Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1942 — Page 19

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| fighter pilots over Java, Blanton directed the air battle outside Soerabaya when eight American fighters brought down nine Japanese bombers and one zero the day before a}. heavy raid against Darwin without suffering a single loss. Blanton, ‘who would rather ve called Si than Baldy, being a plain country boy, personally knocked down the leader of the Japanese bombers over Soerabaya, thus first applying himself the technique which has’ become Jap military practice. P. S. for Tojo: Never mind trying to figure out which fellow is Si Blanton: The other buzzards are still watching for you but Si, with a silver star upon his chest, is being

Riot Er Disorders Not Traced :

To Axis Agents.

By JORN R. MORRIS United Press Far Eastern Manager : BOMBAY, Sept. 15.—Disturbances which swept India after the arrest| of Mohandas K. Gandhi and other leaders of the all-India congress party Aug. 9. have not been quelled in ‘outlying rural districts, reaching Bombay indicated today. Even the most conservative unofficial estimate places the damage thus far done by rioters’ at several}: million dollars, and pointed out that: the disruption of cemmunications had retarded defense work in some areas. Arrest of almost every recognized congress leader, and of many thousands seized from rioting mobs}: throughout th@ country, resulted in complete suppression of disorders in|} many districts. ;

Gandhi Isolated

| Despite the effect of the riotsjs on the defense of India against the threat of Japanese invasion, there was no evidence that the enemy could claim much responsibility for the past month's disorders. If British authorities had detected any axis agents working within the country it had been kept secret, although axis propaganda aimed at India from abroad makes a sustained effort to incite. and aggravate unrest. Gandhi and the members of the

[ 1 ~Baldy Blanton's battling ards are giving the Japanese fighters raiding Darwin little in carrying out their orders. nese fighter pilots, like their troops, have been given Grders to kill as many officers as nossible. "The Japanese apparently hope to ‘eheck the growth of American forces by eliminating experienced leadership. In the air they try io down flight leaders first. ~ Baldy, born Nathaniel H. Blanton, is a captain who comes from Earlsboro, Okla., and is a drawling sandy-haired leader belonging to a family.” Another Blanton

cipated in Lieut. Gen. James allowed time off. Be Tokyo raid. P. P. S. to the Earlsboro town

When they learned of the Japa- band: You better get that big brass plan to get Blanton the other | tuba polished up. Company | is comards had an inspiration. : They, ‘ing.

ne look at Blanton's flight i ‘marks and painted similar| MRS. MARCHIE TO SPEAK € on all other ships. Now, as| The fall meeting of the Marine far as the Japs are concerned,) Corps League auxiliary will hear erybody flying a P-40 Kittyhagk Mrs. Olyse Marchie, national presi- & Sates Blanton. dent, when it assembles at 8 p. m + During the absence of Maj: Bud tomorrow at the Lincoln hotel. ER

hy "primary objectives locomotiv : places as Kassel, Niiremberg, Frankfort, Duisb |The ‘which locomotive production depleted Reich is illustrated by the disclosure “| the same priority claims on iron and copper as factories turning out. tanks, * That foincides with a eur-lj ave rent drive for scrap metal to buildihgusted. ~~ == locomotives, similar to earlier drives | Putter prob for the production of guns. The conscription of labor in France, just announced, is at least partly intended to supply some of the 200,000 workmen needed under the present railway stock building program. Special inducements are ‘being offered laborers who can keep

partially crippled widow of E n Herbert aksnehaw Dr Droamnt ‘German railway trans3 portation to the point where it is

tically impossible to move any private freight at all, win And private ‘personal travel (quite

aside from Hitler's saying that no stock “lone should take a vacation in warGermanf's rolling in condl-{ ime anyhow is possible ‘only ith

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portation _system have brought it fo a very definitely bad. point just when the Nazi’s ever-expanding activities require it ‘to’ be in good Vingent. H. i ‘Manifold, Yodianapolis attornay, was named: Republican chairman of - the: 18th ‘ward today by County Chairman "Henry E. Ostrom.

shape. The ‘Nazis found that the conquest He succeeds Frank Haugh who resigned. to devote full time to his

of new countries yielded them loot in’ rolling-stock, but that it also machine shop which has war contracts. :

brought new headaches in the movement of goods throughout Europe. Mr, Manifold, active in the practice of law here since 1909, is now associated with Judson L. Stark,

A train aoing through Germany today, whether it ‘is carrying food G. O. P. nominee for superior-court judge. ‘He lives at 37 ‘Spencer ave.

from France, taking trucks to the! Five Irvington residents sought

\ fron last June.

{| | toria cross posthumously to Waken« shaw. - The lord ‘mayor ‘took ‘the news to ‘the Wakenshaws’ dingy {little tenement, and they planned a} |trip to Buckingham palace for Mrs. {Dorothy Ann Wakenshaw and her : T-yearcold son, George, to receive 1: ‘Fund Still Grows The trip couldn’t be made, Mrs. | Wakenshaw: said. - Her $11.50 week- : po pension couldn't provide proper | clothes or shoes for George to pre{sent himself to the king. “The lord mayor started a “shilling fund.” By today, it had reached 300 pounds: ($1200) ‘and still ‘was

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growing. It will be used to build the home Wakenshew and his’ wife had dreamed about. It: may provide enough for his son’s education— Mrs. Wakenshaw wants him to go to a military academy and become an army officer. . And it will give the boy suitable clothes for the

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congress working committee have been isolated from the scene as completely as if they had been shipped to the moon. They see no visitors and send out no political|® communications. The Bombay government has limited news of Gandhi to official assurances that his health remains satisfactory.

Trains Derailed

Rioters damaged 250 railway stations and derailed 24 trains by tampering with the tracks, Sir Edward Benthall, war transport member of the viceroy’s executive coun-

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sembly yesterday at a special meeting in New Delhi. Sir Gurunath Bewoor, secretary of the posts and air department, said 550 .postoffices had been attacked by mobs, with 53 of them

damaged, .and more than 200 closed because their staffs were unable to work in safety.

BOND RALLY TICKETS T0 BE DISTRIBUTED

Distribution of tickets to the Rita Hayworth war bond rally Sept. 25 in Cadle tabernacle, will be mapped at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the War Memorial auditorium. Pledge-ticket forms will be issued to representatives of American legion auxiliaries, Carole Lombard Victory Unit No. 1, the Civic Theater affairs committee, the Junior league, the Marion county women’s ogganization of thé war savings staff and the Matinee Musicale Choral. Miss Hayworth, Hollywood actress, will appear here, to help Marion county reach its September bond quota of $4,093,800. Rally tickets are on sale today at 50 Indianapolis theaters and also will be sold over four Indianapolis radio stations. Theaters reported a ‘| brisk week-end sale. For those who buy $100 bonds, the tickets are free.

|KNOX WOMAN DIES IN CRASH, 4 HURT

LOGANSPORT, Sept. 15 (U. P). =Mrs. Dell Whitecraft, 60, of Knox, was killed last night and four other persons injured, one critically, when |an a car driven by Willard McGary, 37, lof Nunster, careened into a ditch on road 14, six miles west of Winamac. The accident occurred when the steering wheel broke. Mrs. Agnes Agnew, 37, of Winamac, is in a critical condition at the Carneal hospital, Winamac. :

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a terrific responsibility, Upon his flashing eyes and trigger mind depends human life. “It's not as much ‘fun’ as the average boys imagines,” he admits. “I was 18, just out of Shortridge high school, when I started—and I soon lost the thrill.” :

Refuses to ‘Gamble’ You don’t race heil-bent-for-elec= tion, he pointed out in opposition to the common idea. An ambulance driver—a “good” ambulance driver—

slows up for the red lights and street intersections, even while his siren is wide open. He also “watches out for” the motorists and refuses to gamble on “taking” the right-of-way’ until the street ahead has been cleared. “Always ‘keep your ambulance under control,” is the creed of the Leonard Coxes of ‘the emergency runs. He could tell you tHe safety ratlap of every street and corner of Indianapolis. He could give you the fastest route to any point and would even insist:

Downtown Is Safest

“The crowded downtown, business section is the safest place for a “screaming ambulance.” It’s a practical conclusion when Leonard Cox reminds you that: There are policemen on the corners to clear the way, motorists drive slower, and are more alert to emergencies. In the outlying sections, and particularly on ‘the cross streets, Mr. Cox faces the hazard of cars racing on thoroughfares and of motorists failing to hear his siren while riding with their windows up.

Faces Many Hazards

Certain definite hazards threaten the precision of the ambulance driver. There probably are many that Leonard Cox won't admit but a few include: : The motorist who day-dreams~— the one’ who makes a left turn from the far right side of the street— and: those few who ' have been known to turn around in front of ap. :ambulance (but they'd probably forget to pull the rip cord ona. parachute, anyway!) - All the ‘danger doesn’t lie “out front.” = Mr, Cox shudders: at the day he was driving a “drunk case” to the hospital following an automobile wreck. Strong arms grabbed him around the neck from the rear, and almost jerked him out of his seat. “I held onto the steering wheel and ‘we stayéd on four wheels,” Mr. Cox recounted with a sigh of relief. An aide brought the delirious patient under control.

Fights the Weather, Too “The elements,” too, create their hazards. Like the winter night Mr.

ice<laden trolley wire fell on the hood of the ambulance.

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There's a thrill a second in the life of an ambulance driver—and danger lurks around every street corner. But after 20 years at the wheel of those fire-red “emergency wagons” at City hospital, Leonard Cox has become calloused to the “dramadtics”

To this 43-year-old veteran driver it’s “just a job,” buf one that packs

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works started to crackle in front of my face,” he related. You weren't shocked? “I also: forgot I was on rubber, and was protected—but you don’t think about those things at a time like that.” . He once played a comedy-role— unwittingly—without the aid of cameras. As he rated along the street, pedestrians waved. So what? ~they do that often. But when it seemed that everyone joined in the salute, Mr. Cox looked around for “trouble.”

An Occasional Chuckle

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on fire. The engine had backfired and the blaze trailed after the red machine. Firemen, called by Mr. Cox, came to his rescue. : He gets a “chuckle,” too, at fardistant intervals. A radio call on his shortwave set .summoned Mr. Cox to an East 16th st. address. An unusual number of the curious crowded around the address. He couldn't imagine why this ordinary call——code for “bring in the dead”’—from the coroner's office would attract so many. It was at the height of the John Dillinger era and he soon learned that the home-set listeners had in-

in Dillinger.” . Shudders at Speedway

Despite close association with tragedy and pain, there's a “soft” side to this veteran driver. To the race driver out at the motor speedway he’s known as the pilot of the “covered wagon.” Although he’s been on duty at each of the 500 mile classics in the last

there “get under his skin” “It’s tough when you get to know the boys like I have—they're my friends.” He felt that way, too, about Lucky Teter. And he regretted that it was his job to ‘give Lucky his last ride” as the finale of the army relief show af the state Tairgrounds in July.

Please—Don’t Crowd!

In behalf of accident victims, Mr. Cox has this advise for the aversge citizen: “If people would quit crowding around the scene of a wreck we could aid the victims much quicker sometimes and eliminate prolonged ‘pain—and maybe save a life.” “Growing up” with the business of - racing: to tragedy/s scene at break-neck speed hasn't left Mr. Cox entirely without a degree of 1eTVOUSness. : “I shake every time I get up on 2 step-ladder!”

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trip to London to see the king.

shaw’s left arm was blown off.

‘Wakenshaw’s citation told: ‘how 1 an enémy shell wrecked his gun position at Matruh. The rest of the crew were killed or wounded, and Waken-

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3000 locomotives in France alone;

The Nazis seized 250,000 cars and

but in Russia they:got only relative~ ly few of the 7000 locomotives there, and they had to change the gauge

the ward chairmanship but Mr. Ostrom selected Mr. Manifold who was not a candidate for the post. Among those receiving support from cinet committeemen for the job were Duke Hanna and John T. Rope:

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