Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1942 — Page 9

Hoosier Vagabond

SOMEWHERE JIN ENGLAND, Oct. 12—The Pass

‘boys—Arlie and Charlie—are the sons of Mr. and Mrs.

Ed. Pass, who live near Lebanon, Tenn, . ‘They are in the ‘field artillery, and only a few of ‘men in their attery can tell them apart. I can, ! when they have their hats off, ' because one’s black curly hair roaches a little higher than the other's. But then I never can remember . whether it’s Arlie’s or Charlie’s’ hair that has the high roach, - so it doesn’t do any gond. if the U. s. ‘army had deliberately hunted for an all-round type to represent America to the British, it couldn’t have picked more wisely than in ‘Arlie’ and .. Charlie Pass. They are 24. They are tall— 8 feet 1 Mieh—and lean, with long, intelligent faces. Their manners are nice and their friendliness is . genuine, They are quiet, but not backward. They smoke and have fun, but they don’t know what it is to get drunk and go lurching and yelling down’ Ox ford street in London. Most of their life has been on the farm, but neither is crazy about farming. They think they’ll set up in some kind of business after the war. They worked away from home only once before the war, when they had jobs in Detroit for a while.

One of "Em Got “Captured”

“WHAT WERE you doing?” I asked them. “Paving a street,” one of. them said. Almost anybody else but a farmer would have said “We worked for a road contractor.” But the Pass boys just "paved 8 street.” Arlie Pass was drafted a year and a half ago, and

Charlie enlisted at the same time so they could still be together as they have been all their lives, Their

By Ernie Pyle}

regimental commander has told them" he'll do all hel’ can to keep them together for the duration. Their birthday is July 17, and they've spent only one birthday apart in their lives. The army was the cause of that. They were on maneuvers in North| Carolina, and Arlie got himself “captured” by the opposing army. Or maybe it was Charlie, I don’t know. Anyway, they were separated for their birthday.

Just Like “Company”

BOTH BOYS are now privates, first class. - Both are drivers for officers in their regiment, Their folks aren't dependent on them, but they allot half of their pay home. ; 7 “We’ll need it after the war,” Charlie says. “And if we don’t get back, it'll be there for the folks. There isn’t anything over here to spend it on anyhow.” They live in a room with two other Tennessee boys, and take care of the officers’ quarters in the same building, Their commander thought I would enjoy being with the Pass boys, 50 he gave them the day off, gave us a peep and driver, and a letter authorizing them to go anywhere they wished. We drove around their camp for a while, then to a nearby town and had tea in a British Naafi canteen. They got me a spare mess kit and we lined up for stew, potatoes, peas, carrots and raisin pudding,

We lay around barracks for a couple of hours talking |:

with other Tennessee boys, and we went to the camp's nightly movie—“The Chocolate Soldier.” The Pass boys made me feel almost that I was visiting their own home in Tennessee. ‘They insisted on paying for.the tea and the movie, for I was “company.” After supper we took our mess kits back to the barracks, and Arlie washed them while I wiped them. They rustled me up a cot in the “spare room,” and next morning they “sure hoped I'd enjoyed my stay and would come back real soon.” And next time they get up London-way they're going to come and visit me.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

' JAMES D. STRICKLAND, state OPA director and, #s such, the No. 1 sugar rationing chief in the state, went to a grocery out in Broad Ripple and ordered several pounds of powdered sugar. The clerk got the sugar and put it on the counter. Then he put it back. Rationer Sfrickland, it seems, couldn’t find his sugar ration book. . + . And while we're on the subject of rationing, we've just heard one on Bill Aitchison, the state gas rationing officer. It's a dandy. - Bill drove to Rushville the, other evening and gave a talk on’ the: gas rationing plan. On the way home, he ran out of gasoline on’ Road 29 and had to borrow a bucketful from a farmer. . . And our near North side agents report something like a hundred Red cabs parked behind the cab company’s offices on N. Meridian st. Most. of the cabs are minus tires. Probably a case of more cabs than sets of tires.

The. Rising Sun Is Out

HERB KENNEY, of ‘the state legislative bureau, reports that the Prohibition party will have a brand new emblem on the ballot next month. Two years ago, the emblem preceding the ticket was ‘a ‘rising fun, For reasons. unnecessary: to state, that ‘emblem just won't do this year. So ‘they've adopted a twohumped camel as the emblem. The camel, you know, seldom drinks, and when he does, he sticks to water. + «+ « Isidor Kornblum, the men’s wear merchant at 59 W. Maple road, has sent Fremont Power a pod of cotton presumably grown on the cotton plant he nurtured out in front of the store this summer. Mr. ornblum says the reason it’s so small is the “guitar” music Fremont played to the plant while getting his

Washington

WASHINGTON, Oct, 12.—In his radio address: to be ma-e tonight, President Roosevelt will have opportunity to shake out a number of confusions and give the public a new sense of steady and firm leadership which has been missing of late. Perhaps it is not so around the country generally, but there has never been so much questioning ° about Mr. Roosevelt's leadership as you hear around Washington now. I don’t mean the usual stuff from those who have complained about everything since 1933. Friends of the administration are asking questions now. They can’t under-

stand some of the things Mr,

Roosevelt says and does or doesn’t do, his seeming confusion and his contradictions. | Take the astonishing press conference that he held when he Towed from the recent cross-country tri Pe Roosevelt lashed out: at congress for its tendency to investigate military and technical production matters about which, so Mr. Roosevelt said, it never could have any understanding of the facts. That was a blow aimed at the Truman .committee. You can find much to complain about .in this congress, but the work of the Truman committee is one of the few bright spots. Months ago the Truman committee exposed the bungling of rubber and war production and helped force creation of the war production board.

He Should Be Grateful

THE TOLAN committee of the house has been investigating manpower shortage for months. If some of its recommendations had been carried out by the

executive branch when they were made we ‘would °

be part way toward adequate handling of this national labor: crisis. -

That is the kind of thing Mr Roosevelt seems ‘to

be resenting. He Just’ let go. his. blunderbuss at con-

, iri investigations as if he didn't like any of it. ctually he should be thankful that some of this

stuff was aught as early a§ it was.

My Day

WASHINGTON, Sunday: ¥esioniap: afternoon I Sh attended the dedication of a new service men’s center . ‘here in Washington. The building ‘was obtained ‘and yemodeled in the short period of 28 da . ‘The donor | chieved this miracle of rapid work yoo co- _ with labor and. by, using ] inthe use “of non ]

‘rials. They have created ‘a de-

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lightful atmosphere. . Walter S. Mgck Jr, who en-

picture taken. That wasn't a guitar, Mr. Kornblum; that was a banjo.

Around the Town

BRAND NEW navy officers commissioned straight from civilian life are receiving instructions currently to report to the designated training station in civilian clothing instead of uniform. It saves a lot of complications for the new officer, such as who and when to salute. . . . The girls out at Allison, according fo reports, aren’t allowed to take inté the plant the !'semi-suitcases they’ use for handbags nowadays. They're limitéd to-a- ‘purse 4 by 6 inches, we hear. ,.. Among the applications for membership in the I.A.C. in-one day recently were three from tien born in some far away places. One was born in Johannes-

‘burg, Africa; another in Danzig, and the third in

Teheran, Persia. Probably here on war missions.

Space Being Wasted

FRITZ W. FROMM thinks the Red Cross is misihg’ a good bet by not selling advertising space .on the

ceiling of .the blood donor center. Dozens of people go there daily , lie on their backs with nothing but the ceiling to stare at for from 30'to 45 minutes. The center, could \make some easy money with adds such as: “For & blood builder-upper, go to Joe: Blow’s steak house.” + + «Gayle Eads, state farm placement | representative of the U. S. employment service, has | received a report from one of his assistants who says he interviewed a clean-cut, husky farm hand, 23 years old, who wanted to work on a farm for hoard and room only until he goes to the navy Oct. 17. And would you believe it, the assistant had to call four

farmers before he could place the applicant. The first

three farmers called were afraid there was a catch in it some place.

By Raymond Clapper

Mr.” Rbosevélt seems to be resenting not only criticism but any suggestion from whatever source that all is not perfect with the war effort: His own “officials, ‘who had been making speeches along the “tough line” adopted by the office of war information,

were ‘sharply rebuked at the press conference...The|.

president said they ought to button up their mouths, Apparently their only offense was to take the official | - administration line that we can lose this war—not having been tipped off that Mr. Roosevelt had suddenly decided the line: must be that we are 94 to 95 per cent perfect. "His querulous remarks about press and radio comment -are of no particular general interest except that they again showed ‘his irritation at criticism of the war effort. That was after the press and radio had given him the strongest possible support in trying to get anti-inflation legislation through congress.

Bogged Down With Detail -

IN FORESEEING the danger that the axis heant to the United States Mr. Roosevelt was a true prophet. His voice sounded the danger warning to the democratic world during the Munich years. His foresight in cutting through legalistic jungles to get rifles and other: equipment to. England after Dunkirk was. a ‘courageous contribution, not only to England but to our - own security. “Fer. had England gone down in the summer of 1940, our situation might. by how have been appalling to contemplate. His vision and. practical statesmanship in the destroyer-base deal, in devising lend-lease, in occupying Greenland and Iceland, in starting war preparations without waiting for the Pearl Harbor that was: ‘almost certain to come in one form or another,| . renflered service to this nation that will inevitably place him among our greatest presidents! .. We needdnow from him the same high, clear, direct ‘leadership that he gave then. Of late he seems to

have: bogged down in detail and to have lost his grip}

on the essentia . Creation of the office of economic stabilization was. a broad constructive act and it is to be hoped that.Mr. Roosevelt will follow it by leading the country in the all-out mobilization that it is ready for.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

same success enjoyed ny the one in New York city. very charming British woman, Chief Controller Eo and her aid, Chief Commander Gowers, arrived from Canada yesterday to spend two nights with us at the White House. I gave a tea to which the cab-

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lean Furnace: Close’ Rooms

Seldom Used

By FRANK WIDNER “Helping to win the battle of oil will help insure a speedier victory in the bat-

tle of arms.” Those words, uttered by Harold L. Ickes, petroleum co-ordi-nator, contain the primary reason for the necessity of “some 5000” \Marion ccunty home cwners ‘who rely on oil for heat to conserve . that fuel to the utmost this winter. Everyone knows the difficulties encountered by tankers in moving this precious fuel to the Atlantic coast. Submarines of enemy countries have preyed on this means of transportation until it has become - necessary to deliver by land and safe-water transportation petroleum products to the East. And despite this there is a shortage of oil in the East and the coming fuel oil shortage in the Midwest is due primarily to the necessity, of sharing part of our normal supply with our Eastern neighbors. Thousands of tank cars which normally carried oil to the central areas of this country are now diverted to the Eastern seaboard to avoid crippling the war industries or impairing the public health in those areas. Mr. Ickes has stated that it is the present policy of his office “to equalize the supplies of heating oil throughout the Fjsiorn and Midwestern areas, thereby preventing a ‘feast’ in one region while a ‘famine’ exists in the other.” i i: ® »

Al Must Co-operate

: FOR THAT REASON, the present situation can be met. without serious sacrifice of health or comfort if everyone does his part. From here on, Mr, and Mrs. Indianapolis Oil User, the biggest factor is YOU and what you do to save fuel. If possible, have your furnace converted to the use of some other fuel, Get a competent man to advise you and at the same time make sure ‘that adequate supplies . of the ' substitute: fuel will be available. In wartime, .it is impossible to predict what will happen. Maybe the expected shortage may turn out to be less severe than it how seems. But at any rate, remember that you're going to benefit from the savi you make, You . i lose! ® 8 =

Seven Helpful ‘Hints

GENERALLY speaking, conservation of fuel oil ‘can be accomplished by consideting ‘thiese seven suggestions: 1. Do not produce ‘more’ ‘heat than necessary tor comfort and health. 2. Stop waste in your heating plant. 3. Catch “fuel thieves” in your heat distribucion plant. +4. GeY your oil burner to contribute its share of fuel savings. 5. Adjust yourself to lower room temperatures. 6. Consider fuel savings in your domestic hot water system. 7. Construction improvements ‘bring big savings. It is a common practice for ‘home owners to heat every nook “and corner of the house regardless of the fact that in®* many homes sometimes a room is never entered all winter. Unused rooms should be closed ‘off and if practicable, they should be sealed so that no heat goes into them nor cold comes out. Seal the doors with tape and if there is a quantity of cold coming from the walls of a heated room adjoining the closed off room, cover them with insulating felt. Also, remember that it is a good

CHILDREN TO LEARN

WAR BONDS VALUE|

The 10 per cent War. bond- campaign went to school today.

It will include the .education of

children of all ages in the value of war bond investment to help

finance the war, to keep down the cost of living and to aid in effect-| .

ing a “sensible post-war economy based ‘on the " American rinciple of voluntary savings.” .

Stamps and bonds afe being sold :

'I.had had an opportunity|,. ©

the married women n Bil 1 “if a hust 2d obtains lave, sts, Consi is given: 4

umber of our new ladies in

idea to close a room that is hard !

to heat.

Low Heat for Garage

DISCONNECT PIPES that are not being used but be sure to drain them properly if they are hot water pipes so they will not freeze. Also, when the fireplace is not in use, keep that damper closed. Make sure it closes tight, too. The country can’t afford to have you heating up-the neighborhpod this year so _Temember: all;

open- those “outside doorsy’ And don’t . get: thie ‘rooms. so: hpt that

"you -have.to open the windows to

cool : .off. The. garage, too,ifloesn’t have to be heated to the same temperatire as the’ house: It isn’t necessary to keep it at more than 40 degrees (F.). Imperfect .combustion and

faulty circulation .of heat. has

been responsible for ‘the waste of much of the fuel burned omes. Such waste; according" 0:1 juthorities, may amount to as much as 50..per scent. Wik Clean ;off. soot, ‘keep the: boiler insulated, stop air leaks, keep water passages clean and clear, provide an additional return pipe

aréa, make suré fhe héafing plant

is rpm enough for the dwelling, eniploy a booster fan if the heat doesn’t seem to get upstairs, make certain ‘the combustion chamber is. adequate, don’t supply outside air to warm air furnace and consider the use of baffles to direct the flow of gases, which in some cases have resulted in savings up to 20. per cent. It’s not enough to have your furnace in tip-top shape. Remember that the heat has to wind its way upstairs and sometimes a great waste occurs in this part of the system,

Watch the Insulation

SEE THAT INSULATION is complete on steam and hot water lines, make sure steam pipes have correct pitch to “keep” “Goltdensation from being trapped’ ‘where it will act as an obstruction to the free circulation of steam, check filters "in warm air or air conditioning systems to see if they need cleaning, balance the heat distribution system by making sure each damper in “the ducts leading to rooms are opened

enough to allow sufficient heat

and keep registers and air returns free from obstructions. Radiator enclosures often waste fuel as they sometimes keep cold air .on the floor from reaching the radiator. Put a shield behind radiators to reflect the heat back into the room, check the size and location of radiftors and registers

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1. D. W. Manning, an employee of Allison’s, thinks the use of fuel oil is fine but he makes sure that he gets the most heat possible from the oil he uses. Here, he cleans the soot off the inside of his furnace. Authorities say that a mere 1-8inch soot deposit increases oil con-

sumption as much as 10 per cent.

2. In this crisis in our transportation, we should all avoid such fuel waste as heating rooms which don’t need to be used. Mr. Manning demonstrates the correct method of shutting off such a room to insure against létting a flow of cold air come info the heated room.

Tape does the trick. 3. Weatherstripping will keep

those wintry blasts from coming

through the cracks around doors and windows. It’s an easy and inexpensive job and fuel savings from 10 to 15 per cent can be accomplished by - this precaution, Mr. Manning weatherstripped his ‘housé and kept the room temperatire-at 70 degrees: last year."

in edch room to make sure:they do not overheat any: part -of the dwelling and replace defective valves on radiators.

To enable your oil burner to contribute its share of fifel savings, it is important to have a competent service man check the burner with available scientific instruments to determine the correct settings for economical, trou-ble-free operation, Here are important points to have him check: Combustion’ efficiency, even and correct draft, correct nozzle size and angle, quick starting ignition, oil filters, lines, strainers and tank for sediment, leaks and blower. This fifth item is one which most Americans are guilty of. A great extravagance is the warmth we think we require indoors. When fuel was plentiful, we could gorge ourselves on heat but in today’s emergency it is necessary to keep inside etemperatures as

.low as possible without endanger-

ing health. The men can: forego coatless evenings and the women can dress warmly.

68 Degrees Healthful

A NORMAL inside ‘temperature is generally considered to be 70-72 degrees. Actually, 68 degrees is healthful and comfortablg. Before retiring, lower the thermostat 10 or more degrees. When the thermostat is lowered at night to 50 degrees for a period

—By William Ferquson

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: of eighit hos: itis" possible to attain a savings of 18.2 per cent. When ventilating a room, turn off the heat before opening the windows so as not to chill the whole heating system. This is particularly important if you have a hot water system as the open window cools the water in the radiator. And by all means, when you. are away from home for a week-end or even the better part of the day, lower the thermostat to at least 50 degrees. If you have a fireplace, use it ‘this winter and employ andirons to keep the logs off the hearth so that air can flow beneath them. Portable electric heaters also are very useful for supplying extra heat at necessary points. Keep a close check on that hot water system. An uncovered tank means a loss of 80 per cent or more of the heat required to heat the hot water. Insulate the tank, free it of .sediment, check hot water faucets for leaks and install a “heat trap” to prevent water adjacent to the sides of the pipes that have cooled from dropping directly into the tank:

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60% Savings Possible

POSSIBLY YOU HAVE long been planning some construction improvements to add to your comfort and cut fuel bills. But .today there is an added reason and that: is to get the most out of the fuel you are allotted.

EARLHAM TO GHOOSE QUEEN ON SATURDAY

Times Special RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 12.—A campus queen selected by student ballot will be crowned at Earlham college Saturday during the halftime period of the Deflance-Earl-ham game. The Saturday homecoming .celebration - will with registration of returning alumni and former students in the morning in front of Earlham ‘hall. Campus

student organizations.

soring the fourth annual election of the campus queen and her four attendants. * : The Mask and Mantle, honorary dramatic-- society, will presen: a three-act comedy by A. A, Milne, “The ‘Romantic Age,” in Goddard auditorium that evening. =.

§|SEEK MECHANICS, {COOKS FOR THE ARMY

File will enlist me-| | € 1 cooks for the army

Capt. | chanies ordnance t at 125 W. North st. until Thursday. views will be held from 9 a. m. until 5:30 p. m. dai automotive

decorations “will be furnished ' by

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bring you big savings. These are weatherstripping, caulking, instal~ lation of storm windows and insulation. Of course, many of the benefits derived from these four improvements are overlapping, For in-

~ stance, the first three accomplish

result. If a house lacks storm windows, a good job of weatherstrippings and caulking can bring fuel savings of from 10 to 15 per cent. But if the ‘house already has storm windows, part of the savings which weatherstripping can bring already have been made, However, if all these improvements are made to a house lacking in all of them and the burner and heating plants are intelligently operated, authorities believe that the total savings in fuel may run up to a maximum of 60 per cent. Insulation provides a tried and proved means of making savings that are definite and substantial. For instance, unfinished attics may be responsible for as much as 30 per cent of all the heat that escapes from the house. Insulation can almost cut this loss in half. “Adding an adequate layer of insulation to a house which previously had none may save 30 to 40 per cent of the fuel. If you can't insulate everywhere, at least try to do the roof or attic floor. [J td »

Do What You Can

THE FIGURES provided here are based on average winters with a mean temperature of about 35 degrees. To bring down your heating costs, check over your home against the full list of fuel-sav-ing features explained here. Plan to adopt as many as possible. Suppose you now use 2000 gallons of oil for fuel, If your home at the present time has no insula tion, a possible savings of, 30 per cent can be made if you insulate. This percentage represents 600 gallons saved.

"Maybe you.don't want to insulate at this time but you do consider using storm windows. The 15 per cent savings by these ° would save you 300 gallons of the 2000. But if you. are considering doing both insulation and storm windows, don’t make the mistake of adding the insulation savings to the storm window savings. Actually, you must figure less. No matter what improvements you make, however small, you are bound to secure greater comfort and lower heating expense. And at the same time you will have the satisfaction -of knowing: you are conserving a national resource that is essential to America’s war ‘needs.

POCAHONTAS GROUP WILL CONVENE HERE

The Degree of Pocahontas will open its, 49th great council, Oct. 20, with a banquet and reception in the Hotel Lincoln. Mrs. Louise Hale, past great Pocahontas of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Nellie Jeffries, past great: Poca- " hontas of South Bend, will be in charge. The gredt council sessions will be Oct. 21 in the auditorium of = the Claypool hotel with Mrs. Jennie Hart of Terre Haute presiding,

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