appliance and turn him loose. “He must be taught how to use it. after being psychologically prepared,” Dr. Kessler said. Homing Pigeon Homos Only to Young Owner

STANTON - BY - BRIDGE. ENGLAND.—Ivy Aueote. 11. has a homing pigeon which is different. Instead of homing to his pigeon cote as a homing pigeon should, he homes to Ivy—wherever she The pigeon, named Joey, is six months old. He was let out of his cage to exercise about two hours after Ivy had left for school. He whined off and joined her in the classroom, two and one-half miles away in Melbourne. He since has repeated the stunt twice. He also finds Ivy when she’s stopping in Melbourne. E. L. Hunt, a member of the council of Great Britain’s national homing union, told newsmen: “One or two similar cases have been heard of before. In some birds the ability to ‘home* In this fashion la developed to an oxtredegree and Is .

Red Cross Use Of Blood Plasma Few Americans realize the need for whole blood and blood plasma which would arise in the case of an atomic bomb attack. At a recent meeting, representatives of all the hospitals in Marion county and of Red Cross considered the problems of procuring blood for such an emergency. The most noteable causes for blood in an atomic attack have been listed as effects from radiation, burns and flying debris. A recent report on Civil Defense for National Security states that 60,000 injuries requiring treatment would accompany the death of 40,000 civilians in the case of an atomic burst in a heavily populated community. Treatment for radiation victims alone would take multiple transfusions, according to medical doctors. Blood transfusions in some radiation cases may be needed daily for many days. According to Harlan J. Hadley, acting chairman of the Indianapolis Red Cross chapter, “The hospitals in the Indianapolis area are as well prepared for supplying blood in large quantities in an emergency as in any other large community in the United States. All of them are planning to increase the amount of equipment and other items for emergency large scale operations.”

Kitchen Memo When the latchstring is out and friends come and go, meal preparation can be so demanding the hostess can’t enjoy her guests. Any food prepared ahead is a blessing. This spicy Barbecue Sauce is pre-cooked, refrigerated, used when wanted for spareribs, beef or chicken. Melt 2 tbsps. butter or margarine, add 1 medium chopped onion, 1 chopped clove garlic. Cook until tender but not brown. Add % cup chopped celery with leaves, ¥4 cup chopped green pepper, 1 No. 2 can tomatoes, 1 6-oz. can tomato paste, 1 bay leaf, 3 tbsps. brown sugar, 2 tsps, dry mustard, % cup vinegar, % tsp. cloves, Yz tsp. allspice, 2 slices lemon, 1% tsps. salt. 1 tsp. Tabasco. Simmer over low flame 30 mins. Let stand until cool. Strain if you wish. Yield: 2¥4 cups. Swab meat or fowl with sauce, serve the balance hot in bowls. The label of “boardinghouse dish” has been tagged to Trifle too long. When correctly made, it’s a fit dessert for the most epicurean company. Into a shallow serving dish pour % cup sherry. Then put into dish 1 single layer sponge cake (two or three days old) cut into fairly thin slices, spread with currant jelly, raspberry or strawberry jam. While cake soaks up the wine make a boiled custard: Scald 3 cups milk in top of double boiler. Beat 3 eggs with ¥4 cup sugar and y 2 tsp. salt. Pour the hot milk over this stirring constantly. Put jack into top of double boiler, cook over medium flame. Stir continuously until just barely thick. Remove and stir in ¥4 tsp. vanilla. Let cool with cover on, then pour over cake in wine. Chill well. Decorate with dots of jelly or jam and whipped cream if you wish. 4 generous servings. Several families in multiple buildings can share an average size gas incinerator because it burns up three bushels of garbage per hour. Operating cost is low. Simple cheese sauce: Heat 1 cup evaporated milk over hot water, pour into ¥4 lb. grated Cheddar cheese. Stir gently until smooth. A once-a-year check by an expert service man will keep the flues of your gas space heater clean and unblocked. Baked stuffed peppers, tomatoes, apples or onions keep their shape better if put into a muffin pan.

“If we could read the secret history of our enemies we would find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” _-Lon4e|tow Gold is the most useless metal in the world, for it is good only for plugging teeth and tormenting fools.—Franklin. EBCIPI U» TRI Will MertowFruttfiemert HwwptaMldMM, B r*** . wwKfWP** Roll graham creckars into fine tyumte There should bo 1H cum crumbs Take out H cup Put larger amount into bowl and mil tai waxed paper; store in