Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1942 — Page 13

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HINGTON, Dec. 30 (U. P.. kesman for the FBI rei today that more than 1000 als are identified each month use of the FBI's mammoth hgerprint file. The FBI has approximately 58,000,000 prints on file and additional Ss come in at the rate of 100,0 & day. In 1939 there were only 11,000,000 prints in the files. But the file, long identified with apprehension of criminals, is playIng & vital role in the war, too. Many torpedoed ship victims have heen identified through finger-

~ nadian soldier came to the FBI

; files, identified the father who was

4 toupg the fingerprints of a son who

mon by Rabbi Goldblatt at 8 p. m.|

a The Perry township civil defense

I" at the Sunshine Gardens church,

with this story: ~ His father fought in France in ‘the first world war. His mother #died when he was an infant and he became separated from friends and Tt . He had searched for his

jer for many years. Father Located

With nothing more than the father’s name, the FBI checked its

working in a California arsenal and who was looking for his son. The FBI reunited them. .. Last week an Illinois mother

~ had been missing since 1937. She - sent the prints to the police who sent them to the FBI. The FBI _ ohecked and found that the son ~ had been killed in an automobile ‘accident near Sweetwater, Tex. only a week after he disappeared from" home. . About 10 days ago 3 man’s hand was found floating in a river in ~ Connecticut. The fingerprints were checked and the man identified as orle missing for several weeks.

Looking like a fugutive from a surrealist’s dream is Lydia Read, whose costume of discarded auto trimmings won top prize in Los Angeles scrap drive.

CAPTURED NAZIS FEAR AMERICA

‘It’s Quantity That Counts,’ Say Seized Soldiers of Afrika Korps.

By HENRY GORRELL United Press Staff Correspondent

WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN TRIPOLITANIA, Dec. 27 (Delayed). —German prisoners captured while laying mines on the road southwest of Sirte stared with open mouths today at allied tanks, guns and trucks rolling west. : They were tired and hungry and hadn’t talked much. Then, suddenly, as if speaking to himself, the

20, said: “Die menge tut es—Amerika.” (It's the quantity that counts— America.)

PERRY TWP. PLANS FIRST AID CLASSES

council has scheduled four series of first aid classes, the first to begin next Tuesday at Edgewood

‘school. Other courses will start Jan. 11

“Jan. 12 at the University Heights grade school .and Jan. 19 at District 9 school. All classes are to begin ‘ab 7:30 p. m.

“We can’t compete against that,” he added. That thought is likely to be. in the minds of thousands of Germans as they retreat toward Tripoli.

Thinking Done for Them ~~

It is not the German soldier's business to talk or even think about such things. * The German high command heretofore has done all their thinking for them.

the Germans captured out here refuse to believe that Marshal Erwin | Rommel or the old Afrika Korps can be defeated. They have blind,

~ “There will be 10 sessions of all ‘ eourses,” with the exception of the + Edgewood class, which is limited to OCD workers and scheduled for - six nights only. Those interested in attending have been asked to report to the first class meeting in their neighborhoods, or to Alfred Bristow or Jack Williams, Perry OCD officials.

CHURCH WILL PRAY FOR MEN IN SERVICE

The Rev. James Miller will speak tomorrow at the watchnight service ‘at the South Side Church of the ‘Nazarene. A cantata will be presented by the young people’s choir of the Ray Street Church of the Nazarene. Prayers will be offered for the men in ‘the service. H. J. Rahrar is

* #ALKS ON NORMALCY “When Shall We Return to Nor-

faith in their leader's ability to pull something out of the bag at the last minute. Considering the blind faith the ordinary German soldier has in his command, it might be wondered what would happen in the dry river beds somewhere west of Sirte today if Rommel were to admit to his troops that he lied when he told them last November that Stalingrad had fallen. Every German soldier captured in the desert is convinced of it. His officers had told him so. The quality of German troops has fallen steadily. Some captives who have arrived in the past ‘month from Greece and Crete appear underfed and war-weary. They- don’t have the morale of the old Afrika Korps. Their morale was considerably lowered by the massed bombing of the allied air striking force. One German prisoner, however, laughed when his comrades ex-| claimed at the weight of allied air attacks. “ “I don’t mind it so much,” he said.

maley?” will be the topic of a ser-

Friday at the temple, Delaware sts. At 10:30 a. m. Sat-

: - urday there will be a birthday bless-

g for children at the temple,

PENSION UNIT TO INSTALL

‘Officers will be installed at a meeting of Group 1 of the Indiana

10th and!

“You see, I am from Dusseldorf.”

TIME AND MONEY SAVED!

CLEVELAND, Dec. 30 (U. P.).— John E. Locak, secretary to Mayor Frank Lausche, magnamiously waived part of his salary when it was discovered it had been omitted from payroll accounts and was hold-

“old-age pension program tomorrow

night in Room 124 of the English

Hi Ho, Silver, Italians, 21

By DONALD COE United Press Staff Correspondent WITH UNITED STATES FORCES IN TUNISIA, Dec. 27 (Delayed)— An American night raiding party, g . Italian soldiers in a southern Tunisian village with shouts of “Hi, ho, Silver, away,” killed 15 of them, wounded at least 30 and captured 21, it was revealed “today.

“The story of the American “Lone ‘Ranger’ was told by Capt. Stephen *. Morrissey; of West Medway, Mass., leader of the raiding unit ‘composed of men from the para“chute troops of Col. Edson Raff of York. : her group of Col. Raff’s men, d patrol of two jeeps mounting ne guns, in another night tie wiped out a German patro: ‘no-man’s-land, capturing five il German paratroopers ridRd & motorcycle with side car. he prisoner died today of wounds. ‘his group’s exploit was less ar, however, than that of ho, Silver” party. :

ing up the auditors’ approval of city records. The shortage totaled © cents.

Away’ Scares Are Captured

The raiders caught the Italians sleeping with their war whoops, Capt. Morrissey said, and they dashed about in confusion. “After five hours of traveling by truck and two hours of walking,” he said, “we sneaked up on a town where a patrol had reported earlier that the Italians were asleep. “We approached the town from two _ directions, but one of the columns was a little ahead of schedule and surprised an Italian machine-gun position. Those boys tossed a lot of hand grenades and killed seven: Italians and captured eight, but the noise of the hand grenading aroused the others. “Then my boys who had not yet met the enemy began yelling ‘Hi ho,

Italians, who began shooting wildly in all directions. When we ha accomplished our mission we returned to our vehicles with the

prisoners-and a lot of information.” Only Two Wouaded

Only American casualties, Capt. Morrissey said, were two men

Ayres’ Will Be All Day

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slightly wounded. He added that

the “shooting was good for our

morale.” “The principal Arouble with these night patrols,” he added, “is. that we always seem to run into these Arab dogs who like to bark and give away our presence.” The Arab population of the town remained ‘when the Americans

youngest, a blond youth who looked |

They can’t tell why, but most of] Africa, it was reported this week. in

Silver, away’ and frightened the|

U.S. MALS TAX

Blank Thus Furnished To Save Paper.

. Federal iricome tax blanks will be mailed Saturday to all taxpayers of record. - Taxpayers: have been asked by Will H. Smith, U. 8. collector of internal revenue for Indiana, to use blanks mailed to them in order to conserve paper. Deputies assisting taxpayers in preparing returns have been instructed to ask for the orig-

inal forms. Mr. Smith reminded that “im-

FORM SATURDAY

| | smith Urges Payers Use

mediate filing and payment of taxes in full will be of great help to the government—now, more than ever before."

Those Who File

Under the 1942 revenue act returns must' be submitted by single individuals, or married individuals not living with husband or wife, earning a gross income of $500 or more; or married individuals living together and having a combined gross income of $1200 or more, All whose gross incomes, regardless of the amount of their net incomes, equal; or exceed the total specified for their immediate status will be required to file returns. A return must be submitted even though, because of allowable deductions from gross income or allowable credits against net income, it develops that no, tax is due.

Normal Tax Higher

The normgl tax has been increased this year to 8 per cent and surtax rates have been substantially increased, especially in the lower brackets. Surtax collections begin at the first dollar of income exceeding personal exemptions and credits for dependents. Since earned income credit is a credit only against the normal tax,

though no normal tax is due. Assistance and information will be given taxpayers writing or calling the internal revenue office in Indianapolis. |

REPORT ‘ARMISTICE

ON THE FRENCH FRONTIER, Dec. 30 (U. P.).—Soldiers of the demobilized French “armistice army” may be used as the nucleus or a. German-controlled French force to oppose the allies in Europe or

usually well informed quarters. A Nazi circular issued recently

a surtax may now be payable even |:

ARMY’ TO AID NAZIS|

yrohibited French industrialists from

employing soldiers and officers dismissed when the Germans occupied all of France in November. There were reports that they would form the heart of a new French army; that they would be used as occupation forces relieving Germans in Foland for duty in Russia, or that they would be sent to work in German factories. }

Waiters Strike In WLB Building

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (U. P.). —The war labor board yesterday had a dispute to settle in its own backyard, so to speak. Eighty employees of the cafeteria in the basement of the labor department building, where the WLB has its offices, struck for 35 minutes during the lunch hour because the WLB had been dili- | tory in ruling on a matter of wage increases. Between 300 and 400 labor department employees, including members of its conciilation service, had to postpone lunch until uinon officials talked the strikers into going back to work. The employees struck because they had not received a 9 per cent wage increase, retroactive to Nov. 1, provided in a new contract. They went back to work when it - was explained that the wage increase had to be approved by the WLB and the WLB hadn't got; around to it. The matter is now on the WLB'’s desk upstairs.

DOWNEY AVE. CHURCH TO PRAY FOR PEACE

In response to the president’s proclamation marking New Years as a day of prayer for victory and peace, the Downey Avenue Christian church will hold prayer services at 4 p. m. Friday, with the Rev. E. Robert Andry, presiding. Others leading special prayers will be Hilton U. Brown, Prof. Albert Mock, the Rev. C.-M. Yocum and the Rev. E. C. Conner. . The choir, directed by Beldon Leonard, will sing. scloist.

GRADUATE RETAINED AS NAVY INSTRUCTOR

olis has been retained as a petty officer instructor at the naval training school at Purdue university. He was graduated last week from the school with the rating of electrician’s mate, third class. He was chosen for the instructor’s post on

ership at the school, which offers all branches of maritime “electricity.

2 MORE JOIN WAVES Two more Indianapolis women have enlisted in the WAVES, They are Mary Janet Plummer, 3721 N. Meridian ‘st. and Bernice Hamilton of 4500 Marcy lane, |

BRITISH 15- YEAR-OLDS TO SIGN

moved in. They appear unconcerned with the and concentrate on

Mis. Albert Gray is

Charles E. Banks of Indianap-|

the basis of scholarship and lead-|

LONDON, Dec. 30 (U.P). —Great| |

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SPEAKING OF NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

We Recommend the United States Government ~ Consumer’s Pledge for Total War )

You'll pardon our pride ¢ f pointing out the fact that our creed ‘and slogan for many yee s before December 7, 1941, has-been and still is, "Quality End ires."” We feel that it is more meaning-

ful now than ever before.

REMEMBER U5?

We're spotted all over Ayres’ and our message is... . "Speaking of packages... you carry the little ©4135 and we'll carry the big ones." And may we say . . . "Thanks a lot foi he way you have responded in 1942 and

keep it up in 1943."