Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1942 — Page 19

HOW JAPS FIGHT

Veteran U. S. Airmen Given

Credit for Volunteers’

Success in Burma.

By LELAND STOWE

RANGOON, Feb. 12—One of the important reasons for the remarkable success of the American fliers in Burma during the last six weeks is the fact that they have had special training in

how to fight the;

Jap air force and in the habits of Jap airmen—certainly much more intensive training in this respect than anything the regular United States or British air units had had at the time Mr. Stowe the Far Eastern war broke out. The man responsible for this training is Brig. Gen. Clair L. Chennault, commander of the A. V. G. (American Volunteer Group) and probably the best-informed Englishspeaking officer on Nipponese flying

tactics alive today. Gen. Chennualt, who is more than | 60, retired from his colonelcy in the! United States Air Force shortly be- | fore the Japanese invaded China | In July, 1937. He became the or- | ganizer and trainer of China's air| force and accordingly has given Jap air operations the closest study for four and a half years.

Knows How Japs Will Act

In China, Chennualt long has been regarded as extraordinarily astute because almost invariably he has been able to predict what the Nipponese fliers would try to do and | prescribe exactly how to thwart them. | Gen. Chennault’s prescriptions for| raising cain with the Jap fliers] was not “according to the book.”| In fact, the A. V. G. pilots say that] his suggestions sometimes were, sharply discounted by air corps officers at home because they seemed | too unorthodox. | Nevertheless, when Gen. Chen-| nault got former Army and Navy pilots out here he trained them rigidly in the performances of every type of Jap bomber and fighter and! the tactics employed by Jap pilots. ‘Really Great Old Boy’

In the words of one A. V. G. squadron leader: i “Chennault is really a great old boy. He gave us the right dope, all right. At home we had been trained to fight the Nazis’ Luftwaffe | but you cant fight Jap fliers the way you would fight the Germans. | Their fighters are too maneuverable. | “With our present planes we can’t stay m and dogfight with the Japs.! The Japs dont know what the devil | to make of our tactics. The old boy was absolutely right and that

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Oomphatically, Ann Sheridan’s

than that of a mean U. S. female (in sithouwette) as measured by Department of Agriculture. Miss Average, their figures show (after frisking 14.698 women), is dumpy, if not frumpy.

PROGRAM HELD AT NEW SCHOOL

1400 Attend Open House at Lawrence Central High; Boost Band Fund.

The Central High School, serving all of Lawrence Township, was | welcomed to the community last] night when 1400 persens attended the official open house. The evening was made a “cheering” success when the Cen-| tral Bears piled up a score of 37!

against Fishers, 19.

Between halves there were | demonstrations of tumbling and] stunts by the members of the! physical education department under the supervision of Charles Garrison and Miss Edna Bolander.

Honor Fishers Stars | Honor guests were seven mem- |

is why we have bumped off 50 many pers of the 1922 Fishers basketball

of them.”

squad which won its way into the|

A Jap pilot who was taken pris-| state finals.

oner confirmed this by confessing]

Following the game last night

SPURNS JOB AS

practically perfect torso is moreso

Tops Carriers In Stamp Sales

EDWARD GREILICH, carrier of The Indianapolis Times, has topped all other newspaper carriers in the city in the sale of Defense Stamps. In the last three weeks Newsboy Greilich has sold a total of 8050 10-cent Detense Savings Stamps. Runnerup to the Times carrier is Vernon Earle, carrier of The Indianapolis News, who has sold 5434 Defense Stamps during the same period.

PAYNE ALIENIST

Bloomington Doctor Refuses Court Appointment in Slaying Case.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 12 (U. P.).—Special Judge Charles B.

ruefully: | the visitors toured the 19 class- Staff of Franklin will appoint a

“American fighters almost never| attack us as we expect. They seem | to come In from all angles. The trouble is, we never know what! they are going to do next.” | Since Jap airmen are extremely | disciipined and trained to do every- | thing “by the book,” the tactics| which Gen. Chennault imbedded in! the A. V. G. pilots, through more! than three months of arduous exercises before the Jap blitz occurred, have served greatly to confuse the enemy fliers. The consequent advantage tc the American volunteers has been inestimable, as results show

Call Leader Old Fox’ As a matter of record, the Ameri- | can squadrons in Burma have never| averaged less than 10 per cent of the enemy planes in any engage-|

rooms, library, wood and foundry shop, mechanical drawing room and the gym-auditorium.

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The school, which opened last!

and Shadeland Road. The build-| ing is of brick and block construe-| tion. At the end of the evening's pro-| gram at which E. E. Leffarge,! principal, presided, the guests contributed $44 to the schcol band.

STORK CLUB CHEF SLAIN, FIANCEE HELD

NEW, YORK, Feb. 12 (U. P) —| Louis Bost, 37, Stork Club chef, was found slain in his apariment early today. His fiancee, Miss June Old-

ment with Jap fighters where a real| €'man, 36, of Dorchester, Mass, was battle occurred and. in the majority arrested and charged with homicide. of such clashes, the A. V. Gs have] Miss Olderman told police she more frequently shot down about 20 arrived yesterday from Dorchester and sometimes more than 25 per| for a vacation and to marry Bost.

cent of the Nipponese planes. | It is significant that former Unit- | ed States Air Corps and Navy pilots] frankly give great credit to the! training of their commander-in-chief, whom they call affectionately the “old fox.”

They quarreled intermittently until early this morning when, she said, Bost suddenly “thrust something into my hand. “My mind went blank,” she contirued. “I dont know what happened then.”

new physician Saturday to assist in examining Mrs. Caroline Payne’s mental condition, replacing Dr.

| September, is located at 56th St.|Ben R. Ross of Bloomington, who

nas refused to accept a court appointment for the task. Both Drs. Ross and E. Rogers Smith of Indianapolis were named by Judge Staff in Monroe Circuit Court last week to make the examination after Mrs. Payne entered a plea of temporary insanity in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles O. Mattingly last July 5. She will go on trial for the slaying Feb. 19. Dr. Ross reportedly gave no reason to the court for his refusal to accept the appointment.

AWARDED BELL EMBLEM Mrs. Addie J. Greene, 1510% N. Beville Ave, was awarded a gold emblem today by the Indiana Bell Telephone Co., in recognition of 25

years of serivce with the company. Mrs. Greene has worked in the Indianapolis offices of the firm continuously and has been matron at the company’s Cherry office since 1933.

Map Offensive for Navy Booster Day

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Theyre boosting the Navy . . . (left to right) Willi P. Fiynn, Russell W. McDermott, L. T. Dwyer and

Indianapolis will be attacked from the air, throngs will parade and 3500 mothers of Navy men will be honored on Indiana Navy Booster day here one week from Sunday.

to see that the day is a huge success in boosting the Navy and gain-

.i1 Navy.

Comm. R. H. G. Mathews.

McDermott, secretary, and William P. Flynn, treasurer. Comm. R. H. G. Mathews, commander of Navy recruiting in the Indiana area, is also very interested in the plans for the day. The attack on Indianapolis will be undertaken by 300 civilianpiloted planes which will drone over the city dropping leaflets which of course will boost the

The American Legion is now organizing a parade for the after-

been announced but it is expected to cover most of the downtown

who is vice president of the Indi ana National Bank. The Navy unit here will have its part in the program as will the Legion "which is making a

noon. The line of march has not -

for Navy enlistments.

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