Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1942 — Page 9

* Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

A MINOR CRISIS in the affairs of state (Indiana) has been settled. A couple of days ago, the phone rang in Conservation Director Hugh Barnhart’s office, It was Safety Director Don Stiver calling. “Hugh, ., we've got. a complaint about a guy out on old Road 67

who has a lion in an insecure cage.

You're an old circus man, as well as conservation commissioner, so how about going out and taking charge?” “If it's a fur bearing animal, maybe we can take care of it,” replied Hugh cautiously. ‘There was a pause, and then: “Capt. Rowe says lions and bears aren't fur bearing animals under Indiana law, so that lets us out.” Don then sent State Patrolman Richard Waller out to investigate. He reported back that the lion, a pet, was in a secure cage, and the matter was dropped, leaving everybody happy.

We Never Heard of It °

RALEIGH E. HAMBY of Hopkinsville, Ky., has a “crow to pick” with Indianapolis. In a letter to the De Wolf News Co. he writes: “Concerning a postcard I received from your city the other day, I could not help but notice the beautiful printing of the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument on the front, of which you stated was the second tallest monument in the United States and measuring 284 feet high. “Please allow me to correct you on that statement, as it is a known fact that the Jefferson Davis monument 10 miles east of Hopkinsville in Christian county, Kentucky, is the second tallest ‘monument in the United States, measuring 355 feet high and is exceeded only by the Washington monument in WashA ington, D. C.” Ed J. Koch, head of the news company, says they.

have 30,000 of the cards already printed and they aren't going to change them now.

Romance Thwarted

A LOCAL GIRL, engaged to a navy.man, went to]

New Jersey a few days ago to be wedded. When the couple went to the license bureau, they learned a

three-day wait would be required for the license. On}.

the second day, the bridegroom received sailing orders. What to do? Someone suggested they go to another state, so they dashed over to Rhode Island where no wait is required. And there they found the bride-to-be had to have her parents’ consent, since

she was under 21. That was too much. The bride-| groom was due aboard ship right then, so they gave}

up the plan—temporarily—and she came back home and he went to sea.

Around the Town

THE BOYS in the United Press bureau here are shining their shoes and washing their ears, now that they've got a new reporter on the staff. She’s Lois

Owens, formerly of the Chicago Herald-American and|

the North Platte (Neb.) Bulletin, replacing armybound John Willig. . . H. E. Binford, Bloomington’s school superintendent, was visiting in the local board office the other day looking for teachers. It seems there’s a shortage of ’em in Bloomington. Indianapolis schools haven't found a shortage yet. . . . Some of the insurance men report selling quite a few of the new war damage insurance policies here. ... A story making the rounds concerns the middle-aged woman who got on a street car, or maybe it was a bus, and offered her seat to a young woman who appeared to be a stenographer or store clerk. “My husband made me promise not to ride during the rush hours, and if I did, not to take a seat,” she ® Sxpiained, Maybe it really happened.

Ernie Pyle is in Ireland. His stories from the army camps are now expected to start within a few days. ... Raymond Clapper is on a month’s vacation.

CHICAGO, July 13.—To many American newspaper readers the dispatches describing the fierce battles on the banks of the River Don have léss personal interest and significance than a. play-by-play account of a mdjor league ball game. The Don is a long way off and, besides, no American boys are fighting there. The battle of the Don probably would take on a new interest for Americans if they realized that its outcome may determine whether hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of American boys must fight long and hard on other fronts less remote from the United States than the Don. Hitler is throwing thousands of tanks, planes and other material as well as hundreds of thousands of his best troops against the Russians-in a desperate effort to smash Russian resistance this summer. He hopes to win in the East before the United States and Great Britain succeed in assem-

“ pling sufficient trained men, weapons and ships for

a successful attack on western Europe. If he knocks out Russia and slakes the thirst of his machines in the oil flelds of the Caucasus he will quickly shift his troops and materials to the west for an all-out attack upon Britain and the United States.

What Are We Waiting For?

AS YET IT 1S impossible to discern at what point the Russians will succeed in halting the German advance. It is clear that Hitler has assembled a tremendous striking power and that he is employing it without regard to cost. No price is too high for an ambitious man such as Hitler to pay for ultimate victory. Thus the reports of huge German losses in men, tanks and planes have no meaning unless the Russians emerge with more men, tanks and planes intact than the Gerfans. The extent of the German advance and the accentuated cries of the Russians for immediate at-

Information SOS By Helen Kirkpatrick

LONDON, July 13.—The establishment of a United States office of war information under Elmer Davis will bring with it—it is profoundly hoped here—the ‘establishment of a United States information bureau in London. The vital need for such a bureau grows daily and the already over-worked American officials here are hoping for reinforcements from the United States. The U. S. needs no propaganda here but it does require a co-ordinated and concentrated source of accurate ‘information. There are several semi-Ameri-can organizations which have paved the way for such a center but which are themselves the first to ant the necessity for American material and qualified speakers. On the material side the need is as great as for speakers. As the British agricultural program is drawn up in conjunction with the American so they may be mutually complementary, the U. S. department of agriculture publications are in great demand. There are two sets in this country—one in the hands of the agricultural attache at the embassy and the other in the British ministry of agriculture.

Speakers in Constant Need

ORDINARY BRITONS wishing to get any of these have to try to secure them from Washington and that is not always possible since no one is allowed to send money from the country.

My Day

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sunday.—~My interest in the school lunch problem took up so much space that I haven't told you what I have been doing in the past few days. I went to New York city on Thursday and had an interesting talk in the afternoon with a committee of home economics teachers working in the public schools of New York City. They have a summer workshop in which they discussing school curricula. The home economics Jeachers feel that every child should have training in this subject in the seventh and eighth grades and one year in high school” They believe this training is valuable to both boys and girls. It is important in learning how to run their homes and how to live better, and for many will point the way to a foundation for a type of training which will give them opportunities for a variety of jobs. | In the eetiag 1. went over $0 Biekiv vo. a forum

.the situation in Russia is growing so grave that

. building boats to the same end.

. It was an interesting evening and some of the ques-

By Carroll Binder

tacks upon Germany by the United States and Britain portray the gravity of the situation. The American correspondents in Russia repeatedly report the extreme urgency of a second-front move from the Russian standpoint. They make clear that

failure to attack Germany in the west may have the most unfortunate consequences. What are we waiting for? The slowness of launching the American-British attack on Germany is due solely to a desire to take the utmost possible precautions to assure that when launched the attack will be successful.

A Terrific Gamble Either Way

ANY EXPEDITIONARY force against so powerful a foe as Germany entails serious risks of failure and is bound-to be costly. Germany maintains a large force in the west to resist such an attack and even while ‘the bulk of German strength is still being employed in Russia an invasion would be no pushover. Invading troops need special training and many barges and ships to land and maintain them. They require absolute mastery of the air and much preliminary “softening” of the terrain by repeated air attacks. The British attacks on Germany are preparatory to an invasion as well as designed ta smash the factories making and the ports launching submarines. The British and American troops in the British isles are training for this purpose. We are

Every week Russia accords us to intensify these preparations heightens our prospects of success and reduces the probable losses. If the American and British commanders had their choice they probably would not consider attempting an attack on Germany in western Europe before next spring. But there is the dismaying possibility that if they delay the offensive in the west too long Russia may be knocked out and Hitler enabled to bring powerful forces from the Russian to the Atlantic front. It is a terrific gamble either way.

Housing experts working on plans for rebuilding Britain’s bombed cities and clearing slums want to know what the U. S. has done in that line. Charles Palmer, U. S. housing administrator, is here but there are no photographs of American developments available for exhibits or architects. } Both speakers and educational films are in constant demand by schools and colleges here. Neither is available. British army educational departments have been canvassing for Americans to talk to British troops on various aspects of American life. The B. B. C. seeks several times daily for information on America. They are aware that “Deep in_the Heart of Texas” is not the only piece of music created in the U. S, but for the lack of others many ‘British people are coming to think so.

Embassy Is Pressed Hard

DURING THE LAST two years the British public has moved rapidly from the stage where they knew the United States was a vast country with tremendous resources and many problems, some of which are similar to those faced here.

They have moved beyond the stage of generalizations and want more specific information. It is not available today. People here want to know how Americans are thinking of the post-war world—what various official and unofficial groups are discussing. Even at the U. S. embassy there is only the most meager information to be had on this as well as on many other topics. + The embassy is not supposed to be for that purpose but to convey information to Washington on what Britain is doing.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

in the Girls Commercial high school, where Mr. Agar, vice president of Freedom house, Dr. Clyde Eggleton of New York university and Mr. Clarence Streit spoke.

tions at the very end were particularly valuable. Friday evening was spent going to Saybrook, Conn., to visit my friends, Miss Esther. Lape and Miss Elizabeth Read. On my way back on the train, I found myself sitting next to a charming young woman who was on her way to visit her brother in camp. We passed a number of government housing projects and she suddenly said that one of the great needs of young married couples was for good housing at a cost from $40 to $45 a month. It seems to me that this could be done by private enterprise when the war is over in greater volume than has ever been done in the past. It is one of the things which will keep up our production of certain basic goods. Yesterday the rain came down in sheets and I was inclined to feel that the elements were very unkind, for we had planned an outdoor picnic for the grownups and children. However, in the evening we had

BIT FOR YANKS

Use Ingenuity to Make Ice Cream Sodas, Cold

Drinks.

TELAV1V, Palestine, July 13 (U. P.).—Within the limited’ wartime range of materials available, the residents of Palestine are doing their best to create an imitation cola flavor and assemble the ingredients for ice cream and chocolate sodas. . The “Americanization” of Palestine since the United States began

in the middle east has been something to behold. Most of the restaurants are changing their names. Now they are calling themselves the “New York: Eats,” Br ? “Detroit Delicatessen.” serve include corn on the cob and fried chicken,

Bar on Old Standby

The old standby at Telaviv, Palestine’s -Miami Beach, is the American Bar, established a long time ago by some former Brownsville, Tex., residents. Its concession to the new wave of Americanism is a great banner hanging outside the building. “We speak American,” it says. It, like the other restaurants, is getting a good play from the many American pilots who go to Telaviv for rest and a little recreation. The local sports organizations all have dropped their native games and taken up baseball in preparation for promised games with American teams. Only yesterday a group of American pilots standing outside a Telaviv newspaper stand examining the latest magazines to arrive by mail from the United States. From their pockets they pulled later issues of the same publications, “We got here faster than the mail,” they laughed. Movies a Bit Old

The Americans are a little unhappy to find the local cinemas showing “Yank in the R. A. F.” which most of them saw in the states a year ago. ile Stories of American exploits, mostly those in the air, are traded at every bar. It enly recently has been revealed that a number of the American pilots who bombed the Rumanian oil fields barely escaped the fate of their comrades who landed and were interned in Turkey. They landed on unfamiliar terrain when their gas gave out. Emerging from their plane they asked the natives where they were. Upon being reassured that they had come down on allied territory they sighed in relief and, offering cigarets to the natives, said: “Here, have a Camel instead of riding one.”

BOARDS TO REPLACE LOST RATION BOOKS

WASHINGTON, July 13 (U. P.. —The office of price administration authorized local ration boards to replace lost, stolen or destroyed war ‘ration books promptly if they were satisfied “beyond reasonable doubt that the applicant's story were true.” In the original regulations, a twomonth waiting period was required. Local boards also may issue replacement certificates when sugan coupons are lost, stolen or destroyed. The original regulations

ing certificates. ‘Consumers living in remote areas may purchase up to 12 pounds of sugar a person. Previously the consumer could obtain sugar for a four weeks period but OPA officials said this was a handicap to certain

the picnic in the playroom and it turned out to he a yery Pleasant and informal

isolated peoples, such as ranchers

PALESTINE DOES|%

sending its airmen to join the allies|

And the dishes they|

contained no provision for replac-

seals made this scene possible. is referred to as a “camp.”

Forecasts Restorat|f Of Monarchy Soo

By PAUL GHALI

BERN, July 13.—A Berl patch in the week-end Basle

the monarchy in Spain wit next few weeks with King 8 50'S third son, Don Juan, Count'qf /Barcelona, as the most likely date. The count, who was educ the English naval college i} living in hospitable Switzerli the Royal hotel in Ouchy shores of Lake Geneva. Hi The Swiss correspondent that foreign diplomatic cir Berlin are the source of this |i

- -Anti-Nazi or Not?

It is interesting that this! i: mation passed through the German press control. Un the Nazis have been stron posed, it is believed, to any tion of the Bourbons in Spa

and reputed anti-Nazi symps This rumor of the king's ||

Spanish Foreign Minister Serrano y Suner’s recent ti Rome which observers believe:

7. M. REG. U. 8. PAT, OFF.

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Julia Jameson

Children

3. Miss Virginia Hawickhorst teaches the game. 4. Miss Myrtle Landes cooks in summer, teaches in winter.

Cainp Helps Back to. Health

By TIM TIPPETT

Would you like fo know what

last December for Christmas seals?

happened to the money you spent

Well, for one thing, a little boy laughed with joy the other day when he caught a tiny sunfish. Your money helped pay for that laugh. Another little boy, at about the same time, proudly told his buddy how he’d won a game of shuffleboard, the first he'd ever played. You

helped pay for that conversation. A 14-year-old girl was weighed and discovered she’d gained eight and one-half pounds in the: last week. That little girl is very proud. You can be proud, too. Your money was responsible for that gain in weight. Happen at Camp

"These three little incidents happened yesterday just north of Bridgeport at the Julia Jameson Nutrition camp. The camp’s' nine-and-one-half-week season is sponsored by the sale of Christmas seals through the Marion County Tuberculosis association. Camp is an inadequate word to describe the Julia Jameson. The

‘| “camp” was built 15 years ago and

consists of one large sprawling building of the most modern design. It's brick, stone and cement and its windows are many and large. The inside is so clean and bright that it smells like sunshine and good cooking. Each year 100 boys and girls spend the season there and the average gain in weight for each child is nine pounds. Those nine pounds often mean the difference between sickness and health, good marks at school or bad, a happy life or a sad one. The children come from all types of families and while many of them are underprivileged, many come

—By William Ferguson

ONIACEER

COPR. 1942 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. a

from families who can afford to pay the $1 a day that it costs to bring these children into the “healthy” "class, The secret of health, according to Miss Margaret (Miss Margaret Weadick, camp director and nurse) is rest and food. The 100 children have plenty of it and certainly prove Miss Margaret's contention. Here is the everyday schedule: ~ 7:00—Everybody up. 7:20—Morning inspection: Each child presents him or herself in the day room, clean, hair combed and teeth brushed. 7:25—Flag salute. 7:35—Breakfast. 8:00—Bed-making time and locker straightening, 8:30 to 10:30—Outdoor activities. This includes shuffleboard, games of all kinds, fishing, swimming, hiking, handcraft, ete. 10:30 to 11:30—Rest. The children do not necessarily sleep, but they lie quietly on beds in a large, airy room. :00—Noon dinner. 00 to 3:00—Rest. 00 to 5:30—Play. 30—Supper. 00 fo.3:00—Play. 00—Bedtime bell and lights out at 8:30.

An Ideal Vacation

It’s an ideal summer vacation for the children. Ideal because they love it, and ideal because it’s good for them. The food, described by one of the ays “gooder and gooder.” The cook / is Miss Myrtle Landes ing the winter, is a teacher € public schools. Her idea

of a vacation is cooking for 100

children three times a day. Her specialty is peanut butter cookies, which are extra curricular, and enjoyed all the more because of it. The children all take turns at K. P. just like in the army.

Teacher Joins Play

Most of the girls wear sunsuits and the boys wear trunks. Shoes seem to be optional and at a dis-

the play is supervised. We watched one game of “dodge-ball” for five minutes before we discovered that Miss Virginia ‘Hawickhorst, the girl councilor, was “it.” Children at the camp are there because they Lave had contact with tuberculosis, or are recovering from a serious illness or are underweight for some reason. They are recommended fo the camp by school nurses and their family physician. Glad you bought those seals?

EX-SENATOR BAYARD DIES WILMINGTON, Del, July 13 (U. P.).—Former U. 8. Senator Thomas F. Bayard, 74, fifth member of his

tance a spectator would never know|f |

TELL OF BATAAN ‘BAMBOO FLEET

Two Pilots Now in U. S. Operated Makeshift Air Squadron. SPOKANE, Wash. July 13 (U, P.)—The story of how Bataan’s ' famed “bamboo air fleet” was

patched together for operations une til its final destruction was dis-.

closed today by two men who helped ~~

keep it flying. Capt. R. J. Barnick, Max, N. D,, and Lieut. William H. Strathern, Gilbert, Minn., now assigned to the second air force, told how they piloted the planes that were patched with native bamboo. There were four planes in the “fleet,” a four-passenger Bellanca, a three-passenger Waco, a three= passenger Beechcraft and a renos vated navy Grumman. None was - armed. “We had no tires available for the Grumman,” Barnick said, “but we found a truck tire that would fit- and used that. On the Beechs craft, a tail wheel was lost but we used a caster off a warehouse cart to replace it. When the navy plane blew a cylinder head, we salvaged one from a submerged boat motor taken out of Mariveles bay.

Mostly Without Compass

Strathern said the makeshift planes were used to carry person= nel out of Bataan and to bring

‘| back medical goods, food and other:

supplies. “Every bit of available space on

the planes was used,” he said. “We :

flew nine-tenths of the time at night without compasses, armament or lights ‘and with radio silenced, ° On some flights we went up to 13,000 feet, on others we were 75 feet off the water.” : The pilots said the planes all came to violent ends. The Waco was shof ‘down and all of its passengers were killed. The Bele lanca crashed on a Corregidor field, The Beechcraft had its landing gear; smashed either by saboteurs or by ground fire. The Grumman still was flying when Strathern-and Barnick left Bataan but it was riddled by machine-gun fire. :

HOLD EVERYTHING,