Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 August 1942 — Page 9
i {SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Tame. —~Those combined British-American maneuvers 8 few ‘weeks ago really gave the troops a" workout. It i as probably the most strenuous performance AmeriY } soldiers have ever been through. Fs They were on the go for eight days. ‘They: averaged no more than two hours’ sleep a night. Most of them never clothes off. They marched 20 to 30 miles a day. They lay down on the ground wherever they stopped, and slept there in their raincoats, regardless of the weather. Often they wouldn't bivouac
until midnight, and by 2 a. m’
they would be up and going again.
They said they went through
d more in one day than they did in the entire diration of the Louisiana maneuvers. A ‘Warld War officer ‘with them said he never spent two harder days in France than the last two days of these maneuvers. ‘Some of the bays were tougheneti and ready for
; iti Others, such as cooks and clerks, were soft but
. had to take the gaff with the rest. There was a cer- : tain pride: dn sticking it out, however, and those who had to fall out were few. Sore feet meant nothing in those maneuvers. Waa great blisters developed they were just. taped ‘up and the man marched on. I have seen dozens of men their feet still patched up, weeks after the - maneuvers, They are sort of proud of their
| jpandages. | A Disorderly Retreat!
i THERE IS ONE cute story that came out of the \ “_haneuvers: It happened in a tank company ‘ that had been on the move all night. About 6 a. m. they |: suddenly came upon a group of nissen huts. -This p wasn’t on their maps, so they figured they had Bt abled on a surprise package to capture. Smoke
had their |
By Ernie Pyle :
was coming out of the chimneys, and not a soul on
guard. It was a pushover. The tanks were stopped. The commander picked the toughest looking of the men, and each took a . tommy gun. They surrounded the camp, two men covering each door of every hut. Then at a signal
they stormed the doors and rushed in with their
tommy guns leveled. And what did they find? They found several hundred ATS girls, just getting out of bed!
"It will have to be recorded in the war depart ;
ment’s annals that for once at least American troops didn’t retire in an orderly manner to a prepared position. ‘They Just: got the hell out of there, head over heels. °
Call Out the Guard!
‘THE DRIVER OF my army peep in recent days , has been Private Basil Vanschoick, a farm boy from Hillsboro, Wis. We have driven all over Northern Ireland together. He chews tobacco, and has a couple of front teeth out. : : The peep is a wonderful instrument of locomotion
-but I wish it had side curtains... With the frequent "deluges. of Irish mist that occur ouer here, a car with-| | . out side curtains is about like a castle without a roof.}: Dom times the rain has driven so torrentially and} ly that. Private Vanschoick and I have stopped
ov trees. and waited.
By army. regulation an -enlisted man is nof; allowed i to drive alone in an army car, There must always]
be an officer or a sergeant with him. And although 3 am neither an officer nor a sergeant, and never hope to be, still I do take the place of one, for the peep was assigned to me and I'm its Skipper. Unless he wants to mutiny, Private Vanschoick is required to go any place I tell him to go. One of these days I'm going to tell him to fill up the tank and. hit the road for America, and see what happens. So if you see a couple of bedraggled looking guys driving up out of the ocean onto Long Island ahout September, please don’t:-shoot. It will be Basil and Ernie, home from the sea.
Thside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
“AN. OLD-AGE pensioner called on Welfare Director Tom Neal Friday and said he’and his wife wished to be taken off the relief. rolls. The man had been a fine engineer at one time with a special knowledge of a certain field, but ’
lost out because of age. Now, he said, due to the wartime demand
$7000-a-year job at St. Louis. , . . The county welfare department, incidentally, soon will mail questionnaires to all old-age pensioners preparatory to seeking jobs for them. Mr. Neal said it's estimated light work can be found for possibly 5 per cent ‘of the group. . . . It seems like just the other day that they got through painting those car and bus stops on the streets, but a friend tells us that walking south from 14tb on Illinois, he went six blocks before he noticed one of the signs. They wer: worn off. The street railway, we learn, is keeping a crew busy Painting the signs as they are worn off by auto tires. ’ i fh - Pigeon Department GOVERNOR SCHRICKER got a letter Friday from A. ‘8: ‘Avery, Hamilton, O. Mr. Aver§ com-= plained bitterly about the way Hoosiers treated about +60 homing pigeons he released at Mt. Carmel, Ind. a “week ago yesterday. Seven didn't get back and some ‘of the others returned: with “broken legs and some of their feathers shot away. He thinks the governor . ought to ask Hoosiers not to shoot ‘pigeons. #Heck, we'll bet Mr} Avery never has been dive-bombed while walking through University park or around the Circle. « . .. Lawrence Reeves, the state purchasing agent, asked bids the first of the month for supplying 35,000 unds of beef to state institutions during August. ‘ The only bid he got was for 30 pounds of canned beef. With pastures in good shape because of all the rains, farmers seem to be holding back their cattle,
. WASHINGTON, ANE. 10—Military experts here give us a pessimistic estimate ‘of the immediate situation, I suppose there is no harm in being frank about it since Gardner Cowles, diréctor “of domestic operations for the office of war information, ‘says : = newspapers should tell the public that the war must be won but that it is not being won at this time. In the-Gaucasus the Russians are retreating as rapidly as is possible. The big pipeline from Baku Rostov is no longer able to feed the Russian oil needs.
The Volga is still available for
shipping but it is threatened, and.
' if the fight to save Stalingrad
fails the Russians will be thrown : back on roundabout Yolltes farther : east. “There may be news at any time, even before t this gets into print, about an attempt in the far * north to cut the northern Russian lines by driving against the routes down from Murmansk and Archangel. The Germans are trying desperately to isolate Russia and seal her up.
Australia in Wobbly Spot %
+ JAPAN THREATENS IN three places—Siberia, India and the Australian area—and is expected by everyone to attack in one or more of these - areas.. The Siberian attack has been expected for some time. Gandhi's threat to start a civil-disobedience campaign in India leads some here to expect that Japan. will attempt an invasion of India if thé disorders materialize. Dispatches from Australia reflect the anxiety ythere. Japanese forces are concentrating and already . have made some gains that place them in better
My Day
{HYDE PARK, Sunday.—I: did ‘not have space on Friday to tell you that last Thursday evening I went | to a meeting held on the stage of the National theater in Washington. The American Theater Wing War Service, Inc, which sponsors the Stage Door canteen in New York City, was organizing the Washington Stage Door canteen. Miss Helen Hayes,
a Washington girl, is going to
‘head 1. ‘We all had supper and then the
, New York Stage Door canmay nok go, out With
have ‘their dates there, ‘and one soldie}
' administration in Washington,
As a result, the state institutions are having to-buticher
their. own cattle ‘this month,” Mr. Reeves expects
to get: some bids next month.
A Bridget in Scotland?
i WHEN THE BARTENDER at the I. A. C. trophy room opened a case of Scotch the other day, he
‘ enci 1S; he case. I + Miss for engineers, he has aceeptsd a found a name penciled inside the c t was
Bridget Veronica Gormley, 3 Houldsworth st. Glasgow C-3, Scotland, U. K. "In parenthesis was the word: Brunet. We don’t know whether the bartender has written to her yet. . . . Apparently the heat wave hasn't reached Iceland yet. Anyway, Mr. and Mrs. william C. Jester have received a letter from son Jack, a soldier, who says he has been sleeping under blankets and comforts. Personally, we think it’s okay right here in Indiana. . . . G. T. Fleming Roberts, the successful young writer of yarns for the pulps, is a pipe collector. He has more than 100 racked up in his den, and every one of them has been smoked, too.
How to Be Modern
ROYER K. BROWN, editor of the Jersey Bulletin, envies those guys who have “enough of those new cuffless suits to put two of ’em on a hanger.” Shucks, Royer, just cut the cuffs off last year’s suits and you'll be up-to-date, too. , . , Some of the soldiers make the
: Soldiers and Sailors’. monument their: headquarters
- there. read, they was cven seen walking down the steps carrying a half dozen empty tomato juice bottles. . Must be taking his refresh-
ments- there. . . . By the way, wonder what's be-
downtown. They lakes
come of the annual crop of inebriates getting pinched
for taking a swim in the monument fountains. . . . Things must be in a hectic state in the office of price In an envelope postmarked Aug. 5, we've just received an announcement of a reorganization of the consumer division. It’s marked, “Advance release, for Tuesday morning papers, July 7, 1942.” It got here just:one month late. And besides, we're an afternoon paper. Oh, well, it wasn’t worth using anyway.
By Raymond Clapper
position to menace Port Moresby, the allied base in New Guinea, and Darwin and northern Australia.
~ Spokesmen for the Australian government and for Gen. MacArthur are warning that Australia has not been sufficiently reinforced. The purpose
of Washington was to give that area enough to
hold, but judgment hgqs been against going very far beyond that until the European menace is on the way to being overcome. 1t.-has not been thought advisable to divide and scatter our strength to the. degree that would be necessary to permit a strong offensive from Australia.
Heavier Sacrifices Needed
ALL OF THIS is unsatisfactory, but the peril that would result from a military paralysis in Russia overshadows all other considerations now. If Hitler hammers: the Russians beyond the point where they can successfully counter-attack, he then becomes relatively free to turn his full attention to the west, or toward closing his pincers in the middle east by crossing Suez. That would add years, perhaps, to the length of the war. It would make more difficult than ever a direct allied attack on western Europe. In America, far removed from the active fronts, we have allowed ourselves to think that the war could not be lost and that we had all the time we wanted, during which possibly some miracle would win the war Tor us. * Military men who know the facts do not subscribe to tHat. They are sure the war car be won if adequate effort is made. What the rest of us need to bear in mind: now, in planning our affairs for
the future, is that events. now. taking place nd
lengthen the war and: require of the United States far heavier sacrifice than might have seamed Possiile a few months ae :
: ‘By Eleanor Roose others over to Governor s island for an So — saying:
“You see we ‘are oh allowed to ask our families, but two of my boys have been killed in’ this war, andy
you are the only family I have, 50 won't. you please |}
come? Running the canteen in Washington ferrt going
to be easy, if it is as popular as the ong in New York|
Gis. Grea, ded of tala 10. keep the ah of food and a great d of talent "keep the show going night after night. . The boys: themselves voniribute. considerable talent.
munity singing. A good many where they are familiar with music and many people ‘in ‘W guow a great: desl. about, tha ‘particular branch of American art
r Friday afternoon In. Washington, 1 received: the; members of See inte on world yeshiems of the|
any :
JO. LASH NOW AT FLYING FIELD
Friend of Mrs. Roosevelt Studies for Weather Service.
By CHARLES T. LUCY Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—This'is
Joseph Lash, veteran youth-organi-zation leader and friend of Mrs. Roosevelt. Many months ago, despite the reported backing of Mrs. Roosevelt, Mr. Lash’s attempt to get a naval officer's commission was rejected after congressmen, among others, protested any such appointment. On April: 28 Mr. Lash was inducted into the army at Ft. Dix as a private. Now, it is disclosed, Pvt. Lash is at. Bolling Field here studying to
ment he received less than a month after his induction. This means, according : to officers, that he apparently - has missed most of thef rigorous basic training which usual-| ly .goes to new Fecruifs, They “say that .in. cases of men with very special” training or background, the basic army training may be skipped.
Not ‘Easy to Get
A release some time ago said that assignment as weather observer and forecaster was “one of the toughest assignments in the army to get.” After assignment as a weather observer, Pvt. Lash was sent to an air ’| forces replacement center at Miami Beach, where he was given a threeweeks course in a weather observer’s functions and some basic training, including how to handle a gun. With this course completed, he was| assigned to more intensive training at Bolling field in-such subjects as map reading and instrument reading. It was explained that Pvt. Lash was an observer, not a meteorologist—he observes but doesn’t interpret. One of his accomplisments was in passing a weather observer's examination with a grade of 93. His assignmetit was’ “on the basis of educational background -and - aptitude announcement form Bolling said. -
«Likes His Work”
Pvt. Lash, it was also stated, “likes” his work” and is considered by his commantling officer, Lieut. Col. Norman Peterson, to be one of the best observers on the post. He is treated just like all other soldiers and is “doing a difficult job. willingly and well,” it was said. The announcement said that Mr. Lash received a B. A. degree ffom City collége, of New York and a master’s degree from Columbia university. “An officer said he believed most of the university background was in literature and philosophy. Another officer said earlier : that| mathematics and physics were usually required for this branch. Pvt. Lash, who has been a White House guest on ‘occasion, declined all comment.
OWSLEY DEMANDS
.)—Establishment of a second] front at once and appointment ofan American as supreme commander of the armed forces of the united
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to bring up to date the story of} §
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Unionists Homes to Patriots to Refuse to ~ Aid Conquerors. By PAUL GHALT
and The Chicago Daily News, In n a § BERN, Aug. 10.~German rogs!
| defenses in Norway are being
- 1. Loraine Mithoef er : « « raises 2."Mary Eleanor
SKIES PRECENT
day and Moon Zclipse On Aug. 25. x By Science Ser: ce : WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—A double feature will be sizged in: the skies this week:when in the early morning hours of. Vvednesday - a ‘meteoric’ shower and ‘a partial eclipse of the sun will occur. ‘And with" a tela] ‘eotigse »f the moon Aug. ~this . month will he A ey very cveniful, and perhaps : worth a litile attention despite preoccupation with the war. The partial solar eclipse, however, will. occur: in the neizhborhood of the: South Pole, and probably no one. will -be wander ng in. these forbidding regions’ at this time of the .year, for in addiiion to yearround inclemencies it is now winter down: there. ~The eclipse shadow will touch’ on inhabited regions. ~, No One Will ice It - But, curiously - eno:gh, .the - occurrence of this ecliyse’ which no human “eyes may see will improve the “seeing” for the : shooting stars.
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out the feeble light «: these stars. The meteor shower will of course| be .seén »all around the world wherever the skies ac clear. Best times is in the early corning hours of Wednesday. The ricteors belong| to the: Perseid showe: which comes around about this tir:c every. year. They seem to radi:‘e from . the constellation Perseus which will rise} in the- northeast abo i; midnight.
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LOS ANGELES, Au: 10. WB} i
girls were in Los An:cles city Jails|, :anging from|
. juvenile gangi«
iy to ) help make up for the forecast ment hortage.
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le Ik of County | Pitch In To Help Keep Nation Fed
bs By ROSEMARY REDDING lou: think it’s a man’s world, en? well, just take alls look,
(rilght it’s ‘a woman’s world.
‘and the white collar ‘jobs. . And now there is another—the world lis—where they are taking over to release men for the" service.’ #'re driving tractors and. bitching hay, painting the ‘house and |
#” the roof. 'm. farmerettes for they are do as. vital a job for their ‘as the soldierettes and the es. They haven't gotten the r like the gals on the ‘aslines who “keep ‘em flying, » y're right in there Pikching ‘em, fed. 1e Answer to Shortage = ‘are one answer to the farm hortage.. . To date, here. in ; there is no organized land as in Connecticut, but 'the ‘farms are already picking hay fork wheére a brother or z farm hand dropped’ it_ to ‘Doris Prange, for instance. ikes high honors in 4-H: ¢ Judging an was all set re~ ‘0 compete ina ‘contest, It pretty big event in the life }-year-old. Buts they ‘ were ‘up hay on her father's farm skville'rd. They heeded help juldn’t” be found. She: took ce ‘alongside the men,
Vorth Two. Hired Men vs’ Shirley Van Sickle, too. ‘her says she’s worth two innced farm hart, even i
are for hire. . drives a tractor tke a veti their farm out on Franklin 0 weeks: ago she handled it: 1er father was: cutting oats; 7. she .drove. it to the. hay .and yesterday. she was disc-. + oats stubble $o that. her fa-.
Angeles police thspectars: said |] iiths were armed with knives, ned © ‘can openers, ; guns, and rocks. : ‘e said the young Mexicans|
{the Franklin rd.
"| plonship over county boys. /Those ate just examples. They're}
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They've flocked into, ‘the war in-
ther could ‘put in the’ wheat. In between times she’s ‘managed - to paint the entire -house.: =
. Farmers ‘Prefer Girls = ' That feeling “that they would rather’ train their daughters, already familiar with farm. work,
than break in’ inexperienced city|
boys, is pretty general among ‘the farmers. ‘© Mary Eleanor Ward, who lives at 30th and Shadeland, is another of those doubling in & man’s job. Her father has been ill. She's been stepping into his shoes and doing an adequate ‘job of it, too. Among other things, ‘she’s ‘been’ caring ‘for 1400 pullets. on. range. and even got around the other day to shingling a. good-size chicken house.
Just One Shot
' She's even prepared to protect the premisés. At least, one big {horn owl didn’t live to swear toima that. He had been staging a few commando raids of his\own on the chickens, ‘But Miss Ward took'care ‘of that. + She just moved out to the chicken house one night and waited. It took just one shot. : Then there is Loraine Mithoefer, who. lives, with -her family out on ‘She’ ‘a brother, Alfred, who is'in the. service, and. a sister, Eleanor, who is an of-
fice worker with a:construction out- | ry
fit at’ the ‘naval’ air base at Peru. Loraine is doing her bit at home in tending a large garden rand raising prize-winning -chickens—she. even walked away “with ‘a’ poultry cham-
a: Cross section of farm girls who aten’t” waiting around on Paul V. McNutt and “the: manpower’: commission. pitehin’.
guns, | GIVE. 79. OF WAGES
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: Enough war. bonds to provide the. bombs .
Norwegian patriots to: their fell countrymen, exhorting them to sabotage the Nazi scheme for
‘ment in: Norway's. “illegal pointed out'that the Germans. tend to make the country an “u assailable fortress” with the
| forced help of its own inhabitants,
The Norwegians, the appeal tinues, must never assist in the
‘Tt solidation of - their’ ‘own serf | They. must refuse,
work, | their homes. The Nazis must he taught that a - ‘Norwegian . wo cannot be forced to .erect fo ; tions against his: own. country.
. Fishermen Defiant,
The" first results of ‘the appeal are reported from the Lofoten islands ‘where, atcording to the Swedish press, conscripted Norwegian: ‘works Jers refused to assist in building extensive coastal defenses. Some put down their tools and ot fled. ~ Mass arrests followed gestapo intervention. But only few Norwegians Telyined to Higher up the 8 Jatt fisherman bluntly an the decree of the German n commander at’ Tromsoe -forbiddi Seng in northern waters. : Punishments Are Severe To meet the situation the: issued a whole series of new dec Norwegians who reflise to work now liable to immediate arrest. Ceo ; tractors must denounce them to t police. Norwegian employers only engage workers, with * certifi cates stamped by the occu authorities releasing them for in. private undertakings. punishmerits are threatened for
|sons concealing ‘workers an
disobedient fishermen. Whether these ‘measures will ter No ‘resistance rem to’ be ‘seen. If it does not the N v he expected” to go to unheard of en to ensure the completion of the coastal defenses: ole . The Quizzling authorities officially denied that the late] ; plorer Nansen’s son, Odd Na has been sentenced to hard Odd, hey say, is mn a concent
same conditions as other p and performing: the same
The 16-inch coast gun: is powerful of all'American § costs about 3e 000000. each,
Theyze: already n ‘there throw