Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1942 — Page 12

| TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1942

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CATHEDRAL CITY. Cal. March 31.—Not all of our heroes are in uniform over Australia or on the fields of Britain. Some of them are sitting almost anonymously right here at home, Marshal Headle is one of them. Headle chief test pilot of the Liockheed Aircraft Corp. is one of the finest and most respected pilots in the aviation world. I'm going to tell the strange story of what happened to him.

It all happened in less than 10 seconds. Headle wasn't even in a plane. The accident got brief notice in the Los Angeles papers, and then was forgotten. But it took out of the air one of Americas most valuable fliers Marshal Headle the quiet, serious type who does his job with intense thoroughness. He has been with Lockheed 13 vears. He personally flew every new type of air1ft first, even though some of them are tough to

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At 42000 feet he felt himself getting very weak He remembers

and hazy. He was sitting on a stool. reaching up toward the oxygen valve: he doesn’t remember ever touching it. remember it

off and then saw him topple off the stool!

8 Seconds! ... Like 8 Hours!

IT IS HARD for a layman to realize the terrible, Nobody ean live long with-| But, you might ask, why didn’t they open

consequences of that act. out oxygen. the door and drag him out? They didn't, because that would have meant instant death.

dangerously. But he couldn't live that Fast and desperate thinking was in order for those outside. They had to compromise on the time element, and take a chance. They compromised on leaving him in there eight seconds. They stood there, frantic with anxiety while the eight seconds ticked off like eight hours. Then they opened the door and carried Headle out—and to the hospital.

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HAD “fallen” the equivalent of eight miles in eight seconds—almost 3000 miles an hour! No human ever before has gone through atmospheric changes that fast, that far. No human ean live through such an experience But Headle did live through it. The accident happened nine months ago and he is still alive, although a semi-invalid. Eventually he will recover, in an abbreviated way. He probably can never fly again, even as a pessenger: his heart will never stand much physical exertion; he never can take any “altitude” —he can't even cross to the east coast again unless he goes by boat through Panama. He must always stay near sea level. Tomorrow Ill tell you how this life-long airman, sentenced to the ground. has readjusted his life.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowel Nussbaum

THE BICYCLE RAPIDLY is taking its place as a major form of transportation in this town as more and mote autos are placed on the “temporarily retired” Most any morning you can see scores of cyclists carrving lunch boxes or packages, en route to work. In some instances, thevre using bicycles as “feeder lines” pedaling from home to the neavest streetcar or bus line and then parking the bike at some acquaintances home. The situation is creating somewhat of a problem for firms whose employees are pedaling to work. They have to have a place to park the cveles. Li 8. Avres has solved the problem, temporarily, by installing an employees’ bike parking rack in one of its warehouse buildings on Pearl are racks for 20 bikes, with space for 30 Some motorists are beginning to grumble about “bicvele menace.” One insists he has “forced over the curb” twice recently by youthful Oh, well tum about is fair play

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BLAINE H. MILLER SR. president of the Excelgot ambitious Saturday and began rakother debrizs from the lawn of his a sizable pile of leaves, he drove vad Ripple. bought one of those outdoor inand put it to use. The leaves were a little ing and Mr. Miller kept poking them. After ¢ minutes he saw something wriggling out of the incinerator. Thinking it was a he grabbed a club and struck the wriggling When the smoke cleared away, he saw a dead alli Mr. Miller got in his car and drove right down to the IT A. C and told the boys in the Speedway room about it. To show their faith in his veraeity, the boys presented him with the Speedway room trophy. Its a figure of a man in the stance of a

From India

ALLAHABAD, India, March 31 —Because any shift of power to India will find a good deal of lodged in Nehru, leader of the congress party, I arranged through a mutual friend to visit him at his home in his ancient city on the Ganges. Around Nehru, rather than Gandhi. will center the spotlight of active leadership. Gandhi is more the saint of independence, while Nehru is on the firing line, directing the congress party headquarters. It is housed here in Nehrus huge bovhood home, next door to his present mansion The contrast between Allahabad. seat of political leadership of native Indians, and of New Delhi. seat of the British government of India. is striking. New Delhi is a modern city, laid out during the last quarter century. Its buildings are huge and new, with vistas like Washington's mall section. only more vast llahabad, the ancient city. looks moth-eaten It has been losing population as a result of moving the provincial capital away, after Nehru made this the center of independence agitation.

Is India Ready for Self-Rule?

NEHRU IS A THIN man of medium height. bald with gray hair on the sides. and a youngish face of sharp. regular features. A quick smile lights his expressive eyes. His movements are quick. nervous. After a glance around at his womenfolk. he said: “Let's get out of here where we can be quiet.”

In talking with Nehru, New Delhi seems even farther away. The British completed their new capital after the first World war, apparently expecting India

My Day

NEW YORK CITY, Monday. —Yesterday morning. in Hyde park. the day dawned gloriously: a blue sky and cold, crisp weather. I went out to discuss the best place for a garden with the man who does the outside work. We are going to plant extra things for ourselves and for preserving purposes and winter use, as well as some things which we can contribute, if necessary. to the school lunch program, should their supplies from surplus commodities be reduced this coming year I found considerable concern about how we are going to manage the place with only one station wagon, which I have told them to use only once a week for going to town. I suggested mildly that I thought it was time we made the rounds of our neighbors and started some kind of a co-operative arrangement for buying supplies and, since I was not at Hyde Park often enough, I would leave it to them to ge} gether. §

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This and That BILLY NIEEUS, 7-vear-old son of Roy Niehus, returned from school the other day and asked his dad if he'd like to “hear me say mv ABC's backward?" Sure, said dad. Grinning, the 7-year-old turned his back, then began: “A B, C. ete.” You've got to get up early to get ahead of Young America. . . . Eddie

McCammon got in line at the County Treasurer's office the other day and made a tax payment. He says he nearly was bowled over by the cashier's pleas-

ant smile and “thank you" It almost—but not quite— | 2anized by Dwight Davis, former | 2 overnor-generat of the Philippines,

made the proceedings painless for Eddie. . . . The Power & Light Co. is doing the biggest job of boilIng in the city's history, They're getting a new boiler ready for service at the Harding street plant and for two days thevil be cleaning out almost 10 miles of tubing with 154350 gallons of boiling water. The inside of the boiler, incidentally. is as large as a -story house.

Junk? Junk It!

A USED AUTO parts company at 919 N. Senate ave. goes in for unique signs on its fence. For some time it's had a sigh reading: “If you work for a man. work for him: if not. be a man and quit" Now they've put out a couple more signs with the patriotic motif. to-wit: “One car equals one machine gun. Sell us your old car” Another reals: “Twenty cars equal one tank, etc” . C. M Whitney, veteran auditing department employee of the gas company, is one of the most independent men in town. You may rememsber that he declined last summer to change his watch to davlight saving time. Well, he's just as independent when if comes to war time. He settles the problem by just leaving his watch on the old central standard time, and then going to work and quitting an hour early. Ask him what time it is and he'll note that the watch says 8 a. m. and tell you: “It's 9 a. m.”

But those on the outside For they saw him reach up, turn the valve the wrong wav—shutting his oxygen completely;

You see, his system had been gradually worked up to a thin pressure of 42,000 feet—it would have to be worked as gradually back down again, over a period of half an hour or more, not to affect him

long without oxygen!

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OLOER MEN'S SPECIAL ARMY PLAN FOUGHT

‘Congress Refuses Funds to Enlist Semi-Military

Specialist Corps.

By NED BROOKS Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, March 31.—Congress and the war department were lat odds today over the establishment of a uniformed, semi-military organization of perhaps 150,000 men to fill non-combat posts and relieve large numbers of army personnel for fighting service. Applications for admission to the new branch, created a month ago

Keeps Materiel Rolling Merchandise is what the army calls materiel. Men and materiel will win the war. So Richard D. Evans, merchandise manager Sears Roebuck & Co. now is Capt.

ager” for the army of the United States. He reports for duty at an undisclosed military post. It will be part of his job to see that materiel | keeps rolling to the men who are fighting the axis from Aruba to Australia, from the frozen fjords of | Iceland to the ferny slopes of the

Capt. Richard D. Evans s ” 2 as the army specialist corps, were TAKES ARMY JOB still being accepted by the war de-| re partment, despite action of the Ea house in rejecting a $2.218000 ap- BR; * Experience propriation intended to pay salaries Richard Evans E P of the first 5950 enrollees. le Sam Army officials said they still ex- To Help Unc {pected funds to be available for the i ds. ,eorps, perhaps by transfer i Deliver Goo other appropriations. | Recent streamlining of the army The house deleted Lie Sphcimiist caused Richard D. Evans to inquire £Orp: aupOPiatin Brung A ©" | whether there was a place for him cause creation of the unit hed not/,,, ",pe ccneme of military things. been authorized by congress. Uncle Sam sent him before a Emphasis on Older Men group of medical officers. The committee also expressed its| Today, Richard D. Evans finds disapproval of a “quasi-military himself streamlined in a ‘uniform, a “with captain's bars on his shoulsse a need for such | ders. : - Oe : len rans Uncle Sam decided that there is either should be taken into the|® big job in the scheme of military army " employed in a contract things for a man who has spent 33 capacity : or employed in the|years in the merchandising busiusual way as civilian forces en- NESS. gaged with the various branches or services.” The specialist corps was to be formed of highly qualified men in professional, labor and scientific fields who are without military training and are ineligible for com- | bat service because of age or phys(ical defects. The emphasis would {be on men over the draft age. 500,000 Men Volunteer | The specialist corps is being or-

with the assistance of army officials. | Fiji islands. More than 500000 applications) Came Here as Boy are already on file, but no appoint-| apt. Evans starts ments have been made. ‘phase of his business career at 49. The size of the corps, officialsi pe was born at Noblesville, Ind, said, will depend on requisitions for), Ghristmas day, 1892. personnel made by the variousarmy| ye came to Indianapolis with his branches. Estimates range from|,,.ents when he was a boy. 50,000 to 150,000, but the strength will not exceed 6000 before July Li mother, Mrs. Mae Kirk.

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V all include tL i Capt. Evans has two daughters, The corps wi meiuge 1e€ Mrs. Charles T. Coy. 3725 College classes of personnel:

1. Officers who will receive pay|2YS: and Mrs. Donald Dick, Chi- ) ding to that of army offi. | C8% and a S-year-old grandspon ing to that of army Oil: | qaughter, Anne Evans Coy.

2. The “specialist” class to re-|

ceive pay corresponding to that of | i REWMEN T0SS non-commissioned technicians.

3. The mechanical and technical group to receive pay on the basis of the prevailing wage for highly skilled men. The last group is expected| MrAMI, Fla, March 31 (U. P) — i The crew of a German submarine which took two survivors aboard {and threw cigarets to others in a

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to endure as the backbone of the empire. Yet with the newness hardly worn off the building, we find Sir Stafford Cripps here trying to arrange a transfer of power. Somehow one feels—although perhaps my first impression is inaccurate—that India is far from ready to

receive this power. Questionably that power is pas-|

sionately wanted, but Nehru and others have been so absorbed in the struggle to get it, I doubt if they are organized to exercise it. I sensed that throughout Nehru's discussion, for he continually came back to the excuse that Britain had not permitted India to do the things necessary to prepare for self-government.

The Old and the New

WHILE RUSSIA HAS been an inspiration to the Indian independence movement, there is doubt that Nehru has it exactly in mind as a pattern. Although he is a socialist. he leans to the pacifist side. “Only four or five nations find it worth while to arm—uniess you can arm to same strength as they, then your arms will be no avail,” he said. “Defense preparations did not save Crechoslovakia, and all her armament effort was wasted.” That note ran all through Nehru's conversation, leaving some doubt as to the direction of his thinking—despite his intense opposition to fascism and aggression. He is a strange mixture of the old and new. as suggested by the traditional Hindu white dress but the American trick cigaret holder with filter and modernistic ashtray, in which stubs disappear when the top is lifted We sat in an upstairs study. Though the walls were lined with modern books, we always seemed one second in the old world and the next second in the new world.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

Somehow or other, when I walked through the woods and as I sat in front of my fire, I realized for the first time how easy it would be to forget what is happening in the outside world, if one were not tied to it by strings of affection, or just left the radio turned off. One change has taken place. The boy who usually delivers newspapers on Sundays, does not do so on account of tires. It only serves to make you feel even

more remote from the excitement of the outside

world. And we are only 70 miles from New York city and on one of the main highways! Frederick Delano and some of his family came to wunch. This morning, I have been to the Brooklyn naval hospital, have visited a friend and have done several errands I found my son very much elated over the gift of the book. “Flight to Arras” with an inscription by the author, Antoine de St. Exupery. Franklin Jr. has found the book most interesting and filled with passages which he wanted me to read, so I must hurry and do so :

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to include civilian personnel already lifeboat was credited today with

emploved by the army. Members of the corps would wear sinking two allied merchantmen. (uniforms similar to Hoes of the me torpedoing of a small Amerjarmy, distinguished hi a ican vessel and a medium-sized shoulder straps and silver gray but- British ship were announced yes-

tons, terday in Washington. | Methbiers of oFices ai Solid ican merchantman was sunk with buy their own uniforms: Siiose cor out warning off the Atlantic coast responding to the enlisted grades| ; oypg March 12 and the British

would have them furnished. shi . : ; G ship was torpedoed and shelled in- | The pay would range from $2300 discriminately “in the Atlantic”

i ; 4 $8000, ut Members Sod receive three days later. It was believed jhe allowance for subsi the same submarine made both

attacks Thirty-one survivors of the American ship were brought here from Cuba. Only one crew member was lost. Forty-five British crewmen were taken to Ft. Lauderdale from Nassau. Three of their shipmates were lost.

Enrollment would be “for the dur-| ation” and six months thereafter.

3 KILLED IN ENGINE BLAST AT REDKEY.

| PLAN FILM ON FORD

REDKEY, Ind, March 31 (U. P) | Three train crewmen were killed] HOLLYWODD. March 31 (u P.. today when the locomotive of wlhe A ry Ton a be ,west-bound Nickel Plate freight ex-) pe film journal said producer ploded a mile west of here. | Those listed as dead at a local!in Detroit recently ‘funeral home were E. L. Benner, Sanction” decided to made a pic-

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MORE POWER STILL NEEDED BY WARTHUR

Allies Work to Iron Out Confusion Over Extent Of Authority.

By DON CASWELL United Press Staff Correspondent GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, March 31 (U. P).—Gen, Douglas MacArthur is getting the unqualified co-opera-tion of all united nations officials and services, but still faces perplex ing problems in forming'a supreme command for a major offensive. The mountain of detail involved in preparing for defense of Austra lia and an eventual offensive against the Japanese cannot be eliminated in a day although the work 1s being speeded. There are three major problems that must be solved to achieve com-

Theodore B. Griffith

THEODORE B. GRIFFITH, president of L. S. Ayres & Co, today headed the retail department of the Indiana defense savings staff. The purpose of Mr. Griffith's department is to place defense stamps on sale in every ‘store in Indiana. The campaign is to start

plete unity and authority: %

jen. MacArthur's command does not govern allied naval forces. (It will be most essential that naval [strategy be closely integrated with other operations in the coming offensive. : | Face Serious Problems

2. The now separate organization lof the royal Australian air force ‘must be integrated with American | air forces, which are a part of the larmy.

| 3. There is considerable confusion 'as to the extent to which Gen. MacArthur might countermand or su- | persede orders of the allied goviernments and forces. These problems admittedly are serious ones in the united nations’ effort to match the Axis system of complete centralized and unified command for swift. smashing | operations,, but it is felt here that!

they will be solved. | One bright spot is the reorgan-| ization of the Australian forces with greater responsibility for the tough, hard-hitting veterans brought home from Libya and other foreign battlefields. Many younger overseas officers are being promoted. | Command Simplified

| | The old Australian military board | lis being dissolved to simplify the strategic command. and one mem- | ber of the board may join the Paci- | fiv war council at Washington. |

Until the general co-ordination | |

of the united nations forces under |

| Gen. MacArthur is completed, prob- | Passenger retreads ... | ably several weeks hence, the vetHis [eran Anzac forces will hold a major Da gssneer tubes home is at 3445 Winthrop ave. His share of responsibility for defense Truck

of Australia. Organization of the battle plan | for Australia, based on a belief that the Japanese may hurl their | might against the country's north-| ern bases within two or three weeks. | will be studied by the allied leaders! and meetings of the Australian war cabinet and war council this week. Reorganize Land Forces | A complete reorganization of the! [various commands of Australia’s own land forces under Gen. Sir | Thomas Blamey, commander-in-{chief of the united nations land forces, will be discussed. | Gen, Blamey will have command of the United States land forces in | Australia as well as the Australian | forces in matter of grond operations. | Lieut. Gen George H. Brett will {have command of the allied air forces. Gen, Brett will serve under | Gen, MacArthur as deputy com-jmander-in-chief for all the allied [forces in the entire Australian war | Sphere, except that Gen. Blamey| {will act directly through Gen. Mac-)

at once and reach, a elimax before Indiana's bond pledging week, April 27 through May 2

STATE T0 GET 14,165 RECAPS

Spring Demands Exhaust Supply of New Tires, Official Says.

An April quota of 14.165 passen=ger car retreads for Indiana was announced today by James M. Strickland, state rationing administrator, who also said “the pinch is on” so far as new tires are con-

cerned, “During January and February.”|

he said, “we used only a relatively small part of our quota of new tires. With the coming of warm weather this month, however, applications began to pour in on local rationing boards and as a consequence our quota, as well as our reserve pool, have been virtually exhausted.”

Farmers File Requests

Mr. Strickland said the demand for truck tires for farmers and for truckers at state defense plants has

the military Others will be department heads. |increased greatly.

The following table compares the Indiana quotas for April and March: April March None

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BITTER OVER WAY SINGAPORE GAVE UP

LONDON, March 31 (U. P..— More than 50 British and Aus-

‘tralian soldiers who escaped from

Malaya have arrived in Australia, bitter about the surrender of Singapore, the London Daily Mail's Sydney correspondent reported today. “When the white flag went up over Ft. Canning. we couldn't believe our eyes,” the soldiers were quoted. “We became almost demented. “We heard that the fight was going to end, but we dismissed the story as mere fifth column stuff. We wanted to fight to the finish. We would have fought in the streets to the last man.” Capt. K. R. King. a native of Sydney, brought hope to relatives of men believed to have been cap-

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FOR TO MEET WITH PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL

‘First Session of Newest Strategy Group to Be

Held Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, March 31 (U. P). —The new Pacific war council which will decide strategy in the Pacific area today was expected to bring to Washington an imposing array of high officials of the powers involved. Diplomats who have.been instrumental in the creation of the council said it was_their understanding that the new body would be composed of members of the cabinets or war cabinets of the powers rep=resented—Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Canada, China, Great Britain and the United States. The first meeting tomorrow at the { White House will be attended by l Australian Foreign Minister derbert Vere Evatt, New Zealand Minister Walter Nash, Netherlands Minister Dr. Alexander Loudon, China's For- | eign Minister Dr. T. V. Soong, i Councilor of the Canadian Legation Hume Wrong and British Ambassador Lord Halifax, Mr. Roosevelt will | preside, May Change Membership

This group is regarded only as tentative. Mr. Evatt, on his arrival here, said the council should be composed of ministers of cabinet rank and, it was understood, the makeup of the organization wiil follow that request. That means that some of the participants in the first meeting will have to be replaced or raised to the rank of cabinet ministers. Mr. Evatt, in addition to being foreign minister. is attorney general in the war cabinet of Prime Minister John Curtin, But his visit to the United States is regarded as only temporary, de- | spite suggestions that he be appointed minister to the United States—Australia’'s most important foreign political assignment — following the transfer of Minister Rich|ard G. Casey to the Middle East as a British war ministry member.

Watt May Retain Post

| However, it was believed a compromise might be reached in Mr. Evatt's case by having him commute between Australia and the United States while the future Australian minister acts as hig repre- | sentative at routine meetings of the | council. | Lord Halifax is already a mem- | ber of the British cabinet and Mr. Nash has a place on his country’s | cabinet. | Dr. Soong, here as head of the | Chinese purchasing mission, was (appointed foreign minister several weeks ago and regards Washington as his headquarters. A brother of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, he is expected to remain here.

| Will Confer With London In tne case of Mr. Loudon, it was believed that he might be given a |place on the Netherlands war cab‘inet, though ony nominal, in order to permit him to use his long established contacts in this country. | The creation of the council had | been long expected. It was an(hounced at the White House by Presidential Secretary Stephen T. Early. | The announcement explained that the council will “be in intimate | contact with a similar body in London. | That was taken to mean that the empire war council, created in re|Sponse to Anzac demands, would be consulted on all questions involve | ing the internal politics of the Brit-

‘Arthur in matters relating to the| “ured by the Japanese, the dispatch ish commonwealth of nations.

allied land forces on the Australian! continent.

WAR MAY CUT SIZE OF BUTLER YEARBOOK

The war may cut down the size (of Butler university's 1943 year- | book. | That was the prospect facing a| publications committee today. which | | considered the increased cost of paper and engravings. Joe Kettery, sophomore and a

John Hart, Shortridge graduate, is | { business manager. {

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Lima, O. Authorities were unable

| immediately to learn Hershbergers ‘first name. | The explosion occurred on & istraight, slightly downhill stretch of track. As far as could be learned, only the locomotive was damaged. Benner was blown a hundred feet from the engine, and was still alive when found, but died before he could be taken to a hospital. The body of Hershberger was pinned in the cab, while that of Scheeter was found beneath the fourth freight car back from the engine. Jay County Corner Donald Spahr said indications were that the water had run low in the boiler of the engine.

TREADWAY ASSIGNED ‘TO STAFF IN KANSAS

; Capt. William E. Treadway, of ithe legal staff of the state selec-! ‘tive service headquarters, has been | transferred to the Kansas head-! quarters. The order is effective! l Thursday. i! Capt. Treadway, Spencer. Ind. ' lawyer, joined the legal staff here | in January, 1941, having served previously on the adjutant general's staff of the 151st Infantry, national guard. - “Well, well! It's

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said. “There are scores of men whose people think they are dead, but who will turn up safe and sound.” he was quoted. “Some are on islands still awaiting a chance to get off.”

GRAND JURY PROBES FENCE FEUD SLAYING

WINCHESTER, Ind. March 31 (U. P.).—A Randolph county grand jury was scheduled today to h

yard feud which culminated

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The United States could thus be freed from any involvement among the British “family of nations.”

Soaked as Auto Drives Into Canal

A COLLEGE student took an unintentional dip in the canal ' shortly after last midnight. { It all happened because | auto which Evans Waytt, 20 | student at Franklin college, was along Westfield blvd. suddenly skidded, slid into the canal at 63d st., and soaked the | driver. Mr. Wyatt was taken to City

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Among the probable witnesses| hospital. He was apparently un-

were Weley Laisure, husband of the| injured.

victim, and Goly Weese, husband of Mrs. Lucy Weese, who allegedly did the shooting. Frank White, believed to be the only eye-witness to the shooting, was reported to have testified yesterday.

HEMISPHERE BOARD OF DEFENSE FORMED

WASHINGTON, March 31 (U.P.). —An inter-American defense board —the “general staff” for the armies of the western hemisphere—was in existence today, its staff organized and the way paved for actual implementation of plans for hemispheric defense. Created to develop a specific and continuous program of co-operation among the armed forces of North and South America, the board convened here yesterday, set up an organization, and adjourned until April 6 to open work on an agenda. { Named permanent chairman was ' Lieut. Gen. Stanley D. Embick, representing the United States.

| FOUR TIRE MAKERS ACCUSED

BUENOS AIRES. March 31 (U. P.).—The Dunlop, Firestone, Goodvear and Michelin tire companies, incorporated in Argentina, faced federal court charges today of vio-

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His home is at Camden, | . The auto belonged to | James Hicks, 19, of 3339 N. Meridian st.

© WAR QUIZ 1. This insignia looks as if it might have been awarded to a champion pipe smoker. Is it an army or navy designa- (0 tion? And what does it indicate? 2. The name of Baron Karl von Mannerheim bobs up every once in {a while in the war news from Eu rope. Is he Swedish? Finnish? Danish? 3. Communique recently said the allied line from Tmimi to Kekil{ was holding. Sounds like it might apply to some place in one of the islands inhabited by Polynesians. But stir your memory. Are those spots in the Dutch East Indies, the ' Philippines, Libya or in the Russian Caucasus? :

Answers 1. The insignia indicates the wear= er is in the army chemical warfare service. 2. Baron Mannerheim is a field marshal of the Finnish army, 3. Tmimi and Kekili are in Libya.