Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1938 — Page 18

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1.S. TRIES OUT "BLUE UNIFORM FOR SOLDIERS

Reports on New Raiment . Vary; Hard ‘Problem’ Is Cited.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (U. P). © «The War Department announced today that it'is experimenting with a new blue wool uniform for the Army. If adopted,. the new uniform would be used during the winter months and in khaki during the summer. The current tests will last about one year, Army officials said, with certain designated troops wearing the experimental blue. ‘The shade of blue chosen is not the old blue of Civil War days but but .is more: of a slate color, and while the War Department announcement described: the new uniform as “pleasing in appearance to the eye” reports: from the field where troops have viewed the new raiment indicated a wide divergence of opinion on this point. Some field reports described the new uniform as looking like badly faded out denim, and a report from another post said ‘the troops there commented that only number plates would be required to make the soldiers look - like prison road gangs.

War’ Department officials long |

have been dissatisfied with the present uniform which they say is uncomfortable for the trooper in combat service and fatiguing at a time when the trooper requires conservation of his energy. Experiments with various cuts and designs of uniform have been under study for many months.

‘Has Difficult Problem’

“The Army has a very difficult problem,” the War Department said, “in the quantity procurement of olive drab woolen fabric in that technical difficulties in the production of large quantities of such woolen fabrics, especially in time of war, to match a standard olive drab shade are so severe that only & few mills "are reasonably successful in meeting Army requirements. Rejections for failure to match the standard olive drab shade have been high with resultant increase in cost of that selected. “Recent studies indicate that existing procurement difficulties can be greatly decreased by adoption of a shade of woolen fabric easier to produce and match than the present olive drab.” “Two troops of cavalry at Ft. Bliss, Tex.; two batteries of field artillery, Madison Barracks, N. Y.; two comnpanies of infantry at Ft. Francis E. Warren, Wyo.; one company of infantry at Ft. Sheridan, Ill, and one company of infantry at Ft. George G. Meade, Md., will be used to test the slate-blue uniform.

TREASURE IS FOUND IN OLD MATTRESS

Neighbors Say Hoard Will Exceed $2000.

DUNDAS; Ontario, Aug. 24 (U. P.) —James Strome,. a utility company employee, who found stacks of bills in a mattress he bought second hand for $5 refused today to estimate the treasure but neighbors said it was more than $2000. Strome and his wife turned the mattress over and out fell two $10 bills. The mattress then yielded neat stacks of $10 and $5 bills and some U. S. gold pieces dated 1880 and 1882. Bank officials looked the coins over and said the coins were genuine. “We have .the money and" we would be fools to tell how much it is,” Strome said. He said he would “put something down on a little home.”

NATIONAL WHISKY PRODUCTION DROPS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (U. P.). —The Federal Alcohol Administration - indicated today that there would be an ample supply of bonded whisky for Christmas, despite a production decrease during the last year. It reported tat on June 30 there were 8,579,556 gallons of corn, bourbon, rye apd other whiskies avr four Joate Sn and eligible for bottling in The FAA oat. that bonded warehouses held 34,900,796 gallons of whisky from three to four years old on June 30. . “All whiskies in Nonded warehouses, including whisky less than one year old, totaled 471, 159 560 gallons. -FAA Administrator W. S. Alexander ‘said that there had been:a

doctors say.

It is expected that Hixups of new-born babies will be easir to prevent with the brand new method of identification at birth pictured here.. In the top photo, a baby is shown having her initials “branded” upon her by a soft violet ray which harmlessly “sun-tans” the letters. The mother is similarly “branded” as pictured below. A nurse in the Beth Israel Hospital, Newark, N. J, is seen comparing the markings. The process is safe and painless, and the initials last about two weeks .

3 AIR SERVICES BET EXTENSION

Routes to Be “Be Rept Pending Action of Application For Certificates.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (U. P)). —The new Civil Aeronautics Authority today authorized continuation of three existing air transportation services pending approval of applications: for certificates of convenience and necessity. The three services were not started until after June 23. &nder the Civil Aeronautics Act, such lines were to cease operation untii the Commission had acted on applica-

lines which were in operatica prior to June 23 were alluwed to continue operation provided they filed application for certificates within 120 days from that date. . The lines authorized today to continue were: Pennsylvania-Cen-tral Airlines between Detroit and Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., United Air Lines service to Monterey, Cal, on its route from Oakland to Bur-

tween Great Falls, Mont., and Glacier National Park until Sept. 30.

FRUIT TREE TESTS REQUIRES 20 YEARS

takes experts at University of Minnesota farm 20 to 25 years to determine whether a new variety of fruit tree is worthy of being introduced among fruit growers. Rut, according to W. H. Alderman, chief of the horticulture divisidh at the farm, it’s worth the time and trouble. With 57 stations in the United States and Canada breeding new fruit varieties, he said, thorough testing of the new strains is needed. The Minnesota method calls for long years of testing both here and at co-operative stations but it seems justified by its results, he said.

berry variety, for instance, he said, totals 10 to 12 years.

MAYBE IT'S NEWS! CATFISH BITES MAN

CISCO, Tex. Aug. 24. (U. P) — Local fishermen have decided it

tions for their certificates. Those |

bank, Cal, and Western Air bhe- |"

ST. PAUL, Aug. 2¢ (U. P.).—It

Time for testing a new straw-|

HE CROSSED HIMSELF UP

ATHENS, O./ Aug. 24 (U. P).—A

voter in the recent Ohio primary was so strongly in favor of the Athens Township school bond issue that he ‘marked his ballot in ink to be sure it would be counted. It wasn’t, because inked ballots are illegal. A vote recount today showed that the bond issue had failed to meet a 65 per cent majority. by one vote.

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CLEANING

Of the Entire Remaining Summer Stock of All Miller-Wohl Stores .'« « Our Own Stock Included in This Sale. All Summer Stock Must Be Cleared at Once, and Has Been Repriced for Quick Selling. Sorry! No Mail or Phone Orders! Quantities Limited! All Sales Final!

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marked decrease in the production ® Brims of whisky during the last six months of 1937 and the first. six

months of 1938 . VENIZELOS DOOMED CANEA, CRETE, Aug. 24 (U. P). —A oourt-martial today imposed death sentences on Mitsitakis Venizelos, nephew of the late Greek Premier, and three other leaders in | the July revolt against the Gov- - ernment of Premier John Metaxas.

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