Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1942 — Page 9

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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (U. P). = More than 50 per cent of the nearly. $80,000,000,000 in war cone tracts distributed between June, 1040, and June, 1942, went to companies in only eight states, the war production board's statistics division revealed today. . . A table of contracts and allocations by the army, navy, maritime commission, the treasury and for the British empire revealed that Michigan, New York, ‘California, Olio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut . and Illinois received more than $41,000,000,000 worth. Those states, however, have more than « per cent of the nation’s poptilation. ' States receiving the smallest amount of contracts were in the west. North Dakota was on the bottom with only $270,000.

Wyoming, Montana, South Da« 3 Kota, Idaho and Vermont came next,| -

in that order—all of them with less

than $50,000,000.

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By DAVENPORT STEWARD Times “Special Writer 3 PT. BENNING, Ga., Aug. .27.= Only men from Missouri, figuras tively speaking, are members’ of the army infantry board. A That's because. this. little: knows group of regular army officers examines; tests, modifies and designs equipment for the infantry.of: the|

United States army-—and they say

“Show me.” They see to it that a new article is not only as good, but} better: ‘than. equipment; already. in use, Because of the existéncé: ofthis board, established in 1920, no infantryman will ever take into the field weapons or other equipment still in- the ‘experimental stage.

Marshall Served One of the members of the board

"S| from 1027 to 1932 was the same

George C. Marshall ‘who today is chief of staff of the United States

8 army. It is composed of a varying =| number. of «field officers, none of =| whom has had less than 18 years = | service, and one of dhese heads the: E | test section.

The present director is Col. Matthew J. Gunner, who wants no “yes fen” under him. Board members rust have analytical minds, have

‘the courage of their own convictions

and be open-minded. : 1, The board operates on the theory that perfection is worth striving for,}: But while waiting for perfection yout: night as well use the best available, Round-table: discussions of the board sometimes turn into ‘heated arguments, with accompanying 1abletionping and: bursts of

i invective.

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Brig. Gen. Leven C. Allen; who) as commandant of the infantry school also serves -as president. of}

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the board, says it’s quite edtica=

; tional ‘to-see the members at each

‘other's. throats one morning and at lunch together - not" long afterwerd, i : : Although the board. can adopt no equipment for the infantry, it can ‘and does speak up for or against ‘any. proposed changes. It voted

‘against - shorés for field : duty be-} cause, no matter: the other argu-|-

ments, a foot soldier in shorts can’t get about. in ‘briars, heavy undergrowth and the sharp-edged grasses| - found in tropical countries, notably]; the Philippines;

It recommended the new roll- x

collar shirt, but at the same time

urged retention of long sleeves as =

protection against sharp grasses,

stubble and rocks. = The. infantry={ t=

man often has to throw: himself prone without having time to pick where he’s going to flop and short sleeves can result’ In some ‘nasty wounds.

Garand: Got Works

. MARINES CALL

FOR RECRUITS

New Enlistments - Sought For Corps Carrying Battle In South Pacific.

The U. S. marines have opened another new offensive right here in this country—an all-out recruiting drive on an “unlimited” basis. Capt. Ralph E. Boulton, head of : marine recruiting in Indiana, said today that since the leathernecks have again assumed their tradi tional role of seizing and defending bases—as in the Solomon islands— it is necessary to raise the strength of the corps to be prepared for future offensives. Following Pearl Harbor, there were s0 many enlistments that the quartermaster corps was posed with a problem they could not meet at the time, Consequently, recruiting as reduced to quotas from the ddle of ‘February until the pres-

ent. ‘Need More Now

more marines are ‘going to needed to continue the type of ac-

‘| tion. such as was ‘demonstrated in

the Solomons. “Many will be required to wrest back the principal islands of the south Pacific that the Japanese - fleet might use as bases against us,” he said. The announcement of the recruiting drive was received here from Lieut. ‘Col. Chester L. Fordney, officer “in charge of enlistments in ‘the . Midwestern states. He said that applicants must be between 17 and 33, “physically

it out.” ’ « The Recent Récrults

the marines at the local Techlluing Yes

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The war department sends new 2 ed 3 ideas or suggestions to the board's :

director, who then assighs one offi-| ah

cer to go into the matter exhaus‘tively. : to the chief of the test section, and

; : Mr what the test officer and his assist- Ms.

ants ican think mp isn't worth ering with. ; ang dew gun’ would git fe same. tests as did the M-1 (Garand) semis gutontatic rifle. : The old -Spring-

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field was a good rifle, battle-tested| Could the Gar-|

and dependable. and stand the same abuse the ‘Springfield stood in: the mud of] for example? ‘The foot soldier worms his way along on the ground : - frequently, getting dust, sand, mud or water into the working parts of ‘his weapon. What he ‘wants and needs is a gun which can

! take abuse’ and “still be effective. :

Did Their Best So they took the Garand out on

‘the range and gave it the business. Sand was poured into the magazine,

‘blown out and the piece fired, Mud

‘was dumped ‘in, wiped out hastily ‘and the piece fired. : Water was|ings

poured in and the gun was: fired. It was dropped carelessly on the ground ‘with the magazine open, it was pushed along ahead. of a soldier advancing in a prone position. Still it worked, just like the : inventor said it would. All new ‘equipment proposed. for the infantry is tested under similar battle conditions. It must be able to stand abuse and still perform effectively. The board found ‘that ‘the rubber heels were dandy for soldiers marching on pavement,

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VANNUYS EXPLAINS ARMY VOTE STAND

Times Specis! ’

na:

Frederick VanNuys ‘ (D, Ind) ex-

men - voting by absentee. ballot. 3s

senator said. “We have ‘held’ exhaustive hear-

a highly controversial and important proposal over in the senate

as our bill will receive. “When it was done, however, I voted for the bill because I felt that service men should have the right to vote. ” The amendment was accepted by

Claude Pepper (D. Fla.), author of

Capt. ‘Bolton said that many

At—| not supermen but able to take it. And more than that,” Col. Ford-} ney said, “they must be. able to dish

{ following men recently jotned :

rs. C. 3 Arthur F.|

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. — Senator

plained today why he voted against: : the Brooks amendment to ‘waive the 1 poll. tax requirements for service| i:

“The whole problem of the fed- ) eral government's . right. to abolish 3 the poll: tax in: the states now is

before: the ‘senate judiciary commit-| tee of which I am" chairman,” the :

the matter and I| RB did not think it proper to put such} 1

without thorough consideration such| :

the senate, 33 to 20, and the bill] passed, 47 to 5. The poll tax aboli-|. tion first was proposed by Senator

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 27 (U. P)—~ The sad case of Lieut. Comm. Cory=don M. Wassell and the 800 Dutch guilders, which be is about, to dump |in President Roosevelt's lap,. indicated today that a hero's ‘life is toughest after the heroics are over, The movie business is something else. All that the lieutenant commander hopes is that the navy soon sends him back to the. battlefront where life is comparatively simple. .. When Dr. Wassell, a medical missionary in Java, brought out 10 seriously. wounded - soldiers on stretchers after the Japs had taken over, he had 800 guilders which the navy’ paymaster there had handed him to- facilitate his escape. He: got all his men and his guilders intact to Australia to find hime self ‘a hero and a recipient of the navy cross. But nobody’s given him a hand with those guilders. In Sydney, in Melbourne and in Perth he tried to hand the money back to the navy. Not a finance officer would touch it. - “I couldn't exactly blame them,” Dr. Wassel said. “It would have messed up their accounts.” : Secret: orders brought him by {plane to San’ Francisco. The navy aldn’t - want ‘his guilders there, be| sitter. ‘That.wasn't.all. He sent a

telegram to his wife in’ Arkansas; Before. she could get him by phone, the navy had put him in another hotel under an. assumed name. Something serious obviously was: up. “Furthermore;”

he sald; “lI was

Hero Worries About Paying Off Those Dutch Gilders

in» cane kind of om vi my wife.” : The mystified ieutenant. comsmander, still carrying his guilders in a canvas sack, was flown then to Hollywotd—to learn that he had been assigned to Cecil’ B. DeMille, who intended to .make a movie of his life.’ “That was two months ago. Wassell has fixed things up with his: wife, he has dictated a volume the size of the Chicago phone hook to DeMille and company, and he has tried in vain at naval headquarters here, at Long Beach, and

at San Diego, to get rid of those

gutlders. The navy doesn't seem to interested.

Be have come to: the conclusion that ‘there is only one way for me to give the government back its money,” Wassell said. “If I ever get to Washington I am going to hand thoge guilders to President Roosevelt. I don’t think he will

have any trouble. He should be|} able to give the money to the treas-|f ury and that ought to be the end|

of it.” Between working n the movies. making speeches, appearing in parades and trying to rid himself of those guilders Wassell has had a

trying time in the states. He did|f.

manage. to give the movie makers a lesson in rubber saving. They put him up at a fancy hotel in Beverly Hills. It cost $2.50 one

way to come in to Paramount stu-

to Los Angeles: to see any ‘navy moguls ‘about those guilders, or whatever, he takes the pred He's not presuming to tell the navy how to run the war, but whenever

lished the first medical supply depot on the west coast of down-under and he'd like te return to it. Without that sack of guilders!

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