Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1942 — Page 9

TUESDAY, JAN. 13, 1942

The Indianapolis Times

SECOND SECTION

Hoosier Vagabond

SCOTIA, Cal, Jan. 13.—Stan Murphy is one cof San Franciscos bigger businessmen. He is president of the Pacific Lumber Cec. here, the largest redwood timber operator in the world. He is not the “office” type of big executive—his heart is in the

woods, and his personality shows

He is easy to be with. His time is divided into three sections. He spends about a third of it here in the forested hills. Another third at his offices in San Francisco. And the last third traveling—on frequent business trips East, and on hunting trips. When up here he lives in his magnificent mountain lodge 14 miles from Scotia. I have just x been a guest there, and I'm probga ably spoiled for ordinary living forever. Stan Murphy has a deep voice and swears with easy naturalness and has been known to take a drink. He would rather tramp all day through the brush in a pouring rain behind a bird dog than anvthing he can think of. . Both of his boys are in the service—one in the Navy, one in the Army. Mr. Murphy is all alone. “But I wouldn't have them anywhere else in times 1if® these.” he savs. Murphy himself was a naval officer in World War I.

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Mansion in the Woods

MURPHY'S LODGE is called “Larabee.” It is in a spot of beautiful isolation. Thirty years ago Murphy worked up here in the redwoods, and lived in an old cabin. All around are redwood-shrouded hills, and the lodge itself hangs on the bank of a twisting mountain river. To reach it, you have to drive across a long low bridge. just wide enough for one car, and with no guard rails Gives vou the willies. The lodge itself is two-story, built in stockade on, of huge logs. The first floor is just one immense room, with huge windows and a giant stone

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fireplace. No city comfort i§ missing. There are bathrooms galore and great deep chairs and fine rugs and soft lights and guest rooms. The lodge is entirely of redwood, and so is most everything in it, It is the sleepingest place you ever saw. You can hear the river sighing past, and a little creek flows smack under the house. When the rain pounds on the roof it is like being rocked in a cradle. Murphy is usually alone when he is here, but cccasionaily he brings up large parties from San Francisco and they all go hunting and wind it up with a big barbecue. Two servants stay here constantly, and when Murphy comes up from San Francisco his chauffeur comes too.

A Touch of Envy |

MURPHY IS A quail-hunting fiend. He has 15 dogs on the place. They are all hunting dogs except Missie, the little dachshund, and even she goes into the woods with them frequently, and waddles around in her brave curiosity until she gets lost. Murphy raises his own, quail to turn loose in the woods. Last year he liberated 500. Stan Murphy lives in luxury, but there is no “put on” about it. Even an humble person feels comfortable with him. My cousin, who drives one of Mr. Murphy's bulldozers, has none of the things Mr. Murphy has. He gets his own breakfast before daylight, and doesn't have a telephone. His wife washes on the back porch, and hangs the clothes in the kitchen to dry.

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AR WARFARE HOLDS KEY TO PACIFIC RULE

Americans and British Are Superior; Burma, Indies Most Significant.

By LELAND STOWE

RANGOON, Jan. 13. — The first five weeks of the Pacific war have already established several important cardinal principles about the Allies’ future job of defeating Japan, Although newly established, these principles are long-term in essence.

They may go far toward charting the ultimate elimination of Nipponese totalitarianism throughout Eastern Asia. Among them the following seem unchallengable: 1. The Pacific war must be won

Yet I would hesitate to say that one is better or worse off than the other. Mr. Murphy carries the) responsibility of 1700 people and great factories and vast investments on his shoulders. My cousin is responsible for only three people, and his daily job.| My cousin works for Mr. Murphy, whom he has| never met, but also Mr. Murphy works hard for! my cousin. As for me, I envy them both. For when I wake up, of a morning, I usually don't even know where I am. |

first and foremost in the air, with the striking power of both the naval

and land forces of the Allies de- | termined by the degree of Allied |

aerial predominance. Must Clear Base

2. Because this is true the most vital points in the Far East for British, Americans, Dutch and Chinese alike, are those from which Allied air squadrons can provide

Supreme Court Justice William 0O. Douglas, mentioned as the possible boss of all U. tion, leaves his dignity on the high bench for some winter fun with his son, Bill, near Burke, Va.

High Court Justice Does a Belly-Buster

S. war produc-

In the Services—

Local Gunner Yearns for Shot at Japanese; Marine Recruiting Sets Another Record

WELLES SEEKS PAN-AMERICAN RIFT WITH AXIS

Only Argentina Now Seems Unwilling to Join in United Action.

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editor RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan, 13. Talks now going on behind the scenes here should decide within the next 48 hours whether the entire 21 American republics will jointly sever all relations with the Axis, or whether one or two will abstain.

That is now the paramount question of this Pan-American conference, which opens formally on Thursday. All others are mere side issues. The mood here is overe whelmingly for taking positive ace tion against the Axis — with unanimity if possible, but without it if necessary. Argentina is now apparently alone as definitely against an all-out rupdure. There is some slight doubt

(regarding Chile, but Argentina's re=

cent attempts to line up a regional bloc in opposition to an anti-Axis move appears to have died a-born-ing. Peru and one or two others are expected to try to effect a come promise in the name of Pan-Ameri« can solidarity, but no one believes the move will get anywhere.

The two were members of armed guard crew during War I and had not been together for 22 years, when Lieut. Brozo was a second class gunner’'s mate and Chief Witte was a first class boatswain’s mate. Chief Witte remained in the service following the war until 1928 when he was transferred to the Fleet Re-

ter; Joseph C. Van Meter, 6558 College Ave.: Loaring B. Corey, 1538 S. Meridian St.; William L. Elmore, 1421 Broadway; William A. Padgett, 3421 S. New Jersey; Ralph Lee, R. R. 20, Box 556; William E. Rogers,| 934 S. Missouri St.; Henry J. Milharcic, 733 N. Haugh; Kenneth E. rac Hawaii, McAbee, 2312 N. Pennsylvania St.; : for the last year William S. Mortimer, 933 N. Ritter; |serve. He has 32 years service with and he was/Elmer P. Love, 880 N. Gladstone; |the Navy, “present” when|George A. Funkhouser, 12531: W. ’ 5 8 the Jap bombers Washington St.; Roy E. McDonald,| Military forces have received eight ' came over. {2332 Parker Ave. Indianapolis men who were enrolled He is a chief, Ropert L. Morgan, 1102 N. Belle|at the Indiana Law School here, gunner ina ma- yijey Place; John M. Robinson, 1462| officials <# the school announced tochine gun squad central Ave.; John Handak, 1116/day. They are: but he wrote his nv polmes Ave.: Brooks Powers, 325 James Rocap Jr, Pierre Aiman, mother that he “didn’t get to fire 5 Randolph St.: William Lindsey |Pleasant Shack, Philip Cerrell, Esco a shot.” The next time it would be Jr. R. R. 1, Box 832-K: Joe Weaver|Bartlow, Stephen Hack, Phil A. different he said, in his letter, Jr, 1037 N. Harrison St.; Richard|Irwin and Richard H. Edwards. i + +5 yop | He told his mother that the food M. Evtchison, 2230 N. Sherman The school is planning a8 midthe Building Owners & Managers’ Association. on |p ne Pe oS > hed served to the men was excellent| py jue. Kenneth Clark, 3¢ N. Beville| year graduation, Jan. 28, for those it are George Klein, chairman; Claude Crawford and are ablé to gain through bitter re. 2nd that the men of the barracks| sve .(prancis E. McConahay, 5021 seniors who have met graduation Ralph Lemcke. sistance during the next month or] Vere just, hopin ae Japs Yous 'E. 11th St.; William F. Lynch, 1324 Le and wish to enlist in . $ is § ; | return. vt. Chandler is a grad-/gi,rm Ave.: Robert E. King, 3033 W.|the service, Bum Pun Department two. In this respect the gallant) -. "Ce oo mon School, NE . FRANK HAIGHT has been serving as errand boy for the knitting unit his wife organized at the Ameri-

struggles of Gen. Douglas Mac-| Broadway; Lawrence M. Grimes, Returns to Duty can United Life Insurance Co. offices. Mornings he

Arthur's little Philipping army and| #08 = 1305 E. 10th ct: Clite H 3 of the British and Indian forces in| . -» Claire Hume Jr., Two Move Up 314 N. Gladstone Ave; Karl K.| Sergt. Carl H. Britts was released delivers yarn to the unit and in the evenings he picks from the service several months ago up the finished articles. All this leads up to the

Malaya may well spell the eventful} doom of the Japanese. % Advaticement was announced to- Tangeman, 2714 N. Illinois St.; ; or “ Every day and every week gained day for two Indianapolis men in'David L. Burton, 3720 Chester St.; because he was over 28, But with Teg ought op hy yi Reiner in these two sectors hastens the! Air Corps training at Kelly Field, Ralph L. Derry, 625 S. wes St. the Japs strik- : a Tt thine it aburacting quite ‘ pit | ime when the invaders will begin Tex. 4 Gon i8§ DR 4 Sy dee ng in the East of comment. Among those here from out of town|.O PaV heavily for their conquests. Arthur V. Sprowl, son of Mr. and| ¥ Orit 1 Hoe oh Hisslet 10 Indies and the to view it is William D. Caldwell, who is doing re-| L1US, loss of the entire Philippines Mrs. George A. Sprowl, 1247 N.| De +i a nn ro nry| Phil ADines he search for Yale University on Stuart's works Eighteen | YOuld be infinitely of less impor-| King Ave, has been appointed| Sa Su Hillard L.| reported for acy 5 tance than the length of time they| cadet sergeant of the Sixth Squad-| Grimme, 2150 E. 34th St.; James|tive service and

“They won't catch us napping Half Measures Overruled the next time” wrote Pvt. Richard Keyt Chandler to his mother, Mrs.| Kathryn Chandler, 1210': E. 10th] St. Pvt. Chandler has been stationed at

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Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum = mnie to i's

| In other words, Singapore's great i jnaval base will remain virtually the Senator asking for a picture of Dick. The latter |, <eless until the Japanese air bases hasn't a good picture of himself and can’t make up|qn the Malayan Peninsula and his mind whether to go have a picture taken or spend Thailand can be cleaned out bv our the money on defense stamps. | aviation. Sil

Black Out Started 3. It is alreadv an established fact

{that American and British pilots THE BLACKING OUT of downtown buildings has are superior to Japanese and that been started. One of the first is the 48 Monument {even our older models can outfight Circle Building, owned by the Power & Light Co.

and severely punish both Japanese and occupied by the Canary Cottage, Press Club and | D8hters and bombers. WFBM. The Light Co. has painted the front door Need First-Class Planes black so a light can be kept burning on the front| Therefore, the tide of the Pacific stairway. The windows on the back stairway also yar will begin to turn just as soon | have been painted. Tenants of buildings that do not | 5 units of first-class British and have day and night.operating staffs are receiving American aircraft are thrown into notice to be prepared to black out their own win- fo battle in any considerable numdows or turn out the light in ig offices in Case | pars anywhere in the Orient. of emergency. Arrangements for the downtown buiid- S i ; ing blacking out are being made by a committee of 3. The enlire cours and ng

Argentina has almost always led the opposition in Pan-American conferences. Again and again others have urged the United States to quit, making concessions and let Argentina isolate herself if she desired, but the United States has always insisted on unanimity and has use ually achieved it by eleventh-hour concessions,

This conference is different. Eve erybody here is saying that there is a war on and that it calls for forthright decisions, not futile halfmeasures. Thus here is what is now expected:

A resolution calling for a hemi sphere declaration of war against the Axis probably will be introduced, This won’t get far. Then a resolue tion will be offered demanding complete severance of all relations with the Axis—diplomatie, economie, financial. This, it is believed, will finally be carried.

Direct Action Sought

Everybody wants Argentina to go along, but. if she or any other American _ state refuses, then the

AN AIR RAID DRILL at the Methodist Hospital Nur Home vesterdayv afternoon cleared the building of nurses within five minutes. That included not the dav nurses in between classes, but also the ores of night shift nurses who were asleep in bed. It was the third drill they've had there recently. The first took seven minutes to clear the building and check each room. At one drill, fire prevention officials started a little bonfire, just for practice, in the courtyard. The nurses assigned to that particular job grabbed fire extinguishers and put out the flames before you could say “Jack Robinson.” Within a month or so, theyre going to have an air raid drill in the hospital, itself, although it's ibout as fireproof as a building can be, and it would take a mighty big bomb to damage it seriously. But there's no need for patients to get excited over the prospect of the drill, as the management gives its assurance no patients will be trundled out of the hospital. Instead, they'll assign some of the nurses to play patient” and be carried out.

Plate Sale Slow

THE LICENSE PLATE SALE isn't going so good, they tell us over at the State House. The reason, logically enough, is that many persons who ordinarily would have bought are holding off. They want to be sure theyre going to get to drive their cars before they invest in plates. . . , Secretary of State Jim Tucker has received word he'll have a plentiful supply

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majority will act. As of today, Argentina looks like 2 minority of one, with a chance of ~ |one or two quasi-associates. - I have attended numerous PanAmerican conferences. This one is totally different from any other I

of steel for next year's plates. That elinlinates the possibility of using wooden plates, or having the license number painted on your fender. . . * Auditor of State Dick James has Senator Willis’ picture on his office wall, and now he has received a letter from

museums have contributed paintings to the exhibit. Mr. Caldwell was particularly impressed by Eli Lilly’s Stuart painting of George Washington; said it was superior to the Stuart paihtings of Washington in New York.

principle applies to Malaya.

Burma One of Keys

cadet

are able to hold out, and the same ron, and Norman J. Linne, son of] Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Linne, Man C. Rugenstein, R. R. 19, Box 2530 Brookway Drive,

| made flight

Leftwich, 137 Park Ave.: Herbeen! 134; Francis H. Koch, R. R. 12, Box of | 497; Robert L. Eddington, 1705 Alton St.; John F., Pearson, 3614 N, Illi-

has corporal

has been ordered to Camp Shelby. There he will resime his du-

ever saw. The others invoked finesse but this one clamors for direct ace tion. . I have witnessed receptions to American Presidents and other high

5. Whereas at the war's outbreak Squadron 5, Flight A. ° ; |Singapore and Manila might have| The two cadets will receive five | 110i St.; Casper Ingle, 2418 N. Ala(seemed most essential to the Allies,| weeks’ basic military training and Pama St.; Harold R. Griffin, 3056 N.

By Raymond Clapper jit is now abundantly clear that|qgpil] at the field before being sent| Layman Ave.; Harold R. Bauerle,

(Burma and the Dutch Indies have|,n to more advanced training. [1438 S. Alakama St., and Claude la greater key and long-term sig-| | Stevens Jr, 1208 N. Tuxedo Ave, your heart is, first of all. |ni.icance. “ Co f wil Pa And that’s what I'd like to know about South| Taking into consideration all] George Harmon Jr. son o I.| : ‘ American countries now. these factors, it is possible to say]and Mrs. George Harmon, 23 John-| iD er Most of the small Central republics have declared |that the Allies’ position in the Far/son Ave, has enlisted in the Navy 8 6h i he Nes gnen ; o eon war on the Axis. But none of the important S uth Eastern war theater, even though|as a machinist second class. He! Tibert R. Coolev of aR olis| Stude t Leader American countries has even broken relations. None still on the defensive is considerably| left yesterday for training at Pe | Lvs Heit stvenced to the gra 2 of n eaae has joined the United Nations. The Argentine foreign |better than might have been ex-| Lakes Naval Station. Mri Otswair and Chief Pe Emilio Ratti, son of Dean and minister only a few days ago publicly opposed going pected one month ago. | Harmon was employed at the Lang-| 3 : “oq! Mss. Gino A. Ratti, 329 Buckingham

ties with the : 38th Division, 151st Infantry. Sergt. Britts He received citations for™ meritorious service during the Louisiana maneuvers. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Britts, 422 N. Denny St.

officials abroad, but with one pos= sible exception I have never seen the equal of the reception Sumner Welles, Myron Taylor and the American delegation on its arrival here,

Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Is South America going > be with us or not? That is the real question which hangs over the Pan-American conference that begins at Rio on Thursday. The question won't come up in such bald " form. But it will be the reality behind the diplomatic language. It is not a matter of whether

Like Wilson in Paris

The reception was like Woodrow Wilsen's arrival in Paris to make what a war-wearied world hoped and believed would be a just ana lasting peace. Thousands lined the shores of the

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South American nations declare

to war with the Axis and rebuked Central American

More reverses and perhaps some Senkamp-Wheeler

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Drive, has been appointed student

'stinging losses may still occur but Inc, before entering the service.

element leader of Flight A, Squad-

gorgeous bay to see the plane come

republics which had done so. to pharmacist That is the outward picture of the situation with'on the long-term basis the Allies’) Joe Wuest, former Butler Uni-|'0 ‘Pharmacist.

which under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, the military situation has improved and versity football player, enlisted in| R's >= the Navy and left for training Sat-| Hoosier Promoted

American delegate to Rio, must deal. Mr. Welles is is still improving, however slowly. ] ‘an old hand in Latin American affairs. He knows If the United States fleet should be! urday. He is the son of Mrs. W. J. his way around and is on good personal terms with able to strike a telling blow in the! Wuest, 58Q2 Beechwood Ave. | Harold C. Barnard, R. R. 2, Lin- | ton, Ind., has heen promoted from tshipfitter 3d class to shipfitter 2d

most of the personalities involved. near future the constructive affect > 1 = Enlistment Record class. The promotion was an-

upon all our allied activities e Knew Which Si Was Which [throughout the Far East might be . H bey wh de W Enlistments at the Indianapolis nounced by Vice Admiral Royal E.| Fra THERE ARE GOOD reasons why some of the) Marine Corps Recruiting Station Ingersoll, commander-in-chief of

{very great. : sali , ; ; : the Atlantic Fleet In the radio university of the Air are crowded a little, South American governments have to walk a tight! reached another all time high last the Atlantic Fleet. | " Nevertheless, the ABCD powers

; : i ; ; | Corps: at Scott Field, Ill, is Pvt. The time may come in this war when the AXis rope in respect to public commitments. They are, in! ie : : Week. ambng pee. 150 Joubht Whe oe | Robert B. Whited, son of Mr. and will attempt ork th h South America t must continue the fight for time— signed up with the corps during Buddi ; i d 2 asm BO yor: throus o nerica 10 en ome cases, caught in the same kind of internal di- yi , iv a : ; ‘ uddies Reunite Mrs. Robert C. Whited. 444 Berwick circle us and isolate us north of Panama It is one time to build up their air, land and | the week were 30 Indianapolis men. : av ihe might strike at the heart of the United ViSion that President Roosevelt had to deal with naval forces and armaments—and On Saturday which was the begin-| Two shipmates of World War oe Be 13 2 gi of the oud Rote . i .~_ before Pearl Harbor. also to gain time as a seasonal ning of another week for the Ma- have been reunited by World War|. corical School Squadron at the Netions’ supply base, which is America and our in- i : | WE ; y But Mr. Roosevelt knew which side he was on and weapon and ally. This is especially

; : : i . field. Before reporting there last dustry. tainly it is a ibility that must : rines, 15 Indianapolis men enlisted. II. They are Lieut. I. F. Brozo, ry. Certainly Posy » be threw the breaks that way. In that sense, the im- important in Burma and Malaya, |The City men in these two groups USNR, commanding officer of Navai| OC oper he yee snbiYed here by portant fact out of the Rio conference will be where perhaps most of all in Burma. For

nsicered. Burn For | are: | Training School here, and Chief | She FRE propia 3 Where Is the Heat the hearts of the Latin governments are, and not|the rainy season begins in mid-| George R. Hauser, 22 N. DeQuin- | Boatswain's Mate Leo J. Witte, USN, | ; necessarily what formal resolutions are adopted. May at the latest and will bring cy St.; Otto M. Riegger, 6 S. Euclid who has reported to Ft. Knox Graduates THAT CASE much would depend on whether One strong fact in favor of our side is that with two things, mist and fog, rendering St.; Charles E. Pringle, 260 S. Ri#- school for duty. : South American countries, particularly Argentina, European markets cut off, all Latin America depends|Japanese air activity in these sec-| bait Two Indianapolis men have been

the training Brazil and Chile, were ready to assist us or whether on us as the main customer, just as we now depend|tors almost negligible. | graduated from the Armored Force they would be passive pushovers for the Axis. The increasingly on South America for strategic war ma-| Here as with every vital factor] HOLD EVERYTHING .|Officer Candidates School at Ft.

answer to that must come largely out of the heart. terials. of the Pacific war, the decisive mag- | y [BOOS Ry. The men gre: Tt is the difference between France and England. But that doesn’t mean too much unless the heart|netic needle swings back to avia- Clyde H. Knapp Jr, son of Mrs.

war on the Axis. One could even think up some reasons why that might not be an unmixed gain for our side. The question is whether they will give wholehearted help to our side as the United States helped the antiAxis powers long before we went to war, or whether some of the South American nations will hold themselves in readiness to play the Axis game if they

down and then cheered madly as the delegation came ashore, It should be said that the parley here is not designed merely for a diplomatic moye against the Axis. On the contrary, specialists will work on hemisphere trade, ete. But even these things depend largely on the outcome of the main issue. There are reports of an attempt, by the Axis to wreck or cripple the conference, which it is known to dread.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—There are more Japanese in the United States than Chinese; true or false? 2—In whose Administration did the , Teapot Dome scandal occur? 3—Which would contain minor pare ticulars, an abridged or an un= abtidged dictionary? 4—=Name the national flowers of

ron 2, at the Air Corps Replacement Center, Kelly Field, Tex. Cadet Ratti has been in the Air Corps only three weeks. At the center he will receive five weeks basic military training as well as physical drill. Dean Ratti is dean of Butler school of liberal arts.

Burma Most Important

Jong before the event. tion's role in the anti-Japanese con- | M. E. Knapp, 44 N. Dearborn St,

France lacked the heart and gave up to the Axis. Britain carried on the fight alone, through a dark and lonely hour when her chances seemed no better than France's had been. It is a matter of where

My Day

WASHINGTON, Monday.—In the current issue of Parent's Magazine, they give their second annual report on the nation’s children. There is a general recognition of the grave responsibility of providing our children, in this war crisis, with the services necessary to preserve for them in the future, the things for which we today are fighting. The four freedoms will not mean much to them, if they are told that we have preserved them for them, unless they are able to use those Tour freedoms. You cannot be a citizen in a democracy and feel confidence in your own ability to meet the future, unless in your childhood, the basic needs of every child are met, regardless of war conditions. The carrying out of this program to achieve this end, Hes largely in the hands of.the Children’s Bureau, and the different health and welfare projects under Administrator Paul McNutt. But I think it

is the responsibility of the Office of Civilian Défense - to see that the needs are recognised. They Bt have

is in the right place. We were Japan's best customer and she depended on us for many materials essential to her war machine. But that all melted quick as a

Pearl Harbor.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

the backing of people in every community so that the defense council will recognize the importance of

the Nipponese squadrons on any-

snowball in hell when Japan wanted to hit us at| thing approaching yen serms our {land and sea initiatives will be as- |

flict. Soc long as the Allies can fight

sured. That day is bound to coms | and will determine everything the. Allies ean achieve here in future. | But, meanwhile, certain allied spear- | heads in the Far East must be held |

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and Sergt. J. Otto Kern, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto P. Kern, 5310 Broadway. The two men received com- | missions as second lieutenants and! will be immediately assigned to!

{active duty with an armored divi-

sion or tank battalion. They have completed three months training including mainte-

at all costs and one of the foremost of these is Burma.

meeting them. Such magazines as Parent's Magazine can do a great deal to bring before the public the needs of

the children and the responsibility of the public towards those needs. I hope that many other magazines and publications also will recognize this responsibility. I must tell you that the pageant on the contribution of the Negro people to the history of the United States, as given last night in the performance called “Salute to Negro Troops,” presented by the stage, screen and radio division of Fight for Freedom, Inc. was most moving and thrilling. Any citizen of the United States must have been proud when Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln, each came on the stage and spoke their own message to their people, who loved democracy and liberty. It carried into one’s heart an emotion, which must translate itself into a greater devotion to accept the challenge of this yar, and to make this nation the [amp : 0! ;

MAN IS ELECTROCUTED AT TANNING PLANT

An electric extension cord wrapped around his waist as he worked in a tanning vat at the S. M. Gusdorf Co. plant, 302 S.

| Harding St., today was blamed for

the death of John A. Long, Negro, 30, of 817 Blake St. Two other workers, Denzell Fleener, 39, of 1222 Bellefontaine St, and Edmund Jones, 42, R.R.6, heard Long scream as the electric current passed through his body. Then the man sank in the dyeing solution. Police Sergt. James A. Senteny pulled him out by drawing on the electric cord. The police listed electrocution as the cause of death.

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nance, operation, shop practice, class-room work, tactical operations and physical requirements. ” ” ”

Maj. H. T. McCullough of Crawfordsville has been assigned to the 38th Division as morale and athletic officer. He fills the vacancy created by the recent transfer of Maj. Chester Hill of Kokomo to Air Corps work. Maj. McCullough was athletic director of Crawfordsville High School for seven years prior to his induction. ” ” 2 Frank Staral, 1301 N. Emerson Ava, has been named admissions counsellor by Oberlin, O, College to answer questions here concerning the college’s new plan for defense speed-up courses. The college will operate the year around and several new defense courses are planned for next se-

England, Scotland, and Ireland. 5—Who was Queen Victoria's consort? 6—Who preceded Henry Morgen thau Jr. as Secretary of Trease ury? 7—Pierre is the capital of North Dakota, South Dakota, or Nee braska? 8—Which widely cultivated fruit was formerly known as the love apple?

Answers 1—=True. 2—President Harding. 3—Unabridged dictionary. 4—Rose (England); Thistle (Scote land); and Shamrack (Ireland), 5—Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburge Gotha (her cousin). 6—William H. Woodin. T—South Dakota.

8—Tomato. n ” s

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