Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 281, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1930 — Page 7

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Cuss ’Em When They Quit, It Was Time to Be Afraid, the D. D. Found.

\TL7HEN the soldier and ’ * parlor hoys in the World war quit swearing, then it was time to worry. That’s what- one doctor of divinity found out on his trip across the brine. Arid this is only one of the many interesting experiences related by Indiana veterans of the great war ;n The Times World War Story contest. First prize for the best story of the week is $lO and second Is $5. Make them short, so all the buddies can get in on this. All stories that space will permit will be printed, with announcement of prize winners every Wednesday. nan The first story today is submitted by Martin J. Hert, Indian Spring, Ind., seaman on board U. S. S. C. 262, Unit 12, Base 27, Plymouth, England. THE crew of the U. S. S. C. 262 was enjoying one of those four-day res f periods in port after a four-day w'restle with the angry waters of the channel, having had I only a twenty-four-hour period in which we dried our salt-sprayed bedding and filled our stomachs j with fresh cooked food to replace i our accustomed “cold bill,” canned beef and hardtack. A hasty messenger gob arrived with sailing orders, a Lima doctor of divinity following in his wake, who had sought and found passage on our 262 from Plymouth to St. Agnes in Scilly Isles. Average weather conditions were experienced during the voyage, but the holy man, unable to suppress his emotions, sought assurance of safety from the skipper. “Oh, Captain,” he cried, “are we in any danger?” “No.” said the skipper, “do you 1 hear the crew swearing?” "I do,” replied the priest sadly. , “Well, as long as they keep swear- | lng. there isn’t any danger.” As time wore on, the wind increased; green seas swept the decks of the 262. She labored through them bravely enough, but even the skipper admitted it was a bit rough. Presently he was aware of a white, scared face thrust upward through the hatch. It was the doctor’s wild-eyed and disheveled. “Captain,” he moaned, “how terrible, how terrible! Captain are the men still swearing?” “Yes,” answered the skipper, “they are." The good man clasped his hands in an attitude of prayer and thankfulness as he vanished below decks murmuring, “Thank God, captain, thank God!” an n A story of a war debt is told by Frank l). Many, 1001 North Lesley avenue. Company D. 150th Machine Gun battalion of the Rainbow division, moved into the Champagne sector on the Marne, July 3, 1918, after having rested near Chalons-Sur-Marne about a week. Chalons was one of the few’ places near the front where money was of much account, and naturally we all did our best to spend what we had or were able to borrow. Being one of the borrowing class, I w-.s lucky enough to “touch” Leo the wop, one of our squad men, for 40 francs. At-2 a. m.. July 16. two days after the big scrap started, came my trick at guard on a sapper trench, to one of our machine gun outposts. It was a bad night, so dark you couldn’t tell the sky from the top of the trench, and the rain beating down so hard that the noise it made on my tin hat would keep me from hearing any one coming up the trench. Some bomber at the rear of my post tried three or xour rocket flares, which no doubt were wet. At any rate, they only whizzed out into the air and never ignited. However, by the feeble light given off by the rocket flash. I saw a man making for my post from the direction of our outpost. He halted at my order, gave the password and came up to where 1 stood. Right then the bomber succeeded in getting a good flare in the air, and I recognized standing before me the “wop.” He also recognized me. “Great guns!" he exclaimed. “What next they gonna do to worrv me? Here they got that j Irish Rinker that owes me 35! francs down this suicide ditch, what I been watching all his shift, find now they got you on this end. “He comes off in a few minutes and I figured on a little rest, I tell you. if you birds ever get back to draw vour pay, and pay me up. I’ll swear off of ever loaning any more money until this and war is over!" I know he more than kept this promise. an a The “song of the shirt'* is sung in brief and snappy style I by Ernest H. Shields, R. R. 6. Bloomington. Ind., headquarters company. Twentieth field j artillery. AFTER several weeks in our ' sector without relief, "shirt reading.” it seemed, had become a necessity. One sergeant chided the men for it. An argument started and the sergeant denied ever having “cooties.” He was persuaded to take off his undershirt and, as proof, before the astonished sergeant, several remarkable fat ones were taken from ; the shirt. The sergeant thereafter meekly “read” his shirt. Mexican Kidnapers Retreat Bv United Press MAZATLAN. Mexico, April 4. Kidnapers of J. E. Bristow. American mining an, have retreated ■ into an almost inaccessible mountain tegion. it was learned today.] Federal troops w’ere having great difficulty in following the trail.

FRENCH COUNT IN FIGHT FOR MONACO CROWN Claims Are Presented to Roulette Kingdom's Shaky Throne. Hu United Pres. PARIS, April 4.—Another claimant to succession to the throne of Monaco came forward today. Count Aymard de Chabrillan des- | ignated Joseph Paul Bouncour, former cabinet minister, and Gaston ; Strauss as attorneys to present his I claims to the French government as j successor to Prince Louis present ; ruler of the little principality. j He based his contention on the i fact he is a Frenchman and the j great-grandson of the marquise de La Tour Du Pin, a daughter of i Prince Joseph of Monaco. He also asserted he had a right to succes- \ sion under the primogeniture ordi- i I nance of Prince Charles 111. The Count de Chabrillan’s petl- j tion further set forth that the duke j of Urach signed an accord at Ra- ! venna relinquishing the Urach \ rights to succession in favor of a \ Frenchman. This last argument apparently j seeks to offset claims to the succession being advanced by Prince! Albrecht von Urach, count of Wurtemburg. The latter, now a student j in Paris, recently declared he in- ! tends to press his case. In the meantime, Prince Louis,! who some months ago indicated he ; was considering abdication, recent- ] ly has given no further cause to believe he intends to give up his j throne. Princess Charlotte, his morganatic j daughter, has been considered next | in succession until recent political disturbances and counter-claims gave rise to some doubt of the popularity, at least, of her eventual reign. Monaco is a French protectorate.! CHINA TO AID INSANE Scientific Attention for Mental Sases to Be Provided. B)/ Science Service NEW YORK, April 4.—China, which has lagged behind western countries in treating the mentally sick, wow is trying to plan modem scientific attention for the million nr more insane who go uncared for there. The China Medical Association ■ unanimously has passed a resolu- ; tion “that there must be adequate treatment for mental cases,” Dr. James L. McCartney of the Connecticut department of health, states in a communication to the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, here, j Dr. McCartney has been on the j staffs of several medical schools and j hospitals in China. Asa first step toward adequate treatment, it has been proposed that an institute for mental hygiene be established in Shanghai. This institute would be a center for training, research, information, and clinical work. STUDY FARM HELP NEED Lack of Unskilled Labor May Be Probed by Senate Group. Bit Scripps-Hnicard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON. April 4.—Hearing on Senator McNary’s resolution seeking appointment of a commission to study the adequacy of unskilled farm labor, planned for Thursday, probably will resolve into an immigration discussion. The hearing will be before the senate a": ! ~ulture committee of which McNarv is chairman. The resolution, introduced in Novrnber of last year, says there “already is a serious shortage of agricultural labor” in certain sections of the country. It would give the Pres ; dent power to name a commission to study that question. German Budget Is Rushed Bu T'nitcd Pres* BERLIN, April 4.—Securely in power so long as the nationalists continue their support, the Heinrich Bruening cabinet intends to rush its new budget through the Reichstag, scheduling the third reading for next Tuesday.

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