Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1940 — Page 9

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CANADA BUILDS ARMY TOWARD MILLION MARK

Navy Now Has 120 Ships And 10,000 Men: Further Expansion Planned.

OTTAWA, Sept. 16 (U. P.).— When, on Sept. 10 1939, Canada de- | clared war on Germany, it had an| air force of only 4061 men, a navy of 15 ships and 1774 men and a standing army of 4492, | Now, one year later, Canada has more than 16,500 serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the| Birtish Commonwealth Air Training Plan will soon have 40,000 men] training to become pilots, gunners, air observers and ground crew men. The Royal Canadian Navy now has 120 vessels and 10,000 officers and men. In a few months 215 vessels will be in service and the personnel may exceed 15.000. In addition to Canadian crews on Canadian vessels, more than 450 men are serving with the Royal Navy, or in training with it

ay Growing Rapidly

Canada's Army today has an ac-| tive Service force of 152.842 and another 100.731 in the non-permanent active militia, making a total strength of 233,573. Accordi to plans it will continue to grow under the National Mobilization Act] at the rate of 30,000 a month until 1,000,000 men have been trained Canada has 39,839 serving with the C. A. S. F. overseas. The Canadian Navy has had 1s] full share of onerous and dangerous duties since the outbreak of war.| Some of the ships are assigned to the Atlantic patrol. Other vessels have seen duty in the Carribbean Still others served in the evacuation] of troops from France. One of these ships, H. M. C. S. Fraser, was lost. | Since the outbreak of war, the Navy has supervised the convoying of more than 15,00,000 tons of cargo, with losses of less than onequarter of 1 per cent. Many naval men serving since bovhood.

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Canada has sent two army cooperation squadrons and one fighter squadron to England These men are playing their part in the defense of Britain. At home nine squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force are stationed at strategic points on the Atlantic and Pacific. Seon 12 squadrons will be in service the Dominion. On these men the duty of defending Canadian shore: against attack, and of protecting convoys ships approaching ov leaving Canadian ports. These fliers and thousands of others entered the air training schools with varied backgrounds At manning depots, wi were sent immediately after ment. each man was uniformed taught the rudiments of training. He received a brief of tests a Link-trainer Those showed exceptional ability in dling the trainer were selected a pilot's course. others went to or gunners’ school.

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This is the third of a series of question-and-answer features explaining various aspects of the selective-service legislation:

Q—How much pay will a man get when he is drafted? A—He will get $21 a month_in the first four months of service. After that he will get $31 a month. This is the same pay to be given enlisted men of the Army.

Q—How is a man going to support his family on that? A—If he has a family—or anyone—dependent on him for support he won't be accepted for service

he may have insurance, be buying something What

Q—But or he may on the installment play. happens in that case? A—The law contains the same protection for drafted men that was provided during the World War. Another measure, now on its wav to enactment, somewhat liberalizes this protection. In its final form, these safeguards are almost certain to work as follows: When a court decides that a man's ability to perform financial obligations is impaired by his being in the service it may appoint attorney to represent him in proceedings; it may stay eviction proceedings for non-payment of rent for a period of three months, if the rent is not more than $80 a month; stay proceedings in forced sales of property for nonpayment of taxes; make equitable disposition of cases involving repossession of property for nonpayment of installments and non-payment under mortgage contracts Insurance liabilities up to $5000 are to be handled this way man in the service may ask the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to guarantee payment of premiums in order to prevent lapsing. He then has a year after leaving the service to pay up unpaid premiums. Or, if he fails to do the Government will take th ¢ cash surrender cy the amounts it give the rest to

this, out of guarant eed an the service man In general the gives a man more time to pay, and protects him from repossesand loss of property, but does force his creditors to lose he owes and does not force Government to assume his obligations

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Since conscripts will be used te fill out Regular Army and National Guard units, many of them will have opportunities to use the new semi-automatic Garand rifle, shown here in use.

are transferred to reserve forces | A—Yes. Men below the grade at the end of a year's service they | of captain may receive any comget the same benefits as other pensation, while on active duty or members of these reserve forces. in the reserve forces, that an employer wishes to give. Q—Will there be any trouble about proving physical disability. A—At the time of discharge each man will be given a certificate showing any illness, injury or disease suffered by him while in service,

Q—What is the top pay for an enlisted man in the army? A—Enlisted men of the first grade get $126 a month, but there is little chance of mounting from seventh to first grade in a year, In addition, sums ranging from $3 to $30 a month are added to the base pay for specialists’ ratings.

Q—-If an emplover offers to pay his men while they are in service will they be allowed to do so?

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Burglar Stops At the Window

AN AMBITIOUS burglar decided yesterday that banks weren't in his line of work Four squads of police answered a call to the South Side Branch of the Fletcher Trust Co., 1125 S, Meridian St. after a window had been discovered broken. They found that the screen had removed from a balcony window ana a pane of glass smashed. A hasty search of the interior showed that nothing had been disturbed

HISTORIANS TO TOUR ALLEN COUNTY SITES

WAYNE, Ind. Sept. 16.—His-| ronan of three states and Canada {will tour historic Allen County sites | and study the earliest davs of In-| jdiana here Sept. 28. The event will | be sponsored by the Society of In- | diana Pioneers. The historical pilgrimage will] start in Toledo the night before and | after stopping here will return to| Ohio points. Dr. Randolph G. Adams, director of the Clements Historical Library] at the University of Michigan, will | be among the speakers here, recall-| ing the early history of Ft. Wayne. |

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MONDAY, SEPT. 16, 1940

WATER SUPPLY

E. 38th Group to Open Fall Season Tomorrow at School 1.

| tic use as well as for fire protection lin part of the area covered by the | East 38th Street Civic League will be the object of the group's | meeting this fall. Convening at School 1 at 8 p. m. tomorrow the group, under the {leadership of President Charles E. Leonard, will form a program to

achieve water main easement rights

in the area A meeting on this same subject [this spring with the Works Board fended “in nobody getting together,” [Mr. Leonard said. The group plans to meet with the | Board Wednesday in another at{tempt to get City water to guaran[tee their homes against fire.

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{Adams St. and Emerson Ave. More than a score of homes in the district are without fire protection or {running water.

PLANS TO COMMUTE Dr. Carl H. Griffey, former presi{dent of Central Normal College, is going to commute from his home in | Danville several nights a week to teach in the Y. M. C. A. night school here. He will teach mathematics starting Thursday.

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USE OF NON-FERTILE LAND TO BE STUDIED

Just how to conserve and use Indiana's non-fertile land as well as [its tillable acres will be studied at a | conference at the State Board of Health Building Thursday. The conference is sponsored by {the State Planning Commission and the engineering and agricultural ex= tension divisions of Purdue Unie= versity. The morning will be given over to the preliminaries and serious study will begin in the afternoon. There will be discussions on conserving soil and county planning. Leaders will include J. B. Kohl= meyer, Bureau of Agricultural Economics representative, W. IL, Barnes of the Soil Conservation Service; Orie Parker of the St, Joseph County Plan Commission, {and J. C. Bottum, planning expert,

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