Speedway Flyer, Volume 19, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1950 — Page 4

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Prayer for Peace Dear Lord, as In the ancient day When guided by the Star, The wise men turned their eyes upward To vision from afar. As come as then, in reverence This Christmas time to Thee. We pray our refuge and our strength That Thou wilt ever be. Give ease we do beseech Thee Lord, To burdened hearts today; And let the Christ-child birth proclaim To them new Faith we pray. Grant may we ever look to Thee Amid all battles din, And pray as never prayed before For Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men! Anna E. Young

EARLY TREATMENT CAN CURE MOST PYORRHEA CASES An old belief that “pyorrhea” or disease of the gum tissue is incurable was repudiated Monday night by a panel of six dental scientists participating in the University of Illinois’ postgraduate extension program. The specialists told an audience of more than 9,000 dentists that, in most cases, periodental disease which effects the gum tissue and the bone supporting the teeth can be both prevented and cured. Their remarks were transmitted from Chicago by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company to 255 dental societies and study clubs throughout the United States and Canada, including the Indianapolis Dental Society.

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Longevity Shows Increase Thronghoot Whole World Life is longest in the Englishspeaking and Scandinavian countries, women live longer than men practically everywhere in the world except India, and Russia is at least a generation behind the United States in longevity. First as to longevity is New Zealand, where the most recent data—that for 1934-1938—record an expectation of life at birth of 87 years, a level reached among white persons in the United States in 1945. Other leading records are: 65.3 years for Australia in 1932-1934; 66.5 for the Netherlands during the prewar decade; 66.7 tor Denmark in 1941-1945, the time of war and occupation; 65.6 for Sweden in 1936-1940; and 65.3 years for France in 1947. For Germany the figure was 61.4 years in 1932-1934, which is practically the same as for the United States near that time. A somewhat lower level is shown generally for the remainder of Western and Central Europe, while Eastern Europe and most of the Latin American countries have a still poorer record. The most recent information available for Russia in Europe is for 1926-1927, when the expectation of life was 44.4 years. “Sucker State” For years Illinois residents have squirmed at the unfortunate nickname, “Sucker State,” which was applied to their fair territory in the early 1800’s. However, the nickname isn’t as bad as it sounds, because the earliest use of the term “sucker” was “one who lives by his wits.” This meaning, explains the research experts, stems from the sucker fish which attaches itself to a large fish to obtain transportation and food. Illinois embarrassment springs from the new meaning of the word “sucker,” which is a greenhorn, dupe, or easy mark. This unfortunate change has caused the state to plug for its new nickname, “The Prairie State.”

New Method Shows Heart Ills Before Danger Point Nears ST. LOUIS.—A new means of disclosing heart ailments before they reach the deadly stage is saving many lives, according to Sumner T. Pike, acting chairman of the atomic energy commission. Pike said the method was developed only recently in an atom-radiation study. “A little piece of research that had no connection with atomic energy has produced what looks like the most highly important discovery in the history of heart disease,” Pike said. He explained that University of California scientists were studying the effect of radiation on the blood of rabbits when they noticed that certain molecules in the blood meant incipient hardening of the arteries. Pike said the telltale molecules now can be separated from other constituents of the blood by whirling a blood sample around in a centrifuge. “When the heart trouble is detected in its incipient stage, it can speedily be corrected by dieting,” Pike added. He said after the test was found to work with rabbits, it was tried on 104 “cardiac humans” and 103 responded to the diagnosis. “This means a complete, definite diagnosis of the principal group of heart diseases with better than 98 per cent accuracy,” Pike asserted. Atom Bombing Survivors Appear Now Out of Danger WASHINGTON.—After more than five years, survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki appear to be out of danger. Very few of the dreaded delayed effects have appeared, according to reports to the atomic energy comJohn Adams John Adams was the first President to live in the White House. He was the second President of the United States and the first VicePresident, serving two terms in that office under George Washington.

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INDIANA JUNIOR VEGETABLE GROWERS WIN 11 NATIONAL CONTEST AWARDS

INDIANA Junior vegetable growers were named winners of four sectional and seven state awards in the 1950 production-marketing contest of the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association as the NJVGA concluded its sixteenth annual four-day convention at New Orleans, La., today. Sectional honors went to Gerald

D. Kuhn, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kuhn, Bourbon; John R. Musgrave, 15, son of Mr. Earl E. Musgrave, Monrovia; Victor C. Kendall, 18, son of Mr. Edwin J. Kendall, Indianapolis, and Jack Frederick, 19,

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son of Mrs. Celia Frederick, Kendallville. Each received a SIOO prize from the $6,000 scholarship fund provided each year by A 4 P Food Stores to encourage better production and marketing of vegetables by farm youth. State-wide honors went to Wayne R. Merriman, Mooresville; Robert R. Perkins, Kendallville; Richard L. Hadley, Indianapolis; Eugene Shinabarger, Anderson; Vergil Shockley, Clermont; Billy Lee Miller, Montpelier and Dwayne Walter, North Salem. Also announced by Roscoe Fraser, Extension Specialist in Vegetables

at Purdue University and state NJVGA leader, was the awarding of the national championship and the top SSOO scholarship to James L. Mcßee, 19-year-old grower of Philippi, West Virginia. Gerald Kuhn’s

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garden, laid out in a two and onehalf acre plot, was planted mostly in onions, the major cash crop. The great bulk of the smaller garden crops, strawberries, and melons was used on the family table, or preserved for future use. Of a total net profit of $661, nearly SSOO came from the sale of onions. Young Kuhn was fortunate in enjoying a widely-known reputation as a vegetable grower in his locality, eliminating the need for a

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vigorous selling program to market his produce. The buyers, he claimed, always come to him before the harvesting.

This also enabled him to pick his vegetables on order, grading and soring and making his deliveries all in one day, and thereby dispensing with most of the cooling and storage problems. John Mus-

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grave will still be short of his 16th birthday at the end of the year, making him one of the youngest winners in the state. A freshman in nigh school, his project measured snghtly more than four acres, from which he took an impressive harvest of 22 varieties of food. He sold the entire crop of vegetables to a wholesaler in Indianapolis for $2635.92, realizing a net profit of well over two thousand dollars, but retained enough for his family’s table use, and he contributed an unspecified amount of vegetables to “our neighbors and folks of our church”. Claiming that he has one of the richest gardens in the country, Musgrave follows this rule: “Never take from the ground unless you put back twice that much (value) in manure, fertiliser, and lime.’* He uses a modern tractor, and follows a rigid spraying schedule for all his crops. So fine a rep-

utation does this youngster enjoy among professional buyers, that he already has a contract for his 1951 garden. Victor Kendall is 18, and was president of the Indiana Junior Vegetable Growers* Assoc-

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iation for the 1949-50 term.* During eight years as a 4-H member, he has won numerous ribbons and trophies for his vegetable displays. His total net profit on a 10*x 18* plot was sll3. Jack Frederick, 19, made $lO6 on two plots of similar size, continuing the winning streak of vegetable displays that he has had in other Indiana muck crop shows.

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HOLLYWOOD PROMENADE Hollywood has finally decided that television is here to stay. All major studios except 20th-Century Fox have adopted a cooperating attitude toward this new medium. Hereafter, you will be seeing movies on TV that are 18 months old or older. Previously all movies shown on TV were more than ten years old. And the phono-vision idea whereby you phone your local TV station for a movie of your choice will soon be a reality. Didja know Faith Domergue has been under contract to Howard Hughes for the past seven years? Faith was a nobody until her movie "Where Danger Lives” was released. It was filmed more than three years ago. • • • Gary Cooper tells me there will be no divorce in his family. The. misunderstanding between he and the Missus is now straightened out • • • Clark Gable is turning down all film offers from Metro after being cast in that stinker, “To Please a Lady.” And I say again, a stinkeroo. • • • A few years ago, year 1947 to be exact, MGM Studios sent deeds to waste lands in New Mexico to drama critics throughout the country as an exploitation stunt for their picture “Sea of Grass.” Not so long ago, a Navajo Indian discovered a huge deposit of valuable vanadium on those lands, essential for the manufacture of atom bombs. Today, the drama boys are rejoicing. • • • Errol Flynn, please note. Your former wife, Lili Damita, will marry actor Jack Gibbs soon. Your SIOOO.OO a month alimony to her will stop then and there. • • • An Army buddy of mine stationed in Japan writes there are still two Tass (Russian) correspondents attached to General McArthur’s headquarters in Tokyo. • • • RCA Victor announced that Phil Harris* recording of “The Thing” has sold over one million platters. Everyone around Hollywood believes Phil is “The Thing.” HERE-SAY.— Mickey Rooney and the Missus, Martha Vickers, are feuding and fussing over her planned return to the screen. Mickey doesn’t want his wife to be a. career girl. He lost three wives that way.... Watch Ann Miller rise to top stardom again. Ann is being sponsored by Hotel Magnate Conrad Hilton, the man they say she will marry. . .. Have you read Dr. Hortense Powdermaker’s story on Hollywood? ler report on Hollywood glamour. “You have to stand 20 feet from it to see it. Come close and it isn’t there.” . . . Congratulations to Jean Hersholt on his 13th year as Dr. Christian in Radio. . . . Hollywood’s super colossal movie “Quo Vadis,” starring Robert Taylor will be released next fall. More than 300,000 extras were used in the cast. . . . The best picture of the year is "All About Eve,” starring Bette Davis and Gary Merrill When Gary made love to Bette in the movie. She said, “This is it.” And that is why she became Mrs. Merrill . . . Glen Davis, Army’s All-American and former boy-friend of Lizzy Taylor, is still in Hollywood with an eye toward a movie career. . . . Joan Biondell and Mike Todd have cancelled their divorce. . . . They say Paulette Goddard’s love in Mexico is that eccentric artist, Salvador Dali. She is wearing his necklace. ... An agent for a well known actor, a Frenchman, who has since faded, appealed to a producer on behalf of his client for a romantic lead in an important picture. The producer listened patiently, then ended the conversation with:—"Maybe if he had saved his hair instead of his money he would still be a star. And that’s Hollywood. So long for now, see you next week.

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County Civil Defense Program Almost Complete Red Cross officials are rapidly completing their part in the gigantic Marion County Civil Defense program which includes mass care of disaster victims and the promotion of First Aid and Home Care of the Side dassos for every Marion County resident William H. Book, chairman of the Red Cross Disaster Relief Committee, has listed Red Crass accomplishments in Civil Defense as follows: 1. Approximately 187 feeding groups which could feed an estimated 200,000 homeless persons in time of emergency have been organized. Women’s groups in churches, schools, lodges, and from other organizations will prepare and serve the food. 2. Temporary shelter facilities, including schools, churches, farm and other public buildings, which could sleep nearly 300,000 persons have been filed with Red Cross. 3. Thirty-eight cleaning establishments have been “Pledged to clean used clothing and prepare it for use by disaster victims. 4. First Aid classes have trained 1,177 Marion County residents in First Aid since September 1. An additional 62 classes ere now being taught. An average of 8 Home Nursing classes are being taught each week. 5. Active Disaster Relief groups are operating in each town and township in Marion County. Twenty-four soon-to-be-appoint-ed ward chairmen will take on the responsibility for the shelter facilities in their ward.

HARDWOOD FROLICS Hardwood Frolics Conference The Top Ton 1. Lafayette ....9 0 1.000 2. Muncie Central ....7 0 1.000 3. New Albany ..........7 0 1.000 4. E. Chicago Wash. 5 0 1.000 5. Ellettsville .9 1 .900 6. Madison 8 1 .889 7. Winslow ... .. .7 1 .875 8. Princeton .....—....7 1 .875 9. Sheridan «.........7 1 .875 10. Frankfort 7 1 .875 Tho Piekin* Dttt. Previous Report ....183 130 53 .710 Last Wee/............ 40 32 8.800 Total 223 162 61 .728 Our undefeated list has now dwindled to four teams. During the coming holiday tourneys the list will drop to at least three. The menu for the holiday tourneys looks like the preview of the big event that will begin the latter part of February. Possibly the best tourney is on tap up at Lafayette. The Broncos will entertain New Albany along with Gary Froebel and Elkhart. On Jan. Ist the best is at Marion, with Ft* Wayne South Side, Richmond and Muncie Central Up at Kokomo you will find four more teams of championship caliber with Cats being host to Logansport, New Castle and Anderson. Down below the Mason-Dixon line of Hoosierdom (Highway 80) will find Sweet Alice being host to Jasper, Huntingburg and Washington. Seventy miles farther south will find Reitz and Central of Evansville taking on two potent opponents in Winslow and Princeton. Over in the southeastern part of the state you can witness another rich event with Jeffersonville entertaining the defending state champs Madison, South Bend Central and Peru. Up to now the North has not been too effective against Southern competition. So these tourneys that begin on December 27 and end on January Ist, should prove something, and again, it may prove nothing. When the boys start playing tor keeps the records will be thrown out the window. Nevertheless the above mentioned events will be worth the time and admission foe to witness. At the present tho Howe Hornets are tied for fifteenth place in the HFC. Tech is in 11th position. HAPPY NEW YEAR

U.S,NavyN»wß The U. S. Navy eased its enlistment requirements regarding dependents and mental tests today. It also reopened enlistments in Naval aviation for the first time in several years. There is no limit on the number of dependents for pay grades three and higher. Fay grade three represents a rating of Seaman First Class. Men resonating in the first two pay grades now may have one dependent Previously they coula no* bo accepted if they had any dependent*. The minimum standard in the Armed Forces Qualification Test has been lowered from IT to ML A grade of BB is considered good for a high school graduate. Approximately 170 mon had boon rejected for mental tost grade* between IB and 38. These mm may now enlist by taking the mental test again. “What this country need* I* les* public speaking and more private thinking.” ---Koscoe orummona