Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1941 — Page 8
“WRITER TO GIVE BERLIN REPORT
Flannery, CBS Reporter During March on Russia; Lectures Sunday.
Harry W. Flannery, the only American correspondent to leave Germany since the Nazi march on Russia, will report on the war in a lecture here Sunday at the Kirshbaum Center, 23d and Meridian Sts. Mr. Flannery, Berlin correspondent for the Columbia Broadcasting System’ the last year, will replace Dr. Carlos Davila who was originally scheduled. His subject will be “Berlin Report—Uncensored.”
The lecture will be given at 8:15 p. m. under the auspices of the Indianapolis Open Forum and is open to the public. The forum, now in its 13th season, is offered as a civic contribution by the Jewish Community Center of Indianapolis.
Succeeded Shirer
. Mr. Flannery arrived in America recently aboard the Exeter. He succeeded William L. Shirer as CBS’s chief Berlin correspondent in -November, 1940. He has visited the capitals of virtually all of the Nazi conquered countries and has traveled extensively in Germany itself. He was the only American correspondent with the German armies during the campaign in Crete. He was the last American radio or|. newspaper correspondent to leave Athens and Budapest after the Nazis took control of them. In the Grecian campaign, Mr. Flannery interviewed Max Schmeling in a Greek hospital after he had been reported killed. In Germany, he interviewed P. G. Wode-
President Roosevelt as he signed a proclamation declaring Dec. 15 as Bill of Rights Day. Solemnly, Civilian Defense Director Fiorello H. LaGuardia, looks on from behind a poster drawn for the occasion,
by Howard Chandler Christy.
house and also arranged to have one of the Stuka bomber pilots who bombed the “Illustrious” put on the air to America.
Notre Dame Graduate
Mr. Flannery is a graduate of Notre Dame University and taught English there following his graduation in 1923. Mrs. David Lurvey, chairman of the Open Forum committee, will preside at the lecture. Association officers are Theodore R. Dann, president; Allan Kahn, vice Dpresident; Mrs. I. G. Kahn, secretary; Samuel Kroot, treasurer, and Allan Bloom, general secretary.
$500,000 AIRPORT FOR KOKOMO 0, K.'D
Times Special
KOKOMO, Dec. 3. — A $500,000 Government airport has been approved here and construction is expected to start soon. It is understood the Government will use the field for defense purposes. The Civil Aeronautics Adminis-
Following are notes from the diary of a United Press correspondent on the Libyan battle front.
. By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent WITH ADVANCED BATTLE FORCES, IN THE WESTERN DESERT (Delayed), Nov, 30.— Field guns fire spasmodically from the crest of a sand dune on this desert battlefront, but the greatest worry of British imperials gathered in camp this evening is whether they get their bully-beef cold or in hot mulligan stew. - Three soldiers standing beside a truck neat where this is written are trying to éoax a reluctant oil stove into action. Every time the guns fire my typewriter jumps a few inches off my lap and their
Swarms of Flies, Dust, Little Water . . . But British Desert Troops Keep Fighting
stove trembles, but if they get the fire going they’ll have hot stew. 2 2 2
ON OUR CREST, formed together like prairie schooners during an Indian attack in the covered wagon days, are hundreds of vehicles which comprise a mobile division. From the cookhouse to machine workshops, everything moves on wheels, The scene within this vast transport circle presents contrasts. To the right of the station wagon where I am sitting there’s a battery of guns. The gun crews work like automatons in a series of fluid movements. ’ 2 a a
REGARDLESS of where one stops, flies are immediately at hand. You can drive for hundreds of miles in any direction, but on halting you'll immediately dis-
ingly. When sufficient used water
cover swarms of flies. During warmer weather they are so thick they represent a virtual plague: Some days the water ration is only a half pint per person, but many soldiers utilize their ra-
tions to the last drop wi. this formula: 5 First carefully wash the teeth,
then shave and rinse lightly in the same water. In this slightly used water, wash hands spar-
has been saved, bathe (or rinse) the feet. The entire western desert, except coastal regions, is a vast, flat wasteland dotted with escarpments and plateaus. Dust rises constantly, but so far during the | battle there has not been a serious dust storm. When it rains, the powder-fine dust turns into a sticky mess.
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CHURCH TO HOLD
MUSICAL EVENT
Majority of High Schools Will Take Part Friday in ‘Festival of Nations.’ Nearly all Indianapolis high
schools will take part in the musical
“Festival of Nations” of the Roberts Park Methodist Church school Fri-
high school department of the church and will begin at 5 p. m. On the musical program will be a saxophone octet from Tech High School, a group of singers from Howe, the 45-voice Manual High School glee club and a group from Crispus Attucks which will sing spirituals. A German band will be presented by Broad Ripple and a string quartet from Washington High School will play. i The youth department of the church will present Raymond Potts, baritone; - piano music by James Fenimore and duets by Misses Dolly and Esta Buchanan. Supper will be served and there will be a group of booths containing Christmas gifts. Proceeds will go toward building of a new worship center for the department.
RETIRED RAILWAY WORKERS TO MEET
More than 200 retired railway employees and postal clerks of the Indiana Association will attend the annual mid-holiday dinner of the Association here tomorrow. J. A. Nichols, cfficial of the New York Central Lines, will speak at the meeting at 1 p. m. at the Spencer Hotel. J. L. Powell, president of Indianapolis Chapter 2, will preside at the dinner. Bert R. Shea is general chairman of arrangements. : Chapter members from Lafayette, Anderson, Columbus, Spencer and Connersville are expected to attend.
DR. COGSHALL TO SPEAK Dr. W.. A. Cogshall, professor of astronomy at Indiana University, will - address the Indiana Astronomical Society at 2:15 p. m. unday in Cropsey all,
day. The festival is: sponsored by the]
ate committee the American people|the past 12 years has emanated : 45 Bn Od 1 Te oe om Congress” for furs] ; eir ina) secure adequate fective economic epresse MOOD FOR REVOLT living standards. ) sections of the population. He WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (U. P.)—| Dr, Townsend, appearing before termed the Federal Social Security Dr. Francis E. Townsend, old-age |the Senate Finance Committee, de-|program “ineffective and insufficipension leader, yesterday told a Sen- [clared that “not one single idea in|ent.”
DR. TOWNSEND ‘SEES
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tration notified Harold G. Freeland, Kokomo Mayor, and Owen M. Booher, Chamber of Commerce secretary, that all formal agreements between the Government and the City had been completed, including acceptance and purchase of the site. The airport location is three miles northeast of the city and includes 360 acres. Besides grading and draining construction, the project -will include the construction of two 4000-foot runways 150 feet wide and necessary hangar equipment. Kokomo will own and operate the field as a municipal port. .
“Gives Life, Wins Battle for Reds
LONDON, Dec. 3 (U. P.).—The newspaper Pravda has reported that a Russian soldier won a battle on the Eastern front by sacrificing his life to capture an enemy machine gun. During a fierce battle, the Red Army flank was strafed with enemy fire from blockhouses, the newspaper said. “Only unusual heroism could decide the fate of battle, so Comrade Zosnovski decided to sacrifice himself for the sake of vic-' tory,” Pravda said. “He carefully crawled to the blockhouse and thrust himself on a machine gun. Grasping the barrel of the machine gun, Comrade Zosnovski pressed it down and covered it with his body. “The enemy machine gun went firing through the hero’s breast, then it ceased because the Fas"cists could not go on firing. Red Army men smashed the enemy fortification.”
STATE GETS $13,000 FROM SALE OF JUNK
Obsolete equipment and junk collected from the various State institutions and departments was sold today to seven Indiana firms for $13,000. State Auditor Richard T. James said the old equipment brought approximately $3000 more than had been expected. The firms to which the junk was sold on the basis of high bids were: S. Solotkin & Son, Greenfield; Waste Material Corp. Michigan City; H., Rundberg, Indianapolis; Wayne Iron & Metal Co. Ft. Wayne; Winston Electric’ Motors, Richmond; Joseph Kroot & Co., Columbus, and Indiana Steel and Salvage Co., Indianapolis.
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