Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1943 — Page 9
TURDAY, JAN. 2, 1943
SECOND SECTION.
) ganie make themtoives understood, even 0 hey cant spel & word of French of Arabi I have seen a soldier sitting at _a cafe table with two French girls and their father, apparently spending the whole evening just smiling and making gestures. : You'll see Americans walking arm in arm with Frenchmen of the Foreign Legion. What they talk about, or try to talk about, I have no idea. A really comic sight is one of our boys standing on the street with an English-French dictionary in his hand, talking to a girl ‘and looking up each word as ts it. At night you see ‘campfires around the camps and along the highways to take off den little night chill. ast night, far out in the: country, I passed a ‘roadside fire with two American soldiers and turbaned and whiskered Arabs squatted closely it like old pals—a really touching sight.
7 ty of Dough for Doughboys
OUR SOLDIERS are filthy rich, for there is little to buy. They are loading up on perfume and 5t which are plentiful. They send perfume to jeir girls in America and lipstick to their girls in England, the dirty Lotharios. - The native crafts are largely silverwork, rugs and
. Some of the Algerian rugs resemble our
Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
PROFILE OF THE WEEK: Fred Nelson Reynolds, whe as assistant general manager of the Big Four istrict of the New York Central is the highest rank-
. ing railroad man in town. Fred Reynolds started his career as a cowboy in the Dakotas, held a key position in the building of the Panama canal, and has one of the two private railroad cars in the city. He’s a Kentucky colonel, makes traveling his hob and knows more greats and “near-. greats than probably anyone else in Indianapolis. At 65, he’s big and broad shouldered, stands 6 feet 1 or better, weighs about 225. His hair is red, or was before it faded to a sandy color. A little stooped, he lumbers a bit when he walks, never seems to move fast but makes good time.
4 “his: size. He speaks slowly and deliberately, inks things out before speaking.
uid “The next ‘thing next.” No gladhander, he’s juiet and unassuming, friendly, radiates sincerity and 's well.” He's good company and an excellent rsationalist because of his wide range of ex-
has traveled all over Europe, knows Central a and the northern half of South America
| last year, he used to go back to Panama : ring and renew acquaintances he made in when the candl was being dug. He's a past of the Panamanian society—the folks who the canal. ‘His official railroad car is fitted completely as an ge, and he’ spends about as much time working in file traveling over the country, as he doés in
Washington -
Fa WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—When I look over some f the commercial advertising that is appearing now, the idea that the people who inspire some of it aking quite a bit ahead of our politicians. sample of the new advertising that is facing : forward, to grasp -the new opportunities that so many politicians would run away from, is a twopage layout in Time magazine this week by. the Austin Co, an engineering and construction concern with world-wide experience. The Austin Co. built the naval ordnance plant in Indianapolis. . This advertisement is entitled “The Vision to Build a New World.” The text says in part: “America has caught up with > the idea that this is a global war. re fighting it that way. Can't we see that the ust be world-wide, too? That there is no without the hope of prosperity becoming a livhing thing in every longitude and latitude? ‘now, as never before in the memory of man, rial brains and business vision are face to face ‘World-wide opportunity?”
ial Industrial Cities Everywhere.
T'S AN engineering firm’s advertisement. It more like Henry Wallace than like N, A. M.'s , who doesn’t want any TVA'’s on the DanThis commercial advertisement goes on to say: - world is waiting for constructive industrial ership . . , waiting with resources, manpower and’ « Waiting and hoping not for exploitation,
‘co-operation. of Austin, see this the more clearly Wecagse:
{GTON, Frias. —Last night we gathered t in the president's study and drank the e first one was to the United States, e to the united nations before we toast to absert members of our family and friends. I think ‘that the second toast is a very significant one, because it means | ‘that we really are conscious ofthis bond between the united nations. To us it is a permanent ‘bond, one that must keep us together in war and in peace and gradually extend so that it eventually draws all the nations into a circle of p. : When the war is over, we must build
‘Navajo Indian ‘rugs.
By Bruie Poe]
They are beautiful and the prices are about the same.
One officer I know thought he’d have an Arabian | horseman’s costume made, to wear to costume balls
after the war. But he found it would cost about $100,
that he’d have to get a special dispensation to obtain the materials, and that it would take anywhere from
several weeks to, six months to make. There arent many American sailors here, but the navy, as usual, is taking excellent care of “those it does have, The other day I bumped into Lieut. William Spence, a faithful reader of this column, who invited me down to look at the navy’s hospital, of which he is in charge,
Medicine From a Hoosier Friend
LIEUT. SPENCE was at Bellevue, in New York, before the war. He came ashpre here, the morning
of the American landings, witti eight men, and they 4
spent. the next few days tending wounded sailors and soldiers on the beach. Then they came to Oran and started looking for a place to set up their hospital. They found a French Red Cross building standing emnipty, so they moved in,
and now the navy is all set in what probably is the
nicest hospital in North Africa. I always like to hang around with navy men, for| they take such good care of mp, I still. had a cough| from the convoy trip, so they fixed me up a bottle of cough medicine and even made a blood count, to get a line on whether I was going to live or not.
This flee 4 FY. arisen fo ane whch works day and ight Hts the trameparfation center and ».- San Jarrying Mitusiess 9 354 from all paris wf She eavhiey for their ba:
ges ‘for all in- condi’ and out-going trainia
1g.
It turned out that the sdilor who poured the] 2
medicine was one of those old Hoosier boys—in fact, he lives only 20 miles from where I was raised. He is Pharmacist’'s Mate Ben Smith of Terre Haute.
his regular office in the Big Four building at Meridian and Maryland.
Dislikes Garlic :
BORN IN Chicago, he was still a youngster when he got a job driving stock from Dakota ranches to railroads. Then, starting as a brakeman; he worked his way up to superintendent of the Rock Island. He worked on the Panama canal from start to finish, as master of transportation, came here about 1913 and got a job with the Eig Four. He pecame general superintendent in 1925, and assistant general manager several years ago. During the first world war, the government called him to unsnarl the worst rail {raffic jam in history. He did it with one of his pet tlieories: Reducing the length of trains so they could move faster instead of slowing them with above capacity loads. A moderate eater, he loves smorgasbord and puddings. Porterhouse steaks, too. But he hates garlic— can scent it a mile. He usually munches an apple before retiring. A cigar smoker, his favorites are Belvederes.
Gives "Em a Cussing
HE LIKES TO walk, keeps a pair of Indian clubs in his office and uses them a couple of times a day to loosen up his shoulders. He's partial to brown suits, and always wears bow- ties. He listens to news broadcasts by the hour, enjoys Charley McCarthy and Henry Aldrich, too. He goes to the movies about twice a week and, likes as not, is personally acquainted with the prindipals in the film. He was acquainted with two former presidents,
. Teddy Ragsevelt and Warren Gy Harding.
For years, his dream has ‘bien to get aboard a tramp steamer. headed for the south seas and just relax_for six months. Right how, he’s willing to forget about the south seas until after the war. He likes to tinker, used to spend his Sundays tearing his car down and putting if; together again. Road hogs are his ‘pet peeve. And when he finally manages to pass one, he closes the car windows and then gives him a darned gdod cussifig.
By Raymond lapper
as world-wide engineers and builders before the war, we handled contracts in 18 foreign countries. There are potential Pittsburghs, Detroits, Schenectadys, Port Newarks, waiting all over the world for industrial vision to bring them into being. .. “We have already shaped oyr plans to help companies or governments translate those opportunities into realities. . . . Right now, of course, war construction comes first, and will until the emergency ends. “We will welcome any opportunity to discuss with industrial executives or government officials tentative ideas or definite projects SoHiemblaled in Amefica or elsewhere.”
Politicians Mutter /Old Words
THAT'S A CO CIAL advertisement. The Austin Co. which is d this sdvertising is looking for business, And here’s an adverfisement by Pan-American Airways in which the foreign miinister of' Mexico is quoted on the subject of what the technical age can do for the common man. Here is Chicago & Southern Air Lines, talking in an advertisement about how the airplane can circle the globe in the interests of unity and make the whole world neighbors. Other air lines have similar themes in current advertising. The contrast between the vision in some of this advertising and the run of ioth-eaten political speeches is painful. Except in the cases of a few men like Vice President Wallace, Secretary Hull, Under Secretary Welles and an occasional other one here or there, like Milo Perkins, the political utterances of this period are cold and barren. It is as if politicians had a rule that they must be 30 y¢ars behind the times. Industry lives by developing new ideas. Politicians live by playing to prejudic:s and by muttering the old words and phrases.
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By Eleanor Roosevelt mo
Training high school. He was 19} years old Sept. 14, 1942,
Looking back over the past year; I think we all feel that in spite of criticism and mistakes, a very great achievement lies behind us. The men who work in our war industries, from the workmen to the management; the men here in Washington, who
‘work in all the branches of the government; can
feel that their success has been outstanding. We should never, of course, be so contented that we are complacent. There is always rooin for hard work and extra striving, but I think we jwverage citizens can feel both confidence and gratitude. At the beginning of this new year I want to say one word to the women of the country, with whom I feel a very special bond. We have the same anxieties and the same sense of frustration very often, because “we feel we cannot do enough in {the great war effort. 1 have a very great pride in the spirit of the women of this country. Wherever they are needed, they always meet the full. demands made on them, whether these requireSe ae No lary or In any -other field of endeavor. None of ;
XXIV—Silenced by- Singapore
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH: Late this afternoon a number of correspondents met with Sir George Sansom, the director of publicity and censorship, at his suggestion, to form a press association and to ration outgoing cables.
1 was the only American correspondent
present.
Following the meeting I went at once to the press room to get the evening communique and hand outs and to write by broadcast. - In my box, I found a note from the Malaya Broadcasting corporation. It said:
“We have just:been advised by the director of pub-
licity that your broadcasts are to cease after tomorrow. We are very sorry to be informed of this because we have
been happy to give you
every possible facility, but °
these are the instructions from the director of pub-
licity.” I immediately went back downstairs to Sir George Sansom, whom I had left only a few minutes before. “I just found this note in my box, Sir‘ George,” I said. “What does it mean?” nes “Well, I am : sorry, but you ‘: can’t broadcast :
ANY, MOTE...
“Who made : this decision? : Did you?” : “No; this is a military dec ision.” “Do you mean that Col. Field made it?” “Yes.” “Then you think I had better see Col. Field?” “Yes, Mr. Brown. You can probably reach him at home.” I hopped into a taxi and went out to his house. Col. Field invited me upstairs to his apartment. “I'm flabbergasted, ? I said. “Can you tell me why Ihis action was taken?” “The trouble comes mostly from the local population,” Col. Field said. “One woman wrote in from Kuala Lumpur that your broadcasts are fifth column. I must say that I agree.” - “Col, Field,” I retorted, “every broadcast I make is passed by
Cecil Brown
your own censors.”
# 2
Cites Local Morale
“I HAVEN'T HEARD your broadcasts,” said Field. “You see, I don’t have any radio here.” He
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SON CASUALTY,
RUCKERS LEARN
Thomas Jr. Killed in Pacific . Action; Joined Navy While
Manual Pupil.
. The havy has informed Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Rucker Sr. that their son, Thomas Jr., was killed in the southwest Pacific.
No additional information was iven. . ; He enlisted in the navy in March, while a pupil at Manual]
In addition to the parents, he is
survived by two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Clair Reifeis and Patricia Jean| Rucker, and- two brothers, Jack and Alvin, all of Indianapolis. 1
Mrs. Rucker is employed at Mar-
mon-Herrington Co., Inc. Mr. Rucker works at the Chevrolet Com-|' mercial Body Co. here. The fam-{ ily resides at 26 E.. Minnesota st.
GIRAUD CONVEYS
MESSAGE BY FOR :
heard here.” His implication was
waved his hand around the room. .
“But I have read the broadcasts, and I agree. “As you know,” said Field after a pause, “a large part of the defense of Singapore depends on local morale. It is very bad. It’s my job to see that nothing happens which depresses that morale.” “But I am not broadcasting for or to the people of Malaya. My broadcasts are directed and designed to inform the American people, not the people of Malaya.” “Yes, I understand that, but “are
that every native in every kampong understood English and owned a radio. “But, Col. Field, certainly not more than 500 people in the entire country tune in on the broadcasts going to America.” “The people who do hear them spread the word around.” “Are you suggesting that any
. of my facts are wrong?”
“No, I don’t question any of the facts in your broadcasts, but it is the organization of them and the choice of words. “I think, Mr. Brown, you should report the facts differently.”
‘Facts Are Facts’
For a minute or more I didn’t answer, then I said: “As I see,it, facts are facts, and it’s my obligation to report them.” ) He said nothing to thats I then asked him: “Suppose, before this decision becomes even more\ final than it is, I send a cable to York about reporting from pore?” “That’s perfectly all right,” he said. “In . the meantime,” I said, “what do you think of my continuing ‘to broadcast until we see
how. things-shape up while await-
ONE HOOSIER KILLED,
TWO HURT BY AUTO
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 2 (U.
P.).—One person was dead and two others were in a critical cendition in a Terre Haute hospital today as a result of injuries received yesterday when they were struck by an |automobile driven by William H.
Ostrander, 42, Lawrenceville, Ill
was killed almost instantly.
aceiden;.
TWO REPORT Cos |
robbed of $80 in the 600 block, E. 17th st., early yesterday. Alvis ‘Russell, 42, of 1122 E. St.
(Clair st., a taxi driver, reported two passengers held him up and took $20 at Belview and: MeCarthy sts.
Thursday night.
Mrs. Minnie Yoos, 65, Terre Haute, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Tuttle, also of Terre Haute, were injured. Ostrander was released: on ‘$2000 bond pending investigation of the
“OF $100 IN HOLDUPS
Martin Siegel, 24, of 1308 Central :|ave., reported he was held up and
ing an answer from New York’ “This is where I stop,” Ct Field said. “I am leaving ple: tomorrow and I would not wv: to tie the hands of my succe:so I will do this, however. I vi confer with my successor and wit Sir George Sansom tomorrow a1 let you know what they decide FRIDAY, JANUARY 9th: waited all day for the expecte call from Col. Field on his al with his successor and with 5: George Sansom. At 4:15 I called Field instc:cc This was the conversation: ‘1 you have any word for me yct? “Yes, I have been informed th war council considered your cas this morning.” “And what is their decision?” - *The decision stands.” + Thank you, Col. Field, fn» taking this matter up again me.” =
Cancels Broadcasts
T THEREUPON sent off an inmediate cable to New York re: iing: : ; “Cancel future broadcasts, o:planation upcoming.” -I sent later a long cable «: plaining the circumstances Al ‘ fhe conversations I had. with { ‘officials here. TUESDAY, JAN. 13th: Ta i afternoon I received a cable fron CBS which said: “Pending checkup here, tight.” So all I can do is wait for the further advice. THURSDAY, JAN. 22d: Iha decided, without waiting for tl.
2 2
£1;
. expected cable from CBS, to pul.
out of Singapore. The who!" thing is washed up and I want get some place where I[ can f« what’s going on. - : I telephoned Maj. Fisher tell him I intend to leave Sihy¢ pore. “This afternoon I called on hi and he handed me a note, sayir that I must see the immigratio: inspector at the Chinese protec: torate. “What is this for?” I asked. “They are not letting anyor« between the ages of 18 and ¢: leave Singapore.” # ” ”
Grabs Last Plane
AT THE IMMIGRATION ofiic T thought there would be trouble about getting out, but they guv me a visa to Australia whic" showed that I was en route to th: U. S. A.
[FORD WANTS WORL!
COUNCIL FOR PEAC'
DETROIT, Jan. 2 (U. P.).—Hen» Ford predicted in a New Year's d:
statement the ultimate creation o°
a world * parliament “to put th world on a peace basis.” Ford, whose “peace ship” to en the last world war was a failure said the “last attempt” by Reaces bl people to put the world on a peac basis “was defeated by the intern: tional politicians.” “This time,” he asserted, “the firs step should be a world election every country choosing its group
J men to form a world council again
war. The people never yet have ha: the right to cast a’ vote either ic: peace or war.” . Pord said that: if America mace
“good use of what the war is tea! -
ing us,” it could pull itself “back !
1
Atl British Airways I got a seat for the very next morning. When I went there, I didn’t intend to go 50 quickly, but they told me there was this one seat available and this might be the last plane out of Singapore, On the spur of the moment I decided to grab it. FRIDAY, JAN. 23d: As I stepped into the administration buil at the Kalang airdrome there was a customs inspector and a censor. The customs inspector merely glanced at my packs and said
“nothing. The censor had a list of
the passengers for. the British Airways flying boat. I noticed that on that list of names only mine bore a blue-penciled circle. “Just show me what you have,” the censor said. “It will make it easier for both -of us.” I pulled out of my suitcase copies of my stories and broad-
casts’ with a pile of telegrams.
“These are simply copies of my stories, and as you can see, they all have the censor’s mark.” “You carry a black notebook,” he said abruptly.
Tell the Whole Story
IF THAT BLUE-PENCILED mark had,K not been around my name I would have known from
.. his remark about the black ngte-
book that he had special instructions to search me. From the moment I came to Singapore, on all stories and all interviews, wherever I went, I carried a black notebook in which I kept my loose-leaf diary. “Yes, of course, I have a notebook,” I said, and I pulled out
my diary and showed it to him.
“You see, there is nothing in it.” That was true because as I. filled tl.c pages with writing I removed them and kept them apart, bound ' by metal rings. It had now reached 880 pages and those pages were in the bottom of my suitcase. When he saw there was nothing in the black-bound notebodk,? he said: “That's all right. Do you have anything else?” “No, just my notes on which these censored stories were based.” Ther: he leaned close to me. I wondered what now, “I know all about you, Mr. Brown,” the Englishman said softly. “I hope you publish the whole | story about ° Singapore. Publish everything about this country.” Go ahead, close up your suitcase now.”
THE END
we right, 1942, by Random House, Inc.; 2) buted by United Feature Syndicate,
HOLD EVERYTHING
We don’t consider ‘snipe shooting’ an eosential occupation!”
GREAS CAUSES FIRE ‘The city’s fire-of 1943 was at
teal prosperity very: quickly an 1 a restaurant at:1102 N. Pennsylvania
reach a higher | level of productio 1 hep
where grease on a grill | ented. There was no damage
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rance, ern California and 1936 Olympic miler, bombardier in one of the planes, said:
WAKE ATTACK
HINTS FUTURE ‘RAIDS BY U. §.
Japs Warned of What's to
Come; Hoosier Pilots
Plane in Attack. HEADQUARTERS, UNITED
STATE PACIFIC FLEET, Jan. 1
(Delayed) (U. P)—A new army
bomber squadron fresh from United States flying schools, which dropped more than 75,000 pounds of bombs on Wake island in a Christmas eve raid gave the Japanese a sample of things to come, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific fleet commander, 5
said today.
The "crews of the seventh ‘air
force bombers which, dozens strong,
made the raid on the island 2300 miles west of Hawaii where a tiny
force of United States marines put up one of the most gallant defenses in American history, put every
bomb but one on their targets. The,
one which missed landed 20 feet off shore. A few weeks ago the crews, with two stowaways, were training at
fields like Kelly and Randolph at
home. They average 25. The stowaways were. an intelli-
gence officer and an enlisted man who clambered through a hatch of one of the bombers as it was rolling
down the runway for the take-off. Participants Decorated News of the raid was made public today when Admiral Nimitz awarded decorations to those who took part. The raid caught the Japanese asleep. The bombardiers were able to drop their bombs from low alti=
tudes to start fires visible 75 miles
away. The force returned to base undamaged and without a casualty. There was only weak gun fire and the two enemy planes which rose
in apparent challenge fled when
the bombers fired on them.
Admiral Nimitz in honoring the
crews said the raid showed the
complete unanimity with which all
fighting forces throughout the
Pacific were co-ordinating their
strength and skill.
“This raid and others like it will
not alone eject the enemy from
Wake,” Admiral Nimitz said. “Such raids will, however, serve notice on
the enemy as well as give assurance to our own contrymen that we have men with the spirit, resolution and skill to handle the tools that are going fo drive back the Jap to his own islands,
“Ready to Destroy Enemy
“Let the enemy take . such con- : he may irom the thought that this raid is only a
solation as
sample of things to come. . . . “The new year brings heartening assurance. We are now getting trained’ personnel and equipment
for our tremendous task. We have the unity, the power and the will
to destroy the enemy.” As plane after plane went over
the island, fires started in all areas. A few enemy guns fired wildly.
Lieut. Louis S. Zamperini, 25, TorCal.,, University of South-
“It was like the feeling you have
before a big parade, with your insides all knotted up.” .
He saw about everything, in his .
plane near the end of the formation.
“The Japs seemed . asleep when
the first bombers went over,” he said. when the last three or four got there. small arms.
“They started pouring it on They were firing even with
“As we came over the island I
saw one plane getting ready to take off. I dropped a bomb on (the runway blasted a hole behind it."
no to keep it down but “We reached our target and I
dropped by bombs, I yelled to the pilot:
“ ‘Bombs away’ ! Japs Fail to Attack “I told the pilot to turn left and
hollered to the crew to be on the alert, for the Jap piane was getting up.. But it didn’t attack.
“I couldn’t see all the.targets for
the clouds but I saw big fires started before our plane arrived, They were burning fiercely when we left. There wasn’t much fight \in those Japs. Maybe our first planes knocked out their fighters.
“We could see the tracer bullets
coming up when we dived on the target, but I got my biggest thrill when I saw my bombs hit the targets. I was grinning all over my face. ; “The thrill you get then is worth the chances you take. 4
“It was hard to see in the dark
but it looked as if the Japs had done considerable
work on W: The pilot in Zamperini’s
was Lieut. R. A. Phillips, 23, Terre
Haute; Ind.
“He's so short he has to sit on a
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” plane)
cushion to see where he’s going, but was|he’s a damn good pilot,” Zamperini “ |said. Se