Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1942 — Page 9

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\® 12-cylinder the wishful Sa wilful blind- Remarkable Insect Cricked in Mois: Code and" were in trouble with the fac Pervices to a man who can barelyiness and inexcusable ignorance of ; Re & bicycle,” Dr. George W.|world affairs which resulted in our Just About Wised Up the Boys on SAYA] president of the medical so- |unpreparedness to meet what was| ., FW. 's End &isty of the state of New York, de-|Dlainly inevitable,” he declar 's End. FSared a} at the meeting fhe thel“As a profession we should profit ate 0 ars district branch of the society.|by that experience and make sure By ROBERT J CASEY . a challenged the doctors to find|that we know what is happening or| 0 1003 ‘by Tne Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Dally News, Tne. TRAE er tiem the ah | TWENTY-NINE PALMS, Cal, Oct. 9.—If you haven't heard |) followin; ong TE about the cricket that cricked in Morse code it's about time. Sergt. = How shall we extend preventive BADGES TO INDICA James Peabody caught the cricket, Corp. Charles White, formerly of

; rooklyn, transla od essag 8nd so le to He whole population| TECHNICIANS’ SKILL | ® A Tot ERE a pu ony and whatnot are witness to the edb e need for curative WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (U. PJ~| proceedings. And many of them are responsible for a feeling wide-

spread in some military posts in ’ a RE ils proper care to our|Technicians and mechanics in thel © pho hi0d, that the war is may not have been trying to

&ivilian population when the most|army air forces will wear a silver to end week after next. make a pun. virile ‘one-half of us are. in the| badge indicating their skills, the ib of course, is probably er- “He Pan. us,” said Corp. White armed forces? war department has announced. Lo excitedly. “He's calling us by % How care for defense workers| The badges, to be distributed as cricket seems to | name!” TL RU Sei : 4 3 Po and workers in general industry? |soon as ‘manufacturing arrange- i By gosh you're right said Pvt. TIS DANKINEY SD ] C.tne public that every diamond sold will be How meet the demands of thou-|ments can be completed, will be in fF have been mis | jeslows Cuettojvinkloe, who Bands of workers and their families|the form of a gear wheel, encircled| ¥ up to that time had taken no LL Ine SiR today in an area where yesterday|by a wreath and surmounted by a : 1 part in the conversation. © oa : on Oa w | aS Y & acatiered rural popula. four-blade propeller. Suspended “What's he talking about?” in- AERA ICH ) 1amonas ar DARI > with contidence that tion from the badge will be silver bars : aids were part quired the sergeant. “I don’t like i ry ; an How force the speeding up of the|with inscriptions noting the wear-| #8 of one of those & ,, nding.” : dai EE SAB wiil- allow you the Tull production of doctors by casping out er’s technical skills. contingents xt ® at a v [- 1 = stuck out in the He says he'd appreciate it if larger diamond at any time . desert here and. somebody went out and got some - ; there to spread beer,” the corporal said.

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d near Twenty-nine Palms: : for a couple of weeks—which | CCT: mentioned the sergeant.

“He doesn’t want very much of seemed a long tim2. But it wasn't ™ | MGLLER- WOHL the Coat’ Store sie a Jew dae of th | do mel.” ie corpora eid stay that they became acquainted in irk an Ses U8 with the cricket. Jn. $000 Spifiis, He does. Hie Sergt. Peabody discovered him see. Us sitting around moping,

Bw peeking in under a tent flap and | D€_58¥s. 8 War . fj} invited him to come the rest of “Did he mention who .gets the Sa ings the way. beer?” asked the sergeant.

2 8 = y a did,” said the corporal. || TH i / A / ‘ er there was a burst of static ae Ya 2 Stamps [| Bring Good Luck - or he said Pvt. Caettefyinkioc.” wh THAN BARNEY'S “CRICKETS,” the sergeant ex- “Of course he did,” scoffed the al SEL

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plained to his detail, “are very re- | Private. 2 then he blanched c markable animals. They have al- | Pecause 2 hve, gai, hewn 30 pay ; QUALITY DIAMONDS

p ThE pil i no moved into houses. . They are gen~ | good, slow, understandable code |and IR fo erally supposed to bring good | 8b that. » |Neweome in in ul EB “I never heard of such a thing» | NOWGOMers fe : 3 usually find them : said Pvt. Czettcjvinkloc in awed |Your Charge so far as this from. civilization. | tones. And without further argu- :

ay This is the first time I have ever | ment he got up and walked into |AGSOUNE 51 099 0 1 seen one in a desert.” Twenty-nine Palas for the beer ||g Good at EE ka i “How oftén ‘have you been in | 35 & votary at a shrine might % 1 aR deserts?” inquired Corp. White. have gone for an important liber- BARNEY S.

“This 1s my first visit but what | 240% tae difference does that make?” re- . : ’ Made to Sell for More! - dian Re torted the sergeant. “Its still | Prophecy Delivered Your : SHE correct. . Crickets dont usually | WHAT OTHER performances |= iA di / brah at Just in time for chilly days now come to deserts. This one must | the cricket may have taken part CEE TELE : exquisite. lovelir

doubt if you'll find coats of equal beauty. or panne quality pe “You'd be surprised at what the | much heed to stories of talking where o Miller WS i 4 0 heat and the light do to people | insects until Corporal White Saving ki ii Yshop carly pon : out here,” murmured the corporal. | mentioned at a filling stae for Boa selection. J. The seargeant answered him pro- | tion that the cricket was tryaf TT gi wil this cricket stays right i Jo > ad “The ‘pro becy In 3 gO end. e * Plaids! Polos! Twseds! a bo Use Our J| here,” he said. “He's oir tent- | neat international Morse : oy deFitted and Swagga Styles! iE Layaway nate whether you like it or un- | Hvered every night at 8 p. m. in Reve es i t, sees. varying detail, . ) All a avi “All Sizes! = % Pian : The rest of the’ contingent So quite a lot of people got to " nl rede : looked ‘on. The sergeant picked | visiting the sergeant’s tent bringS » ; — d the. ket gently and put it }'ing with them suitable presents |i ) [ for the éricket, and in exchange | ’ ep “shall now go out and look | for their courtesy they got some ‘for some fresh lettuce for him to | very heartening news: : “ . eat,” he said. And that was the | "“Cq, cq, cq,” said the cricket ey CUS Re a place where Corp: White thought | sven the audience was settled. “I ‘While They Last! r about calling the ‘medical corps. | have some important information - on : \ cl al » ; : Crickets might follow you into | from the cricket clubs in England Saturday Spec . : Wy b deserts, but it was a pipe that | and Germany. They say that Hite

tgp -, fresh lettuce never did. ler has had same very bad luck. 300 DRE SL #8 8 8 The German army will revolt day aT a 17 ra : after tomorrow. The mikado will Actual $3 to $5 Values “Shut Up, You!” commit hari-karl and next week 1 and 2-Piece Styles THE DETAIL had quite a con- | we won't have ary war at all , .. @ Duco Dots 3) ; ; ference over the matter, But they | and what will all the soldiers do

« +. and colder days ahead! We A A "™ have followed us here. He must | in, one gathers with difficulty from classic design. ; ne ET

. ” iD ) have some message for us. the record nobody began to pay $1.25 A WEEK : : i Genuine diamond. : $1.25 A WEEK

@ Soft - ‘wool-like could do nothing that day Beoatise then, poor things?” materials : the wires weren't up. And the gS & : @ Rayon Crepes Extra Values! next day they made a trip to | cyjcket Quits Work Many others in all SWEATERS - some oasis town where you can \ wanted Autumn col- : ‘ forget about crickets and set- BUT RIGHT in the middle of . Bargain Basement $1 09 geants. - And on the third day the miracle came a signal corps when they returned fo camp | S@ptain inspecting the Wise. Me everything seemed normal. was trying to trace, he said, a Slip-over and cardi The sergeant .lay on his cot lot of silly messages that had been : s : tting mixed up with some gengan styles in clever |. reading the Atlantic Monthly. The | 8¢

BLOUSES Weaves, . All gol: tobacco tin was in ‘the middle of | Tals official orders. the floor and all was quiet. Tired So he looked around and he a found a fleld buzzer worked by

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to one another, they dropped into sergeant’s bed but feeding ‘its

4 ‘Al poses like that of the sergeant. . Reg. $1.49 $ 29 $ 99 es output back to a tobacco can Be $1.99 | WB Then the cricket cricked once Or | y.4jeq to the center pole of ‘the

twice. Tailored and Pleated and flared The sergeant said, “shut up, Jeri There was a cricket in the

Id | dressy styles | styles in plaids and ‘}| you!” Corp. White muttered peev- He closed ‘ihe Rey 18: a long

solid colors. A fine assortment. All sizes. ishly about trying to sleep with | gash, a shot ‘of high frequency 8 thing like that screeching all | current went through the can, the night. But in the middle of his | outraged cricket emitted a. creak

- ez) conversation he jumped out of | of the same pattern. bed. “You'll have to disconnect this : “Holy Ikel” he remarked. “It | thing,” he said. “It’s been annoy-- " makes sense. It's code. Listen!” | ing the general” And that's all

rer So they all listened while the | there was to the proceedings ex : cricket cricked off a good tight | cept, of course, that the’ cricket fist of dots and dashes. quit work and now nobody knows

“Sounds just like.s bug” said | when the war will end, éven in 45 E yg ST. a, : one of the privates who may or | Twenty-Nine Palms.

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