Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1941 — Page 8

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CIVILIAN FLIERS T0 AID DEFENSE

Civil Air Patrol ‘Aimless’ Aviation to Be Suspended.

Indiana civilian fliers are being organized into the Indiana Civil Air Patrol, the air arm of the State Civil Defense Council, 3 Invitations to join the patrol, through which all civilian flying eventually will be directed, have

been issued to all holders of airmen’s | §

certificates by Gen. John F. Curry, | national patrol commander. | The patrol is a division of the] Office of Civilian Defense. State | Wing Commander of the patrol is| Walker W. Winslow who has urged all pilots to join the organization as soon as possible. “The patrol is designed to func-| tion, with respect to all civil partici- | pation, in a vital, aerial defense pro- | gram,” Commander Winslow said. “It is anticipated that all civil] aviation activities in Indiana prob- | ably will be eliminated within the near future, except as they conform

Formed;

| prises of a military nature. It is

BASES RUSHED Jo °F

American Technicians Work Seven Days a Week and Keep Their Silence. By HELEN KIRKPATRICK Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine. LONDONDERRY, Ireland, Dec. 22 (Delayed) —Northern Ireland bases being constructed for Great Britain by American technicians under the supervision of the United States Navy are nearly completed. The ra work is proceeding seven days a e n ard von Stohrer, the Ger- I man ambassador to Spain, left |derry would be hard to miss. GetMadrid for Berlin Monday. As a [ting off the train the first sign Madrid newspaper said, in a dis-

greeting the visitor is “American patch from Berlin, that not many tenders” pointing dockward, days must pass before we see sur-

Chevrolet and Ford station wagons with left-hand drives whirl through the streets of this small northern port. Men in unmistakably American clothes can be seen in stores and restaurants and even the newspapers advertise: “American

thought that it is possible that Hitler will open a new front with

an attack through Spain.

to and become acceptable to the Civil Air Patrol.” Those Eligible

Commander Winslow “aimless” will be eliminated. be set up on fuel, oil, services, Where it is not evident that these] commodities are

said that]

Priorities will w arts and p B

public interest, they will not be Washington, the applicants will be-|the United States Embassy in Loncome patrol members. They willigon. And the Navy has inspired the

available, he said. Membership in the patrol will bet}

simple for loyal citizens who are Wing Commander Winslow.

willing to co-operate with the patrol, he said. Those eligible are: 1. Jitizens of good

Authority, pilot or higher grade. | 2. Citizens of good character holding a government certificate for skill or experience in aviation, such as A. and E. mechanic, control tower operator, or radio telephone op-| erator. ! 3. Citizens of good character who volunteer for clerical work, driving cars or ambulances, guard duty, first aid instruction or Kindred services. 4. Citizens who volunteer for instruction in mechanics, airport

| supervision, control tower operation jor similar work.

flying by civilian pilots accompanied by fingerprint cards'and secrecy is one of the war's

needed for the fingerprint cards are approved at)

plicaticn cards may apply later at! character, | the County Defense Council, the C.| certified by the Civil Aeronautics A. A, field office or at the airport in the grade of private office.

prints taken at Police Headquarters. | In addition to the prints, their application cards panied by three good photographs.

been here of a method of obtaining 1ac- | cases of bad colds and pneumonia. tic acid from the fruit. The deriva- | After excellent care in the base's)

industry.

type lumber jackets.” Respect for Silence

And that is about all the visitor will see. If the Russians are right

J. Shirley, on the right.

Invitations to join the patrol are

hich will be filed by the Federal most important weapons, the United ureau of Investigation. | Sates pel tha Meapon in its : ications he | D8 personnel. ey won't talk When the applications and t leven to correspondents with the best

credentials from Navy officers in

en be assigned specific duties by| American workmen with the same 4 {Te t for silence. Those who have not received ap-| as work “on "soihé bases nears completion workmen are being moved to other bases where work (is not so far advanced. Others, |their work finished, have left for {the United States. Some asked to!

in Indianapolis.”

Shortridge High School graduate, features are winning out in the film “He's my boy,” Mrs. Baldwin declared. “Ever since he was born I have lived with him under the same roof. I have taken him from ocean to ocean, and I have taken him to Cuba. My, I am so glad he is coming home.” Her husband and her son-in-law, Luther J. Shirley, were there, too, for the reunion in the Union Station. Mr. Shirley pointed out it was a family reunion, indeed, for his unfit are being wife lives in Hollywood with their ionly child. Billy is 20 years old.

Applicants may have their finger- | be allowed to go home to enlist but| {the majority are skilled engineers | | and over enlistment age.

on r Unfit Retin Home NEW GRAPEFRUIT MARKET The climate of northern freiand WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (U. P).— lis different from that to which most

new market for grapefruit has|Americans are used. The constant opened with development rain and cold has produced a few

should be accom-

ve is widely used in medicine and hospital those | shipped home,

In the spirit of GOOD WILL which prevails at this Holiday time?

In the glorious destiny of our great NATION?

In the American Home as a safeguard of American LIBERTY?

THEN...

YOU ARE AN AMERICAN!

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FEED ERAN 21 Virgin

SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION te Avenve ¢ ¢ : Indianapolis, Indiana

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The Shirley and Baldwin families, whe regard themselves as one family since they have lived under the same roof for 21 years, are reunited in Indianapolis for the first time in a year and a half. For Billy Shirley, who sings in the movies, has come home for the holidays with his mother. Here he is shown with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Baldwin, on the left and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther

So the Baldwins and Shirleys Have Another Big Reunion

By LESTER POSVAR

With a bit of holly on her black coat to honor Hollywood as well as the Christmas season, Mrs. Jesse Baldwin took the leading role yesterday in a little drama that might be entitled “Reunion at the Union Station

The occasion was the homecoming of her grandson, Billy Shirley,

ninth annual Christmas

whose tenor voice and photogenic capital on the West Coast.

“They have been gone since July 19, 1940,” the father said. “You know,” he added in a confidential tone, “my wife doesnt real{ize that boy has grown up. Well, mothers never do realize until their| boys go to war.” | Another person on hand to greet Billy was Joe Lewis, 4343 Winthrop Ave, who played piano accompaniments for Billy when both were students at Shortridge. The Baldwins and Shirleys— grandparents, parents and THAT boy—hurried from the Union Station to the Shirley-Baldwin home at 5373 E. Washington St. There Mrs. Shirley and Billy will give Mr. Shirley and the grandparents a “fill-in” about all that has hap-

BY THOUSANDS

Hunger Kills 2400 Persons In Athens in Week, Refugees Say.

BEIRUT, Syria, Dee. 25 (U. P) — Refugees arriving here today said there was mass starvation in Greece. They said that in the Athens area alone 2400 persons had starved to death in a single week. The refugees reported that a delegation from Geneva was seeking support for a plan to set aside a Turkish port or a Greek island from which food shipments in neutral vessels can be taken for distribution to starving towns in Greece. Food was so scarce in Greece, they said, that many people were too weak to work. Famine prevailed, it was said, despite shipment of 4000 tons of foodstuffs from Turkey and British aus thorization for the dispatch of 50,000 tons of food to Greece through Turkey. y “Famine is assuming the alarming proportions of a world tragedy,” one refugee said.

LUCKY FOR BRIDES BELLINGHAM, Wash. (U. P).— Mrs. A. R. Campbell has a “lucky” gold piece on which, so far, 100 blushing brides have stood for good luck assurance.

Mellett Given + U. S. Film Post

WASHINGTON, Dee. 25 (U. P). —Lowell Mellett, director of the office of Government Reports, has been designated by President Roosevelt as co-ordinator of Government films, an OGR aid said today. The President's instructions, it was said, directed Mr. Meliett to act as a liaison officer between the Government and the motion picture industry and establish a clearance office for distribution of films produced by Government departments for civilian con« sumption. Mr, Mellett, it was understood, also was instructed to make plans for Government production of motion pictures that might be necessary to inform the American people during the war.

pened since they visited the mother and son in Hollywood. “We have been having blackouts,” | Mrs. Shirley volunteered. “You can | hardly call such things Christmas] gaiety.” Billy and his mother wiil remain | in Indianapolis. until Jan. 3. Then| Billy will have to be back in Holly- | wood for sundry tasks, such as voice | lessons with Andres De Segerulo, rehearsals for the leading tenor part | in Johann Strauss’ opera, “Die| Fledermaus,” and preparations for oné of the leading parts in a movie in which Republic Studios is casting | him opposite Judy Canova. “That boy has plénty to do in| Hollywood,” his father said, philosophically. “He really needs his mother there to look after him.” | A récent picture in which Billy | appears is “Sailors on Is#ave.” As a singing gob, he leads the chorus in the show.

AED CROSS STARTS DRIVE TOMORROW

A preliminary drive to raise the $350,000 local quota of the American | Red Cross War Relief Fund will get | under way tomorrow with the solici- | tation of prospective large con-| tributors. The general campaign will be startéd early next month. The cam- | paign committee named by William | Fortune, chairman of the Indian-| apolis chapter, includes George 8. Olive, chairman; Arthur R. Baxter, | vice chairman; Joseph M. Bloch, | Clyde E. Whitehill, Edward Zink and Myron R. Green. The réason for starting the large] contributors drive ahead of the gens eral campaign, Mr. Olive said, is so they may obtain erédit on their in-| come taxes for 1941. About 300 individuals and cor-| porations will be asked to give $500) or more each. The committee al-| réady has éontributions and pledges] totaling nearly 875000. The first) réport meeting will be Monday noon | in the Sky room of the Indianapelis| Athletic Club. |

COUPLE GIVES PARTY | FOR 50 CHILDREN

Mr. and Mrs. Marvey Bridges, 117 S. Webster St, were to give their party to 50 neighborhood children this after noon. In 1932, Mr. Bridges’ mother died, and the couple found thems! selves so lonesome that they gave a party on Christmas to 14 children. The party was so successful that it! has grown with the years to its present proportions.

and gifts. Mr. Bridges is a night watchman for the Peoples’ Outs fitting Co.

JOHNSON ON MEND

Hugh 8. Johnson, columnist, was recuperating at Walter Reed Hos-

tal today after a month's illness, Fogpd attaches said

: JOHRSOR went to Walter Reed four weeks ago to be treated for intestinal influensa and te uns derge a general checkup. Attaches said he was expected to be dis charged within the next 10 days. His condition was reported “very g00d” today. He has been direct ing his personal affairs and writ ing his newspaper column at the hospital.

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