Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1942 — Page 7
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WASHINGTON, May 23.—The time may be close at hand when the administration will be called to sharp accounting for the poor showing in meeting the submarine menace on our eastern coasts. We are suffering a major defeat. The news of it dribbles out, often weeks late and * thoroughly camouflaged. . ‘Much of -the story cannot be re- - vealed for military reasons. The circumstance of three axis submarines rampaging around inside our vaunted Caribbean defense ring is a sufficient suggestion of how acute the crisis is. ° There is much more that cannot be said about the effect of this unrelenting campaign right up to the mouth of the Mississippi. The : inconvenience to eastern motorists is trivial compared with some of the other effects now beginning to be felt. The navy has failed and those who have even a partial inside picture know it. There is promise of improvement sooon, and perhaps shortly a different situation will exist.. The navy is under the heaviest pressure to get, results and very likely they will be achieved.
No Full Airing Possible
- THE GOVERNMENT has not been as frank about this as it probably could have been. How much can be safely told is a delicate question and opinibns will vary. Surely more carr be told than has been. There can be no full open airing of the submarine
during a war.
By. Raymond Clapper
situation and its effects. But a responsible body of the people’s representatives, such as the Truman committee of the senate, can investigate and hold the executive branch to account. Don’t think it won't be effective. It is not always necessary to conduct a campaign through the headlines. A raking-over in secret committee session on capitol hill is a more dreaded experience for the aver-
age executive official than a bombardment of head- =
lines.
In wartime that often is the oily way to check up|
on. the executive. It is the. democratic substitute for wide open publicity which is out of the question
A Question of Bulanee
THE NAVY HAS had a question of balance to deal with—it obviously could not convoy every ship everywhere in the world. First things had to come first. The navy could not be pulled in to sit as an iron ring around our coastline. But it is a question whether the submarine warfare has not reached a point where its effects bring it into a different status than it had some weeks earlier. It is a question whether some changes in methods of operation, some changes in type of shipbuilding, may not be called for. In these matters we can only sit on the sidelines. But congress, through the Truman committee, for instance, can represent us in checking up, in probing these possibilities, in needling the executive branch to be sure that the very best judgment is being brought to bear, everything considered.
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Ernie Pyle, in poor health for some time, has been forced to take a rest. However, he is expected to resume his daily column within a short time.
Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
Born at Alpena, Mich. he was active in sports|
PROFILE OF THE WEEK: Frank Alexander Montrose, vice president and general manager of the Indiana Bell Telephone Co., amateur gardener, ardent pool player, poker enthusiast, and one of the founders of the American Legion. It’s been 23 years since that caucus in Paris at which the Legion was formed, but Frank Montrose has never lost his interest in Legion affairs. He’s 58 now, an amiable, aim and collected individual who serves as a soothing influence on others in times of stress. Five feet, 72, he weighs 165. His hair is gray,— almost white; his complexion slightly ruddy, his eyes blue, his g face full ‘and his chin firm. He’s deliberate in action and Mr. Montrose (1, ,0nt takes quite a while to make up his mind on problems that don’t require immediate action. At a conference, he often rears back in his chair, rests his feet on his desk and just listens: Then he winds up with, “Well, I'll think about it.”
He Remembers Birthdays
CHEERFUL AND PATIENT, he’s quite democratic, has a habit of introducing himself to strangers just to be friendly. He makes a good speech—gets right down to brass tacks—but secretly thinks he’s a poor talker. He likes to get a discussion going, and often baits his friends by opposing their views just to get the ball rolling. He has a habit of learning people’s birthdays, and then dropping in to wish them a happy birthday. He always calls on them personally if he can. In fact, he dislikes to write letters. And the writing of memos between people working in nearby offices annoys him. He thinks it's silly when you could just step across the hall and tell it.
Routine Annoys Him
HE HATES ROUTINE; sometimes says the older he gets the more he hates having to do anything “on a Tuesday at 9:15.”
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The Invasion
WASHINGTON, May 23.—By way of answer to the increasing clamor for a second front in western Burope, it can be stated without undue exaggeration that the opening shots on such a front have already been fired by Britain and the United States. After the first World war had become somewhat static, preparations for an offensive always got under way at least two weeks in advance. The artillery started probing back areas according to a carefully arranged chart. Crossroads, railway junctions, ammunition dumps, supply depots, arterial highways and bridges were worked on methodically by guns and planes. Ceaselessly, day in and day out, the hammering continued with increasing intensity. Finally the whole front blazed into action and the infantry went over the top. Today, the job of paving the way for a western - Buropean offensive or invasion is fundamentally much the same. Already British and American planes are working on Germany and on Axis-occupied areas behind the . front line known as the English channel and North sea. Day and night swarms of bombers are blasting away at strategic points.
Still a Lot ta, Be Done
NOW GOING OVER in hundreds, soon these raiders will be going over in thousands. Eventually British and American expeditionary forces will follow them across to attack Hitler on his own home grounds. “Second front” preliminaries of all kinds are under
WASHINGTON, Friday.—Mr. Eric Gugler called for me at 9:30 this morning in New York City and, with shame I admit, for the first time I visited the gub-treasury building. on Wall Street. A group of people pave been interested in seeing the very beautiful rotunda restored and made a fitting place for ceremonies of different Kinds. At present, it is. used by the passport service and it is difficult to: visualize how beautiful it will be: when the partitions are taken out; The detail around the doors, . the ola iron grill work of the balcony, the beautiful pillars and really perfect proportions make it ‘a most beautiful and dignified hall. . j Later in the evening I went to £3 see an exhibition of manufactured { which have been made from materials not i for It is astounding what in-
in the development of things almost entirely out of metal
_ Plays Pool for Lunch
By William Philip Simms
| tiss-Wright took an early lead in
‘sake of a single reckless chance would be as criminal
in high school — particularly indoor baseball — and worked in a bank during summer vacations. He was
graduated from the University of Michigan in 1907] and a month later began his telephone career. He’s been in it ever since—in Chicago, San Fran-|
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in the War Plants—
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Training for Allison Job
Council
| Paul Odenwalder (left) of Allison's department 384 instructs Bud Williams in machine operation.
Classes Soon Turn Clerks Into Efficient Machinists :
cisco, Spokane, Kansas City, St. Louis and France. manning a growing plant for high speed production with a shortage
In World War I, he organized and commanded the 412th telegraph battalion, served 17 months overseas and received a British decoration. He came to the local phone company in March, 1920. Frank Montrose’s principal hobby is working in the yard at his home, 4224 Central ave. He's a practical gardener, isn’t afraid to get dirt on his hands, has a power mower and about all the other gardening tools you could find in a catalog. | "Week-ends and evenings, whenever the weather's half way fit, you can find him out in the yard digging weeds, mowing grass, cultivating his flower border, trimming the hedge or merely standing and admiring his roses. He likes to keep his son, David, working with him.
of experienced machinists,
So men had to be trained for the job. Men who had only clérical experience had to be taught to run a lathe, farmers to run a grinder,
and salesmen to be gear qutters. -
To meet this problem, Allison's set up schools in the plant. In cooperation with staff members of General Motors Institute, the personnel office has organized these classes so that each job setter and crew leader learns job training two hours a week for five weeks. Another series of classes offer instruction in blue print reading, use of the slide rule, shop mathematics and trigonometry to any interested
A GOOD RIFLE SHOT, he's a member of the Bell Telephone rifle club, gave up golf years ago, and bowls occasionally. Most every noon you can find him playing pool at the Columbia club. He stands around with a pool gue in one hand and a sandwich in the other. Occasionally, he fishes at Lake Freeman, or in Florida where he spends his vacations. For the last 20 years or ‘so he’s been a member of the Author’s Club—a deceptive name for a group
of Kiwanians who play poker every two weeks, He’s|#
seldom seen without a cigar, or occasionally a pipe. In the evenings he likes tos get on his slippers and a! smoking jacket, listen to the radio and read at the same time. He reads quite a bit, prefers biographies, books, on travel or with a historical background. But he’s| been complaining lately that about all he has time to read anymore is the flood of new regulations coming out of Washington.
way. Thousands of American troops are now poised, shoulder to shoulder with the British. Planes, tanks, guns and every variety of war material are rapidly piling up. And the tempo of allied bombings is increasing so fast that the Nazis already find it necessary to keep an increasing proportion of their forces in western Europe. However, there is still a stupendous amount of preparatory work to be completed. Dover straits are 21 miles wide at the narrowest. The English channel ranges up to 100 miles or more and the North sea up to 400. Therefore there must be plenty of shipping. Not only will the Nazis have to be softened up by ceaseless bombing, but the allies must be able to put up and maintain an impenetrable “umbrella” of planes over the entire area chosen for the crossing. :
The Risks Involved
SHOULD THE NAZIS break through this “umbrella” and get at the packed and over-loaded transports below, the resulting slaughter probably would stagger the imagination. Small wonder, then, that Churchill and Rooosevelt are asking us not to let our impatience run away with our common sense. All such military = enterprises are necessarily gambles but the risks can and should be carefully calculated. To jeopardize the final victory for the
as to hesitate too long over the risks necessary to strike while the striking is good. So the shots whose thunder is now heard over the “western front” are an essential part of the bigger plan. The softening-up period has begun. The man-power is beginning to toncentrate. The blow will come in due time.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
blankets are being produced with a minimum of wool. They look delightful and when the winter comes we shall know whether they are as warm as “all: wool.” I also saw some curtains which can be sponged off, and yet look like chintz as they hang in the window. I discovered we are not really being asked to do anything quite as drastic as I thought in the matter of transportation. On Wednesday, when I announced at the airport that I was taking my last flight, the officials looked at me with horror. They said that because so much publicity had been given, they had very little travel between New. York City and Wash-
employee. So far almost 3000 work2rs have taken part in the program. ” 3 n
Patriotic Outfit
Miss Bessie Stagner is a patriotic Drogussion Worker at RCA and new is even dressing paftriotically. She has been working lately in an outfit resembling the
flag. - The blouse!
CBS
is red and white striped with a blue field and stars over one i shoulder. Her slacks are blue. Miss Stagner Miss Stagner is an inspector in the record plant. ” ” 2
Push Curtiss Output
The Hub-Nut department at Cur-
the May intra-mural “production race” with Blade Drilling a close second. Following challenges by foremen
and group leaders, a special contest between the Speed Reducer Line and the Adapter and Blade
Nut Line also is underway.
Details of this .contest were
worked out by Rufus Gibbs, production basis for judging the winner will be the total amount of bonus earned by the competing workers.
superintendent, and the
Meanwhile, a plaint-wide suggestion contest started this month has netted more than 100 suggestions for increasing production and cutting costs and waste. The suggestions are collected by
the joint labor-management war production drive committee and
submitted to the judges for evalua-
I tion.
” » ” AT ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES: The “Electronic Beacon” is taking a poll to see if the workers want to sponsor a company dance. Those in favor are dropping their “ballots” in the sheet metal department suggestion box. . . . Bob Sheets is helping workers without rides to work to get “lifts.” It’s part of the drive to “double up” on’ automo so conserve tires.
Bth st., who is employed on the t on a 20-foot G. A. Gray
Mr. Bechner’s slogan was named the winner in a slogan contest sponsored by the corporation the last few weeks. With the company since last May, he is married and has two children. = |
ington and were flying with empty seats on every trip. They really want the public to understand that when seats are needed they must be given up, but ordinarily reservations can be held. ‘When I inquired about train travel, I was told that 2 long as accommodations were available, they would be glad to have them used. They only want people to accept cheerfully a certain amount of uncertainty. If people have to travel by coach, or sit up at night, they hope it will be accepted with a smile. They did
ask that week-ends be left free by the general public, >
the s0.that service peo
Prop-ers to Dance
Prop-ers, girl workers’ organization at the Curtiss-Wright propeller plant here, will give a dance to‘night at the Indiana Roof, with Louie Lowe's orchestra furnishing the music. Twenty soldiers have been invited 5 guests of the club. ;
chosen from the following candidates: Grace Smith, Frances Galvin,
Williams, Eileen Haines, Rachel! Steelman, Mary Ellen Sullivan and | Margaret Helm. In charge of the dance are Rovena |
Mary Grace Ferrell, tickets; Irma Hubert Looze, favors, Sylvia Rowbot-
tainment; Mary Ellen Sullivan, pub-
the Columbia club.
‘ior the county civilian defense head-
> |apolis, was awarded a $200 scholar-
licity, and Sara Ratcliffe, place.
Hazel Lancaster, Eva Elliott, Ted!
GROUPS DESIRE
VIORE MODERN COUNTY SETUF
Methods Prevent Long
Range Planning. By NOBLE REED A movement toward modernizing |the century-old system of county government here, the most antiquated of all local governing units, 'is being talked in both political and br cio: County council members,
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who
have been plagued recently by a | maze of overlapping financial prob-
| |lems, have been considering modernization steps seriously this year, “The right hand never knows what the left hand is doing and visa versa,” one courthouse official | said. “It’s a case of one big operation being conducted by a score of sep‘arate units, each entirely independent of the other and respon‘sible to no co-ordinating head.”
Conflicts Are Many
Instances of gross waste in failure of one department to co-oper-ate with the other are numerous. Each department follows laws written especially for that function, resulting often in direct conflict with the all-over aims of another department. George Sadlier, president, said the present piecemeal operation of county government defies any attempt at long ‘ange planning that would save
Like most defense plants, Allison's was faced with the problem of Money for the taxpayers.
Long Range Road Plan
“Roads are being built and paved piece by piece every year but at the end of 10 or 15 years we still will have bad roads,” he said. “A long range ~ road program, properly planned, would see every road in the county in good condition at the end of 15 years. He pointed out that the present structure of county government is {exactly the same as it was 100 years
thousand residents in the county. The biggest residential and in-
'ter of .a century has been in the county outside the jurisdiction of
county council!
Head Says old |
James H. Hottenroth of New York City, is the No. 1 cadet of the West Point class which will be graduated from the U. S. military académy next Friday. Cadet Hottenroth, who was manager of
! the army lacrosse team and a
cadet instructor, compiled 2834.46 points of a possible 3045.00 during his four years at the academy.
R. 0. TC. UNITS AWAIT AWARDS
Inspection of High School Groups Set for Next Thursday and Friday.
Inspection of Indianapolis high school’s R. O. T. C. units and the presentation of awards will be held Thursday and Friday of next week with Lieut. Col. Ernest E. Tabscott, infantry, Indiana university, as senior inspector. Time and date of inspection are: { Thursday; 8 to 10 a. m., Manual high school; 10:15 a. m. to 12: 15 p. m., Crispus Attucks high school and 2:15 to 4:15 p. m., Shortridge high school. Friday: 10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m., Washington high school and 2 to 4:30 p. m.,, Technical high school. All awards will be made on the dates of the inspection with the exception of Crispus Attucks high school which presented its honors
Smith White, general chairman; | 28° when there were only a few Monday and Tuesday of this week.
News Saber Winners Recipients of the Indianapolis
tom, decorations; Eva Elliott, enter- dustrial expansion of the last quar- News Saber are Cadet Maj. Robert
G. Elder, 3801 Madison ave. Manual; Cadet Lieut. Col. Paul D. Wills,
, Doris McDermid is president of municipal planning and there are 1025 W. 25th st. Crispus Attucks;
QUIZ SESSION | BROWN LECTURE
Coirespondent to
Devote 20 Minutes to Questions.
An eye-witness description of the war in the Far East as seen from the scorched earth, from bombers
and from the sea will be delivered by Cecil Brown, CBS radio correspondent, at 8:30 p. m. Monday af the Murat theater. Speaking here under the auspices of Town Hall, Mr. Brown will answer questions during a 20-minute period following his address. Returned on Freighter The correspondent returned to America from Australia a mwmth ago on a freighter after being “in on” the fall of Singapore and the quickening realization among Australians that war was coming *heir way. Mr. Brown is credited with being the first to report actual conditions in Singapore prior to its fall. Mr. Brown also will deal with the conflict in Malaya, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. Tickets are available at the theater and on the mezzanine. floor of
PRESENT PATRIOTIC REVUE HERE TONIGHT
“You Can Defend America,” patriotic revue dedicated to bolstering home-front morale, will be presented by 90 volunteer performers at 8:15 p. m. today in the Murat. The show will play Ft. Harrison Monday night and again at the Murat Tuesday night. Tickets may be obtained free at the revue offices, Hume Mansur bldg. room 308,
quarters in the war memorial,
WINS SCHOLARSHIP
GREENCASTLE, Ind., May 23.— Barbara Jane Evans, of Indian-
ship toward the freshman year in DePauw university following the -lannual president’s scholarship com-. petition for high school seniors. Mary Elizabeth Donnell, of Indian-
no government facilities to cope with it. Health Hazards Graw
The county plan commission was ~e.organized only last Sepfember but = has hardly been able to scratch the , surface of the problem of" health 21 hazards that are becoming more serious every day. There is no public sewerage sysfem in any part of the thousands of acres of residential districts outside the city. Private cesspools, wells, comprise the onlv sew2~e disposal over an area whose popula-! tion is greater than a good-sized! city.
Danger of Epidemic
One county official said there are| places in suburban Marion county where sewage is draining into open! streams. “If the rural residential districts continue to expand as they have in| the last two years, there will be , some epidemics unless some facilities are provided,” he said. County officials, who have been discussing the modernization possibilities, all are agreed that a com-
the entire county setup, draft a
bills in the legislature to stream. line the functions of all depart-' ments.
COUNTY: TO START REVALUATION SOON
The State Tax Board has instructed nine Marion county town-
with preparations for the first revaluation of real estate in 10 years.
A delegation of assessors conferred with the state board yesterday .and plans were outlined for completion of real estate assessed valuations by July 1, 1943 for tax payments in 1944. The state board advised township assessors to make estimates of the additional costs and include them in their 1943 budgets. Special appropriations will be authorized for extra deputies required the remainder of 1942. During the 10 years no revaluations have been made, property owners had been appealing every year for adjustments in their valuations. Every year the tax board has granted between 2000 and 3000 readjustments in real estate valuations. ‘
spolis, received honorable mention.
Times Special _ WASHINGTON, May 23.—Lewis
In the deluge of mail to congressmen requesting officer commissions in the army and navy, there appeared Mr. Rutherford’s letter to Rep. Raymond S. Springer. Mr. Rutherford doesn’t want to be an officer or a specialist or a favored “coffee cooler.” He wants to be a
Hoosier, 48, With Son Ineligible for Army, Pleads for Right to Serve—as Private
cause “I have a son 19 who is in eligible for military service on account of an injury to his right arm.” “Would if be possible,” Mr. Rutherford asked, “for you to obtain permission from the war department for me to take a physical examination as a private in the U. 8. army? “I have failed in obtaining this I am 48
draining into!
and now is a ship assessors to proceed at Once second class sea-
leans,
orton, Sungtatuiaing tim en his and
Cadet Maj. James F. Carlin, 3229 | Washington blvd., Shortridge; Cadet {Maj. Robert Davis, 45 N. Addison ave, Washington; Cadet Capt. Edward S. Schilling, 718 N. Gladstone ave. i Oude. 19 Lieut. John T.,| .5002 Broadway,
The Seivice club medal winners are Cadet 2d Lieut. Harold W. Bretz, 1009 E. Motfris st.. Manual; Cadet Maj. Wendell P. McMillan, 513 Bright st., Crispus Attucks; {Cadet Capt. Richard E. Russell, {3702 N. Illinois st., Shortridge; | Cadet Capt. Forest Skiles, 811 Rover ‘ave.,, Washington; Cadet Col. Donald H Bryan, 510 Carlyle place, and Cadet Lieut. Col. Frank R. Stewart, 728 N. Bancroft st., Technical. Win War Mothers Medal Honored with the American War Mothers medal are Cadet Master Sergt. Warren S. Sherman, 1857 Orlleans ave.” Manual; Cadet Sergt. Theodore T. Jordon, 123 S. Catheriwood ave. Crispus Attucks; Cadet 1st Sergt. Bruce W. Christie, 3844 , Park. ave., Shortridge; Cadet Color
| ‘Committee
Tech-
Says Could Haul Youth to
Work in State Fields.
Indiana's 5600 school busses may be used to haul city youths under 18 to the farms this summer, under
a liberal interpretation of the law
returned yesterday by the state school bus committee. | State regulations provide that the busses shall be used only in transporting children to and from school. However, following a meeting with representatives of the Indiana Farm Bureau, the committee reported that the farm work was part of school
might be used. Insurance Suggested
The group recommended that .nsurance be taken out to cover the workers riding in the busses during ‘he summer months. No consideradon was. given to the problem of .sransporting adult workers in the usses. Don Stiver, state police superin=tendent and member of the bus committee, previously had indicated that state police would overlook violation of the law prohibiting use of the busses in carrying berry pickers in Clark, Floyd and Washington counties where a bumper crop already is being harvested.
Keep Tire Priority
Indiana. OPA Director James D. Strickland has reported that a new
State officials of the AAA, the FSA and the state employment service have emphasized that although not as many migrant farm workers will be available this year as have been in past years, the | farm labor problem- can be solved if workers can be moved from one 'ocality to another as needed.
SPECIALISTS WANTED BY MARINE CORPS
WASHINGTON, May 23 (U, P..’
+—The Marine corps will offer coni-
missions to men from 20 to 50 years of age with specialized training in civilian life. Age limits and minor physical defects may be waived for these specialists’ appointments. Men will be commissioned to a rank commensurate. with their age, education,
perience and capability. The ‘Marine “corps said it particularly wanted former officers, civil engineers, radio men, Japanese interpreters, photographers, senior reserve officers training corps graduates, motor transport officers, ground officers for aviation, and materiel officers.
ATTORNEY IS HEAD
Sheldon Key, 525 Edwards ave., local attorney, has been elected president of the Indiana Central college alumni association. He is a member of the class of ’29. Other new officers are Merrill Cummins, 4252 E. Thompson road, secretary, and P. G. Snively, 1701 N. Illinois st., treasurer. Dr. Roy H. Turley, pastor of the University Heights United Brethren
Sergt. Charles Heishman, 412 Alton ave., Washington; Cadet Sergt. Ed-! win J. Britz, 409 N. Oxford st: and Cadet Corporal Donald P. Morgan.
mittee should be formed to study 4504 Broadway, Technical.
Those to receive the Reserve Of-,
long-range program and sponsor ficers Knockout medal will be se-'
lected at inspection.
3 Years in Army, Now He's Seaman
TED A. WILKERSON is a young American liberal with his service. After doing a three-year hitch in the army, he joined the navy
man, stationed at the New OrLa., receiving station. Mr. Wilkerson | is the son of Mr and Mrs. James Wilkerson, 2924 W. Michigan st., and the brother of Mrs. Don Ratliff, 549 N. Belle Ted A. Wilkerson Vieu pl. Before going in the service, he was employed by the Link Belt Co.
VAN ORMAN’S MOTHER DIES EVANSVILLE, May 23 (U. P).— Mrs. Demaris Maria Van Orman,
80, mother of former Lieutenant|
Governor Harold Van Orman, died yesterday after a year’s illness. Physicians said death was due to pneumonia. o
Rep. Springer took the matter up with the war department, Maj. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis, commander of the fifth corps area, wrote ‘Rep. Springer: “The commanding officer, Indiana recruiting district, has been directed to take action to determine Mr. Rutherford’s qualifications and eligibility for enlistment.” . Rep. Springer wrote to Mr. Ruth-
church, and Justin Marshall, 4222 | Bowman ave., were elected alumni trustees of the college.
‘BLOND BOMBSHELL’
CHARGES ASSAULT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. May 23 (U. P.) —Stanley Haid, proprietor of a
South Bend night club, was named today in a complaint filed by Delva.
B. White, blond blues singer.
Miss White charged Haid with as~ sault and battery. She told police
Haid struck her with a chair, knocked her down and kicked her in the presence of many patrons. Miss White, known as the “Blond Bombshell” in Chicago night club circles, came to South Bend about two years ago. J
FLIGHT ARRANGED BY CAP SQUADRON 3
As a part of its training program,
civil air patrol squadron 3 will fly to Peru, Logansport, Lafayette and Crawfordsville tomorrow morning, leaving Hoosier airport at 10 o'clock. On Monday night the squadron will be instructed in military courtesy and discipline at Munic~ ipal gardens and on Thursday they will be examined there in first aid.
HOLD EVERYTHING
5600
activities and therefore the busses %
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3 J Rh
federal ruling whereby school busses = used to carry farm or industrial = workers will not lose tire priorities.
prior military training, business ex-
OF CENTRAL ALUMNI