South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-23
The Tower of Babel
By Bill Armstrong

NewsTimes Least Wire Service.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 22.-l
! We editor is writing this in nice
/ quiet place in the Tutwiler hotel.
| where there are only about 2.0O0I
| people congregated. I thought the
most of the 1000 were looking over
my shoulder. but | discover they are
all trying TO talk to Sam Cummings
| good looking secretary. Sam is the
! international secretary OF the XII
wants clubs. but of course that has
nothing TO do with HIS secretary.
All of this is taking place in the
office OF the Rotary club and the
! Automobile club Of Birmingham and
| also the temporary office Of all the
Kiwanis clubs of the World
oh, this is a nice sweet little
place TO try to write anything. Ask
George Platner when he gets back.
He is keeping the crowd back from
/ Cummings secretary but there
am off my subject again.
We have just finished attending
what was scheduled as a model XII
wants luncheon. There was room
for $50 delegates at the luncheon
| and about 500 attended. Our own
| Nelson Jones of South Bend was
honOred by being invited To act as
chairman Of this luncheon and be-
lieve me. Nelson did himself proud.
He talked for half an hour on South
/ Bead and the bravery of the Kiwanis
J Indians in coming all the way down
here by automobile and l declare 10
! gracious in all that time ne never
mentioned 10 the bunch that ne is
an undertaken in South Bend by
! choice and "a candidate for county
treasurer by habit
South Bend holds all no ors thus
far for having come farther in motor
cars than any other delegation to
attend the convention. Most % the
convention knows all about our
stunt but Ernie Picwatv. who drove
one of the cars all the way, got the
impression somewhere that maybe
some of them didn't know all about
IT, so he had about a twenty-foot
sign painted for the lobby OF the
Tutwiler TO tell the world The sign
reads
GEE WIZ WHAT DO YOU
| THINK OF THIS? SOUTH BEND
! KIWANIS CAME $50 MILES IN
| AUTOMOBILES TO ATTEND THE
! CONVENTION.
! The papers are clamoring for our
pictures and Louis Hammerschmidt'
stock for one OF the international
vice presidency positions has gone
up about 100 per cent as a result.
Ne editor has received two red
hot kilograms thus far in which his
life has been threatened unless Louie
lands. Believe me, we were in for
\ Louie before We received those tele-
grams from the NeWs-Times and
Tom Brandon. who runs the friendly
sunday ads. but now we know We are
for them Seriously Mr.. Hammer
schmidt is a very popular man i'm
the international Kiwauis convention
and IL he does not land his job. there
will be a lot OF boys. out or South
Bend. who will be- disappointed as
well as the ~. Joseph county delega
ton.
AT the MONDAY luncheon in which
nearly 1000 men attended every
man present received "A copy OF the
May number of South Bend To-day"
the official organ of the South Bend
Chamber Of Commerce The num-
Der was an enlarged copy OF the
magazine containing all the facts
i'm connection with the housing con
ditions ia South BEND and the ex-
pansion plan of the Studebaker cor
poration
The magazines made quite "a hit
and may be considered darn good
advertising for oliver and Studeba-
/ kerville
Z Air. Burch please notice.
There j. "a go6d old fashioned
southern barbecue on the program
for tonight which is being given By
the Rotary club OF Birmingham. You
never saw such friendly cuSSes in
your life as the KiWanis club and
the Rotary club in this town.
Why they seem go actually Ike
l don't L--a.rs- ,r-H.-r Ia.