Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1943 — Page 9

FRIDAY, JAN, I, 1943

Var Gadgets

IGHT FIELD, DAYTON, O., Jan. 1.—Army alr officers in the laboratory center here demona, Sikorski helicopter which flies backwards wise, as well as forward, hovers motioner a spot and comes to rest in little more space than required to park an automobile. It is an experimental model

which has met the army’s requiré- .

ments, the result of years of lab‘oratory work. ‘Sikorski is seeking to prove its usefulness for “finding subs and sinking same,” artillery . observation, liaison in combat and rescue missions. The navy has not yet taken to the idea of sending helicopters on merchant convoys, to drop bombs of “ashcan” depth charges y submarines. » There are hundreds of other J ations and improvements in air fighting equip- , Which have been ‘exhibited for the first time group of newspapermen on a tour of inspection

7 to Think Faster Than Enemy

OME ARE improvements and gadgets “dreamed three and four years ago, now in production. Some are just off the drafting boards, and can’t written about for the same reason that the enemy doesn’t disclose his secrets. : But officers here, who believe they are thinking ‘and drafting faster than the enemy, proudly demon- .. Strate a fighter plane firing at the rate 6460 rounds “F per minute from eight 50-caliber guns. : They exhibit the type of bomber in which Maj.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

- EDWARD W. HARRIS, president of Hamilton, Harris & Co., is in Methodist hospital—minor operation. ... Charles Val Clear, former student at the John Herron art school, was home visiting friends during the holidays. He's teaching art at a prep school in Tarrytown, N. ¥Y. ... The postoffice, won't you one of its lock boxes for a year. If you want to rent one, you'll take it for three months. About the only reason they can think up is that the shorter period eliminates argu"ments over refunds when patrons decide they want to cancel a few months after taking a box. ... The candy counters around town still look pretty threadbare after the beating they took from the Christmas shoppers. At least one of the city departments of a downtown store still was completely out of chocolate candy a couple of days 880. . . . The chewing gum crisis seems to be a bit eased in the last few days. Sometimes you can even buy two packages at a time,

And That Was That

MAKING THE ROUNDS is a story about Harry Reid, street railway chief, and Fabien Sevitzky that’s too good to keep, though we can’t vouch for it. Sevit- + fers Indianapolis Symphony orchestra is giving a concert Sunday at the Murat for Indianapolis Railways employees. The story is that when Pierre Goodrich (chief stockholder of Indianapolis Railways) took Mr. Sevitzky up to meet Mr. Reid and arrange for the concert, the orchestra leader politely asked if Mr. ‘Reid ever had heard the orchestra, “No,” apologized

Washington

{ WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—In discussions that concern the shape of things after the war, President Roosevelt leans heavily on the story of the Philippine islands as his model of what the united nations policy ought to be toward colonial peoples, In fact the president went to considerable length to spell it out in his address Nov. 15 commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Philippine commonwealth government. But the president’s remarks attracted little attention. The significance which he intended they should have escaped general attention. The president. was a bit disappointed that what he had to say was not picked up and developed into a general discussion that would point the way for united nations policy. Uny he will return to this theme because it is the only safe path that he sees through’ a tangled and

treacherous question,

Must Be Trained for Task

MR. ROOSEVELT said directly that the history a Philippine independence provided a pattern for the future of other small nations and peoples and was and parcel of the philosophy and ideals of the nations. remember the story. We took the Philippines war with Spain in 1898. But the American ‘thought it incongruous and unwise for the States to continue permanently a colonial over millions of people who wished independIn 1935 we voted that the Philippines should independent in 1946. ‘Roosevelt emphasized, however, that independfor colonial people can only come after they have trained for it. Gen. Smuts says, freedom is not a thing that imposed from without. Roosevelt, in analyzing the Philippine experifinds two important factors necessary to carry 8 pattern out successfully. “First, there must be a period of preparation, h education and the recognition and fulfillment al and economic needs. In other words, you . establish a going society in the modern sense.

HINGTON, Thursday—This is New Year's all of us with an old-fashioned background king about our New. Year's resolutions. I 2 Hs is a year when there are a good many 5 being made by all of us. My first resolution would be to try to keep my attitude toward life as cheerful as possible in these serious times. There are so many things that force seriousness upon us and so many people who, for one reason and another, face tragic situations which cannot be ignored, that wherever it is pos- - sible, those of us who may bring a cheerful spirit to life, should 40 50. It is impossible to suggest that we shange our whole attitude and . people,

‘miles-per-hour pursuit ship in which Lieut, Col. El-

-a filling station near the plant and runs it just for

By Walker ‘Stone

Doolittle led the raid on Tokyo; the type of 400-

liot Roosevelt is flying at low altitudes to photograph enemy replacements; a rubber raft like the one on which Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and his men floated for so many days on,the Pacific—and all the concentrated food rations, radio and rescue signal equipment which goes with the raft, but which “Rick” was unable to load in time.

Army Saving Weight and Metal

SHOWING HOW LITTLE things add to fighting efficiency, they point out a newly perfected brush for a generator. The old brush wore out in two hours flying at 30,000 feet altitude, putting the guns, turrets, etc., out of commission. The new one is good for 100 hours. They talk of the merits of their hollow-steel propellers, so tough that Russians over Moscow and Stalingrad could fly into and chew up the tail of an enemy plane more surely than they could shoot it down. These men, who have A-1<A priority on all critical materials, are striving for substitutes in a way to bring blushes to a civilian who turns up his nose at a wooden icebox. Though duralumin and hollow-steel propellers are better on all counts, they have gone back to wooden and laminated plywood propellers for training planes. They have perfected landing tires, where nearly all the rubber used is in the tread—the sidewalls have only a painted coat of that precious material. They are using plastics for ammunition boxes to save aluminum; plastics for cartridge belt links to save copper; plastics on ammunition feed chutes, and innumerable other gadgets on which the army is]. saving both weight and metal,

the railways president; “I've never gotten to a concert; been too busy.” “Oh,” replied Sevitzky, smiling; “that’s all right. I never ride your damned old streetcars, either.”

Glad I Met You

THE SHELBYVILLE bus was pretty well filled with standees Monday evening. Among them was a girl, of high school age, standing at the rear of the bus. The seats in the rear row were filled with men. Addressing herself to one of them, a youth about her own age, the girl said: “Gee, Im tired; I just can’t stand all the way. May I sit on your lap?” The fellow replied, “Sure,” and she sat down. They talked all the way for 22 miles. Then, a little before the bus got to Shelbyville, the girl got off his lap. “Thanks for the seat, and I'm glad I met you,” she said politely, as she got off the bus. The hoy took it as a matter of course. Nothing like that ever, happens to us, darn it all. .

Around the Town

AUTO TRAFFIC on monument circle travels in only one direction—counter clockwise. But have you ever noticed how 90 per cent of us, stepping off the curb, look both ways—if we look at all? Just habit. . Lieut. Col. Leonard E. Webster, over in England, sends his friends in the Christian Men Builders a sports story clipped from a British paper: “Although Denstone was often beaten in the tight scrums,” the story related, “they were quick to heel in the loose.” Wotta game! . .. Marmon-Herrington has taken over

the convenience of its employees. Gives them a discount, too, Operator of the station is Harry K. Stormont,

By Raymond Clapper

You must have popular education, and an economic life strong enough to carry the people along as a nation.

No One Master Folk’ |

SECOND, MR. ROOSEVELT believes there must be a period of training for ultimate independent sovereignty through the practice of more and more self-government, beginning with local government and passing on through the various steps to complete statehood. We forget that before we gained our full national; l independence we had long seasoning in - local selfgovernment, and local colonial self-government and finally the federal government established in 1789, after a decade of experiment with the confederation, | C out of which we learned through mistakes. Such training for independence is essential, in Mr.|1 Roosevelt's judgment, and some peoples need more intensive training than others and for a longer period. Each case must be judged by its own circumstances. We have been working in the Philippines since the

grant independence, a 10-year training and transition|s period was allowed. Some colonies would need only 10 years, some 25 years, some perhaps an indefinite period. That gives Mr. Roosevelt's general approach to the colonial question. He says the doctrine that there is

Grand

XXlll—Filing Through Manila

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11: It was about 12:30 a. m. when the destroyer, speeding at 31 knots got back to

the naval base. We crossed

over .a bridge of two other”

destroyers and over a narrow gangway that was lit by a

bright spotlight.

Commander Denby of the Repulse was standing at the gateway. We grabbed each other's hands and shook

them. correspondent, Gallagher—is “Oh, yes,” Denby said, “he’s fine.” “Thank God for that,” I said. “We all thought he

went down.”

I then learned that Gallagher already had left the naval base for Singapore. I was worried he would get his story out before I could send mine. I went into a huge shed a ond the men were being 2 given tea, but I could find no officers there. I finally found that the officers : were all in a cabin of a ship tied up at the dock. I went in, and there they were, men in Pg their oil-soaked == whites. We all Cecil Brown shook hands and then Capt. Tennant came in. He spied me and we fell on each other's necks. Capt. Tennant had a bloodsoaked bandage around his head, “You gave us quite a story, captain,” I said. “Yes, it was quite a story. Did the other correspondent get aw ay all right?” “Yes. What worries me now is that he’s already gone to Singapore.” Capt. Tennant was smiling and cheerful shaking hands with his surviving officers but you could see, in his eyes, his heart breaking apart. He assigned an officer to try and find a car to get me to Singapore. We went up to the administration Building, where a captain finally arranged for a car with a Malay driver. 2 ” ”

Rushes to Send Story

IT BEGAN to rain, pouring rain, as we started out for Singapore.

That 18-mile drive took an hour

and a half in as heavy a rain

10 ARE INDICTED

IN BOSTON FIRE

Jury Statement Accuses Officials of Buck-Passing. BOSTON, Jan. 1 (U. P.).—Four

City of Boston officials including the building commissioner and a veteran police captain were among

0 persons under indictment today

in connection with the world’s third worst fire ‘disaster—the Cocoanut Grove night club holocaust that

ost 489 lives. All but one of those named In 1 indictments returned late yes-

terday had been arrested and released in bail totaling $86,500.

The 10th man—Thedore F. El-

dracher, 66, a building inspector of ‘beginning of the century and when we decided to|26 years’ municipal service—was to

urrender this morning. All will be

arraigned at 10 a. m. Monday in Superior court.

In addition to the indictments,

three of which charged manslaughter, the grand jury issued a critical

one master folk, destined to rule all other peoples is|statement concerning the city’s

on its way now to destruction for all time to come. Evidently the president is thinking of no drastic changes in the immediate status of colonial empires but hopes for progressive evolution. We may take occasion before long to set another example by applying the Philippine pattern to Puerto Rico. A good many people in the administration would like to see it happen. The present governor of Puerto Rico, Rex Tugwell, is in favor of it. A considerable body of Puerto Rican political sentiment is for it. Recently the Netherland government announced plans for progressive development of Dutch colonies! into a commonwealth status.

of various with the protection of public safety, laxity, incompetance, failure to fulfill prescribed duties effectively and also lack of complete knowledge of duties,” the statement read.

police, fire and building departments and the management of the supper club,

Find Negligence “We have found among members departments charged

“We have found shifting of re-

! sponsibility . . . officials in each | department seemed to attempt to

. Questions of greater common importance to the! shift responsibility to some other united nations relate to the uses of colonies in world department, and vice versa.

strategic plans, in the control of their raw materials for military and economic needs.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

possible. We know that, as civilians, we are going to feel more and more the shortages brought about by being at war. Every now and then some irritated person writes me calling this war either the president’s war or the Roosevelt war. Of course, it is both, because it is everybody’s war in a greater measure than any war has ever been before. The whole world is involved in this war and whether you belonged to America First, or believe in the Nazis and the Fascists, you are nevertheless now involved in it. You, irritated letter writer, did your best to stay out of it; perhaps you were willing to accept Hitler and Hirohito domination. If you were, you contributed to the delay in fully preparing for the war. Nevertheless, you suffer with us today and you y in the future, and the sooner we all put our shoulders to the wheel, Jealising wha we are no longer an

“We have found no complete co-

ordination between building department, fire department, police department and licensing board . . . to insure public safety: . . .”

Counterfeiters Will Soon Find That Faking a Ration Book Is Impossib e

By Science Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—Counter-

feiters who try to make illegal ration books will be stymied by highly technical and new scientific devices,

declares E. W. Spencer, assistant technical director of the U. S. government printing office.

Special paper structure permits

easy and positive identification. Among secret safeguarding features for the new point-rationing books, will be. tiny coded markings. These enable’ government agents to tell where stolen materials left legitimate

‘channels and illegality

Secret markings indiosts

My first question was: ‘What about the British

he all right?”

storm as .I ever expect to encounter. The driver could only move at about 10 miles an hour. He kept complaining bitterly about having to drive in that kind of weather, “Go faster,” I urged. “I no want get kill,” he retorted. I was sick with exhaustion but I kept turning the story. over in my mind, ' My stomach was turning over, too, and I was sick at heart at the number of men I knew who had gone down. That handsome gunnery officer, That “jovial chief engineer, Page. Capt. Leach . , . I decided that I would go straight to the cable office to write my story instead of stopping off at Raffles hotel. I figured that every minute was precious. Moreover, I didn’t have a typewriter and I might find one at the cable office. It was still pitch black and ‘still pouring buckets when we drew up in front of the office.

As I stepped out of the car I heard the wildest, most fiendish, spine-chilling cry I have ever heard, and then I saw a bayonet coming toward me and the next instant a light was flashed in my face. I was never so scared in my life. It was the Chinese guard in front of the cable office. I shrieked at him at the top of my voice: “You—!” and I went on for another minute, screaming profanity at him. I think that saved my life because the guard seemed to be taken aback by this apparition shrieking to him in this hysterical voice. I wore a hooded wool coat and oil-covered white trousers six inches above my ankles. My legs were so weak I could hardly stand up. - Three more guards came running up and one of them spoke a bit of English. The only word I could understand wa , “Papers? Papers?” I pulled out my oil-soaked wal-

Cecil Brown in the boiry cd outfit given to him aboard the destroyer Electra, after his recy ,

let and showed him my ace: >i tion as a war corresponden the time I was screamin; yelling, “Get the hell out o way! I've got a story to Damn you guys—get out of way!” They let me go into the office and I was still scre:: “You scare the life out of ¢ If IT had a gun I would'v: : every one of you.” ’ 3 ” 2

Rules! Rules! Rules!

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sale

I WENT into the cable «1 ¢

my hands shaking as thou: had the palsy. I went up to counter.

“Let me have a typewrit' er’

said to the Eurasian clerk must have a typewriter.” “What?” “Let me have a typewrii: have just come off the KR: and I've got a story to send

State Meets Bond Quota; County Invests $2,500,0!

Marion county purchased more sales through Dec, 26 of $2,557

than $2,500,000 worth of the $14,000,000 in bonds bought by Hoosiers during the first 26 days in December, the war savings staff reported today. Records showed the state was exactly on sehedule in its drive to get $16,600,000 worth of bonds sold for the entire month as of last Saturday. Records for the remainder of the month were incomplete but State Administrator Wray E. Fleming said he was certain the state was over its quota. Backbone of the December sales was the “Top that 10 per cent by New Year's” drive conducted in offices, stores and factories, Actual

for the county and $1411.60 the state included “extra” bought on the anniversary of Harbor and pre-Christmas bonds but additional pur made with holiday bonuses ar cash were expected to amour considerable sum. Five new firms have been to the group ear-marking cent or more. of their total rolls for bonds, bringing the ion county list to nearly 300. new firms were the Lincoln J

{& Loan Co. Washington

cemetery, Superior Trailer 1 facturing Corp., R. D. Eagl:: and the Pratt Poster Co.

TEMPLETON HEADS

BEDFORD FOUNDRY|

Times Special \ BEDFORD, Ind, Jan, l.—Dan Templeton, formerly of Detroit, will be superintendent of the Bedford foundry of the Delco-Remy division of General Motors Corp. Henry S. Murray, a native of Bedford, has been named personnel director of the plant. Announcement of the appointments was made by B. A. Dollens, superintendent of the non-ferrous foundries of Delco-Remy,

Mr. Templeton is a native of

Glasgow, Scotland, and joined the Delco-Remy division in 1941. He will move his family to Bedford soon. The company . purchased the Salem and Walters Mills property from the Indiana Limestone Co. last August and since then has been conditioning the plant. Most ot the employees for the new foundry will be hired in the Bedford terri-

tory, Mr. Dollens said.

printing plates were used, Further laboratory tests put the finger on the spot where counterfeiting began _ or help trace the criminals responsible. By such methods the government printing office and its laboratories are ready to protect the consumer from the counterfeiting attempts expected as a result of wider rationing and tightened restrictions, Mr. Spencer reports. The special safety paper will be just as hard to counterfeit as a twenty-dollar bill. : OPA expects to have 30 billion stamps ready to distribute: next month. This exceeds 12 years’ Suniinuous production of United

New Rubber Ro:

WASHINGTON, Jan, 1 (IJ —A new rubber life raft, w ing only 70 pounds and conta many improvements suggest i fliers forced down at ses, demonstrated here by the 7 Rubber Co. The raft, which will be re equipment on army flying tresses, will hold seven men has a square-rigged sail, a sea anchor to keep it heading the wind, and horizontal | heads to keep it afloat even i ‘chamber is pierced. Wooden oars, fishing kit, ¢ gency repair and signal kits,

sending sets—will be include. KING IS ‘GRATEFUL’

of appreciation to President F« velt today, expressing gratituce

the United States’ war effort.

handle such a task in the 60

‘allotted. A call for outside pri:

to do the job finally turned 1; who had the capacity and ° willing to produce the books in volume desired. They are located at Waltn Mass.; Niagara Falls, Tuckahoe New Rochelle, N. Y.; Hoboken J.; Scranton, Pittsburgh and Fhe: lin, Pa.; Baltimore, Md.; Dav

Norwalk and : Shelby, Ohio; (

cago (two plants); Houston, ‘I: Minneapolis, Minn.; Oakland

Los Angeles, Cal. As the books roll off these i

they are bundled and start on il «ir ; x % boar '

Carries 7 M«

aid equipment, rations for 30 i: \ and—on some of the rafts—ra |

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“We have no typewriters,” the clerk said. | “The hell you haven’t-—there's a typewriter over on that table.” “Oh, buf that’s our typewriter. It's not permitted for you to use it.” “You mean you won't let me use that typewriter to send this story on the Repulse?” “Oh, no. Against the rules.” “All right. Give me some cable blanks.” | The counter at the cable office came up to my chest. I was still perspiring like a horse. I took off the parka and stood there in a pair of shoes and the abbreviated oil-soaked white pants, and with a pencil fastened by the chain on the counter I started penciling out my story. I had written about 200 words, passing over each sheet to the clerk as I finished, when an Englishman came over to me and in the calmest, blandest voice said:

U, S. DEBT NOW AT 112 BILLION

2 D. R. Exsepted to Pre- |

sent 100-Billion-Dollar Budget Soon.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (U. P.).—

{The treasury begins the new year _labout $112,000,000,000 in the red

with prospects of closing it“with a much bigger puklic debt. The 1943-44 fiscal year budget, to be announced by the president late next week, is expected to be around the $100,000,000,000 mark.

With receipts estimated at $24,000,000,000, the treasury will have to borrow around $75,000,000,000. However, new tax ‘proposals probably will be made within a week

. {of the budget messsge and others

may come during the year so that the borrowing total may be reduced. In the year just ended, the treasury expended appréximately $56,000,000,000, of which more than $50,000,000,000 was for the war. This year, latest estimates indicate a war cost of $90,000,000,000. Besides new taxes, 1943 is ex-

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form of compulsory savings and perhaps pay-as-you-go collection of income taxes. The new forced savings might take the form of a rewritten spendings tax, offered several months ago by the treasury. This tax was in two parts, one a direct levy and the other a refurdable tax for post-war repayment.

NEW INCOME TAX TO BE EXPLAINED

“Your New Income Tax” will be discussed by a representative of the internal revenue office at 7:45 p.m. Thursday at the Central Avenue Methodist church. A question and answer session will follow the address.: Dinner at

y/6 p. m. will be served by the

women’s society and Dr. F. Marion Smith will lead the devotional.

MRS. HELEN YOWELL NAMED TO COURT JOB

Mrs. Helen Yowell, 5350 Canal blvd., has been appointed by Judge Ralph Hamill of superior court 5, as official reporter for- his court. Mrs. Yowell recently has served as secretary for the grand jury and for Prosecutor Sherwood Blue.

PHYSICIAN MADE BARONET LONDON, Jan. 1 (U. P.).—Sir

Charles Wilson, personal physician ot. Prime Minister Churchill, was

one of three harons éreated to.

“Someone said that you wanted a typewriter.” “I do very much. Do you have one?”

“Yes, you can use that type-

writer over on the table.” He signaled to one of the Ma= lay boys and the boy carried the typewriter over to the counter. “Well, can I sit at a table? I'm

. terribly tired and I can hardly

reach up high enough on this shelf to hit the keys.” “Oh, no,” the Englishman said. “It's forbidden for anyone to come behind the counter.” “Ye gods, man!” I said. hardly stand up.” ” ” ”

Wires Cause Confusion’

“THAT CAN'T be helped,” he said. calmly. “It's against the rules for anyone to come behind the counter.” } “All right then—do you have a table? Bring out that table there and put it out here so I can sit’ down and ‘*ype.” “Oh, no, we can’t do that. If you want to, you can work on this typewriter at the counter, but that is as much as we can do for you.”

I worked there at the counter and sent off about 700 words as the first “take” on the story. I finished at 4:35 a. m. and sent the story through Manila, which was the way I had been filing the past few weeks. We had found that filing through Manila was faster than going through London. I got to sleep at 5:30 and was awakened at 8:00. The boy came up and gave me four telegrams, one scheduling me to broadcast last Monday and Tuesday. An= other, received Monday, said: “File through both Manila and London. Manila transmission. uncertain.” When I read that I almost went out of my mind. I jumped into a pair of pants and shirt and, still wearing my slippers, ran down from the second floor and out in front of the hotel and into a taxi and immediately rushed to the cable office—about a 10-min= ute drive. I instructed them to ‘ duplicate the message on the Repulse I had cabled a few hours before through Manila and send it to New York via London.

TOMORROW: Barred from the air at Singapore for reporting facts “damaging to morale.”

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Hi There, Master And Miss 1943!

BORN CLOSE enough to the stroke of 12 to be Master and Miss 1943, a boy and a girl tied for first honors as the city’s first New Year's babies. Both were born two seconds after midnight. “The boy, son of 16-year-old Mrs. Howard Truax of Brownsburg, was born a# Methodist hospital. The girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Noble C. Taylor, 832 Manhattan st. Runners-up in the 1943 race Were a son of Mr. and Mrs, Delmas. Qualls, 521 E. Ohio st., born at 1:28 a. m. and another baby boy born at 4:25 a. m. to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gaston, R. R. 17, at Coleman hospital.

G. 0. P. WILL GUARD SPENDING, NYE SAYS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (U. P.).—

ber of Répu insure close scrutiny of government expenditures. Senator Nye said that the nine

stitute a “watchdog crew.” “We're not criticizing anybody,” he said,

some of them, as the Truman committee "has pointed out.” ;

CANDIA AIRDROME BOMBED CAIRO, Jan. 1 (U. P.).—Allied bombers “very successfully”. attacked the axis-held airdrome at Candia (Heraklion), Crete, Wednes= day night, an allied communique said today.

HOLD EVERYTHING

Senator Gerald P. Nye (R. N. DJ), ranking ‘minority member of the ;s2nate said today the increased numuns in congress will |

new Républican senators will con=

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