Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1942 — Page 11
‘the World War to descend in person on tep at any moment. I told you in the ig Colum how he had his roof fixed up with i anquignis of Wit ang snd Sd axes nd everything. Well, today we'll finish it. In the Teframorse living room the piano has been moved from its usual place to the opposite wall, x ark | ‘that wail against concussion. ‘And ‘where the piano ‘used | to stand now reposes a jy table, wide and high, with : e of six-by-sixes “This is for Mrs. Terramorse arid their son Drew to sleep under when the raiding starts. They've ‘had their instructions from ' Mr. violation will be tolerated. Furust’ take to ‘bed with them every, ; \ ‘pick fui ax which stand by the fireplace, .and the new 30-30 rifle. (Drew proudly brought the rifle out for me, and Mrs. Terramorse shuddered and said, “ ‘sure hope I never have to shoot it”)
He's Foresighted, All Right
iL AT IS FOR defense against bombing, and has 1 done since the war started. But as I said, 61 8 1s a foresighted man, so listen to what before the war. He [traded in" both cars on new ones last spring. extra sets of radiator and heater tubing, and extra fan belts. He has figured the entire Terra-, morse motoring situation down to the last kilometer. He intends to be still a traveling salesman, and by auto, when the war ends.
8 and no
side Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
DIVE AND FIGHT|
a BALL situation still is serious, but as bad: as it might be. Most of the sporting 'storés and golf pros still manage to get in shipnients occasionally, and one novelty store hs the nerve to put a box of golf halls in its display window. One storekeeper told us there wouldn't be any shortage if it, weren't for the hoarders. - The, price is up about. a dime a ball. , . . Tennis balls, and even table’ tennis balls are ‘ difficult to get, too, and at the moment it’s virtually impossible to buy balloon tires -for bicycles. A few of the old-fashioned bikes, with balloon tires and : double cross bars still. are being assembled, .but from now on it's to be be “Victory” bicycles. They're beiu 1t ih 2 as little metal as possible. There’ll be 1, no carrier, and there won't be any bright The handle bars and even the hulls are to be
y Shot
N, director of the, John Her-
who dt o tank, Not Tong ago he received a letter from the Secretary lof State’s office. “We will be lad to reserve auto license Star 216 for you,” the
ad with. someone glse, but finally he took a chance ‘ordered the plates. Sure enough, he got them.
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Ww ASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Again Presijent Roosehis radio address has pledged thal, the United : will fight this war as a war to crush Germany ot as a war on the coasts and soil of and Inside the Panama
Ir own home grounds Yom ‘our own homes— hose nations which are p enemy on the other san. | stich simple common )’t think the nited States d any fime - rams and §itracing the
It was :% | remnants of the old pir best t¢ confuse the our ships and troops ped on our own coasts rmany apd Japan. to And bomb our cities | That is the
hey don’t put it in those terms. hey say why hould we do anything to help Russia lick Hitler. They. say why should we do anything to support the British and the Dutch and the Chinese. If they ‘those nations can win the war ‘without help m us they haven't talked much with our military nd naval people. - Wouldn't they mind | if Japan and’ Germany won all of Europe, Asia and Africa and hen turned full tilt against ue~tiaving no other world left to conquer?
: 17s 8a Fatal Viiouiiioint |
AT INSIDIOUS AND fatal viewpoint is being needled inte the American public undei: all kinds of deceptive talk which obscures the real danger in ICN 0 4 $ poliey. Be ause ‘that line is so deceptive and plausible, because -it plays upon the prejudice of many people ~other nations and blinds them to the fact: ) at ‘every nation fighting Germany and Japan is
NEW YORK CITY, Tuesday—1 had my first
conference back in the White House yesterday , quite obviously, the girls asked me how I liked Tetum to private life! It made me add up what Bally has heen different, in the past ow days. : : I discovered:
spent several hours reading; (2) 'I walked for an Jour Sunday
morning; (3 I spent an hour in
ihe National ars galery Sunday £ Joi are in Washington, 221 to ow ule gallery.
1 ossibly gee the 90 galonce, hut a little at
(1) I have really
By Ernie Pyle|
“Of course.” he says, “if they decide I'd be more good putting rivets into an airpaine, well that’s all
‘ right, too.”
Unless the science of mathematios is a fake, Mr. Terramorse can't lose on transportation, He's got it all figured out by miles, gallons, thickness of tread and ratio of octane, for ‘years ahead. ‘The war can't possibly last as long as Mr. Terramorse is prepared for. Furthermore, three new bicycles stand in the garage, and the whole family tycles now instead. of driving around town on errands.
He Didn't Forget Food
ALSO LAST: SPRING Mr. Terramorse got every-|. ‘thing new for the house—new refrigerator, new stove,
new washer, extra parts for everything, even some new furniture. He saw all this coming. They are beautifully stocked up on food, too. Mr. Terramorse says he is not hoarder, for he is not hiding anything, If the government should want it,
i's theirs.
Mr. Terramorse’s hobBy is cooking. He likes to make exotic Latin disnes, which require lots of pure olive oil. He has gallons of that stacked away. They have. canned goods, too, and more soap than you ever saw outside a grocery. It's the same with extra clothes. - On the closet shelf, unopened, are six pairs of shoes for each member'of the family. |, Drew has enough clothes to last till the war is over (and oh yes indeed, Mr. Terramorse has carefully taken into consideration the fact that Drew may grow a little in the meantime). As for Mr. Terramorse himself,” he has 24 extra suits of B. V. D.’s laid by! :
Since Jan. 1, more than. 300 employees of the state institutions have quit to take better paying jobs. So
.many are leaving that it’s creating quite a crisis in
some of the institutions. Among those leaving are prison guards and others hard to replace. Merit board examinations are to be conducted soon in the hope of filling these vacancies, and it oughtn’t to be difficult to pass.
Bad Luck in Chunks
THREE GENERATIONS of one family are patients on the same floor of Methodist hospital, all recovering from operations performed by the same surgeon, ‘and -all three looking forward to Sunday, the day they're scheduled to go home. They are Mrs. Grace Messer, her son, Arthur, and his daughter, Genevieve, Mrs. Messer went to the hospital for an operation almost three weeks ago. Her son became ill—appendicitis—while on the way to the hospital to visit her, and they just trundled him into bed and operated on him. The very next day they had Genevieve in the hospital and removed her appendix. They hope the jinx is broken, at last.
Around the Town
| Tom MULRYAN, 27-year-old draftéman in the City Plan Commisssion offices, is becoming a little f conscious because he isn’t in uniform. He thinks people are looking at him rather scornfully these days. “And when I mention I have five children,” says Tom, “they look like they don’t believe ity” . . . Mary Sinclair, of the Indiana defense council, is| learning to ride a bicycle. She plans to ride part way to work as soon as she improves her cruising radius. . . , Sign on a Keystone ave. tavern: “Fresh egss. 4
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By Raymond Clapper
helping us by just that much—President Roosevelt wisely tried to set the facts straight by going to the map. Many times he has beeh. accused of being a demagogue. In his radio speech, his whole battle was
against the demagoguery which, if it succeeded, would |
trap us into a policy certain to bring the war right here into America, trap us into allowing all other enemies of Germany and Japan to go down to defeat one by one, trap us into being left in the end, standing alone.
It Will Be Up in Campaign ‘AS TO CRITICISM. No one would be supporting
.the best interests of the country if he failed to criti-
cize deficiencies in pushing the war effort. The more hammering of incompetents, hammering of ac-
tivities which divert effort from the war, the better our chance of winning. : Nobody is going toiget very far trying to suppress that kind of criticism—and I don’t think anybody who needs to be taken very seriously thinks it can or ought to be suppressed. Certainly those who have made
“sueh- criticisms since Pearl Harbor have suffered no
reprisals sv far as I can see. , That kind of criticism does not undermine confidence in the war itself. The vicious criticism—or what Mr. Roosevelt called poison peddling—is that which attempts to arouse distrust of the fact that we are fighting this war with the help of other nations, :and are trying to do it over there where they are fighting instead of here on our home grounds. That question no doubt will be played upon during the coming political campaign in spite of the fact that the leaders of the Republican party have said just as emphatically as Mr. Roosevelt that Germany and. Japan must be crushed before We quit. Others will try to keep the argument going, however, trying to fool those who neglect to look over their maps occasionally. Mr. Roosevelt should not be Harassed by having to wage a fight against such demagoguery while trying at the same time to fight a war. But that is the way it is going to be until enough of the American people take their stand behind him to end any possibility of disastrous division'among us.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
display of flowers and fountains. I came away feeling a real gratitude that such a collection has been given to the nation, and that so many people seem to be enjoying it. . I still have a good many commitments made during the past few months for various speeches and engagements. There are a good many personal things, however, which I ought to have done and which 'I must now do, such as the distribution of belongings in the New York houses to various children. This means actually getting things packed and shipped in anticipation of the final disposal of these houses, in which we have lived for a good many
years. On the whole, I do not think my new found |
leisure is going to be empty of occupation. Last night ‘I attended the annual dinner of the Democratic national committee listened with many others to the president's speechi. Following his directions, I kept a map in front of me, but the committee had thoughtfully provided a large map for the dinner guests. I am sure that many of us|r are better informed and wiser than We were before. As the president said, he obviously could not
* answer in one speech all the queslions which peo-
have | week by week, ! cetonse questions. will ‘be guswered, |
ot. anti-aircraft fire
on their minds. Gradually, day by day,|h
U. S. BOMBERS
Big Four-Motors High Flying, Answering All Challengers.
By GEORGE WELLER Copyright, 1942, bv The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News. Inc. AMERICAN AIR BASE SOMEWHERE IN JAVA, Feb. 25.—Cloudy weather conditions, plus superior numbers of Jap planes, have changed American heavy bombers here from specialists at high-level attacks into general all-around handymen of the allied defense. Bali, Lombok, and Palembang all have been the scenes of low-level bombing by the huge four-motored carriers... This versatility has considerably increased the striking power of American raids. Jap navy Zeros (“Os”) which have been known to attack bombers at levels as high as 30,000 feet—I have been talking with a pilot who was attacked at 29,000 by a Zero— have now a broader area of vertical coverage. Naturally, low-level bombing exposes the largest ships .to danger _ the more fragile Zeros themselves are more greatly endangered by concussions which the American heavy bombers can ride out. - Japs Decline Battle Having been obliged to do battle tasks of all kinds, one of the bombing squadrons now calls itself the “steenth = heavy, medium, light, bombing, intercepter, reconnaissance, fighter squadron.” Its fighter title is claimed by. virtue of an unexpected meeting over the Java sea when nine unescorted heavy American bombers met 17 Jap bombers en route to Soerabaja. The Americans took battle formation whereupon the Japs veered away and declined the engagement. The Jap fighters also declined to intervene, hence ‘the American
‘crews claim the right to be known
as fighters themselves. Nd ” ” American flying fortresses may be just numbers in the official cipher but their crews let themselves go in christening them. The first to bomb the Jap fleet lying off Ball was “Chattanooga . Choo-Choo,” bearing the name behind the pilot’s cabin, There are also “Gashouse Gertie” and “Tojo’s Nightmare.” Near the tail of “Sojo’s Nightmare,” where the double muzzles of the machine guns face the on-coming Jap navy Zeros, someone has painted in yellow, “Taps for Japs.” Two more, called “Ole Miss. 2” and “Ole Miss. 3” are piloted .by the brothers Key from Meridian, Miss. Eight to 10-hour raids by the fortresses are nothing to the Keys who won the world’s endurance record for staying aloft for more than a month in an old-time Stinson. #" ” ” An American fighter pilot, bearded and sweaty as he arose from the seat of his plane after repelling an enemy attack against Soerabaja,
Jap bomber a few minutes before. The pilot, an engineer graduate of Purdue university, took the battle somewhat as a matter of course, not even waggling in signal of his success when he landed. “There were four of us, led by Maj. Bud Sprague, against their 17 bombers with overhead fighter pro-
us coming they veered away at a 90-degree angle. They were moving in an open V, like geese. I
to their level, about fast the Jap didn’t |
Desert
told me how he had gotten his first|
” he said. “When they saw|
1 Philippine coast artillerymen at work in the plotting room beneath the island fortress on Corregidor Here as in nearby Bataan peninsula the American and Filipino forces under Gen.
island in Manila bay.
Douglas MacArthur continue their gallant stand against the Japanese. group directed firing practice of the harbor defense guns prior to the invasion. ,
2. Loading one of the 10-inch
3. These big 10-in shells are stored in deep impregnable vaults on Corregidor.
MacArthur Displays the Leadership He Established as Goal for All His Officers
guns in the Manila bay fortress.
By CHARLES T. LUCEY Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Gen.
Douglas ‘MacArthur's leadership in
the Philippines is of the stuff which he himself, when he was army chief of staff, urged upon all his officers. During four wars in the 19th century and again in the World War, Gen. MacArthur knew, the United States made needless sacri-
fices by putting troops under inadequately trained commanders.
Hindenburg and Ludendorf admired our troops’ bravery, but were aghast at costly sacrifices due often to unskilled leadership. “Lack of skill in an individual soldier inevitably results in exposure of his own life to unnecessary risk,” Gen. MacArthur wrote in his report as chief of staff in 1933. “But lack of skill in- the officer directly endangers the lives of his followers and comrades, as well as his own. Unless he is a man of practiced judgment and technical ability it is certain that his unit will, in battle, suffer futile and needless loss. ; Armies Need Trained Leaders
“Without officers, and I mean trained officers, armies are nothing but mobs, and successive disaster must almost certainly bring final defeat béfore commanders can absorb the lessons they should have learned in peace. An army without trained .leaders is a contradiction in terms.” Because war is infrequent and because its dramatic rather than its technical side is emphasized in most © histories of military campaigns, Gen. MacArthur wrote, the
Foch,
shibboleth persists that a commander’s duty comprises nothing more than urging his men forward to the charge. “No man, whatever his calling, can have greater need for the ultimate in professional knowledge and skill than he to whom falls, for example, the: responsibility of leading a single infantry battalion in ‘battle,” the general asserted. . " All Must Know Their Part “The mere bringing up of his battalion to the front, adequately prepared for battle, represents the fruition of weeks or months of intensive effort based upon years of self-preparation. Every man in the unit must have been diligently and properly practiced in use of rifle, bayonet and gas mask. Specialists. must be expert in use of machine guns, automatic rifles, one-pounder cannon and three-inch mortars. “The commanding officer must know that his supply and communication units are well trained and that his medical detachment is ready to render efficient service. He must be assured that each man knows how to conduct himself un-
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|his own tenets magnificently. /
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der shellfire, under air, tank and gas attacks, and through every vicissitude of modern battle.” “The leader must have developed to the highest degree his own understanding of human nature and his capacity for personal leadership, for in battle, men will follow. only those whose demonstrated efficiency inspires confidence and respect. “Once the commander has brought his unit into position for attack, he must decide correctly upon the best formations and methods to be employed against the 'particular opposition he has encountered. He must give appropriate orders to every unit in his battalion and to elements .attached to it; he must make sure his communications will keep him in touch with each portion of his whole command and - with co-operating units. “Every factor applying to supply, reserves, wounded personnel, entanglements, entrenchments, transportation and, above all, to the morale of his nien; must be studied and provided for. He must be able to follow ‘with discerning . eye progress of the battle so that at its crisis he may make most effective use of all his remaining assets. “I Have Done My Best” “And he himself must be so accustomed , .:. to efficient performance of his control functions that the stress and nervous strain of battle will not paralyze his brain and nullify the efforts of his whole command.” ‘Officers agree that he has followed
Gen. MacArthur’s human gualities are shown in his farewell as chief of staff to his men and officers and their families, in ‘1934. ‘They need no eulogy from me,” he concluded. “They are writing their own history in the annals of our nation’s successes; but when I think of their patience under adversity, of their modesty in accomplishment, and of their loyalty and unquestioning devotion, I am filled with an emotion I cannot express: I want them to know I have done my best, that I have kept the soldier fai
‘Purdue Expands
Defense Classes
HIGH SCHOOL seniors and recent’ graduates were eligible today for a 10-week, full-time defense training program The course, ered tuitionfree as a part of the Purdue university program was outlined this at a meeting of ‘the Indiana secondary school principals’ association at Purdue. Following the close of the reguJar term -this year, pupils may
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URGES SUPPORT OF DEMOCRATS
Oscar Ewing, Greensburg Native, Lauds Party in Minneapolis Talk.
bg Times Special . MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25.—“Save the world by electing Democrats!” ‘That, in brief, was ‘the slogan.
: [which could be coined out of the
George Washington Democratic dine. ner address delivered here by Oscar’ R. Ewing, assistant chairman of thi Democratic national committee. = Mr. Ewing is a native of Greense burg, Ind., graduate of Indiana unie versity, a McNutt for President. manager and leading New York City corporation lawyer. He came to Minneapolis to see if he’ couldn't settle some long stands: ing interparty feuds for the Demo= crats and advised that they join with farm-labor party men to dee. feat the Republicans. .
Stresses Isolationism . In his address, the New York Hoo= sier politician advised a vote against the Minnesota Republican congresses men this year on the basis of their isolationist record, ~Hutore Pearl Harbor.” ; “Whether we like it or. not, under our form of constitutional governe ment, the ‘team’ that must run the: government in this county consists of the President, the senate and the house of representatives,” Mr, Ewing said. i “If American history teaches us anything, it tells us that that team only functions effectively when all three belong to the same political party. History shows that, when» ever the house of representatives or the senate has been of a different political faith from that of the Chief Executive, then there is nothing but chaos and confusion in the machinery of government.
Cites 1918 Election “A tragic example of this within the memory of many of you is what happened in the two years that followed the election of 1918, when the political party opposed to Woodrow Wilson gained a majority in the house of representatives. “Measure after measure which President Wilson deemed vital to the welfare of the country was dee feated by a hostile house. “The Republicans in the senate, with the assistance of some renee gade Democrats, destroyed Wilson's dream for world peace and rejected the League of Nations which might have saved us from the present aralysin
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1-=-Into what body of water does the Volga river empty? 2—The capital of The Dominion of Canada is Montreal, Toronto. Ottawa, or Quebec? 3—" Remember Pear] Harbor” is a slogan of the present war; what was a similar slogan of the Spane ish-American War? 4—"“Walden” was written by Thomas Carlyle, Emily Bronte, or Henry David Thoreau? 5—In which of Shakespeare's plays does Caliban appear? 6—The last German emperor was . William I, II, or III? T—A pimpernel, is a species of bird, flower or fish?
Answers 1—Caspian sea. 2—Ottawa, « 3—“Remember the Maine.” 4—Thoreau. §—"“The Tempest.” 6—William II.’
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