Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1942 — Page 19

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ith a perpetual enthuhim yous better. just relax

to: neh “to San: ‘he headed rignt Back. for the a iego De onaen gut | but a more tragic one. | A new fisherman hooked a big one that jerked him overboard For some reason he went panicky, like student at the controls of a training plane, an “froze” onto his fishing pole. Simply couldn dn't let The, tuna dragged him through the water for qui . a distance, then: stafted for the bottom. The pdor fellow still couldn’t let go of his pole. He went right

‘on down behind the tuna. And he, | never came Uu

has the country, telling tall He doesn’t get a

again.

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TONY ROSA, engineer of the clipper Lusitania, once slipped and half fell over the side. *His clothing caught on the rail and he hung suspended against the side of the boat. Just then a Wariin JuDged out of the water toward

. him, and the marlin’s sword went right through his

Tle Ones New| to Tuna

THERE 1S THE s bry of ‘the ‘Bering Sea halibut’

fisherman who drifted |down to San Diego and got a job with the tuna fleet. . He had never fished for tuna before.’ : i The very. first time] he threw out his line, a 300- ~ pounder got hold of jt and went away in a flash, This fellow, new to the ways of tuna, was jerked ‘overboard. He landed astraddle the tina's back, as thought he were rid jg a horse. © The tuna carried him on a fast and splashy ride

until it finally “sounded,” and left him floundering in the water. They picked him up in a skiff. He refused

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GEORGE I. DENNY, the lawyer, has an English setter—~Ruby—that ought to come in pretty handy as a forager after ratio recently, Ruby went gut for a stroll and in « short time returned home and laid at Mrs. Denny’s feet _ a 10-pound ham, wrapped in heavy brown paper. Ruby was proud as the dickens. Mrs. Denny was horwor stricken. Picking up the ham which, by the way, Ruby had handled so gently ‘the paper sn’t even punctured, Mrs. Denny lded: “Ruby, you bad dog; take me right back where you got this.” Believe it or not, Ruby set out on t and went to the garage back of a neighboring home. Quite barrassed, Mrs. Penny returned:

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' ARTUR RUBENS] jpday and tomorrow, gave the

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was due in town for

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aviation. So about 50 of his {friends are sending him a huge greeting card bear- _ ing their signatures. |. . . Robert Gann, 17-year-old nager, found a $774 check in the street yesterday. It was returned to the Produe-

fing gets underway. One day:

a rehearsal at 10 a. m. yester=. . day. He did arrive—without notifying the symphony.

thigh and pinned hifi to the side of the boat.

The sword . broke: off, and the marlin disappeared. They hauled Tony up, pulled the sword out of his thigh, poured iodine into: the hole, and:then for hours kept sea water running through it, to prevent “fish infection.” He came through in fine shape. ” & os

DENNY SANTOS, skipper of the Sacramento, was fishing off the mainland of Mexico. Denny suddenly saw:a killer whale coming in to attack the school of tuna, He_ grabbed his rifle, ran to the .stern, and. fired point blank at the whale’s head. In death agony the whale gave a tremendous leap, climbing out of the’ water in a great arc, right over the top of the boat." In midair it lost its momentum’ and came crashing down right across the boat, smashing everything. And it took the crew three days to: cut the whale into small enough pieces to be handled: and thrown overboard. oa While they were cutting they : looked for Jonah, but they didn’t find anybody.

dianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

ers commission at the stockyards and Robert got a 50-cent tip.

Darn Those Busses

C. .E. WHITEHILL of Banner-Whitehill was driving toward town on N. Meridian st. yesterday morning and saw a crowded bus pass up a passenger standing on the curb. Feeling sorry for the man, Mr. Whitehill stopped and offered him a ride. The man accepted. He was Harry Reid, president of Indianapolis ‘Railways. We'll bet some bus driver caught heck. . . . Paul Dunn, the ousted state fair ‘manager, still is living in the honeymoon cottage at the fairgrounds. His own house has been rented and he can’t get it back for a while. If he continues occupying the cottage, the fair board may increase

thie present $300 a month compensation of the new].

manager, Guy Cantwell, to compensate for his loss of the honeymoon cottage.

28 Years Late for Dinner

TWENTY-THREE YEARS AGO when George E. Nearpass, the Pennsy’s whistling brakeman, was working ona train between Logansport and Butler, Ind. an ‘o¢casipnal passenger, who lived in Columbia City, asked him to exchange a package for her in his home town of Butler. In return for the favor she promised him a chicken dinner. He was transferred

to Indianapolis a short time later and forgot all about ‘the dinne

A couple of Sundays ago he and Mrs.

He vaguely recognized rs. Della F.' Martin, as a former - passenger, and she half-way recalled him. Mr, and - Mrs. Nearpass returned to the tea room again last Sunday and Mrs. Martin said: “Now I remember you. You're the railroad man I promised a chicken dinner 23 years ago.”: Mr. Nearpass recalled it, too, and he and his wife had chicken for dinner.

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pper is on hi way to Cairo, by plane. His column will be ‘resumed, by wireless or cable, shortly.

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al or other national election of portance approached, to travel ~ about the country to discover at irst hand what people were ing about the candidate or While his sources of ormation in Washington are

exceptional and his political ac-.

aintanceships matched by those )f few other commentators, he

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By Eleanor Roasevels}

An A ppreciation

Now the columnist is undertaking a second trip

, ~ ‘abroad, this time to Cairo. There, in the heart of

Middle East, he believes is to be decided the destiny of the world and more particularly that of America, for the next many years. As he views the situation, it is toward Suez that both Germany and Japan are driving, seeking to cut vhe Eastern Hemisphere off at the waist and so to immobilize every allied power above it. And if the axis shduld gain its aim, this country will be desperately pressed, even with the best aid the British Empire can give, to survive.

He Wants His. Own Facts

UPON THE FACTS of foreign affairs, as upon those of our own nation; Clapper is comprehensively and expertly ‘informed. He knows the disposition of the armies and their strength, the character of

‘the’ men .who command them, the military problems

they face, the economics and race and politics of the countries where the fighting now is taking place ‘or soon will take place. But so ‘seriously does Clapper regard the world outlook today that he thinks it imperative to enlarge and test the accuracy of his own ample fund of facts by means of his own eyes and ears. What Clapper observes and what he thinks of it will compose hjs columns for the next month and a half or two months. War conditions of travel make uncertain the exact date when the first of his dispatches from the Middle East will appear. But The Indianapolis Times expects to start receiving Clapper’s copy from Calro within the next few days.

From then on, readers may count upon ‘a series

of daily articles of immediate and memorable. am.

Some of the pictures of Central America are so beautiful you long to see. this country, though Iam

afraid the insects and snakes would keep me away.

We also saw a film of some of the national youth administration defense training shops. This seemed

| to me exceptionally good and I hope it will be shown |

in commercial theaters, because I doubt many peoplé know

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Orders to Affect Everyone Right at Home; Better Save Anti-Freeze:

Times Special WASHINGTON, March 13.—This is what you might call a breather. But orders keep popping out of Washington telling you what you can’t do about this and what you won’t be able to do about that. They come so fast you can’t keep-up with them. Consequently, it’s advisable every now and then to sit back and see what this war is doing to your life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Take some of the orders issued in a 10-day périod, This isn't a complete tabulation by any manner of means, but it is a selected list of the regulations which bring the war to your very doorstep and hit most people right where they live: Tin cans will soon be unavailable. Glass bottles xu take their places and they won't be any fancy bottles, y Primi ny the women who have been cooking with can openers for years and will have to learn all® over again with bottle openers. Golf Crisis Unsolved Tennis balls and baseball cores will be made of reclaimed rubber instead of crude rubber or latex. The substitutes won’t be as lively, but they’li wear as well. The golf ball crisis hasn't been solved yet. Buyers of hot water bottles, ice bags and all other rubber products still on the shelves have been requested to go on strike and report the dealers if the prices seem too high. The same suggestion goes for 11 canned fruits and 15 canned vegetables, on which price ceilings have been slapped at the canners’ and wholesalers’ levels. Silk and nylon being reserved for parachutes, surgical thread and bags for powder—the shooting kind —rayon is to be supplied the hosiery mills instead and you'll wear rayon ./hose and like them. Job Control Looms

If you go to a United States employment office to get a job in a civilian goods industry, you can’t have it if there's a job you can do in a defense industry. Telephone companies have been ordered to stop further conversion from manual to dial phone systems. Fancy telephones are out. Men’s and boys’ clothing has been ordered simplified to eliminate double-breasted models, vests on single-breasteds, cuffs, pleats, tucks, belts, patch pockets, two-pants suits and so on. Prices of all bedding materials have been frozen. They probably won't let you build a hew house unless you can prove it's a war production necessity, but if they would, you couldn’t use metal lath, copper plumbing or spouting, tin-coated fire-doors. You would be restricted on hardware, No more gas furnaces, you may not be able to -get fuel for an oil furnace, and you can’t install a steam or hot water boiler unless the house will shelter two or more families. No one can sell a new electric or gas refrigerator without permission from Washington. New Rugs Restricted Manufacture of new rugs and carpets will be restricted. The looms are needed for weaving of military cloth, and there isn't enough wool and jute anyway. You can't even knit ad lib. Not enough wool yarn. Cotton and novelty rug prices have been frozen. Mohair is to be increasingly substituted for wool. You are warned to save your antifreeze solution, as there may not be any next winter. No more. beer, coffee or hams in tin cans after May 31. Shoe manufacturers ‘getting tanned leather on priorities orders must use it all for war orders—none of it for civilian shoes. The order banning thread for corsets, bras and | such got wide publicity, but it was included in this same 10-day period.

ceilings on cigarets are investigated, found fair and equitable, confirmed. Paperboard containers will be thinner. You are warned to get ready to registgr for ration book No. 1, covering sugar, of which you will be allowed only half a pound a week. This is only the beginning of ra-

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Another frequent remark is: “A mile out and a mile deep.”

not far from shore. 3 Bui all this grim chatter is passed around with the smile of ‘bravado, that carefree, courageous dare-and-do typical of Americans who follow the sea. The U-boats have brought the war to our own shores, and. slowly the country is discovering a new kind of hero who has not had his proper share of praise — the merchant seaman. Only a few of our cargo ships have any guns to protect themselves, though the navy is arming them as fast as it can.

Tanke rs Are Main Targets

Much in the limelight just now are the tankers and. the men who man them, for these not very handsome vessels have become vital lifelines to bring oil and gas so essential to our lives and, for that very reason, are being hunted-—and sunk—along the Atlantic seaboard within sight of shore. This is reflected in ‘current plans to ration gasoline, It is reflected more tragically in the loss of lives. There is a constant demand for men to fill the gaps. Despite the danger, despite the realization that the next trip may be the last, the ranks are being kept filled satisfactorily in this essential tanker service, according to Bjorne Halling, executive secretary of the C. I. O. maritime committee. The government is participating through several agencies to safeguard and reward the men .in this dangerous service and to fill the gaps left by those who are lost— the maritime war ergency board, for adjustment of W and bonuses; the bureau of marine inspection and navigation, recently transferred from the commerce department to the coast guard, which supervises safety measures; the navy, which is arming the ships; the coast guard, which is training officers and seamen for the merchant marine.

Draw Special Bonuses

Special bonuses for sailing in combat and dangerous zones were worked. out several months ago by the maritime war emergency board. These are adjusted from time to time, according to the hazard. Rates |differ for different zones, according to the danger. A few days ago the bonus for Atlantic coastal service was doubled. Bonuses for sérvice in the most dangerous zones may bring the ordinary seaman’s monthly wage up to $200. * Basic rates of pay, to which the war bonus is added, are $82.50 a month for ordinary seamen, $100 for able-bodied seamen, and between $350 and $400 for officers and masters. Steamship companies are required to carry $5000 life insurance for

Pictured here is the forward half of the 11,600- ton American tanker E. H. Blum in port for rebuilding. She was blown in two off the Virginia coast by either three torpedo or mine explosions.

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Americans Sign Up as Usual Despite Threats of U-Boats

By THOMAS L. STOKES, Times Special Writer March 13.—Around the waterfront hiring halls these days the boys crack wise to each other: “You ship in a tanker and you sign your death warrant.”

Which refers to the possibility that the submarine may do its work

every man on a cargo boat traveling in the danger zone. Only recently the Caribbean was added to the zones where life insurance is required. The government has set up a $40,000,000 revolving fund for insurance where companies are unable to obtain adequate insurance from commercial companies,

No Complaints on Pay

Mr. Hallings says there are no complaints from the men about pay, but there are complaints about lifeboats and life rafts. Some compa-

nies have been: slow in providing adequate lifeboat and raft protec-

tion, he said. There also are some complaints about food, he said, but on the whole this situation is not bad. The unions have agitated to have the lifeboats swung free, ready for launching, when cargo vessels leave port, since in the case of a submarine attack there is offen ot time to lower them. This, he said, is now being done. Also, he said, the unions have demanded that the life rafts provided for the crews be kept aft, so that they can be reached easily in case of sinking.

Life Rafts Required

Mr. Halling thought also that:a central government agency should handle allocation of life rafts, rather than having the companies negotiate individually with manufacturers, since problems of priority of materials and the like are encountered. Recently, he explained, two boats leaving Baltimore for the Far Eas’ did not have life rafts. The crew balked at sailing without them. The owners explained they had orders in, but these could not be filled before sailing. The maritime commission finally was called upon and

the life rafts were procured.

Comm. Richard S. Field, chief of the marine inspection and navigation bureau, said that in early December he issued an order requiring life rafts on every vessel sailing more than 200 miles offshore, and after the Pearl Harbor attack he ordered all vessels to. provide them. All vessels haven’t yet got the best rafts, but those that don’t have been equipped with improvised rafts until they can get the new types, he said.

PAINT FOR BLACKOUT

BUFFALO, N. Y. (U. P).—Research work is under way here at twa paint manufacturing plants in an etfers to perfect a luminous coating to aid the ‘civilian population during blackouts. Such a paint is necessary to Outline street signs, curbs and air raid shelter entrances.

HOLD EVERYTHING

jthey had the offender when they '|arrested him at his place of employment.

PLAN TO TRAIN TRACTOR GIRLS

Harvester Officials Offer Classes for Thousands in Farm Machinery.

CHICAGO, March 13 (U. P.).— The International Harvester Co. offered a partial solution to the serious farm labor shortage today in the form of a nation-wide program to train thousands of farm women and girls as “tractorettes” capable of running farm machinery as efficiently as they do their eggbeaters. Fowler McCormick, Harvester president, sent instructions to 6500 of the company’s dealers asking them to open local classes immediately for farm women willing to report for training in “overalls” and “not afraid to get dirty and greasy.” Mr. McCormick said the training program, to be given free, will require a minimum of eight classes with recommendations to the dealers to expand the course to 12 or 16 lessons where possible. . Acute Need by July Seen Announcement of the Harvester training program came as the United States employment service, seeking to find an answer to the labor shortage already being felt on the farms and anticipated in industry, met with representatives from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, ‘Ohio and Kentucky. -John' J. Corson, U. S. Employment service director, told the conference that needs of the war economy would create a serious farm labor shortage which will be most severe about July 1 when the farmers began to need harvest help. May Enlist Business Men

The employment service already has drafted a program for enlisting housewives, high school students and city business men as volunteer farm workers but the farm’ bureau federation has criticized this plan on the grounds that urban workers will be unable to manage technical farm machinery. The Harvester plan to train farm women as “fractorettes” is specifically designed to meet the need for farm machinery operators. Mr. McCormick explained that, should the need for technical help on the farms become sufficiently great, the training program would be extended to women from the cities.

PAROLEE HELD FR ATTACK ON WOMAN

Alertness in observation by a 23-year-old woman who was criminally assaulted was credited by police today for the arrest of her alleged assailant, The woman, who is married, became a prisoner in her attacker's auto when she accepted a ride. She was in a hurry to get to a Sunday school class, of which she is the teacher. : Although threatened by the man —a parolee from the Indiana reformatory—the woman took note of things that would be helpful to the police ‘in locating him and his auto. These details, coupled with

the description of the car and its]

license number, as well as a description of the man, convinced: police

The woman identified him at police headquarters. The suspect was paroled from the reformatory only two weeks ago.

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Army, Navy Need 16-mm. Projectors; Air Wardens. Manuals Arrive.

By LOUIS ARMSTRONG Calling all home movie enthuesiasts. - The government needs’ your 16 mm. movie sound projector and needs it badly. The broad training program for soldiers, sailors, marines and aviators, not to mention defense work-

-lers, :is' being’ speeded by the use of

movies to explain and demonstrate the ‘work. The local office of the war: pre=

|duction board along with the Ine

diana ‘defense council are co-operat-ing to trace down owners who would sell their 16 mm, Projectors w the government. Only 1939, 1940 and 1941 Hodels are desired and they must be able to handle sound film. Because of the aluminum shortage, the produc tion ‘of new sound projectors has been curtailed and the government can't buy the number needed from manufacturers, ; Persons who ' wish fo sell their sound apparatus are asked to write to WPB in Washington, giving price asked for Prolesion along with year model. ” #

Interesting F eS

Do you know what is being ace complished at the sacrifice of the family automobile? If you don't, here are some interesting figures released today by James D. Strickland, state ratione ing administrator. For every automobile not made this year enough tin is saved to coat 1000 cans in which to put sole diers and sallors food. Not only that, for every 24 cars not made we have saved steel and rubber enough to make a 27-ton medium tank. That same automobile, not made, gives up enough nickle to make 100 pounds of nickel steel; and enough zinc and copper to make brass for 2400 30-caliber cartridge cases.

50 Mail Bags Full

The first shipment of air raid wardens’ handbooks, a mere 15,000 reached the office of the state defense council yesterday. This will not begin to supply all the air raid wardens which will be appointed in the state following the warden ine structor school here this month, Mote handbooks will have to be ordered. The 15,000 filled 50 mail bags and are taxing the storage facilities of The defense council, » 2

1400 Pilots Join CAP

The latest report of the state civil air patrol, of which Walker W. Winslow is wing commander, reveals that 56 per cent of the pilot population of Indiana have joined the organization. Of the 2100 pilots in the state, 1400 have now enrolled in the CAP. That places 3 Indiana fifth among the states of j he nation in percentage of partice iration, ™N

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” 2 ” . The dates for the sugar regise tration will probably be announced | following a meeting of the nation’s rationing administrators in Chicago, March 21 and 22. James D. Stricke land, state rationing administrator, and William -Rightor, deputy, will attend the national gathering. ® ” ”

The unofficial word is out that the rationing of typewriters will be handled by the state rationing administrator through local boards as are tires and automobiles. Both wholesale and retail levels will be controlled.

ARMY DAY IS APRIL 6

. WASHINGTON, March 13 (U.P), —Secretary of War Stimson today called upon the nation to express. the “pride which we all share in the army of the United States” during the annual Army day cele bration april 6.

ec WARQUIZ

1—-Would you be. more likely to be serving on this American ware ship if you had studied at Navy schools at Pensacola, Fla. or New London, Conn.? .