Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1942 — Page 5

FRUIT FAILURE PLAGUES NAZIS

Severe Frosts Harm Trees, Complicate Serious Food Problem. By PAUL GHALI

BERN, Aug. 6—~Further indica-

tions of the difficulties being expe-| rienced by the Nazis in feeding their people are contained in a Berlin

dispatch {to the Neue Zuercher Zeitung reporting a serious fruit shortage in the Reich. The correspondent says that the shortage is “particularly painful” for the Germans at a time when a seasonal abundance of fresh fruit might have compensated somewhat for the lack of other foodstuffs. - The fruit scarcity, the writer says, is due not so much to the falling off of imports as to damage caused to fruit trees by the severe frosts of the last two winters.

Strawberries Affected During the winter of 1939-40 alone the average loss over the whole country amounted to 29 ver cent of the cherry, 34 per cent of the plum, 24 per cent of the apricot, 37 per cent of the peach, 21 per cent of the apple and 20 per cent of the pear trees. . Furthermore, a high - percentage of the surviving trees have been so weakened that they have either fallen victim this last winter or bore considerably less fruit. The severity of last winter also wreaked hav- . oc in the strawberry fields where in some districts, 50 per cent of the plants were destroyed. Raspberries, gooseberries and currants fared better but they have not made up for the lack of early fruits.

Direct Sales Banned

For the first time since the outbreak of war the direct sale. of fruits and berries to the consumer has been strictly forbidden. This measure has met with “little sympathy” among many consumers although its purpose is to ensure adequate jam supplies, the writet says. Last winter's frosts also caused severe losses in fruit tree nurseries where a scarcity of young trees is reported. As a result, the correspondent concludes, the Nazi plan, initialed several years ago, for intensified cultivation of fruit trees lias received a serious setback.

LIGHT WIRE KILLS YOUTH AT SHAFER

LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 6 (U. P.).—Charles Carter, 18, a Purdue university student from: Mishawaka, was electrocuted last night while swimming at Lake Shafer, ; Witnesses said Carter climbed to the top of the high diving board and suddenly fell into the water following a flash from the overhead light wire. Death was attributed to a short in the wiring.

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Every fime a man enlists in the navy in Indiana, his mothér receives a window display card bea: a star for that son. Today, Mrs. Mildred Stodgill, 251 N. Delaware st., is proudly displaying one with Yesterday, she saw her only children, Frederick Myron Stodgill (second from left) and Joseph Byron Stodgill (right) enter the navy at the same time. The twin boys, 18 years old, left yesterday for the Great Lakes naval training station as apprentice seamen. Officer Robert Lancaster of the recruiting station here present their mother with her two-starred placard.

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Before they left, they saw Chief Petty

ENLIST IN ARMY AT OFFICE HERE

New Recruits Listed as They Leave to Serve

- Country.

The army today reported that the following men had enlisted at the recruiting office here: Cleo Harold Gardner, son of Mrs. Lola Sharon, 3517 N. Illinois st.; Carl Vernon Snider, son of Mr. Charles W. Snider, 620 Diexington ave.; Dilver’ William Hunter, son of Mrs. Arthur Lentz, 1827 N. Koehne st.; William Lail Sylvester, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Sylvester, 311 Fowler ave.; Ralph LeRoy Harwood, son of® Mr. Ralph L. Harwood, 50 N. Gladstone ave.; Richard Thomas Swift, son of Mrs, Ada Swift, Zionsville; Eugene Finchum, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Finchum, 2720 Forrest

Manor; Edward W. Joseph, son of Mr. and |.

Mrs. John Joseph, 2202 Langley ave.; Leonard Lee Francis, son of Mrs. Donld Lawson, 28 N, Gladstone ave.; Harold Kenneth Roth, son of Mr.—and Mrs. George Roth, 1137 N. Belle Vieu Place; Clifton Reign Griffith, son of Mr. Roy Griffith, 43 N. Hamilton ave.; Philip Adam Johnson, son of Mrs. Mire Pruitt, 3116 Graceland ave.; Herman Albert Aikman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Aikman; hates Lee Platt, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Platt, 1125 N. Hamilton ave. and Michiel James Conway, son of and Mrs. Michiel Conway, 1811 N. Talbott an 2

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Serves in Alaska

Pvt. Robert E. Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen R. Jackson, 2620 E. 12th st., is stationed with

the army's quar-|f

termaster corps at Fairbanks, Alaska.

Pvt. Jackson, a ; former Times car-| °

rier, was graduae2 ted from TechniHT “1 cal high school Pvt. Jackson gpg was employed at the Link Belt Co. before entering the service. v8

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Sent to Arkansas

First Lieut. Earl Lucien Johnson, former employee of the American Life Insurance Co. of Indianapolis, has been transferred to the new twin-engined advanced flying school, Blytheville, Ark. Lieut. Johnson, a native of Crawfordsville, fogmerly was flying instructor and squadron commander at Turner field, Ga. He is a graduate of Wabash college. » 8 tJ Stationed at Ft. Bragg, N. C. is Corp. Howard Williams, nephew of Mrs. Lena Amer, 2006 Southeastern ave. Corp. Williams is a member of the paratroops at Ft. Bragg. He was induc-

ted into thesarmy oo = oo

Pvt. Fromer Mr. Davis First cousins now serving in different branches of the service are the grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. J Gilman Davis,- 1022 S. ‘Alabama st. They are Pvt. Kenneth Fromer, son. of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fromer, Greensburg, Ind., and Melvin Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Davis, Hillsboro, Ore. Pvt. Fromer is with a bombing squadron ‘stationed somewhere in the Hawaiian islands. Mr. Davis is in the navy and is stationed at the naval air firehouse, San Diego, Cal. ” ” ”

Charles Bernard McCauley, who was graduated from radio school at Sg the naval armory here last month, is somewhere at sea aboard a TU. S. destroyer. Mr. McCauley is the son of Mr.

N. Rural st. He enlisted in the f navy Dec. 15, 1941, and received Mr. McCauley his preliminary training at Great Lakes, Ill. He left for New York July 27. A graduate of Technical high school in 1941, Mr. McCauley for-

|merly was a Times carrier for four

years. \ n ” He’s a Bombardier -

Second Lieut. Edward C. Brennan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brennan, 1932 N. Talbot st. is now on duty as a bombardier at the army air force bombardment base, Will Rogers field, Okla. He received his commission July 25 at Kirkland field, Albuquerque, N. M., after completing a course of training at the bombardier school there. Graduated from Cathedral high school in 1938, Lieut. Brennan attended Butler university. Before entering the army, he was employed at the Allison division of General Motors. Lieut. Brennan’s grandfather was a ‘member of Custer’s cavalry and his father was a member of the FBI during the first world war. EJ ” EJ Aviation Machinist Robert H Ittner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Ittner, 5250 Primrose ave., is

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now stationed at the air base at Norfolk, Va. He recently was graduated from the Great Lakes naval training school. His br¢ er, Petty Officer : William Austin = &. od Ittner, is at the ~~ en Peru naval air Mr. liner training station. Both young men were employed at Kingan & Co. before joining the service. : # § = First Lieut. Sheldon C. Sommers, M. C., R. R. 17, Box 59, has been assigned to the 28th medical training battalion at Camp Grant, Ill.

.| Camp Roberts, Cal., and his brother,

and Mrs. Thomds|: L. McCauley, 236|

"| Mazelin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip

{| Ga. He will report soon to one of

. | Indianapolis, has been promoted to

: : announcement by the headquarters

John - Guy Pvt. Guy E. Stephens, who was stationed with the 81st infantry at

Pvt. John V. Stephens, a member of the 76th infantry there, are now in Australia, but it took letters back and forth across tHe Pacific to a sister here for them to discover they were stationed not far from one another. The sister is Mrs. Herschell Smith, 401 N. Jefferson ave. Pvt. Guy Stephens formerly lived in Indianapolis and worked at the Grapho Products, Inc. His brother made his home with their parents in Mountain View, Mo. ad

Nearly Perfect

, Walter Maicolmson Sharp, 34, of 5250 College ave. was only 2.4 per cent from a perfect grade in graduating from the hospital corps school at the U. 8S. naval hospital, Great Lakes, Ill. Receiving a grade of 97.6 per : cent, he was : named an “honA or” graduate in the class of 319 W. M. Sharp men just completing the course. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sharp. He soon will be sent to a naval hospital for additional training. y 8 8

Pvt. Robert A. Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo L. Black, 62 N. 13th st., Beech Grove, is specializing in radio work fo the signal corps at Camp Crowder, Mo. Prior to his enlistment July 21, Pvt. Black was employed here by the Western Electric Co. He is an honor gradugte of Tech- Ive Black nical high schotl and attended Forrest radio training school: ” ” 2 * Aviation Student Warren Isaac

H. Mazeliny, 2730 Forest Manor, has completed approximately two-thirds of his pilot training at Georgia Aero Tech training detachment, Augusta,

the southeast army air force advanced flying schools for the final phase of his flight training. 2 ” s Pvt. Jokn L. Ping, formerly of

private first class, according to an

of the Oklahoma City air depot, the air service command’s newest establishment for the maintenance and repair of aircraft and training of air depot groups. Pvt. Ping is the son of Russell R. Ping of Elnora. He has been on duty at the air depot since May and is assigned to a supply squad-

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“ICELAND TARGET] |OF NAZI RAIDERS

Bombers and Submarines ~ Co-ordinated in Drive On Supply Route.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 6 (U. P.).—The Germans have opened a co-ordinated submarine and bomber campaign. around Iceland, perhaps because of increasingly effective anti U-boat measures off the

Thus far the total damage the Germans have done is negligible. Twice this week, German bomb-

in Iceland. The first time, on Sunday, a small military installation in

was lightly bembed snd machinegunned. The second time was early Tuesday. A bomber flew over Western Iceland, just west of Reykjavik, and machine-gunned a lighthouse east of Holmavik, in northwest Iceland.

Pass Near Reykjavik Army communiques disclose that German bombers are coming in singly along the coast znd making sorties into shore, usuelly in cloudy weather. Twice bombers have passed almost over Reykjavik, but dropped nothing. These ‘tactics apparently are designed for nuisance and reconnaissance. German bombers are known to be ranging widely over desolate stretches of the Arctic seas north

of Iceland, making weather obser vations and hunting convoys,

been reported, and heavy plane and naval patrols are guarding the sea lanes. British and American naval officials keep the results of their anti submarine campaign secret, but it it known that the Germans are paying the penalty for their audacity.

Hammer Convoy Route

An important factor in the increased German sea anc air war is an attempt to close the long and dangerous allied supply route to Russia through Murmansk and Archangel. German claim: of sinkings around fhe north cape of Norway are doubtlessly exaggerated, but it generally is admitted that the allies have suffered losses. Seamen have: told of losing ships to German bombers anc submarines while they were eastbound to Russia, and then have the same thing happen on the return trip.

ROLLERLAND HOLDS 2D WALTZ CONTEST

Finals in a second waltz contest at Rollerland will be held tonight. Competing will be Mary Kemp and Earl Gordon Jr.; Dorothy Walls and Wally Tynam; Normajean 6 Butts and Charles Ellis, and Nolz Robinson and James Townsend. Assisting Jerry Nolan, president of the Rollerland Skating club, as judges, are Joe Coleman of Indianapolis and Jack Foster of* Anderson, state roller skating champions and club members. Donna Lee White and Ellis Brown recently won first prize in a Waltz

Atlantic coast of the United States. |. and is no slap at women in general,”

Increasing submarine activity has ;

CHICAGO, Aug. 6 (U. P.).—The Windy City buzzed today in controversy over a new ordinance forbidding women to drink at bars.

that after Aug. 16 a woman may be served an alcoholic drink only if she is seated at a table.

Mayor Edward J. Kelly wii

feared the new law might make good women “peeved” with him, insisted the ordinance was necessary “to combat predatory fentales who hang on bar rails waiting for men to buy them drinks.” “This is to do away with. barflies

the mayor explained. “Besides, when a woman sits on a stool or stoops over a bar she loses her lovely figure.” “The ordinance was necessary,” said Alderman Arthur G. Lindell, “because police can’t distinguish between professional and amateur

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He added that it was an entergepcy measure to protect ors and soldiers from barflies.”

s. Ida B: Wise Smith of anston, national president of the Women’s Christian Temperance - Union, thought the ordinance did not go far enough. She said: “Men and women are on a par. I think we should forbid both: sexes from going in saloons. The fact that such an ordinance had: to be passed is a practical demonstration of the awfulness of the liquor traffic. 1» A blast of protest came from James Crowley, president of the Bartenders and ‘Beverage Dispensers union. “Women-have learned to drink at a bar and they won’t give the bartenders any trouble,” Crowley said. “This ordinance will hurt us. It is going to mean employment of more

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STEP UP EGYPTIAN ACTION CAIRO, Aug. 6 (U. P.).—Artillery activity is steadily intensifying along the battle front west of Ei Alamein, a middle eastern commune nique said today, and British pase

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