Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1942 — Page 17
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| Construction: Is Started to ~ Replace Ruins; City Still Faces Tasks.
By A. T. STEELE
cago Daily News, In CRs Nov. 19.—This is
| in many ways a different Chung-) * king from the blitzed city I left ! 15 months ago. More than a year
of freedom from air attack has enabled the bomb-battered Chinese capital to lift its face and com-
.. _mence healing its terrible scars.
New construction is fast. changing
_ the aspect of Chungking’s spat-
tered streets. : There is new brick and stone work and workZz men are clinging todamaged buildings, filling : in holes in pitted : walls and installing glass instead of paper in many blasted window A. T. Steele Irames—a sure sign of confiAmerica’s biggest contribution to China since Pearl Harbor has not
.. been materials which have arrived »,~only in dribbles—but air protection
for major Chinese cities. This,
combined with recent allied vic-|
tories, has brought a big psychological improvement despite the continuing ' hardships due to "acute + shortages of manufactured goods and skyrocketing prices.
Determined to Succeed
I have never observed among the embattled Chinese a grimmer determination to go through with this struggle to the end, even though it is coming to be generally believed that the downfall of Japan cannot be expected before 1944, At least once during the dark days of the allied defeats in the
‘= south Pacific, the Japanese held “out a tempting peace bait to China
“ but it was flatly rejected. Recent tidings from the Solomons were joyfully received by the Chi-
‘ nese as they must have been _by
~ appreciation for the work of the] - American flyers here.
Americans. The newspapers issued extras and a meeting of the central executive committee of the Kuomintang, attended by the highest officials of the government, was interrupted for a reading of the - American communique which was heartily applauded. A Chinese friend voiced special
“You cannot imagine,” he said, “what a relief it.is to be able to go to work with reasonable assurance that there won't be any bombs dropping around you and that your home will be intact when you return to it.” This Chinese, like thousands of others in- the capital city, has
brought his wife and family back]
here from exile and, despite serious economic hardships, is living more or less a normal existence for. the first time in five years.
Salaries Diminish For salaries men, like junior gov-
- ‘ernment officials and teachers, the - problem of making both ends meet now is the chief difficulty. There} - is the story of the university pro-|
fessor who turned into a ricksha
puller because he could make more}
money that way. Transportation is a problem, in
Chungking as everywhere in free
China. Automobiles are fewer but
= more numerous than might be expected considering the cutting off
- "of gasoline imports.
< expedition.
Going even to the American em-
- + bassy, which is on the south bank
of the river proved to be quite ar I traveled the firs’ three miles by ricksha, descendec lengthy steps to the Yangtze b; sedan chair, crossed the river by steam ‘launch, ascended the step:
“ to the embassy on a stair-climbing * horse—elapsed time, 14 hours.
FIND GERMAN GUILTY
OF HELPING SPIES
+ NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (U. P.).—
. Anthony Cramer, German-born me-
_ chanie charged with treason in aiding two of the Nazi saboteurs who were landed in the United States from submarines, last night
4 was found guilty by a jury that de-
liberated two hours and 15 minutes. Cramer, who was remanded to jail will be sentenced in federal court ‘next Wednesday by Judge Henry W. Goddard. He was found guilty on three counts and his punishment may range from five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. to the death sentence. : Under cross-examination he admitted that he had lied to FBI agents when they questioned him
about meetings with Werner Thiel]
and Edward John Kerling, wwe of “the six Nazi agents executed in
‘Z Washington, D. C. : "+ He also admitted that he had listened to axis propaganda broad- | - casts but denied he had spread axis] He explained that, . while he believed Germany had
s propaganda. - been too’ militaristic in the past,
“he believed she was fighting fof
“Thomas W. ‘Wallace,
survival now.
“POLETT! FINALLY _ ADMITS ‘DEFEAT
- ALBANY, N. Y.,, Nov. 19 (U. P.).—
. “Lient. Gov. Charles J. Poletti to-
Jday finally conceded the election of Republican . district attorney of Schenectady * county, 8s the new lieutenant governor.of New York. Poletti conceded only after receiving tabulations from “Secretary of State Michael F. Walsh showing
‘2 that Wallace had a plurality of 20,-
463 votes with but 56 of the state’s
19330 election districts still missing. While the soldier vote will not be
5joaunted unt Dec. 10, Mr, Poletti,
‘steadfastly refused to con-
“Dr.
terested in Pan-Americanism,
ion Theological seminary, New York: Mrs, C. A. Garrard -is general chairman. Assisting her are Mrs. Theodore E. reservations; Scott, promotion chairman, Mrs. C. A. Behringer, -chairman-- cf dinner arrangements. An exhibit of books, ‘pictures and’ pamphlets: showing the growth ‘and
Root, * * chairman for. | Miss - Margaret Mp and| :
- [display The exhibition was
Dr. John R.: seotiord, Congréga-] ; tional editor ‘from’ New York, will] |
speak at the 85th anhiversary cel-| ebration of the First° Congregation-| al:church at 6: p. m. tomorrow: when | the annual “Thanksgizing. dinner | ,| will be served. =. : Scotford is editor “for ‘the. 2 Congregational Home * Board \and{} for the denomination’s; 21 ‘state pa-: i pers, representing’ ' 6000 churches: in} this country. He is. considered anf expert on_ church architecture" and 4 hei § has visited 10 republics of South America and has spent much time E in Mexico. He is a. graduate of | Dartmouth college and of the Un- 8
- Dr. John R. Scotford history of ‘the church will be- on -arranged by Mrs. “John Le Gold-
thwaite, church historian,
|the occupation of French Africa.
| [nad been employed in commerce |; “ [between France and North Africa.
| ° ranean more hagardous and prob-
VESSELS N AFRICA
LONDON, Nov. 19 (U. P.). ~The ministry of economic warfare said yesterday that the allies, will acquire between 200,000 and 300,000 tons of merchant shipping as a result of
The ministry said that 120,000 tons of shipping has been tied up|d in African ports and another 120,000| 3
The ministry noted that the axis will find shipping in the Mediter-
ably will be forced to rely increasingly on European land routes. :
OBSERVE BROTHERS NIGHT
Naomi chapter, O. E.‘S., will*ebserve brothers night at 8 p. m.. tomorrow in the Masonic Temple, North and Illinois sts. There will be an initiation followed by a social hour. Mrs. Elizabeth Wigal is worthy matron and William Hartmann, worthy patron.
Ensign’, Edward R. Goudie of Brookville, Ind., who entered service in July, 1941, is stationed at _the ‘Norfolk, Va., naval base. He - is’ a graduate of } sity and was employed by the Al- - fred Brown Beverage Co. of Brookville, before entering the. navy.
Boy Scouts Here to Report ‘Membership of Near 80
P)—In a letter to. Lewis B. Hor- |, A TITIDership of nearly S100 willy The advancement ghey, national selective: service. di- reported - by the Indianapolis|headed by ‘Merle Miller, will Tepe p H Con gdon, of Boy Scout organization tomorrow|715. second. class scouts, 342 f rector, Dean Wray ? when the annual meeting ‘of the|class- scouts, 119 -star scouts, Lehigh university, ‘today urged that Central Indiana council board of|life scouts, and 72 eagle scouts. ‘icollege ‘men be selected for draft |directors will be held in the Indian~}-. The -leadership- training com deferment on the basis of aca-|apolis Athletic ‘club. tee; which trains scoutmasters, ai demic achievement regardless. of| Dr, Elbert K. Fretwell, . chief sistant scoutmasters and cub p their year in college. scoyt executive-elect, will ‘ address|leaders, has: played .an impo oon Dipes out Bhat nder | the council, scout parents and part in’ the training of w no provision has (friends at.8 p. m. in the ‘Wor been made for the continued sup- memorial. P i War Setahse Hssserpats ply of men trained for civilian and The camping committee will reindustrial services essential to the port a successful 1942 season for|are credited for the successful year war effort. Heretofore a college Camp Chank-tun-un-gi and Camp reported by the finance comm student studying in’ certain speci- Rotary 202. All camping ‘periods | Balance in the bank is about the |fied fields has been deferred at the |were filled to capacity with a:wait-'same as last.year, beginning of his junior year. | ing list for most periods. The scouts are proud “Under the new draft law,” he| High spots. during the season|of their ‘war service. Dudley Smith, wrote, “every potential executive, were the dedications of a new craft|state: salvage chairman, praised the engin eer, technician, industrial [shop and the Bill King Memorial | scouts’ co-operation ‘with the. sal manager, research - worker, certi-|fountain. The health and safety fied public accountant, professional committee, under the chairmanship|endeavors, the: boy scouts have pare man and the like will be drafted |of Dr. Chester Stayton, examined|ticipated in the ‘collection of rube at 18 before he can so;much as get |all boys when they arrived at camp,|{ber and scrap metal as well as the started in college, to say nothing checked the pool for safety, and|distribution of patriotic - posters. of reaching the present point of had the wells examined by the State| Wallace O. Lee, - scout commise possible deferment as a college Health Board at frequent inter- sioner, has held that office for 23% junior.” vals. “years. mo
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