Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1942 — Page 4

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+ struck out today at what can by § armed “ploc heads” both in anc - out-of congress. “Labor blocs, farm blocs, yelorans

Give Ear to Temper. of Public in Strikes.

“By DANIEL M. KIDNEY : Times Staff Writer ' WASHINGTON, March 5.—Sen. ator Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind.

‘blocs and all the rest of the minor

ity committee to drop their se

interests and consider only the gen:

eral ‘good in ‘wartime.

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regarding strikes and labor disput

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sider unnecessary and unjust de; lays in war production caused b; s strikes. And in: my opinion publi¢ sentiment is ahead of congress in this matter.” «He is ready to support the Con+ nally: bill to “freeze” labor relations «in struck plants engaged in war

production. and have .the govern, .1nefit take over and operate them,

Senator VanNuys declared. | His ‘votes, both as a state senator

and in the U. 8S. senate, shows that]

he has been a friend of labor, he gaid. Also he cited the fact that he represented several internationa

‘unions as a lawyer in Indianapolis, All Must Sacrifice :

| “But if we are to win the war jabor as a class will have to unclergo sacrifices on a par with those

being made by civilians. and ourj’

soldiers on the fighting fronts, Slenator VanNuys concluded. “If it requires longer working hours and loss of double time fo overtime, those sacrifices should be voluntarily made or congress will legislate in a more sweeping way. “This ‘same advice and. criticism : gpplies ‘to the farm bloc, veterans bloc or any “other minority group represented in Washington by highpressure salesmen known -as ‘legis-| lative agents.’” That many dirt farmers are no

i! back of leaders seeking special fa ' vors was shown by a group at Ft * Wayne who agreed. fo forfeit all

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This same attitude was revealed today in several letters from south: ern Indiana farmers received by ‘ Rep. John W. Boehne Jr, (D. Ind), One of them read: “I have been chairman of the sounty AAA since the commodi loans for wheat'and corn have bee in effect. During that period I hav © talked to a lot of farmers about | prices of grain and livestock. Whatever you do vote against the bi , passed by the senate to freeze com modity grains. | “You congressmen have given us farmers a good program for e years. Now when the crisis (has

‘come we farmers are not goin J CITY KITE CONTEST -SET FOR MARCH 28 . The annual kite tournament, sponsored by the city and WPA recreg~ tion staffs, will be March 28 pt Christian park. | Prizes for attractiveness and perormance will be given in four visions. The divisions are flat kite with tails, tailless Kites, box evil and novelty kites. Special awards be made for the largest and sm est entries. The kites, which must . be made by the boys and girls, will v take to the air at 10 a. m. hiidzen

under 13 will compete’ for ju prizes and those between 13 and 1s

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chaplains’ school at Ft. Harrison,

Sought by

Lieut. Col. William D, Cleary Irishman from Tipperary. For 24

He was born in Tipperary, educated) — in France and came to America when he was 25. He’s the man the army hasg chosen to direct the “re-activa-tion” of a school for army chaplains at Ft. Harrison. In a few days, from 50 to 75 pastors of all denominations sittind pias Lieut. Col. Cleary will be enrolled for a one month’s course in how to administer to the spiritual needs of America’s new crop of fighting men.

No army takes better care of the

|| religious side of soldiering. There's {{about one chaplain to every 1200

men. Served in France

This is the second time Col. Cleary has seen America rally a great new emergency army. He served in France and Belgium and with the occupation army in the first war and then he just stayed on in the service, And according to Col. Cleary, the new army is closer to religion than the one of 1917. “There has been a great religious awakening,” said the colonel in that clean-cut diction the Irish use. The colonel looks upon the work of a chaplain in a realistic way.”

Types of Pastors

“There are two types of pastors. One is the bookish, brilliant kind. He's good with the ladies’ altar societies.

“The other is a robust, athletic kind. Theyre the kind for the army. For us the other kind isn’t worth a tinker’s dam,” Col. Cleary declared with a stern, sweeping -|gesture. '

To become an army chaplain, a pastor must be (1) a mgle citizen of the U. S., (2) a regularly ordained = |clergyman, (3) a bachelor of arts or bachelor of theology or their equivalent, graduated from a recognized institution of learning, (4) r | between the ages of 24 and §0 and (5) have been actively engaged in the ministry as his principal occu-

Lieut. Col. Mylon D, Merchant, one of the instructdrs in the new

takes the camp pulpit while Maj.

Herman R. Page, another instructor, looks on.

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By FREMONT POWER

is a square-jowed, barrel-chested years he has’ been watching over

the souls of America’s soldiers because he is a “man’s pastor.” The colonel used to box and he can say “damn” like he meant it. || The men, they like him. In civilian life the colonel would be known as the -Rev. Fr. Cleary.

pation and be credited with three years’ experience therein. “I tell the men (the new chaplains)- that first of all they must remember they're ministers. Then I tell them that they're in the army,” the colonel explained.

Occasionally when a man gets “outside” the army rules and regulations, he may find a chaplain calling on him to see if he can do anything to help. “I tell the new men they must realize that every man in the guard house is a liar. Or at least that’s the attitude they must have when they start work there,” Col. Cleary said, ; Have Many Duties

“Then ‘on that basis, they may find a man who's worthy of help and maybe a recommendation for parole.” The efficiency of a soldier is often affected by -little troubles—financial or family matters, things he would not talk over with just anybody who came along. ‘But he may talk it over with his pastor, priest or rabbi. Then he gets sound advice, consolation, sympathy or whatever the case might require. And he knows his confidences will be kept with the same faith that they were. given.

First Since 1928

These are some of the duties that the new chaplains will be trained in at Ft. Harrison. It's the first such school to be operated since 1928. On the staff already set up at the fort there are, besides Col. Cleary, who is director, Lieut. Col. Oscar W. Reynolds, Methodist; Lieut. Col. Mylon D. Merchant, Congregationalist; Lieut. Col. Paul B. Ruff, Evangelical and Reformed; Lieut. Col. Ralph C. Deibert, Evangelical, and Maj. Herman R. Page, Episcopal, school secretary. When a man is about to “go over the top,” these are the officers a soldier may want to see most. The chaplain® has some time with the men before the “zero hour.” “It’s a matter of nerves before they go over,” said Col. Cleary. “Once they start, they're all right, But if there’s too much time between their first orders and when they go over, that’s/ bad.”

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By ILYA EHBENBOURG Official Soviet War (Written ‘for the United amy

WITH THE RED ARMY, March 3. (Delayed) —The big German prisoner with the red hair and frost bitten nose stared sullenly into space. : “And we were supposed. to have been put in the field only in the spring,” he said. The soldier obviously was angry and disillusioned, He was one of the thousands of “spring Germans” Adolf Hitler promised to save for a supreme offensive when the frost had left the Western front. But it’s still snowing, winter still grips the battlefields—and Hitler's “spring Germans” have blossomed prematurely. The red-haired prisoner’s fate was typical of the hordes of men Ger-

‘I many has been forced to rush to

the front so her defenses would not collapse. Retains Sense of Humor

he was a private in the fifth company :of Gérmany’s 56th pioneer regiment, part of the fifth division. For weeks Girlinger had been shuffled back and forth to the front from occupied France, ‘the last time in a desperate attempt to crack the Red: army’s ring of steel around Germany's: doomed 16th army at Staraya Russa. Girlinger revealed that he originally was supposed to @dvance upon Baku in the Caucasian oil fields in April. Instead he was compelled to flounder in the snow and cold near Staraya Russa until the end of February. But despite his misfortune and recent capture, he retained his sense of humor. : Tells Unique Story “It’s bad business if one must eat up in February the wheat that was intended for sowing in April,” grinned. Then he told this DS story of the sudden and enforced change in Germany’s plans: The fifth German division, said, first encountered the Red army near Smolensk on the central front last August. In two days of fighting the division lost 4000 officers ‘and men.- The remnants retreated. . Girlinger’s regiment lost twothirds of its personnel, and other regiments fared little better. The entire division was ordered to the rear, ‘ The Moscow Drive Early in October, he said, the Germans launched a grand-scale offensive against Moscow and the

fifth division again®was thrown into

battle. But heavy casualties again forced its removal, this time to France for reorganization. Girlinger. sgid the 14th regiment, originally par{ of the division, was eliminated entirely because comparatively few seasoned veterans reached France. Weary and disgusted, Pvt. Herder Lebert of the 56th regiment made this entry in his diary: “I am again in France, but how everything has changed during this year! How many of my friends are gone!” But the Tide Turns Stories of other war prisoners and entries in Lebert’s diary substantiate Girlinger’s testimony that the fifth division was earmarked for the spring offensive. But in mid-January the tide turned and the 56th regiment was advised that it was to be rushed back to the front. Girlinger said the road back to Russia was “far from pleasant.” For three days the Germans were trained on skiis, falling and floundering in the snow. Somehow, they all felt disaster was approaching. Then early in February, the fifth division arrived in the Staraya Russa area where Russian artillery already was in action. Enemy Breaks Through “The enemy was attacking with large forces southwest of Lake Ilmen, finally breaking through our lines and advancing southward to the west of the Lovat river,” Girlinger said, He said the German 56th regiment was reinforced unsuccessfully. On Feb. 9, it attempted to launch an offensive and four hours later was smashed completely. The Germans left 800 dead on this one battlefield, Girlinger said. Latest reports, he added, said desperate attempts to save the 280th and 18th German divisions had failed.

SUB-PAR OFFICERS

LONDON, March 5 (U, P).— Britain’s army council announced today a plan for weeding out all army officers of more than 45 years up to the rank of lieutenant colonel

. |who are not up to the mark of the

1942 military leader. “It-has become evident that there are a number of officers who for a variety of reasons such as advancing ‘age, physical or mental slowness, lack’ of determination and drive, overstrain or adaptability of temperament and character are

"|unable ‘ fully ‘and successfully to

discharge their present duties,” the council ‘anhounced.,

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“MacArthur Sinks 4 Jap Ships .. “Java's Air Support Collapses sod!

So stated two front page headlines in yesterday’s newspaper. If the United Nations can hold | . out for. another week or two in Java, perhaps by that time MacArthur will be able to send some aid to them.

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